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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank 104 101 83
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -18
Permanent jobs citing VBScript 16 23 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.894% 1.194% 1.992%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.561% 1.837% 3.232%
Number of salaries quoted 16 23 28
Average salary £80,000 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+77.77% +28.57%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1025 1252 1021
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 57.29% 64.97% 61.62%
Number of salaries quoted 843 1119 900
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VBScript
North West

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire VBScript Salary Trend

VBScript
Salary Histogram

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

Cheshire VBScript Salary Histogram

VBScript
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VBScript within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chester -14 5 £35,000 +12.90%
Warrington -2 2 £33,750 -25.00%
VBScript
North West

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 19 (73.08%) PowerShell
2 18 (69.23%) Windows
2 18 (69.23%) Microsoft
3 15 (57.69%) EMC
4 14 (53.85%) Windows Server 2008
5 12 (46.15%) Windows Server 2003
6 11 (42.31%) Finance
7 10 (38.46%) Service Delivery
7 10 (38.46%) Blackberry
7 10 (38.46%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 10 (38.46%) NetApp
7 10 (38.46%) MS Exchange
7 10 (38.46%) SharePoint
7 10 (38.46%) SQL
7 10 (38.46%) Lync
7 10 (38.46%) Office Communications Server
8 9 (34.62%) Exchange Server 2003
8 9 (34.62%) Business Development
8 9 (34.62%) Exchange Server 2007
8 9 (34.62%) Exchange Server 2010
8 9 (34.62%) Root Cause Analysis
8 9 (34.62%) ITIL
8 9 (34.62%) ITIL Certification
8 9 (34.62%) Service Management
9 8 (30.77%) UNIX
10 7 (26.92%) ERP
10 7 (26.92%) HTML
10 7 (26.92%) JavaScript
10 7 (26.92%) Oracle
10 7 (26.92%) SQL Server

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 (26.92%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 10 (38.46%) SharePoint
1 10 (38.46%) MS Exchange
1 10 (38.46%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 10 (38.46%) Office Communications Server
1 10 (38.46%) Lync
2 9 (34.62%) Exchange Server 2010
2 9 (34.62%) Exchange Server 2003
2 9 (34.62%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (11.54%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.846%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) HTTP
1 4 (15.38%) SAN
2 2 (7.692%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (42.31%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Services Delivery Manager
1 10 (38.46%) Service Manager
1 10 (38.46%) Delivery Manager
2 6 (23.08%) Software Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Administrator
4 4 (15.38%) Windows Administrator
5 3 (11.54%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (11.54%) Implementation Engineer
6 2 (7.692%) Installations Engineer
6 2 (7.692%) Senior Windows Administrator
6 2 (7.692%) Windows Systems Administrator
6 2 (7.692%) Server Administrator
7 1 (3.846%) Linux Administrator
7 1 (3.846%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 1 (3.846%) Senior Service Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Senior Services Delivery Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Senior Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) UNIX Systems Administrator
7 1 (3.846%) UNIX Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 10 (38.46%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.846%) Replication
2 1 (3.846%) Fat Client
2 1 (3.846%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 18 (69.23%) Windows
2 14 (53.85%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (46.15%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (30.77%) UNIX
5 2 (7.692%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (3.846%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (3.846%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.846%) AIX
6 1 (3.846%) Solaris
6 1 (3.846%) Linux
6 1 (3.846%) Windows XP
6 1 (3.846%) Debian
6 1 (3.846%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Service Delivery
2 9 (34.62%) ITIL
2 9 (34.62%) Service Management
2 9 (34.62%) Business Development
2 9 (34.62%) Root Cause Analysis
3 7 (26.92%) Document Management
3 7 (26.92%) ERP
4 3 (11.54%) Test Scripting
5 2 (7.692%) Network Management
5 2 (7.692%) Risk Management
5 2 (7.692%) Migration
6 1 (3.846%) Asset Management
6 1 (3.846%) Compatibility Testing
6 1 (3.846%) Software Deployment
6 1 (3.846%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 19 (73.08%) PowerShell
2 10 (38.46%) SQL
3 7 (26.92%) JavaScript
4 3 (11.54%) VB
5 2 (7.692%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (3.846%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) ISO 9000
1 1 (3.846%) QA
System Software
1 4 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (15.38%) XenApp
1 4 (15.38%) XenDesktop
2 3 (11.54%) Hyper-V
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.846%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (3.846%) WSUS
1 1 (3.846%) SCCM
1 1 (3.846%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 18 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 15 (57.69%) EMC
3 10 (38.46%) NetApp
4 7 (26.92%) Oracle
4 7 (26.92%) Sage
5 5 (19.23%) HP
5 5 (19.23%) IBM
6 4 (15.38%) Citrix
6 4 (15.38%) VMware
7 1 (3.846%) McAfee
7 1 (3.846%) Sophos
7 1 (3.846%) Red Hat
7 1 (3.846%) Sun
Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, North West
Understanding of Virtual technologies (such as VMWare, Hyper-V, App-V etc), - Understanding of Active Directory, SQL, IIS - Scripting experience with either Powershell / VBScript. - Experience with Citrix (XenApp/...
AppSense
Posted: 18 May 2013
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