VB.NET Contracts in England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for VB.NET skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VB.NET over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) UK / England
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	361	378	343
Rank change year-on-year	+17	-35
Contract jobs citing VB.NET	230	254	304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	0.53%	0.51%	0.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category	1.27%	1.31%	1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted	159	180	204
Median daily rate	£370	£350	£325
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.71%	+7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£246	£219	£233
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£528	£475	£471
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£338	£325
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	+3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	10	0
Median hourly rate	£25.00	£32.50	-
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-23.07%	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£25.00	£32.50	£42.50
% change year-on-year	-23.07%	-23.52%

VB.NET is in the programming language skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for programming language skills.

Contract Programming Language Skills England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills	18068	19331	19324
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	41.80%	39.09%	38.49%
Number of daily rates quoted	24306	27144	25112
Median daily rate	£450	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£310	£288	£268
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£625	£600	£600
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£350
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	+7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	751	817	831
Median hourly rate	£41.50	£37.50	£37.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+10.66%	+1.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£20.75	£15.75	£18.27
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£53.00	£53.75	£51.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£42.50	£37.00	£37.00
% change year-on-year	+14.86%	-

VB.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing VB.NET as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in England.

VB.NET
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing VB.NET in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for VB.NET in England

VB.NET
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing VB.NET in England over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for VB.NET in England

VB.NET
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB.NET in England.

Contractor 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 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	+11	84	£375	-3.22%	29
South East	+36	50	£400	+6.66%	44
Midlands	+14	40	£350	+3.70%	30
North of England	+50	31	£300	-2.43%	32
East Midlands	-12	23	£350	-9.67%	9
West Midlands	+24	17	£388	+16.10%	20
North West	+20	14	£335	+21.81%	20
East of England	+3	14	£325	-17.46%	4
South West	-23	11	£313	-0.79%	6
Yorkshire	+16	10	£125	-63.23%	11
North East	+70	7	£338	+9.75%	1
VB.NET UK

VB.NET
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing VB.NET also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region with a requirement for VB.NET.

1	463 (99.36%)	.NET
2	349 (74.89%)	C#
3	286 (61.37%)	SQL
4	255 (54.72%)	SQL Server
5	192 (41.20%)	ASP.NET
6	145 (31.12%)	Microsoft
7	136 (29.18%)	MVC
8	131 (28.11%)	HTML
9	128 (27.47%)	Agile Software Development
10	124 (26.61%)	CSS
11	120 (25.75%)	JavaScript
12	109 (23.39%)	T-SQL
13	100 (21.46%)	Windows
13	100 (21.46%)	Finance
14	89 (19.10%)	Web Services

15	83 (17.81%)	VB
16	81 (17.38%)	jQuery
17	72 (15.45%)	WinForms
18	71 (15.24%)	Oracle
19	69 (14.81%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
20	63 (13.52%)	.NET Framework
21	62 (13.30%)	Unit Testing
22	58 (12.45%)	VB6
23	52 (11.16%)	Team Foundation Server
23	52 (11.16%)	ASP.NET MVC
24	50 (10.73%)	XML
25	49 (10.52%)	Java
25	49 (10.52%)	SQL Server 2008
26	48 (10.30%)	Ajax
27	46 (9.87%)	SQL Server Integration Services

VB.NET
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	29 (6.22%)	SharePoint
2	21 (4.51%)	IIS
3	9 (1.93%)	CMS
4	8 (1.72%)	BizTalk Server
4	8 (1.72%)	SharePoint 2013
5	6 (1.29%)	MS Exchange
6	4 (0.86%)	Apache
7	3 (0.64%)	JBoss
7	3 (0.64%)	Sitecore CMS
7	3 (0.64%)	StreamWeaver
7	3 (0.64%)	ThingWorx
7	3 (0.64%)	Tomcat
8	2 (0.43%)	K2 blackpearl
8	2 (0.43%)	Oracle SOA Suite
8	2 (0.43%)	Umbraco
9	1 (0.21%)	Apache Solr
9	1 (0.21%)	EPiServer
9	1 (0.21%)	Kentico
9	1 (0.21%)	Skype for Business
9	1 (0.21%)	WebLogic Portal

Applications
1	40 (8.58%)	Microsoft Excel
2	10 (2.15%)	Microsoft Office
3	3 (0.64%)	MS Visio
3	3 (0.64%)	Spreadsheet
4	1 (0.21%)	Fireworks
4	1 (0.21%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Business Applications
1	12 (2.58%)	Dynamics CRM
2	7 (1.50%)	Dynamics AX
3	4 (0.86%)	Endur
4	3 (0.64%)	Sage 50
5	2 (0.43%)	Remedy ITSM
5	2 (0.43%)	SAP FI
6	1 (0.21%)	Sage 200
6	1 (0.21%)	SAP CO
6	1 (0.21%)	SAP FI/CO

Cloud Services
1	29 (6.22%)	Microsoft Azure
2	18 (3.86%)	Amazon AWS
3	9 (1.93%)	Office 365
4	7 (1.50%)	AWS Lambda
4	7 (1.50%)	SaaS
5	3 (0.64%)	Dynamics 365
5	3 (0.64%)	IaaS
5	3 (0.64%)	Oracle Service Cloud
5	3 (0.64%)	PaaS
6	2 (0.43%)	Azure Machine Learning
6	2 (0.43%)	Oracle CX
7	1 (0.21%)	Cloud Computing
7	1 (0.21%)	GitHub
7	1 (0.21%)	Yammer

Communications & Networking
1	7 (1.50%)	HTTP
2	6 (1.29%)	DNS
3	5 (1.07%)	DHCP
3	5 (1.07%)	FTP
3	5 (1.07%)	Kerberos
3	5 (1.07%)	LDAP
3	5 (1.07%)	NetScaler
4	4 (0.86%)	Wireless
5	3 (0.64%)	802.11
5	3 (0.64%)	ADSL
5	3 (0.64%)	Bluetooth
5	3 (0.64%)	Internet
5	3 (0.64%)	IPv4
5	3 (0.64%)	IPv6
5	3 (0.64%)	SAN
5	3 (0.64%)	SSL
5	3 (0.64%)	TCP/IP
5	3 (0.64%)	UPnP
5	3 (0.64%)	VDSL
5	3 (0.64%)	Wireshark

Database & Business Intelligence
1	255 (54.72%)	SQL Server
2	69 (14.81%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
3	49 (10.52%)	SQL Server 2008
4	46 (9.87%)	SQL Server Integration Services
5	35 (7.51%)	SQL Server 2005
6	34 (7.30%)	SQL Server 2012
7	20 (4.29%)	Big Data
8	19 (4.08%)	Relational Database
9	18 (3.86%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
10	14 (3.00%)	MS Access
10	14 (3.00%)	Oracle Database
11	13 (2.79%)	SQL Server 2000
11	13 (2.79%)	SQL Server 2014
12	12 (2.58%)	Data Warehouse
12	12 (2.58%)	MongoDB
12	12 (2.58%)	SQL Server 2016
13	11 (2.36%)	Hadoop
14	10 (2.15%)	Amazon Redshift
14	10 (2.15%)	NoSQL
15	8 (1.72%)	Microsoft Analysis Services

Development Applications
1	52 (11.16%)	Team Foundation Server
2	43 (9.23%)	Visual Studio
3	24 (5.15%)	MSBuild
4	23 (4.94%)	NUnit
5	16 (3.43%)	Moq
5	16 (3.43%)	ReSharper
6	15 (3.22%)	Git (software)
7	14 (3.00%)	JIRA
8	12 (2.58%)	Selenium
9	11 (2.36%)	Ant
9	11 (2.36%)	Gradle
10	9 (1.93%)	Jenkins
11	8 (1.72%)	Eclipse
11	8 (1.72%)	Hudson
12	7 (1.50%)	JUnit
13	6 (1.29%)	SpecFlow
14	5 (1.07%)	Subversion
15	3 (0.64%)	Atlassian Bamboo
15	3 (0.64%)	Maven
15	3 (0.64%)	SilkTest

