The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Exeter 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 Exeter region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 23 20 22
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +2
Permanent jobs citing VB6 7 20 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Exeter 6.087% 9.259% 3.759%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.861% 11.49% 5.000%
Number of salaries quoted 7 20 5
Average salary £36,750 £31,500 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% +23.52%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Exeter
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
79 174 100
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Exeter 68.70% 80.56% 75.19%
Number of salaries quoted 71 140 90
Average salary £36,000 £30,250 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.00% +0.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £32,500 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
Devon

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Exeter 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 Exeter region.

Exeter VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Exeter 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 25 (100.00%) C#
1 25 (100.00%) C++
1 25 (100.00%) Java
1 25 (100.00%) VB
1 25 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 25 (100.00%) .NET
1 25 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 25 (100.00%) Windows
1 25 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 25 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 25 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 25 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 25 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 24 (96.00%) SLA
3 7 (28.00%) SQL
4 1 (4.000%) MS Project
4 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (4.000%) Automated Testing

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Exeter 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 25 (100.00%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 25 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 25 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 24 (96.00%) Developer
2 23 (92.00%) Programmer
3 16 (64.00%) C# Programmer
3 16 (64.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 16 (64.00%) .NET Programmer
3 16 (64.00%) .NET Developer
3 16 (64.00%) C# Developer
4 8 (32.00%) Java Developer
5 7 (28.00%) Java Programmer
5 7 (28.00%) Software Engineer
5 7 (28.00%) Java Software Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Team Leader
6 1 (4.000%) Development Team Leader
6 1 (4.000%) .NET Team Leader
Operating Systems
1 25 (100.00%) Windows
1 25 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 25 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (4.000%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (100.00%) C#
1 25 (100.00%) C++
1 25 (100.00%) Java
1 25 (100.00%) VB
1 25 (100.00%) VB.NET
2 7 (28.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (96.00%) SLA
Exeter, Devon
As a c#./.net Developer you will have: Good commercial experience of using .Net (C#) * Good commercial experience of SQL Server 2005/2008 * Good commercial experience using Windows...
Global Technology Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £38500 per annum + ben
Posted: 22 May 2013