The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 23 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank 76 86 83
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -3
Permanent jobs citing VBScript 17 10 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 1.399% 0.865% 0.757%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.422% 1.577% 1.331%
Number of salaries quoted 11 9 8
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +32.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £35,000 £35,200
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Programming Languages
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
702 634 601
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 57.78% 54.84% 56.86%
Number of salaries quoted 635 561 559
Average salary £32,500 £32,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.56% -8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VBScript
UK

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales VBScript Salary Trend

VBScript
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VBScript across the Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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
South Wales +7 15 £35,000 -
VBScript
UK

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 12 (70.59%) QuickTest Pro
1 12 (70.59%) VB
1 12 (70.59%) Test Automation
2 7 (41.18%) Waterfall
2 7 (41.18%) Test Scripting
3 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 5 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (29.41%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 5 (29.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2000
3 5 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (29.41%) XenApp
3 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 5 (29.41%) DV Cleared
3 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
3 5 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (29.41%) PowerShell
3 5 (29.41%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
3 5 (29.41%) Active Directory
3 5 (29.41%) Citrix
3 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (29.41%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (29.41%) Finance
3 5 (29.41%) VMware
3 5 (29.41%) VMware ESX
3 5 (29.41%) Clustering
3 5 (29.41%) NetBackup
3 5 (29.41%) Backup Exec
3 5 (29.41%) Terminal Services

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 3 (17.65%) CGI
2 1 (5.882%) COM
Application Platforms
1 5 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2007
1 5 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2000
1 5 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2003
1 5 (29.41%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 5 (29.41%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) DHCP
1 5 (29.41%) TCP/IP
1 5 (29.41%) DNS
Development Applications
1 12 (70.59%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 5 (29.41%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Analyst
1 10 (58.82%) Test Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) Support Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Technical Support Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Technical Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Wintel Support
3 3 (17.65%) Technical Support
3 3 (17.65%) Wintel Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Wintel Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Tester
5 1 (5.882%) Automation Tester
5 1 (5.882%) Automation Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Automation Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Clustering
1 5 (29.41%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (29.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Test Automation
2 7 (41.18%) Waterfall
2 7 (41.18%) Test Scripting
3 5 (29.41%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (5.882%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 12 (70.59%) VB
2 5 (29.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
1 5 (29.41%) DV Cleared
1 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (29.41%) MCP
1 5 (29.41%) MCSE
System Software
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 5 (29.41%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 5 (29.41%) XenApp
1 5 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (29.41%) Active Directory
1 5 (29.41%) VMware ESX
1 5 (29.41%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) NetBackup
1 5 (29.41%) Backup Exec
1 5 (29.41%) ARCserve
1 5 (29.41%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
1 5 (29.41%) Citrix
1 5 (29.41%) VMware
1 5 (29.41%) Symantec
1 5 (29.41%) Remedy
1 5 (29.41%) McAfee
1 5 (29.41%) Sophos