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The table below looks at the demand for the VB6 Developer role in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 VB6 Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank452453
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads67175
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.106 %0.188 %
As % of the category below0.128 %0.220 %
Daily rates quoted2750
Average minimum daily rate£278£364
Average daily rate£302£384
% change on same period last year-21.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£326£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£267£317
% change on same period last year-15.63 %
Hourly rates quoted63
Average minimum hourly rate£29.17£26.67
Average hourly rate£30.00£28.83
% change on same period last year+4.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.83£31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£32.00
% change on same period last year-10.93 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5225079626
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.30 %85.32 %
Daily rates quoted1686424512
Average minimum daily rate£366£390
Average daily rate£392£414
% change on same period last year-5.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted51377273
Average minimum hourly rate£22.14£23.57
Average hourly rate£23.59£25.15
% change on same period last year-6.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.04£26.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
VB6 Developer UKVB6 Developer
UK

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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB6 Developer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England VB6 Developer Demand Trend

VB6 Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England VB6 Developer Daily Rate Trend

VB6 Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB6 Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England VB6 Developer Daily Rate Histogram

VB6 Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England VB6 Developer Hourly Rate Trend

VB6 Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB6 Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England VB6 Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

VB6 Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB6 Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+5026£316-26.06 %
South EastUp+610£278-18.51 %
YorkshireUp+259--
West MidlandsUp+55--
MidlandsNew entry-4--
North WestUp+84£275-
East of EnglandUp+274--
North EastUp+124£245-
South WestUp+223--
VB6 Developer UKVB6 Developer
UK

VB6 Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited VB6 Developer in their job title 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 with VB6 Developer in their job title.

1152 (100.00 %)VB
1152 (100.00 %)VB6
279 (51.97 %)SQL
374 (48.68 %)SQL Server
462 (40.79 %).NET
540 (26.32 %)C#
629 (19.08 %)SQL Server 2000
629 (19.08 %)ASP
629 (19.08 %)VBA
728 (18.42 %)VB.NET
825 (16.45 %)ASP.NET
825 (16.45 %)Finance
922 (14.47 %)COM+
1020 (13.16 %)SQL Server 2005
1117 (11.18 %)Banking
1214 (9.211 %)Transact-SQL
1214 (9.211 %)Windows
1214 (9.211 %)Microsoft
1312 (7.895 %)C++
1312 (7.895 %)Visual Studio
1411 (7.237 %)Oracle
1510 (6.579 %)VBScript
1510 (6.579 %)Migration
169 (5.921 %)HTML
169 (5.921 %)VSS/SourceSafe
169 (5.921 %)OO
169 (5.921 %)MTS
169 (5.921 %)MS Access
178 (5.263 %)MS Excel
178 (5.263 %)Crystal Reports

VB6 Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited VB6 Developer in their job title 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 with VB6 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
162 (40.79 %).NET
229 (19.08 %)ASP
325 (16.45 %)ASP.NET
422 (14.47 %)COM+
59 (5.921 %)HTML
68 (5.263 %)DCOM
68 (5.263 %)WinForms
68 (5.263 %)XML
76 (3.947 %)ActiveX
85 (3.289 %)WebServices
94 (2.632 %)ADO
103 (1.974 %)CSS
112 (1.316 %)ADO.NET
112 (1.316 %)DAO
112 (1.316 %)XSL
121 (0.658 %)XSLT
121 (0.658 %)AJAX
121 (0.658 %).NET Remoting
121 (0.658 %).NET Framework
121 (0.658 %)ASP.NET 2.0
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (5.921 %)MTS
24 (2.632 %)IIS
31 (0.658 %)Lotus Notes
31 (0.658 %)ColdFusion
31 (0.658 %)ColdFusion MX
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (5.263 %)MS Excel
24 (2.632 %)MS Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (0.658 %)TCP/IP
11 (0.658 %)Internet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
174 (48.68 %)SQL Server
229 (19.08 %)SQL Server 2000
320 (13.16 %)SQL Server 2005
49 (5.921 %)MS Access
58 (5.263 %)Crystal Reports
63 (1.974 %)Oracle 8/8i
63 (1.974 %)Oracle 9i
63 (1.974 %)DTS
63 (1.974 %)Oracle 10g
72 (1.316 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81 (0.658 %)Datawarehouse
81 (0.658 %)SQL Server Integration Services
81 (0.658 %)Oracle 11g
81 (0.658 %)BusinessObjects
81 (0.658 %)SQL Server 7
81 (0.658 %)Oracle Reports
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (7.895 %)Visual Studio
29 (5.921 %)VSS/SourceSafe
35 (3.289 %)NUnit
42 (1.316 %)InterDev
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
125 (16.45 %)Finance
217 (11.18 %)Banking
38 (5.263 %)Marketing
38 (5.263 %)Investment Banking
38 (5.263 %)Health
47 (4.605 %)Insurance
54 (2.632 %)Retail
63 (1.974 %)Billing
63 (1.974 %)Pensions
63 (1.974 %)Front Office
72 (1.316 %)Back Office
81 (0.658 %)Pharmaceutical
81 (0.658 %)Financial Institution
81 (0.658 %)Law
81 (0.658 %)Advertising
81 (0.658 %)Publishing
81 (0.658 %)International Banking
81 (0.658 %)Multimedia
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (3.289 %)NHS
22 (1.316 %)Computer Science
22 (1.316 %)Credit Risk
22 (1.316 %)N-Tier
31 (0.658 %)Market Risk
31 (0.658 %)Fixed Income
31 (0.658 %)Web 2.0
31 (0.658 %)Derivative
31 (0.658 %)Contract for Difference
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (9.211 %)Windows
23 (1.974 %)Windows XP
23 (1.974 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (1.316 %)Windows Vista
41 (0.658 %)Windows 2000
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (6.579 %)Migration
29 (5.921 %)OO
37 (4.605 %)Risk Management
45 (3.289 %)Agile Software Development
54 (2.632 %)Business Analysis
54 (2.632 %)Unit Testing
63 (1.974 %)Web Development
63 (1.974 %)ERP
72 (1.316 %)DNA
72 (1.316 %)ITIL
72 (1.316 %)Change Management
72 (1.316 %)Requirements Analysis
72 (1.316 %)Test Scripting
72 (1.316 %)System Testing
81 (0.658 %)Time Management
81 (0.658 %)Release Management
81 (0.658 %)UML
81 (0.658 %)OOP
81 (0.658 %)RUP
81 (0.658 %)E-Commerce
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1152 (100.00 %)VB
1152 (100.00 %)VB6
279 (51.97 %)SQL
340 (26.32 %)C#
429 (19.08 %)VBA
528 (18.42 %)VB.NET
614 (9.211 %)Transact-SQL
712 (7.895 %)C++
810 (6.579 %)VBScript
96 (3.947 %)JavaScript
96 (3.947 %)PL/SQL
102 (1.316 %)Java
111 (0.658 %)VC++
111 (0.658 %)Delphi
111 (0.658 %)DHTML
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (1.974 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.658 %)ISO9001
11 (0.658 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.658 %)Active Directory
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (9.211 %)Microsoft
211 (7.237 %)Oracle
36 (3.947 %)Motorola
41 (0.658 %)Lotus
41 (0.658 %)Infragistics
41 (0.658 %)ProClarity
41 (0.658 %)ComponentOne
41 (0.658 %)Syncfusion
41 (0.658 %)Sybase
41 (0.658 %)Business Objects