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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 150 120 137
Rank change year-on-year
-30 +17
Permanent jobs citing VB6 20 44 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.657% 1.293% 0.957%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.205% 2.455% 1.931%
Number of salaries quoted 19 43 29
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,900 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £40,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,250 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+0.71% +7.69%
All Programming Languages
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1660 1792 1761
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 54.55% 52.64% 49.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1500 1632 1560
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% +3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
England

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Leicestershire +4 13 £47,000 +118.60%
Northamptonshire -12 3 £23,500 -21.66%
Nottinghamshire -10 2 £23,000 -30.30%
Lincolnshire -16 2 £33,750 +3.84%
VB6
England

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 36 (100.00%) VB
1 36 (100.00%) .NET
2 33 (91.67%) C#
3 26 (72.22%) SQL
4 20 (55.56%) HTML5
5 17 (47.22%) C++
6 16 (44.44%) Retail
7 15 (41.67%) Microsoft
7 15 (41.67%) MS Excel
8 14 (38.89%) Java
8 14 (38.89%) SQL Server
8 14 (38.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (38.89%) Project Management
9 13 (36.11%) VB.NET
10 9 (25.00%) ASP.NET
11 8 (22.22%) JavaScript
11 8 (22.22%) EPoS
12 6 (16.67%) jQuery
12 6 (16.67%) Back Office
12 6 (16.67%) CSS
13 5 (13.89%) HTML
13 5 (13.89%) Ajax
14 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (11.11%) Finance
14 4 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
14 4 (11.11%) XML
15 3 (8.333%) OOA/OOD
15 3 (8.333%) OO
15 3 (8.333%) Thin Client
15 3 (8.333%) N-Tier

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 36 (100.00%) .NET
2 20 (55.56%) HTML5
3 9 (25.00%) ASP.NET
4 6 (16.67%) CSS
4 6 (16.67%) jQuery
5 5 (13.89%) HTML
5 5 (13.89%) Ajax
6 4 (11.11%) XML
7 3 (8.333%) XHTML
7 3 (8.333%) WinForms
7 3 (8.333%) WPF
8 2 (5.556%) .NET Framework
8 2 (5.556%) Flash
8 2 (5.556%) Web Services
8 2 (5.556%) ASP
9 1 (2.778%) XSLT
9 1 (2.778%) ASP.NET MVC 2
9 1 (2.778%) CSS3
9 1 (2.778%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.778%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 15 (41.67%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (38.89%) SQL Server
1 14 (38.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (8.333%) Visual Studio
1 3 (8.333%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (5.556%) Xcode
3 1 (2.778%) Hudson
General
1 16 (44.44%) Retail
2 6 (16.67%) Back Office
3 4 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (47.22%) Developer
2 16 (44.44%) Project Manager
3 8 (22.22%) Software Developer
3 8 (22.22%) .NET Developer
4 7 (19.44%) Technical Manager
4 7 (19.44%) Technical Project Manager
4 7 (19.44%) .NET Project Manager
5 5 (13.89%) C# .NET Developer
5 5 (13.89%) C# Developer
6 4 (11.11%) Development Project Manager
6 4 (11.11%) Development Manager
6 4 (11.11%) Graduate
7 3 (8.333%) Senior Developer
7 3 (8.333%) Consultant
7 3 (8.333%) VB.NET Developer
7 3 (8.333%) .NET Software Developer
7 3 (8.333%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (8.333%) C# Software Developer
7 3 (8.333%) Integration Consultant
8 2 (5.556%) VB Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) EPoS
2 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (8.333%) N-Tier
3 3 (8.333%) Thin Client
3 3 (8.333%) Computer Science
3 3 (8.333%) Fat Client
4 2 (5.556%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.556%) UNIX
1 2 (5.556%) Windows
1 2 (5.556%) Linux
1 2 (5.556%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (38.89%) Project Management
2 4 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (8.333%) OOA/OOD
3 3 (8.333%) OO
3 3 (8.333%) Logistics
4 2 (5.556%) Supplier Management
4 2 (5.556%) MVVM
4 2 (5.556%) Data Transformation
4 2 (5.556%) MVC
4 2 (5.556%) Migration
4 2 (5.556%) Scrum
5 1 (2.778%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 36 (100.00%) VB
2 33 (91.67%) C#
3 26 (72.22%) SQL
4 17 (47.22%) C++
5 14 (38.89%) Java
6 13 (36.11%) VB.NET
7 8 (22.22%) JavaScript
8 3 (8.333%) T-SQL
9 2 (5.556%) PHP
9 2 (5.556%) ActionScript
9 2 (5.556%) VBA
9 2 (5.556%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 3 (8.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.556%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (41.67%) Microsoft
Grimsby, East Midlands
100.The client is one of the largest European integrated logistics companies and has a billion pound turnover also being listed on the stock market.As part of...
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Ashby-De-La-Zouch, Leicestershire
3 yrs + of the following - C# ASP.NET... Commercial use of Javascript, JQuery, ASP, HTML, CSS... IOS Development, phone application development, objective C,XCode. PHP. HTML5. XML. Flash/...
Blues Point Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + pension, 25 days hol
Posted: 16 May 2013