The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dunstable region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 19 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 Dunstable region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank - - 12
Permanent jobs citing VB6 0 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunstable - - 2.703%
As % of the Programming Languages category - - 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Dunstable
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
9 20 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunstable 9.184% 68.97% 21.62%
Number of salaries quoted 8 19 8
Average salary £30,500 £39,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.78% +12.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £33,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £37,250 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
Bedfordshire

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dunstable 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 Dunstable region.

Dunstable VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Dunstable 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 7 (100.00%) VB
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) FoxPro (VFP)
1 7 (100.00%) XAML
2 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 6 (85.71%) Unit Testing
2 6 (85.71%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (28.57%) Ruby
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Silverlight
3 2 (28.57%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) VB.NET
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 1 (14.29%) Retail

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Dunstable 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 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) Silverlight
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (71.43%) VB Developer
3 4 (57.14%) VB6 Developer
4 2 (28.57%) Senior VB Developer
4 2 (28.57%) Senior VB6 Developer
4 2 (28.57%) Senior Developer
4 2 (28.57%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Unit Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) VB
1 7 (100.00%) FoxPro (VFP)
1 7 (100.00%) XAML
2 6 (85.71%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) Ruby
3 2 (28.57%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree