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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) skills within the South Yorkshire 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 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank3943
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads77
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.007 %
As % of the category below6.364 %4.375 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£275-
Average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£325-
UK excluding London average daily rate£282£319
% change on same period last year-11.56 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£36.00-
Average hourly rate£38.33-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.67-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.91£31.83
% change on same period last year+6.53 %
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads110160
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.149 %0.158 %
Daily rates quoted2325
Average minimum daily rate£296£275
Average daily rate£314£288
% change on same period last year+9.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£301
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-2.13 %
Hourly rates quoted2422
Average minimum hourly rate£29.54£22.51
Average hourly rate£31.75£24.41
% change on same period last year+30.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.97£26.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.18£32.81
% change on same period last year+1.13 %
VB6 YorkshireVB6
Yorkshire

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire VB6 Hourly Rate Trend

VB6
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB6 across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SheffieldUp+63--
VB6 YorkshireVB6
Yorkshire

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

19 (100.00 %)VB
28 (88.89 %)SQL Server
36 (66.67 %).NET
44 (44.44 %)VB.NET
44 (44.44 %)SQL
44 (44.44 %)ASP
53 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
53 (33.33 %)XML
53 (33.33 %)C#
53 (33.33 %)Microsoft
53 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (22.22 %)BizTalk Server
62 (22.22 %)WebServices
62 (22.22 %)N-Tier
62 (22.22 %)NUnit
62 (22.22 %)Unit Testing
62 (22.22 %)HIPAA
62 (22.22 %)DHTML
62 (22.22 %)JavaScript
62 (22.22 %)VBScript
62 (22.22 %)Visual Studio
71 (11.11 %)ADO.NET
71 (11.11 %)COM+
71 (11.11 %)XSLT
71 (11.11 %)UML
71 (11.11 %)XHTML
71 (11.11 %)MS Excel
71 (11.11 %)Transact-SQL
71 (11.11 %)AJAX
71 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (66.67 %).NET
24 (44.44 %)ASP
33 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
33 (33.33 %)XML
42 (22.22 %)WebServices
51 (11.11 %)XSLT
51 (11.11 %)XHTML
51 (11.11 %)AJAX
51 (11.11 %).NET Framework
51 (11.11 %)COM+
51 (11.11 %)ADO.NET
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (22.22 %)BizTalk Server
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (11.11 %)MS Excel
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (88.89 %)SQL Server
23 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (22.22 %)Visual Studio
12 (22.22 %)NUnit
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (11.11 %)Finance
11 (11.11 %)Games
11 (11.11 %)Online Games
11 (11.11 %)Online Gambling
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (77.78 %)Developer
23 (33.33 %).NET Developer
23 (33.33 %)VB Developer
23 (33.33 %)VB6 Developer
31 (11.11 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
31 (11.11 %)ASP Developer
31 (11.11 %)ASP.NET Developer
31 (11.11 %)C# Developer
31 (11.11 %)VB.NET Developer
31 (11.11 %)Programmer
31 (11.11 %)Software Engineer
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (22.22 %)N-Tier
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)Unit Testing
21 (11.11 %)UML
21 (11.11 %)Migration
21 (11.11 %)TDD
21 (11.11 %)Use Case
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (100.00 %)VB
24 (44.44 %)VB.NET
24 (44.44 %)SQL
33 (33.33 %)C#
42 (22.22 %)DHTML
42 (22.22 %)JavaScript
42 (22.22 %)VBScript
51 (11.11 %)Transact-SQL
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (22.22 %)HIPAA
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (33.33 %)Microsoft