The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 24 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank 172 143 162
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +19
Permanent jobs citing VBScript 20 30 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.488% 0.828% 0.202%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.779% 1.369% 0.410%
Number of salaries quoted 14 30 7
Average salary £25,250 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.73% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,150 £28,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £34,000 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Programming Languages
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2566 2191 1950
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 62.66% 60.46% 49.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2296 1982 1823
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% +6.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester VBScript Salary Trend

VBScript
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VBScript across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 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
Salford - 1 £21,500 -
VBScript
North West

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 20 (66.67%) SQL
2 19 (63.33%) Windows
3 16 (53.33%) SQL Server
4 15 (50.00%) VB
5 14 (46.67%) Finance
6 12 (40.00%) .NET
7 11 (36.67%) C#
7 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
8 10 (33.33%) HTML
9 9 (30.00%) Web Services
10 8 (26.67%) XML
10 8 (26.67%) VB.NET
10 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
10 8 (26.67%) SharePoint
10 8 (26.67%) MS Exchange
10 8 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
10 8 (26.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2003
10 8 (26.67%) Degree
10 8 (26.67%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (23.33%) .NET Framework
11 7 (23.33%) XenServer
11 7 (23.33%) Exchange Server 2010
11 7 (23.33%) Workflow
11 7 (23.33%) DHCP
11 7 (23.33%) ERP
11 7 (23.33%) DNS
11 7 (23.33%) Citrix
11 7 (23.33%) Windows Server 2003
11 7 (23.33%) Visual Studio

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 12 (40.00%) .NET
2 10 (33.33%) HTML
3 9 (30.00%) Web Services
4 8 (26.67%) XML
5 7 (23.33%) .NET Framework
5 7 (23.33%) ASP.NET
6 6 (20.00%) DHTML
6 6 (20.00%) CGI
6 6 (20.00%) WF
7 3 (10.00%) CSS
8 2 (6.667%) ASP
8 2 (6.667%) EDI
8 2 (6.667%) jQuery
9 1 (3.333%) CSS3
9 1 (3.333%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 1 (3.333%) LESS
9 1 (3.333%) ASP.NET 2.0
9 1 (3.333%) Silverlight
9 1 (3.333%) WCF
9 1 (3.333%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 8 (26.67%) SharePoint
1 8 (26.67%) MS Exchange
1 8 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 7 (23.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (3.333%) Windows Azure
4 1 (3.333%) CMS
4 1 (3.333%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (20.00%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (6.667%) MFGPRO
2 2 (6.667%) Sage 200
3 1 (3.333%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 7 (23.33%) DHCP
1 7 (23.33%) DNS
2 5 (16.67%) SAN
3 2 (6.667%) Intranet
4 1 (3.333%) Wireless
4 1 (3.333%) Broadband
4 1 (3.333%) VoIP
4 1 (3.333%) WAN
4 1 (3.333%) Ethernet
4 1 (3.333%) HTTP
4 1 (3.333%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (53.33%) SQL Server
2 8 (26.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (6.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (3.333%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.333%) Git (software)
2 1 (3.333%) Moq
2 1 (3.333%) NUnit
2 1 (3.333%) Subversion
General
1 14 (46.67%) Finance
2 1 (3.333%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Developer
2 6 (20.00%) Consultant
2 6 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Developer
2 6 (20.00%) Senior Microsoft Developer
2 6 (20.00%) Dynamics AX Developer
3 5 (16.67%) Trainee
4 4 (13.33%) Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Service Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Wintel Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (6.667%) Web Developer
6 2 (6.667%) Technical Support
6 2 (6.667%) Support Engineer
6 2 (6.667%) Applications Support
6 2 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (6.667%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (6.667%) Help Desk Engineer
6 2 (6.667%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.333%) Mobile App
1 1 (3.333%) Informatics
1 1 (3.333%) Computer Science
1 1 (3.333%) Client/Server
1 1 (3.333%) Blackberry
1 1 (3.333%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 19 (63.33%) Windows
2 8 (26.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (23.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (10.00%) UNIX
5 1 (3.333%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.333%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (23.33%) Workflow
2 7 (23.33%) ERP
2 7 (23.33%) ITIL
3 6 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (20.00%) CRM
3 6 (20.00%) Migration
3 6 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 6 (20.00%) Logistics
3 6 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 6 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 5 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 5 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 5 (16.67%) Project Management
5 4 (13.33%) Change Control
5 4 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (13.33%) Problem Management
6 2 (6.667%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (6.667%) Document Management
7 1 (3.333%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 20 (66.67%) SQL
2 15 (50.00%) VB
3 11 (36.67%) C#
4 8 (26.67%) VB.NET
5 7 (23.33%) JavaScript
6 6 (20.00%) X++
7 1 (3.333%) VB6
7 1 (3.333%) Java
7 1 (3.333%) Perl
7 1 (3.333%) PHP
7 1 (3.333%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) Degree
2 4 (13.33%) CCA
2 4 (13.33%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (13.33%) CCEA
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (13.33%) MCSA
2 4 (13.33%) MCITP
System Software
1 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 7 (23.33%) XenServer
3 6 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (20.00%) XenDesktop
3 6 (20.00%) XenApp
4 3 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (3.333%) ISA Server
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (23.33%) Citrix
3 6 (20.00%) Oracle
4 5 (16.67%) SYSPRO
5 3 (10.00%) VMware
6 2 (6.667%) Sage
6 2 (6.667%) Cognos
7 1 (3.333%) Websense
7 1 (3.333%) SurfControl
7 1 (3.333%) Dell
7 1 (3.333%) EMC
7 1 (3.333%) Intel
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