The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 17 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 Guildford 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VB6 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 0.917% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.198% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £320 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £280
% change year-on-year
- +16.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -28.57%
All Programming Languages
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
91 40 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 41.74% 34.78% 30.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 17 16
Average daily rate £320 £400 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £300 £226
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £425 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 5
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -11.76%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB6
Surrey

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford VB6 Hourly Rate Trend

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 3 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) VB
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) ASP
1 3 (100.00%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) OO
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle 9i
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) B2C
2 2 (66.67%) Intranet
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) InterDev
2 2 (66.67%) Ajax
2 2 (66.67%) Client/Server
3 1 (33.33%) Adabas
3 1 (33.33%) WebSphere
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) SCJP
3 1 (33.33%) Spring
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (33.33%) NATURAL
3 1 (33.33%) Middleware

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 3 (100.00%) ASP
1 3 (100.00%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) Ajax
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) J2EE
3 1 (33.33%) EJB
3 1 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) WebSphere
3 1 (33.33%) Middleware
3 1 (33.33%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (33.33%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (33.33%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Intranet
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle 9i
2 1 (33.33%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) InterDev
2 1 (33.33%) Ant
2 1 (33.33%) ClearCase
2 1 (33.33%) RequisitePro
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) VB Developer
1 2 (66.67%) ASP Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) VB6 Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) OO
1 2 (66.67%) B2C
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) UML
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) VB
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) NATURAL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
1 1 (33.33%) Sun Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SCJP
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Sun