VB6 Contracts in Glasgow
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow 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 Glasgow 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 75 - 48
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VB6 1 0 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.107% - 2.305%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.173% - 5.128%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
Average daily rate - - £350
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
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 577 276 312
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 61.84% 35.07% 44.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 133 198
Average daily rate £355 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.33% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £267 £225 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 7
Average hourly rate £12.18 £20.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.11% -11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.86 £11.00 £14.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.23 £20.00 £94.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB6
Scotland

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow VB6 Hourly Rate Trend

VB6
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 7 (100.00%) VB
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 6 (85.71%) C#
3 4 (57.14%) ASP.NET
3 4 (57.14%) COM+
3 4 (57.14%) Finance
4 3 (42.86%) WPF
4 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET 2.0
4 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
4 3 (42.86%) VB.NET
4 3 (42.86%) SQL
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 3 (42.86%) SOAP
5 2 (28.57%) RAD
5 2 (28.57%) DCOM
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (14.29%) Spring
6 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (14.29%) QA
6 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
6 1 (14.29%) Sybase
6 1 (14.29%) Java
6 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
6 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
6 1 (14.29%) HTTP
6 1 (14.29%) UNIX

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (57.14%) ASP.NET
2 4 (57.14%) COM+
3 3 (42.86%) WPF
3 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET 2.0
3 3 (42.86%) SOAP
4 2 (28.57%) DCOM
5 1 (14.29%) Spring
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Applications Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Applications Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) C# Developer
4 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) RAD
2 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) VB
2 6 (85.71%) C#
3 3 (42.86%) VB.NET
3 3 (42.86%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Sybase
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