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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 670 623 747
Rank change year-on-year -47 +124 +65
Permanent jobs citing VBScript 22 6 70
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.027% 0.016% 0.083%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.15% 0.049% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 13 4 55
10th Percentile £30,650 £35,725 £37,250
25th Percentile £35,250 £36,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £41,250 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.58% -23.61% +8.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £47,813 £59,000
90th Percentile - £48,375 £65,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £41,250 £54,000
% change year-on-year +57.58% -23.61% +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 14,626 12,240 27,159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.76% 31.89% 32.04%
Number of salaries quoted 10,355 8,364 22,348
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £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 £87,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 22 May 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 22 May 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 - 12 £70,000 - 4
South East -32 5 £95,000 +153.33%
North of England -34 5 £32,500 -29.73% 9
North West -2 4 £33,250 -30.00% 9
Yorkshire - 1 £32,500 -
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 11 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (31.82%) IIS
3 2 (9.09%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (72.73%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (40.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (22.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (18.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (40.91%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (40.91%) Power BI
3 7 (31.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (22.73%) Tableau
5 4 (18.18%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (4.55%) Metadata
General
1 12 (54.55%) Finance
2 11 (50.00%) Legal
2 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (27.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Developer
2 6 (27.27%) Senior
3 5 (22.73%) Consultant
3 5 (22.73%) Senior Consultant
3 5 (22.73%) Software Consultant
3 5 (22.73%) Software Developer
4 4 (18.18%) Applications Specialist
4 4 (18.18%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Applications Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Applications Support
5 2 (9.09%) Desktop Support
5 2 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) IT Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (31.82%) CSS
1 7 (31.82%) HTML
2 4 (18.18%) .NET
2 4 (18.18%) .NET Framework
2 4 (18.18%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.09%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 12 (54.55%) Windows
2 7 (31.82%) Windows Server
3 6 (27.27%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (22.73%) Linux
4 5 (22.73%) Unix
4 5 (22.73%) Windows 10
5 2 (9.09%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (31.82%) Application Security
2 7 (31.82%) Case Management
2 7 (31.82%) Document Management
2 7 (31.82%) Performance Tuning
2 7 (31.82%) Secure Coding
3 6 (27.27%) Data Privacy
3 6 (27.27%) Data Security
4 5 (22.73%) Asset Management
4 5 (22.73%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (22.73%) Contract Management
4 5 (22.73%) Data Analysis
4 5 (22.73%) Data Visualisation
4 5 (22.73%) KYC
4 5 (22.73%) Mentoring
4 5 (22.73%) Software Asset Management
4 5 (22.73%) Software Licensing
4 5 (22.73%) Task Automation
4 5 (22.73%) Validation
4 5 (22.73%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 16 (72.73%) VBA
2 12 (54.55%) PowerShell
3 11 (50.00%) SQL
4 8 (36.36%) VB
5 7 (31.82%) T-SQL
6 5 (22.73%) Python
7 4 (18.18%) C#
7 4 (18.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 5 (22.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (18.18%) BitLocker
4 2 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (45.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (95.45%) Microsoft
2 6 (27.27%) iManage
2 6 (27.27%) Oracle
3 5 (22.73%) Adobe
3 5 (22.73%) IBM
3 5 (22.73%) Snow
3 5 (22.73%) VMware
4 4 (18.18%) SYSPRO
5 3 (13.64%) ServiceNow