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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 318 349
Rank change year-on-year -82 +31 +67
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 8 22 36
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.045% 0.18% 0.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.14% 0.45% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 19 29
10th Percentile £277 - £381
25th Percentile £283 £385 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £390 £400
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £388 £395 £500
90th Percentile £440 £546 £750
England median daily rate £375 £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 5,691 4,913 6,416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 31.83% 39.39% 36.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,836 3,466 4,915
10th Percentile £363 £380 £381
25th Percentile £431 £446 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £713 £700
90th Percentile £750 £832 £825
England median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -2.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 30 53
10th Percentile £34.50 £29.07 £23.80
25th Percentile £46.00 £35.00 £40.75
Median hourly rate £58.94 £43.75 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.71% -13.37% -15.83%
75th Percentile £73.00 £60.81 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £69.38 £72.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +2.17%

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 9 May 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
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 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%) AWS
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 4 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (12.50%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (12.50%) MS Access
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Automation Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) ETL Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Applications Support
4 1 (12.50%) Applications Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Automation Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior ETL Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior SQL Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Windows Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (37.50%) .NET Framework
2 3 (37.50%) CSS
2 3 (37.50%) Entity Framework
2 3 (37.50%) HTML
3 1 (12.50%) LDAP
3 1 (12.50%) LINQ
3 1 (12.50%) Regular Expression
3 1 (12.50%) REST
3 1 (12.50%) SOAP
3 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Legacy Code
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) ETL
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (25.00%) Application Packaging
3 2 (25.00%) Clean Code
3 2 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (25.00%) SDLC
3 2 (25.00%) Security Hardening
3 2 (25.00%) Unit Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Break/Fix
4 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (12.50%) OCR
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (12.50%) Robotic Process Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) C#
2 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
4 1 (12.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
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%) ABBYY
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) PeopleSoft
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
1 1 (12.50%) UiPath