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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank12988
Rank change on same period last yearDown-41
Matching permanent IT job ads5621073
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.311 %0.450 %
As % of the category below3.645 %5.195 %
Salaries quoted4951006
Average minimum salary£32,453£33,564
Average salary£35,823£36,167
% change on same period last year-0.95 %
Average maximum salary£39,192£38,769
UK excluding London average salary£32,801£33,140
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads1541920656
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled8.532 %8.663 %
Salaries quoted1319117614
Average minimum salary£34,405£35,101
Average salary£37,912£38,223
% change on same period last year-0.81 %
Average maximum salary£41,419£41,346
UK excluding London average salary£35,272£35,655
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
VB6 EnglandVB6
England

VB6
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VB6 across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South East VB6 Demand Trend

VB6
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VB6 across the South East region.

South East VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB6 across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HampshireUp+24244£34,912-0.70 %
SurreyDown-60108£37,922+3.00 %
BerkshireDown-8253£35,440+0.01 %
BuckinghamshireDown-3851£35,780+1.20 %
OxfordshireDown-1742£38,214+11.02 %
MiddlesexUp+319£38,737-2.96 %
East SussexUp+317£30,833-18.96 %
KentDown-415£32,077-10.58 %
West SussexDown-3912£31,944-17.33 %
Thames ValleyUp+289£38,333+17.78 %
VB6 EnglandVB6
England

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

11219 (100.00 %)VB
21053 (86.38 %).NET
3888 (72.85 %)SQL Server
4712 (58.41 %)VB.NET
5584 (47.91 %)SQL
6567 (46.51 %)ASP.NET
7536 (43.97 %)C#
8436 (35.77 %)XML
9369 (30.27 %)ASP
9369 (30.27 %)HTML
10312 (25.59 %)Windows
11290 (23.79 %)Microsoft
12282 (23.13 %)JavaScript
13236 (19.36 %)UML
14210 (17.23 %)Oracle
15205 (16.82 %)SQL Server 2005
16201 (16.49 %)SQL Server 2000
17188 (15.42 %)Degree
18175 (14.36 %)Finance
19174 (14.27 %)Visual Studio
20131 (10.75 %)Transact-SQL
21130 (10.66 %)XSLT
21130 (10.66 %)Pensions
22127 (10.42 %)MS Excel
23122 (10.01 %)Health
24116 (9.516 %)WebServices
25114 (9.352 %)C++
26113 (9.270 %)VBScript
27107 (8.778 %).NET Framework
28103 (8.450 %)Java

