The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 19 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 Oxford 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VB6 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 0.467% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.852% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £275 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £300
% change year-on-year
-2.25% +10.83%
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
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
54 119 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 25.23% 38.39% 39.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 72 46
Average daily rate £323 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.85% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £543 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 4
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £21.86
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +37.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB6
Oxfordshire

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford VB6 Jobs Demand 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 Oxford region.

Oxford VB6 Hourly Rate Trend

VB6
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell