The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank 44 38 34
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -4
Permanent jobs citing VBScript 1 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 0.407% 0.483% 1.117%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.662% 0.917% 1.980%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £31,000 £34,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.82% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Programming Languages
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
151 109 101
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 61.38% 52.66% 56.42%
Number of salaries quoted 108 53 65
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,650 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VBScript
County Antrim

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast VBScript Salary Trend

VBScript
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (100.00%) Terminal Services
1 1 (100.00%) MSI
1 1 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 1 (100.00%) AdminStudio
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MSI
1 1 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 1 (100.00%) AdminStudio
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (100.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Terminal Services
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware