The first table below looks at the demand for WSH skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WSH over the 3 months to 21 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 Application Development category for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Script Host (WSH)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing WSH 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.40%
All Application Development
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
616 506 406
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 36.54% 34.94% 31.30%
Number of salaries quoted 552 471 369
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WSH
West Midlands

WSH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham WSH Jobs Demand Trend

WSH
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham WSH Salary Trend

WSH
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing WSH 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 WSH.

1 2 (100.00%) VBScript
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) MCDBA
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Law
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell

WSH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing WSH 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 WSH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 2 (100.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) DBA
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server DBA
1 2 (100.00%) SQL DBA
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) VBScript
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCDBA
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory