VB.NET Contract Job Trends in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West 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 163 - 128
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.032% - 0.036%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.12% - 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.48%
75th Percentile - - £525
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £410 £390 £400
% change year-on-year +5.13% -2.50% -

All Programming Languages
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 839 501 700
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 26.78% 25.84% 25.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 371 530
10th Percentile £330 £358 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.98% -1.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £538
90th Percentile £622 £638 £610
England median daily rate £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.90% -2.33% -4.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 8 37
10th Percentile £41.94 £58.13 £40.75
25th Percentile £52.50 £65.25 £45.88
Median hourly rate £69.00 £72.50 £48.43
Median % change year-on-year -4.83% +49.70% +19.32%
75th Percentile £76.75 £86.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £89.20 £86.83 £75.90
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 West

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

VB.NET job vacancy trend in the North West

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

VB.NET
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester - 1 £410 - 2
VB.NET
England

VB.NET
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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#