Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring VB6 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VB6 over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 132 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +33 |
| Contract jobs citing VB6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | - | - | 0.043% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | - | 0.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +14.38% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £605 | - | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +19.44% |
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
VB6 falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the West Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 356 | 427 | 587 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 26.06% | 22.32% | 25.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 217 | 309 | 401 |
| 10th Percentile | £246 | £260 | £360 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £338 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £463 | £450 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.78% | -14.29% | +14.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £575 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £681 | £638 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £565 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | -2.65% | +2.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 13 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.83 | £40.10 | £21.73 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.44 | £55.00 | £23.81 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.50 | £57.50 | £29.32 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -52.17% | +96.13% | +68.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £32.62 | £58.75 | £64.69 |
| 90th Percentile | £33.91 | £69.75 | £98.25 |
| England median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +23.10% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing VB6 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VB6 in the West Midlands.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VB6 in the West Midlands.