The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dudley region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 24 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 Dudley region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank - 10 -
Permanent jobs citing VB6 0 8 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dudley - 13.79% -
As % of the Programming Languages category - 32.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 0
Average salary - £27,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Dudley
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
15 25 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dudley 38.46% 43.10% 2.941%
Number of salaries quoted 14 22 1
Average salary £33,500 £27,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.81% -35.29%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
West Midlands

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dudley 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 Dudley region.

Dudley VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dudley 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 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (100.00%) Degree

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dudley 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Graduate
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Graduate Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Graduate Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Trainee Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Trainee
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree