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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 108 134 125
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -9
Permanent jobs citing VB6 32 16 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.298% 0.635% 1.216%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.610% 1.148% 2.685%
Number of salaries quoted 28 15 39
Average salary £42,000 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,000 £34,800
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £38,400
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1226 1394 1527
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 49.74% 55.34% 45.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1018 1140 1295
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,250 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £56,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
East of England

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB6 across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Harpenden - 4 £38,500 -
Welwyn Garden City -21 3 £42,500 -5.55%
Rickmansworth - 3 £36,500 -
Stevenage - 2 £51,250 -
Watford - 1 £32,500 -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £35,000 -
VB6
East of England

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 46 (100.00%) VB
2 39 (84.78%) C#
3 35 (76.09%) .NET
4 29 (63.04%) VB.NET
5 27 (58.70%) ASP.NET
6 23 (50.00%) XML
6 23 (50.00%) SQL
7 19 (41.30%) SQL Server
7 19 (41.30%) HTML
8 18 (39.13%) JavaScript
8 18 (39.13%) CSS
9 16 (34.78%) MVC
9 16 (34.78%) jQuery
10 15 (32.61%) Degree
10 15 (32.61%) HTML5
11 14 (30.43%) ASP
12 13 (28.26%) Windows
12 13 (28.26%) Software Engineering
13 10 (21.74%) Microsoft
13 10 (21.74%) MS Excel
14 9 (19.57%) Manufacturing
15 8 (17.39%) OO
16 7 (15.22%) Ethernet
17 6 (13.04%) Electronics
17 6 (13.04%) Systems Analysis
17 6 (13.04%) Oracle OLAP
17 6 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
17 6 (13.04%) OLTP
17 6 (13.04%) Windows CE
17 6 (13.04%) OOP

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 35 (76.09%) .NET
2 27 (58.70%) ASP.NET
3 23 (50.00%) XML
4 19 (41.30%) HTML
5 18 (39.13%) CSS
6 16 (34.78%) jQuery
7 15 (32.61%) HTML5
8 14 (30.43%) ASP
9 6 (13.04%) Web Services
10 2 (4.348%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (4.348%) WCF
10 2 (4.348%) .NET Framework
10 2 (4.348%) NHibernate
11 1 (2.174%) SOAP
11 1 (2.174%) XSLT
11 1 (2.174%) Middleware
11 1 (2.174%) Ruby on Rails
11 1 (2.174%) Silverlight
11 1 (2.174%) LINQ
11 1 (2.174%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.522%) CMS
2 2 (4.348%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (21.74%) MS Excel
2 6 (13.04%) MS Office
3 2 (4.348%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.22%) Ethernet
2 5 (10.87%) Intranet
2 5 (10.87%) Internet
2 5 (10.87%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (41.30%) SQL Server
2 6 (13.04%) Oracle OLAP
2 6 (13.04%) OLTP
2 6 (13.04%) OLAP
3 5 (10.87%) RDBMS
4 2 (4.348%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.174%) MS Access
5 1 (2.174%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (2.174%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (2.174%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (8.696%) Visual Studio
2 3 (6.522%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 3 (6.522%) Git (software)
2 3 (6.522%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (6.522%) CruiseControl
2 3 (6.522%) Subversion
3 2 (4.348%) LabVIEW
3 2 (4.348%) ProC
General
1 9 (19.57%) Manufacturing
2 6 (13.04%) Electronics
3 4 (8.696%) Retail
4 3 (6.522%) Finance
5 2 (4.348%) Advertising
5 2 (4.348%) Banking
6 1 (2.174%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.174%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (54.35%) Developer
2 14 (30.43%) Software Developer
3 8 (17.39%) Development Engineer
4 7 (15.22%) Test Engineer
4 7 (15.22%) Test Development Engineer
5 6 (13.04%) .NET Developer
5 6 (13.04%) DBA
6 5 (10.87%) Administrator
6 5 (10.87%) VB.NET Developer
7 4 (8.696%) Software Engineer
7 4 (8.696%) Senior Developer
8 3 (6.522%) Programmer
8 3 (6.522%) Analyst
8 3 (6.522%) VB Developer
8 3 (6.522%) C# Developer
8 3 (6.522%) Senior Software Developer
9 2 (4.348%) C# .NET Developer
9 2 (4.348%) Configuration Engineer
9 2 (4.348%) Build Engineer
9 2 (4.348%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Visualisation
2 5 (10.87%) Computer Science
3 3 (6.522%) Client/Server
3 3 (6.522%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.522%) Mathematics
3 3 (6.522%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.348%) Graphic Design
5 1 (2.174%) iPhone
5 1 (2.174%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (28.26%) Windows
2 6 (13.04%) Windows CE
3 1 (2.174%) UNIX
3 1 (2.174%) Linux
3 1 (2.174%) Android
3 1 (2.174%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (34.78%) MVC
2 13 (28.26%) Software Engineering
3 8 (17.39%) OO
4 6 (13.04%) Systems Analysis
4 6 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (13.04%) OOP
4 6 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (10.87%) ETL
5 5 (10.87%) Service Management
5 5 (10.87%) Service Delivery
5 5 (10.87%) Migration
6 4 (8.696%) OOD
7 3 (6.522%) Configuration Management
7 3 (6.522%) Unit Testing
7 3 (6.522%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (6.522%) Data Protection
7 3 (6.522%) Waterfall
8 2 (4.348%) Scrum
8 2 (4.348%) Programme Management
8 2 (4.348%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (100.00%) VB
2 39 (84.78%) C#
3 29 (63.04%) VB.NET
4 23 (50.00%) SQL
5 18 (39.13%) JavaScript
6 6 (13.04%) Java
6 6 (13.04%) C
6 6 (13.04%) Delphi
7 2 (4.348%) VBA
8 1 (2.174%) T-SQL
8 1 (2.174%) C++
8 1 (2.174%) PHP
Qualifications
1 15 (32.61%) Degree
2 5 (10.87%) HNC
3 2 (4.348%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.348%) MCP
Vendors
1 10 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.04%) Oracle
3 5 (10.87%) Progress
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
The role will administer, enhance and manage the company source code base via the source control system (currently VSS and SVN migrating to Git)... Knowledge Management: The role...
Crimson Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £45001 per annum + Attractive
Posted: 21 May 2013