Windows Script Host (WSH)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for WSH skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WSH over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 687 845
Rank change year-on-year +104 +158 -146
Contract jobs citing WSH 2 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.010% 0.005%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.023% 0.044% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - £430 £168
25th Percentile - £456 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £258
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +94.17% +14.44%
75th Percentile - - £308
90th Percentile - - £333
UK excluding London median daily rate - £500 £258
% change year-on-year - +94.17% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

WSH is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,851 13,495 23,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.67% 23.23% 27.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,143 9,831 17,461
10th Percentile £340 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 153 234
10th Percentile £21.15 £31.60 £22.15
25th Percentile £42.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.65
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.93% +10.32%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -25.78% +30.61% +8.89%

WSH
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing WSH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WSH in the UK

WSH
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WSH.

Daily rate trend for WSH in the UK

WSH
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WSH.

Hourly rate trend for WSH in the UK

WSH
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSH within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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 +99 2 £450 -10.00% 8
London - 2 £450 - 5

WSH
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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Applications Packager
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) VBScript
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) WMI
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft