The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 23 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 Manchester 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 71 76 66
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -10
Contract jobs citing VB6 2 9 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.214% 0.696% 0.283%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.595% 1.899% 0.943%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 0
Average daily rate - £250 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £323 £294
% change year-on-year
+0.77% +9.78%
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
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
336 474 318
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 35.94% 36.63% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 277 182
Average daily rate £290 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £230 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £400 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 31 15
Average hourly rate £33.00 £30.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.57 £14.84 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £131.70 £37.90 £35.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB6
North West

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester VB6 Hourly Rate Trend

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 4 (100.00%) VB
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (50.00%) VBA
3 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Back Office
4 1 (25.00%) Games
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (25.00%) WPF
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) Game Development
4 1 (25.00%) FinalBuilder
4 1 (25.00%) C#
4 1 (25.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (25.00%) XML
4 1 (25.00%) XSLT
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) RAD
4 1 (25.00%) Flash
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (25.00%) ETL
4 1 (25.00%) FoxPro (VFP)
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (25.00%) ClearQuest
4 1 (25.00%) InstallShield
4 1 (25.00%) VB.NET

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (25.00%) WPF
1 1 (25.00%) XML
1 1 (25.00%) XSLT
1 1 (25.00%) Flash
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (25.00%) FinalBuilder
2 1 (25.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (25.00%) ClearQuest
2 1 (25.00%) InstallShield
General
1 1 (25.00%) Back Office
1 1 (25.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Software Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Report Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) MI Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Change Management
1 1 (25.00%) Game Development
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (25.00%) RAD
1 1 (25.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) VB
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) VBA
3 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (25.00%) C#
4 1 (25.00%) FoxPro (VFP)
4 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
4 1 (25.00%) ActionScript