VB6 Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VB6 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VB6 over the 3 months to 26 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) UK
Location	3 months to 26 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	744	690	694
Rank change year-on-year	-54	+4
Permanent jobs citing VB6	130	244	290
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.15%	0.25%	0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category	0.26%	0.48%	0.51%
Number of salaries quoted	115	193	277
Median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£38,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than	£31,000	£28,000	£26,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£50,000	£52,000	£49,300
UK excluding London median salary	£38,750	£40,000	£38,000
% change year-on-year	-3.12%	+5.26%

VB6 is in the programming language skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills.

Programming Language Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills	50204	51240	57032
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	56.13%	52.79%	51.45%
Number of salaries quoted	42122	44388	48638
Median salary	£47,500	£47,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,500	£30,000	£30,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£75,000	£70,000	£70,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+3.65%	+2.50%

VB6
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing VB6 as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Programming Languages category.

VB6
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VB6.

VB6
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing VB6 over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

VB6
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB6 within the UK over the 3 months to 26 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	-73	126	£40,000	-	19
South East	+20	28	£35,000	-22.22%	2
West Midlands	+17	18	£40,000	+42.85%	1
London	-12	18	£52,500	+5.00%	5
Shropshire	+22	16	£40,000	+4.57%
Telford	-	16	£40,000	-
North West	-32	14	£40,000	+6.66%	2
North East	+21	12	£35,000	-
Durham	-	12	£35,000	-
Hampshire	+8	11	£32,500	-13.33%	1
Yorkshire	-16	11	£27,750	-15.26%	5
East of England	+5	10	£40,000	-	2
West Yorkshire	+3	9	£27,500	-16.03%	3
Nottingham	+5	8	£42,500	+6.25%	1
East Midlands	-2	8	£42,500	+17.24%	2
Nottinghamshire	-4	8	£42,500	+54.54%	2
Leeds	-5	8	£27,500	-16.03%	2
Kent	+14	7	£35,000	-
Cambridgeshire	-10	7	£40,000	-11.11%	1
South West	-26	7	£35,000	-9.67%
Tunbridge Wells	-	7	£35,000	-
Stockton-on-Tees	-	6	£35,000	-
Cheshire	-25	5	£40,000	+14.28%
Manchester	-30	5	£35,000	-	1
Cambridge	-	5	£40,000	-	1
Fareham	+21	4	£32,500	-7.14%
Lancashire	+2	4	£40,000	-11.11%
Brighton	-5	4	£45,000	-10.00%	1
East Sussex	-12	4	£45,000	-10.00%	1
Buckinghamshire	-	4	£50,000	-

VB6
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 26 June 2017, IT jobs citing VB6 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for VB6.

1	258 (100.00%)	VB
2	228 (88.37%)	.NET
3	198 (76.74%)	C#
4	150 (58.14%)	SQL
5	138 (53.49%)	SQL Server
6	117 (45.35%)	VB.NET
7	94 (36.43%)	Windows
8	88 (34.11%)	HTML
9	83 (32.17%)	ASP.NET
10	78 (30.23%)	Microsoft
11	62 (24.03%)	T-SQL
12	59 (22.87%)	CSS
13	56 (21.71%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
14	51 (19.77%)	Visual Studio
15	50 (19.38%)	HTML5

16	49 (18.99%)	MySQL
16	49 (18.99%)	SQL Server Integration Services
17	47 (18.22%)	JavaScript
18	46 (17.83%)	Agile Software Development
19	41 (15.89%)	SDLC
20	40 (15.50%)	.NET Framework
21	39 (15.12%)	WinForms
21	39 (15.12%)	MVC
22	38 (14.73%)	Software Engineering
23	37 (14.34%)	CSS3
24	36 (13.95%)	Business Intelligence
24	36 (13.95%)	C
25	32 (12.40%)	Degree
26	31 (12.02%)	Oracle
27	30 (11.63%)	Change Management

VB6
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	14 (5.43%)	SharePoint
2	13 (5.04%)	IIS
3	11 (4.26%)	Apache
4	10 (3.88%)	JBoss
5	6 (2.33%)	SharePoint 2013
6	4 (1.55%)	SharePoint 2010
7	3 (1.16%)	BizTalk Server
7	3 (1.16%)	CMS
8	2 (0.78%)	WordPress
9	1 (0.39%)	Drupal
9	1 (0.39%)	FileNet
9	1 (0.39%)	IBM Notes
9	1 (0.39%)	Oracle Workflow
9	1 (0.39%)	Umbraco

Applications
1	16 (6.20%)	Microsoft Excel
2	13 (5.04%)	Microsoft Office

Business Applications
1	5 (1.94%)	Dynamics NAV
2	1 (0.39%)	SAP Business One
2	1 (0.39%)	SAP Oil and Gas

