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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 512 456 473
Rank change year-on-year -56 +17 +168
Contract jobs citing VBScript 29 22 70
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.094% 0.082% 0.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.30% 0.25% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 54
10th Percentile £274 £469 £255
25th Percentile £327 £525 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% +2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £615
90th Percentile £671 £654 -
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £22.00
25th Percentile - - £24.81
Median hourly rate - - £43.84
75th Percentile - - £53.66
90th Percentile - - £67.25
UK median hourly rate - - £43.84
% change year-on-year - - -5.40%

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 9,526 8,720 10,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.72% 32.64% 30.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,330 5,601 7,929
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 359 207 399
10th Percentile £39.58 £25.26 £35.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £45.59 £46.32
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +0.80% -3.85%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -0.79%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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
South West -9 9 £345 - 6
Midlands - 7 £600 - 6
West Midlands - 6 £600 - 1
North West -31 5 £690 +9.31% 4
North of England -48 5 £690 +9.31% 9
South East -23 3 £338 -38.64% 12
London -16 2 £313 -21.88% 1
East of England - 2 £363 - 6
East Midlands - 1 - - 5
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 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (17.24%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (31.03%) Azure
2 5 (17.24%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (10.34%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Functions
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) DHCP
1 7 (24.14%) DNS
1 7 (24.14%) VLAN
2 6 (20.69%) LAN
2 6 (20.69%) WAN
3 5 (17.24%) Skype
3 5 (17.24%) VPN
3 5 (17.24%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.45%) Internet
4 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle Database
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (37.93%) MSI
2 10 (34.48%) InstallShield
3 8 (27.59%) AdminStudio
4 3 (10.34%) HP UFT
4 3 (10.34%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (17.24%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
2 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Legal
3 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Applications Engineer
2 8 (27.59%) Deployment Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Application Integration Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Integration Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Technical Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Test Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Field Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Field Service Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (3.45%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Applications Packager
6 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) SCCM Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Legacy Applications
2 3 (10.34%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (89.66%) Windows
2 20 (68.97%) Windows 10
3 5 (17.24%) Windows 7
4 3 (10.34%) Linux
4 3 (10.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
5 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Application Packaging
2 9 (31.03%) DevOps
3 6 (20.69%) Agile
3 6 (20.69%) ITIL
4 5 (17.24%) Batch Scripting
4 5 (17.24%) Disk Encryption
4 5 (17.24%) ITSM
4 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (17.24%) Service Management
4 5 (17.24%) Software Delivery
5 4 (13.79%) Test Automation
6 3 (10.34%) CI/CD
6 3 (10.34%) Functional Testing
6 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
6 3 (10.34%) Reverse Engineering
6 3 (10.34%) Scrum
6 3 (10.34%) Software Testing
7 2 (6.90%) Change Management
7 2 (6.90%) Compatibility Testing
7 2 (6.90%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 26 (89.66%) PowerShell
2 7 (24.14%) VB
3 3 (10.34%) Python
4 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (62.07%) Security Cleared
2 11 (37.93%) SC Cleared
3 8 (27.59%) DV Cleared
4 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (13.79%) MCSA
6 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.45%) Degree
6 1 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (3.45%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) QA
System Software
1 13 (44.83%) Active Directory
2 10 (34.48%) Microsoft App-V
3 6 (20.69%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 22 (75.86%) SCCM
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (51.72%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) ServiceNow
3 3 (10.34%) VMware
4 2 (6.90%) ArcSight
4 2 (6.90%) Citrix
5 1 (3.45%) Oracle
5 1 (3.45%) Veeam
5 1 (3.45%) Zscaler