Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VB.NET skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VB.NET over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 636 726 712
Rank change year-on-year +90 -14 -187
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 262 248 582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.24% 0.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.79% 0.54% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 232 224 467
10th Percentile £28,875 £36,163 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £64,875 £90,000 £76,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +12.50%

All Programming Languages
UK

VB.NET is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,106 45,516 82,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.77% 43.49% 53.63%
Number of salaries quoted 24,929 28,962 44,133
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,635 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -2.48% +2.80% +7.00%

VB.NET
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VB.NET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VB.NET in the UK

VB.NET
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VB.NET.

Salary trend for VB.NET in the UK

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VB.NET over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for VB.NET in the UK

VB.NET
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB.NET within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +133 254 £50,000 -9.09% 52
UK excluding London +95 235 £50,000 - 41
Work from Home +106 157 £55,000 - 28
North of England +107 80 £52,500 +31.25% 12
Midlands +43 69 £46,500 +3.33% 14
North West +61 52 £52,500 +5.00% 5
West Midlands +41 42 £47,500 +5.56% 11
South East +16 35 £50,000 - 5
East Midlands +6 27 £43,000 -21.82% 3
Yorkshire +101 26 £56,250 +40.63% 7
South West +3 25 £55,000 -3.67% 8
East of England +34 24 £35,500 -38.26%
London +62 21 £65,000 -16.13% 10
North East -3 2 £32,500 -18.75%
Wales +13 1 - -
Scotland -74 1 £60,000 +2.13% 1

