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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) skills within the Newbury region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2121
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below5.556 %3.030 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£275-
Average daily rate£313-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£266£326
% change on same period last year-18.17 %
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£26.27£34.48
% change on same period last year-23.82 %
Newbury IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Newbury
Matching contract IT job ads1833
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.029 %0.036 %
Daily rates quoted613
Average minimum daily rate£288£306
Average daily rate£314£313
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£321
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£330
% change on same period last year-4.21 %
Hourly rates quoted07
Average minimum hourly rate-£32.32
Average hourly rate-£33.05
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£33.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.06£32.67
% change on same period last year-4.94 %
VB6 BerkshireVB6
Berkshire

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 Newbury region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury VB6 Daily Rate Trend

VB6
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Newbury VB6 Hourly Rate Trend

VB6
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newbury 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.

12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)VB
12 (100.00 %).NET
21 (50.00 %)Migration
21 (50.00 %)Pivotal CRM
21 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
21 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)Crystal Reports
21 (50.00 %)SAP
21 (50.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)UML
21 (50.00 %)SSADM
21 (50.00 %)CRM
21 (50.00 %)Siebel
21 (50.00 %)salesforce.com

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newbury 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.

Newbury IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %).NET
21 (50.00 %)XML
Newbury IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (50.00 %)Pivotal CRM
Newbury IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)Crystal Reports
Newbury IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %).NET Developer
Newbury IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
Newbury IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)UML
11 (50.00 %)SSADM
11 (50.00 %)CRM
11 (50.00 %)Migration
11 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
Newbury IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)VB
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
Newbury IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)SAP
11 (50.00 %)Siebel
11 (50.00 %)salesforce.com