VB.NET Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
England > North of England

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 - 178
Rank change year-on-year - - +27
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.017% - 0.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.061% - 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £408
25th Percentile - - £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.43%
75th Percentile - - £494
90th Percentile - - £513
England median daily rate £410 £390 £400
% change year-on-year +5.13% -2.50% -

All Programming Languages
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,643 891 1,205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 27.83% 27.84% 25.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,120 643 864
10th Percentile £350 £350 £313
25th Percentile £402 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% -11.31%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £550
90th Percentile £621 £638 £625
England median daily rate £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.90% -2.33% -4.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 15 52
10th Percentile £42.20 £31.59 £37.70
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.38 £44.72
Median hourly rate £65.00 £75.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +57.89% -
75th Percentile £74.26 £92.70 £59.06
90th Percentile £84.65 £100.62 £72.44
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -4.00%

VB.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

VB.NET job vacancy trend in the North of England

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VB.NET.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VB.NET

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VB.NET.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing VB.NET

VB.NET
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 6 April 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
North West - 1 £410 - 3
VB.NET
England

VB.NET
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#