The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 100 83 87
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +4
Permanent jobs citing VB6 23 56 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.239% 2.648% 2.052%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.250% 4.298% 3.455%
Number of salaries quoted 22 51 36
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £31,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1022 1303 1042
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 55.06% 61.61% 59.41%
Number of salaries quoted 867 1184 902
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £46,760 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
North West

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB6 across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Warrington +9 10 £33,750 +3.84% 3
Crewe - 7 £20,000 -
Knutsford - 2 £32,750 - 2
Lymm - 2 £22,500 -
VB6
North West

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 26 (100.00%) VB
1 26 (100.00%) .NET
2 24 (92.31%) SQL
3 23 (88.46%) C#
4 21 (80.77%) XML
5 20 (76.92%) HTML
6 19 (73.08%) SQL Server
7 14 (53.85%) ASP.NET
8 13 (50.00%) VB.NET
8 13 (50.00%) JavaScript
9 12 (46.15%) Web Development
10 10 (38.46%) Agile Software Development
10 10 (38.46%) Ajax
10 10 (38.46%) Scrum
10 10 (38.46%) Visual Studio
10 10 (38.46%) CSS
10 10 (38.46%) Web Services
10 10 (38.46%) XSLT
10 10 (38.46%) SQL Server 2000
11 9 (34.62%) Windows
12 8 (30.77%) Project Management
13 7 (26.92%) Migration
13 7 (26.92%) .NET Framework
13 7 (26.92%) PRINCE2
13 7 (26.92%) Apple
13 7 (26.92%) MySQL
13 7 (26.92%) PHP
13 7 (26.92%) Java
13 7 (26.92%) LINQ
13 7 (26.92%) jQuery

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 26 (100.00%) .NET
2 21 (80.77%) XML
3 20 (76.92%) HTML
4 14 (53.85%) ASP.NET
5 10 (38.46%) Ajax
5 10 (38.46%) CSS
5 10 (38.46%) Web Services
5 10 (38.46%) XSLT
6 7 (26.92%) .NET Framework
6 7 (26.92%) LINQ
6 7 (26.92%) jQuery
6 7 (26.92%) HTML5
6 7 (26.92%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 7 (26.92%) CSS3
7 3 (11.54%) ASP
7 3 (11.54%) WCF
8 2 (7.692%) WinForms
8 2 (7.692%) ActiveX
9 1 (3.846%) NHibernate
9 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET MVC
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) TCP/IP
2 2 (7.692%) Network Security
3 1 (3.846%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (73.08%) SQL Server
2 10 (38.46%) SQL Server 2000
3 7 (26.92%) MySQL
4 3 (11.54%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (11.54%) MS Access
5 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 10 (38.46%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.846%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (7.692%) Local Government
1 2 (7.692%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 23 (88.46%) Developer
2 9 (34.62%) VB Developer
2 9 (34.62%) Software Developer
2 9 (34.62%) VB6 Developer
3 5 (19.23%) .NET Developer
3 5 (19.23%) C# Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Junior
4 3 (11.54%) Web Developer
4 3 (11.54%) ASP Developer
4 3 (11.54%) SQL Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Junior Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Junior C# Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Junior .NET Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Junior Software Developer
4 3 (11.54%) .NET Software Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Classic ASP Developer
4 3 (11.54%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Junior C# .NET Developer
4 3 (11.54%) C# Software Developer
5 2 (7.692%) VB.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) LIMS
1 1 (3.846%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (34.62%) Windows
2 7 (26.92%) Android
3 2 (7.692%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Web Development
2 10 (38.46%) Agile Software Development
2 10 (38.46%) Scrum
3 8 (30.77%) Project Management
4 7 (26.92%) Migration
4 7 (26.92%) PRINCE2
4 7 (26.92%) Data Migration
4 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (15.38%) MVC
6 3 (11.54%) OOP
6 3 (11.54%) OO
7 1 (3.846%) TDD
7 1 (3.846%) Data Management
7 1 (3.846%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (100.00%) VB
2 24 (92.31%) SQL
3 23 (88.46%) C#
4 13 (50.00%) VB.NET
4 13 (50.00%) JavaScript
5 7 (26.92%) PHP
5 7 (26.92%) Java
6 4 (15.38%) T-SQL
7 3 (11.54%) VBA
8 2 (7.692%) C
8 2 (7.692%) C++
9 1 (3.846%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (3.846%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Apple
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.846%) Oracle
Knutsford, North West
Role: Developer / Programmer / Analyst Programmer / Software Developer / Software Engineer.Technologies: VB6 , Visual Basic 6, SQL, C#, VB.Net, ASP.Net, SQL Server (2000/2005/2008), OOP, Crystal Reports, ...
OCC Computing
Salary: To £25k + bens.
Posted: 18 June 2013
Knutsford, North West
Role: Junior - Mid Level Developer / C# Programmer / .Net Developer / Analyst Programmer / Software Developer / Software Engineer.Technologies: C#, VB.Net, ASP.Net, SQL Server (2000/2005/2008), tSQL (stored...
OCC Computing
Salary: To £25k + exc. bens.
Posted: 13 June 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Key Skills: - Visual Basic 6 - Essential - SQL Server 2000 and later/MYSQL - Essential - Web Development PHP/HTML/JAVA - Essential - Data Migration (Import/Export) - XML - Advantage - PRINCE 2/Agile/...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Warrington, North West
Key Skills - Visual Basic 6 - Essential - SQL Server 2000 and later/MYSQL - Essential - Web Development PHP/HTML/JAVA - Desirable- Data Migration (Import/Export) - XML - Advantage - PRINCE 2/Agile/...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 29 May 2013
Warrington, North West
Key Skills - Visual Basic 6 - Essential - SQL Server 2000 and later/MYSQL - Essential - Web Development PHP/HTML/JAVA - Desirable- Data Migration (Import/Export) - XML - Advantage - PRINCE 2/Agile/...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 28 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Elevate Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013