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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 60 37 29
Rank change year-on-year
-23 -8
Permanent jobs citing VB6 13 34 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 2.031% 5.502% 5.506%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.533% 8.808% 9.538%
Number of salaries quoted 12 26 27
Average salary £32,250 £37,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.00% +19.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £32,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £34,750 £40,000 £50,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
368 386 325
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 57.50% 62.46% 57.73%
Number of salaries quoted 325 333 241
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
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 Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire VB6 Salary Trend

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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
Burton-upon-Trent - 7 £27,500 -
Stoke-on-Trent +5 4 £32,500 -18.75% 2
VB6
West Midlands

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 29 (100.00%) VB
1 29 (100.00%) .NET
2 26 (89.66%) VB.NET
3 22 (75.86%) SQL Server
4 21 (72.41%) Microsoft
5 20 (68.97%) SQL
6 19 (65.52%) OO
7 18 (62.07%) ASP.NET
8 17 (58.62%) C#
9 15 (51.72%) Windows
10 12 (41.38%) Unit Testing
11 11 (37.93%) Software Engineering
12 10 (34.48%) WCF
12 10 (34.48%) N-Tier
12 10 (34.48%) T-SQL
12 10 (34.48%) JavaScript
13 9 (31.03%) HTTP
14 8 (27.59%) OLTP
14 8 (27.59%) Migration
14 8 (27.59%) .NET Remoting
14 8 (27.59%) .NET Framework
15 7 (24.14%) Degree
15 7 (24.14%) Data Analysis
15 7 (24.14%) Finance
15 7 (24.14%) Intranet
15 7 (24.14%) SharePoint
15 7 (24.14%) Data Warehouse
15 7 (24.14%) VBA
16 6 (20.69%) E-Commerce
16 6 (20.69%) Agile Software Development

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 29 (100.00%) .NET
2 18 (62.07%) ASP.NET
3 10 (34.48%) WCF
4 8 (27.59%) .NET Remoting
4 8 (27.59%) .NET Framework
5 5 (17.24%) ASP
6 4 (13.79%) CSS
6 4 (13.79%) HTML
6 4 (13.79%) jQuery
7 3 (10.34%) WPF
7 3 (10.34%) HTML5
7 3 (10.34%) WinForms
8 2 (6.897%) XML
9 1 (3.448%) Software Packaging
9 1 (3.448%) Ajax
9 1 (3.448%) COM+
Application Platforms
1 7 (24.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (13.79%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) MS Office
1 4 (13.79%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (31.03%) HTTP
2 7 (24.14%) Intranet
3 1 (3.448%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (75.86%) SQL Server
2 8 (27.59%) OLTP
3 7 (24.14%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (20.69%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (17.24%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (10.34%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (10.34%) MS Access
7 1 (3.448%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) SilkTest
1 4 (13.79%) Selenium
2 2 (6.897%) Subversion
3 1 (3.448%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (24.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 22 (75.86%) Developer
2 6 (20.69%) .NET Developer
3 4 (13.79%) QA Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Web Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Developer
5 2 (6.897%) Programmer
5 2 (6.897%) Tester
5 2 (6.897%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.897%) Applications Developer
5 2 (6.897%) ETL Developer
5 2 (6.897%) Systems Developer
5 2 (6.897%) Applications Tester
5 2 (6.897%) Data Warehouse Developer
5 2 (6.897%) SQL Developer
5 2 (6.897%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (6.897%) Web Applications Developer
5 2 (6.897%) Security Tester
5 2 (6.897%) Web Tester
6 1 (3.448%) Software Programmer
6 1 (3.448%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) N-Tier
2 2 (6.897%) Streaming Video
2 2 (6.897%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 15 (51.72%) Windows
2 4 (13.79%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (65.52%) OO
2 12 (41.38%) Unit Testing
3 11 (37.93%) Software Engineering
4 8 (27.59%) Migration
5 7 (24.14%) Data Analysis
6 6 (20.69%) E-Commerce
6 6 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (20.69%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (17.24%) Web Development
8 4 (13.79%) Change Management
8 4 (13.79%) Scrum
8 4 (13.79%) Software Testing
8 4 (13.79%) Software Architecture
8 4 (13.79%) Change Control
8 4 (13.79%) Automation Testing
9 3 (10.34%) Kimball Methodology
9 3 (10.34%) ETL
10 2 (6.897%) SOA
10 2 (6.897%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (6.897%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (100.00%) VB
2 26 (89.66%) VB.NET
3 20 (68.97%) SQL
4 17 (58.62%) C#
5 10 (34.48%) T-SQL
5 10 (34.48%) JavaScript
6 7 (24.14%) VBA
7 3 (10.34%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Degree
2 4 (13.79%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) QA
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 21 (72.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Sage
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
You will be required to work along side one other developer to write Asp.net / Vb.et Web applications for the business... asp.net, vb.net, Developer, SQL,...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Cannock, Staffordshire
We are looking for experienced Developers who have a wealth of experience in both database development ( SQL Server ) and .Net development ( VB.Net )... You will be involved in...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Developer .NET / VB *URGENT - Stoke on Trent - £25,000 - £35,000 + Excellent Benefits... Skills * Proven experience within a .NET environment. * Proven experience with VB.NET programming language... * Understanding...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013