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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) skills within the Cardiff 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2624
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads44
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.004 %
As % of the category below3.960 %5.714 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£275-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£287£321
% change on same period last year-10.55 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£11.00£31.50
% change on same period last year-65.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£12.00£33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.48£32.31
% change on same period last year+6.70 %
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Cardiff
Matching contract IT job ads10170
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.135 %0.070 %
Daily rates quoted3813
Average minimum daily rate£300£260
Average daily rate£326£308
% change on same period last year+5.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£336
% change on same period last year-1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted42
Average minimum hourly rate£18.00£28.33
Average hourly rate£24.05£29.92
% change on same period last year-19.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.10£31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.25£32.93
% change on same period last year+0.99 %
VB6 South WalesVB6
South Wales

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 Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff VB6 Daily Rate Trend

VB6
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB6 across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Cardiff VB6 Daily Rate Histogram

VB6
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cardiff VB6 Hourly Rate Trend

VB6
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

18 (100.00 %)VB
26 (75.00 %)SQL Server
35 (62.50 %)SQL
44 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
44 (50.00 %)Crystal Reports
53 (37.50 %).NET
53 (37.50 %)MS Access
53 (37.50 %)VB.NET
62 (25.00 %)VBA
62 (25.00 %)UML
62 (25.00 %)MS Excel
62 (25.00 %)XML
62 (25.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
62 (25.00 %)CRM
62 (25.00 %)DTS
62 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (12.50 %)Client/Server
71 (12.50 %)Microsoft
71 (12.50 %)ISEB
71 (12.50 %)AS400
71 (12.50 %)Finance
71 (12.50 %)XSLT
71 (12.50 %)ITIL
71 (12.50 %)Windows
71 (12.50 %)ASP
71 (12.50 %)ASP.NET
71 (12.50 %)CSS
71 (12.50 %)Java
71 (12.50 %)JavaScript

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (37.50 %).NET
22 (25.00 %)XML
31 (12.50 %)XSLT
31 (12.50 %)ASP
31 (12.50 %)ASP.NET
31 (12.50 %)CSS
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (25.00 %)MS Excel
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (75.00 %)SQL Server
24 (50.00 %)Crystal Reports
33 (37.50 %)MS Access
42 (25.00 %)DTS
42 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (25.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Finance
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (50.00 %)Developer
14 (50.00 %)Analyst
23 (37.50 %)Analyst Programmer
23 (37.50 %)Programmer
32 (25.00 %)VB Developer
41 (12.50 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
41 (12.50 %)VB6 Developer
41 (12.50 %)Senior Programmer
41 (12.50 %)VB Analyst Programmer
41 (12.50 %)Senior Analyst
41 (12.50 %).NET Developer
41 (12.50 %)VB.NET Developer
41 (12.50 %)Test Analyst
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Client/Server
11 (12.50 %)AS400
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (12.50 %)Windows
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (25.00 %)UML
12 (25.00 %)CRM
21 (12.50 %)ITIL
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (100.00 %)VB
25 (62.50 %)SQL
34 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
43 (37.50 %)VB.NET
52 (25.00 %)VBA
61 (12.50 %)Java
61 (12.50 %)JavaScript
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)ISEB
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (12.50 %)Microsoft