VBScript Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring VBScript skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 597 490 496
Rank change year-on-year -107 +6 +36
Contract jobs citing VBScript 34 27 33
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.073% 0.096% 0.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.28% 0.29% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 17 19
10th Percentile £315 £220 £503
25th Percentile £329 £325 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £350 £605
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -42.15% +12.56%
75th Percentile £504 £513 £608
90th Percentile £519 £625 -
UK median daily rate £442 £413 £580
% change year-on-year +7.15% -28.88% +13.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - +15.56%

All Programming Languages
England

VBScript falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in England.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,180 9,199 10,359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.17% 32.56% 32.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,882 6,120 6,840
10th Percentile £363 £345 £356
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £543
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -5.53% -1.36%
75th Percentile £636 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 537 272 287
10th Percentile £21.25 £31.25 £30.00
25th Percentile £46.80 £43.82 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.42% -4.23% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.50 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £78.63 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +4.00%

VBScript Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VBScript relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

VBScript job vacancy trend in England

VBScript Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VBScript.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VBScript

VBScript Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VBScript in England over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VBScript in England

VBScript Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VBScript.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VBScript

VBScript Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBScript within the England region over the 6 months to 18 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 21 £360 -
North of England - 21 £360 - 1
London -97 5 £590 +57.20% 2
South East - 5 £355 - 1
Midlands -48 2 £434 -27.67% 2
West Midlands -54 2 £434 -27.67%
South West -48 1 £331 -4.06%
VBScript
UK

VBScript Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1PowerShell79.4%27
2VB52.9%18
3SQL17.6%6
4Python11.8%4
5C#2.9%1
5PL/SQL2.9%1
5T-SQL2.9%1
5VB.NET2.9%1
5VBA2.9%1
5XPath2.9%1