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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 407 325 370
Rank change year-on-year -82 +45 +58
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 9 23 29
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.049% 0.19% 0.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.16% 0.48% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 20 22
10th Percentile £278 - £385
25th Percentile £285 £385 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £390 £400
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £425 £395 £484
90th Percentile £545 £471 £750
England median daily rate £375 £390 £413
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +3.13%

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 5,783 4,750 6,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 31.51% 39.31% 37.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,873 3,335 4,957
10th Percentile £375 £380 £375
25th Percentile £438 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £713 £700
90th Percentile £763 £825 £838
England median daily rate £513 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.11% -2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 34 50
10th Percentile £33.21 £27.88 £23.80
25th Percentile £40.25 £31.75 £40.77
Median hourly rate £58.94 £37.25 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.21% -26.24% -15.83%
75th Percentile £73.00 £52.75 £64.02
90th Percentile £88.75 £62.88 £72.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.84% -0.80% -

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 28 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 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Alphatax
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (11.11%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) PaaS
2 1 (11.11%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (11.11%) MS Access
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Automation Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) ETL Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Applications Support
4 1 (11.11%) Applications Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Automation Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior ETL Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior SQL Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Windows Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 3 (33.33%) CSS
2 3 (33.33%) Entity Framework
2 3 (33.33%) HTML
3 2 (22.22%) REST
3 2 (22.22%) SOAP
3 2 (22.22%) Web Services
4 1 (11.11%) LDAP
4 1 (11.11%) LINQ
4 1 (11.11%) Regular Expression
4 1 (11.11%) XML
4 1 (11.11%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Legacy Code
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) ETL
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (22.22%) Application Packaging
3 2 (22.22%) Clean Code
3 2 (22.22%) Code Quality
3 2 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (22.22%) SDLC
3 2 (22.22%) Security Hardening
3 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Workflow
4 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
4 1 (11.11%) Data Management
4 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) C#
2 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
3 2 (22.22%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) T-SQL
4 1 (11.11%) VBA
4 1 (11.11%) XPath
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) BitLocker
1 2 (22.22%) Firmware
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) ABBYY
1 1 (11.11%) Intapp
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) PeopleSoft
1 1 (11.11%) SAP
1 1 (11.11%) UiPath