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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank8591
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads100106
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.054 %0.044 %
As % of the category below4.274 %4.063 %
Salaries quoted8598
Average minimum salary£27,581£28,155
Average salary£29,790£30,624
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Average maximum salary£32,000£33,094
UK excluding London average salary£32,806£33,094
% change on same period last year-0.87 %
East Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
East Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads23402609
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.259 %1.088 %
Salaries quoted20882150
Average minimum salary£30,287£29,935
Average salary£32,942£32,211
% change on same period last year+2.26 %
Average maximum salary£35,596£34,487
UK excluding London average salary£35,268£35,641
% change on same period last year-1.04 %
VB6 EnglandVB6
England

VB6
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

VB6
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB6 across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

East Midlands VB6 Salary Histogram

VB6
Job Locations

This section 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 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeicestershireNo change038£29,800-7.26 %
DerbyshireUp+1921£28,595+18.13 %
LincolnshireDown-920£27,679-26.19 %
NottinghamshireUp+517£31,267-7.43 %
NorthamptonshireDown-79£33,813+7.34 %
VB6 EnglandVB6
England

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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.

1252 (100.00 %)VB
2221 (87.70 %).NET
3169 (67.06 %)VB.NET
4161 (63.89 %)SQL Server
5106 (42.06 %)C#
681 (32.14 %)ASP.NET
775 (29.76 %)Windows
871 (28.17 %)SQL
952 (20.63 %)Oracle
1050 (19.84 %)OO
1141 (16.27 %)SQL Server 2005
1240 (15.87 %)Microsoft
1339 (15.48 %)ASP
1435 (13.89 %)DB2
1534 (13.49 %)XML
1633 (13.10 %)UML
1732 (12.70 %)SQL Server 2000
1732 (12.70 %)Pensions
1830 (11.90 %)Degree
1929 (11.51 %)Transact-SQL
2027 (10.71 %)WinForms
2125 (9.921 %)HTML
2125 (9.921 %)WebServices
2224 (9.524 %)PL/SQL
2323 (9.127 %)Microsoft Certification
2323 (9.127 %)Health
2323 (9.127 %)Retail
2422 (8.730 %)ADO
2422 (8.730 %)ADO.NET
2422 (8.730 %)Informix

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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.

East Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1221 (87.70 %).NET
281 (32.14 %)ASP.NET
339 (15.48 %)ASP
434 (13.49 %)XML
527 (10.71 %)WinForms
625 (9.921 %)HTML
625 (9.921 %)WebServices
722 (8.730 %)ADO
722 (8.730 %)ADO.NET
813 (5.159 %).NET Framework
912 (4.762 %)CSS
108 (3.175 %)COM+
115 (1.984 %)COM
122 (0.794 %)J2EE
122 (0.794 %)JSP
122 (0.794 %)DOM
122 (0.794 %)XSLT
122 (0.794 %)ODBC
122 (0.794 %)WCF
122 (0.794 %)AJAX
East Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (2.778 %)IIS
25 (1.984 %)SharePoint
34 (1.587 %)Apache
34 (1.587 %)CMS
41 (0.397 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41 (0.397 %)SAS
41 (0.397 %)iPlanet
East Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
117 (6.746 %)MS Excel
23 (1.190 %)MS Office
East Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.397 %)BPCS
11 (0.397 %)SalesLogix
East Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (3.968 %)Wireless
24 (1.587 %)Intranet
33 (1.190 %)WAN
33 (1.190 %)HTTP
42 (0.794 %)TCP/IP
42 (0.794 %)DNS
42 (0.794 %)LAN
51 (0.397 %)Internet
East Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1161 (63.89 %)SQL Server
241 (16.27 %)SQL Server 2005
335 (13.89 %)DB2
432 (12.70 %)SQL Server 2000
522 (8.730 %)Informix
621 (8.333 %)Crystal Reports
74 (1.587 %)MySQL
83 (1.190 %)MSDE
92 (0.794 %)RDBMS
92 (0.794 %)Oracle 8/8i
92 (0.794 %)MS Access
101 (0.397 %)Data Mining
101 (0.397 %)TOAD
101 (0.397 %)OLAP
101 (0.397 %)BusinessObjects
101 (0.397 %)PostgreSQL
East Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (5.159 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.397 %)Flash
21 (0.397 %)Synon
21 (0.397 %)LabVIEW
21 (0.397 %)InterDev
21 (0.397 %)Subversion
East Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
132 (12.70 %)Pensions
223 (9.127 %)Retail
223 (9.127 %)Health
316 (6.349 %)Finance
410 (3.968 %)Manufacturing
57 (2.778 %)Banking
57 (2.778 %)Pharmaceutical
64 (1.587 %)Insurance
73 (1.190 %)Education
82 (0.794 %)Back Office
82 (0.794 %)Financial Institution
82 (0.794 %)Automotive
82 (0.794 %)Construction
91 (0.397 %)Front Office
91 (0.397 %)Law
91 (0.397 %)Legal
91 (0.397 %)Marketing
East Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1159 (63.10 %)Developer
284 (33.33 %).NET Developer
356 (22.22 %)VB.NET Developer
446 (18.25 %)VB Developer
544 (17.46 %)Analyst
639 (15.48 %)Software Engineer
735 (13.89 %)VB6 Developer
834 (13.49 %)C# Developer
927 (10.71 %)Senior Developer
927 (10.71 %)Programmer
1025 (9.921 %)Software Developer
1025 (9.921 %)Analyst Programmer
1117 (6.746 %)Senior Analyst
1214 (5.556 %)Support Analyst
1214 (5.556 %)Senior Programmer
1214 (5.556 %)Senior Software Engineer
1313 (5.159 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
1313 (5.159 %)Tester
1412 (4.762 %)ASP.NET Developer
1510 (3.968 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
East Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (3.571 %)N-Tier
23 (1.190 %)EPoS
32 (0.794 %)W3C
32 (0.794 %)Computer Science
41 (0.397 %)VHDL
41 (0.397 %)Mathematics
East Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
175 (29.76 %)Windows
217 (6.746 %)UNIX
311 (4.365 %)Windows Server 2003
311 (4.365 %)Windows 2000 Server
410 (3.968 %)Windows 2000
53 (1.190 %)Linux
62 (0.794 %)Windows XP
71 (0.397 %)Solaris
East Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
150 (19.84 %)OO
233 (13.10 %)UML
39 (3.571 %)E-Commerce
47 (2.778 %)OOP
55 (1.984 %)Web Development
64 (1.587 %)Software Testing
73 (1.190 %)Business Analysis
73 (1.190 %)CRM
82 (0.794 %)Business Intelligence
82 (0.794 %)Migration
82 (0.794 %)Asset Management
82 (0.794 %)Content Management
91 (0.397 %)Systems Analysis
91 (0.397 %)Unit Testing
91 (0.397 %)Test Scripting
91 (0.397 %)ERD
91 (0.397 %)Configuration Management
91 (0.397 %)Project Management
91 (0.397 %)ERP
East Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1252 (100.00 %)VB
2169 (67.06 %)VB.NET
3106 (42.06 %)C#
471 (28.17 %)SQL
529 (11.51 %)Transact-SQL
624 (9.524 %)PL/SQL
716 (6.349 %)Java
812 (4.762 %)JavaScript
99 (3.571 %)C++
99 (3.571 %)VBA
106 (2.381 %)PHP
114 (1.587 %)C
123 (1.190 %)Delphi
132 (0.794 %)DHTML
132 (0.794 %)VBScript
141 (0.397 %)ActionScript
141 (0.397 %)VC++
141 (0.397 %)Embedded C
141 (0.397 %)Assembly Language
141 (0.397 %)Shell Script
East Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
130 (11.90 %)Degree
223 (9.127 %)Microsoft Certification
320 (7.937 %)MCP
44 (1.587 %)HND
53 (1.190 %)HNC
East Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (7.143 %)ISO9001
24 (1.587 %)SLA
East Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
152 (20.63 %)Oracle
240 (15.87 %)Microsoft
31 (0.397 %)Teradata
31 (0.397 %)Visualfiles
31 (0.397 %)Business Objects
31 (0.397 %)Cognos