The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 63 90 77
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -13
Permanent jobs citing VB6 36 10 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 2.810% 0.873% 1.631%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.165% 1.553% 2.823%
Number of salaries quoted 34 9 17
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +27.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £20,000 £18,100
10% offered a salary of more than £39,250 £35,000 £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
697 644 673
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 54.41% 56.24% 57.77%
Number of salaries quoted 633 576 625
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £42,800
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
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VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB6 across the Wales region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Wales VB6 Salary Histogram

VB6
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
South Wales +23 24 £30,000 +50.00%
North Wales +12 9 £29,500 -15.71%
West Wales +1 3 £23,500 +3.29%
VB6
UK

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 62 (100.00%) VB
2 60 (96.77%) .NET
3 51 (82.26%) SQL Server
4 46 (74.19%) VB.NET
5 36 (58.06%) ASP.NET
6 30 (48.39%) C#
7 24 (38.71%) XML
8 20 (32.26%) SQL
9 16 (25.81%) OO
10 13 (20.97%) Oracle
11 9 (14.52%) Degree
12 8 (12.90%) VBA
13 7 (11.29%) T-SQL
13 7 (11.29%) Finance
13 7 (11.29%) Retail
14 6 (9.677%) Visual Studio
14 6 (9.677%) .NET Framework
15 5 (8.065%) Computer Science
15 5 (8.065%) SC Cleared
15 5 (8.065%) Security Cleared
15 5 (8.065%) MS Office
15 5 (8.065%) JavaScript
15 5 (8.065%) MS Excel
15 5 (8.065%) OOD
15 5 (8.065%) ITIL
16 4 (6.452%) Teradata
16 4 (6.452%) Windows
16 4 (6.452%) RDBMS
16 4 (6.452%) Synon
16 4 (6.452%) Java

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 60 (96.77%) .NET
2 36 (58.06%) ASP.NET
3 24 (38.71%) XML
4 6 (9.677%) .NET Framework
5 4 (6.452%) Ajax
5 4 (6.452%) ASP
6 2 (3.226%) ADO.NET
6 2 (3.226%) Web Services
7 1 (1.613%) CGI
7 1 (1.613%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.226%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (8.065%) MS Office
1 5 (8.065%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (82.26%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.452%) RDBMS
2 4 (6.452%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (6.452%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (3.226%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (9.677%) Visual Studio
2 4 (6.452%) Synon
3 3 (4.839%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 2 (3.226%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 7 (11.29%) Finance
1 7 (11.29%) Retail
2 2 (3.226%) Law
2 2 (3.226%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 46 (74.19%) Developer
2 30 (48.39%) .NET Developer
3 16 (25.81%) Analyst
3 16 (25.81%) VB.NET Developer
4 10 (16.13%) Applications Support
5 9 (14.52%) Support Analyst
5 9 (14.52%) Applications Support Analyst
6 7 (11.29%) Programmer
7 6 (9.677%) Web Developer
8 5 (8.065%) Applications Developer
9 4 (6.452%) Business Analyst
9 4 (6.452%) Business Systems Analyst
9 4 (6.452%) Systems Analyst
9 4 (6.452%) Analyst Programmer
9 4 (6.452%) Web Applications Developer
10 3 (4.839%) VB Developer
10 3 (4.839%) VB6 Developer
10 3 (4.839%) Software Developer
11 2 (3.226%) C# Developer
11 2 (3.226%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.065%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.613%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.452%) Windows
1 4 (6.452%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (3.226%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.81%) OO
2 5 (8.065%) OOD
2 5 (8.065%) ITIL
3 4 (6.452%) Functional Testing
3 4 (6.452%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (3.226%) System Testing
4 2 (3.226%) E-Commerce
4 2 (3.226%) Test Strategy
5 1 (1.613%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (1.613%) MVC
5 1 (1.613%) Information Management
5 1 (1.613%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 62 (100.00%) VB
2 46 (74.19%) VB.NET
3 30 (48.39%) C#
4 20 (32.26%) SQL
5 8 (12.90%) VBA
6 7 (11.29%) T-SQL
7 5 (8.065%) JavaScript
8 4 (6.452%) Java
9 1 (1.613%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 9 (14.52%) Degree
2 5 (8.065%) SC Cleared
2 5 (8.065%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (3.226%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (20.97%) Oracle
2 4 (6.452%) Teradata
3 1 (1.613%) Microsoft
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