General
1	100 (21.46%)	Finance
2	29 (6.22%)	Banking
3	21 (4.51%)	Manufacturing
4	15 (3.22%)	Marketing
5	13 (2.79%)	Retail
6	12 (2.58%)	Advertising
7	11 (2.36%)	Back Office
7	11 (2.36%)	Investment Banking
8	10 (2.15%)	Automotive
8	10 (2.15%)	Front Office
9	2 (0.43%)	Billing
9	2 (0.43%)	Financial Institution
9	2 (0.43%)	Publishing
9	2 (0.43%)	Telecoms
10	1 (0.21%)	Games
10	1 (0.21%)	Law
10	1 (0.21%)	Legal
10	1 (0.21%)	Pharmaceutical
10	1 (0.21%)	Retail Banking

Job Titles
1	364 (78.11%)	Developer
2	226 (48.50%)	.NET Developer
3	136 (29.18%)	C# Developer
4	117 (25.11%)	C# .NET Developer
5	91 (19.53%)	VB.NET Developer
6	83 (17.81%)	SQL Developer
7	54 (11.59%)	C# VB.NET Developer
8	49 (10.52%)	ASP.NET Developer
9	37 (7.94%)	C# ASP.NET Developer
10	34 (7.30%)	WinForms Developer
11	32 (6.87%)	ASP.NET MVC Developer
12	29 (6.22%)	Software Developer
13	26 (5.58%)	Analyst
14	24 (5.15%)	SQL Server Developer
15	23 (4.94%)	VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
16	22 (4.72%)	Oracle Developer
16	22 (4.72%)	WPF Developer
17	21 (4.51%)	VB Developer
18	18 (3.86%)	C# Software Developer
18	18 (3.86%)	VB6 Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	463 (99.36%)	.NET
2	192 (41.20%)	ASP.NET
3	131 (28.11%)	HTML
4	124 (26.61%)	CSS
5	89 (19.10%)	Web Services
6	81 (17.38%)	jQuery
7	72 (15.45%)	WinForms
8	63 (13.52%)	.NET Framework
9	52 (11.16%)	ASP.NET MVC
10	50 (10.73%)	XML
11	48 (10.30%)	Ajax
12	42 (9.01%)	WPF
13	41 (8.80%)	ASP.NET Web API
14	35 (7.51%)	WCF
15	34 (7.30%)	AngularJS
16	30 (6.44%)	HTML5
17	26 (5.58%)	ADO.NET
18	24 (5.15%)	LINQ
19	21 (4.51%)	JSON
20	17 (3.65%)	ASP.NET Web Forms

Miscellaneous
1	41 (8.80%)	Analytical Skills
2	29 (6.22%)	Client/Server
3	17 (3.65%)	Enterprise Software
4	12 (2.58%)	Greenfield Project
5	11 (2.36%)	Computer Science
6	10 (2.15%)	Derivative
7	8 (1.72%)	Clustering
7	8 (1.72%)	Management Information System
8	7 (1.50%)	STB
9	6 (1.29%)	Fintech
9	6 (1.29%)	PKI
9	6 (1.29%)	SCADA
10	5 (1.07%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
10	5 (1.07%)	Mobile App
10	5 (1.07%)	N-Tier
10	5 (1.07%)	User Experience
10	5 (1.07%)	Virtual Team
11	4 (0.86%)	Equities
11	4 (0.86%)	New Media
12	3 (0.64%)	Life Science

Operating Systems
1	100 (21.46%)	Windows
2	23 (4.94%)	Linux
3	18 (3.86%)	Windows Server
4	11 (2.36%)	Unix
4	11 (2.36%)	Windows Server 2012
5	9 (1.93%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5	9 (1.93%)	Windows Server 2008
6	7 (1.50%)	Windows 10
6	7 (1.50%)	Windows Server 2003
6	7 (1.50%)	Windows XP
7	2 (0.43%)	Android
7	2 (0.43%)	Solaris
7	2 (0.43%)	Windows 7
8	1 (0.21%)	HPUX

Processes & Methodologies
1	136 (29.18%)	MVC
2	128 (27.47%)	Agile Software Development
3	62 (13.30%)	Unit Testing
4	44 (9.44%)	TDD
5	42 (9.01%)	Continuous Integration
6	40 (8.58%)	Scrum
6	40 (8.58%)	SDLC
7	36 (7.73%)	Web Development
8	29 (6.22%)	OO
9	28 (6.01%)	Test Automation
10	26 (5.58%)	Business Intelligence
11	21 (4.51%)	E-Commerce
11	21 (4.51%)	ETL
12	20 (4.29%)	Release Management
13	18 (3.86%)	Prototyping
14	17 (3.65%)	Analytics
15	16 (3.43%)	CRM
15	16 (3.43%)	Migration
15	16 (3.43%)	MVVM
16	15 (3.22%)	BDD

Programming Languages
1	349 (74.89%)	C#
2	286 (61.37%)	SQL
3	120 (25.75%)	JavaScript
4	109 (23.39%)	T-SQL
5	83 (17.81%)	VB
6	58 (12.45%)	VB6
7	49 (10.52%)	Java
8	37 (7.94%)	VBA
9	32 (6.87%)	PowerShell
10	20 (4.29%)	Python
11	15 (3.22%)	VBScript
12	13 (2.79%)	PL/SQL
12	13 (2.79%)	TypeScript
13	12 (2.58%)	Perl
14	10 (2.15%)	PHP
15	9 (1.93%)	C++
16	7 (1.50%)	C
17	6 (1.29%)	Bash Shell
17	6 (1.29%)	X++
18	5 (1.07%)	Ruby

Qualifications
1	24 (5.15%)	Degree
2	20 (4.29%)	Security Cleared
3	10 (2.15%)	SC Cleared
4	6 (1.29%)	DV Cleared
5	5 (1.07%)	ISEB
5	5 (1.07%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
6	3 (0.64%)	Computer Science Degree
6	3 (0.64%)	CTC Cleared
6	3 (0.64%)	Microsoft Certification
7	2 (0.43%)	HNC
7	2 (0.43%)	ITIL Certification
7	2 (0.43%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
8	1 (0.21%)	MCP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	23 (4.94%)	QA
2	2 (0.43%)	GxP
2	2 (0.43%)	IFRS
2	2 (0.43%)	IFRS 9
2	2 (0.43%)	Solvency II
3	1 (0.21%)	Disclosure Scotland
3	1 (0.21%)	MiFID
3	1 (0.21%)	SLA

System Software
1	10 (2.15%)	Active Directory
2	5 (1.07%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	5 (1.07%)	vSphere
3	4 (0.86%)	Hyper-V
3	4 (0.86%)	XenApp
4	3 (0.64%)	Firmware
4	3 (0.64%)	XenDesktop
5	2 (0.43%)	Docker
5	2 (0.43%)	Virtual Machines
6	1 (0.21%)	Samba
6	1 (0.21%)	XenServer

Systems Management
1	7 (1.50%)	Puppet
2	5 (1.07%)	Forefront Identity Manager
2	5 (1.07%)	HP Quality Center
2	5 (1.07%)	Norton AntiVirus
2	5 (1.07%)	Opscode Chef
3	3 (0.64%)	SCCM
4	2 (0.43%)	WSUS
5	1 (0.21%)	Ansible
5	1 (0.21%)	Kubernetes
5	1 (0.21%)	Mesos
5	1 (0.21%)	MIIS
5	1 (0.21%)	Nagios
5	1 (0.21%)	Oracle RMAN

Vendors
1	145 (31.12%)	Microsoft
2	71 (15.24%)	Oracle
3	11 (2.36%)	SAP
4	10 (2.15%)	Blue Prism
4	10 (2.15%)	Citrix
5	9 (1.93%)	IBM
5	9 (1.93%)	Red Hat
5	9 (1.93%)	Sitecore
6	8 (1.72%)	ServiceNow
7	7 (1.50%)	AppDynamics
7	7 (1.50%)	HP
7	7 (1.50%)	Xamarin
8	6 (1.29%)	Cisco
8	6 (1.29%)	VMware
9	5 (1.07%)	McAfee
9	5 (1.07%)	Symantec
10	4 (0.86%)	OpenLink
10	4 (0.86%)	Pega
11	3 (0.64%)	Atlassian
11	3 (0.64%)	DevExpress