VB6 Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring VB6 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 275 284
Rank change year-on-year - +9 +137
Permanent jobs citing VB6 0 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England - 0.021% 0.027%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.074% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.88%
75th Percentile - - £45,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £61,250 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +22.50% +11.11% -18.18%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,751 2,709 2,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.64% 28.62% 36.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,365 1,475 2,234
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,250 £69,800 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £84,700 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

VB6
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

VB6 job vacancy trend in the North of England

VB6
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VB6.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VB6