VBScript Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
North West > Manchester

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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VBScript 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.22% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.71% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £284 - -
25th Percentile £309 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £361 - -
75th Percentile £456 - -
90th Percentile £468 - -
North West median daily rate £360 £465 -
% change year-on-year -22.67% - -

All Programming Languages
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 563 283 436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 30.68% 30.83% 29.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 213 327
10th Percentile £355 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.67% -5.26% -5.09%
75th Percentile £575 £537 £544
90th Percentile £650 £610 £625
North West median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 5 16
10th Percentile £35.75 £68.50 £52.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £70.00 £60.00
Median hourly rate £73.50 £79.00 £70.94
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +11.37% +49.34%
75th Percentile £77.50 £88.75 £81.38
90th Percentile £95.00 £92.50 £90.25
North West median hourly rate £71.00 £79.00 £48.43
% change year-on-year -10.13% +63.12% +4.87%

VBScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

VBScript job vacancy trend in Manchester

VBScript
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing VBScript

VBScript
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for VBScript in Manchester

VBScript
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing VBScript

VBScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (25.00%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Snowflake
2 1 (25.00%) ChatGPT
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Support
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) WebSphere MQ
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) RBAC
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Grafana
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Moogsoft
2 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (50.00%) Splunk
3 1 (25.00%) IBM