Hybrid/Remote VBScript Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring VBScript skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 311 396
Rank change year-on-year +17 +85 +166
Contract jobs citing VBScript 12 20 26
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.16% 0.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.34% 0.44% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 17 23
10th Percentile £287 £435 £413
25th Percentile £332 £603 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £605 £525
Median % change year-on-year -33.88% +15.24% +14.13%
75th Percentile £573 £608 £615
90th Percentile £585 - -
UK median daily rate £400 £605 £525
% change year-on-year -33.88% +15.24% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £60.00 £52.97
% change year-on-year - +13.27% +39.42%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

VBScript falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,550 4,516 6,920
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.58% 35.66% 34.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,413 3,124 5,122
10th Percentile £340 £326 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £788 £825 £762
UK median daily rate £505 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -4.27% -4.09% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 65 170
10th Percentile £33.83 £28.25 £38.63
25th Percentile £54.63 £37.50 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -5.51% +5.83%
75th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £74.69
90th Percentile £76.00 £85.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +3.17% +10.53%

VBScript
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing VBScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VBScript trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

VBScript
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing VBScript.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing VBScript

VBScript
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing VBScript over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

VBScript daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

VBScript
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing VBScript.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing VBScript

VBScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Storage
3 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) IaaS
3 1 (8.33%) PaaS
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) DHCP
1 4 (33.33%) DNS
2 3 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (8.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Metadata
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) InstallShield
2 3 (25.00%) AdminStudio
3 2 (16.67%) MSI
4 1 (8.33%) Cucumber
4 1 (8.33%) Cypress.io
4 1 (8.33%) Git
4 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
4 1 (8.33%) JIRA
4 1 (8.33%) Postman
4 1 (8.33%) Selenium
4 1 (8.33%) Subversion
4 1 (8.33%) TeamCity
4 1 (8.33%) WebDriver
4 1 (8.33%) WiX
General
1 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) Documentation Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) SCCM Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) .NET Developer
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Support
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Support Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Applications Packager
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) CyberArk Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Developer
2 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Lead
2 1 (8.33%) QA Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (8.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (8.33%) ARM Templates
2 1 (8.33%) LDAP
2 1 (8.33%) REST
2 1 (8.33%) SOAP
2 1 (8.33%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Client/Server
1 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
1 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (8.33%) PKI
1 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 2 (16.67%) Linux
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
4 1 (8.33%) AIX
4 1 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (8.33%) Solaris
4 1 (8.33%) Unix
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Application Packaging
2 4 (33.33%) Migration
2 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Agile
3 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 3 (25.00%) Time Management
4 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 2 (16.67%) DevOps
5 1 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (8.33%) Kanban
5 1 (8.33%) Log Analytics
5 1 (8.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 1 (8.33%) Privileged Identity Management
5 1 (8.33%) RBAC
5 1 (8.33%) Secure Coding
5 1 (8.33%) Software Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
5 1 (8.33%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (25.00%) C#
3 2 (16.67%) VB
4 1 (8.33%) Bicep
4 1 (8.33%) C++
4 1 (8.33%) Java
4 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (8.33%) Shell Script
4 1 (8.33%) SQL
4 1 (8.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) CCDE
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) ISEB
2 1 (8.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (8.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (8.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (75.00%) SCCM
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
3 1 (8.33%) SCOM
3 1 (8.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) CyberArk
2 1 (8.33%) HP
2 1 (8.33%) IBM