VB.NET Contracts in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring VB.NET skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VB.NET over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 459 475 540
Rank change year-on-year +16 +65 +90
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 33 70 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.37% 0.61% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 58 94
10th Percentile £384 £310 -
25th Percentile £385 £385 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -19.19%
75th Percentile £395 £525 £418
90th Percentile £474 £662 £538
UK median daily rate £390 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £17.99 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year - -51.38% -
UK median hourly rate - £17.99 £37.00
% change year-on-year - -51.38% -

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 8,914 11,503 16,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.61% 30.86% 34.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,151 8,225 11,921
10th Percentile £350 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.15% -1.36% -0.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 483 412
10th Percentile £28.18 £35.53 £30.08
25th Percentile £36.19 £50.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £56.38 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% +4.00% +18.42%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £80.00 £76.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -12.00% - +19.05%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VB.NET in England.

Daily rate trend for VB.NET in England

VB.NET
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VB.NET in England over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VB.NET in England

VB.NET
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VB.NET in England.

Hourly rate trend for VB.NET in England

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 5 July 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 +18 24 £390 -2.50% 42
North of England +2 3 - - 32
Yorkshire +1 3 - - 20
Midlands +10 2 £313 -7.26% 27
East Midlands - 2 £313 - 10
South West - 2 £393 - 6
South East +29 1 £415 -14.87% 12
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 (9.09%) IIS
Applications
1 20 (60.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.09%) Azure
2 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (57.58%) Oracle Database
2 7 (21.21%) SQL Server
3 3 (9.09%) MySQL
4 2 (6.06%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Bitbucket
1 2 (6.06%) Cucumber
1 2 (6.06%) Git
1 2 (6.06%) Postman
1 2 (6.06%) Selenium
2 1 (3.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (75.76%) Finance
2 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Banking
4 2 (6.06%) Front Office
4 2 (6.06%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Back Office
5 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 25 (75.76%) Developer
2 21 (63.64%) .NET Developer
3 20 (60.61%) C# Developer
4 19 (57.58%) C# .NET Developer
4 19 (57.58%) C# WPF Developer
4 19 (57.58%) WPF Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Engineering Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Software Engineering Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Software Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Test Automation Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Test Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Applications Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Automation Developer
7 1 (3.03%) Data Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Python Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
7 1 (3.03%) Senior
7 1 (3.03%) Senior Developer
7 1 (3.03%) VB.NET Developer
7 1 (3.03%) VBA Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (100.00%) .NET
2 24 (72.73%) .NET Framework
3 19 (57.58%) WPF
4 6 (18.18%) ASP.NET
5 3 (9.09%) MSMQ
6 2 (6.06%) CSS
6 2 (6.06%) HTML
7 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (3.03%) JSON
7 1 (3.03%) LDAP
7 1 (3.03%) ODBC
7 1 (3.03%) React
7 1 (3.03%) REST
7 1 (3.03%) WinForms
7 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) N-Tier
2 1 (3.03%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 20 (60.61%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (18.18%) Agile
2 6 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (18.18%) Scrum
3 4 (12.12%) DevOps
3 4 (12.12%) Migration
3 4 (12.12%) Project Management
4 3 (9.09%) Budgeting
4 3 (9.09%) Business Strategy
4 3 (9.09%) Change Management
4 3 (9.09%) CI/CD
4 3 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
4 3 (9.09%) Focus Group
4 3 (9.09%) Matrix Organization
4 3 (9.09%) People Management
4 3 (9.09%) PRINCE2
4 3 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 3 (9.09%) Software Engineering
4 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (81.82%) C#
2 26 (78.79%) SQL
3 22 (66.67%) VBA
4 20 (60.61%) VB
5 19 (57.58%) PL/SQL
6 3 (9.09%) JavaScript
7 2 (6.06%) Java
7 2 (6.06%) Python
8 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
8 1 (3.03%) R
8 1 (3.03%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) PMP
2 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.06%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) QA
Vendors
1 23 (69.70%) Oracle
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) UiPath
3 1 (3.03%) Blue Prism