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 citing VB.NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 625 482 427
Rank change year-on-year -143 -55 +76
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 23 36 86
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.050% 0.12% 0.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.19% 0.38% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 30 70
10th Percentile £278 £313 £310
25th Percentile £341 £385 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £390 £390
Median % change year-on-year +25.51% - -2.50%
75th Percentile £644 £401 £500
90th Percentile £900 £680 £626
UK median daily rate £529 £390 £390
% change year-on-year +35.64% - -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.38
25th Percentile - - £16.99
Median hourly rate - - £17.99
75th Percentile - - £19.00
90th Percentile - - £19.60
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 citing coding skills in England.

6 months to
29 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing coding skills 12,277 9,437 10,167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 26.47% 32.54% 32.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,977 6,282 6,682
10th Percentile £363 £343 £355
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -5.09% -1.82%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +3.65% -3.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 545 280 267
10th Percentile £21.08 £31.22 £30.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £43.82 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £71.43 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.47 £77.63 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £63.25
% change year-on-year +8.33% -5.14% +1.20%

VB.NET Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VB.NET relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

VB.NET job vacancy trend 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 29 October 2026.

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 29 October 2026. 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -96 13 £600 +53.85% 1
South East -55 4 - - 2
Yorkshire -35 3 - -
Midlands -36 3 £275 -12.14% 2
North of England -65 3 - -
West Midlands - 3 £275 -
VB.NET
UK

VB.NET Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1SQL65.2%15
2C#47.8%11
3Java43.5%10
4Python30.4%7
5T-SQL21.7%5
5XPath21.7%5
7C++17.4%4
7VBA17.4%4
9JavaScript13.0%3
10Korn4.3%1
10PL/SQL4.3%1
10VB4.3%1
10VB64.3%1
10VBScript4.3%1