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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 28 60 55
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -5
Permanent jobs citing VB6 25 11 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 6.831% 2.174% 0.633%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.31% 3.395% 1.081%
Number of salaries quoted 22 11 2
Average salary £30,000 £30,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
221 324 185
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 60.38% 64.03% 58.54%
Number of salaries quoted 193 281 154
Average salary £33,014 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.96% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
Merseyside

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

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

Liverpool VB6 Salary Histogram

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 38 (100.00%) .NET
1 38 (100.00%) VB
2 29 (76.32%) SQL Server
3 27 (71.05%) ASP.NET
4 24 (63.16%) SQL
4 24 (63.16%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
5 19 (50.00%) .NET Framework
5 19 (50.00%) C#
5 19 (50.00%) VB.NET
5 19 (50.00%) N-Tier
5 19 (50.00%) Microsoft
6 17 (44.74%) OO
7 16 (42.11%) Telerik
8 13 (34.21%) Windows
9 12 (31.58%) Test Scripting
10 11 (28.95%) Degree
10 11 (28.95%) Computer Science
10 11 (28.95%) SQL Server 2008
11 10 (26.32%) Mobile App
11 10 (26.32%) SQL Server 2005
11 10 (26.32%) Web Services
12 9 (23.68%) LINQ
13 8 (21.05%) Multithreading
13 8 (21.05%) jQuery
13 8 (21.05%) Finance
13 8 (21.05%) OOD
13 8 (21.05%) XML
13 8 (21.05%) CSS
13 8 (21.05%) ADO.NET
13 8 (21.05%) ASP

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 38 (100.00%) .NET
2 27 (71.05%) ASP.NET
3 24 (63.16%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
4 19 (50.00%) .NET Framework
5 10 (26.32%) Web Services
6 9 (23.68%) LINQ
7 8 (21.05%) jQuery
7 8 (21.05%) XML
7 8 (21.05%) CSS
7 8 (21.05%) ADO.NET
7 8 (21.05%) ASP
7 8 (21.05%) HTML
8 3 (7.895%) WinForms
9 2 (5.263%) HTML5
9 2 (5.263%) ActiveX
10 1 (2.632%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Applications
1 5 (13.16%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.895%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (76.32%) SQL Server
2 11 (28.95%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (26.32%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (5.263%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 2 (5.263%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (21.05%) Finance
Job Titles
1 38 (100.00%) Developer
2 13 (34.21%) Senior Developer
3 11 (28.95%) .NET Developer
4 10 (26.32%) Web Developer
5 7 (18.42%) Software Developer
5 7 (18.42%) Senior Web Developer
5 7 (18.42%) Systems Developer
6 6 (15.79%) Senior .NET Developer
7 5 (13.16%) VB Developer
7 5 (13.16%) VB6 Developer
8 4 (10.53%) C# Developer
9 3 (7.895%) C# .NET Developer
10 2 (5.263%) Software Engineer
10 2 (5.263%) Software Programmer
10 2 (5.263%) Programmer
10 2 (5.263%) .NET Web Developer
11 1 (2.632%) ASP.NET Developer
11 1 (2.632%) SQL Developer
11 1 (2.632%) Lead Developer
11 1 (2.632%) VB.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (50.00%) N-Tier
2 11 (28.95%) Computer Science
3 10 (26.32%) Mobile App
4 3 (7.895%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (34.21%) Windows
2 3 (7.895%) Windows XP
2 3 (7.895%) Windows 7
3 2 (5.263%) Android
3 2 (5.263%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (44.74%) OO
2 12 (31.58%) Test Scripting
3 8 (21.05%) Multithreading
3 8 (21.05%) OOD
4 3 (7.895%) Regression Testing
4 3 (7.895%) Problem Management
5 2 (5.263%) Integration Testing
5 2 (5.263%) Web Development
6 1 (2.632%) MVC
6 1 (2.632%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 38 (100.00%) VB
2 24 (63.16%) SQL
3 19 (50.00%) C#
3 19 (50.00%) VB.NET
4 8 (21.05%) T-SQL
4 8 (21.05%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.263%) C
5 2 (5.263%) Java
5 2 (5.263%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (28.95%) Degree
Vendors
1 19 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (42.11%) Telerik
Liverpool, Merseyside
A solid grasp of JavaScript/JQUERY, C#.NET & ASP.NET , SQL Server is vital... - C#.NET & ASP.NET... - JavaScript/JQUERY. - CSS style sheets/HTML... VB6 (as converting a...
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: £28,000
Posted: 24 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
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Salary: GBP28,000
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