Hybrid/Remote VB.NET Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring VB.NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 310 341
Rank change year-on-year -14 +31 +110
Contract jobs citing VB.NET 5 1 24
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.045% 0.009% 0.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.13% 0.026% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 18
10th Percentile - - £304
25th Percentile £285 - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +7.53% +16.25%
75th Percentile £500 - £519
90th Percentile £628 - £595
UK median daily rate £500 £390 £400
% change year-on-year +28.21% -2.50% -

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,819 3,907 5,296
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.36% 36.43% 32.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,559 2,645 3,811
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.44% -0.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -5.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 51 163
10th Percentile £48.75 £21.25 £37.00
25th Percentile £61.75 £26.38 £47.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.27% -9.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £82.25 £80.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

VB.NET
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VB.NET and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

VB.NET job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

VB.NET
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VB.NET.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VB.NET

VB.NET
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VB.NET over the 6 months to 20 February 2026.

VB.NET daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

VB.NET
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VB.NET.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing VB.NET

VB.NET
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Advertising
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Applications Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Applications Support
2 2 (40.00%) Applications Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
3 1 (20.00%) VB Developer
3 1 (20.00%) VB.NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) VB6 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (20.00%) SOAP
2 1 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (40.00%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (20.00%) API Integration
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) VB
2 1 (20.00%) VB6
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) UiPath