VB6 Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring VB6 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 240 243
Rank change year-on-year - +3 +84
Permanent jobs citing VB6 0 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands - 0.032% 0.059%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.12% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £44,625
25th Percentile - - £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £58,750
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.00%
75th Percentile - - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% +8.70% -10.24%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

VB6 falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,151 1,690 2,153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.40% 27.01% 31.84%
Number of salaries quoted 926 920 1,902
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +7.44% -6.92%

VB6
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VB6 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

VB6 job vacancy trend in the Midlands

VB6
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing VB6.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing VB6