The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the East Midlands region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 77 68 75
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +7
Contract jobs citing VB6 6 12 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.478% 0.875% 0.646%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.567% 2.956% 2.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 2
Average daily rate £300 £275 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -0.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £294
% change year-on-year
- +10.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
All Programming Languages
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
383 406 449
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 30.54% 29.61% 32.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 205 167
Average daily rate £314 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.00% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £413 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 18 47
Average hourly rate £20.50 £17.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.14% -46.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £8.50 £18.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £42.75 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB6
England

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VB6 across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

East Midlands VB6 Jobs Demand Trend

VB6
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VB6 across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands VB6 Daily Rate Trend

VB6
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands VB6 Hourly Rate Trend

VB6
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB6 within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Nottinghamshire -13 2 - -
Leicestershire - 1 - -
VB6
England

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

1 11 (100.00%) VB
1 11 (100.00%) .NET
2 10 (90.91%) C#
3 9 (81.82%) SQL Server
4 8 (72.73%) ASP.NET
5 6 (54.55%) XML
5 6 (54.55%) Windows
5 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
5 6 (54.55%) Subversion
6 5 (45.45%) Ajax
6 5 (45.45%) Windows Mobile
6 5 (45.45%) WinForms
6 5 (45.45%) Visual Studio
6 5 (45.45%) JavaScript
6 5 (45.45%) .NET Framework
6 5 (45.45%) jQuery
6 5 (45.45%) ASP.NET MVC
6 5 (45.45%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 5 (45.45%) .NET Compact Framework
7 4 (36.36%) VB.NET
8 3 (27.27%) ASP
8 3 (27.27%) MVC
9 2 (18.18%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (18.18%) SQL
9 2 (18.18%) T-SQL
10 1 (9.091%) DHTML
10 1 (9.091%) Oracle
10 1 (9.091%) OOA/OOD
10 1 (9.091%) OO
10 1 (9.091%) MS Excel

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 11 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (72.73%) ASP.NET
3 6 (54.55%) XML
4 5 (45.45%) Ajax
4 5 (45.45%) WinForms
4 5 (45.45%) .NET Framework
4 5 (45.45%) jQuery
4 5 (45.45%) ASP.NET MVC
4 5 (45.45%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 5 (45.45%) .NET Compact Framework
5 3 (27.27%) ASP
6 1 (9.091%) DHTML
6 1 (9.091%) NHibernate
6 1 (9.091%) WebSphere
6 1 (9.091%) WCF
6 1 (9.091%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (81.82%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Subversion
2 5 (45.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Developer
2 5 (45.45%) .NET Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Programmer
3 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Analyst Programmer
4 2 (18.18%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) C# Developer
5 1 (9.091%) VB.NET Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) C# Programmer
5 1 (9.091%) VB Programmer
5 1 (9.091%) Developer Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) N-Tier
1 1 (9.091%) Thin Client
1 1 (9.091%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) MVC
2 1 (9.091%) OOA/OOD
2 1 (9.091%) OO
2 1 (9.091%) Business Development
2 1 (9.091%) Risk Management
2 1 (9.091%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) VB
2 10 (90.91%) C#
3 5 (45.45%) JavaScript
4 4 (36.36%) VB.NET
5 2 (18.18%) SQL
5 2 (18.18%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle