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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 643 754 721
Rank change year-on-year +111 -33 -201
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 267 240 573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.23% 0.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.80% 0.53% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 236 218 457
10th Percentile £29,375 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £44,063 £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 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £90,000 £77,500
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 33,269 44,878 84,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.74% 43.24% 53.88%
Number of salaries quoted 25,012 28,616 44,114
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,171
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 £54,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +1.85% +8.00%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 +123 259 £50,000 -9.09% 57
UK excluding London +107 238 £50,000 - 48
Work from Home +114 161 £55,000 - 29
North of England +108 81 £52,500 +31.25% 11
Midlands +55 70 £47,000 +4.44% 20
North West +56 52 £52,500 +5.00% 6
West Midlands +38 43 £47,500 +5.56% 17
South East -3 35 £50,000 - 7
Yorkshire +88 27 £55,000 +37.50% 5
East Midlands +15 27 £43,000 -21.82% 3
South West -17 26 £55,000 -3.67% 8
East of England +37 24 £35,500 -38.26% 1
London +55 23 £65,000 -16.13% 7
North East -5 2 £32,500 -18.75%
Wales +7 1 - -
Scotland -74 1 £60,000 +2.13%

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 (14.23%) IIS
2 5 (1.87%) IBM Notes
3 2 (0.75%) CMS
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (4.87%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (3.37%) Shopify
2 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.75%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 82 (30.71%) Azure
2 54 (20.22%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (6.37%) Power Platform
4 7 (2.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 7 (2.62%) GitHub
5 5 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.50%) AWS
6 4 (1.50%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.12%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.75%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.75%) Zapier
9 1 (0.37%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.87%) DHCP
1 5 (1.87%) DNS
1 5 (1.87%) VoIP
2 3 (1.12%) Firewall
2 3 (1.12%) NAS
2 3 (1.12%) SAN
3 1 (0.37%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.37%) Intranet
3 1 (0.37%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (62.55%) SQL Server
2 29 (10.86%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (7.12%) MS Access
4 15 (5.62%) Power BI
5 14 (5.24%) Relational Database
5 14 (5.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (4.87%) MySQL
7 12 (4.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (4.12%) DynamoDB
8 11 (4.12%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (3.37%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (2.62%) Oracle Database
11 6 (2.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (1.12%) DTS
13 2 (0.75%) Looker
13 2 (0.75%) Tableau
14 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 1 (0.37%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 53 (19.85%) Visual Studio
2 28 (10.49%) Jasmine
2 28 (10.49%) Karma Test Runner
3 22 (8.24%) Git
4 15 (5.62%) Postman
5 11 (4.12%) GitLab
6 5 (1.87%) JIRA
7 4 (1.50%) TeamCity
8 3 (1.12%) Moq
8 3 (1.12%) Selenium
8 3 (1.12%) SpecFlow
8 3 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (1.12%) xUnit.net
9 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.37%) Subversion
General
1 62 (23.22%) Social Skills
2 31 (11.61%) Retail
3 24 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.49%) Manufacturing
5 19 (7.12%) Finance
6 18 (6.74%) Legal
7 11 (4.12%) Law
8 8 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.62%) Advertising
10 4 (1.50%) Automotive
10 4 (1.50%) Back Office
10 4 (1.50%) Banking
10 4 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.12%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.12%) Publishing
12 2 (0.75%) Games
12 2 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.75%) Police
13 1 (0.37%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 208 (77.90%) Developer
2 89 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 54 (20.22%) C# Developer
4 44 (16.48%) Software Developer
5 28 (10.49%) Lead
6 27 (10.11%) VB.NET Developer
7 26 (9.74%) Senior
8 16 (5.99%) C# .NET Developer
8 16 (5.99%) Senior Developer
9 14 (5.24%) Software Engineer
10 13 (4.87%) .NET Software Developer
10 13 (4.87%) Analyst
10 13 (4.87%) Technical Leader
11 12 (4.49%) Database Developer
12 11 (4.12%) Applications Developer
13 10 (3.75%) C# Software Developer
13 10 (3.75%) Web Developer
14 9 (3.37%) Lead Developer
15 8 (3.00%) Senior .NET Developer
16 7 (2.62%) .NET Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 267 (100.00%) .NET
2 97 (36.33%) ASP.NET
3 84 (31.46%) JSON
4 75 (28.09%) REST
5 73 (27.34%) SOAP
6 70 (26.22%) XML
7 63 (23.60%) HTML
8 61 (22.85%) Web Services
9 53 (19.85%) .NET Core
10 45 (16.85%) .NET Framework
11 44 (16.48%) CSS
12 39 (14.61%) AngularJS
13 28 (10.49%) RxJS
13 28 (10.49%) Sass
13 28 (10.49%) XML Schema
14 25 (9.36%) RESTful
15 22 (8.24%) ASP.NET Web API
16 19 (7.12%) Blazor
16 19 (7.12%) React
17 18 (6.74%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (3.37%) EPoS
3 8 (3.00%) Mobile App
4 7 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.25%) Legacy Applications
5 6 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.87%) FMCG
7 4 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.50%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.50%) Replication
8 2 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.75%) NHS
8 2 (0.75%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.37%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.37%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.37%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.37%) Lidar
9 1 (0.37%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.37%) Optoelectronics
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.11%) Windows
2 8 (3.00%) Android
3 6 (2.25%) Linux
4 5 (1.87%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.37%) VMS
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (29.59%) DevOps
2 78 (29.21%) Unit Testing
3 56 (20.97%) Agile
4 40 (14.98%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (11.99%) Customer Service
5 32 (11.99%) Web Development
6 29 (10.86%) Clean Code
7 28 (10.49%) Mentoring
7 28 (10.49%) User Acceptance Testing
8 27 (10.11%) MVC
9 25 (9.36%) Design Patterns
10 23 (8.61%) SOLID
11 22 (8.24%) Full Stack Development
11 22 (8.24%) Software Testing
12 21 (7.87%) API Integration
12 21 (7.87%) Software Engineering
13 18 (6.74%) Code Quality
13 18 (6.74%) User Experience
14 17 (6.37%) Architectural Design
15 16 (5.99%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 226 (84.64%) C#
2 162 (60.67%) SQL
3 111 (41.57%) JavaScript
4 85 (31.84%) T-SQL
5 66 (24.72%) VB
6 35 (13.11%) VB6
7 31 (11.61%) TypeScript
8 25 (9.36%) VBA
9 20 (7.49%) PowerShell
10 14 (5.24%) Java
10 14 (5.24%) Python
11 12 (4.49%) MATLAB
12 11 (4.12%) PHP
13 9 (3.37%) C++
14 7 (2.62%) R
15 6 (2.25%) VBScript
16 3 (1.12%) XPath
17 2 (0.75%) Go
17 2 (0.75%) Kotlin
17 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (8.24%) Degree
2 10 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.37%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.00%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (3.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.73%) QA
2 6 (2.25%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (3.37%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.62%) vSphere
4 6 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 112 (41.95%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.87%) Oracle
3 11 (4.12%) Facebook
4 8 (3.00%) VMware
4 8 (3.00%) Xamarin
5 7 (2.62%) YouTube
6 5 (1.87%) DevExpress
6 5 (1.87%) Lotus
7 3 (1.12%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.12%) Veeam
8 2 (0.75%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.75%) Siemens
9 1 (0.37%) Cisco
9 1 (0.37%) Citrix
9 1 (0.37%) Forcepoint
9 1 (0.37%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.37%) Symantec