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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) skills across the UK 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 last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank136117
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching permanent IT job ads31163586
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.519 %1.602 %
As % of the category below3.319 %3.431 %
Salaries quoted26903050
Average minimum salary£33,626£33,132
Average salary£36,513£35,834
% change on same period last year+1.89 %
Average maximum salary£39,400£38,536
UK excluding London average salary£32,981£32,830
% change on same period last year+0.45 %
Programming Languages UKProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads93876104526
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled45.76 %46.71 %
Salaries quoted7879883765
Average minimum salary£37,769£38,861
Average salary£41,488£42,674
% change on same period last year-2.77 %
Average maximum salary£45,208£46,486
UK excluding London average salary£35,429£35,445
% change on same period last year-0.04 %

VB6
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing VB6 across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

VB6 Demand Trend

VB6
Salary Trend

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

VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB6 across the UK over the past 3 months.

VB6 Salary Histogram

VB6
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB6 within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-153029£36,703+1.58 %
2LondonUp+5886£46,626+7.14 %
3South EastDown-32641£36,349+0.03 %
4North WestDown-11322£30,467+1.77 %
5YorkshireDown-10320£30,832+2.89 %
6City of LondonDown-2296£50,939+7.94 %
7South WestUp+31262£32,923+17.25 %
8East of EnglandDown-13230£34,685-0.96 %
9West YorkshireDown-10197£30,970+0.55 %
10West MidlandsDown-27185£32,066+4.26 %
11SurreyDown-17176£36,074-5.26 %
12HampshireUp+10171£36,390+8.06 %
13East MidlandsUp+7155£31,421-2.73 %
14BerkshireDown-32128£38,022+4.30 %
15ManchesterDown-38114£30,452+1.23 %
16BristolUp+19106£35,051+16.37 %
17LancashireUp+13103£29,808+7.28 %
18CambridgeshireDown-487£31,041-11.67 %
19LeedsDown-2781£28,428-4.44 %
20HertfordshireDown-1669£36,484+9.40 %
21CheshireDown-1768£30,978+3.17 %
21HalifaxUp+168£34,045+4.99 %
22DerbyshireUp+1762£30,887+1.15 %
23BuckinghamshireDown-3257£35,804-1.68 %
23North YorkshireUp+2657£30,088-0.12 %
24NottinghamshireUp+1956£31,791-2.49 %
25BirminghamDown-954£32,670+6.71 %
25PrestonUp+254£29,652+14.93 %
26ReadingUp+1053£38,609+1.02 %
27YorkUp+1952£29,885+7.04 %

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing VB6 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VB6.

16024 (100.00 %)VB
24852 (80.54 %).NET
33614 (59.99 %)SQL Server
43149 (52.27 %)VB.NET
52840 (47.14 %)SQL
62577 (42.78 %)C#
72241 (37.20 %)ASP.NET
81635 (27.14 %)XML
91634 (27.12 %)ASP
101268 (21.05 %)Microsoft
111237 (20.53 %)HTML
121154 (19.16 %)Finance
131112 (18.46 %)Oracle
141055 (17.51 %)JavaScript
151030 (17.10 %)SQL Server 2000
16930 (15.44 %)SQL Server 2005
17894 (14.84 %)Windows
18709 (11.77 %)Degree
19601 (9.977 %)VBA
20597 (9.910 %)OO
21553 (9.180 %)Transact-SQL
22546 (9.064 %)Visual Studio
23540 (8.964 %)MS Excel
24531 (8.815 %)C++
25468 (7.769 %)WebServices
26463 (7.686 %).NET Framework
27438 (7.271 %)Crystal Reports
28437 (7.254 %)VBScript
29412 (6.839 %)CSS
30403 (6.690 %)Java

