VBScript Job Trends in England

Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring VBScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 708 652 710
Rank change year-on-year -56 +58 -25
Permanent jobs citing VBScript 31 7 56
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.033% 0.016% 0.077%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.19% 0.055% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 22 6 35
10th Percentile £31,650 £35,875 £43,500
25th Percentile £35,250 £37,813 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £46,250 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -18.18% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £55,313 £62,000
90th Percentile £74,500 £75,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £48,750 £46,250 £56,525
% change year-on-year +5.41% -18.18% +7.67%

All Programming Languages
England

VBScript falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 16,690 12,697 21,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.77% 29.07% 29.66%
Number of salaries quoted 12,155 8,459 15,920
10th Percentile £38,000 £34,000 £36,494
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,939
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +2.56% -6.25%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £83,031
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

VBScript
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VBScript relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

VBScript job vacancy trend in England

VBScript
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VBScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VBScript

VBScript
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VBScript in England over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for VBScript in England

VBScript
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VBScript within the England region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -37 12 £70,000 -3.45% 8
North of England -44 10 £35,500 -23.24% 3
North West -13 9 £35,500 -25.26% 3
South East -27 5 £95,000 +153.33% 2
South West -60 2 £47,500 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £50,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £32,500 -
Midlands - 1 £50,000 - 2
VBScript
UK

VBScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 15 (48.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (25.81%) IIS
3 4 (12.90%) Skype for Business
4 1 (3.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (61.29%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (12.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (12.90%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) SAP Business One
2 1 (3.23%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 12 (38.71%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (25.81%) Power Platform
3 5 (16.13%) Azure
4 2 (6.45%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (6.45%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.23%) AWS
5 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) Skype
2 1 (3.23%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (45.16%) SQL Server
2 8 (25.81%) Power BI
3 7 (22.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (12.90%) Crystal Reports
4 4 (12.90%) Tableau
5 2 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (6.45%) Power Query
6 1 (3.23%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Git
General
1 13 (41.94%) Finance
2 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
3 10 (32.26%) Legal
4 6 (19.35%) Law
5 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.23%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) Developer
2 8 (25.81%) Desktop Engineer
3 6 (19.35%) Senior
4 5 (16.13%) Software Developer
5 4 (12.90%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 4 (12.90%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (12.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Applications Specialist
5 4 (12.90%) Consultant
5 4 (12.90%) Desktop Support
5 4 (12.90%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) IT Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) IT Support
5 4 (12.90%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Senior Consultant
5 4 (12.90%) Software Consultant
5 4 (12.90%) Support Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (22.58%) CSS
1 7 (22.58%) HTML
2 6 (19.35%) .NET
3 5 (16.13%) .NET Framework
4 4 (12.90%) ASP.NET
5 3 (9.68%) REST
6 2 (6.45%) JSON
6 2 (6.45%) Node.js
6 2 (6.45%) XML
7 1 (3.23%) .NET Core
7 1 (3.23%) Blazor
7 1 (3.23%) Classic ASP
7 1 (3.23%) Entity Framework
7 1 (3.23%) LDAP
7 1 (3.23%) OAuth
7 1 (3.23%) OpenID
7 1 (3.23%) SailPoint
7 1 (3.23%) SAML
7 1 (3.23%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 7 (22.58%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.90%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (58.06%) Windows
2 9 (29.03%) Windows 10
3 7 (22.58%) Windows Server
4 6 (19.35%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (12.90%) Linux
5 4 (12.90%) Unix
5 4 (12.90%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Performance Tuning
2 8 (25.81%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (25.81%) ITSM
2 8 (25.81%) User Experience
3 7 (22.58%) Application Security
3 7 (22.58%) Case Management
3 7 (22.58%) Document Management
3 7 (22.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (22.58%) Secure Coding
3 7 (22.58%) Validation
4 6 (19.35%) Data Privacy
4 6 (19.35%) Data Security
4 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (16.13%) Customer Service
5 5 (16.13%) Mentoring
5 5 (16.13%) Task Automation
6 4 (12.90%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (12.90%) Project Delivery
6 4 (12.90%) Software Asset Management
6 4 (12.90%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 21 (67.74%) PowerShell
2 16 (51.61%) SQL
2 16 (51.61%) VBA
3 9 (29.03%) T-SQL
3 9 (29.03%) VB
4 7 (22.58%) Python
5 5 (16.13%) C#
5 5 (16.13%) JavaScript
6 2 (6.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (3.23%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) SC Cleared
1 5 (16.13%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
System Software
1 10 (32.26%) Active Directory
2 8 (25.81%) BitLocker
3 4 (12.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (6.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (41.94%) SCCM
2 1 (3.23%) Grafana
Vendors
1 29 (93.55%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.81%) ServiceNow
3 6 (19.35%) iManage
3 6 (19.35%) Oracle
4 5 (16.13%) IBM
5 4 (12.90%) Adobe
5 4 (12.90%) Snow
5 4 (12.90%) SYSPRO
5 4 (12.90%) VMware
6 3 (9.68%) SAP
7 1 (3.23%) AppDynamics
7 1 (3.23%) CyberArk
7 1 (3.23%) Moogsoft
7 1 (3.23%) Okta
7 1 (3.23%) Splunk