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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 79 79 67
Rank change year-on-year
0 -12
Permanent jobs citing VB6 44 29 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 2.400% 1.970% 2.407%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.335% 3.368% 3.842%
Number of salaries quoted 35 29 27
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £35,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,500 £38,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1015 861 1015
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 55.37% 58.49% 62.65%
Number of salaries quoted 907 761 942
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -2.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
South East

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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
Abingdon - 19 £20,000 -
Oxford -28 3 £32,500 -14.47%
Wallingford - 2 £32,500 -
VB6
South East

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 96 (100.00%) VB
1 96 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 88 (91.67%) .NET
3 62 (64.58%) C#
4 58 (60.42%) Microsoft
5 45 (46.88%) ASP.NET
6 43 (44.79%) WCF
7 42 (43.75%) SQL
8 40 (41.67%) OOP
8 40 (41.67%) OO
8 40 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
8 40 (41.67%) SQL Server 2008
9 39 (40.63%) Degree
10 37 (38.54%) JavaScript
11 34 (35.42%) Web Services
12 32 (33.33%) XML
13 31 (32.29%) Oracle
14 30 (31.25%) HTML
14 30 (31.25%) Java
14 30 (31.25%) Microsoft Certification
15 29 (30.21%) TDD
16 28 (29.17%) Scrum
16 28 (29.17%) CSS
17 27 (28.13%) MS Project
17 27 (28.13%) MS Office
18 26 (27.08%) SQL Server 2005
19 25 (26.04%) QA
19 25 (26.04%) SC Cleared
19 25 (26.04%) Security Cleared
20 14 (14.58%) Windows

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 88 (91.67%) .NET
2 45 (46.88%) ASP.NET
3 43 (44.79%) WCF
4 34 (35.42%) Web Services
5 32 (33.33%) XML
6 30 (31.25%) HTML
7 28 (29.17%) CSS
8 12 (12.50%) ASP
8 12 (12.50%) WPF
8 12 (12.50%) .NET Framework
9 9 (9.375%) Ajax
10 2 (2.083%) NHibernate
10 2 (2.083%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
10 2 (2.083%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (2.083%) HTML5
11 1 (1.042%) jQuery
11 1 (1.042%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.083%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 27 (28.13%) MS Project
1 27 (28.13%) MS Office
2 12 (12.50%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 40 (41.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 26 (27.08%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (2.083%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.083%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.042%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
2 10 (10.42%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.042%) Subversion
General
1 3 (3.125%) Financial Institution
1 3 (3.125%) Finance
Job Titles
1 96 (100.00%) Developer
2 36 (37.50%) Software Developer
3 15 (15.63%) Analyst
3 15 (15.63%) .NET Developer
3 15 (15.63%) Analyst Developer
4 14 (14.58%) ASP.NET Developer
5 13 (13.54%) C# Developer
5 13 (13.54%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 13 (13.54%) C# .NET Developer
6 10 (10.42%) 3rd Line Support
7 9 (9.375%) Trainee Developer
7 9 (9.375%) Trainee
7 9 (9.375%) Classic ASP Developer
7 9 (9.375%) ASP Developer
8 3 (3.125%) Junior Developer
8 3 (3.125%) Senior Developer
8 3 (3.125%) Junior
9 2 (2.083%) Graduate
9 2 (2.083%) Graduate Developer
10 1 (1.042%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.46%) Computer Science
2 4 (4.167%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 14 (14.58%) Windows
2 11 (11.46%) Windows XP
3 1 (1.042%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (41.67%) OOP
1 40 (41.67%) OO
1 40 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
2 29 (30.21%) TDD
3 28 (29.17%) Scrum
4 12 (12.50%) Migration
5 2 (2.083%) Release Management
5 2 (2.083%) Software Architecture
5 2 (2.083%) SOA
5 2 (2.083%) MVC
5 2 (2.083%) Workflow
6 1 (1.042%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 96 (100.00%) VB
2 62 (64.58%) C#
3 42 (43.75%) SQL
4 37 (38.54%) JavaScript
5 30 (31.25%) Java
6 13 (13.54%) T-SQL
7 4 (4.167%) VBA
8 3 (3.125%) VBScript
9 2 (2.083%) VB.NET
10 1 (1.042%) PHP
Qualifications
1 39 (40.63%) Degree
2 30 (31.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 25 (26.04%) SC Cleared
3 25 (26.04%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (26.04%) QA
Vendors
1 58 (60.42%) Microsoft
2 31 (32.29%) Oracle
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