Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for VB6 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VB6 over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 586 | 688 | 817 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +102 | +129 | -128 |
| Contract jobs citing VB6 | 5 | 17 | 30 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.012% | 0.029% | 0.034% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.039% | 0.084% | 0.095% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | £436 | £314 | £321 |
| 25th Percentile | £453 | £320 | £395 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £525 | £423 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.52% | +24.26% | -0.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £588 | £460 |
| 90th Percentile | £523 | £623 | £538 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £363 | £421 |
| % change year-on-year | +31.03% | -13.95% | +5.31% |
All Programming Languages
UK
VB6 is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,736 | 20,223 | 31,637 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.58% | 34.86% | 36.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,069 | 14,573 | 23,041 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £395 | £383 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £528 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +2.56% | +14.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 486 | 462 | 501 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.14 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.18 | £60.94 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.03% | +21.88% | +14.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.96 | £78.00 | £69.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £61.84 | £49.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.07% | +24.30% | +19.88% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing VB6 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VB6.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VB6.
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Top 3 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB6 within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +45 | 4 | £475 | +31.03% | 9 |
| Scotland | +44 | 4 | £475 | -20.83% | |
| Work from Home | +120 | 2 | £475 | -11.63% | 5 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: