VBScript Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring VBScript skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 - 199
Rank change year-on-year - - +49
Contract jobs citing VBScript 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.025% - 0.039%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.085% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £273 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - £200
Median % change year-on-year - - -60.00%
75th Percentile £278 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £345 £605 £550
% change year-on-year -42.98% +10.00% +20.88%

All Programming Languages
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,174 1,033 1,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.39% 24.84% 25.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 827 696 920
10th Percentile £315 £339 £350
25th Percentile £379 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% -2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £600
90th Percentile £625 £638 £675
England median daily rate £514 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 28 44
10th Percentile £30.60 £35.89 £27.97
25th Percentile £40.46 £37.55 £45.88
Median hourly rate £66.50 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +44.00% - -6.71%
75th Percentile £85.56 £64.06 £50.25
90th Percentile £94.38 £81.67 £71.13
England median hourly rate £56.25 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -13.46% - +13.04%

VBScript
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for VBScript in the North of England

VBScript
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VBScript

VBScript
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VBScript

VBScript
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 20 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
Yorkshire - 1 £275 -
VBScript
England

VBScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MSI
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Packager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V