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 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 448 534
Rank change year-on-year -30 +86 +132
DemandTrendContract jobs citing VB.NET 33 85 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.26% 0.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.37% 0.80% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 73 79
10th Percentile £360 £310 -
25th Percentile £385 £385 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -15.79%
75th Percentile £395 £600 £450
90th Percentile £410 £650 £600
UK median daily rate £390 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -15.79%
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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 9,021 10,633 14,359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.68% 32.02% 32.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,160 7,486 10,458
10th Percentile £345 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £798
UK median daily rate £501 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.57% -3.64% -0.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 329 397
10th Percentile £29.67 £31.25 £31.40
25th Percentile £41.25 £51.25 £47.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +11.61%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £71.28
90th Percentile £79.38 £78.75 £83.55
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £61.84
% change year-on-year -15.38% +5.11% +12.44%

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
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 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract 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 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
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% 8
Yorkshire -9 3 - - 2
North of England -21 3 - - 4
South East +12 2 £383 +0.66% 14
South West - 2 £393 - 6
East Midlands - 2 £313 - 5
Midlands - 2 £313 - 13
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 21 (63.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.09%) Azure
1 3 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.03%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (60.61%) Oracle Database
2 7 (21.21%) SQL Server
3 3 (9.09%) MySQL
4 1 (3.03%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Bitbucket
1 3 (9.09%) Cucumber
1 3 (9.09%) Git
1 3 (9.09%) Postman
1 3 (9.09%) Selenium
2 1 (3.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (78.79%) Finance
2 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Banking
3 3 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.03%) Back Office
4 1 (3.03%) Front Office
4 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 23 (69.70%) Developer
2 22 (66.67%) .NET Developer
3 21 (63.64%) C# Developer
4 20 (60.61%) C# .NET Developer
4 20 (60.61%) C# WPF Developer
4 20 (60.61%) WPF Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Engineering Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Software Engineering Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Software Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Test Automation Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Test Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) .NET Software Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) C# Software Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Data Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Python Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) VB.NET Developer
6 1 (3.03%) VB.NET Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (100.00%) .NET
2 26 (78.79%) .NET Framework
3 20 (60.61%) 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 21 (63.64%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (24.24%) Agile
3 7 (21.21%) Scrum
4 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (15.15%) DevOps
5 4 (12.12%) CI/CD
5 4 (12.12%) Software Engineering
6 3 (9.09%) Budgeting
6 3 (9.09%) Business Strategy
6 3 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 3 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
6 3 (9.09%) End-to-End Testing
6 3 (9.09%) Focus Group
6 3 (9.09%) Matrix Organization
6 3 (9.09%) People Management
6 3 (9.09%) Roadmaps
6 3 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
6 3 (9.09%) Test Scripting
6 3 (9.09%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (87.88%) C#
2 26 (78.79%) SQL
3 21 (63.64%) VB
3 21 (63.64%) VBA
4 20 (60.61%) PL/SQL
5 4 (12.12%) JavaScript
6 3 (9.09%) Java
7 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
7 1 (3.03%) Python
7 1 (3.03%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (9.09%) Degree
1 3 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 24 (72.73%) Oracle
2 3 (9.09%) UiPath
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft