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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 656 608 730
Rank change year-on-year -48 +122 +74
Permanent jobs citing VBScript 19 9 71
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.026% 0.025% 0.088%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.14% 0.073% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 58
10th Percentile £26,175 £35,300 £39,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £35,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% -16.67% +4.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £48,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £58,250 £65,000
UK median annual salary £48,250 £45,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +7.22% -16.67% +8.00%

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 13,213 12,373 26,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.94% 33.86% 33.23%
Number of salaries quoted 9,430 9,346 22,473
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,529
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,683 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £63,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.31% +8.33% -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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -4 6 £70,000 - 2
South East -29 5 £95,000 +153.33% 2
North West -30 4 £26,500 -44.21% 2
North of England -73 4 £26,500 -42.70% 3
South West -31 3 £75,000 -
East of England -26 1 £25,500 -29.17%
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 1 (5.26%) IIS
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (47.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (26.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (21.05%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 9 (47.37%) Power Platform
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (15.79%) AWS
3 3 (15.79%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (47.37%) Power BI
2 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
2 5 (26.32%) Tableau
3 4 (21.05%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (5.26%) Metadata
4 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Balsamiq
General
1 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Finance
3 6 (31.58%) Legal
4 3 (15.79%) Military
5 1 (5.26%) Law
5 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Senior
2 8 (42.11%) Consultant
2 8 (42.11%) Senior Consultant
3 5 (26.32%) IT Support
3 5 (26.32%) Software Consultant
4 4 (21.05%) Applications Specialist
4 4 (21.05%) IT Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Support Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Technical Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Technical Support
4 4 (21.05%) Technical Support Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) DevSecOps Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Developer
6 1 (5.26%) IT Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Lead
6 1 (5.26%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) .NET
1 4 (21.05%) .NET Framework
1 4 (21.05%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.26%) CSS
2 1 (5.26%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
2 5 (26.32%) Linux
2 5 (26.32%) Mac OS
2 5 (26.32%) Unix
3 4 (21.05%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.26%) Android
4 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (42.11%) ERP
3 7 (36.84%) Software Testing
4 6 (31.58%) Mentoring
5 5 (26.32%) Asset Management
5 5 (26.32%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (26.32%) Contract Management
5 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
5 5 (26.32%) Data Analysis
5 5 (26.32%) Data Visualisation
5 5 (26.32%) KYC
5 5 (26.32%) Software Asset Management
5 5 (26.32%) Software Licensing
5 5 (26.32%) Task Automation
5 5 (26.32%) Validation
5 5 (26.32%) Visualisation
6 4 (21.05%) Business Process Analysis
6 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (21.05%) Critical Thinking
6 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) VBA
2 9 (47.37%) SQL
3 8 (42.11%) Python
4 7 (36.84%) C#
5 6 (31.58%) VB
6 5 (26.32%) PowerShell
7 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
7 4 (21.05%) PL/SQL
8 3 (15.79%) Bash
8 3 (15.79%) Go
9 1 (5.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) CITP
1 3 (15.79%) CREST Certified
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
1 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
1 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) GDPR
1 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (47.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (78.95%) Microsoft
2 9 (47.37%) VMware
3 6 (31.58%) Oracle
4 5 (26.32%) Adobe
4 5 (26.32%) IBM
4 5 (26.32%) Snow
5 4 (21.05%) SYSPRO
5 4 (21.05%) Veeam
6 1 (5.26%) Cisco
6 1 (5.26%) iManage