VB.NET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 38 (14.50%) IIS
2 5 (1.91%) IBM Notes
3 2 (0.76%) CMS
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (3.44%) Shopify
2 2 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.76%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 81 (30.92%) Azure
2 54 (20.61%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (6.49%) Power Platform
4 7 (2.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 7 (2.67%) GitHub
5 5 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.53%) AWS
6 4 (1.53%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.15%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.76%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.76%) Zapier
9 1 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.91%) DHCP
1 5 (1.91%) DNS
1 5 (1.91%) VoIP
2 3 (1.15%) Firewall
2 3 (1.15%) NAS
2 3 (1.15%) SAN
3 1 (0.38%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.38%) Intranet
3 1 (0.38%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (62.98%) SQL Server
2 29 (11.07%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (7.25%) MS Access
4 15 (5.73%) Power BI
5 14 (5.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (4.96%) MySQL
6 13 (4.96%) Relational Database
7 12 (4.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (4.20%) DynamoDB
8 11 (4.20%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (3.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (2.67%) Oracle Database
11 6 (2.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (1.15%) DTS
13 2 (0.76%) Looker
13 2 (0.76%) Tableau
14 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 1 (0.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 53 (20.23%) Visual Studio
2 28 (10.69%) Jasmine
2 28 (10.69%) Karma Test Runner
3 22 (8.40%) Git
4 15 (5.73%) Postman
5 11 (4.20%) GitLab
6 5 (1.91%) JIRA
7 4 (1.53%) TeamCity
8 3 (1.15%) Moq
8 3 (1.15%) Selenium
8 3 (1.15%) SpecFlow
8 3 (1.15%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (1.15%) xUnit.net
9 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.38%) Subversion
General
1 62 (23.66%) Social Skills
2 31 (11.83%) Retail
3 23 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.63%) Manufacturing
5 18 (6.87%) Finance
5 18 (6.87%) Legal
6 9 (3.44%) Law
7 8 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.67%) Advertising
9 4 (1.53%) Automotive
9 4 (1.53%) Back Office
9 4 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.15%) Banking
10 3 (1.15%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.15%) Publishing
11 2 (0.76%) Games
11 2 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.76%) Police
12 1 (0.38%) Electronics
12 1 (0.38%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 203 (77.48%) Developer
2 86 (32.82%) .NET Developer
3 53 (20.23%) C# Developer
4 43 (16.41%) Software Developer
5 28 (10.69%) Lead
6 26 (9.92%) VB.NET Developer
7 24 (9.16%) Senior
8 15 (5.73%) C# .NET Developer
9 14 (5.34%) Senior Developer
9 14 (5.34%) Software Engineer
10 13 (4.96%) Analyst
10 13 (4.96%) Technical Leader
11 12 (4.58%) .NET Software Developer
11 12 (4.58%) Database Developer
12 11 (4.20%) Applications Developer
13 9 (3.44%) C# Software Developer
13 9 (3.44%) Lead Developer
13 9 (3.44%) Web Developer
14 7 (2.67%) .NET Software Engineer
14 7 (2.67%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (100.00%) .NET
2 95 (36.26%) ASP.NET
3 84 (32.06%) JSON
4 74 (28.24%) REST
5 73 (27.86%) SOAP
6 70 (26.72%) XML
7 61 (23.28%) HTML
7 61 (23.28%) Web Services
8 53 (20.23%) .NET Core
9 42 (16.03%) CSS
10 41 (15.65%) .NET Framework
11 39 (14.89%) AngularJS
12 28 (10.69%) RxJS
12 28 (10.69%) Sass
12 28 (10.69%) XML Schema
13 25 (9.54%) RESTful
14 21 (8.02%) ASP.NET Web API
15 19 (7.25%) Blazor
15 19 (7.25%) React
16 18 (6.87%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.82%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (3.44%) EPoS
3 8 (3.05%) Mobile App
4 7 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.29%) Legacy Applications
5 6 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.91%) FMCG
7 4 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.53%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.53%) Replication
8 2 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.76%) NHS
8 2 (0.76%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.38%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.38%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.38%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.38%) Lidar
9 1 (0.38%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.38%) Optoelectronics
Operating Systems
1 26 (9.92%) Windows
2 8 (3.05%) Android
3 6 (2.29%) Linux
4 5 (1.91%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.38%) VMS
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (29.77%) DevOps
2 77 (29.39%) Unit Testing
3 54 (20.61%) Agile
4 39 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (12.21%) Customer Service
6 31 (11.83%) Web Development
7 29 (11.07%) Clean Code
8 28 (10.69%) User Acceptance Testing
9 27 (10.31%) Mentoring
10 26 (9.92%) MVC
11 24 (9.16%) Design Patterns
12 22 (8.40%) Software Testing
12 22 (8.40%) SOLID
13 21 (8.02%) API Integration
13 21 (8.02%) Full Stack Development
13 21 (8.02%) Software Engineering
14 18 (6.87%) Code Quality
14 18 (6.87%) User Experience
15 17 (6.49%) Architectural Design
16 16 (6.11%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 222 (84.73%) C#
2 159 (60.69%) SQL
3 108 (41.22%) JavaScript
4 83 (31.68%) T-SQL
5 65 (24.81%) VB
6 35 (13.36%) VB6
7 31 (11.83%) TypeScript
8 24 (9.16%) VBA
9 20 (7.63%) PowerShell
10 14 (5.34%) Java
10 14 (5.34%) Python
11 11 (4.20%) MATLAB
11 11 (4.20%) PHP
12 9 (3.44%) C++
13 7 (2.67%) R
14 6 (2.29%) VBScript
15 3 (1.15%) XPath
16 2 (0.76%) Go
16 2 (0.76%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.76%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (8.40%) Degree
2 10 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (3.05%) ITIL Certification
3 8 (3.05%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.98%) QA
2 6 (2.29%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (3.44%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.67%) vSphere
4 6 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 111 (42.37%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.96%) Oracle
3 11 (4.20%) Facebook
4 8 (3.05%) VMware
4 8 (3.05%) Xamarin
5 7 (2.67%) YouTube
6 5 (1.91%) DevExpress
6 5 (1.91%) Lotus
7 3 (1.15%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.15%) Veeam
8 2 (0.76%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.76%) Siemens
9 1 (0.38%) Cisco
9 1 (0.38%) Citrix
9 1 (0.38%) Forcepoint
9 1 (0.38%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.38%) Symantec