The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 19 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 West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 140 158 98
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -60
Permanent jobs citing VB6 33 12 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.926% 0.370% 1.691%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.714% 0.673% 3.267%
Number of salaries quoted 30 11 49
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,750 £28,000 £29,900
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1925 1783 1561
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 54.03% 55.03% 51.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1560 1555 1367
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% +3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
Yorkshire

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB6 across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
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Job
Vacancies
Leeds +14 24 £32,500 +3.17% 2
Castleford - 2 £45,000 -
VB6
Yorkshire

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 69 (100.00%) VB
2 68 (98.55%) .NET
3 54 (78.26%) SQL Server
4 39 (56.52%) SQL
4 39 (56.52%) C#
5 38 (55.07%) VB.NET
6 31 (44.93%) Microsoft
7 26 (37.68%) ASP.NET
8 18 (26.09%) Finance
9 16 (23.19%) MS Excel
10 15 (21.74%) SharePoint
11 14 (20.29%) VBScript
12 12 (17.39%) SQL Server 2005
12 12 (17.39%) Web Services
13 11 (15.94%) MS Access
13 11 (15.94%) MS Office
13 11 (15.94%) Visual Studio
13 11 (15.94%) SAP
13 11 (15.94%) ASP
13 11 (15.94%) C++
13 11 (15.94%) SQL Server 2008
13 11 (15.94%) SAP Portal
13 11 (15.94%) SharePoint 2010
14 10 (14.49%) HTML
14 10 (14.49%) T-SQL
14 10 (14.49%) OO
14 10 (14.49%) SOAP
15 9 (13.04%) Infragistics
16 8 (11.59%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (11.59%) Oracle

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 68 (98.55%) .NET
2 26 (37.68%) ASP.NET
3 12 (17.39%) Web Services
4 11 (15.94%) ASP
5 10 (14.49%) HTML
5 10 (14.49%) SOAP
6 6 (8.696%) WinForms
7 4 (5.797%) WCF
7 4 (5.797%) WPF
7 4 (5.797%) .NET Framework
7 4 (5.797%) CSLA
8 2 (2.899%) XML
9 1 (1.449%) DHTML
9 1 (1.449%) CSS
9 1 (1.449%) XHTML
9 1 (1.449%) CSLA.NET
9 1 (1.449%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 1 (1.449%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (1.449%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 15 (21.74%) SharePoint
2 11 (15.94%) SAP Portal
2 11 (15.94%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (7.246%) IIS
4 4 (5.797%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 16 (23.19%) MS Excel
2 11 (15.94%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.449%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.14%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (78.26%) SQL Server
2 12 (17.39%) SQL Server 2005
3 11 (15.94%) MS Access
3 11 (15.94%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (8.696%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (8.696%) MySQL
5 4 (5.797%) TOAD
5 4 (5.797%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (4.348%) OLTP
7 1 (1.449%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (1.449%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.449%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 11 (15.94%) Visual Studio
2 5 (7.246%) Subversion
3 4 (5.797%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (5.797%) JDeveloper
3 4 (5.797%) Eclipse
3 4 (5.797%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 4 (5.797%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (4.348%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (1.449%) PVCS
5 1 (1.449%) WebSpeed
5 1 (1.449%) JIRA
General
1 18 (26.09%) Finance
2 7 (10.14%) Banking
3 3 (4.348%) Back Office
3 3 (4.348%) Legal
4 2 (2.899%) Law
5 1 (1.449%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 48 (69.57%) Developer
2 14 (20.29%) .NET Developer
2 14 (20.29%) C# Developer
3 12 (17.39%) Software Developer
4 8 (11.59%) VB Developer
4 8 (11.59%) VB6 Developer
5 7 (10.14%) Development Manager
5 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Specialist
5 7 (10.14%) Software Manager
5 7 (10.14%) Software Development Manager
6 4 (5.797%) C++/C# Developer
7 3 (4.348%) SQL Developer
8 2 (2.899%) SQL Server Developer
8 2 (2.899%) SQL Programmer
8 2 (2.899%) .NET Software Developer
8 2 (2.899%) C# .NET Developer
8 2 (2.899%) Programmer
8 2 (2.899%) Applications Support
8 2 (2.899%) Applications Developer
9 1 (1.449%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (8.696%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (14.49%) OO
2 5 (7.246%) MVC
3 4 (5.797%) Web Development
3 4 (5.797%) Information Security
3 4 (5.797%) Scrum
3 4 (5.797%) Waterfall
3 4 (5.797%) Unit Testing
3 4 (5.797%) OOD
3 4 (5.797%) OOA/OOD
4 3 (4.348%) DSDM
4 3 (4.348%) PRINCE
4 3 (4.348%) Change Management
4 3 (4.348%) Kanban
4 3 (4.348%) Business Analysis
4 3 (4.348%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (4.348%) Migration
4 3 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (4.348%) TDD
5 2 (2.899%) Automated Testing
5 2 (2.899%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 69 (100.00%) VB
2 39 (56.52%) SQL
2 39 (56.52%) C#
3 38 (55.07%) VB.NET
4 14 (20.29%) VBScript
5 11 (15.94%) C++
6 10 (14.49%) T-SQL
7 7 (10.14%) JavaScript
8 6 (8.696%) Java
9 4 (5.797%) PL/SQL
9 4 (5.797%) COBOL
10 2 (2.899%) C
11 1 (1.449%) VBA
11 1 (1.449%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 2 (2.899%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (7.246%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 31 (44.93%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.94%) SAP
3 9 (13.04%) Infragistics
4 8 (11.59%) Oracle
5 4 (5.797%) Micro Focus
6 1 (1.449%) Progress
6 1 (1.449%) Sculptor
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Key Skills: * Experience developing in VB6 and SQL Server. * VB Scripting (Macros) or VB.net development experience would also be beneficial The successful candidate will have excellent communication...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
In essence they are looking for a highly talented and enthusiastic SQL Support Programmer (SQL, VB6, VB.NET, Macros, Support) with excellent communication skills to join an elite...
TEKsystems
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Package
Posted: 14 June 2013
West Yorkshire
Assist with the management of Systems Development, ensuring adherence to standards and procedures and to carry out on the job training where necessary and promote a positive working...
Axica Recruitment
Salary: £45,000 per year + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013