VBScript Contract Job Trends in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring VBScript skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 116 138
Rank change year-on-year -26 +22 +25
Contract jobs citing VBScript 5 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.20% 0.29% 0.075%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.74% 1.25% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £538 £613 -
25th Percentile £595 £614 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £690 £631 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.31% - -
75th Percentile - £652 -
90th Percentile - £654 -
England median daily rate £425 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -24.44% +2.27% +4.76%

All Programming Languages
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 677 479 723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 27.42% 23.18% 26.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 308 542
10th Percentile £313 £356 £325
25th Percentile £360 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £512 £538 £570
90th Percentile £600 £600 £645
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 14 42
10th Percentile £41.94 - £41.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £46.18 -
Median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +40.75% +15.45%
75th Percentile £72.13 £74.56 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £86.00 £73.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +3.17% +0.80% -3.85%

VBScript
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

VBScript job vacancy trend in the North West

VBScript
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

VBScript
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VBScript in the North West over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VBScript in the North West

VBScript
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

VBScript
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 11 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
Cumbria +5 5 £690 - 2
VBScript
England

VBScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) Skype
1 5 (100.00%) VLAN
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Field Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) SCCM Architect
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
1 5 (100.00%) ITSM
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (100.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) ServiceNow