Cloud Services
1	23 (8.91%)	Microsoft Azure
2	7 (2.71%)	GitHub

Communications & Networking
1	4 (1.55%)	Intranet
1	4 (1.55%)	Wireless
2	2 (0.78%)	3G
2	2 (0.78%)	4G
2	2 (0.78%)	VoIP
2	2 (0.78%)	Wi-Fi
3	1 (0.39%)	GoToMeeting
3	1 (0.39%)	SMS
3	1 (0.39%)	WebEx

Database & Business Intelligence
1	138 (53.49%)	SQL Server
2	56 (21.71%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
3	49 (18.99%)	MySQL
3	49 (18.99%)	SQL Server Integration Services
4	28 (10.85%)	Crystal Reports
5	27 (10.47%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
6	26 (10.08%)	Data Warehouse
7	13 (5.04%)	Relational Database
8	10 (3.88%)	JasperReports
8	10 (3.88%)	SQL Server 2008
9	9 (3.49%)	SQL Server 2005
10	6 (2.33%)	Big Data
11	5 (1.94%)	SQL Server 2012
11	5 (1.94%)	SQL Server 2014
12	4 (1.55%)	OLTP
12	4 (1.55%)	Oracle Reports
13	3 (1.16%)	OLAP
13	3 (1.16%)	RDBMS
14	2 (0.78%)	PostgreSQL
14	2 (0.78%)	SQL Server 2016

Development Applications
1	51 (19.77%)	Visual Studio
2	21 (8.14%)	Team Foundation Server
3	14 (5.43%)	Subversion
4	10 (3.88%)	CruiseControl
4	10 (3.88%)	Eclipse
4	10 (3.88%)	MSBuild
5	8 (3.10%)	Git (software)
5	8 (3.10%)	TeamCity
5	8 (3.10%)	TestComplete
6	6 (2.33%)	Selenium
7	5 (1.94%)	JIRA
7	5 (1.94%)	NUnit
7	5 (1.94%)	SpecFlow
7	5 (1.94%)	tSQLt
8	4 (1.55%)	Oracle Forms
9	3 (1.16%)	VSS/SourceSafe
10	2 (0.78%)	Mercurial
11	1 (0.39%)	Cucumber
11	1 (0.39%)	Jenkins
11	1 (0.39%)	Redmine

General
1	29 (11.24%)	Finance
2	28 (10.85%)	Electronics
3	25 (9.69%)	Retail
4	5 (1.94%)	Marketing
4	5 (1.94%)	Pharmaceutical
5	3 (1.16%)	Back Office
5	3 (1.16%)	Financial Institution
5	3 (1.16%)	Front Office
5	3 (1.16%)	Manufacturing
6	2 (0.78%)	Automotive
6	2 (0.78%)	Legal
7	1 (0.39%)	Telecoms

Job Titles
1	172 (66.67%)	Developer
2	97 (37.60%)	.NET Developer
3	57 (22.09%)	Software Developer
4	55 (21.32%)	VB Developer
5	51 (19.77%)	C# Developer
6	49 (18.99%)	VB6 Developer
7	44 (17.05%)	VB.NET Developer
8	42 (16.28%)	SQL Developer
9	38 (14.73%)	C# .NET Developer
10	28 (10.85%)	.NET Software Developer
11	25 (9.69%)	Software Engineer
12	20 (7.75%)	C# Software Developer
13	14 (5.43%)	C# VB.NET Developer
13	14 (5.43%)	DevOps Specialist
14	12 (4.65%)	Tester
15	11 (4.26%)	Software Tester
16	10 (3.88%)	QA Engineer
16	10 (3.88%)	QA Tester
16	10 (3.88%)	Software QA Engineer
16	10 (3.88%)	Software QA Tester

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	228 (88.37%)	.NET
2	88 (34.11%)	HTML
3	83 (32.17%)	ASP.NET
4	59 (22.87%)	CSS
5	50 (19.38%)	HTML5
6	40 (15.50%)	.NET Framework
7	39 (15.12%)	WinForms
8	37 (14.34%)	CSS3
9	26 (10.08%)	ASP.NET MVC
10	24 (9.30%)	Ruby on Rails
11	22 (8.53%)	XML
12	20 (7.75%)	Entity Framework
13	18 (6.98%)	jQuery
14	16 (6.20%)	JSON
15	15 (5.81%)	AngularJS
16	14 (5.43%)	ActiveX
16	14 (5.43%)	Classic ASP
16	14 (5.43%)	WCF
16	14 (5.43%)	Web Services
17	13 (5.04%)	ASP.NET Web API

