The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Hampshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 94 88 96
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +8
Contract jobs citing VB6 6 5 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.374% 0.320% 0.482%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.969% 0.864% 1.238%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 3
Average daily rate £303 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.92% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £336 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.83% +12.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £22.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.75 £31.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-1.60% -3.84%
All Programming Languages
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
619 579 727
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 38.57% 37.04% 38.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 267 284
Average daily rate £325 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £415 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 82 107
Average hourly rate £36.00 £36.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.36% +4.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £23.00 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB6
South East

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Winchester +1 4 £303 +10.00%
Aldershot - - - -
Basingstoke - - - -
Fareham - - - -
Gosport - - - -
Havant - - - -
Portsmouth - - - -
Southampton - - - -
VB6
South East

VB6
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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
2 5 (71.43%) .NET
3 4 (57.14%) PHP
3 4 (57.14%) VB.NET
3 4 (57.14%) Internet
3 4 (57.14%) LabVIEW
4 3 (42.86%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (28.57%) ASP
5 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
5 2 (28.57%) SQL
5 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
6 1 (14.29%) C#
6 1 (14.29%) Oracle
6 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
6 1 (14.29%) MS Office
6 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
6 1 (14.29%) MS Access
6 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 1 (14.29%) Project Management
6 1 (14.29%) Minitab
6 1 (14.29%) Subversion
6 1 (14.29%) Statistical Analysis

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 5 (71.43%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) ASP
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (14.29%) MS Office
2 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) LabVIEW
2 1 (14.29%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Administrator
1 2 (28.57%) Web Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) VB6 Developer
2 1 (14.29%) VB Developer
2 1 (14.29%) ASP Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Web Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Project Management
1 1 (14.29%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) VB
2 4 (57.14%) VB.NET
2 4 (57.14%) PHP
3 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
4 1 (14.29%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Minitab