VB.NET Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring VB.NET skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 177 205
Rank change year-on-year +17 +28 +60
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 2 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.057% 0.11% 0.072%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.22% 0.43% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile £333 - -
25th Percentile £346 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £380 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.66% -30.91% +25.71%
75th Percentile £411 £446 -
90th Percentile £418 £566 -
England median daily rate £390 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -15.79%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 904 1,162 1,361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 25.92% 25.13% 24.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 623 781 936
10th Percentile £281 £325 £325
25th Percentile £393 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £575 £613 £615
90th Percentile £625 £656 £688
England median daily rate £513 £548 £550
% change year-on-year -6.39% -0.45% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 57 73
10th Percentile £50.00 £27.00 £32.32
25th Percentile £51.56 £50.75 £50.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £56.06
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +24.87% -6.57%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £68.75
90th Percentile - £76.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £56.25 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -13.46% - +13.04%

VB.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing VB.NET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for VB.NET in the South East

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VB.NET.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VB.NET

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VB.NET.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VB.NET

VB.NET
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
Surrey - 1 £415 - 2
West Sussex - 1 £350 -
VB.NET
England

VB.NET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) C# Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) VB.NET Developer
1 1 (50.00%) VB.NET Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) WinForms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle