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

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank 41 41 29
Rank change year-on-year
0 -12
Permanent jobs citing VBScript 7 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 2.555% 0.461% 1.714%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.691% 0.820% 3.448%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 3
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +20.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £32,500 £25,800
10% offered a salary of more than £37,200 £32,500 £31,400
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Programming Languages
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
123 122 87
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 44.89% 56.22% 49.71%
Number of salaries quoted 116 92 81
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £30,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £42,500 £45,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VBScript
West Midlands

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull VBScript Salary Trend

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 11 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (75.00%) Windows
3 7 (58.33%) MS Excel
3 7 (58.33%) VMware
3 7 (58.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (58.33%) Windows 7
4 5 (41.67%) SCCM
4 5 (41.67%) Migration
4 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
4 5 (41.67%) Cisco
4 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
4 5 (41.67%) VB
5 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (33.33%) Citrix
5 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
5 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (25.00%) QA
6 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
6 3 (25.00%) MCP
6 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
6 3 (25.00%) Perl
6 3 (25.00%) PHP
6 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (25.00%) Avaya
6 3 (25.00%) RDBMS
6 3 (25.00%) MCSE
6 3 (25.00%) Python
7 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 2 (16.67%) CSS
2 1 (8.333%) HTML
2 1 (8.333%) .NET
2 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (58.33%) MS Excel
2 2 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) SAN
1 2 (16.67%) Internet
1 2 (16.67%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (25.00%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (8.333%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (8.333%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (8.333%) Subversion
General
1 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Desktop Support
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) Support Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) IT Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) QA Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Leader
4 1 (8.333%) .NET Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) VB.NET Analyst Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) C# Analyst Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) VB.NET Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) C# Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) Developer Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) .NET Analyst Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Windows
2 7 (58.33%) Windows 7
3 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
4 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Migration
2 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL
3 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
3 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (8.333%) MVC
4 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
4 1 (8.333%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) VB
2 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 3 (25.00%) Python
3 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (25.00%) Perl
3 3 (25.00%) PHP
4 1 (8.333%) VB.NET
4 1 (8.333%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) MCP
1 3 (25.00%) MCSE
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (16.67%) CCNP
2 2 (16.67%) CCNA
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 7 (58.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
3 2 (16.67%) VMware ESX
3 2 (16.67%) XenApp
3 2 (16.67%) XenDesktop
3 2 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) SCCM
2 2 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (16.67%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (58.33%) VMware
3 5 (41.67%) Cisco
4 4 (33.33%) Citrix
5 3 (25.00%) Avaya
6 2 (16.67%) NetApp
6 2 (16.67%) Symantec
6 2 (16.67%) HP
6 2 (16.67%) Dell