Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for .NET skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited .NET over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 47 37
Rank change year-on-year -6 -10 -1
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,546 2,549 5,284
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.61% 4.53% 5.99%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 17.16% 19.68% 22.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,993 4,137
10th Percentile £325 £388 £385
25th Percentile £413 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +4.19% +13.16%
75th Percentile £639 £700 £670
90th Percentile £725 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £485 £475
% change year-on-year -7.22% +2.11% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 47
10th Percentile £20.77 £32.40 £20.25
25th Percentile £23.56 £41.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £58.91 £55.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.10% +12.24% +20.99%
75th Percentile £64.69 £71.25 £62.20
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £69.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.91 £55.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +7.10% +12.24% +20.99%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

.NET is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,007 12,954 23,746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.03% 23.02% 26.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,267 9,433 17,460
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £666
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 146 226
10th Percentile £21.73 £27.88 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65.64 £75.00 £67.36
90th Percentile £74.50 £80.63 £76.82
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.43 £65.00 £54.63
% change year-on-year -25.49% +18.99% +21.39%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for .NET in the UK

.NET
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing .NET.

Daily rate trend for .NET in the UK

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in the UK

.NET
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing .NET.

Hourly rate trend for .NET in the UK

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing .NET over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET in the UK

.NET
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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 -6 1,357 £538 -6.52% 1,406
London +5 923 £575 -11.54% 415
Work from Home -2 594 £500 -9.09% 1,136
UK excluding London -36 458 £450 -7.22% 1,066
North of England -33 108 £441 -7.26% 352
South West +10 95 £585 +6.36% 107
South East -49 94 £489 -5.10% 194
North West -24 66 £445 -6.32% 205
Midlands -25 62 £450 +5.26% 236
Scotland -16 46 £425 -10.53% 58
West Midlands -18 41 £475 -5.00% 137
East of England +5 36 £475 +5.56% 83
Yorkshire -22 35 £420 -13.45% 103
East Midlands -17 23 £410 -0.61% 99
Wales -12 18 £413 -26.99% 37
North East +9 7 £375 -14.29% 50
Northern Ireland +4 4 - - 22

