The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 195 211 185
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -26
Permanent jobs citing VB6 20 12 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.389% 0.196% 0.214%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.920% 0.398% 0.423%
Number of salaries quoted 20 12 11
Average salary £35,500 £35,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +18.33%
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2174 3017 2601
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 42.25% 49.19% 50.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1913 2674 2296
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +2.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
South East

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing VB6 across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Berkshire VB6 Jobs Demand Trend

VB6
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VB6 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB6 across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire VB6 Salary Histogram

VB6
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB6 within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bracknell - 4 £52,500 -
Reading - 4 £34,500 -
VB6
South East

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VB6.

1 44 (100.00%) VB
1 44 (100.00%) .NET
2 43 (97.73%) SQL Server
3 42 (95.45%) C#
4 39 (88.64%) ASP.NET
5 38 (86.36%) TDD
6 35 (79.55%) Microsoft
6 35 (79.55%) JavaScript
7 34 (77.27%) WCF
8 33 (75.00%) SQL
9 32 (72.73%) CSS
10 31 (70.45%) HTML
10 31 (70.45%) Agile Software Development
11 30 (68.18%) SQL Server 2005
11 30 (68.18%) Microsoft Certification
11 30 (68.18%) Web Services
12 29 (65.91%) SQL Server 2008
13 28 (63.64%) Scrum
14 13 (29.55%) VB.NET
15 10 (22.73%) T-SQL
15 10 (22.73%) QA
16 8 (18.18%) MS Excel
17 7 (15.91%) PHP
18 6 (13.64%) Windows
18 6 (13.64%) OOP
19 5 (11.36%) Oracle
19 5 (11.36%) WinForms
19 5 (11.36%) Android
20 4 (9.091%) Project Management
20 4 (9.091%) MySQL

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VB6. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 44 (100.00%) .NET
2 39 (88.64%) ASP.NET
3 34 (77.27%) WCF
4 32 (72.73%) CSS
5 31 (70.45%) HTML
6 30 (68.18%) Web Services
7 5 (11.36%) WinForms
8 3 (6.818%) jQuery
9 2 (4.545%) ASP
10 1 (2.273%) Ajax
10 1 (2.273%) MDX
10 1 (2.273%) XML
10 1 (2.273%) Hibernate
10 1 (2.273%) WPF
Applications
1 8 (18.18%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.545%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (97.73%) SQL Server
2 30 (68.18%) SQL Server 2005
3 29 (65.91%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (9.091%) MySQL
5 2 (4.545%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (2.273%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (2.273%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (2.273%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
6 1 (2.273%) OLAP
6 1 (2.273%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (2.273%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (2.273%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (2.273%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (2.273%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (2.273%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.545%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.273%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (2.273%) Finance
Job Titles
1 40 (90.91%) Developer
2 28 (63.64%) Software Developer
3 8 (18.18%) .NET Developer
4 3 (6.818%) VB.NET Developer
4 3 (6.818%) SQL Developer
5 2 (4.545%) C# Developer
5 2 (4.545%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (4.545%) Web Developer
5 2 (4.545%) Technical Leader
5 2 (4.545%) WinForms Developer
5 2 (4.545%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (2.273%) .NET Applications Developer
6 1 (2.273%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 1 (2.273%) Applications Developer
6 1 (2.273%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.818%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.273%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.273%) Mashup
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.64%) Windows
2 5 (11.36%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (86.36%) TDD
2 31 (70.45%) Agile Software Development
3 28 (63.64%) Scrum
4 6 (13.64%) OOP
5 4 (9.091%) Project Management
6 3 (6.818%) Quality Management
6 3 (6.818%) OOA/OOD
6 3 (6.818%) Product Management
6 3 (6.818%) Waterfall
6 3 (6.818%) Process Improvement
7 1 (2.273%) Web Design
7 1 (2.273%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (2.273%) Web Development
7 1 (2.273%) Unit Testing
7 1 (2.273%) Data Modelling
7 1 (2.273%) OOD
7 1 (2.273%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (2.273%) SEO
7 1 (2.273%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 44 (100.00%) VB
2 42 (95.45%) C#
3 35 (79.55%) JavaScript
4 33 (75.00%) SQL
5 13 (29.55%) VB.NET
6 10 (22.73%) T-SQL
7 7 (15.91%) PHP
Qualifications
1 30 (68.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.545%) MCDBA
3 1 (2.273%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.73%) QA
Vendors
1 35 (79.55%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.36%) Oracle
3 1 (2.273%) Business Objects
3 1 (2.273%) SAP