The first table below looks at the demand for VBScript skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VBScript over the 3 months to 21 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Rank 181 163 143
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -20
Permanent jobs citing VBScript 22 18 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.439% 0.399% 0.710%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.890% 0.740% 1.518%
Number of salaries quoted 21 17 27
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,100 £32,500 £24,600
10% offered a salary of more than £47,000 £40,000 £35,400
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2473 2434 1911
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 49.36% 53.92% 46.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2157 2194 1721
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VBScript
England

VBScript
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands VBScript Salary Trend

VBScript
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VBScript across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Birmingham -3 12 £42,500 +21.42%
Solihull -9 6 £34,000 +4.61%
Warwickshire +6 2 £33,000 -12.00%
Staffordshire -9 2 £37,500 -6.25%
Coventry - 2 £32,250 -
Shropshire - 1 £27,500 -
VBScript
England

VBScript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 33 (71.74%) Windows
2 28 (60.87%) SQL Server
3 21 (45.65%) Microsoft
4 16 (34.78%) PowerShell
5 15 (32.61%) MS Excel
6 14 (30.43%) VB
6 14 (30.43%) .NET
6 14 (30.43%) SQL
6 14 (30.43%) VMware
7 13 (28.26%) Active Directory
8 12 (26.09%) C#
8 12 (26.09%) ASP.NET
9 11 (23.91%) JavaScript
9 11 (23.91%) SAN
10 10 (21.74%) Windows Server 2003
10 10 (21.74%) Backup Exec
10 10 (21.74%) HTML
10 10 (21.74%) Windows Server 2008
10 10 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
11 9 (19.57%) SQL Server 2005
11 9 (19.57%) MS Exchange
12 8 (17.39%) Symantec
12 8 (17.39%) NetApp
12 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (17.39%) VB.NET
12 8 (17.39%) ITIL
12 8 (17.39%) Windows 7
12 8 (17.39%) vSphere
13 7 (15.22%) SQL Server 2008
13 7 (15.22%) Waterfall

