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 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 448 468
Rank change year-on-year -138 +20 +84
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 8 27 67
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.020% 0.11% 0.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.073% 0.33% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 24 55
10th Percentile £285 - £368
25th Percentile £353 £385 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £390 £400
Median % change year-on-year -0.64% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £433 £395 £494
90th Percentile £553 £536 £623
UK median daily rate £405 £390 £400
% change year-on-year +3.85% -2.50% -

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 10,964 8,245 10,860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 27.96% 33.84% 29.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,316 5,676 7,883
10th Percentile £353 £361 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -4.78%
75th Percentile £607 £650 £656
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 515 211 433
10th Percentile £41.94 £25.26 £35.10
25th Percentile £55.00 £39.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +1.46% -1.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.00%

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 12 April 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 12 April 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 -83 7 £375 -3.85% 3
North of England - 1 £410 - 8
North West - 1 £410 - 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Alphatax
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) PaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (12.50%) MS Access
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Bitbucket
1 1 (12.50%) Cucumber
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) Postman
1 1 (12.50%) Selenium
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Back Office
4 1 (12.50%) Front Office
4 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Applications Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Applications Support
1 3 (37.50%) Applications Support Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Automation Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Automation Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Windows Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) LDAP
2 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Legacy Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Application Packaging
1 2 (25.00%) Change Management
1 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (25.00%) ITIL
1 2 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (25.00%) Security Hardening
1 2 (25.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Break/Fix
2 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Prototyping
2 1 (12.50%) QA Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
2 1 (12.50%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C#
2 4 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
4 1 (12.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) BitLocker
1 2 (25.00%) Firmware
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) PeopleSoft
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
1 1 (12.50%) UiPath