VB.NET Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring VB.NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 617 515 481
Rank change year-on-year -102 -34 +75
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 43 36 82
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.080% 0.11% 0.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.31% 0.33% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 29 72
10th Percentile £280 £372 £310
25th Percentile £358 £385 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £390 £400
Median % change year-on-year +21.79% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £530 £395 £591
90th Percentile £650 £491 £649
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £371 £380
% change year-on-year +10.44% -2.30% -15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.38
25th Percentile - - £16.99
Median hourly rate - - £17.99
75th Percentile - - £19.00
90th Percentile - - £19.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £17.99

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 14,083 10,864 12,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.32% 32.82% 31.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,161 7,261 8,533
10th Percentile £363 £340 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £503 £534
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% -5.81% -3.00%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 523 280 397
10th Percentile £29.97 £28.24 £27.00
25th Percentile £50.38 £36.19 £44.49
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.12% -14.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.95 £83.11 £77.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £63.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.36% -2.31% +8.33%

VB.NET
Job Vacancy Trend

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

VB.NET job vacancy trend in the UK

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

VB.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VB.NET over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VB.NET in the UK

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

VB.NET
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 17 August 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
England -113 32 £405 +3.85% 15
London -75 21 £425 +8.97% 2
Work from Home -49 18 £529 +25.58% 5
UK excluding London -99 12 £410 +10.44% 19
South East -60 4 - - 5
North of England -68 4 £410 - 4
Yorkshire -34 3 - - 2
Midlands -45 3 £275 -12.14% 1
West Midlands - 3 £275 -
North West - 1 £410 - 2
Scotland - 1 £475 -

VB.NET
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 12 (27.91%) SharePoint
2 8 (18.60%) IIS
3 5 (11.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Elite 3E
2 1 (2.33%) Alphatax
2 1 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.33%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 12 (27.91%) Azure
2 10 (23.26%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (6.98%) AWS
4 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.33%) PaaS
4 1 (2.33%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (41.86%) SQL Server
2 11 (25.58%) MS Access
2 11 (25.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (13.95%) Oracle Database
3 6 (13.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (6.98%) Tableau
5 2 (4.65%) MySQL
6 1 (2.33%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (25.58%) Visual Studio
2 9 (20.93%) Git
3 8 (18.60%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (16.28%) Jenkins
5 5 (11.63%) eggPlant
6 3 (6.98%) JMeter
6 3 (6.98%) LoadRunner
6 3 (6.98%) Postman
6 3 (6.98%) SoapUI
6 3 (6.98%) SonarQube
7 2 (4.65%) HP UFT
7 2 (4.65%) Rational Functional Tester
7 2 (4.65%) Selenium
7 2 (4.65%) SilkTest
7 2 (4.65%) SOAtest
8 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 17 (39.53%) Social Skills
2 12 (27.91%) Finance
3 6 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.98%) Banking
6 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 25 (58.14%) Developer
2 10 (23.26%) .NET Developer
3 8 (18.60%) Software Developer
4 7 (16.28%) Lead
5 5 (11.63%) Lead Developer
5 5 (11.63%) Lead Software Developer
5 5 (11.63%) Senior
5 5 (11.63%) SQL Developer
6 4 (9.30%) .NET Software Developer
6 4 (9.30%) Automation Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) Lecturer
7 3 (6.98%) C# .NET Developer
7 3 (6.98%) C# Developer
7 3 (6.98%) VB.NET Developer
8 2 (4.65%) C# Software Developer
8 2 (4.65%) ETL Developer
8 2 (4.65%) IT Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Programme Test Manager
8 2 (4.65%) Test Manager
8 2 (4.65%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (100.00%) .NET
2 23 (53.49%) XML
3 16 (37.21%) HTML
4 14 (32.56%) XSLT
5 12 (27.91%) SOAP
6 11 (25.58%) Web Services
7 10 (23.26%) ASP.NET
8 9 (20.93%) ASP.NET Web API
8 9 (20.93%) WCF
9 8 (18.60%) JSON
9 8 (18.60%) REST
9 8 (18.60%) WinForms
10 6 (13.95%) .NET Framework
11 5 (11.63%) Apache FOP
11 5 (11.63%) XBRL
12 3 (6.98%) CSS
12 3 (6.98%) Entity Framework
12 3 (6.98%) Kafka
12 3 (6.98%) Middleware
13 2 (4.65%) MediatR
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Replication
2 5 (11.63%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.65%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (4.65%) Legacy Code
4 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (23.26%) Windows
2 5 (11.63%) Linux
2 5 (11.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.58%) DevOps
1 11 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (20.93%) Test Automation
3 8 (18.60%) Workflow
4 7 (16.28%) SDLC
4 7 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (11.63%) ETL
5 5 (11.63%) Mentoring
5 5 (11.63%) SOA
5 5 (11.63%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (11.63%) Test Strategy
5 5 (11.63%) Workflow Development
6 4 (9.30%) Agile
6 4 (9.30%) AI
6 4 (9.30%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (9.30%) Computer Science
6 4 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (9.30%) Due Diligence
6 4 (9.30%) End-to-End Testing
6 4 (9.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 30 (69.77%) SQL
2 25 (58.14%) C#
3 16 (37.21%) T-SQL
4 12 (27.91%) VBA
4 12 (27.91%) XPath
5 10 (23.26%) Java
5 10 (23.26%) PL/SQL
6 9 (20.93%) Python
7 7 (16.28%) VBScript
8 6 (13.95%) JavaScript
9 4 (9.30%) C++
10 2 (4.65%) PowerShell
11 1 (2.33%) Korn
11 1 (2.33%) VB
11 1 (2.33%) VB6
Qualifications
1 14 (32.56%) Security Cleared
2 13 (30.23%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (9.30%) DBS Check
4 4 (9.30%) Degree
5 2 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.65%) ISEB
5 2 (4.65%) ISTQB
5 2 (4.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) BitLocker
1 2 (4.65%) Firmware
2 1 (2.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.98%) Control-M
1 3 (6.98%) HP Fortify
2 2 (4.65%) SCCM
3 1 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (39.53%) Oracle
2 9 (20.93%) Microsoft
3 6 (13.95%) SAP
4 5 (11.63%) Intapp
5 4 (9.30%) UiPath
6 3 (6.98%) IBM
7 1 (2.33%) ABBYY
7 1 (2.33%) PeopleSoft