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11053 (86.38 %).NET
2567 (46.51 %)ASP.NET
3436 (35.77 %)XML
4369 (30.27 %)ASP
4369 (30.27 %)HTML
5130 (10.66 %)XSLT
6116 (9.516 %)WebServices
7107 (8.778 %).NET Framework
870 (5.742 %)WinForms
870 (5.742 %)ADO.NET
966 (5.414 %)COM+
1060 (4.922 %)ActiveX
1155 (4.512 %)XHTML
1247 (3.856 %).NET Remoting
1340 (3.281 %)COM
1340 (3.281 %)CSS
1340 (3.281 %)ADO
1425 (2.051 %)DCOM
1425 (2.051 %)XSL
1521 (1.723 %)ATL
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
134 (2.789 %)MTS
225 (2.051 %)IIS
322 (1.805 %)SharePoint
411 (0.902 %)MS Exchange
58 (0.656 %)JBoss
67 (0.574 %)ColdFusion
67 (0.574 %)WebSphere MQ
67 (0.574 %)Mathematica
76 (0.492 %)Lotus Domino
83 (0.246 %)ArcGIS
83 (0.246 %)ColdFusion MX
92 (0.164 %)Exchange Server 2003
101 (0.082 %)SharePoint Server 2007
101 (0.082 %)CMS
101 (0.082 %)Tomcat
101 (0.082 %)BizTalk Server
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1127 (10.42 %)MS Excel
240 (3.281 %)MS Office
319 (1.559 %)MS Project
415 (1.231 %)MS Visio
57 (0.574 %)Fireworks
65 (0.410 %)MS PowerPoint
72 (0.164 %)InfoPath
81 (0.082 %)Photoshop
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (0.820 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.082 %)SoftGrid
21 (0.082 %)Applix TM1
21 (0.082 %)Microsoft CRM
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
178 (6.399 %)Internet
233 (2.707 %)Intranet
316 (1.313 %)TCP/IP
415 (1.231 %)Wireless
512 (0.984 %)SSL
66 (0.492 %)DNS
75 (0.410 %)ATM
84 (0.328 %)POP3
84 (0.328 %)SMTP
84 (0.328 %)FTP
84 (0.328 %)ADSL
92 (0.164 %)Extranet
92 (0.164 %)TELNET
101 (0.082 %)HTTP
101 (0.082 %)VPN
101 (0.082 %)DHCP
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1888 (72.85 %)SQL Server
2205 (16.82 %)SQL Server 2005
3201 (16.49 %)SQL Server 2000
461 (5.004 %)Crystal Reports
556 (4.594 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
633 (2.707 %)MySQL
633 (2.707 %)Oracle 9i
731 (2.543 %)MS Access
731 (2.543 %)DTS
829 (2.379 %)RDBMS
921 (1.723 %)Oracle 10g
1020 (1.641 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1117 (1.395 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1117 (1.395 %)Oracle 8/8i
1215 (1.231 %)Datawarehouse
1314 (1.148 %)BusinessObjects
1411 (0.902 %)Oracle Reports
1510 (0.820 %)SQL Server 7
164 (0.328 %)Oracle Discoverer
164 (0.328 %)Informix
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1174 (14.27 %)Visual Studio
286 (7.055 %)VSS/SourceSafe
331 (2.543 %)Flash
421 (1.723 %)Dreamweaver
517 (1.395 %)InstallShield
610 (0.820 %)NUnit
78 (0.656 %)QuickTest Pro
85 (0.410 %)Eclipse
94 (0.328 %)Oracle Forms
94 (0.328 %)InterDev
103 (0.246 %)MSI
112 (0.164 %)ClearQuest
121 (0.082 %)LoadRunner
121 (0.082 %)StarTeam
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1175 (14.36 %)Finance
2130 (10.66 %)Pensions
3122 (10.01 %)Health
477 (6.317 %)Insurance
528 (2.297 %)Banking
623 (1.887 %)Marketing
720 (1.641 %)Government
818 (1.477 %)Retail
818 (1.477 %)Manufacturing
818 (1.477 %)Back Office
915 (1.231 %)Games
1011 (0.902 %)Education
1110 (0.820 %)Pharmaceutical
128 (0.656 %)Multimedia
136 (0.492 %)Investment Banking
136 (0.492 %)Telecoms
145 (0.410 %)Financial Institution
154 (0.328 %)Publishing
163 (0.246 %)Advertising
163 (0.246 %)Automotive
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1818 (67.10 %)Developer
2381 (31.26 %).NET Developer
3247 (20.26 %)VB.NET Developer
4176 (14.44 %)VB Developer
5175 (14.36 %)Analyst
6173 (14.19 %)Programmer
7146 (11.98 %)C# Developer
8141 (11.57 %)Software Developer
9108 (8.860 %)VB6 Developer
1093 (7.629 %)Analyst Programmer
