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 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 422 481
Rank change year-on-year -96 +59 +174
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 33 85 83
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.27% 0.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.34% 0.85% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 70 70
10th Percentile £313 £310 £385
25th Percentile £385 £381 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £390 £400
Median % change year-on-year - -2.50% -9.86%
75th Percentile £534 £530 £475
90th Percentile £687 £626 £550
UK median daily rate £390 £390 £400
% change year-on-year - -2.50% -7.78%
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 9,773 10,047 12,374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.36% 32.38% 31.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,509 6,554 8,986
10th Percentile £350 £354 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £785
UK median daily rate £507 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.43% -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 244 417
10th Percentile £31.25 £27.00 £32.31
25th Percentile £46.25 £44.87 £47.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £64.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.10% +3.20% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £75.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.00 £60.36
% change year-on-year +0.81% +2.73% +0.59%

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 13 November 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 13 November 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 -46 26 £390 - 5
North of England -36 3 - - 2
Yorkshire - 3 - -
Midlands -33 2 £313 -37.40% 12
East Midlands - 2 £313 - 5
South East -4 1 £350 -7.89% 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 3 (9.09%) IIS
2 1 (3.03%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (42.42%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (24.24%) Azure
2 6 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.06%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.03%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (42.42%) Oracle Database
2 6 (18.18%) SQL Server
3 2 (6.06%) MySQL
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Bitbucket
1 6 (18.18%) Cucumber
1 6 (18.18%) Git
1 6 (18.18%) Postman
1 6 (18.18%) Selenium
2 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 27 (81.82%) Finance
2 8 (24.24%) Banking
2 8 (24.24%) Investment Banking
2 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Back Office
4 3 (9.09%) Front Office
4 3 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Advertising
6 1 (3.03%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (60.61%) Developer
2 16 (48.48%) .NET Developer
3 14 (42.42%) C# .NET Developer
3 14 (42.42%) C# Developer
3 14 (42.42%) C# WPF Developer
3 14 (42.42%) WPF Developer
4 6 (18.18%) Test Automation Engineer
4 6 (18.18%) Test Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Engineering Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Software Engineering Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Software Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Applications Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Applications Support
6 2 (6.06%) Applications Support Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Support Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) .NET Software Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) C# Software Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) VB Developer
7 1 (3.03%) VB.NET Developer
7 1 (3.03%) VB6 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (100.00%) .NET
2 21 (63.64%) .NET Framework
3 14 (42.42%) WPF
4 5 (15.15%) ASP.NET
5 4 (12.12%) HTML
6 3 (9.09%) MSMQ
7 2 (6.06%) AngularJS
7 2 (6.06%) CSS
7 2 (6.06%) LDAP
7 2 (6.06%) Web Services
8 1 (3.03%) .NET Core
8 1 (3.03%) Middleware
8 1 (3.03%) SOAP
8 1 (3.03%) XML
8 1 (3.03%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (9.09%) N-Tier
2 2 (6.06%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 14 (42.42%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (30.30%) Agile
3 9 (27.27%) Scrum
4 6 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 6 (18.18%) DevOps
4 6 (18.18%) Test Automation
4 6 (18.18%) Test Scripting
5 5 (15.15%) Change Management
5 5 (15.15%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (15.15%) Computer Science
5 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (15.15%) End-to-End Testing
5 5 (15.15%) Validation
6 4 (12.12%) Business Analysis
6 4 (12.12%) Rapid Prototyping
6 4 (12.12%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (12.12%) Software Engineering
6 4 (12.12%) Software Testing
6 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (12.12%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 29 (87.88%) C#
2 23 (69.70%) SQL
3 15 (45.45%) VB
4 14 (42.42%) PL/SQL
4 14 (42.42%) VBA
5 6 (18.18%) Java
6 3 (9.09%) JavaScript
7 2 (6.06%) C++
7 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
8 1 (3.03%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (15.15%) Degree
2 3 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 17 (51.52%) Oracle
2 7 (21.21%) UiPath
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.06%) SAP