The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Lothian region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 22 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 Lothian region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 31 - 41
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VB6 1 0 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 0.901% - 2.676%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.299% - 6.299%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
Average salary £34,000 - £32,875
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
77 56 127
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 69.37% 44.44% 42.47%
Number of salaries quoted 25 38 81
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £30,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £55,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
Scotland

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian 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 Lothian region.

West Lothian VB6 Salary Trend

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 West Lothian region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Livingston - 1 £34,000 -
VB6
Scotland

VB6
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) ASP

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) ASP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 2 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C