.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 48 (3.10%) IIS
2 47 (3.04%) CMS
3 44 (2.85%) SharePoint
4 35 (2.26%) Confluence
5 32 (2.07%) Umbraco
6 11 (0.71%) BizTalk Server
7 9 (0.58%) Apache
8 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.39%) WordPress
9 5 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.32%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.32%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.32%) Drupal
10 4 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.19%) Kentico
11 3 (0.19%) nginx
11 3 (0.19%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.19%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.13%) EPiServer
12 2 (0.13%) Jadu
Applications
1 40 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.065%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.065%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.065%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 41 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.16%) Endur
3 8 (0.52%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
5 6 (0.39%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.39%) SimCorp Dimension
6 4 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.19%) Magento
7 3 (0.19%) Maximo
8 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.13%) Shopify
9 1 (0.065%) Aareon QL
9 1 (0.065%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.065%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
9 1 (0.065%) MIS ActiveH
9 1 (0.065%) OPENHousing
9 1 (0.065%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 797 (51.55%) Azure
2 359 (23.22%) Azure DevOps
3 233 (15.07%) AWS
4 124 (8.02%) Azure Service Bus
5 95 (6.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 86 (5.56%) Entra ID
7 81 (5.24%) Power Platform
8 78 (5.05%) Serverless
9 59 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
10 55 (3.56%) GCP
11 53 (3.43%) Azure Monitor
12 51 (3.30%) PaaS
13 50 (3.23%) Azure Functions
14 47 (3.04%) PowerApps
15 44 (2.85%) Azure Logic Apps
15 44 (2.85%) Power Automate
16 35 (2.26%) GitHub
17 33 (2.13%) Azure AKS
18 32 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
19 30 (1.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.55%) Internet
2 15 (0.97%) DNS
3 14 (0.91%) Network Security
3 14 (0.91%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.84%) VPN
5 12 (0.78%) HTTP
6 10 (0.65%) Firewall
7 8 (0.52%) FTP
8 6 (0.39%) DHCP
9 5 (0.32%) Intranet
9 5 (0.32%) SSL
9 5 (0.32%) Wireshark
10 4 (0.26%) WAN
11 3 (0.19%) AMQP
11 3 (0.19%) LAN
11 3 (0.19%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.19%) SSH
11 3 (0.19%) Wireless
12 2 (0.13%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.13%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 444 (28.72%) SQL Server
2 66 (4.27%) NoSQL
3 53 (3.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 50 (3.23%) Relational Database
5 41 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 39 (2.52%) Power BI
7 37 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
8 35 (2.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 34 (2.20%) MySQL
10 33 (2.13%) Oracle Database
11 28 (1.81%) Redis
12 25 (1.62%) MongoDB
13 22 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
14 19 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
15 13 (0.84%) Data Lake
16 12 (0.78%) Big Data
16 12 (0.78%) DynamoDB
17 9 (0.58%) BusinessObjects
17 9 (0.58%) GIS
18 8 (0.52%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 197 (12.74%) Git
2 99 (6.40%) Visual Studio
3 76 (4.92%) Jenkins
4 61 (3.95%) TeamCity
5 60 (3.88%) JIRA
6 58 (3.75%) SpecFlow
7 55 (3.56%) Selenium
8 36 (2.33%) Bitbucket
9 35 (2.26%) NUnit
10 31 (2.01%) Postman
11 27 (1.75%) Cucumber
11 27 (1.75%) WebDriver
12 26 (1.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 20 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
14 19 (1.23%) Moq
15 18 (1.16%) Cypress.io
16 13 (0.84%) GitLab
16 13 (0.84%) Subversion
17 12 (0.78%) Appium
17 12 (0.78%) SonarQube
General
1 275 (17.79%) Social Skills
2 269 (17.40%) Finance
3 151 (9.77%) Public Sector
4 101 (6.53%) Front Office
5 100 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
6 96 (6.21%) Banking
7 57 (3.69%) Back Office
8 48 (3.10%) Investment Banking
9 31 (2.01%) Local Government
10 18 (1.16%) Aerospace
11 16 (1.03%) Manufacturing
11 16 (1.03%) Retail
12 15 (0.97%) Marketing
13 12 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (0.71%) Financial Institution
14 11 (0.71%) Law
14 11 (0.71%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (0.52%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 951 (61.51%) Developer
2 419 (27.10%) .NET Developer
3 251 (16.24%) Senior
4 237 (15.33%) C# Developer
5 164 (10.61%) Senior Developer
6 143 (9.25%) Full Stack Developer
7 132 (8.54%) Software Engineer
8 110 (7.12%) C# .NET Developer
9 107 (6.92%) Lead
10 103 (6.66%) Architect
11 100 (6.47%) Software Developer
12 89 (5.76%) Azure Developer
13 63 (4.08%) Full Stack .NET Developer
14 57 (3.69%) .NET Software Engineer
15 50 (3.23%) Azure Engineer
16 49 (3.17%) React Developer
17 46 (2.98%) DevOps Engineer
17 46 (2.98%) Senior .NET Developer
18 44 (2.85%) Analyst
19 43 (2.78%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 360 (23.29%) .NET Core
2 300 (19.40%) .NET Framework
3 243 (15.72%) React
4 238 (15.39%) ASP.NET
5 207 (13.39%) AngularJS
6 176 (11.38%) HTML
7 169 (10.93%) CSS
8 133 (8.60%) XML
9 107 (6.92%) REST
10 84 (5.43%) Web Services
11 82 (5.30%) Entity Framework
12 76 (4.92%) RESTful
13 71 (4.59%) ASP.NET Core
14 66 (4.27%) Blazor
15 63 (4.08%) WCF
16 57 (3.69%) ASP.NET Web API
17 49 (3.17%) Vue
18 46 (2.98%) Kafka
19 45 (2.91%) jQuery
19 45 (2.91%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 91 (5.89%) Product Ownership
2 44 (2.85%) Derivative
3 43 (2.78%) Fixed Income
3 43 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
4 39 (2.52%) Hedge funds
5 36 (2.33%) Equities
6 32 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 28 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
8 27 (1.75%) Cloud Native
9 26 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.68%) Mobile App
10 24 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
12 16 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
12 16 (1.03%) Public Cloud
13 15 (0.97%) Data Structures
13 15 (0.97%) Onboarding
14 14 (0.91%) Algorithms
15 13 (0.84%) Client/Server
16 12 (0.78%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 130 (8.41%) Windows
2 72 (4.66%) Linux
3 32 (2.07%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.29%) Android
5 18 (1.16%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.71%) Unix
7 4 (0.26%) VMS
8 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.065%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 554 (35.83%) DevOps
2 540 (34.93%) Agile
3 282 (18.24%) CI/CD
4 231 (14.94%) Software Engineering
5 229 (14.81%) Full Stack Development
6 196 (12.68%) TDD
7 187 (12.10%) Microservices
8 184 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
9 182 (11.77%) Scrum
10 177 (11.45%) OO
11 156 (10.09%) Test Automation
12 153 (9.90%) MVC
13 102 (6.60%) Continuous Integration
14 101 (6.53%) SDLC
15 93 (6.02%) Design Patterns
16 90 (5.82%) Migration
17 89 (5.76%) API Management
18 79 (5.11%) B2C
19 77 (4.98%) SOLID
20 74 (4.79%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 1,113 (71.99%) C#
2 499 (32.28%) SQL
3 324 (20.96%) JavaScript
4 242 (15.65%) PowerShell
5 146 (9.44%) TypeScript
6 138 (8.93%) Python
7 135 (8.73%) Java
8 103 (6.66%) Bicep
9 71 (4.59%) T-SQL
10 70 (4.53%) PL/SQL
11 62 (4.01%) C++
12 51 (3.30%) VB.NET
13 48 (3.10%) VBA
14 38 (2.46%) VB
15 30 (1.94%) C
16 24 (1.55%) Ruby
17 19 (1.23%) PHP
18 15 (0.97%) Bash
19 12 (0.78%) Go
20 9 (0.58%) Perl
Qualifications
1 150 (9.70%) Security Cleared
2 116 (7.50%) SC Cleared
3 111 (7.18%) Degree
4 36 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.29%) DV Cleared
6 17 (1.10%) Master's Degree
7 12 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (0.65%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (0.45%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.32%) CISSP
12 4 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.19%) CISA
13 3 (0.19%) CISM
13 3 (0.19%) HNC
13 3 (0.19%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.13%) CCNP
14 2 (0.13%) HND
14 2 (0.13%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (7.37%) QA
2 48 (3.10%) Accessibility
3 26 (1.68%) WCAG
4 11 (0.71%) MiFID
5 8 (0.52%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.39%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
6 6 (0.39%) EMIR
6 6 (0.39%) SLA
7 5 (0.32%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.26%) GDPR
8 4 (0.26%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.19%) GRC
9 3 (0.19%) HL7
9 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.065%) DICOM
10 1 (0.065%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 140 (9.06%) Active Directory
2 91 (5.89%) Docker
3 19 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.97%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.58%) vSphere
7 5 (0.32%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.19%) NFS
8 3 (0.19%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.065%) Firmware
9 1 (0.065%) GridGain
9 1 (0.065%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 100 (6.47%) Kubernetes
2 74 (4.79%) Terraform
3 62 (4.01%) Ansible
4 26 (1.68%) PowerCLI
5 21 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (0.91%) SCOM
7 10 (0.65%) ITRS Geneos
8 9 (0.58%) BladeLogic
9 6 (0.39%) SCCM
10 5 (0.32%) WSUS
11 4 (0.26%) Grafana
11 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.26%) Puppet
12 3 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.19%) OPNET
12 3 (0.19%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.13%) SCOrch
14 1 (0.065%) Kibana
14 1 (0.065%) logstash
14 1 (0.065%) SELinux
Vendors
1 362 (23.42%) Microsoft
2 148 (9.57%) Oracle
3 32 (2.07%) SAP
4 31 (2.01%) Citrix
5 27 (1.75%) Atlassian
6 22 (1.42%) Dell
6 22 (1.42%) HP
7 21 (1.36%) VMware
8 18 (1.16%) MuleSoft
8 18 (1.16%) OpenLink
9 17 (1.10%) Databricks
10 16 (1.03%) Xamarin
11 15 (0.97%) Google
12 10 (0.65%) Salesforce
12 10 (0.65%) TIBCO
13 9 (0.58%) Altiris
13 9 (0.58%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.58%) F5
14 8 (0.52%) NEC
14 8 (0.52%) Virgin Media