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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 26 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 575 | 696 | 843 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +121 | +147 | -144 |
| Contract jobs citing VB6 | 5 | 18 | 17 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.012% | 0.032% | 0.019% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.039% | 0.092% | 0.054% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 14 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £436 | £315 | £343 |
| 25th Percentile | £453 | £340 | £420 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £550 | £460 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.64% | +19.57% | +8.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £597 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £523 | £628 | £548 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £325 | £459 |
| % change year-on-year | +46.15% | -29.19% | +8.00% |
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 | 12,802 | 19,463 | 31,589 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.00% | 34.30% | 36.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,124 | 14,013 | 23,091 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £386 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £678 | £657 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +16.28% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 503 | 442 | 483 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.27 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.77 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +23.10% | +16.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £78.00 | £71.40 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.77 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +23.10% | +23.83% |
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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 26 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 | +52 | 4 | £475 | +46.15% | 7 |
| Scotland | +36 | 4 | £475 | -20.83% | |
| Work from Home | +112 | 2 | £475 | -17.39% | 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: