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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 168 155 151
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -4
Permanent jobs citing VB6 80 100 91
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.122% 1.418% 1.326%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.863% 2.324% 2.519%
Number of salaries quoted 61 100 89
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +7.69%
All Programming Languages
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4294 4303 3613
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 60.22% 61.03% 52.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3761 3875 3274
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
England

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

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

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Merseyside +45 29 £30,000 -
Manchester -26 28 £32,500 -7.14%
Lancashire 0 10 £32,500 +8.33%
Cheshire -29 10 £32,500 -7.14%
VB6
England

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 143 (100.00%) VB
2 140 (97.90%) .NET
3 100 (69.93%) SQL Server
4 98 (68.53%) SQL
5 93 (65.03%) ASP.NET
6 91 (63.64%) VB.NET
7 82 (57.34%) C#
8 51 (35.66%) Microsoft
9 39 (27.27%) Windows
9 39 (27.27%) HTML
10 38 (26.57%) JavaScript
10 38 (26.57%) XML
11 31 (21.68%) CSS
11 31 (21.68%) Web Services
12 29 (20.28%) .NET Framework
13 28 (19.58%) OO
14 25 (17.48%) ASP
15 24 (16.78%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
15 24 (16.78%) Ajax
16 22 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
16 22 (15.38%) T-SQL
16 22 (15.38%) MS Excel
17 20 (13.99%) N-Tier
17 20 (13.99%) Java
17 20 (13.99%) Visual Studio
17 20 (13.99%) Retail
17 20 (13.99%) WCF
18 18 (12.59%) SQL Server 2005
19 17 (11.89%) Telerik
19 17 (11.89%) MVC

