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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) skills within the Luton region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3341
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching permanent IT job ads167
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.003 %
As % of the category below8.511 %2.632 %
Salaries quoted107
Average minimum salary£37,900£29,286
Average salary£39,600£32,929
% change on same period last year+20.26 %
Average maximum salary£41,300£36,571
UK excluding London average salary£32,823£33,092
% change on same period last year-0.81 %
Luton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Luton
Matching permanent IT job ads188266
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.101 %0.111 %
Salaries quoted143248
Average minimum salary£34,268£33,851
Average salary£36,375£37,359
% change on same period last year-2.63 %
Average maximum salary£38,481£40,868
UK excluding London average salary£35,245£35,645
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
VB6 LondonVB6
London

VB6
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VB6 across the Luton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Luton VB6 Demand Trend

VB6
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VB6 across the Luton region.

Luton VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB6 across the Luton region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Luton VB6 Salary Histogram

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Luton 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.

128 (100.00 %)VB
227 (96.43 %).NET
321 (75.00 %)VB.NET
419 (67.86 %)SQL Server
419 (67.86 %)ASP
419 (67.86 %)ASP.NET
517 (60.71 %)CSS
616 (57.14 %)C#
713 (46.43 %)SQL
713 (46.43 %)WAI
713 (46.43 %)XML
713 (46.43 %)XSLT
713 (46.43 %)XHTML
713 (46.43 %)E-Commerce
713 (46.43 %)Scrum
713 (46.43 %)OO
713 (46.43 %)W3C
810 (35.71 %)RAD
810 (35.71 %)OOD
99 (32.14 %)Microsoft
99 (32.14 %)Intranet
108 (28.57 %)SQL Server 2000
117 (25.00 %)AJAX
126 (21.43 %)SQL Server 2005
126 (21.43 %)HTML
126 (21.43 %)JavaScript
135 (17.86 %)VBA
144 (14.29 %)Web Development
144 (14.29 %).NET Framework
144 (14.29 %)TDD

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Luton 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.

Luton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
127 (96.43 %).NET
219 (67.86 %)ASP
219 (67.86 %)ASP.NET
317 (60.71 %)CSS
413 (46.43 %)XML
413 (46.43 %)XSLT
413 (46.43 %)XHTML
57 (25.00 %)AJAX
66 (21.43 %)HTML
74 (14.29 %).NET Framework
81 (3.571 %)Silverlight
Luton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (32.14 %)Intranet
Luton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (67.86 %)SQL Server
28 (28.57 %)SQL Server 2000
36 (21.43 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (3.571 %)MySQL
Luton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (14.29 %)Construction
14 (14.29 %)Health
22 (7.143 %)Pensions
31 (3.571 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (3.571 %)Banking
Luton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
128 (100.00 %)Developer
219 (67.86 %).NET Developer
314 (50.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
45 (17.86 %)JavaScript Developer
45 (17.86 %)ASP Developer
54 (14.29 %)Applications Developer
62 (7.143 %)Graduate
62 (7.143 %)Graduate Developer
62 (7.143 %)Graduate .NET Developer
71 (3.571 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
71 (3.571 %)VB6 Developer
71 (3.571 %)Trainee Developer
71 (3.571 %)Trainee
71 (3.571 %)Junior Developer
71 (3.571 %).NET Web Developer
71 (3.571 %)Senior .NET Developer
71 (3.571 %)Junior .NET Developer
71 (3.571 %)Junior
71 (3.571 %)Web Developer
71 (3.571 %)Senior Developer
Luton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (46.43 %)W3C
Luton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (46.43 %)OO
113 (46.43 %)E-Commerce
113 (46.43 %)Scrum
210 (35.71 %)OOD
210 (35.71 %)RAD
34 (14.29 %)Extreme Programming
34 (14.29 %)TDD
34 (14.29 %)Web Development
Luton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
128 (100.00 %)VB
221 (75.00 %)VB.NET
316 (57.14 %)C#
413 (46.43 %)SQL
56 (21.43 %)JavaScript
65 (17.86 %)VBA
71 (3.571 %)PHP
71 (3.571 %)Delphi
Luton IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (46.43 %)WAI
Luton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (32.14 %)Microsoft