Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring VBScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 708 678 834
Rank change year-on-year -30 +156 -18
Permanent jobs citing VBScript 25 6 68
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.027% 0.014% 0.064%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.15% 0.043% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 16 4 53
10th Percentile £30,875 £35,725 £35,500
25th Percentile £35,250 £36,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £41,250 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.30% -23.61% +8.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £47,813 £59,000
90th Percentile - £48,375 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,500 £41,250 £54,000
% change year-on-year -13.94% -23.61% +36.71%

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 16,555 13,971 33,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.92% 31.60% 31.73%
Number of salaries quoted 11,594 9,186 25,567
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

VBScript
Job Vacancy Trend

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

VBScript job vacancy trend in the UK

VBScript
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VBScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VBScript

VBScript
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VBScript over the 6 months to 11 June 2026.

Salary histogram for VBScript in the UK

VBScript
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VBScript within the UK over the 6 months to 11 June 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
England -44 25 £53,750 +30.30% 10
UK excluding London -35 13 £35,500 -13.94% 10
Work from Home +20 12 £70,000 +67.66% 1
London - 12 £70,000 -
North of England -26 7 £35,500 -23.24% 8
North West +12 6 £35,500 -25.26% 8
South East -18 5 £95,000 +153.33%
South West -49 1 £47,500 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £32,500 -

VBScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 13 (52.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (28.00%) IIS
3 2 (8.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (72.00%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (36.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (16.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) HFM
1 1 (4.00%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 11 (44.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (36.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.00%) Azure
3 1 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (48.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (36.00%) Power BI
3 7 (28.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (20.00%) Tableau
5 4 (16.00%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (4.00%) Metadata
6 1 (4.00%) Power Query
General
1 12 (48.00%) Finance
2 11 (44.00%) Legal
2 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (24.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Developer
2 6 (24.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) Senior
3 5 (20.00%) Consultant
3 5 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
3 5 (20.00%) Software Consultant
3 5 (20.00%) Software Developer
4 4 (16.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 4 (16.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (16.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Applications Specialist
4 4 (16.00%) Desktop Support
4 4 (16.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) IT Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) IT Support
4 4 (16.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (28.00%) CSS
1 7 (28.00%) HTML
2 4 (16.00%) .NET
2 4 (16.00%) .NET Framework
2 4 (16.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.00%) JSON
3 1 (4.00%) Node.js
3 1 (4.00%) REST
3 1 (4.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (16.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 14 (56.00%) Windows
2 7 (28.00%) Windows 10
2 7 (28.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (20.00%) Linux
4 5 (20.00%) Unix
5 2 (8.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (32.00%) Performance Tuning
3 7 (28.00%) Application Security
3 7 (28.00%) Case Management
3 7 (28.00%) Document Management
3 7 (28.00%) Secure Coding
4 6 (24.00%) Data Privacy
4 6 (24.00%) Data Security
4 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (24.00%) User Experience
4 6 (24.00%) Validation
5 5 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (20.00%) Contract Management
5 5 (20.00%) Customer Service
5 5 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
5 5 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 5 (20.00%) Software Asset Management
5 5 (20.00%) Software Licensing
5 5 (20.00%) Task Automation
5 5 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 16 (64.00%) VBA
2 15 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 12 (48.00%) SQL
4 8 (32.00%) T-SQL
4 8 (32.00%) VB
5 6 (24.00%) Python
6 4 (16.00%) C#
6 4 (16.00%) JavaScript
7 1 (4.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (32.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (24.00%) BitLocker
3 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (8.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (48.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (96.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) iManage
2 6 (24.00%) Oracle
3 5 (20.00%) Adobe
3 5 (20.00%) IBM
3 5 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 5 (20.00%) Snow
3 5 (20.00%) VMware
4 4 (16.00%) SYSPRO
5 1 (4.00%) SAP