VBScript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 14 (30.43%) .NET
2 12 (26.09%) ASP.NET
3 10 (21.74%) HTML
4 7 (15.22%) CSS
4 7 (15.22%) XML
5 6 (13.04%) Web Services
5 6 (13.04%) .NET Framework
6 5 (10.87%) ASP
7 4 (8.696%) Application Packaging
8 3 (6.522%) jQuery
8 3 (6.522%) WF
8 3 (6.522%) DHTML
8 3 (6.522%) CGI
9 2 (4.348%) WinForms
9 2 (4.348%) WSH
9 2 (4.348%) Silverlight
9 2 (4.348%) WCF
9 2 (4.348%) MDX
10 1 (2.174%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 1 (2.174%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 9 (19.57%) MS Exchange
2 5 (10.87%) IIS
2 5 (10.87%) Lotus Notes
2 5 (10.87%) Lotus Domino
2 5 (10.87%) SharePoint
3 4 (8.696%) BizTalk Server
3 4 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (4.348%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (4.348%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (2.174%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (2.174%) MQSeries
Applications
1 15 (32.61%) MS Excel
2 4 (8.696%) MS Office
3 2 (4.348%) InfoPath
3 2 (4.348%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (2.174%) MS Project
4 1 (2.174%) Photoshop
4 1 (2.174%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (23.91%) SAN
2 4 (8.696%) Firewall
2 4 (8.696%) DNS
2 4 (8.696%) DHCP
3 2 (4.348%) Intranet
3 2 (4.348%) Internet
3 2 (4.348%) MPLS
3 2 (4.348%) LDAP
3 2 (4.348%) Kerberos
3 2 (4.348%) SNMP
3 2 (4.348%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.348%) WLAN
3 2 (4.348%) VLAN
3 2 (4.348%) Network Security
3 2 (4.348%) iSCSI
3 2 (4.348%) NAS
4 1 (2.174%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (2.174%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (2.174%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (60.87%) SQL Server
2 9 (19.57%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (15.22%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (15.22%) RDBMS
4 6 (13.04%) SQL Server 2000
5 5 (10.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (6.522%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (4.348%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (2.174%) MySQL
8 1 (2.174%) DB2
8 1 (2.174%) DTS
8 1 (2.174%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 6 (13.04%) Visual Studio
2 2 (4.348%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (4.348%) Subversion
2 2 (4.348%) JIRA
2 2 (4.348%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (8.696%) Finance
2 3 (6.522%) Marketing
3 2 (4.348%) Automotive
3 2 (4.348%) Law
3 2 (4.348%) Retail
4 1 (2.174%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.174%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 12 (26.09%) Developer
2 9 (19.57%) Analyst
3 5 (10.87%) .NET Developer
3 5 (10.87%) SQL DBA
3 5 (10.87%) DBA
4 4 (8.696%) Senior Developer
4 4 (8.696%) Administrator
4 4 (8.696%) Consultant
5 3 (6.522%) Dynamics CRM Developer
5 3 (6.522%) CRM Developer
5 3 (6.522%) Technical Leader
5 3 (6.522%) QA Analyst
5 3 (6.522%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (6.522%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (6.522%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (4.348%) Analyst Programmer
6 2 (4.348%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.348%) Programmer
6 2 (4.348%) Technical Support
6 2 (4.348%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.174%) Statistics
1 1 (2.174%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 33 (71.74%) Windows
2 10 (21.74%) Windows Server 2003
2 10 (21.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (17.39%) Windows 7
4 7 (15.22%) Linux
5 2 (4.348%) Windows XP
5 2 (4.348%) Windows 8
6 1 (2.174%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.39%) ITIL
2 7 (15.22%) Waterfall
3 5 (10.87%) CRM
3 5 (10.87%) Workflow
4 4 (8.696%) Migration
4 4 (8.696%) Project Management
4 4 (8.696%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (8.696%) Project Planning
5 3 (6.522%) Data Migration
5 3 (6.522%) Web Development
5 3 (6.522%) Business Analysis
5 3 (6.522%) UML
5 3 (6.522%) MVC
5 3 (6.522%) Service Management
6 2 (4.348%) Service Delivery
6 2 (4.348%) PRINCE2
6 2 (4.348%) E-Commerce
6 2 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (4.348%) Data Analysis
6 2 (4.348%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (34.78%) PowerShell
2 14 (30.43%) VB
2 14 (30.43%) SQL
3 12 (26.09%) C#
4 11 (23.91%) JavaScript
5 8 (17.39%) VB.NET
6 5 (10.87%) PHP
7 4 (8.696%) Python
7 4 (8.696%) T-SQL
7 4 (8.696%) Perl
8 1 (2.174%) VB6
8 1 (2.174%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (15.22%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (15.22%) CCNA
3 6 (13.04%) MCSE
4 5 (10.87%) MCITP
4 5 (10.87%) MCSA
5 3 (6.522%) Degree
6 2 (4.348%) MCDBA
6 2 (4.348%) CCNP
6 2 (4.348%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.348%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.174%) ISTQB
7 1 (2.174%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (2.174%) MCP
7 1 (2.174%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.696%) QA
2 1 (2.174%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (28.26%) Active Directory
2 10 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (17.39%) vSphere
4 6 (13.04%) Hyper-V
5 2 (4.348%) VMware ESX
5 2 (4.348%) ISA Server
6 1 (2.174%) IAG
6 1 (2.174%) UAG
6 1 (2.174%) XenApp
6 1 (2.174%) XenServer
6 1 (2.174%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (2.174%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 10 (21.74%) Backup Exec
2 7 (15.22%) SCCM
3 6 (13.04%) WSUS
4 5 (10.87%) WhatsUp Gold
4 5 (10.87%) Zenoss
4 5 (10.87%) Tivoli
4 5 (10.87%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 5 (10.87%) ARCserve
4 5 (10.87%) Norton AntiVirus
5 3 (6.522%) SCOM
6 2 (4.348%) WMI
6 2 (4.348%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (2.174%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 1 (2.174%) Cacti
7 1 (2.174%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 21 (45.65%) Microsoft
2 14 (30.43%) VMware
3 8 (17.39%) Symantec
3 8 (17.39%) NetApp
4 7 (15.22%) Citrix
5 6 (13.04%) Cisco
6 5 (10.87%) McAfee
6 5 (10.87%) Sophos
6 5 (10.87%) Lotus
7 4 (8.696%) Oracle
8 3 (6.522%) HP
9 2 (4.348%) Dell
9 2 (4.348%) Veritas
9 2 (4.348%) IBM
10 1 (2.174%) SolarWinds
10 1 (2.174%) LANDesk
10 1 (2.174%) Business Objects
10 1 (2.174%) Adobe
10 1 (2.174%) CheckPoint
10 1 (2.174%) EMC
Warwickshire
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Big Red Recruitment
Salary: Up to £37,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Warwick, West Midlands
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £38000.00 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
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Salary: £65000 - £72000 per annum
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Salary: GBP35000 to GBP40000 per annum + Benefits: plus Benefits
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