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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 471 442
Rank change year-on-year -119 -29 +79
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 32 33 81
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.070% 0.12% 0.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.27% 0.37% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 27 70
10th Percentile £274 £360 £310
25th Percentile £320 £385 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £390 £400
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £582 £395 £597
90th Percentile £664 £464 £649
UK median daily rate £475 £390 £400
% change year-on-year +21.79% -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 requiring coding skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,989 9,033 10,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.22% 32.75% 31.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,780 6,176 7,550
10th Percentile £363 £345 £358
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £651
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK median daily rate £518 £503 £533
% change year-on-year +2.93% -5.68% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 492 252 347
10th Percentile £31.30 £29.10 £30.00
25th Percentile £53.39 £41.20 £50.69
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.13 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% -12.12% +8.14%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £82.66 £79.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +17.12% -14.62% +8.33%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -77 21 £425 +8.97% 12
South East -69 4 - - 7
North of England -77 4 £410 - 4
Midlands -39 3 £275 -12.14% 1
Yorkshire -43 3 - - 2
West Midlands - 3 £275 -
North West - 1 £410 - 2
VB.NET
UK

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 5 (15.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (3.13%) IIS
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Elite 3E
2 1 (3.13%) Alphatax
2 1 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.13%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) Azure
2 4 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.13%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.13%) PaaS
3 1 (3.13%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (15.63%) Oracle Database
2 5 (15.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (15.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (9.38%) Tableau
4 2 (6.25%) MS Access
4 2 (6.25%) MySQL
5 1 (3.13%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Visual Studio
2 5 (15.63%) eggPlant
3 3 (9.38%) Git
3 3 (9.38%) JMeter
3 3 (9.38%) LoadRunner
3 3 (9.38%) Postman
3 3 (9.38%) SoapUI
3 3 (9.38%) SonarQube
4 2 (6.25%) HP UFT
4 2 (6.25%) Rational Functional Tester
4 2 (6.25%) Selenium
4 2 (6.25%) SilkTest
4 2 (6.25%) SOAtest
4 2 (6.25%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (3.13%) Jenkins
5 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 16 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (34.38%) Finance
3 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (9.38%) Banking
6 2 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (46.88%) Developer
2 5 (15.63%) Senior
3 4 (12.50%) .NET Developer
3 4 (12.50%) Automation Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Lecturer
3 4 (12.50%) SQL Developer
4 3 (9.38%) Lead
4 3 (9.38%) Software Developer
5 2 (6.25%) .NET Software Developer
5 2 (6.25%) ETL Developer
5 2 (6.25%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Programme Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Programme Test Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Test Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Test Programme Manager
5 2 (6.25%) VB.NET Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Windows Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) C# Software Developer
6 1 (3.13%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (100.00%) .NET
2 15 (46.88%) XML
3 11 (34.38%) SOAP
4 10 (31.25%) Web Services
5 9 (28.13%) HTML
6 7 (21.88%) REST
6 7 (21.88%) XSLT
7 5 (15.63%) .NET Framework
7 5 (15.63%) XBRL
8 3 (9.38%) CSS
8 3 (9.38%) Entity Framework
8 3 (9.38%) Kafka
8 3 (9.38%) Middleware
9 2 (6.25%) MediatR
10 1 (3.13%) ActiveX
10 1 (3.13%) ASP.NET
10 1 (3.13%) ASP.NET Web API
10 1 (3.13%) LDAP
10 1 (3.13%) Regular Expression
10 1 (3.13%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.25%) Legacy Code
3 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.13%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.63%) Linux
1 5 (15.63%) Unix
2 3 (9.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (28.13%) Test Automation
3 7 (21.88%) SDLC
3 7 (21.88%) Workflow
4 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (15.63%) DevOps
5 5 (15.63%) ETL
5 5 (15.63%) Mentoring
5 5 (15.63%) SOA
5 5 (15.63%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (15.63%) Test Strategy
6 4 (12.50%) Agile
6 4 (12.50%) AI
6 4 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (12.50%) Computer Science
6 4 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (12.50%) Due Diligence
6 4 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
6 4 (12.50%) Validation
6 4 (12.50%) Workflow Development
Programming Languages
1 20 (62.50%) SQL
2 15 (46.88%) C#
3 10 (31.25%) Java
4 9 (28.13%) Python
5 6 (18.75%) JavaScript
5 6 (18.75%) T-SQL
6 5 (15.63%) VBA
6 5 (15.63%) XPath
7 4 (12.50%) C++
8 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
9 1 (3.13%) Korn
9 1 (3.13%) PL/SQL
9 1 (3.13%) VB
9 1 (3.13%) VB6
9 1 (3.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.50%) DBS Check
3 4 (12.50%) Degree
4 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.25%) ISEB
4 2 (6.25%) ISTQB
4 2 (6.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) BitLocker
1 2 (6.25%) Firmware
2 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (9.38%) Control-M
1 3 (9.38%) HP Fortify
2 2 (6.25%) SCCM
3 1 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) Oracle
2 6 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.75%) SAP
3 4 (12.50%) Intapp
3 4 (12.50%) UiPath
4 3 (9.38%) IBM
5 1 (3.13%) ABBYY
5 1 (3.13%) PeopleSoft