The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 20 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 Newcastle upon Tyne 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VB6 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.613% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.556% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £336 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.34% +12.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.38% -
All Programming Languages
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
18 88 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 11.04% 28.30% 44.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 50 42
Average daily rate £335 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.66% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £550 £385
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
Average hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% +70.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB6
Tyne and Wear

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne VB6 Hourly Rate Trend

VB6
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 (100.00%) .NET
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) VB Developer
1 1 (100.00%) VB6 Developer
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET