Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for VBScript skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VBScript over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 507 | 609 | 689 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +102 | +80 | -71 |
| Contract jobs citing VBScript | 80 | 97 | 142 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.19% | 0.17% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.63% | 0.48% | 0.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 70 | 71 | 105 |
| 10th Percentile | £385 | £258 | £185 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £413 | £306 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +37.50% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £608 | £615 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £650 | £600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £568 | £550 | £385 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.18% | +42.86% | +2.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £44.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £40.82 | - | £62.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £43.84 | £52.97 | £65.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.24% | -19.13% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £46.86 | - | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £73.13 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £45.50 |
All Programming Languages
UK
VBScript is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,679 | 20,015 | 31,951 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.71% | 34.72% | 36.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,008 | 14,436 | 23,302 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £394 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £653 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £783 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +2.04% | +15.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 489 | 461 | 514 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.25 | £19.64 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +16.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.83 | £78.00 | £73.90 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +21.95% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing VBScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VBScript.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VBScript over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VBScript.
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Top 11 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VBScript within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +112 | 74 | £550 | - | 15 |
| UK excluding London | +50 | 55 | £568 | +3.18% | 8 |
| South East | +29 | 49 | £580 | +0.87% | 6 |
| Work from Home | +120 | 31 | £605 | +21.00% | 8 |
| London | +86 | 19 | £475 | +50.79% | 7 |
| Scotland | +30 | 2 | £425 | -4.28% | |
| North West | +28 | 2 | - | - | |
| North of England | +24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Midlands | +24 | 1 | £300 | -18.92% | 2 |
| East Midlands | +18 | 1 | £300 | -45.45% | 1 |
| Wales | - | 1 | - | - |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: