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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VB6 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 1.325% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.778% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £51,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Stevenage
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
72 143 133
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 47.68% 77.30% 67.86%
Number of salaries quoted 25 138 129
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,500 £35,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £59,250 £50,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
Hertfordshire

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

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

Stevenage VB6 Salary Histogram

VB6
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 9 (100.00%) VB
1 9 (100.00%) C#
2 8 (88.89%) Manufacturing
3 7 (77.78%) Ethernet
4 6 (66.67%) Electronics
4 6 (66.67%) Degree
5 5 (55.56%) HNC
5 5 (55.56%) LAN
6 2 (22.22%) LabVIEW
7 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
7 1 (11.11%) C++
7 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
7 1 (11.11%) .NET
7 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
7 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
7 1 (11.11%) Silverlight
7 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
7 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
7 1 (11.11%) Project Planning

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) Silverlight
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Ethernet
2 5 (55.56%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) LabVIEW
2 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (88.89%) Manufacturing
2 6 (66.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Development Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Test Development Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Test Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Support
4 1 (11.11%) C# Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
1 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
1 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
1 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) VB
1 9 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) C++
2 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
2 5 (55.56%) HNC