The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Bromwich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 21 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 West Bromwich region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 13 - 7
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VB6 3 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Bromwich 8.333% - 8.696%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.79% - 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
Average salary £40,000 - £37,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
West Bromwich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
19 24 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Bromwich 52.78% 77.42% 43.48%
Number of salaries quoted 19 24 10
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +30.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £35,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,350 £46,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
West Midlands

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Bromwich 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 West Bromwich region.

West Bromwich VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Bromwich 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 12 (100.00%) C#
1 12 (100.00%) C++
1 12 (100.00%) VB
1 12 (100.00%) .NET
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 12 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 12 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 12 (100.00%) OO
2 11 (91.67%) BizTalk Server
3 10 (83.33%) Retail
4 2 (16.67%) QA
5 1 (8.333%) Silverlight
5 1 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (8.333%) WinForms

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Bromwich 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 12 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (8.333%) Silverlight
2 1 (8.333%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 11 (91.67%) BizTalk Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 12 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 10 (83.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 12 (100.00%) Developer
2 11 (91.67%) C# .NET Developer
2 11 (91.67%) C# Developer
3 1 (8.333%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (8.333%) .NET Software Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Software Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) OO
2 1 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) C#
1 12 (100.00%) C++
1 12 (100.00%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA