VB.NET Contract Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring VB.NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 350 320
Rank change year-on-year -71 -30 +83
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 21 23 66
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.10% 0.17% 0.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.33% 0.44% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 21 62
10th Percentile £284 - £310
25th Percentile £341 £385 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £390 £413
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% -5.45% +3.13%
75th Percentile £619 £395 £601
90th Percentile £766 - £650
England median daily rate £405 £390 £400
% change year-on-year +3.85% -2.50% -

All Programming Languages
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,323 5,188 6,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 31.32% 38.38% 39.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,231 3,624 4,812
10th Percentile £381 £370 £375
25th Percentile £450 £426 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £660 £700 £713
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 56 42
10th Percentile £33.48 £26.86 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.25 £31.71
Median hourly rate £53.75 £44.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.16% -7.37% -22.90%
75th Percentile £73.00 £62.69 £57.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £86.25 £74.69
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +4.00%

VB.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VB.NET relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

VB.NET job vacancy trend in London

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VB.NET.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VB.NET

VB.NET
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VB.NET in London over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VB.NET in London

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VB.NET.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VB.NET

VB.NET
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
Central London -14 2 £600 - 1
VB.NET
England

VB.NET
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 6 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 5 (23.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (4.76%) IIS
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Elite 3E
2 1 (4.76%) Alphatax
2 1 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (4.76%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) Azure
2 4 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.76%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.76%) PaaS
3 1 (4.76%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 5 (23.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (23.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (14.29%) Oracle Database
3 3 (14.29%) Tableau
4 2 (9.52%) MS Access
5 1 (4.76%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (23.81%) eggPlant
2 3 (14.29%) JMeter
2 3 (14.29%) LoadRunner
2 3 (14.29%) Postman
2 3 (14.29%) SoapUI
2 3 (14.29%) SonarQube
3 2 (9.52%) HP UFT
3 2 (9.52%) Rational Functional Tester
3 2 (9.52%) Selenium
3 2 (9.52%) SilkTest
3 2 (9.52%) SOAtest
4 1 (4.76%) Git
4 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
4 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (4.76%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (4.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Finance
3 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Banking
5 2 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Developer
2 5 (23.81%) Senior
3 4 (19.05%) Automation Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Lead
4 3 (14.29%) SQL Developer
5 2 (9.52%) ETL Developer
5 2 (9.52%) IT Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Programme Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Programme Test Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Test Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Test Programme Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Windows Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Automation Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Senior ETL Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Senior SQL Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Windows Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (100.00%) .NET
2 12 (57.14%) XML
3 10 (47.62%) SOAP
3 10 (47.62%) Web Services
4 9 (42.86%) HTML
5 5 (23.81%) REST
5 5 (23.81%) XBRL
5 5 (23.81%) XSLT
6 3 (14.29%) .NET Framework
6 3 (14.29%) CSS
6 3 (14.29%) Entity Framework
6 3 (14.29%) Kafka
6 3 (14.29%) Middleware
7 1 (4.76%) Apache FOP
7 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET
7 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (4.76%) JSON
7 1 (4.76%) LDAP
7 1 (4.76%) WCF
7 1 (4.76%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Legacy Code
2 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.76%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Linux
1 5 (23.81%) Unix
2 3 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Test Automation
2 8 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (33.33%) Workflow
4 5 (23.81%) DevOps
4 5 (23.81%) Mentoring
4 5 (23.81%) SOA
4 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (23.81%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (23.81%) Test Strategy
5 4 (19.05%) Agile
5 4 (19.05%) AI
5 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
5 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (19.05%) End-to-End Testing
5 4 (19.05%) Workflow Development
6 3 (14.29%) Data Management
6 3 (14.29%) ETL
6 3 (14.29%) Refactoring
6 3 (14.29%) Security Testing
6 3 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (85.71%) SQL
2 7 (33.33%) C#
3 6 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 6 (28.57%) T-SQL
4 5 (23.81%) Java
4 5 (23.81%) Python
4 5 (23.81%) XPath
5 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
5 2 (9.52%) VBA
6 1 (4.76%) Korn
6 1 (4.76%) PL/SQL
6 1 (4.76%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.52%) ISEB
3 2 (9.52%) ISTQB
3 2 (9.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) BitLocker
1 2 (9.52%) Firmware
2 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Control-M
1 3 (14.29%) HP Fortify
2 2 (9.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Oracle
1 6 (28.57%) SAP
2 4 (19.05%) Intapp
2 4 (19.05%) UiPath
3 3 (14.29%) IBM
3 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.76%) ABBYY
4 1 (4.76%) PeopleSoft