The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 17 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 Wiltshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 52 86 84
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -2
Permanent jobs citing VB6 26 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 2.971% 0.098% 0.273%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.516% 0.188% 0.511%
Number of salaries quoted 25 1 3
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +45.45%
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +7.69%
All Programming Languages
Wiltshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
399 533 587
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 45.60% 52.41% 53.41%
Number of salaries quoted 347 446 536
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £44,900 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
South West

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB6 across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Swindon - 20 £32,500 -
Salisbury - 3 £55,000 -
VB6
South West

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 31 (100.00%) VB
2 26 (83.87%) SQL Server
3 23 (74.19%) .NET
4 21 (67.74%) SQL
5 17 (54.84%) VB.NET
6 11 (35.48%) SQL Server 2005
7 10 (32.26%) T-SQL
8 9 (29.03%) MS Office
8 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
9 8 (25.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (25.81%) Migration
9 8 (25.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (25.81%) Data Migration
10 7 (22.58%) WPF
10 7 (22.58%) ETL
10 7 (22.58%) SQL Server 2000
10 7 (22.58%) Windows
11 6 (19.35%) XML
11 6 (19.35%) Time Management
12 5 (16.13%) OO
12 5 (16.13%) MS Excel
12 5 (16.13%) MS Access
12 5 (16.13%) Salesforce.com
12 5 (16.13%) C#
12 5 (16.13%) Validation
13 4 (12.90%) Change Management
13 4 (12.90%) Software Testing
13 4 (12.90%) WFM
13 4 (12.90%) CRM
13 4 (12.90%) OOD

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 23 (74.19%) .NET
2 7 (22.58%) WPF
3 6 (19.35%) XML
4 1 (3.226%) NHibernate
4 1 (3.226%) .NET Framework
4 1 (3.226%) JSON
4 1 (3.226%) WCF
4 1 (3.226%) ADO.NET
4 1 (3.226%) ASP.NET
4 1 (3.226%) SOAP
4 1 (3.226%) LINQ
4 1 (3.226%) Spring.NET
4 1 (3.226%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 1 (3.226%) LINQ to SQL
4 1 (3.226%) REST
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.226%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (29.03%) MS Office
2 5 (16.13%) MS Excel
3 1 (3.226%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.226%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (83.87%) SQL Server
2 11 (35.48%) SQL Server 2005
3 8 (25.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (25.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (22.58%) SQL Server 2000
5 5 (16.13%) MS Access
6 4 (12.90%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (6.452%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (6.452%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (3.226%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.226%) Visual Studio
1 1 (3.226%) NUnit
1 1 (3.226%) ReSharper
1 1 (3.226%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
1 1 (3.226%) StyleCop
1 1 (3.226%) Moq
1 1 (3.226%) Jenkins
Job Titles
1 22 (70.97%) Developer
2 12 (38.71%) .NET Developer
3 11 (35.48%) VB.NET Developer
4 5 (16.13%) Programmer
5 3 (9.677%) DBA
5 3 (9.677%) Senior Developer
5 3 (9.677%) .NET Programmer
5 3 (9.677%) VB.NET Programmer
6 2 (6.452%) Report Developer
6 2 (6.452%) Data Consultant
6 2 (6.452%) Consultant
6 2 (6.452%) Data Migration Consultant
6 2 (6.452%) Administrator
6 2 (6.452%) Migration Consultant
6 2 (6.452%) SQL Developer
6 2 (6.452%) Crystal Reports Developer
7 1 (3.226%) SQL DBA
7 1 (3.226%) Data Migration Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) ETL Developer
7 1 (3.226%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.452%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.226%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 7 (22.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.81%) Migration
1 8 (25.81%) Data Migration
2 7 (22.58%) ETL
3 6 (19.35%) Time Management
4 5 (16.13%) OO
4 5 (16.13%) Validation
5 4 (12.90%) CRM
5 4 (12.90%) OOD
5 4 (12.90%) Change Management
5 4 (12.90%) Software Testing
5 4 (12.90%) WFM
6 1 (3.226%) Resource Management
6 1 (3.226%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (3.226%) Dependency Injection
6 1 (3.226%) MVVM
6 1 (3.226%) OOP
6 1 (3.226%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 31 (100.00%) VB
2 21 (67.74%) SQL
3 17 (54.84%) VB.NET
4 10 (32.26%) T-SQL
5 5 (16.13%) C#
6 2 (6.452%) Java
7 1 (3.226%) VBScript
7 1 (3.226%) XAML
Qualifications
1 2 (6.452%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.13%) Salesforce.com
3 2 (6.452%) Oracle
4 1 (3.226%) Infragistics
Swindon, South West
Computer Futures are URGENTLY seeking a .NET Developer with good SQL experience... If your core skills are based in VB.NET/ VB6/ SQL and C# this is a...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £52000 per annum + Healthcare
Posted: 15 May 2013
Swindon, South West
With exciting projects coming up and a planned move to more modern systems the successful candidate needs the following skills: VB.NET VB6 SQL C# ASP.NET Agile/...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Holidays
Posted: 15 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Technical Skills Crystal Reports MSSQL 2005, 2008 TSQL (demonstrable use of Stored procedures, Triggers etc.) Some VB6 and/or C# knowledge .NET 3.5/4.0 XML Main...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Experienced in change management procedures... Experienced in all relevant phases of software testing and validation... Technical Skills MSSQL 2005, 2008 (2012 would be an added bonus) Transact SQL (...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013