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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank198134140
Rank change year-on-year
Down-64Up+6
Matching permanent IT job ads88912572923
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.035 %1.482 %1.432 %
As % of the Programming Languages category2.118 %3.152 %3.137 %
Salaries quoted77110652581
Average salary£32,500£32,500£34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
--5.790 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£25,000£25,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.560 %-1.530 %
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
419763987893186
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.86 %47.02 %45.66 %
Salaries quoted360403372177921
Average salary£40,000£36,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.580 %-2.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %

VB6
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VB6 within 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 citing VB6 within the UK.

VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB6 over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

VB6 Salary Histogram

VB6
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-72794£32,500-
South EastDown-28168£32,500-10.95 %
South WestUp+55165£32,500-7.14 %
LondonDown-101134£37,500-16.66 %
BristolUp+63102£32,500-7.14 %
North WestDown-5385£30,000+5.26 %
West MidlandsDown-1184£32,500+4.83 %
ManchesterDown-4259£30,000+9.09 %
KentUp+158£22,500-43.75 %
YorkshireDown-3254£32,500+4.83 %
ScotlandUp+1640£35,000+7.69 %
East of EnglandDown-5740£35,000+7.69 %
East MidlandsUp+439£27,500-6.77 %
StaffordshireDown-732£37,500+25.00 %
North EastUp+2630£27,500-14.06 %
WalesDown-1130£33,750+12.50 %
Tyne and WearUp+2629£27,500-11.29 %
SurreyDown-2928£40,000+14.28 %
BirminghamUp+2726£32,500+6.55 %
BuckinghamshireUp+526£32,500-10.34 %
Milton KeynesUp+1825£32,500-13.33 %
County AntrimNew entry-25£42,500-
BelfastNew entry-25£42,500-
Northern IrelandNew entry-25£42,500-
CambridgeshireDown-3524£40,000+33.33 %
South YorkshireUp+323£34,000+21.42 %
SheffieldNo change021£34,000+21.42 %
South WalesDown-921£35,000+16.66 %
Newcastle Upon TyneNew entry-20£27,500-
HampshireUp+3219£31,000-11.42 %

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11685 (100.00 %)VB
21430 (84.87 %).NET
31073 (63.68 %)SQL Server
4839 (49.79 %)C#
5828 (49.14 %)SQL
6825 (48.96 %)VB.NET
7806 (47.83 %)ASP.NET
8445 (26.41 %)XML
9423 (25.10 %)ASP
10284 (16.85 %)SQL Server 2005
11279 (16.56 %)Finance
12267 (15.85 %)Windows
13240 (14.24 %)Microsoft
14236 (14.01 %)OO
14236 (14.01 %)JavaScript
15220 (13.06 %)T-SQL
16193 (11.45 %)Degree
17189 (11.22 %)Oracle
18184 (10.92 %).NET Framework
19171 (10.15 %)SQL Server 2000
20162 (9.614 %)HTML
21156 (9.258 %)CSS
22141 (8.368 %)Web Services
22141 (8.368 %)XSLT
23133 (7.893 %)C++
23133 (7.893 %)AJAX
24126 (7.478 %)Crystal Reports
25123 (7.300 %)Visual Studio
26116 (6.884 %)VBA
27111 (6.588 %)Web Development

