The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 23 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 18 - 12
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VB6 1 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 1.370% - 2.128%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.273% - 5.263%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
44 53 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 60.27% 47.75% 40.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26 46 19
Average salary £43,750 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £34,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £59,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
South East

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ASP
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) N-Tier
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Web Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) N-Tier
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft