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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 47 56 42
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -14
Permanent jobs citing VB6 11 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 2.764% 0.274% 0.685%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.264% 0.420% 1.235%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 2
Average salary £54,000 £21,500 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+151.16% -4.44%
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
258 238 162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 64.82% 65.21% 55.48%
Number of salaries quoted 234 227 136
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +12.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
Leicestershire

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

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

Leicester VB6 Salary Histogram

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 21 (100.00%) .NET
1 21 (100.00%) VB
2 20 (95.24%) C#
3 18 (85.71%) SQL
4 17 (80.95%) HTML5
5 16 (76.19%) C++
5 16 (76.19%) Retail
6 14 (66.67%) Project Management
6 14 (66.67%) Java
6 14 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (47.62%) MS Excel
8 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
9 8 (38.10%) EPoS
10 6 (28.57%) Back Office
11 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
12 3 (14.29%) Visual Studio
12 3 (14.29%) ASP.NET
12 3 (14.29%) CSS
12 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
12 3 (14.29%) VB.NET
12 3 (14.29%) jQuery
12 3 (14.29%) Ajax
12 3 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (14.29%) XHTML
13 2 (9.524%) Supplier Management
13 2 (9.524%) Logistics
13 2 (9.524%) Windows
13 2 (9.524%) HTML
13 2 (9.524%) XML
14 1 (4.762%) XSLT

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 21 (100.00%) .NET
2 17 (80.95%) HTML5
3 3 (14.29%) jQuery
3 3 (14.29%) ASP.NET
3 3 (14.29%) CSS
3 3 (14.29%) XHTML
3 3 (14.29%) Ajax
4 2 (9.524%) XML
4 2 (9.524%) HTML
5 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET MVC 2
5 1 (4.762%) CSS3
5 1 (4.762%) XSLT
5 1 (4.762%) WebSphere
5 1 (4.762%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 10 (47.62%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Visual Studio
1 3 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 16 (76.19%) Retail
2 6 (28.57%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Project Manager
2 7 (33.33%) Technical Project Manager
2 7 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 7 (33.33%) .NET Project Manager
3 5 (23.81%) Developer
4 4 (19.05%) Development Manager
4 4 (19.05%) Development Project Manager
5 3 (14.29%) .NET Developer
6 2 (9.524%) C# Developer
6 2 (9.524%) VB Developer
6 2 (9.524%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (9.524%) Software Developer
7 1 (4.762%) .NET Software Developer
7 1 (4.762%) C# Software Developer
7 1 (4.762%) VB6 Developer
7 1 (4.762%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (4.762%) VB.NET Developer
7 1 (4.762%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.524%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (9.524%) Logistics
2 2 (9.524%) Supplier Management
3 1 (4.762%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 21 (100.00%) VB
2 20 (95.24%) C#
3 18 (85.71%) SQL
4 16 (76.19%) C++
5 14 (66.67%) Java
6 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
6 3 (14.29%) VB.NET
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft