VBScript Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East citing VBScript skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 - 158
Rank change year-on-year - - +26
Contract jobs citing VBScript 5 0 21
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.073% - 0.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.40% - 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 14
10th Percentile £329 - £525
25th Percentile £343 - £535
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 - £605
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.82%
75th Percentile £389 - £608
90th Percentile £441 - -
England median daily rate £400 £425 £605
% change year-on-year -5.88% -29.75% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - +28.04%

All Programming Languages
South East

VBScript falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing coding skills in the South East.

6 months to
7 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing coding skills 1,245 954 1,125
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 18.09% 24.57% 27.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 754 668 716
10th Percentile £313 £250 £325
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £489 £511
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -4.35% -2.62%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £625 £660
England median daily rate £525 £514 £538
% change year-on-year +2.14% -4.37% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 30 54
10th Percentile £15.25 £44.38 £27.00
25th Percentile £33.70 £52.50 £51.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £64.76
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.07% +17.75%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £72.81
90th Percentile £77.50 - £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

VBScript Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

VBScript job vacancy trend in the South East

VBScript Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VBScript.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VBScript

VBScript Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VBScript in the South East over the 6 months to 7 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VBScript in the South East

VBScript Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VBScript.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VBScript

VBScript Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBScript within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire - 5 £355 - 2
Thames Valley - 5 £355 - 2
VBScript
England

VBScript Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1PowerShell40.0%2