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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 487 | 585 | 691 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +98 | +106 | -58 |
| Contract jobs citing VBScript | 88 | 97 | 147 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.20% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.68% | 0.51% | 0.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 73 | 70 | 100 |
| 10th Percentile | £403 | £251 | £203 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £413 | £376 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £438 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +25.71% | +16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £608 | £594 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £639 | £650 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £580 | £550 | £385 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.45% | +42.86% | -3.75% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £42.49 | - | £39.30 |
| 25th Percentile | £44.99 | - | £55.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £51.92 | £52.97 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.98% | -18.51% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £58.59 | - | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £60.94 | - | £72.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £60.00 | - | £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 | 12,939 | 19,124 | 31,582 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.05% | 34.12% | 36.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,176 | 13,793 | 23,095 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £461 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £680 | £660 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.94% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 522 | 433 | 488 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.60 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £62.50 | £51.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.80% | +20.77% | +17.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £78.95 | £71.98 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +28.05% |
VBScript
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 1 June 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VBScript.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VBScript over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
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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 1 June 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 | +95 | 81 | £555 | +0.91% | 18 |
| UK excluding London | +36 | 64 | £580 | +5.45% | 13 |
| South East | +32 | 58 | £580 | +5.45% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +120 | 36 | £605 | +21.00% | 6 |
| London | +94 | 17 | £511 | +46.07% | 7 |
| Scotland | +29 | 2 | £425 | -4.28% | 1 |
| North of England | +22 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| North West | +21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Midlands | +22 | 1 | £300 | -18.92% | 3 |
| East Midlands | +12 | 1 | £300 | -45.45% | |
| 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:
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