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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) skills within the Canary Wharf region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4759
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.005 %0.338 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£375
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£289£321
% change on same period last year-9.92 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.85£32.11
% change on same period last year+5.44 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads199296
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.263 %0.295 %
Daily rates quoted106148
Average minimum daily rate£467£479
Average daily rate£486£502
% change on same period last year-3.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£505£524
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£335
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Hourly rates quoted23
Average minimum hourly rate£27.00£11.60
Average hourly rate£30.50£12.90
% change on same period last year+136.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.00£14.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.47£33.03
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
VB6 LondonVB6
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VB6
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB6 across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Canary Wharf VB6 Demand Trend

VB6
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VB6 across the Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf VB6 Daily Rate Trend

VB6
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VB6 across the Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf VB6 Hourly Rate Trend

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing VB6 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VB6.

15 (100.00 %)VB
23 (60.00 %)Banking
23 (60.00 %)SQL
32 (40.00 %)SQL Server
32 (40.00 %)Investment Banking
32 (40.00 %)VBA
32 (40.00 %)XML
41 (20.00 %)Back Office
41 (20.00 %)Finance
41 (20.00 %)Migration
41 (20.00 %)Perforce
41 (20.00 %)NUnit
41 (20.00 %)ODBC
41 (20.00 %)Windows
41 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
41 (20.00 %)ActiveX
41 (20.00 %)RUP
41 (20.00 %)Oracle 9i
41 (20.00 %)ClearCase
41 (20.00 %)DTS
41 (20.00 %)Client/Server
41 (20.00 %)Windows XP
41 (20.00 %)OOD
41 (20.00 %)Adabas
41 (20.00 %)SQL Navigator
41 (20.00 %)IBM
41 (20.00 %)Oracle 10g
41 (20.00 %)MVS
41 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (20.00 %)EntireX

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing VB6 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VB6. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (40.00 %)XML
21 (20.00 %)ODBC
21 (20.00 %)ActiveX
21 (20.00 %)EntireX
21 (20.00 %)Middleware
21 (20.00 %).NET
21 (20.00 %)HTML
21 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (20.00 %)DCOM
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)IIS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Office
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (40.00 %)SQL Server
21 (20.00 %)Oracle 9i
21 (20.00 %)DTS
21 (20.00 %)Adabas
21 (20.00 %)SQL Navigator
21 (20.00 %)Oracle 10g
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (20.00 %)NUnit
11 (20.00 %)ClearCase
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Banking
22 (40.00 %)Investment Banking
31 (20.00 %)Back Office
31 (20.00 %)Finance
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Developer
12 (40.00 %)Analyst
21 (20.00 %)DBA
21 (20.00 %)Analyst Programmer
21 (20.00 %)Programmer
21 (20.00 %)Database Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Oracle DBA
21 (20.00 %).NET Developer
21 (20.00 %)C# Developer
21 (20.00 %)VB Developer
21 (20.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
21 (20.00 %)SQL Developer
21 (20.00 %)VB6 Developer
21 (20.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Client/Server
11 (20.00 %)Mainframe
11 (20.00 %)Derivative
11 (20.00 %)Contract for Difference
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Windows
11 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (20.00 %)Windows XP
11 (20.00 %)MVS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)Migration
11 (20.00 %)RUP
11 (20.00 %)OOD
11 (20.00 %)Incident Management
11 (20.00 %)Problem Management
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)VB
23 (60.00 %)SQL
32 (40.00 %)VBA
41 (20.00 %)NATURAL
41 (20.00 %)JCL
41 (20.00 %)C#
41 (20.00 %)Java
41 (20.00 %)PL/SQL
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (20.00 %)QA
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Perforce
11 (20.00 %)IBM
11 (20.00 %)Oracle