The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT jobs advertised for the Basildon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 17 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 Basildon region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank 30 25 42
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +17
Permanent jobs citing VBScript 6 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basildon 4.317% 2.105% 0.613%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.556% 3.175% 1.235%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 1
Average salary £47,500 £41,125 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.50% -6.53%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Programming Languages
Basildon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
108 63 81
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basildon 77.70% 66.32% 49.69%
Number of salaries quoted 89 56 56
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £57,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VBScript
Essex

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basildon VBScript Jobs Demand Trend

VBScript
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VBScript across the Basildon region.

Basildon VBScript Salary Trend

VBScript
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VBScript across the Basildon region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Basildon VBScript Salary Histogram

VBScript
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basildon 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VBScript.

1 6 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) XML
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
2 5 (83.33%) VBA
2 5 (83.33%) Java
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) VB
3 4 (66.67%) Workflow
4 3 (50.00%) Kofax
4 3 (50.00%) Open Text
4 3 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (50.00%) Captiva
4 3 (50.00%) MS Visio
4 3 (50.00%) DOM
4 3 (50.00%) XSLT
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) Wealth Management
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
5 1 (16.67%) UML
5 1 (16.67%) IIS
5 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basildon 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VBScript. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
1 6 (100.00%) XML
2 3 (50.00%) DOM
2 3 (50.00%) XSLT
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) Captiva
2 1 (16.67%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) VBA Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Analyst Programmer
3 2 (33.33%) Programmer
4 1 (16.67%) Applications Support
4 1 (16.67%) Applications Developer
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Workflow
2 3 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Wealth Management
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) UML
3 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) VB.NET
2 5 (83.33%) VBA
2 5 (83.33%) Java
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) VB
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Kofax
1 3 (50.00%) Open Text
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft