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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) skills within the East Anglia 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1420
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.002 %
As % of the category below10.81 %3.030 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£300£300
Average daily rate£350£313
% change on same period last year+12.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£331
% change on same period last year-16.97 %
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£26.43£31.05
% change on same period last year-14.88 %
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
East Anglia
Matching contract IT job ads3766
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.053 %0.068 %
Daily rates quoted513
Average minimum daily rate£264£300
Average daily rate£293£311
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£321£322
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£334
% change on same period last year-2.81 %
Hourly rates quoted014
Average minimum hourly rate-£28.71
Average hourly rate-£31.29
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£33.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.07£32.81
% change on same period last year-2.25 %
VB6 East of EnglandVB6
East of England

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

East Anglia 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 East Anglia region.

East Anglia 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 East Anglia region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

East Anglia VB6 Daily Rate Histogram

VB6
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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
24 (80.00 %).NET
24 (80.00 %)C#
24 (80.00 %)ASP
24 (80.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (20.00 %).NET Framework
31 (20.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
31 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
31 (20.00 %)Migration
31 (20.00 %)CSS
31 (20.00 %)WebServices
31 (20.00 %)UML
31 (20.00 %)JavaScript
31 (20.00 %)SQL Server

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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.

East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (80.00 %).NET
14 (80.00 %)ASP
14 (80.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (20.00 %)CSS
21 (20.00 %)WebServices
21 (20.00 %).NET Framework
21 (20.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Developer
24 (80.00 %)C# Developer
33 (60.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
33 (60.00 %).NET Developer
33 (60.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
42 (40.00 %)VB6 Developer
42 (40.00 %)VB Developer
51 (20.00 %)ASP Developer
51 (20.00 %)Consultant
51 (20.00 %)Senior Developer
51 (20.00 %)Senior C# Developer
51 (20.00 %).NET Consultant
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)UML
11 (20.00 %)Migration
11 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
East Anglia IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)VB
24 (80.00 %)C#
31 (20.00 %)JavaScript