The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 24 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 49 36 -
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -
Permanent jobs citing VB6 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 0.810% 0.617% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.802% 1.020% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Average salary £32,750 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.76% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
111 98 94
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 44.94% 60.49% 47.96%
Number of salaries quoted 107 72 89
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £30,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
West Midlands

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB6 across the Solihull region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Solihull VB6 Salary Histogram

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 4 (100.00%) VB
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) XSLT
2 3 (75.00%) MS Office
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) jQuery
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) VB.NET
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) W3C
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (25.00%) Windows
4 1 (25.00%) XHTML
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (25.00%) HTML
4 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (25.00%) CSS
4 1 (25.00%) Web Services
4 1 (25.00%) XML
4 1 (25.00%) XSD
4 1 (25.00%) Ext JS
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) ActiveReports
4 1 (25.00%) Sencha
4 1 (25.00%) WinForms
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (25.00%) Ajax
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) XSLT
2 3 (75.00%) jQuery
3 1 (25.00%) XHTML
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
3 1 (25.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) XSD
3 1 (25.00%) Ext JS
3 1 (25.00%) WinForms
3 1 (25.00%) Ajax
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (25.00%) WCF
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (25.00%) ActiveReports
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Applications Support
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) VB
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) VB.NET
4 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Sencha