Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for VBScript skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VBScript over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 518 | 630 | 699 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +112 | +69 | -97 |
| Contract jobs citing VBScript | 80 | 89 | 150 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.18% | 0.15% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.63% | 0.42% | 0.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 69 | 66 | 114 |
| 10th Percentile | £385 | £246 | £185 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £413 | £352 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £410 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +34.15% | +9.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £608 | £617 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £609 | £659 | £600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £555 | £550 | £385 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.91% | +42.86% | +2.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.88 | - | £44.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.71 | - | £62.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.92 | £52.97 | £65.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.85% | -19.13% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £40.65 | - | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £44.37 | - | £73.13 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £45.50 |
All Programming Languages
UK
VBScript is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,747 | 20,965 | 32,275 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.44% | 35.05% | 36.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,054 | 15,147 | 23,495 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £783 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 480 | 477 | 511 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.39 | £19.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.07 | £60.70 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.04% | +21.40% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.88 | £77.00 | £67.80 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £49.25 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +26.90% | +15.88% |
VBScript
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing VBScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VBScript.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VBScript over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VBScript.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VBScript over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
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Top 11 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBScript within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +126 | 74 | £550 | - | 13 |
| UK excluding London | +58 | 54 | £555 | +0.91% | 6 |
| South East | +36 | 48 | £580 | +0.87% | 3 |
| Work from Home | +137 | 30 | £605 | +21.00% | 6 |
| London | +101 | 20 | £475 | +35.71% | 7 |
| North of England | +32 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Scotland | +29 | 2 | £425 | -4.71% | |
| North West | +16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Midlands | +22 | 1 | £300 | -18.92% | 2 |
| East Midlands | +18 | 1 | £300 | -45.45% | 1 |
| Wales | - | 1 | - | - |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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