VB.NET Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring VB.NET skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 433 524
Rank change year-on-year -52 +91 +124
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 34 93 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.28% 0.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.37% 0.87% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 76 69
10th Percentile £372 £310 -
25th Percentile £385 £385 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -15.79%
75th Percentile £395 £588 £475
90th Percentile £638 £647 £620
UK median daily rate £390 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £17.99 -
UK median hourly rate - £17.99 -

All Programming Languages
England

VB.NET falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 9,133 10,730 13,643
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.84% 32.57% 32.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,172 7,343 9,851
10th Percentile £350 £350 £373
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £788
UK median daily rate £503 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.29% -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 309 415
10th Percentile £31.25 £30.40 £35.00
25th Percentile £42.50 £50.00 £48.36
Median hourly rate £56.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £71.39
90th Percentile £80.00 £79.34 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +3.17% +11.40%

VB.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VB.NET in England

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VB.NET.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VB.NET

VB.NET
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VB.NET in England over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VB.NET in England

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VB.NET.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VB.NET

VB.NET
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB.NET within the England region over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -48 25 £390 -2.50% 6
Yorkshire -17 3 - - 4
North of England -30 3 - - 9
South East +16 2 £383 +0.66% 18
South West - 2 £393 - 13
East Midlands - 2 £313 - 8
Midlands - 2 £313 - 23
VB.NET
UK

VB.NET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (8.82%) IIS
2 1 (2.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (58.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.71%) Azure
2 3 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.94%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (55.88%) Oracle Database
2 8 (23.53%) SQL Server
3 3 (8.82%) MySQL
4 1 (2.94%) MS Access
4 1 (2.94%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Bitbucket
1 3 (8.82%) Cucumber
1 3 (8.82%) Git
1 3 (8.82%) Postman
1 3 (8.82%) Selenium
2 1 (2.94%) JIRA
2 1 (2.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (76.47%) Finance
2 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Banking
3 5 (14.71%) Investment Banking
4 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Back Office
5 1 (2.94%) Front Office
5 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 25 (73.53%) Developer
2 21 (61.76%) .NET Developer
3 20 (58.82%) C# Developer
4 19 (55.88%) C# .NET Developer
4 19 (55.88%) C# WPF Developer
4 19 (55.88%) WPF Developer
5 3 (8.82%) Engineering Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Software Engineering Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Software Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Test Automation Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Test Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) .NET Software Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) C# Software Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Data Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Python Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
6 1 (2.94%) Software Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) VB.NET Developer
6 1 (2.94%) VB.NET Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (100.00%) .NET
2 25 (73.53%) .NET Framework
3 19 (55.88%) WPF
4 6 (17.65%) ASP.NET
5 4 (11.76%) HTML
6 3 (8.82%) MSMQ
7 2 (5.88%) AngularJS
7 2 (5.88%) CSS
7 2 (5.88%) LDAP
7 2 (5.88%) Web Services
8 1 (2.94%) ASP.NET Core
8 1 (2.94%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (2.94%) Middleware
8 1 (2.94%) ODBC
8 1 (2.94%) React
8 1 (2.94%) WinForms
8 1 (2.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) N-Tier
2 1 (2.94%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 20 (58.82%) Windows
2 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (23.53%) Agile
3 7 (20.59%) Scrum
4 5 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (14.71%) DevOps
5 4 (11.76%) CI/CD
5 4 (11.76%) Software Engineering
5 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (8.82%) Business Strategy
6 3 (8.82%) Change Management
6 3 (8.82%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (8.82%) Computer Science
6 3 (8.82%) PRINCE2
6 3 (8.82%) Project Management
6 3 (8.82%) Roadmaps
6 3 (8.82%) Strategic Planning
6 3 (8.82%) Test Automation
6 3 (8.82%) Test Scripting
6 3 (8.82%) Time Management
6 3 (8.82%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 30 (88.24%) C#
2 27 (79.41%) SQL
3 20 (58.82%) VB
3 20 (58.82%) VBA
4 19 (55.88%) PL/SQL
5 4 (11.76%) JavaScript
6 3 (8.82%) Java
7 2 (5.88%) C++
7 2 (5.88%) PowerShell
8 1 (2.94%) Python
8 1 (2.94%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (8.82%) Degree
1 3 (8.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 24 (70.59%) Oracle
2 4 (11.76%) UiPath
3 3 (8.82%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.88%) SAP