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11430 (84.87 %).NET
2806 (47.83 %)ASP.NET
3445 (26.41 %)XML
4423 (25.10 %)ASP
5184 (10.92 %).NET Framework
6162 (9.614 %)HTML
7156 (9.258 %)CSS
8141 (8.368 %)Web Services
8141 (8.368 %)XSLT
9133 (7.893 %)AJAX
10105 (6.231 %)WinForms
1160 (3.561 %)XHTML
1252 (3.086 %)XSL
1350 (2.967 %)COM+
1447 (2.789 %)SOAP
1447 (2.789 %)WPF
1544 (2.611 %)Silverlight
1642 (2.493 %)WCF
1729 (1.721 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1729 (1.721 %)ADO
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1107 (6.350 %)IIS
240 (2.374 %)BizTalk Server
331 (1.840 %)SharePoint
414 (0.831 %)SharePoint Server 2007
59 (0.534 %)MQSeries
68 (0.475 %)CMS
68 (0.475 %)Oracle Workflow
77 (0.415 %)Lotus Notes
85 (0.297 %)MTS
94 (0.237 %)MS Exchange
94 (0.237 %)Lotus Domino
103 (0.178 %)ColdFusion MX
103 (0.178 %)ColdFusion
103 (0.178 %)Exchange Server 2003
103 (0.178 %)Exchange Server 2007
103 (0.178 %)JCAPS
112 (0.119 %)SharePoint Portal Server
121 (0.059 %)Oracle Application Server
121 (0.059 %)OpenEdge
121 (0.059 %)Apache
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1107 (6.350 %)MS Excel
256 (3.323 %)MS Office
39 (0.534 %)MS Visio
48 (0.475 %)AutoCAD
56 (0.356 %)MATLAB
64 (0.237 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.119 %)SketchUp
72 (0.119 %)RoboHelp
81 (0.059 %)MS Project
81 (0.059 %)CA Clarity
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (0.297 %)Oracle Financials
23 (0.178 %)Summit
23 (0.178 %)BPCS
32 (0.119 %)SalesLogix
41 (0.059 %)Dynamics NAV
41 (0.059 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (0.059 %)Siebel Analytics
41 (0.059 %)Line 500
41 (0.059 %)Google Analytics
41 (0.059 %)ZaiNet
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
128 (1.662 %)Internet
214 (0.831 %)Intranet
38 (0.475 %)VoIP
47 (0.415 %)TCP/IP
56 (0.356 %)Extranet
65 (0.297 %)Firewall
65 (0.297 %)DNS
65 (0.297 %)GPRS
74 (0.237 %)FTP
74 (0.237 %)HTTP
83 (0.178 %)GSM
83 (0.178 %)SAN
83 (0.178 %)Wi-Fi
83 (0.178 %)Cisco PIX
92 (0.119 %)VPN
92 (0.119 %)DHCP
92 (0.119 %)Ethernet
101 (0.059 %)LAN
101 (0.059 %)WAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11073 (63.68 %)SQL Server
2284 (16.85 %)SQL Server 2005
3171 (10.15 %)SQL Server 2000
4126 (7.478 %)Crystal Reports
586 (5.104 %)MySQL
674 (4.392 %)MS Access
773 (4.332 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
869 (4.095 %)SQL Server 2008
952 (3.086 %)BusinessObjects
1043 (2.552 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1137 (2.196 %)Oracle Reports
1234 (2.018 %)ETL
1329 (1.721 %)Datawarehouse
1329 (1.721 %)RDBMS
1426 (1.543 %)DTS
1520 (1.187 %)Informix
1520 (1.187 %)Oracle 10g
1617 (1.009 %)OLTP
1715 (0.890 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1813 (0.772 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1123 (7.300 %)Visual Studio
288 (5.223 %)VSS/SourceSafe
346 (2.730 %)Subversion
428 (1.662 %)PowerBuilder
516 (0.950 %)NUnit
614 (0.831 %)InstallShield
614 (0.831 %)Team Foundation Server
712 (0.712 %)ClearCase
87 (0.415 %)Oracle Forms
94 (0.237 %)Dreamweaver
94 (0.237 %)Expression Blend
94 (0.237 %)Ant
103 (0.178 %)QuickTest Pro
103 (0.178 %)LoadRunner
112 (0.119 %)NetAdvantage
112 (0.119 %)InterDev
112 (0.119 %)AccuRev
112 (0.119 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
121 (0.059 %)ProC
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1279 (16.56 %)Finance
277 (4.570 %)Back Office
277 (4.570 %)Insurance
365 (3.858 %)Retail
446 (2.730 %)Banking
446 (2.730 %)Telecoms
545 (2.671 %)Pensions
545 (2.671 %)Marketing
644 (2.611 %)Health
726 (1.543 %)Pharmaceutical
823 (1.365 %)Front Office
823 (1.365 %)Education
921 (1.246 %)Government
1019 (1.128 %)Manufacturing
1114 (0.831 %)Legal
1114 (0.831 %)Investment Banking
1213 (0.772 %)Publishing
1213 (0.772 %)Auditing
1310 (0.593 %)Electronics
148 (0.475 %)Automotive
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11288 (76.44 %)Developer
