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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 89 | 62 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -27 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 187 | 215 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.092 % | 0.095 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.582 % | 6.162 % |
| Salaries quoted | 160 | 194 |
| Average minimum salary | £28,979 | £28,635 |
| Average salary | £31,515 | £30,497 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.34 % |
| Average maximum salary | £34,052 | £32,358 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £33,111 | £32,851 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.79 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 4081 | 3489 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 2.001 % | 1.545 % |
| Salaries quoted | 3444 | 2961 |
| Average minimum salary | £30,440 | £29,566 |
| Average salary | £33,205 | £32,112 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.40 % |
| Average maximum salary | £35,970 | £34,659 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,401 | £35,481 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.22 % |
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Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing VB6 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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Salary TrendThe chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing VB6 across the West Midlands region.
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Salary HistogramThe chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB6 across the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.
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Job LocationsThis section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB6 within the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.
| Rank | Location | Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Last | Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads | Average Salary
Last 3 Months | Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year |
| 1 | Birmingham | -10 | 48 | £31,628 | +3.51 % |
| 2 | Staffordshire | -2 | 46 | £33,424 | +17.54 % |
| 3 | Worcestershire |  0 | 33 | £36,041 | +2.97 % |
| 4 | Coventry | -11 | 23 | £25,619 | -29.74 % |
| 5 | Walsall |  - | 18 | £26,781 | - |
| 6 | Solihull | -22 | 13 | £32,708 | +17.38 % |
| 7 | Wolverhampton |  +1 | 9 | £31,250 | +16.60 % |
| 7 | Warwickshire | -38 | 9 | £30,833 | -2.41 % |
| 8 | Shropshire | -12 | 5 | £22,100 | -11.51 % |
| 8 | Herefordshire | -20 | 5 | £28,500 | -20.16 % |
| 9 | Dudley | - | 2 | £35,000 | - |
| 10 | West Bromwich | - | 1 | £27,500 | - |
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Top 30 Related IT SkillsOver the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing VB6 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VB6.
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Top Related IT Skills by CategoryOver the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing VB6 also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VB6. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.
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