1174 (6.071 %)Senior Developer
1269 (5.660 %)Software Engineer
1368 (5.578 %)ASP.NET Developer
1466 (5.414 %)SQL Developer
1553 (4.348 %)Applications Support
1649 (4.020 %)Team Leader
1745 (3.692 %)Support Analyst
1841 (3.363 %)Web Developer
1841 (3.363 %)Applications Developer
1841 (3.363 %).NET Programmer
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
165 (5.332 %)Computer Science
259 (4.840 %)Client/Server
314 (1.148 %)Mathematics
412 (0.984 %)Management Information System
58 (0.656 %)Equities
67 (0.574 %)Replication
76 (0.492 %)N-Tier
76 (0.492 %)Tandem
85 (0.410 %)E-Learning
94 (0.328 %)Social Network
102 (0.164 %)Data Extraction
111 (0.082 %)Multithreading
111 (0.082 %)AS400
111 (0.082 %)NHS
111 (0.082 %)Blackberry
111 (0.082 %)Credit Derivative
111 (0.082 %)Derivative
111 (0.082 %)French Language
111 (0.082 %)German Language
111 (0.082 %)Italian Language
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1312 (25.59 %)Windows
296 (7.875 %)Windows XP
385 (6.973 %)Windows Server 2003
464 (5.250 %)UNIX
529 (2.379 %)Windows 2000
617 (1.395 %)HPUX
78 (0.656 %)Windows 2000 Server
86 (0.492 %)Linux
95 (0.410 %)Windows NT
104 (0.328 %)AIX
113 (0.246 %)Windows Vista
122 (0.164 %)Windows Server 2008
131 (0.082 %)Fedora
131 (0.082 %)Mac OS X
131 (0.082 %)Windows CE
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1236 (19.36 %)UML
295 (7.793 %)OO
353 (4.348 %)Web Development
448 (3.938 %)Project Management
547 (3.856 %)Requirements Analysis
641 (3.363 %)Unit Testing
739 (3.199 %)Migration
739 (3.199 %)RUP
838 (3.117 %)CRM
933 (2.707 %)E-Commerce
1032 (2.625 %)Security Cleared
1125 (2.051 %)Test Scripting
1224 (1.969 %)Agile Software Development
1224 (1.969 %)Systems Analysis
1224 (1.969 %)OOA/OOD
1320 (1.641 %)Asset Management
1419 (1.559 %)PRINCE2
1518 (1.477 %)Business Intelligence
1617 (1.395 %)Risk Analysis
1715 (1.231 %)Data Modelling
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11219 (100.00 %)VB
2712 (58.41 %)VB.NET
3584 (47.91 %)SQL
4536 (43.97 %)C#
5282 (23.13 %)JavaScript
6131 (10.75 %)Transact-SQL
7114 (9.352 %)C++
8113 (9.270 %)VBScript
9103 (8.450 %)Java
1092 (7.547 %)VBA
1178 (6.399 %)PL/SQL
1239 (3.199 %)Delphi
1337 (3.035 %)C
1426 (2.133 %)PHP
1515 (1.231 %)DHTML
1612 (0.984 %)VC++
179 (0.738 %)Perl
188 (0.656 %)UniBasic
195 (0.410 %)Python
203 (0.246 %)Fortran
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1188 (15.42 %)Degree
235 (2.871 %)Microsoft Certification
331 (2.543 %)HND
417 (1.395 %)MCSD
512 (0.984 %)MCAD
67 (0.574 %)MCPD
76 (0.492 %)ITIL Certification
76 (0.492 %)ISEB
85 (0.410 %)PRINCE2 Certification
85 (0.410 %)MCP
92 (0.164 %)PhD
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (0.984 %)QA
21 (0.082 %)ISO9001
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
131 (2.543 %)Active Directory
29 (0.738 %)Terminal Services
38 (0.656 %)MSMQ
46 (0.492 %)VMware Infrastructure
46 (0.492 %)VMware GSX
51 (0.082 %)NetBackup
51 (0.082 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
51 (0.082 %)ISA Server
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.082 %)WSUS
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1290 (23.79 %)Microsoft
2210 (17.23 %)Oracle
330 (2.461 %)Borland
418 (1.477 %)Intel
517 (1.395 %)Sybase
615 (1.231 %)BT
714 (1.148 %)Business Objects
812 (0.984 %)IBM
97 (0.574 %)VMware
106 (0.492 %)Lotus
115 (0.410 %)Macromedia
122 (0.164 %)Cisco
122 (0.164 %)FileNet
122 (0.164 %)Citrix
131 (0.082 %)CheckPoint
131 (0.082 %)salesforce.com
131 (0.082 %)Infragistics
131 (0.082 %)Cognos
131 (0.082 %)Applix
131 (0.082 %)Yahoo!