VB6 Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 17 May 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 South East 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 202 200 205
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +5
Contract jobs citing VB6 21 47 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.269% 0.463% 0.450%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.805% 1.532% 1.323%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 27 21
Average daily rate £360 £300 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £253 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £364 £356 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £280
% change year-on-year
- +16.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 1
Average hourly rate £34.50 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+38.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -28.57%
All Programming Languages
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 2610 3067 3552
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 33.40% 30.19% 33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1281 1505 1528
Average daily rate £340 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 203 295
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.13 £21.75 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
VB6
England

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region.

South East VB6 Hourly Rate Trend

VB6
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB6 across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East VB6 Hourly Rate Histogram

VB6
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB6 within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West Sussex +20 6 £360 +2.85%
Hampshire -4 6 £303 +10.00%
Berkshire - 6 - -
Surrey +10 2 £320 -8.57%
East Sussex +10 1 - -
VB6
England

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 36 (100.00%) VB
2 25 (69.44%) SQL
3 22 (61.11%) C#
4 19 (52.78%) .NET
5 18 (50.00%) SQL Server
6 13 (36.11%) ASP.NET
7 12 (33.33%) ASP
7 12 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (30.56%) XML
8 11 (30.56%) Windows
8 11 (30.56%) VB.NET
9 10 (27.78%) Microsoft
10 9 (25.00%) HTML
10 9 (25.00%) JavaScript
11 8 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
12 7 (19.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (16.67%) jQuery
13 6 (16.67%) Finance
13 6 (16.67%) Internet
13 6 (16.67%) T-SQL
13 6 (16.67%) ITIL
13 6 (16.67%) COM+
14 5 (13.89%) MS Office
14 5 (13.89%) XSL
14 5 (13.89%) VBScript
14 5 (13.89%) PL/SQL
14 5 (13.89%) DTS
14 5 (13.89%) MS Excel
14 5 (13.89%) Banking
14 5 (13.89%) Migration

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 19 (52.78%) .NET
2 13 (36.11%) ASP.NET
3 12 (33.33%) ASP
4 11 (30.56%) XML
5 9 (25.00%) HTML
6 6 (16.67%) COM+
6 6 (16.67%) jQuery
7 5 (13.89%) XSL
7 5 (13.89%) WinForms
8 3 (8.333%) Web Services
9 2 (5.556%) Ajax
9 2 (5.556%) .NET Framework
10 1 (2.778%) JSON
10 1 (2.778%) WCF
10 1 (2.778%) WebSphere
10 1 (2.778%) Spring
10 1 (2.778%) Middleware
10 1 (2.778%) EJB
10 1 (2.778%) CSS
10 1 (2.778%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.333%) Documentum
2 1 (2.778%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (2.778%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 1 (2.778%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (2.778%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) MS Office
1 5 (13.89%) MS Excel
2 3 (8.333%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.778%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) Internet
2 2 (5.556%) Intranet
3 1 (2.778%) HTTP
3 1 (2.778%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (19.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (13.89%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (13.89%) DTS
5 4 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (5.556%) Oracle 9i
6 2 (5.556%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (2.778%) MS Access
7 1 (2.778%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.778%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (2.778%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) LabVIEW
2 2 (5.556%) InterDev
2 2 (5.556%) Visual Studio
2 2 (5.556%) InstallShield
3 1 (2.778%) Ant
3 1 (2.778%) ClearCase
3 1 (2.778%) RequisitePro
3 1 (2.778%) Subversion
3 1 (2.778%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 6 (16.67%) Finance
2 5 (13.89%) Banking
2 5 (13.89%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.778%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (61.11%) Developer
2 9 (25.00%) VB Developer
3 7 (19.44%) Systems Developer
3 7 (19.44%) Analyst
3 7 (19.44%) Applications Support
4 6 (16.67%) ASP Developer
5 5 (13.89%) SQL Developer
5 5 (13.89%) VB6 Developer
6 4 (11.11%) SQL Server Developer
6 4 (11.11%) Applications Support Analyst
6 4 (11.11%) Support Analyst
7 3 (8.333%) .NET Developer
8 2 (5.556%) Senior Developer
8 2 (5.556%) Administrator
8 2 (5.556%) Support Specialist
8 2 (5.556%) Software Engineer
8 2 (5.556%) Systems Analyst
8 2 (5.556%) Applications Specialist
8 2 (5.556%) Web Administrator
8 2 (5.556%) Applications Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.556%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.778%) Statistics
2 1 (2.778%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 11 (30.56%) Windows
2 8 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (5.556%) Windows 7
3 2 (5.556%) Windows XP
4 1 (2.778%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (16.67%) ITIL
2 5 (13.89%) Migration
3 3 (8.333%) Business Continuity
3 3 (8.333%) OO
4 2 (5.556%) B2C
4 2 (5.556%) Document Management
4 2 (5.556%) Incident Management
4 2 (5.556%) Problem Management
4 2 (5.556%) Change Control
4 2 (5.556%) Software Deployment
5 1 (2.778%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (2.778%) Unit Testing
5 1 (2.778%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (2.778%) Waterfall
5 1 (2.778%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (2.778%) Project Planning
5 1 (2.778%) Web Development
5 1 (2.778%) Wealth Management
5 1 (2.778%) Statistical Analysis
5 1 (2.778%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 36 (100.00%) VB
2 25 (69.44%) SQL
3 22 (61.11%) C#
4 11 (30.56%) VB.NET
5 9 (25.00%) JavaScript
6 6 (16.67%) T-SQL
7 5 (13.89%) VBScript
7 5 (13.89%) PL/SQL
8 4 (11.11%) PHP
9 1 (2.778%) NATURAL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.333%) SC Cleared
1 3 (8.333%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.778%) MCP
2 1 (2.778%) MCAD
2 1 (2.778%) ISEB
2 1 (2.778%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.778%) Sun Certification
2 1 (2.778%) SCJP
2 1 (2.778%) MCITP
2 1 (2.778%) MCPD
System Software
1 2 (5.556%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.778%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (2.778%) SAP
3 1 (2.778%) Sun
3 1 (2.778%) HP
3 1 (2.778%) Minitab
3 1 (2.778%) Twitter
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