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 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 568 453 461
Rank change year-on-year -115 +8 +115
Contract jobs citing VBScript 27 27 76
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.066% 0.11% 0.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.25% 0.33% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 18 66
10th Percentile £303 £245 £385
25th Percentile £326 £313 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% -11.36% -
75th Percentile £604 £584 £608
90th Percentile £637 £622 -
UK median daily rate £350 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -26.32% -13.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £42.49
25th Percentile - - £44.99
Median hourly rate - - £51.92
75th Percentile - - £58.59
90th Percentile - - £60.94
UK median hourly rate - - £51.92
% change year-on-year - - -1.98%

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,930 8,254 10,846
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.59% 33.74% 29.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,220 5,728 7,871
10th Percentile £355 £362 £350
25th Percentile £415 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £656
90th Percentile £721 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £533
% change year-on-year -3.85% -2.44% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 526 210 446
10th Percentile £41.76 £26.31 £37.59
25th Percentile £55.00 £37.65 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.10 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.25 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.42% -0.40% -

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 17 May 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 17 May 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 -33 10 £355 -35.69% 9
North of England -64 10 £355 -23.76% 9
South East -57 9 £344 -38.89%
West Midlands -58 4 £475 +115.91%
Midlands -64 4 £475 +115.91%
South West -32 2 £500 +5.26%
London -68 2 £450 +12.50% 3
VBScript
UK

VBScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 11 (40.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (37.04%) Skype for Business
3 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Azure
2 5 (18.52%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.70%) AWS
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (3.70%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (37.04%) Skype
2 6 (22.22%) DHCP
2 6 (22.22%) DNS
2 6 (22.22%) VLAN
3 5 (18.52%) LAN
3 5 (18.52%) VPN
3 5 (18.52%) WAN
4 4 (14.81%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 8 (29.63%) HP UFT
2 5 (18.52%) Jenkins
3 4 (14.81%) MSI
4 2 (7.41%) InstallShield
5 1 (3.70%) Selenium
5 1 (3.70%) WebDriver
General
1 9 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.41%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Retail
5 1 (3.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Test Engineer
2 6 (22.22%) Desktop Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Architect
3 4 (14.81%) Technical Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Applications Packager
6 1 (3.70%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (3.70%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Automation Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Automation Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Deployment Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Developer
6 1 (3.70%) HFM Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Network Security Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Security Technical Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Technical Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) REST
2 1 (3.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.70%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.70%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 16 (59.26%) Windows
2 14 (51.85%) Windows 10
3 10 (37.04%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Disk Encryption
1 10 (37.04%) ITSM
2 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (33.33%) Service Management
2 9 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 8 (29.63%) Functional Testing
4 7 (25.93%) CI/CD
5 5 (18.52%) DevOps
5 5 (18.52%) Mentoring
5 5 (18.52%) Software Testing
6 4 (14.81%) User Experience
7 3 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
7 3 (11.11%) Application Packaging
7 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (7.41%) Agile
8 2 (7.41%) ITIL
8 2 (7.41%) Migration
8 2 (7.41%) Robotic Process Automation
8 2 (7.41%) Task Automation
8 2 (7.41%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 18 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 12 (44.44%) VB
3 3 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 3 (11.11%) SQL
4 2 (7.41%) C#
4 2 (7.41%) Java
4 2 (7.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 10 (37.04%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) Degree
3 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) QA
2 1 (3.70%) GAAP
System Software
1 10 (37.04%) BitLocker
2 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
3 4 (14.81%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (55.56%) SCCM
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 10 (37.04%) ServiceNow
3 3 (11.11%) Citrix
4 2 (7.41%) Blue Prism
4 2 (7.41%) VMware
5 1 (3.70%) Hyperion
5 1 (3.70%) Micro Focus
5 1 (3.70%) NetApp
5 1 (3.70%) Netskope