Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring VB.NET skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VB.NET over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 623 641 735
Rank change year-on-year +18 +94 +40
Permanent jobs citing VB.NET 86 280 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.27% 0.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.52% 0.83% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 76 244 209
10th Percentile £41,250 £30,375 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,813 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £63,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%

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 16,594 33,687 41,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.95% 32.62% 42.94%
Number of salaries quoted 10,785 25,114 26,852
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £98,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,635 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% +4.76%

VB.NET
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VB.NET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VB.NET in the UK

VB.NET
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VB.NET.

Salary trend for VB.NET in the UK

VB.NET
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VB.NET over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VB.NET in the UK

VB.NET
Top 15 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 30 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -19 85 £55,000 +10.00% 131
Work from Home +16 58 £53,750 +2.38% 29
UK excluding London +7 57 £50,000 - 125
London +119 28 £67,000 +7.20% 14
South East +70 25 £42,500 -15.00% 34
Midlands +21 11 £50,000 +7.53% 30
South West +88 9 £55,000 - 9
West Midlands +15 7 £50,000 +5.26% 16
North of England -24 6 £52,500 - 31
East of England +30 5 £42,500 +19.72% 18
East Midlands +24 4 £45,000 +15.38% 13
Yorkshire +35 3 £52,500 - 12
North West -41 2 £52,500 - 17
Wales +47 1 £65,000 - 2
North East +46 1 £45,000 +38.46% 2

VB.NET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (3.49%) IIS
2 2 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (8.14%) Chatbot
1 7 (8.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Elite 3E
2 2 (2.33%) Sage 1000
3 1 (1.16%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 37 (43.02%) Azure
2 20 (23.26%) Power Platform
3 12 (13.95%) Power Automate
4 8 (9.30%) SaaS
5 7 (8.14%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (8.14%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (8.14%) Azure Logic Apps
5 7 (8.14%) Azure Monitor
5 7 (8.14%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (5.81%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.16%) AWS
8 1 (1.16%) IaaS
8 1 (1.16%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (53.49%) SQL Server
2 24 (27.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 23 (26.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 19 (22.09%) DB2
5 13 (15.12%) Power BI
6 10 (11.63%) Relational Database
7 4 (4.65%) Data Lake
8 1 (1.16%) MySQL
8 1 (1.16%) RDBMS
8 1 (1.16%) SAP HANA
8 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (11.63%) Visual Studio
2 9 (10.47%) Git
3 3 (3.49%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (3.49%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.16%) Balsamiq
4 1 (1.16%) Jasmine
4 1 (1.16%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 44 (51.16%) Social Skills
2 22 (25.58%) Finance
3 10 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.14%) Local Government
5 6 (6.98%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.65%) Law
6 4 (4.65%) Legal
7 3 (3.49%) Automotive
7 3 (3.49%) Marketing
8 2 (2.33%) Advertising
8 2 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Publishing
8 2 (2.33%) Retail
8 2 (2.33%) Social Housing
8 2 (2.33%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 49 (56.98%) Developer
2 21 (24.42%) Analyst
2 21 (24.42%) Senior
3 20 (23.26%) .NET Developer
3 20 (23.26%) Support Analyst
4 18 (20.93%) Applications Support
4 18 (20.93%) Applications Support Analyst
4 18 (20.93%) Senior Analyst
5 17 (19.77%) Senior Applications Support
5 17 (19.77%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
5 17 (19.77%) Senior Support Analyst
6 11 (12.79%) Software Developer
6 11 (12.79%) VB.NET Developer
7 8 (9.30%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
8 7 (8.14%) Automation Developer
8 7 (8.14%) Robotics Developer
9 6 (6.98%) Full-Stack Developer
10 5 (5.81%) Software Engineer
11 4 (4.65%) Development Manager
12 3 (3.49%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (100.00%) .NET
2 29 (33.72%) ASP.NET
3 19 (22.09%) .NET Framework
4 9 (10.47%) HTML
5 8 (9.30%) CSS
6 6 (6.98%) .NET Core
6 6 (6.98%) Web Services
6 6 (6.98%) XML
7 4 (4.65%) EDI
7 4 (4.65%) Vue
7 4 (4.65%) YAML
8 3 (3.49%) Entity Framework
8 3 (3.49%) JSON
8 3 (3.49%) WinForms
8 3 (3.49%) WPF
9 2 (2.33%) AngularJS
9 2 (2.33%) HTML5
9 2 (2.33%) LESS
9 2 (2.33%) MSMQ
9 2 (2.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.63%) Legacy Applications
2 7 (8.14%) Onboarding
2 7 (8.14%) Robotics
3 5 (5.81%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (4.65%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.49%) FMCG
5 3 (3.49%) Legacy Code
5 3 (3.49%) Low-Code
6 2 (2.33%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.33%) N-Tier
6 2 (2.33%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (1.16%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 23 (26.74%) Windows
2 3 (3.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (18.60%) Agile
2 16 (18.60%) Software Engineering
3 13 (15.12%) Mentoring
4 11 (12.79%) Artificial Intelligence
4 11 (12.79%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (11.63%) Clean Code
5 10 (11.63%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 10 (11.63%) Customer-Centricity
6 9 (10.47%) Change Management
6 9 (10.47%) ERP
6 9 (10.47%) ITSM
6 9 (10.47%) Migration
6 9 (10.47%) Proactive Maintenance
6 9 (10.47%) Requirements Gathering
6 9 (10.47%) Service Delivery
7 8 (9.30%) Customer Service
7 8 (9.30%) SDLC
8 7 (8.14%) DevOps
8 7 (8.14%) Robotic Process Automation
Programming Languages
1 66 (76.74%) C#
2 52 (60.47%) SQL
3 25 (29.07%) JavaScript
4 19 (22.09%) PL/SQL
5 18 (20.93%) T-SQL
6 4 (4.65%) VB
6 4 (4.65%) VB6
7 3 (3.49%) VBA
8 2 (2.33%) PowerShell
8 2 (2.33%) VBScript
9 1 (1.16%) Java
9 1 (1.16%) Python
9 1 (1.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (13.95%) Degree
2 2 (2.33%) DBS Check
2 2 (2.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.30%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.16%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 38 (44.19%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.47%) ServiceNow
3 8 (9.30%) UiPath
4 7 (8.14%) SolarWinds
5 4 (4.65%) DevExpress
5 4 (4.65%) eFront
5 4 (4.65%) Intapp
6 3 (3.49%) Epicor
7 2 (2.33%) Aderant
7 2 (2.33%) Sage
7 2 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.33%) Telerik
8 1 (1.16%) Automation Anywhere
8 1 (1.16%) Blue Prism
8 1 (1.16%) Oracle
8 1 (1.16%) SAP