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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) skills within the Worcester 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 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2833
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads92
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below5.294 %1.724 %
Salaries quoted91
Average minimum salary£31,778£35,000
Average salary£36,167£42,500
% change on same period last year-14.90 %
Average maximum salary£40,556£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,823£33,092
% change on same period last year-0.81 %
Worcester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Worcester
Matching permanent IT job ads170116
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.092 %0.048 %
Salaries quoted158100
Average minimum salary£32,115£29,369
Average salary£34,987£31,293
% change on same period last year+11.80 %
Average maximum salary£37,860£33,217
UK excluding London average salary£35,245£35,645
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
VB6 WorcestershireVB6
Worcestershire

VB6
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VB6 across the Worcester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Worcester VB6 Demand Trend

VB6
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VB6 across the Worcester region.

Worcester VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VB6 across the Worcester region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Worcester VB6 Salary Histogram

VB6
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Worcester 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.

137 (100.00 %)VB
233 (89.19 %).NET
331 (83.78 %)VB.NET
430 (81.08 %)SQL
529 (78.38 %)PL/SQL
529 (78.38 %)Java
529 (78.38 %)Oracle
628 (75.68 %)Oracle 10g
628 (75.68 %)Oracle 9i
628 (75.68 %)JavaScript
628 (75.68 %)HTML
628 (75.68 %)OLAP
628 (75.68 %)Oracle OLAP
75 (13.51 %)Banking
75 (13.51 %)AJAX
75 (13.51 %)Delphi
75 (13.51 %)PHP
75 (13.51 %)Pharmaceutical
75 (13.51 %)SQL Server
75 (13.51 %)MySQL
83 (8.108 %)C#
92 (5.405 %)Windows
101 (2.703 %)Microsoft
101 (2.703 %)Sage
101 (2.703 %)OLE
101 (2.703 %)OLE DB
101 (2.703 %)OO
101 (2.703 %)VBA
101 (2.703 %)C++
101 (2.703 %)Crystal Reports

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Worcester 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.

Worcester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
133 (89.19 %).NET
228 (75.68 %)HTML
35 (13.51 %)AJAX
41 (2.703 %)ADO.NET
41 (2.703 %)ASP.NET
41 (2.703 %)CSS
41 (2.703 %)XML
41 (2.703 %)ODBC
41 (2.703 %)OLE
41 (2.703 %)OLE DB
41 (2.703 %)DAO
Worcester IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.703 %)GoldMine
11 (2.703 %)Line 500
Worcester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
128 (75.68 %)OLAP
128 (75.68 %)Oracle 9i
128 (75.68 %)Oracle 10g
128 (75.68 %)Oracle OLAP
25 (13.51 %)MySQL
25 (13.51 %)SQL Server
31 (2.703 %)Crystal Reports
Worcester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.703 %)Visual Studio
Worcester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (13.51 %)Pharmaceutical
15 (13.51 %)Banking
21 (2.703 %)Manufacturing
Worcester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
136 (97.30 %)Developer
228 (75.68 %)Oracle Developer
34 (10.81 %)Web Developer
42 (5.405 %)Software Developer
51 (2.703 %)Graduate
51 (2.703 %)Applications Support
51 (2.703 %)C# Developer
51 (2.703 %)VB Developer
51 (2.703 %)Graduate Developer
51 (2.703 %)VB6 Developer
Worcester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.703 %)SCADA
Worcester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (5.405 %)Windows
Worcester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (2.703 %)OO
11 (2.703 %)Migration
Worcester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
137 (100.00 %)VB
231 (83.78 %)VB.NET
330 (81.08 %)SQL
429 (78.38 %)PL/SQL
429 (78.38 %)Java
528 (75.68 %)JavaScript
65 (13.51 %)PHP
65 (13.51 %)Delphi
73 (8.108 %)C#
81 (2.703 %)C++
81 (2.703 %)VBA
Worcester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.703 %)Degree
Worcester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
129 (78.38 %)Oracle
21 (2.703 %)Microsoft
21 (2.703 %)Sage