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing VB6 also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VB6. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
14852 (80.54 %).NET
22241 (37.20 %)ASP.NET
31635 (27.14 %)XML
41634 (27.12 %)ASP
51237 (20.53 %)HTML
6468 (7.769 %)WebServices
7463 (7.686 %).NET Framework
8412 (6.839 %)CSS
9333 (5.528 %)COM+
10282 (4.681 %)WinForms
11249 (4.133 %)AJAX
12237 (3.934 %)ADO
13233 (3.868 %)ADO.NET
14229 (3.801 %)XSLT
15194 (3.220 %)ActiveX
16158 (2.623 %)XSL
17128 (2.125 %)XHTML
18112 (1.859 %)COM
19104 (1.726 %)J2EE
2067 (1.112 %).NET Remoting
Application Platforms
1253 (4.200 %)IIS
2154 (2.556 %)SharePoint
388 (1.461 %)CMS
471 (1.179 %)CICS
562 (1.029 %)MTS
657 (0.946 %)BizTalk Server
733 (0.548 %)MS Exchange
830 (0.498 %)WebLogic
927 (0.448 %)ColdFusion
1019 (0.315 %)SAS
1115 (0.249 %)MQSeries
1115 (0.249 %)OpenROAD
1212 (0.199 %)MapXtreme
1212 (0.199 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1311 (0.183 %)Commerce Server
149 (0.149 %)Lotus Notes
157 (0.116 %)Apache
157 (0.116 %)Exchange Server 2000
166 (0.100 %)Documentum
175 (0.083 %)WebSphere MQ
Applications
1540 (8.964 %)MS Excel
2159 (2.639 %)MS Office
339 (0.647 %)MS Visio
429 (0.481 %)MS Project
524 (0.398 %)MS PowerPoint
614 (0.232 %)Photoshop
78 (0.133 %)Fireworks
84 (0.066 %)InfoPath
93 (0.050 %)AutoCAD
102 (0.033 %)Paint Shop Pro
111 (0.017 %)QuarkXPress
Business Applications
114 (0.232 %)Oracle Applications
210 (0.166 %)Eagle PACE
38 (0.133 %)Summit
38 (0.133 %)RMDS
46 (0.100 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
55 (0.083 %)GoldMine
64 (0.066 %)e-Work
64 (0.066 %)Applix TM1
64 (0.066 %)Line 500
73 (0.050 %)Sage MMS
73 (0.050 %)Line 100
73 (0.050 %)Capstone
73 (0.050 %)Tesseract
73 (0.050 %)Minerva
73 (0.050 %)Misys Opics
73 (0.050 %)MFGPRO
82 (0.033 %)Navision
82 (0.033 %)HiPortfolio
82 (0.033 %)ResourceLink
91 (0.017 %)SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
1322 (5.345 %)Internet
2114 (1.892 %)Intranet
389 (1.477 %)TCP/IP
436 (0.598 %)Wireless
521 (0.349 %)HTTP
618 (0.299 %)Extranet
717 (0.282 %)SMTP
717 (0.282 %)DNS
811 (0.183 %)HTTPS
811 (0.183 %)Firewall
811 (0.183 %)Reverse Proxy
99 (0.149 %)Broadband
108 (0.133 %)WAN
108 (0.133 %)FTP
117 (0.116 %)CTI
126 (0.100 %)SSL
126 (0.100 %)LAN
135 (0.083 %)WINS
144 (0.066 %)3G
144 (0.066 %)SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
13614 (59.99 %)SQL Server
21030 (17.10 %)SQL Server 2000
3930 (15.44 %)SQL Server 2005
4438 (7.271 %)Crystal Reports
5268 (4.449 %)SQL Server 7
6267 (4.432 %)MS Access
7199 (3.303 %)DTS
8189 (3.137 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
9140 (2.324 %)RDBMS
10119 (1.975 %)MySQL
1198 (1.627 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1292 (1.527 %)Oracle Reports
