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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 490 490 548
Rank change year-on-year 0 +58 +128
Contract jobs citing VBScript 29 36 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.11% 0.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.32% 0.34% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 26 39
10th Percentile £220 £519 £300
25th Percentile £286 £565 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £605 £550
Median % change year-on-year -42.98% +10.00% +20.88%
75th Percentile £500 £608 £615
90th Percentile £625 £675 -
UK median daily rate £400 £605 £525
% change year-on-year -33.88% +15.24% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £34.79
25th Percentile - £57.50 £40.82
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £52.97
Median % change year-on-year - +13.27% +39.42%
75th Percentile - £62.50 £65.05
90th Percentile - - £68.06
UK median hourly rate - £60.00 £52.97
% change year-on-year - +13.27% +39.42%

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 9,133 10,730 13,643
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.84% 32.57% 32.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,172 7,343 9,851
10th Percentile £350 £350 £373
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £788
UK median daily rate £503 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.29% -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 309 415
10th Percentile £31.25 £30.40 £35.00
25th Percentile £42.50 £50.00 £48.36
Median hourly rate £56.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £71.39
90th Percentile £80.00 £79.34 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +3.17% +11.40%

VBScript
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing VBScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for VBScript 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 2025. 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
London +4 10 £350 -41.67% 1
South West - 9 £345 - 1
Midlands - 6 £600 - 1
West Midlands - 5 £600 -
South East -5 1 £605 -
Yorkshire - 1 £275 -
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 £225 -
North of England - 1 £275 - 4
VBScript
UK

VBScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (37.93%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.45%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (3.45%) Azure Storage
3 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) DHCP
1 7 (24.14%) DNS
2 6 (20.69%) VLAN
3 1 (3.45%) Firewall
3 1 (3.45%) FTP
3 1 (3.45%) HTTP
3 1 (3.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (37.93%) MSI
2 8 (27.59%) AdminStudio
3 7 (24.14%) InstallShield
General
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Finance
2 6 (20.69%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Automotive
5 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Aviation
5 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.45%) Military
5 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Applications Engineer
2 7 (24.14%) Deployment Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) SCCM Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Windows Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Application Integration Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Applications Packager
5 3 (10.34%) Integration Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Support Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Documentation Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Active Directory Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Active Directory Support
7 1 (3.45%) Active Directory Support Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Administrator
7 1 (3.45%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared Application Packager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) Software Packaging
2 1 (3.45%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.45%) LDAP
2 1 (3.45%) Middleware
2 1 (3.45%) OAuth
2 1 (3.45%) OpenID
2 1 (3.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Legacy Applications
2 3 (10.34%) Client/Server
3 2 (6.90%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.90%) Replication
4 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.45%) PKI
4 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (89.66%) Windows
2 17 (58.62%) Windows 10
3 4 (13.79%) Linux
3 4 (13.79%) Windows Server
4 3 (10.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Application Packaging
2 8 (27.59%) DevOps
2 8 (27.59%) ITIL
3 7 (24.14%) Agile
4 6 (20.69%) Migration
4 6 (20.69%) Time Management
5 5 (17.24%) Batch Scripting
5 5 (17.24%) Software Delivery
6 4 (13.79%) Asset Management
7 3 (10.34%) Patch Management
7 3 (10.34%) Reverse Engineering
7 3 (10.34%) Scrum
8 2 (6.90%) Data Protection
8 2 (6.90%) High Availability
8 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Management
8 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.90%) Process Improvement
8 2 (6.90%) RBAC
8 2 (6.90%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 2 (6.90%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 29 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (13.79%) Python
3 3 (10.34%) SQL
4 1 (3.45%) ActionScript
4 1 (3.45%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (3.45%) Bicep
4 1 (3.45%) C#
4 1 (3.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (51.72%) Security Cleared
2 11 (37.93%) SC Cleared
3 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (13.79%) DV Cleared
4 4 (13.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (13.79%) MCSA
5 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.45%) DBS Check
5 1 (3.45%) Degree
5 1 (3.45%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) SLA
2 1 (3.45%) GDPR
2 1 (3.45%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (34.48%) Active Directory
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (6.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (3.45%) BitLocker
3 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (72.41%) SCCM
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.45%) SCOM
3 1 (3.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) VMware
3 2 (6.90%) ArcSight
3 2 (6.90%) Citrix
4 1 (3.45%) Globalscape
4 1 (3.45%) Oracle