The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 20 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 Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 63 44 79
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +35
Permanent jobs citing VB6 7 25 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 0.989% 3.840% 0.246%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.966% 7.862% 0.452%
Number of salaries quoted 7 25 2
Average salary £23,500 £30,000 £28,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.66% +4.34%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
356 318 442
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 50.28% 48.85% 54.43%
Number of salaries quoted 328 295 406
Average salary £37,500 £31,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.04% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £45,000 £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
East Midlands

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB6 across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Northampton -1 4 £23,500 -44.04% 1
VB6
East Midlands

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) VB
1 7 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 7 (100.00%) OOA/OOD
1 7 (100.00%) OO
2 4 (57.14%) N-Tier
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Thin Client
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
2 4 (57.14%) Fat Client
2 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 3 (42.86%) UML
3 3 (42.86%) VB.NET
3 3 (42.86%) C++
3 3 (42.86%) HTML
3 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
3 3 (42.86%) PHP
3 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 3 (42.86%) T-SQL
3 3 (42.86%) IIS
3 3 (42.86%) MS Office
3 3 (42.86%) ASP
3 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
3 3 (42.86%) CSS
3 3 (42.86%) XML

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (42.86%) HTML
2 3 (42.86%) ASP
2 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
2 3 (42.86%) CSS
2 3 (42.86%) XML
2 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET MVC
2 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 3 (42.86%) WCF
2 3 (42.86%) MSMQ
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (42.86%) MS Office
2 3 (42.86%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Consultant
1 4 (57.14%) Integration Consultant
1 4 (57.14%) Graduate
2 3 (42.86%) Lead Software Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) N-Tier
1 4 (57.14%) Thin Client
1 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
1 4 (57.14%) Fat Client
1 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (42.86%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) OOA/OOD
1 7 (100.00%) OO
2 3 (42.86%) UML
2 3 (42.86%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) VB
2 3 (42.86%) VB.NET
2 3 (42.86%) C++
2 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) PHP
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Skills - C#, .NET, VB, ASP.NET, Degree, Architecture, OO, SQL, Agile, n-tier, Analysis, Development, Consultancy, SDLC, implementation, Training, MVC Framework... Excellent development skills with the Microsoft commercial...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Salary: From £25,000 to £45,000 per annum + Bens + Car Allowance
Posted: 13 June 2013
Northamptonshire
Your knowledge base will ideally include: - C# 4.0, WCF, MVC 3, VB.NET, VB6, ASP & ASP.NET, PHP, C++, T-SQL - Object Oriented Analysis and Design, UML, -...
ISL
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + car + bonus
Posted: 15 June 2013