The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 17 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 Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 147 161 120
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -41
Permanent jobs citing VB6 35 22 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.014% 0.569% 1.291%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.020% 1.096% 2.550%
Number of salaries quoted 29 22 42
Average salary £40,000 £27,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+48.14% -16.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £18,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £42,250 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1733 2008 1804
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 50.23% 51.91% 50.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1560 1840 1582
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,000 £25,750
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
South East

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB6 across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Winchester +3 10 £40,000 +6.66%
Aldershot - 9 £43,000 -
Fareham +12 7 £43,000 +48.27%
Gosport - 4 £30,000 -
Southampton -2 3 £38,000 +111.11%
Havant - 2 £32,000 -
Portsmouth - 1 £34,000 -
VB6
South East

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 60 (100.00%) VB
1 60 (100.00%) .NET
2 57 (95.00%) C#
3 37 (61.67%) SQL Server
4 36 (60.00%) HTML
5 32 (53.33%) SQL
5 32 (53.33%) ASP
6 31 (51.67%) Oracle
7 26 (43.33%) XML
8 25 (41.67%) JavaScript
9 23 (38.33%) Java
10 21 (35.00%) ASP.NET
10 21 (35.00%) Windows
11 20 (33.33%) T-SQL
12 19 (31.67%) WinForms
12 19 (31.67%) Web Development
13 18 (30.00%) PL/SQL
13 18 (30.00%) VB.NET
14 17 (28.33%) N-Tier
15 16 (26.67%) Microsoft
15 16 (26.67%) VBA
16 15 (25.00%) DCOM
17 14 (23.33%) OO
17 14 (23.33%) IIS
17 14 (23.33%) Visual Studio
18 13 (21.67%) TOAD
18 13 (21.67%) Scrum
19 12 (20.00%) CSS
20 11 (18.33%) J2EE
20 11 (18.33%) WPF

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 60 (100.00%) .NET
2 36 (60.00%) HTML
3 32 (53.33%) ASP
4 26 (43.33%) XML
5 21 (35.00%) ASP.NET
6 19 (31.67%) WinForms
7 15 (25.00%) DCOM
8 12 (20.00%) CSS
9 11 (18.33%) J2EE
9 11 (18.33%) WPF
10 9 (15.00%) COM
11 8 (13.33%) jQuery
12 7 (11.67%) HTML5
12 7 (11.67%) CSS3
12 7 (11.67%) Spring
12 7 (11.67%) Java EE
13 6 (10.00%) Ajax
14 5 (8.333%) WF
15 4 (6.667%) WebCenter
15 4 (6.667%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 14 (23.33%) IIS
2 7 (11.67%) LiveLink
3 5 (8.333%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.667%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.667%) Force.com
Applications
1 10 (16.67%) MS Office
1 10 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 3 (5.000%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.000%) HTTP
2 1 (1.667%) SNMP
2 1 (1.667%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.667%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (61.67%) SQL Server
2 13 (21.67%) TOAD
3 4 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (3.333%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 14 (23.33%) Visual Studio
2 8 (13.33%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (3.333%) Rhino Mocks
4 2 (3.333%) Moq
4 2 (3.333%) Mockito
4 2 (3.333%) Spring Roo
4 2 (3.333%) Subversion
4 2 (3.333%) jMock
5 1 (1.667%) Oracle APEX
General
1 3 (5.000%) Telecoms
1 3 (5.000%) Finance
2 2 (3.333%) Electronics
2 2 (3.333%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.667%) Law
Job Titles
1 46 (76.67%) Developer
2 18 (30.00%) .NET Developer
3 9 (15.00%) Programmer
3 9 (15.00%) C# Developer
3 9 (15.00%) Analyst
3 9 (15.00%) Software Engineer
4 7 (11.67%) Java Developer
5 6 (10.00%) Analyst Programmer
5 6 (10.00%) Web Developer
5 6 (10.00%) VB Developer
5 6 (10.00%) Software Development Engineer
5 6 (10.00%) VB6 Developer
5 6 (10.00%) .NET Programmer
5 6 (10.00%) Development Engineer
5 6 (10.00%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (8.333%) C# Programmer
6 5 (8.333%) Applications Developer
6 5 (8.333%) Software Developer
6 5 (8.333%) VB.NET Developer
7 4 (6.667%) .NET Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (28.33%) N-Tier
2 5 (8.333%) Computer Science
3 2 (3.333%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 21 (35.00%) Windows
2 3 (5.000%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (31.67%) Web Development
2 14 (23.33%) OO
3 13 (21.67%) Scrum
4 9 (15.00%) TDD
5 8 (13.33%) OOP
5 8 (13.33%) MVVM
6 6 (10.00%) Waterfall
6 6 (10.00%) Software Testing
6 6 (10.00%) Analytics
6 6 (10.00%) Kanban
7 5 (8.333%) MVC
7 5 (8.333%) Change Control
8 3 (5.000%) Unit Testing
8 3 (5.000%) Data Analysis
8 3 (5.000%) ITIL
9 2 (3.333%) UML
9 2 (3.333%) Rapid Prototyping
9 2 (3.333%) Systems Analysis
10 1 (1.667%) Migration
10 1 (1.667%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 60 (100.00%) VB
2 57 (95.00%) C#
3 32 (53.33%) SQL
4 25 (41.67%) JavaScript
5 23 (38.33%) Java
6 20 (33.33%) T-SQL
7 18 (30.00%) PL/SQL
7 18 (30.00%) VB.NET
8 16 (26.67%) VBA
9 2 (3.333%) XPath
9 2 (3.333%) Groovy
10 1 (1.667%) Apex Code
10 1 (1.667%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (11.67%) Degree
2 4 (6.667%) SC Cleared
2 4 (6.667%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.333%) QA
2 1 (1.667%) SLA
Vendors
1 31 (51.67%) Oracle
2 16 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.667%) Salesforce.com
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Project IT Resource Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum with benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 per year
Posted: 17 May 2013