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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
1 140 (97.90%) .NET
2 93 (65.03%) ASP.NET
3 39 (27.27%) HTML
4 38 (26.57%) XML
5 31 (21.68%) Web Services
5 31 (21.68%) CSS
6 29 (20.28%) .NET Framework
7 25 (17.48%) ASP
8 24 (16.78%) Ajax
8 24 (16.78%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
9 20 (13.99%) WCF
10 17 (11.89%) jQuery
11 16 (11.19%) WinForms
12 12 (8.392%) LINQ
13 10 (6.993%) XSLT
14 9 (6.294%) ASP.NET MVC
15 8 (5.594%) HTML5
16 7 (4.895%) ADO.NET
17 6 (4.196%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
18 5 (3.497%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.098%) SharePoint
1 3 (2.098%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (1.399%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (1.399%) SAP Portal
3 1 (0.699%) IIS
3 1 (0.699%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 22 (15.38%) MS Excel
2 6 (4.196%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.098%) Intranet
2 1 (0.699%) ADSL
2 1 (0.699%) SMTP
2 1 (0.699%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.699%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (69.93%) SQL Server
2 22 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
3 18 (12.59%) SQL Server 2005
4 10 (6.993%) RDBMS
5 6 (4.196%) SQL Server 2000
5 6 (4.196%) MS Access
6 5 (3.497%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (1.399%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (1.399%) MySQL
8 1 (0.699%) DTS
8 1 (0.699%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 20 (13.99%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.797%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 3 (2.098%) ClearCase
3 3 (2.098%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (2.098%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (1.399%) Subversion
5 1 (0.699%) Git (software)
5 1 (0.699%) Moq
5 1 (0.699%) Synon
5 1 (0.699%) NUnit
5 1 (0.699%) Oracle Forms
General
1 20 (13.99%) Retail
2 13 (9.091%) Finance
2 13 (9.091%) Manufacturing
3 12 (8.392%) Games
4 3 (2.098%) Military
4 3 (2.098%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.399%) Legal
5 2 (1.399%) Local Government
6 1 (0.699%) Advertising
6 1 (0.699%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 129 (90.21%) Developer
2 43 (30.07%) Software Developer
3 35 (24.48%) .NET Developer
4 19 (13.29%) Systems Developer
5 16 (11.19%) VB Developer
5 16 (11.19%) Senior Developer
6 14 (9.790%) C# Developer
7 13 (9.091%) Web Developer
7 13 (9.091%) VB6 Developer
8 12 (8.392%) Junior
8 12 (8.392%) Junior Developer
9 11 (7.692%) Software Engineer
9 11 (7.692%) Junior Software Developer
9 11 (7.692%) C# .NET Developer
10 9 (6.294%) Analyst
11 8 (5.594%) VB.NET Developer
12 7 (4.895%) Senior Web Developer
12 7 (4.895%) Programmer
12 7 (4.895%) Senior .NET Developer
13 6 (4.196%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.99%) N-Tier
2 12 (8.392%) Computer Science
3 10 (6.993%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.497%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.699%) Online Games
5 1 (0.699%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 39 (27.27%) Windows
2 14 (9.790%) Linux
2 14 (9.790%) UNIX
3 5 (3.497%) Windows 7
3 5 (3.497%) Windows XP
4 3 (2.098%) Windows Mobile
5 2 (1.399%) Android
6 1 (0.699%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (19.58%) OO
2 17 (11.89%) MVC
3 12 (8.392%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (8.392%) Web Development
3 12 (8.392%) Test Scripting
4 11 (7.692%) Unit Testing
5 9 (6.294%) TDD
6 8 (5.594%) Continuous Integration
7 7 (4.895%) Multithreading
7 7 (4.895%) Logistics
7 7 (4.895%) Service Delivery
7 7 (4.895%) OOD
8 6 (4.196%) OOP
9 5 (3.497%) Problem Management
10 4 (2.797%) Scrum
11 3 (2.098%) Regression Testing
12 2 (1.399%) Practice Management
12 2 (1.399%) E-Commerce
12 2 (1.399%) UML
12 2 (1.399%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 143 (100.00%) VB
2 98 (68.53%) SQL
3 91 (63.64%) VB.NET
4 82 (57.34%) C#
5 38 (26.57%) JavaScript
6 22 (15.38%) T-SQL
7 20 (13.99%) Java
8 11 (7.692%) PHP
9 10 (6.993%) C++
10 8 (5.594%) Python
11 4 (2.797%) VBA
11 4 (2.797%) C
12 3 (2.098%) VC++
12 3 (2.098%) XPath
13 2 (1.399%) VBScript
14 1 (0.699%) RPG
Qualifications
1 16 (11.19%) Degree
2 1 (0.699%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.699%) SLA
1 1 (0.699%) QA
1 1 (0.699%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (2.098%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (0.699%) Nessus
Vendors
1 51 (35.66%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.89%) Telerik
3 4 (2.797%) Oracle
4 2 (1.399%) Business Objects
4 2 (1.399%) SAP
5 1 (0.699%) Citrix
5 1 (0.699%) Teradata
5 1 (0.699%) Qualys
Warrington, North West
The key skills and experience you need for this role are ASP.net with C# to build large internal web systems, HTML, CSS and JavaScript to develop the...
Computer Futures
Salary: £34000 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Knutsford, Cheshire
The key skills required for the C# Developer role are: Strong experience with C# and ASP.Net development. Experience with Javascript and good knowledge of OO / Object Oriented...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Derker Street, Oldham, Manchester OL1 4EQ
Design and develop new applications for distribution, warehousing, production and sales order processing Develop integrations between internal and third-party business applications Maintenance and improvement of existing applications,...
Innovative Technology
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 18 May 2013
Derker Street, Oldham, Manchester OL1 4EQ
Main Responsibilities Assist in the development of new applications for production; distribution; warehousing and sales order processing systems Support the senior engineers through design, implementation and test phases...
Innovative Technology
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 18 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
My Client based in Lancashire and South Wales are looking for an experienced Analyst Programmer who will be required to specify and make changes to existing systems and...
CPS Group UK
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Key Skills: - Visual Basic 6 - Essential - SQL Server 2000 and later/MYSQL - Essential - Web Development PHP/HTML/JAVA - Essential - Data Migration (Import/Export) - XML - Advantage - PRINCE 2/Agile/...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
As part of an aggressive growth strategy, they are presently searching for a software development Manager (SDP) to be based in of the UK head office in Liverpool...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £56000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
VB.NET/SQL Server/ASP.NET Analyst Developer required for our financial services client to develop and support the business delivering timely and effective IT solutions meeting business...
FT Select
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013