The first table below looks at the demand for VB6 skills in IT jobs advertised for the York region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 24 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 York region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
Rank 57 49 43
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -6
Permanent jobs citing VB6 1 11 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 0.240% 2.619% 3.365%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.431% 3.741% 6.061%
Number of salaries quoted 0 10 9
Average salary - £32,500 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Programming Languages
York
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
232 294 231
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 55.77% 70.00% 55.53%
Number of salaries quoted 171 225 189
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,500 £42,000 £56,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
VB6
North Yorkshire

VB6
Jobs Demand Trend

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

York 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 York region.

York VB6 Salary Trend

VB6
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the York 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
2 1 (50.00%) WinForms
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (50.00%) WCF
2 1 (50.00%) LINQ
2 1 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle

VB6
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the York 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
2 1 (50.00%) WinForms
2 1 (50.00%) WCF
2 1 (50.00%) LINQ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 2 (100.00%) VB.NET Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) VB Developer
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Developer
2 1 (50.00%) VB6 Developer
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Software Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) VB.NET
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle