VB.NET Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring VB.NET skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VB.NET over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 370 398
Rank change year-on-year +17 +28 +59
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 9 19 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.061% 0.093% 0.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.22% 0.40% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 26
10th Percentile - £178 £406
25th Percentile £313 £352 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £380 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -15.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £423 £459 £525
90th Percentile £459 £521 £569
UK median daily rate £390 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £17.99 -
UK median hourly rate - £17.99 £37.00
% change year-on-year - -51.38% -

All Programming Languages
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,124 4,775 6,230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.73% 23.45% 27.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,712 3,199 4,305
10th Percentile £313 £324 £337
25th Percentile £394 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £585 £592
90th Percentile £625 £650 £676
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 400 332
10th Percentile £29.30 £35.63 £26.51
25th Percentile £49.49 £52.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +4.00% +15.74%
75th Percentile £68.63 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.22 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £57.13 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -8.60% - +18.92%

VB.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VB.NET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VB.NET in the UK excluding London

VB.NET
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VB.NET in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for VB.NET in the UK excluding London

VB.NET
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VB.NET in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VB.NET in the UK excluding London

VB.NET
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VB.NET in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for VB.NET in the UK excluding London

VB.NET
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 July 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
North of England +4 3 - - 13
Yorkshire -6 3 - - 7
Midlands 0 2 £313 -7.26% 16
East Midlands - 2 £313 - 5
South West - 2 £393 - 7
South East +28 1 £415 -2.92% 12
Wales +6 1 £455 +21.33%
VB.NET
UK

VB.NET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
2 3 (33.33%) MySQL
3 1 (11.11%) InterSystems Cache
3 1 (11.11%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Engineering Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Software Manager
3 2 (22.22%) .NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Python Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) VB.NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 6 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 5 (55.56%) .NET Framework
4 3 (33.33%) MSMQ
5 2 (22.22%) CSS
5 2 (22.22%) HTML
6 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (11.11%) ODBC
6 1 (11.11%) React
6 1 (11.11%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) N-Tier
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (44.44%) Agile
3 4 (44.44%) Scrum
4 3 (33.33%) Budgeting
4 3 (33.33%) Business Strategy
4 3 (33.33%) Change Management
4 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
4 3 (33.33%) Focus Group
4 3 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
4 3 (33.33%) People Management
4 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 3 (33.33%) Project Management
4 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
4 3 (33.33%) Time Management
5 2 (22.22%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 4 (44.44%) C#
3 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (22.22%) Python
5 1 (11.11%) VB
5 1 (11.11%) VB6
5 1 (11.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) PMP
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) InterSystems
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft