The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 47 47 50
Rank change year-on-year
0 +3
Permanent jobs citing VB6 13 15 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 2.802% 2.935% 2.030%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.422% 4.573% 3.137%
Number of salaries quoted 12 14 8
Average salary £32,750 £28,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.91% -1.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,204 £24,000 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £38,000 £36,750 £30,150
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
294 328 255
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 63.36% 64.19% 64.72%
Number of salaries quoted 272 312 225
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £42,500 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
North West

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire VB6 Salary Trend

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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Preston +4 6 £27,204 -27.45% 1
VB6
North West

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 17 (100.00%) VB
1 17 (100.00%) .NET
2 13 (76.47%) ASP.NET
2 13 (76.47%) VB.NET
2 13 (76.47%) SQL
2 13 (76.47%) XML
3 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
4 9 (52.94%) WCF
5 8 (47.06%) RDBMS
5 8 (47.06%) Unit Testing
5 8 (47.06%) C#
5 8 (47.06%) SQL Server
5 8 (47.06%) Visual Studio
6 4 (23.53%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (23.53%) TDD
6 4 (23.53%) Retail
6 4 (23.53%) Logistics
6 4 (23.53%) Military
6 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (23.53%) .NET Framework
6 4 (23.53%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (23.53%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (23.53%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (23.53%) Oracle
6 4 (23.53%) COM
6 4 (23.53%) CSS
6 4 (23.53%) SOAP
6 4 (23.53%) Web Services
6 4 (23.53%) C++
6 4 (23.53%) HTML

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 17 (100.00%) .NET
2 13 (76.47%) XML
2 13 (76.47%) ASP.NET
3 9 (52.94%) WCF
4 4 (23.53%) HTML
4 4 (23.53%) .NET Framework
4 4 (23.53%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (23.53%) COM
4 4 (23.53%) CSS
4 4 (23.53%) SOAP
4 4 (23.53%) Web Services
5 2 (11.76%) XSLT
5 2 (11.76%) Ajax
5 2 (11.76%) ASP
5 2 (11.76%) jQuery
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (47.06%) SQL Server
1 8 (47.06%) RDBMS
2 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 8 (47.06%) Visual Studio
2 4 (23.53%) ClearCase
2 4 (23.53%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (23.53%) Aerospace
1 4 (23.53%) Military
1 4 (23.53%) Retail
2 1 (5.882%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Developer
2 5 (29.41%) VB Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Software Development Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Software Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Software Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Development Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Analyst Programmer
4 3 (17.65%) Programmer
5 1 (5.882%) .NET Developer
5 1 (5.882%) VB Analyst Programmer
5 1 (5.882%) VB6 Analyst Programmer
5 1 (5.882%) VB Programmer
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Unit Testing
2 4 (23.53%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (23.53%) OO
2 4 (23.53%) MVC
2 4 (23.53%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (23.53%) TDD
2 4 (23.53%) Logistics
3 2 (11.76%) UML
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) VB
2 13 (76.47%) VB.NET
2 13 (76.47%) SQL
3 8 (47.06%) C#
4 4 (23.53%) C++
4 4 (23.53%) T-SQL
4 4 (23.53%) VC++
4 4 (23.53%) Python
5 2 (11.76%) XPath
5 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Oracle
Preston, Lancashire
Key Skills: - VB6 - VB.NET - .Net - SQL - ASP.Net/HTML/CSS The successful candidate will have the opportunity of working on a number of high profile projects for...
Intapeople
Salary: £32000 - £36000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013