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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) skills within the York 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 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank16-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below4.167 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£266£326
% change on same period last year-18.34 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.57£34.48
% change on same period last year-22.95 %
York IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
York
Matching contract IT job ads2458
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.039 %0.063 %
Daily rates quoted211
Average minimum daily rate£388£359
Average daily rate£388£364
% change on same period last year+6.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£330
% change on same period last year-4.10 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00£31.50
Average hourly rate£23.50£32.25
% change on same period last year-27.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00£33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.95£32.68
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
VB6 North YorkshireVB6
North 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 York region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

York 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 York region.

York VB6 Daily Rate Trend

VB6
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the York 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.

15 (100.00 %)VB
23 (60.00 %)VB.NET
23 (60.00 %).NET
32 (40.00 %)SQL Server
32 (40.00 %)ADO.NET
32 (40.00 %)ASP
32 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
32 (40.00 %)CSS
32 (40.00 %)SOAP
32 (40.00 %)XML
32 (40.00 %)XSLT
32 (40.00 %)UML
32 (40.00 %)OO
32 (40.00 %)Microsoft
32 (40.00 %)VBA
32 (40.00 %)HTML
32 (40.00 %)JavaScript
32 (40.00 %)Migration
32 (40.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
41 (20.00 %)Finance
41 (20.00 %)Pensions
41 (20.00 %)SQL

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the York 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.

York IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (60.00 %).NET
22 (40.00 %)ADO.NET
22 (40.00 %)ASP
22 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (40.00 %)CSS
22 (40.00 %)SOAP
22 (40.00 %)XML
22 (40.00 %)XSLT
22 (40.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
22 (40.00 %)HTML
York IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (40.00 %)SQL Server
York IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Finance
11 (20.00 %)Pensions
York IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Developer
22 (40.00 %).NET Developer
22 (40.00 %)VB.NET Developer
22 (40.00 %)VB Developer
22 (40.00 %)ASP Developer
31 (20.00 %)VB6 Developer
York IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)UML
12 (40.00 %)OO
12 (40.00 %)Migration
York IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)VB
23 (60.00 %)VB.NET
32 (40.00 %)VBA
32 (40.00 %)JavaScript
41 (20.00 %)SQL
York IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Microsoft