2471 (27.95 %).NET Developer
3242 (14.36 %)VB.NET Developer
3242 (14.36 %)VB Developer
4241 (14.30 %)Analyst
5230 (13.65 %)C# Developer
6194 (11.51 %)Software Developer
7165 (9.792 %)VB6 Developer
8155 (9.199 %)Programmer
9122 (7.240 %)Senior Developer
10111 (6.588 %)Applications Developer
1199 (5.875 %)Analyst Programmer
1297 (5.757 %)Web Developer
1396 (5.697 %)Software Engineer
1490 (5.341 %)Junior
1582 (4.866 %)Analyst Developer
1670 (4.154 %)Senior .NET Developer
1769 (4.095 %)ASP.NET Developer
1867 (3.976 %)SQL Developer
1959 (3.501 %)Applications Support
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
157 (3.383 %)Computer Science
236 (2.136 %)N-Tier
327 (1.602 %)Client/Server
426 (1.543 %)Mathematics
521 (1.246 %)Data Integration
620 (1.187 %)Management Information System
719 (1.128 %)French Language
818 (1.068 %)EPoS
912 (0.712 %)NHS
1011 (0.653 %)Credit Risk
1110 (0.593 %)Market Risk
1110 (0.593 %)AS400
129 (0.534 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
136 (0.356 %)Fixed Income
136 (0.356 %)Equities
136 (0.356 %)Derivative
145 (0.297 %)Replication
154 (0.237 %)Statistics
154 (0.237 %)iSeries
163 (0.178 %)Dependency Injection
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1267 (15.85 %)Windows
254 (3.205 %)UNIX
322 (1.306 %)Windows Server 2003
419 (1.128 %)Solaris
511 (0.653 %)Windows 2000
69 (0.534 %)Linux
78 (0.475 %)Windows XP
78 (0.475 %)Windows 2000 Server
87 (0.415 %)Windows Server 2008
94 (0.237 %)Nucleus RTOS
103 (0.178 %)Windows Vista
103 (0.178 %)VxWorks
112 (0.119 %)Windows Mobile
121 (0.059 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1236 (14.01 %)OO
2111 (6.588 %)Web Development
391 (5.401 %)Project Management
485 (5.045 %)Requirements Analysis
579 (4.688 %)Workflow
674 (4.392 %)UML
674 (4.392 %)Unit Testing
773 (4.332 %)SOA
869 (4.095 %)Agile Software Development
947 (2.789 %)Migration
1046 (2.730 %)CRM
1144 (2.611 %)ITIL
1239 (2.315 %)OOP
1239 (2.315 %)OOD
1337 (2.196 %)E-Commerce
1431 (1.840 %)Software Testing
1528 (1.662 %)Release Management
1627 (1.602 %)Test Scripting
1726 (1.543 %)Penetration Testing
1824 (1.424 %)Automated Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11685 (100.00 %)VB
2839 (49.79 %)C#
3828 (49.14 %)SQL
4825 (48.96 %)VB.NET
5236 (14.01 %)JavaScript
6220 (13.06 %)T-SQL
7133 (7.893 %)C++
8116 (6.884 %)VBA
996 (5.697 %)PHP
1079 (4.688 %)PL/SQL
1176 (4.510 %)VBScript
1255 (3.264 %)Java
1354 (3.205 %)C
1438 (2.255 %)Perl
1510 (0.593 %)Delphi
1510 (0.593 %)VC++
169 (0.534 %)FoxPro (VFP)
178 (0.475 %)Korn
186 (0.356 %)Tcl
195 (0.297 %)F#
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1193 (11.45 %)Degree
228 (1.662 %)Microsoft Certification
324 (1.424 %)Security Cleared
413 (0.772 %)MCSD
510 (0.593 %)MCP
510 (0.593 %)PhD
69 (0.534 %)MCAD
78 (0.475 %)MCTS
86 (0.356 %)ISEB
95 (0.297 %)MCSE
103 (0.178 %)CCNA
103 (0.178 %)PRINCE2 Certification
103 (0.178 %)ECDL
103 (0.178 %)Cisco Certification
112 (0.119 %)CEH
112 (0.119 %)SC Cleared
112 (0.119 %)CISSP
121 (0.059 %)MCPD
121 (0.059 %)ITIL Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
142 (2.493 %)QA
220 (1.187 %)WAI
312 (0.712 %)SLA
41 (0.059 %)GAMP
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
113 (0.772 %)Active Directory
24 (0.237 %)Terminal Services
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
120 (1.187 %)BMC PATROL
120 (1.187 %)OVPI
23 (0.178 %)Backup Exec
32 (0.119 %)AutoSys
32 (0.119 %)MSI
32 (0.119 %)DameWare
32 (0.119 %)Sysprep
32 (0.119 %)McAfee ePO
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1240 (14.24 %)Microsoft
2189 (11.22 %)Oracle
352 (3.086 %)Business Objects
427 (1.602 %)Citrix
520 (1.187 %)BMC
619 (1.128 %)Sun
718 (1.068 %)Informatica
817 (1.009 %)HP
911 (0.653 %)EMC
1010 (0.593 %)Sage
119 (0.534 %)SAP
119 (0.534 %)Sybase
119 (0.534 %)Perforce
119 (0.534 %)Alterian
128 (0.475 %)Siebel
128 (0.475 %)Agresso
128 (0.475 %)CODA
137 (0.415 %)Lotus
146 (0.356 %)Actuate
155 (0.297 %)Lagan