1388 (1.461 %)Oracle 9i
1485 (1.411 %)Oracle 8/8i
1582 (1.361 %)Oracle 10g
1671 (1.179 %)Datawarehouse
1750 (0.830 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1846 (0.764 %)BusinessObjects
1945 (0.747 %)OLAP
1945 (0.747 %)Adabas
Development Applications
1546 (9.064 %)Visual Studio
2264 (4.382 %)VSS/SourceSafe
345 (0.747 %)Flash
436 (0.598 %)ClearCase
532 (0.531 %)NUnit
630 (0.498 %)Oracle Forms
727 (0.448 %)InstallShield
820 (0.332 %)Eclipse
919 (0.315 %)Dreamweaver
919 (0.315 %)InterDev
1017 (0.282 %)TestDirector
1116 (0.266 %)ProC
1211 (0.183 %)QuickTest Pro
1211 (0.183 %)PVCS
1211 (0.183 %)Subversion
1310 (0.166 %)Rational Rose
1310 (0.166 %)ClearQuest
146 (0.100 %)Rational Robot
146 (0.100 %)Oracle Developer 2000
146 (0.100 %)JUnit
General
11154 (19.16 %)Finance
2402 (6.673 %)Banking
3329 (5.461 %)Insurance
4327 (5.428 %)Health
4327 (5.428 %)Pensions
5224 (3.718 %)Front Office
6179 (2.971 %)Back Office
7176 (2.922 %)Marketing
8160 (2.656 %)Retail
9159 (2.639 %)Investment Banking
10122 (2.025 %)Law
1189 (1.477 %)Education
1271 (1.179 %)Legal
1365 (1.079 %)Government
1464 (1.062 %)Telecoms
1555 (0.913 %)Multimedia
1652 (0.863 %)Construction
1746 (0.764 %)Manufacturing
1842 (0.697 %)Publishing
1940 (0.664 %)Automotive
Job Titles
14371 (72.56 %)Developer
21575 (26.15 %).NET Developer
31208 (20.05 %)VB Developer
4901 (14.96 %)Analyst
5837 (13.89 %)VB.NET Developer
6703 (11.67 %)Software Developer
7686 (11.39 %)VB6 Developer
8663 (11.01 %)Programmer
9628 (10.42 %)C# Developer
10451 (7.487 %)Analyst Programmer
11406 (6.740 %)ASP.NET Developer
12403 (6.690 %)Senior Developer
13309 (5.129 %)Web Developer
14278 (4.615 %)SQL Developer
15227 (3.768 %)Applications Developer
16202 (3.353 %)Support Analyst
17196 (3.254 %).NET Programmer
18184 (3.054 %)Software Engineer
19180 (2.988 %)Applications Support
20171 (2.839 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1208 (3.453 %)N-Tier
2169 (2.805 %)Client/Server
3154 (2.556 %)Computer Science
4127 (2.108 %)Asset Management
4127 (2.108 %)Derivative
586 (1.428 %)AS400
684 (1.394 %)Mainframe
767 (1.112 %)EPoS
857 (0.946 %)Mathematics
953 (0.880 %)Management Information System
1036 (0.598 %)Equities
1129 (0.481 %)Equity Derivative
1129 (0.481 %)Fixed Income
1129 (0.481 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1225 (0.415 %)W3C
1322 (0.365 %)Index Arbitrage
1418 (0.299 %)Social Network
1418 (0.299 %)NHS
1512 (0.199 %)Data Extraction
1611 (0.183 %)Physics
Operating Systems
1894 (14.84 %)Windows
2210 (3.486 %)Unix
3139 (2.307 %)Windows 2000
484 (1.394 %)Windows XP
567 (1.112 %)Windows NT
645 (0.747 %)Linux
743 (0.714 %)Windows Server 2003
820 (0.332 %)Solaris
919 (0.315 %)Windows CE
1017 (0.282 %)Windows Mobile
1115 (0.249 %)VMS
