The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the West Midlands region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank 94 95 88
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -7
Contract jobs citing VBScript 5 15 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.298% 0.656% 0.595%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.965% 1.931% 1.849%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 1
Average daily rate £300 £363 £60
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.24% +504.16%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
Average hourly rate £21.00 £16.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -10.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £23.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+52.17% +9.52%
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
518 777 595
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 30.89% 34.00% 32.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 394 306
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £401
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 30 30
Average hourly rate £36.25 £31.00 £23.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.93% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.10 £12.65 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £37.50 £36.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
VBScript
England

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VBScript across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

West Midlands VBScript Jobs Demand Trend

VBScript
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VBScript across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands VBScript Daily Rate Trend

VBScript
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VBScript across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands VBScript Hourly Rate Trend

VBScript
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBScript within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Shropshire - 3 £350 -
Birmingham +3 1 £250 -33.33%
Warwickshire -4 1 - -
VBScript
England

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing VBScript also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VBScript.

1 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 4 (44.44%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (44.44%) HTML
2 4 (44.44%) ASP
3 3 (33.33%) DHTML
3 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 3 (33.33%) Internet
3 3 (33.33%) Ajax
4 2 (22.22%) jQuery
4 2 (22.22%) Automotive
4 2 (22.22%) Web Development
4 2 (22.22%) .NET Framework
4 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
4 2 (22.22%) ActiveX
4 2 (22.22%) C#
4 2 (22.22%) .NET
4 2 (22.22%) VB
4 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
4 2 (22.22%) CSS
4 2 (22.22%) XML
4 2 (22.22%) DOM
5 1 (11.11%) Windows
5 1 (11.11%) Linux
5 1 (11.11%) Web Services
5 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
5 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
5 1 (11.11%) MQSeries
5 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing VBScript also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VBScript. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (44.44%) HTML
1 4 (44.44%) ASP
2 3 (33.33%) DHTML
2 3 (33.33%) Ajax
3 2 (22.22%) jQuery
3 2 (22.22%) .NET Framework
3 2 (22.22%) ActiveX
3 2 (22.22%) .NET
3 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
3 2 (22.22%) CSS
3 2 (22.22%) XML
3 2 (22.22%) DOM
4 1 (11.11%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) MQSeries
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
1 1 (11.11%) IIS
1 1 (11.11%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
3 1 (11.11%) Selenium
General
1 2 (22.22%) Automotive
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
1 5 (55.56%) Web Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Test Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Test Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Test Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Test Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) DBA
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) C# Web Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Developer
3 1 (11.11%) SQL DBA
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Web Development
2 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (11.11%) MVC
2 1 (11.11%) Automation Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) VB
3 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
3 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
3 1 (11.11%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
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