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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) skills within the Milton Keynes region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6365
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads65
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.005 %
As % of the category below2.575 %1.908 %
Daily rates quoted41
Average minimum daily rate£208£500
Average daily rate£254£600
% change on same period last year-57.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£700
UK excluding London average daily rate£303£318
% change on same period last year-4.70 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.78£34.15
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
Programming Languages Milton KeynesProgramming Languages
Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads233262
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.307 %0.274 %
Daily rates quoted7950
Average minimum daily rate£303£287
Average daily rate£318£297
% change on same period last year+6.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£308
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£333
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted2323
Average minimum hourly rate£33.89£25.19
Average hourly rate£35.54£26.07
% change on same period last year+36.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.20£26.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.21£33.14
% change on same period last year+0.18 %
VB6 BuckinghamshireVB6
Buckinghamshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VB6
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB6 across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Milton Keynes VB6 Demand Trend

VB6
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VB6 across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes VB6 Daily Rate Trend

VB6
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB6 across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Milton Keynes VB6 Daily Rate Histogram

VB6
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VB6 across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes VB6 Hourly Rate Trend

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

119 (100.00 %)VB
119 (100.00 %).NET
218 (94.74 %)SQL
317 (89.47 %)VB.NET
317 (89.47 %)MS Office
317 (89.47 %)ASP
317 (89.47 %)XML
317 (89.47 %)Windows
317 (89.47 %)Windows NT
416 (84.21 %)HTML
416 (84.21 %)SC Cleared
416 (84.21 %)Security Cleared
515 (78.95 %)Internet
613 (68.42 %)Government
710 (52.63 %)SQL Server
88 (42.11 %)SSADM
97 (36.84 %)Requirements Analysis
106 (31.58 %)SQL Server 7
106 (31.58 %)SQL Server 2000
106 (31.58 %)PRINCE2
115 (26.32 %)DSDM
115 (26.32 %)RAD
115 (26.32 %)Project Management
115 (26.32 %).NET Framework
115 (26.32 %)Agile Software Development
122 (10.53 %)Data Analysis
122 (10.53 %)Microsoft
122 (10.53 %)MS Excel
122 (10.53 %)VBA
131 (5.263 %)DV Cleared

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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
119 (100.00 %).NET
217 (89.47 %)ASP
217 (89.47 %)XML
316 (84.21 %)HTML
45 (26.32 %).NET Framework
51 (5.263 %)WinForms
Applications
117 (89.47 %)MS Office
22 (10.53 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
115 (78.95 %)Internet
21 (5.263 %)Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
110 (52.63 %)SQL Server
26 (31.58 %)SQL Server 7
26 (31.58 %)SQL Server 2000
General
113 (68.42 %)Government
Job Titles
117 (89.47 %)Developer
216 (84.21 %)Applications Developer
311 (57.89 %)Team Leader
42 (10.53 %)Support Analyst
42 (10.53 %)Analyst
42 (10.53 %)Lead Developer
51 (5.263 %)Applications Support
51 (5.263 %)Applications Support Analyst
Operating Systems
117 (89.47 %)Windows
117 (89.47 %)Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
116 (84.21 %)SC Cleared
116 (84.21 %)Security Cleared
28 (42.11 %)SSADM
37 (36.84 %)Requirements Analysis
46 (31.58 %)PRINCE2
55 (26.32 %)DSDM
55 (26.32 %)RAD
55 (26.32 %)Project Management
55 (26.32 %)Agile Software Development
62 (10.53 %)Data Analysis
71 (5.263 %)DV Cleared
71 (5.263 %)Data Modelling
Programming Languages
119 (100.00 %)VB
218 (94.74 %)SQL
317 (89.47 %)VB.NET
42 (10.53 %)VBA
Vendors
12 (10.53 %)Microsoft
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