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 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 431 504
Rank change year-on-year -52 +73 +163
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 36 86 81
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.28% 0.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.38% 0.85% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 71 68
10th Percentile £313 £310 £385
25th Percentile £385 £383 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £390 £400
Median % change year-on-year - -2.50% -13.04%
75th Percentile £401 £520 £491
90th Percentile £680 £624 £606
UK median daily rate £390 £390 £400
% change year-on-year - -2.50% -11.11%
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 9,450 10,126 12,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.52% 32.40% 31.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,285 6,647 9,226
10th Percentile £340 £355 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £539 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.83% -2.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £507 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.48% -4.55% -3.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 263 413
10th Percentile £30.86 £30.00 £32.32
25th Percentile £43.44 £46.22 £47.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.38 £75.00 £82.00
UK median hourly rate £59.50 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -4.80% - +4.17%

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 30 October 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 30 October 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 -32 27 £390 - 7
North of England -43 3 - - 4
Yorkshire - 3 - - 2
South West +5 2 £393 -23.04% 4
Midlands -18 2 £313 -37.40% 12
East Midlands - 2 £313 - 7
South East +6 1 £350 -7.89% 3
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 3 (8.33%) IIS
2 1 (2.78%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (2.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (47.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (19.44%) Azure
2 5 (13.89%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.78%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (44.44%) Oracle Database
2 7 (19.44%) SQL Server
3 3 (8.33%) MySQL
4 1 (2.78%) MS Access
4 1 (2.78%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Bitbucket
1 5 (13.89%) Cucumber
1 5 (13.89%) Git
1 5 (13.89%) Postman
1 5 (13.89%) Selenium
2 1 (2.78%) JIRA
2 1 (2.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 28 (77.78%) Finance
2 8 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 7 (19.44%) Banking
3 7 (19.44%) Investment Banking
4 3 (8.33%) Back Office
4 3 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Front Office
6 1 (2.78%) Advertising
6 1 (2.78%) Legal
6 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (63.89%) Developer
2 18 (50.00%) .NET Developer
3 17 (47.22%) C# Developer
4 16 (44.44%) C# .NET Developer
4 16 (44.44%) C# WPF Developer
4 16 (44.44%) WPF Developer
5 5 (13.89%) Test Automation Engineer
5 5 (13.89%) Test Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Applications Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Engineering Manager
6 3 (8.33%) Software Engineering Manager
6 3 (8.33%) Software Manager
7 2 (5.56%) Applications Support
7 2 (5.56%) Applications Support Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Support Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) C# Software Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Software Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) VB Developer
8 1 (2.78%) VB.NET Developer
8 1 (2.78%) VB.NET Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (100.00%) .NET
2 23 (63.89%) .NET Framework
3 16 (44.44%) WPF
4 6 (16.67%) ASP.NET
5 4 (11.11%) HTML
6 3 (8.33%) MSMQ
7 2 (5.56%) AngularJS
7 2 (5.56%) CSS
7 2 (5.56%) LDAP
7 2 (5.56%) Web Services
8 1 (2.78%) .NET Core
8 1 (2.78%) ASP.NET Core
8 1 (2.78%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (2.78%) Middleware
8 1 (2.78%) ODBC
8 1 (2.78%) React
8 1 (2.78%) SOAP
8 1 (2.78%) XML
8 1 (2.78%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Legacy Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (8.33%) N-Tier
2 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 17 (47.22%) Windows
2 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (27.78%) Agile
3 9 (25.00%) Scrum
4 6 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 6 (16.67%) DevOps
5 5 (13.89%) Change Management
5 5 (13.89%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (13.89%) Test Automation
5 5 (13.89%) Test Scripting
6 4 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 4 (11.11%) End-to-End Testing
6 4 (11.11%) Software Engineering
6 4 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (11.11%) Validation
7 3 (8.33%) Budgeting
7 3 (8.33%) Business Strategy
7 3 (8.33%) Code Quality
7 3 (8.33%) Focus Group
7 3 (8.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 31 (86.11%) C#
2 26 (72.22%) SQL
3 18 (50.00%) VB
4 17 (47.22%) VBA
5 16 (44.44%) PL/SQL
6 5 (13.89%) Java
7 4 (11.11%) JavaScript
8 2 (5.56%) C++
8 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
8 2 (5.56%) VB6
9 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (11.11%) Degree
2 3 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 20 (55.56%) Oracle
2 6 (16.67%) UiPath
3 3 (8.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.56%) SAP