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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 322 337
Rank change year-on-year -67 +15 +129
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 12 28 51
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.074% 0.21% 0.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.21% 0.54% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 23 42
10th Percentile £285 - -
25th Percentile £385 £385 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £390 £400
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £676 £395 -
90th Percentile £725 - £486
England median daily rate £500 £390 £400
% change year-on-year +28.21% -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 5,720 5,181 6,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.20% 39.04% 34.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,868 3,486 4,763
10th Percentile £363 £375 £388
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £699 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £801
England median daily rate £507 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.43% -3.45% -5.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 35 67
10th Percentile £19.09 £31.60 £26.06
25th Percentile £39.34 £37.43 £38.46
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.89% -12.17%
75th Percentile £66.50 £62.38 £62.13
90th Percentile £79.63 £93.75 £71.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 5 March 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 5 March 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 - 3 £668 -
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 1 (8.33%) Confluence
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Alphatax
1 1 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (8.33%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (8.33%) PaaS
4 1 (8.33%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle Database
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.33%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (8.33%) MS Access
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Bitbucket
1 3 (25.00%) Cucumber
1 3 (25.00%) Git
1 3 (25.00%) Postman
1 3 (25.00%) Selenium
2 1 (8.33%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 10 (83.33%) Finance
2 6 (50.00%) Banking
3 5 (41.67%) Investment Banking
4 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 3 (25.00%) Back Office
6 2 (16.67%) Front Office
7 1 (8.33%) Advertising
7 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Applications Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Applications Support
2 3 (25.00%) Applications Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Test Automation Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Test Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 2 (16.67%) C# WPF Developer
3 2 (16.67%) WPF Developer
4 1 (8.33%) VB Developer
4 1 (8.33%) VB.NET Developer
4 1 (8.33%) VB6 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (25.00%) LDAP
2 3 (25.00%) Web Services
3 2 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 2 (16.67%) AngularJS
3 2 (16.67%) HTML
3 2 (16.67%) WPF
4 1 (8.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (16.67%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (25.00%) DevOps
2 3 (25.00%) Prototyping
2 3 (25.00%) Rapid Prototyping
2 3 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Scrum
2 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 2 (16.67%) ERP
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Use Case
3 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) C#
2 9 (75.00%) SQL
3 3 (25.00%) Java
3 3 (25.00%) VB
3 3 (25.00%) VBA
4 2 (16.67%) C++
4 2 (16.67%) PL/SQL
4 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
5 1 (8.33%) T-SQL
5 1 (8.33%) VB6
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle
1 3 (25.00%) SAP
1 3 (25.00%) UiPath
2 1 (8.33%) PeopleSoft