The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 21 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 112 86 102
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +16
Permanent jobs citing VB6 10 27 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.571% 1.545% 0.507%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.843% 2.725% 0.823%
Number of salaries quoted 10 27 9
Average salary £41,250 £42,500 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.94% +97.67%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1186 991 1093
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 67.77% 56.69% 61.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1068 915 914
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
South West

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB6 across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Bristol VB6 Salary Histogram

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 24 (100.00%) VB
2 23 (95.83%) .NET
3 20 (83.33%) C#
4 19 (79.17%) SQL Server
5 14 (58.33%) VB.NET
6 13 (54.17%) SQL
7 11 (45.83%) C++
8 9 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
8 9 (37.50%) OO
9 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
9 8 (33.33%) T-SQL
9 8 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
10 7 (29.17%) Unit Testing
11 6 (25.00%) .NET Framework
12 4 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (16.67%) VBScript
12 4 (16.67%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (16.67%) MS Excel
12 4 (16.67%) Advertising
12 4 (16.67%) Scrum
12 4 (16.67%) Web Design
13 3 (12.50%) VC++
13 3 (12.50%) Project Management
13 3 (12.50%) ATL
13 3 (12.50%) DCOM
13 3 (12.50%) Business Analysis
14 2 (8.333%) Windows
14 2 (8.333%) TDD
14 2 (8.333%) Data Management
14 2 (8.333%) WPF

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 23 (95.83%) .NET
2 6 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 3 (12.50%) ATL
3 3 (12.50%) DCOM
4 2 (8.333%) WPF
4 2 (8.333%) SOAP
4 2 (8.333%) Web Services
4 2 (8.333%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (79.17%) SQL Server
2 8 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (16.67%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (16.67%) Advertising
2 2 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 22 (91.67%) Developer
2 11 (45.83%) Software Developer
2 11 (45.83%) .NET Developer
3 9 (37.50%) Senior Developer
4 6 (25.00%) C# Developer
4 6 (25.00%) Senior .NET Developer
5 5 (20.83%) Senior Software Developer
5 5 (20.83%) .NET Software Developer
6 4 (16.67%) C# Software Developer
7 3 (12.50%) C++ Developer
8 2 (8.333%) WPF Developer
9 1 (4.167%) Junior
9 1 (4.167%) Consultant
9 1 (4.167%) C# .NET Developer
9 1 (4.167%) Junior C# .NET Developer
9 1 (4.167%) Junior Software Developer
9 1 (4.167%) Junior Developer
9 1 (4.167%) Junior C# Developer
9 1 (4.167%) Junior .NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
1 9 (37.50%) OO
2 7 (29.17%) Unit Testing
3 4 (16.67%) Scrum
3 4 (16.67%) Web Design
4 3 (12.50%) Project Management
4 3 (12.50%) Business Analysis
5 2 (8.333%) TDD
5 2 (8.333%) Data Management
5 2 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (8.333%) Kanban
5 2 (8.333%) E-Commerce
5 2 (8.333%) DSDM
6 1 (4.167%) ITIL
6 1 (4.167%) Problem Management
6 1 (4.167%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (4.167%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) VB
2 20 (83.33%) C#
3 14 (58.33%) VB.NET
4 13 (54.17%) SQL
5 11 (45.83%) C++
6 8 (33.33%) T-SQL
7 4 (16.67%) VBScript
8 3 (12.50%) VC++
9 1 (4.167%) JavaScript
9 1 (4.167%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft