The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 19 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 138 - 106
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VB6 1 0 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.045% - 0.785%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.125% - 1.543%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 15
Average salary £34,500 - £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
798 1211 972
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 35.69% 51.49% 50.86%
Number of salaries quoted 707 1089 822
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,900 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,600 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
Berkshire

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 12 (100.00%) C#
1 12 (100.00%) VB
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 12 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 12 (100.00%) .NET
2 10 (83.33%) TDD
3 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (75.00%) JavaScript
4 8 (66.67%) WCF
5 7 (58.33%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
6 6 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 6 (50.00%) HTML
6 6 (50.00%) CSS
6 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (41.67%) Scrum
7 5 (41.67%) MS Excel
7 5 (41.67%) Web Services
7 5 (41.67%) SQL
8 4 (33.33%) T-SQL
8 4 (33.33%) VB.NET
8 4 (33.33%) PHP
9 3 (25.00%) Windows
9 3 (25.00%) MySQL
9 3 (25.00%) Oracle
9 3 (25.00%) WinForms
9 3 (25.00%) Android
10 2 (16.67%) OOP
11 1 (8.333%) MCDBA
11 1 (8.333%) OLAP

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 12 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 12 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (66.67%) WCF
3 6 (50.00%) HTML
3 6 (50.00%) CSS
4 5 (41.67%) Web Services
5 3 (25.00%) WinForms
6 1 (8.333%) ASP
6 1 (8.333%) jQuery
6 1 (8.333%) MDX
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (25.00%) MySQL
4 1 (8.333%) OLAP
4 1 (8.333%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (8.333%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
4 1 (8.333%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Developer
2 7 (58.33%) Software Developer
3 3 (25.00%) .NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) VB.NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Web Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Business Manager
4 1 (8.333%) WinForms Developer
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
1 3 (25.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) TDD
2 7 (58.33%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (41.67%) Scrum
4 2 (16.67%) OOP
5 1 (8.333%) Data Modelling
5 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) C#
1 12 (100.00%) VB
2 9 (75.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (41.67%) SQL
4 4 (33.33%) T-SQL
4 4 (33.33%) VB.NET
4 4 (33.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.333%) MCDBA
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (8.333%) Business Objects
3 1 (8.333%) SAP
Reading, Berkshire
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