Miscellaneous
1	16 (6.20%)	iPad
2	11 (4.26%)	Enterprise Software
3	8 (3.10%)	Greenfield Project
3	8 (3.10%)	Management Information System
4	7 (2.71%)	Computer Science
5	5 (1.94%)	Analytical Skills
5	5 (1.94%)	Client/Server
5	5 (1.94%)	User Experience
6	4 (1.55%)	3D Graphics
6	4 (1.55%)	Algorithms
6	4 (1.55%)	EPoS
6	4 (1.55%)	PDA
6	4 (1.55%)	Replication
7	3 (1.16%)	Derivative
7	3 (1.16%)	Fixed Income
7	3 (1.16%)	N-Tier
7	3 (1.16%)	Spread Betting
8	2 (0.78%)	Clustering
8	2 (0.78%)	iPhone
8	2 (0.78%)	Online Gambling

Operating Systems
1	94 (36.43%)	Windows
2	28 (10.85%)	Android
3	27 (10.47%)	Apple iOS
4	22 (8.53%)	Windows Server
5	13 (5.04%)	Linux
6	5 (1.94%)	Unix
7	4 (1.55%)	Embedded Linux
8	2 (0.78%)	Mac OS
8	2 (0.78%)	Windows Phone
8	2 (0.78%)	Windows Server 2003
8	2 (0.78%)	Windows Server 2012
9	1 (0.39%)	AIX
9	1 (0.39%)	Windows 10
9	1 (0.39%)	Windows 7
9	1 (0.39%)	Windows Server 2008

Processes & Methodologies
1	46 (17.83%)	Agile Software Development
2	41 (15.89%)	SDLC
3	39 (15.12%)	MVC
4	38 (14.73%)	Software Engineering
5	36 (13.95%)	Business Intelligence
6	30 (11.63%)	Change Management
7	24 (9.30%)	E-Commerce
8	23 (8.91%)	OO
9	22 (8.53%)	Scrum
10	21 (8.14%)	Unit Testing
11	20 (7.75%)	DevOps
11	20 (7.75%)	Test Automation
12	17 (6.59%)	Migration
13	16 (6.20%)	Continuous Integration
14	15 (5.81%)	Software Testing
15	12 (4.65%)	OOP
16	11 (4.26%)	Exploratory Testing
16	11 (4.26%)	Test Scripting
16	11 (4.26%)	Web Development
17	9 (3.49%)	Feasibility Study

Programming Languages
1	258 (100.00%)	VB
2	198 (76.74%)	C#
3	150 (58.14%)	SQL
4	117 (45.35%)	VB.NET
5	62 (24.03%)	T-SQL
6	47 (18.22%)	JavaScript
7	36 (13.95%)	C
8	25 (9.69%)	C++
9	24 (9.30%)	Ruby
10	17 (6.59%)	Java
11	16 (6.20%)	PHP
12	15 (5.81%)	VBScript
13	10 (3.88%)	PowerShell
13	10 (3.88%)	VBA
14	9 (3.49%)	Embedded C
14	9 (3.49%)	Embedded C++
15	7 (2.71%)	F#
15	7 (2.71%)	PL/SQL
16	3 (1.16%)	Python
17	2 (0.78%)	FoxPro (VFP)

Qualifications
1	32 (12.40%)	Degree
2	10 (3.88%)	Security Cleared
3	8 (3.10%)	SC Cleared
4	2 (0.78%)	Computer Science Degree
5	1 (0.39%)	ISEB
5	1 (0.39%)	ISTQB
5	1 (0.39%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
5	1 (0.39%)	PMI Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	15 (5.81%)	QA
2	5 (1.94%)	SLA
3	2 (0.78%)	HL7

System Software
1	9 (3.49%)	Firmware
2	8 (3.10%)	Active Directory
3	3 (1.16%)	Virtual Machines

Systems Management
1	8 (3.10%)	Puppet
2	6 (2.33%)	Opscode Chef
2	6 (2.33%)	ZENworks
3	1 (0.39%)	HP Quality Center

Vendors
1	78 (30.23%)	Microsoft
2	31 (12.02%)	Oracle
3	11 (4.26%)	Apple
3	11 (4.26%)	Facebook
4	3 (1.16%)	Xamarin
5	2 (0.78%)	Acronis
5	2 (0.78%)	Adobe
5	2 (0.78%)	DevExpress
5	2 (0.78%)	HP
5	2 (0.78%)	Salesforce.com
5	2 (0.78%)	SAP
5	2 (0.78%)	Telerik
6	1 (0.39%)	Lotus
6	1 (0.39%)	TIBCO