The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank 64 96 101
Rank change year-on-year
+32 +5
Permanent jobs citing VBScript 26 11 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 2.421% 0.863% 0.078%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.283% 1.284% 0.134%
Number of salaries quoted 23 9 1
Average salary £47,500 £32,500 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+46.15% -26.13%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Programming Languages
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
607 857 746
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 56.52% 67.22% 58.24%
Number of salaries quoted 526 754 629
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VBScript
East of England

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex VBScript Salary Trend

VBScript
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VBScript across the Essex region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Basildon +2 10 £47,500 +47.28% 1
Brentwood - 8 £50,000 -
VBScript
East of England

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 16 (53.33%) VB.NET
1 16 (53.33%) .NET
1 16 (53.33%) Windows
2 15 (50.00%) Java
3 14 (46.67%) VBA
3 14 (46.67%) VB
4 12 (40.00%) SAN
4 12 (40.00%) PowerShell
5 11 (36.67%) Finance
5 11 (36.67%) Active Directory
5 11 (36.67%) Citrix
6 10 (33.33%) SQL Server
6 10 (33.33%) VMware
6 10 (33.33%) Kofax
6 10 (33.33%) Captiva
7 9 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 9 (30.00%) XML
7 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
7 9 (30.00%) ITIL
8 8 (26.67%) SQL
8 8 (26.67%) Change Management
8 8 (26.67%) VMware ESX
8 8 (26.67%) XenApp
9 7 (23.33%) XenServer
9 7 (23.33%) Workflow
9 7 (23.33%) TCP/IP
10 6 (20.00%) DNS
10 6 (20.00%) DHCP
10 6 (20.00%) LDAP
11 5 (16.67%) Investment Management

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 16 (53.33%) .NET
2 9 (30.00%) XML
3 4 (13.33%) DOM
3 4 (13.33%) XSLT
4 2 (6.667%) ASP.NET
5 1 (3.333%) SOAP
5 1 (3.333%) Web Services
5 1 (3.333%) ADO.NET
5 1 (3.333%) DHTML
5 1 (3.333%) HTML
5 1 (3.333%) WSDL
5 1 (3.333%) Ajax
5 1 (3.333%) .NET Framework
5 1 (3.333%) WCF
5 1 (3.333%) LINQ
5 1 (3.333%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 10 (33.33%) Captiva
2 2 (6.667%) IIS
3 1 (3.333%) MS Exchange
3 1 (3.333%) Alfresco
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (40.00%) SAN
2 7 (23.33%) TCP/IP
3 6 (20.00%) DNS
3 6 (20.00%) LDAP
3 6 (20.00%) DHCP
4 1 (3.333%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (3.333%) MySQL
General
1 11 (36.67%) Finance
2 5 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Analyst
2 10 (33.33%) Analyst Programmer
2 10 (33.33%) Programmer
3 5 (16.67%) Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Consultant
4 3 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) VBA Developer
5 2 (6.667%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 2 (6.667%) Technical Leader
5 2 (6.667%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) .NET Developer
6 1 (3.333%) VB.NET Developer
6 1 (3.333%) Server Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) Citrix Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Applications Support
6 1 (3.333%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (3.333%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.667%) Clustering
2 1 (3.333%) Statistics
2 1 (3.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (53.33%) Windows
2 2 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (3.333%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (3.333%) Windows 2000
3 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) ITIL
2 8 (26.67%) Change Management
3 7 (23.33%) Workflow
4 5 (16.67%) Investment Management
5 3 (10.00%) Time Management
5 3 (10.00%) Change Control
5 3 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (10.00%) Load Balancing
5 3 (10.00%) Document Management
6 2 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.333%) Wealth Management
7 1 (3.333%) Performance Testing
7 1 (3.333%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (3.333%) Migration
7 1 (3.333%) UML
7 1 (3.333%) SOA
7 1 (3.333%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (53.33%) VB.NET
2 15 (50.00%) Java
3 14 (46.67%) VBA
3 14 (46.67%) VB
4 12 (40.00%) PowerShell
5 8 (26.67%) SQL
6 2 (6.667%) Perl
7 1 (3.333%) C#
System Software
1 11 (36.67%) Active Directory
2 9 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (26.67%) XenApp
3 8 (26.67%) VMware ESX
4 7 (23.33%) XenServer
5 4 (13.33%) MetaFrame
6 2 (6.667%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (6.667%) Xen
6 2 (6.667%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Citrix
2 10 (33.33%) Kofax
2 10 (33.33%) VMware
3 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (13.33%) Open Text
5 3 (10.00%) AppSense
5 3 (10.00%) SolarWinds
6 2 (6.667%) NetApp
7 1 (3.333%) HP
7 1 (3.333%) EMC
7 1 (3.333%) Oracle
Essex
Server Virtualisation and consolidation experience using Citrix XenServer/Metaframe and VMWare (ESX) technologies. At least two formal IT industry accreditation (Microsoft, CompTIA, Citrix, VMWare etc). Familiarisation of Citrix...
Capital IT Resourcing LTD
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum & Excellent Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013