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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) skills within the Oxford region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank7562
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads2646
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.019 %
As % of the category below2.711 %5.852 %
Salaries quoted2044
Average minimum salary£31,800£30,523
Average salary£34,575£31,659
% change on same period last year+9.21 %
Average maximum salary£37,350£32,795
UK excluding London average salary£33,426£33,513
% change on same period last year-0.25 %
Oxford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Oxford
Matching permanent IT job ads959786
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.531 %0.330 %
Salaries quoted879695
Average minimum salary£32,152£30,953
Average salary£36,047£33,652
% change on same period last year+7.11 %
Average maximum salary£39,941£36,351
UK excluding London average salary£35,272£35,655
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
VBScript OxfordshireVBScript
Oxfordshire

VBScript
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VBScript across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Oxford VBScript Demand Trend

VBScript
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VBScript across the Oxford region.

Oxford VBScript Salary Trend

VBScript
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VBScript across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Oxford VBScript Salary Histogram

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

114 (40.00 %)SQL
114 (40.00 %)SQL Server
211 (31.43 %)SQL Server 2000
211 (31.43 %)Perl
211 (31.43 %)UNIX
211 (31.43 %)Python
211 (31.43 %)Automated Testing
211 (31.43 %)Software Testing
211 (31.43 %)SQL Server 2005
211 (31.43 %)QA
211 (31.43 %)Lua
211 (31.43 %)Test Scripting
39 (25.71 %)Microsoft
48 (22.86 %)Oracle
48 (22.86 %)Transact-SQL
57 (20.00 %)C#
57 (20.00 %).NET
57 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
66 (17.14 %)Windows
66 (17.14 %)Active Directory
66 (17.14 %)Finance
66 (17.14 %)SQL Server 2008
66 (17.14 %)Music
66 (17.14 %)Music Industry
66 (17.14 %)SQL Server 7
75 (14.29 %)Web Development
75 (14.29 %).NET Framework
75 (14.29 %)XSLT
75 (14.29 %)Oracle Forms
75 (14.29 %)PL/SQL

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (20.00 %).NET
17 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
25 (14.29 %)XSLT
25 (14.29 %).NET Framework
33 (8.571 %)HTML
41 (2.857 %)XHTML
41 (2.857 %)WSH
41 (2.857 %)CSS
41 (2.857 %)XML
41 (2.857 %)ASP
Oxford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.857 %)MS Exchange
Oxford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.857 %)Photoshop
11 (2.857 %)MS Excel
11 (2.857 %)Fireworks
Oxford IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (8.571 %)Tesseract
Oxford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (8.571 %)FTP
22 (5.714 %)DNS
31 (2.857 %)Intranet
31 (2.857 %)Internet
31 (2.857 %)TCP/IP
31 (2.857 %)SMS
Oxford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (40.00 %)SQL Server
211 (31.43 %)SQL Server 2000
211 (31.43 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (17.14 %)SQL Server 2008
36 (17.14 %)SQL Server 7
43 (8.571 %)PostgreSQL
43 (8.571 %)MySQL
43 (8.571 %)DTS
52 (5.714 %)GIS
61 (2.857 %)Crystal Reports
Oxford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (14.29 %)Oracle Forms
21 (2.857 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (2.857 %)Rational Robot
Oxford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (17.14 %)Finance
16 (17.14 %)Music
16 (17.14 %)Music Industry
22 (5.714 %)Pensions
31 (2.857 %)Telecoms
31 (2.857 %)Education
31 (2.857 %)Health
31 (2.857 %)Publishing
31 (2.857 %)Insurance
Oxford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (34.29 %)Tester
211 (31.43 %)Test Engineer
211 (31.43 %)QA Engineer
36 (17.14 %)Developer
36 (17.14 %)Analyst
36 (17.14 %)DBA
45 (14.29 %)Server Support
45 (14.29 %)Support Analyst
45 (14.29 %)Web Developer
45 (14.29 %)Applications Support
45 (14.29 %)SQL DBA
45 (14.29 %)Applications Support Analyst
45 (14.29 %)Server Support Analyst
45 (14.29 %)Server Analyst
45 (14.29 %)SQL Server Analyst
54 (11.43 %)Administrator
63 (8.571 %)SQL Server DBA
72 (5.714 %)Lead Developer
72 (5.714 %)Support Engineer
72 (5.714 %)IT Support Engineer
Oxford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (8.571 %)Replication
13 (8.571 %)Clustering
21 (2.857 %)Mathematics
21 (2.857 %)Computer Science
Oxford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (31.43 %)UNIX
26 (17.14 %)Windows
33 (8.571 %)Linux
33 (8.571 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (2.857 %)Windows 2000
41 (2.857 %)Windows XP
Oxford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (31.43 %)Automated Testing
111 (31.43 %)Software Testing
111 (31.43 %)Test Scripting
25 (14.29 %)Web Development
32 (5.714 %)Project Management
41 (2.857 %)Web Design
41 (2.857 %)Information Security
Oxford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (40.00 %)SQL
211 (31.43 %)Perl
211 (31.43 %)Python
211 (31.43 %)Lua
38 (22.86 %)Transact-SQL
47 (20.00 %)C#
55 (14.29 %)Java
55 (14.29 %)JavaScript
55 (14.29 %)PL/SQL
55 (14.29 %)VB
55 (14.29 %)VBA
61 (2.857 %)VB6
Oxford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (5.714 %)Degree
21 (2.857 %)MCSE
21 (2.857 %)Microsoft Certification
Oxford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (31.43 %)QA
21 (2.857 %)WCAG
21 (2.857 %)WAI
Oxford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (17.14 %)Active Directory
21 (2.857 %)Terminal Server
Oxford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (25.71 %)Microsoft
28 (22.86 %)Oracle
32 (5.714 %)Altiris
41 (2.857 %)IBM
41 (2.857 %)Citrix
41 (2.857 %)VMware