127 (0.116 %)HPUX
135 (0.083 %)AIX
144 (0.066 %)Mac OS X
153 (0.050 %)Windows Vista
153 (0.050 %)MVS
162 (0.033 %)Fedora
171 (0.017 %)OpenVMS
171 (0.017 %)NetWare
171 (0.017 %)Windows XP Embedded
Processes & Methodologies
1597 (9.910 %)OO
2392 (6.507 %)UML
3290 (4.814 %)Web Development
4251 (4.167 %)Migration
5208 (3.453 %)Project Management
6141 (2.341 %)OOD
7135 (2.241 %)SOA
8127 (2.108 %)Unit Testing
9113 (1.876 %)E-Commerce
10107 (1.776 %)Integration Testing
11103 (1.710 %)CRM
1297 (1.610 %)Regression Testing
1395 (1.577 %)Software Engineering
1487 (1.444 %)Systems Analysis
1582 (1.361 %)RAD
1680 (1.328 %)Data Migration
1776 (1.262 %)OOP
1776 (1.262 %)PRINCE2
1872 (1.195 %)User Acceptance Testing
1968 (1.129 %)Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
16024 (100.00 %)VB
23149 (52.27 %)VB.NET
32840 (47.14 %)SQL
42577 (42.78 %)C#
51055 (17.51 %)JavaScript
6601 (9.977 %)VBA
7553 (9.180 %)Transact-SQL
8531 (8.815 %)C++
9437 (7.254 %)VBScript
10403 (6.690 %)Java
11351 (5.827 %)PL/SQL
12167 (2.772 %)C
13137 (2.274 %)PHP
14107 (1.776 %)DHTML
1582 (1.361 %)COBOL
1672 (1.195 %)Perl
1753 (0.880 %)VC++
1848 (0.797 %)Delphi
1926 (0.432 %)Shell Script
2013 (0.216 %)Korn
Qualifications
1709 (11.77 %)Degree
2237 (3.934 %)Microsoft Certification
391 (1.511 %)MCSD
449 (0.813 %)MCP
531 (0.515 %)MCAD
627 (0.448 %)ISEB
718 (0.299 %)HND
89 (0.149 %)MCPD
98 (0.133 %)ITIL Certification
98 (0.133 %)MCSE
104 (0.066 %)PRINCE2 Certification
113 (0.050 %)HNC
122 (0.033 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
131 (0.017 %)MAPM
131 (0.017 %)MCSA
131 (0.017 %)MCDBA
131 (0.017 %)PhD
131 (0.017 %)PMP
131 (0.017 %)PMI Certification
131 (0.017 %)MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1118 (1.959 %)QA
228 (0.465 %)SLA
323 (0.382 %)ISO9001
417 (0.282 %)WAI
515 (0.249 %)TickIT
66 (0.100 %)DICOM
71 (0.017 %)HL7
71 (0.017 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
158 (0.963 %)Active Directory
248 (0.797 %)MSMQ
38 (0.133 %)Terminal Services
41 (0.017 %)NetBackup
41 (0.017 %)Oracle RMAN
41 (0.017 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
17 (0.116 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
17 (0.116 %)SCOM
26 (0.100 %)Tivoli
32 (0.033 %)Unicenter
32 (0.033 %)AutoSys
41 (0.017 %)WSUS
Vendors
11268 (21.05 %)Microsoft
21112 (18.46 %)Oracle
3122 (2.025 %)Sybase
446 (0.764 %)Business Objects
535 (0.581 %)Cognos
535 (0.581 %)Citrix
631 (0.515 %)BT
631 (0.515 %)ICL
729 (0.481 %)Sage
822 (0.365 %)Informatica
920 (0.332 %)Borland
1019 (0.315 %)Hummingbird
1118 (0.299 %)Open Text
1118 (0.299 %)IBM
1215 (0.249 %)Alterian
1215 (0.249 %)Bloomberg
1314 (0.232 %)Teradata
1314 (0.232 %)Intel
1413 (0.216 %)Reuters
1512 (0.199 %)ProClarity
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