The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank 98 98 79
Rank change year-on-year
0 -19
Permanent jobs citing VBScript 14 2 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.828% 0.134% 0.840%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.825% 0.293% 2.157%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 10
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £30,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% +23.96%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,100 £35,500 £26,700
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £39,500 £36,150
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Programming Languages
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
767 682 510
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 45.38% 45.65% 38.93%
Number of salaries quoted 667 631 467
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +21.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VBScript
West Midlands

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham VBScript Salary Trend

VBScript
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VBScript across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Birmingham VBScript Salary Histogram

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 17 (85.00%) Windows
2 11 (55.00%) SQL Server
3 9 (45.00%) SQL
3 9 (45.00%) MS Excel
3 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
4 8 (40.00%) VB
4 8 (40.00%) PowerShell
5 7 (35.00%) .NET
5 7 (35.00%) C#
5 7 (35.00%) HTML
5 7 (35.00%) Windows 7
6 6 (30.00%) XML
6 6 (30.00%) ASP.NET
6 6 (30.00%) SharePoint
7 5 (25.00%) CRM
7 5 (25.00%) Visual Studio
7 5 (25.00%) JavaScript
7 5 (25.00%) SCCM
7 5 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (25.00%) Workflow
7 5 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (20.00%) Migration
8 4 (20.00%) VMware
8 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (20.00%) Degree
8 4 (20.00%) Application Packaging
8 4 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (20.00%) VB.NET

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 7 (35.00%) .NET
1 7 (35.00%) HTML
2 6 (30.00%) XML
2 6 (30.00%) ASP.NET
3 4 (20.00%) Application Packaging
3 4 (20.00%) Web Services
4 3 (15.00%) CGI
4 3 (15.00%) DHTML
4 3 (15.00%) CSS
4 3 (15.00%) WF
4 3 (15.00%) .NET Framework
5 2 (10.00%) MDX
5 2 (10.00%) Silverlight
5 2 (10.00%) ASP
5 2 (10.00%) WSH
6 1 (5.000%) ADO
6 1 (5.000%) SOAP
6 1 (5.000%) COM
6 1 (5.000%) XSLT
6 1 (5.000%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 6 (30.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (15.00%) IIS
4 2 (10.00%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (10.00%) MS Exchange
4 2 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 9 (45.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (10.00%) InfoPath
2 2 (10.00%) MS Office
3 1 (5.000%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (55.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (10.00%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (5.000%) MS Access
5 1 (5.000%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.000%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (5.000%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (5.000%) Subversion
General
1 3 (15.00%) Marketing
2 2 (10.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Law
2 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.000%) Legal
3 1 (5.000%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.000%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Developer
2 4 (20.00%) SQL DBA
2 4 (20.00%) DBA
2 4 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 3 (15.00%) CRM Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Dynamics CRM Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Developer
4 2 (10.00%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Microsoft Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Administrator
4 2 (10.00%) SQL Server DBA
4 2 (10.00%) Senior SharePoint Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 2 (10.00%) CRM Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.000%) N-Tier
2 1 (5.000%) PMI
2 1 (5.000%) FMCG
2 1 (5.000%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.000%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 17 (85.00%) Windows
2 7 (35.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (10.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) CRM
1 5 (25.00%) Workflow
2 4 (20.00%) Migration
2 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 3 (15.00%) UML
3 3 (15.00%) Project Planning
3 3 (15.00%) Service Management
3 3 (15.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
5 1 (5.000%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.000%) Project Management
5 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2
5 1 (5.000%) Problem Management
5 1 (5.000%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (5.000%) MVC
5 1 (5.000%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.000%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) SQL
2 8 (40.00%) VB
2 8 (40.00%) PowerShell
3 7 (35.00%) C#
4 5 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 4 (20.00%) VB.NET
6 3 (15.00%) T-SQL
7 1 (5.000%) Python
7 1 (5.000%) Perl
7 1 (5.000%) PHP
7 1 (5.000%) VB6
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) MCSE
2 2 (10.00%) MCDBA
2 2 (10.00%) MCP
3 1 (5.000%) APMP
3 1 (5.000%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) QA
System Software
1 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (10.00%) VMware ESX
4 1 (5.000%) XenApp
4 1 (5.000%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (25.00%) SCCM
2 2 (10.00%) WMI
2 2 (10.00%) SCOM
3 1 (5.000%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) VMware
3 3 (15.00%) Oracle
4 2 (10.00%) Citrix
4 2 (10.00%) Avaya
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco
5 1 (5.000%) Business Objects
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
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