The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham 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 Nottingham 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 - 26 31
Contract jobs citing VB6 0 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham - 2.715% 0.417%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 7.692% 1.389%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 1
Average daily rate - £275 £251
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.78%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £336 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.34% +12.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.38% -
All Programming Languages
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
79 78 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 25.40% 35.29% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 55 37
Average daily rate £295 £288 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.60% -4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £378 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
Average hourly rate £13.00 £8.50 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.94% -67.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB6
Nottinghamshire

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham VB6 Hourly Rate Trend

VB6
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) C# Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) VB Programmer
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET