Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VB6 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VB6 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 849 947 1107
Rank change year-on-year +98 +160 -253
Permanent jobs citing VB6 47 23 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.022% 0.081%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.14% 0.051% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 43 22 64
10th Percentile £46,300 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.07% +7.89% +18.75%
75th Percentile £62,500 £92,813 £55,188
90th Percentile - £97,500 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +26.32% - +18.75%

All Programming Languages
UK

VB6 is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,106 45,516 82,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.77% 43.49% 53.63%
Number of salaries quoted 24,929 28,962 44,133
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,635 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -2.48% +2.80% +7.00%

VB6
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VB6 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VB6 in the UK

VB6
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VB6.

Salary trend for VB6 in the UK

VB6
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VB6 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for VB6 in the UK

VB6
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB6 within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +137 45 £60,000 +17.07% 10
UK excluding London +44 43 £60,000 +26.32% 9
Work from Home +119 37 £60,000 -36.84% 5
North of England +65 16 £60,000 +20.00%
Midlands +22 16 £60,000 +41.18% 5
North West - 11 £60,000 -
West Midlands +33 9 £60,000 +41.18% 5
East Midlands - 7 £60,000 -
East of England +18 6 £75,000 +30.43% 4
Yorkshire +96 5 £60,000 +20.00%
South East +28 4 £50,000 +11.11%
London +126 3 £46,000 -51.58% 1
Scotland - 1 £60,000 -

VB6
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (59.57%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (6.38%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 28 (59.57%) Azure
1 28 (59.57%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (61.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (59.57%) Jasmine
1 28 (59.57%) Karma Test Runner
2 6 (12.77%) JIRA
3 1 (2.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (12.77%) Aerospace
2 5 (10.64%) Manufacturing
3 4 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (8.51%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Finance
5 1 (2.13%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 32 (68.09%) Developer
2 30 (63.83%) C# Developer
3 11 (23.40%) Lead
4 6 (12.77%) Development Team Leader
4 6 (12.77%) Team Leader
5 5 (10.64%) Software Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) .NET Developer
6 4 (8.51%) Senior
7 3 (6.38%) Actuarial Analyst
7 3 (6.38%) Analyst
7 3 (6.38%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (4.26%) C# .NET Developer
8 2 (4.26%) Lead .NET Developer
8 2 (4.26%) Lead Developer
9 1 (2.13%) Automation Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) Industrial Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) Senior .NET Developer
9 1 (2.13%) Senior C# .NET Developer
9 1 (2.13%) Senior C# Developer
9 1 (2.13%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (97.87%) .NET
2 31 (65.96%) ASP.NET
3 29 (61.70%) JSON
3 29 (61.70%) XML
4 28 (59.57%) AngularJS
4 28 (59.57%) REST
4 28 (59.57%) RxJS
4 28 (59.57%) Sass
4 28 (59.57%) SOAP
4 28 (59.57%) Web Services
4 28 (59.57%) XML Schema
5 3 (6.38%) Blazor
6 1 (2.13%) .NET Core
6 1 (2.13%) .NET Framework
6 1 (2.13%) WinForms
6 1 (2.13%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.13%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (59.57%) Customer Service
1 28 (59.57%) DevOps
1 28 (59.57%) Unit Testing
1 28 (59.57%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (12.77%) Agile
2 6 (12.77%) Collaborative Culture
2 6 (12.77%) Commercial Awareness
2 6 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (12.77%) Line Management
2 6 (12.77%) People Management
2 6 (12.77%) Scrum
2 6 (12.77%) SDLC
2 6 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (12.77%) Use Case
3 5 (10.64%) Software Engineering
4 3 (6.38%) Data Analysis
4 3 (6.38%) Mathematics
4 3 (6.38%) Migration
4 3 (6.38%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (6.38%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 47 (100.00%) VB
2 36 (76.60%) SQL
3 35 (74.47%) VB.NET
4 34 (72.34%) C#
5 28 (59.57%) JavaScript
5 28 (59.57%) T-SQL
5 28 (59.57%) TypeScript
6 4 (8.51%) C++
6 4 (8.51%) VBA
7 1 (2.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) SC Cleared
1 6 (12.77%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.51%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (72.34%) QA
Vendors
1 34 (72.34%) Microsoft