VBScript Contracts

Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring VBScript skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VBScript over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 497 495 601
Rank change year-on-year -2 +106 +130
Contract jobs citing VBScript 31 86 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.20% 0.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.31% 0.65% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 72 65
10th Percentile £242 £450 £258
25th Percentile £300 £501 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £553 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.84% +0.45% +22.22%
75th Percentile £575 £608 £612
90th Percentile £596 - £633
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £580 £550
% change year-on-year -18.97% +5.45% +42.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £51.92 £52.97
Median % change year-on-year - -1.98% -18.51%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £60.00 -

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 contract job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,044 13,193 18,869
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.89% 30.20% 33.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,805 9,283 13,571
10th Percentile £351 £350 £381
25th Percentile £413 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £678
90th Percentile £750 £765 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 539 436
10th Percentile £25.86 £32.05 £26.93
25th Percentile £33.91 £46.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £60.63
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +3.09% +17.15%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £70.06
90th Percentile £84.90 £76.50 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.00 £64.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -3.88% +3.20% +19.05%

VBScript
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VBScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VBScript in the UK

VBScript
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VBScript.

Daily rate trend for VBScript in the UK

VBScript
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VBScript over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VBScript in the UK

VBScript
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VBScript.

Hourly rate trend for VBScript in the UK

VBScript
Top 12 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 June 2025. 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 +5 25 £465 -19.83% 26
UK excluding London +8 16 £470 -18.97% 20
London +41 11 £400 -24.71% 13
Work from Home +13 9 £450 -25.62% 16
North of England +24 6 £370 - 4
North West +11 5 £465 -
South East -4 4 £563 -3.02% 10
Midlands +17 2 £220 -26.67%
Scotland +7 2 £400 -5.88%
South West - 2 £475 - 3
West Midlands - 2 £220 -
Yorkshire - 1 £275 - 1

VBScript
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (12.90%) Skype for Business
3 3 (9.68%) SharePoint
4 2 (6.45%) Confluence
4 2 (6.45%) IIS
4 2 (6.45%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (48.39%) Azure
2 5 (16.13%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (9.68%) AWS
4 2 (6.45%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (6.45%) GitHub
4 2 (6.45%) IaaS
4 2 (6.45%) PaaS
4 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.45%) PowerApps
4 2 (6.45%) SaaS
5 1 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.23%) Azure Storage
5 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 14 (45.16%) DNS
2 12 (38.71%) DHCP
3 9 (29.03%) VLAN
4 4 (12.90%) LAN
4 4 (12.90%) Skype
4 4 (12.90%) VPN
4 4 (12.90%) WAN
4 4 (12.90%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (9.68%) TCP/IP
6 2 (6.45%) Firewall
6 2 (6.45%) HTTP
7 1 (3.23%) FTP
7 1 (3.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (3.23%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (19.35%) JIRA
2 4 (12.90%) Git
2 4 (12.90%) MSI
3 2 (6.45%) AdminStudio
3 2 (6.45%) Cucumber
3 2 (6.45%) Cypress.io
3 2 (6.45%) Jenkins
3 2 (6.45%) Postman
3 2 (6.45%) Selenium
3 2 (6.45%) Subversion
3 2 (6.45%) TeamCity
3 2 (6.45%) WebDriver
4 1 (3.23%) InstallShield
4 1 (3.23%) WiX
General
1 18 (58.06%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Finance
3 5 (16.13%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.45%) Automotive
5 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.45%) Military
5 2 (6.45%) Publishing
6 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Aviation
6 1 (3.23%) Banking
6 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Legal
6 1 (3.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (19.35%) Applications Packager
1 6 (19.35%) SCCM Engineer
1 6 (19.35%) Windows Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) DV Cleared Application Packager
3 3 (9.68%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Azure Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Deployment Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Documentation Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 2 (6.45%) QA Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Technical Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Wintel Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Wintel Technical Architect
5 1 (3.23%) .NET Developer
5 1 (3.23%) Developer
5 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Consultant
5 1 (3.23%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.90%) .NET
2 3 (9.68%) Software Packaging
3 2 (6.45%) LDAP
4 1 (3.23%) .NET Framework
4 1 (3.23%) ARM Templates
4 1 (3.23%) Middleware
4 1 (3.23%) OAuth
4 1 (3.23%) OpenID
4 1 (3.23%) REST
4 1 (3.23%) SAML
4 1 (3.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Client/Server
2 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.45%) Mobile App
2 2 (6.45%) PKI
2 2 (6.45%) Replication
3 1 (3.23%) CESG
3 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (83.87%) Windows
2 15 (48.39%) Windows 10
3 11 (35.48%) Windows Server
4 7 (22.58%) Linux
5 6 (19.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (16.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (12.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (12.90%) Windows 7
8 3 (9.68%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (6.45%) Android
9 2 (6.45%) Apple iOS
9 2 (6.45%) Mac OS
10 1 (3.23%) AIX
10 1 (3.23%) Solaris
10 1 (3.23%) Unix
10 1 (3.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Agile
2 9 (29.03%) Migration
3 8 (25.81%) Application Packaging
4 7 (22.58%) DevOps
5 5 (16.13%) Disk Encryption
5 5 (16.13%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (16.13%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 5 (16.13%) Service Management
5 5 (16.13%) Time Management
6 4 (12.90%) ITSM
7 3 (9.68%) Application Virtualisation
7 3 (9.68%) CI/CD
7 3 (9.68%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (9.68%) High Availability
7 3 (9.68%) Identity Access Management
7 3 (9.68%) ITIL
7 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (9.68%) Project Delivery
7 3 (9.68%) Task Automation
7 3 (9.68%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 27 (87.10%) PowerShell
2 8 (25.81%) VB
3 6 (19.35%) Python
4 5 (16.13%) SQL
5 4 (12.90%) C#
5 4 (12.90%) Java
6 2 (6.45%) C++
6 2 (6.45%) JavaScript
6 2 (6.45%) Shell Script
6 2 (6.45%) VBA
7 1 (3.23%) ActionScript
7 1 (3.23%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (3.23%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 14 (45.16%) Security Cleared
2 10 (32.26%) SC Cleared
3 5 (16.13%) Degree
3 5 (16.13%) DV Cleared
4 3 (9.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (6.45%) ISEB
5 2 (6.45%) ISTQB
5 2 (6.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (6.45%) MCP
5 2 (6.45%) MCSA
5 2 (6.45%) MCSE
6 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.23%) CCDE
6 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) QA
2 2 (6.45%) NCSC
2 2 (6.45%) SLA
3 1 (3.23%) GDPR
3 1 (3.23%) JSP 440
3 1 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (22.58%) Active Directory
1 7 (22.58%) BitLocker
1 7 (22.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft App-V
2 5 (16.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (6.45%) vSphere
4 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (3.23%) XenApp
4 1 (3.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (58.06%) SCCM
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (12.90%) WSUS
3 3 (9.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (6.45%) Ansible
4 2 (6.45%) Packer
4 2 (6.45%) Terraform
5 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
5 1 (3.23%) PowerCLI
5 1 (3.23%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (45.16%) Microsoft
2 9 (29.03%) VMware
3 5 (16.13%) Citrix
4 4 (12.90%) ServiceNow
5 3 (9.68%) CyberArk
6 2 (6.45%) Cisco
6 2 (6.45%) McAfee
6 2 (6.45%) Symantec
7 1 (3.23%) Globalscape
7 1 (3.23%) HP
7 1 (3.23%) IBM
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