The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds 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 73 - 53
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VB6 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.135% - 0.157%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.323% - 0.472%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
310 334 212
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 41.95% 38.43% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 218 112
Average daily rate £275 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £221 £221
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £390 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 8
Average hourly rate £33.00 £27.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.22% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.10 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £61.25 £33.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB6
West Yorkshire

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds VB6 Hourly Rate Trend

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 13 (100.00%) VB
2 11 (84.62%) SQL
3 10 (76.92%) SQL Server
4 8 (61.54%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 8 (61.54%) JIRA
5 7 (53.85%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (53.85%) Subversion
5 7 (53.85%) ASP
5 7 (53.85%) COM+
5 7 (53.85%) MTS
5 7 (53.85%) MSMQ
5 7 (53.85%) SQL Server 2000
5 7 (53.85%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (46.15%) .NET
7 5 (38.46%) VB.NET
7 5 (38.46%) SOA
8 3 (23.08%) C#
8 3 (23.08%) Sybase
9 2 (15.38%) VBA
9 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
9 2 (15.38%) Configuration Management
9 2 (15.38%) NUnit
9 2 (15.38%) QA
9 2 (15.38%) WPF
9 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
10 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
10 1 (7.692%) Dynamics CRM
10 1 (7.692%) Sculptor
10 1 (7.692%) WebSpeed
10 1 (7.692%) Legal

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 (53.85%) ASP
1 7 (53.85%) COM+
2 6 (46.15%) .NET
3 2 (15.38%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 7 (53.85%) MTS
1 7 (53.85%) MSMQ
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (76.92%) SQL Server
2 7 (53.85%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (53.85%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 8 (61.54%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 8 (61.54%) JIRA
2 7 (53.85%) Subversion
3 2 (15.38%) NUnit
4 1 (7.692%) WebSpeed
4 1 (7.692%) PVCS
General
1 1 (7.692%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) SQL Developer
2 4 (30.77%) VB Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Technical Leader
3 3 (23.08%) Senior SQL Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Lead Developer
4 2 (15.38%) ASP Developer
4 2 (15.38%) .NET Developer
4 2 (15.38%) VB.NET Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior .NET Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Developer
4 2 (15.38%) VB6 Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior VB.NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Senior VB6 Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Senior VB Developer
5 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Progress Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Software Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (38.46%) SOA
3 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) Configuration Management
3 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Scrum
4 1 (7.692%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) VB
2 11 (84.62%) SQL
3 5 (38.46%) VB.NET
4 3 (23.08%) C#
5 2 (15.38%) VBA
6 1 (7.692%) Delphi
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Sybase
2 1 (7.692%) Sculptor
2 1 (7.692%) Progress