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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 694 | 814 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +120 | -124 |
| Contract jobs citing VB6 | 0 | 11 | 31 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.019% | 0.035% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 0.053% | 0.096% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 9 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £311 | £319 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £320 | £394 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £400 | £421 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -5.04% | +5.31% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £460 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £550 | £538 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £400 | £420 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | +5.00% |
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 | 12,825 | 20,772 | 32,226 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.54% | 34.98% | 36.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,114 | 14,977 | 23,466 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £398 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £783 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +2.56% | +14.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 486 | 467 | 512 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.63 | £26.20 | £19.56 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £49.84 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.60 | £60.00 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.67% | +20.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.59 | £77.00 | £68.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.70 | £49.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.97% | +22.63% | +16.47% |
VB6
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing VB6 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
VB6
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.