VB.NET Job Trends

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring VB.NET skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 551 620
Rank change year-on-year -90 +69 +135
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 42 116 212
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.058% 0.25% 0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.32% 0.72% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 39 88 191
10th Percentile £39,950 £41,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,438 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,813 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,750 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.82% +10.00% -

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 permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 13,268 16,124 29,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.34% 34.82% 36.21%
Number of salaries quoted 9,379 10,430 23,830
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% +4.63% -1.82%

VB.NET
Job Vacancy Trend

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

VB.NET job vacancy trend in the UK

VB.NET
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VB.NET.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VB.NET

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VB.NET over the 6 months to 7 March 2026.

Salary histogram for VB.NET in the UK

VB.NET
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VB.NET within the UK over the 6 months to 7 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -80 28 £57,500 -4.17% 16
London +11 19 £58,750 -9.62% 3
Work from Home -18 19 £65,000 +18.18% 13
UK excluding London -64 14 £45,750 -16.82% 14
West Midlands +7 3 £40,250 -19.50% 5
Midlands -4 3 £40,250 -15.26% 5
Wales - 3 £41,500 -
North West -8 2 £48,250 -12.27% 2
South West -20 2 £58,750 +6.82% 1
North of England -27 2 £48,250 -8.10% 4
Northern Ireland -28 2 £50,000 -
East of England +8 1 £57,500 +9.52% 2
South East -26 1 £50,000 - 2

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 4 (9.52%) IIS
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (16.67%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (4.76%) Fidessa
2 2 (4.76%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 18 (42.86%) Azure
2 9 (21.43%) Entra ID
3 5 (11.90%) Power Platform
4 4 (9.52%) AWS
4 4 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.76%) GitHub
6 2 (4.76%) Google Workspace
6 2 (4.76%) Serverless
7 1 (2.38%) Azure AKS
7 1 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (2.38%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.38%) Firebase
7 1 (2.38%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (19.05%) WinSCP
2 3 (7.14%) DHCP
2 3 (7.14%) DNS
3 2 (4.76%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (4.76%) Firewall
3 2 (4.76%) FIX Connectivity
3 2 (4.76%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.38%) HTTP
4 1 (2.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (54.76%) SQL Server
2 15 (35.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (30.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (19.05%) DB2
5 7 (16.67%) Relational Database
6 4 (9.52%) Power BI
7 3 (7.14%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (4.76%) MySQL
8 2 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (2.38%) DTS
9 1 (2.38%) Redis
9 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (23.81%) Git
2 7 (16.67%) PowerBuilder
3 3 (7.14%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.38%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.38%) JIRA
4 1 (2.38%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 22 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 20 (47.62%) Finance
3 4 (9.52%) Banking
4 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.38%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Police
5 1 (2.38%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 20 (47.62%) Developer
2 17 (40.48%) Applications Support
3 14 (33.33%) Analyst
4 13 (30.95%) Support Analyst
5 11 (26.19%) Applications Support Analyst
6 10 (23.81%) Senior
7 7 (16.67%) PowerBuilder Developer
8 6 (14.29%) Senior Applications Support
8 6 (14.29%) Software Developer
9 3 (7.14%) Senior Developer
9 3 (7.14%) Senior Software Developer
10 2 (4.76%) .NET Developer
10 2 (4.76%) .NET Software Developer
10 2 (4.76%) Business Developer
10 2 (4.76%) Full-Stack Developer
10 2 (4.76%) SQL Analyst
10 2 (4.76%) SQL Support Analyst
10 2 (4.76%) Systems Developer
11 1 (2.38%) ICT Officer
11 1 (2.38%) Senior .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (100.00%) .NET
2 11 (26.19%) Web Services
3 9 (21.43%) XML
4 7 (16.67%) RESTful
5 4 (9.52%) .NET Framework
6 3 (7.14%) .NET Core
6 3 (7.14%) ASP.NET
7 2 (4.76%) AngularJS
7 2 (4.76%) CSS
7 2 (4.76%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (4.76%) HTML
7 2 (4.76%) JSON
8 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 1 (2.38%) Entity Framework
8 1 (2.38%) Middleware
8 1 (2.38%) React
8 1 (2.38%) WinForms
8 1 (2.38%) WPF
8 1 (2.38%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.81%) Legacy Applications
2 4 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.76%) AS400
3 2 (4.76%) Eurex
3 2 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.76%) iSeries
3 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.38%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.38%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 23 (54.76%) Windows
2 12 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.76%) Linux
3 2 (4.76%) Solaris
3 2 (4.76%) Ubuntu
3 2 (4.76%) Unix
3 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.81%) Mentoring
1 10 (23.81%) SDLC
2 9 (21.43%) ERP
3 8 (19.05%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 8 (19.05%) Customer-Centricity
3 8 (19.05%) Task Automation
4 7 (16.67%) Accounts Receivable
4 7 (16.67%) ETL
4 7 (16.67%) Office Automation
5 6 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
5 6 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (14.29%) Data Integration
5 6 (14.29%) Release Management
6 5 (11.90%) ITIL
6 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (9.52%) Agile
7 4 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (9.52%) DevOps
7 4 (9.52%) Migration
8 3 (7.14%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 35 (83.33%) SQL
2 28 (66.67%) C#
3 15 (35.71%) PL/SQL
4 11 (26.19%) PowerShell
5 7 (16.67%) VBA
6 3 (7.14%) Python
7 2 (4.76%) JavaScript
8 1 (2.38%) C
8 1 (2.38%) Java
8 1 (2.38%) PHP
8 1 (2.38%) T-SQL
8 1 (2.38%) TypeScript
8 1 (2.38%) VB
8 1 (2.38%) VB6
8 1 (2.38%) XAML
Qualifications
1 3 (7.14%) Degree
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.76%) MCDST
2 2 (4.76%) MCITP
2 2 (4.76%) MCSA
2 2 (4.76%) MCSE
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 2 (4.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.38%) HND
3 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 4 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.14%) Docker
3 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.67%) Oracle
3 3 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.76%) Bloomberg
4 2 (4.76%) Cisco
4 2 (4.76%) CQG
4 2 (4.76%) Google
4 2 (4.76%) IBM
4 2 (4.76%) Infor
4 2 (4.76%) ION Trading
4 2 (4.76%) Patsystems
4 2 (4.76%) Red Hat
4 2 (4.76%) Reuters
4 2 (4.76%) Trayport
4 2 (4.76%) UiPath
4 2 (4.76%) VMware
5 1 (2.38%) Databricks
5 1 (2.38%) Dynatrace
5 1 (2.38%) RedGate
5 1 (2.38%) SAP