.NET Contracts in England

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 46 33
Rank change year-on-year -6 -13 +2
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,358 2,329 4,356
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.69% 4.76% 6.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 18.11% 20.61% 23.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,040 1,806 3,467
10th Percentile £340 £385 £385
25th Percentile £425 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £560 £538
% change year-on-year -6.25% +4.19% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 18 48
10th Percentile £20.77 £27.75 £20.25
25th Percentile £27.00 £39.88 £35.00
Median hourly rate £58.91 £55.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.10% +12.24% +8.89%
75th Percentile £75.00 £81.88 £60.31
90th Percentile £85.00 £87.58 £66.13
UK median hourly rate £58.91 £60.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -1.83% +22.45% +15.29%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

.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 advertised in England 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 7,500 11,303 18,926
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.40% 23.08% 27.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,319 8,376 14,199
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £570
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -1.75% +14.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £788 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 138 217
10th Percentile £22.27 £28.73 £24.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.35 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +28.71% +12.22%
75th Percentile £65.01 £75.00 £67.80
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for .NET in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for .NET in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for .NET in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing .NET in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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
London +4 924 £575 -10.16% 409
North of England -36 106 £425 -10.53% 313
South East -42 102 £500 -2.91% 164
South West +17 92 £553 +4.25% 104
North West -31 67 £445 -6.32% 185
Midlands -37 57 £456 +7.35% 202
West Midlands -17 38 £494 -1.25% 121
East of England +4 36 £475 - 72
Yorkshire -18 32 £400 -17.53% 96
East Midlands -20 19 £418 +1.21% 81
North East +10 7 £278 -40.00% 34
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UK

.NET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 45 (3.31%) IIS
2 44 (3.24%) CMS
3 35 (2.58%) SharePoint
4 32 (2.36%) Confluence
5 31 (2.28%) Umbraco
6 13 (0.96%) BizTalk Server
7 8 (0.59%) Apache
8 6 (0.44%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.44%) WordPress
9 5 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.37%) Drupal
9 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.29%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.15%) Jadu
11 2 (0.15%) nginx
11 2 (0.15%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.15%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.074%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.074%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 38 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.074%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.074%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.074%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.074%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.074%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 34 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.03%) Endur
3 7 (0.52%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.37%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.37%) SimCorp Dimension
5 3 (0.22%) Magento
5 3 (0.22%) Maximo
6 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.15%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.074%) Aareon QL
7 1 (0.074%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.074%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.074%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.074%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.074%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.074%) OPENHousing
7 1 (0.074%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 686 (50.52%) Azure
2 331 (24.37%) Azure DevOps
3 215 (15.83%) AWS
4 115 (8.47%) Azure Service Bus
5 91 (6.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 80 (5.89%) Serverless
7 78 (5.74%) Entra ID
8 67 (4.93%) Power Platform
9 57 (4.20%) Azure Functions
10 55 (4.05%) Azure Monitor
11 54 (3.98%) GCP
12 47 (3.46%) Dynamics 365
13 46 (3.39%) Azure Logic Apps
14 42 (3.09%) PaaS
15 36 (2.65%) Power Automate
15 36 (2.65%) PowerApps
16 29 (2.14%) GitHub
17 28 (2.06%) Azure API Management
18 27 (1.99%) Azure Data Factory
19 26 (1.91%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.62%) Internet
2 16 (1.18%) DNS
3 14 (1.03%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.96%) HTTP
4 13 (0.96%) VPN
5 12 (0.88%) Network Security
6 9 (0.66%) FTP
7 8 (0.59%) Firewall
8 5 (0.37%) DHCP
8 5 (0.37%) Intranet
8 5 (0.37%) SSL
9 4 (0.29%) SSH
9 4 (0.29%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (0.15%) AMQP
11 2 (0.15%) BIG-IP
11 2 (0.15%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.15%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.15%) MQTT
11 2 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 404 (29.75%) SQL Server
2 64 (4.71%) NoSQL
3 45 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 44 (3.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 38 (2.80%) Relational Database
6 33 (2.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 31 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
8 30 (2.21%) Power BI
9 28 (2.06%) Oracle Database
10 25 (1.84%) MongoDB
11 24 (1.77%) Redis
12 23 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
13 18 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
14 14 (1.03%) MySQL
15 13 (0.96%) Data Lake
15 13 (0.96%) DynamoDB
16 12 (0.88%) Big Data
17 9 (0.66%) GIS
18 7 (0.52%) OLTP
18 7 (0.52%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 177 (13.03%) Git
2 88 (6.48%) Visual Studio
3 69 (5.08%) Jenkins
4 56 (4.12%) TeamCity
5 54 (3.98%) SpecFlow
6 51 (3.76%) JIRA
7 48 (3.53%) Selenium
8 36 (2.65%) NUnit
9 34 (2.50%) Bitbucket
10 29 (2.14%) Postman
11 25 (1.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 25 (1.84%) Cucumber
12 23 (1.69%) WebDriver
13 20 (1.47%) Moq
14 15 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
15 13 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
15 13 (0.96%) SonarQube
16 12 (0.88%) Cypress.io
16 12 (0.88%) SoapUI
17 11 (0.81%) Appium
General
1 262 (19.29%) Finance
2 233 (17.16%) Social Skills
3 102 (7.51%) Front Office
4 101 (7.44%) Public Sector
5 93 (6.85%) Banking
6 88 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
7 60 (4.42%) Back Office
8 47 (3.46%) Investment Banking
9 31 (2.28%) Local Government
10 19 (1.40%) Manufacturing
11 18 (1.33%) Aerospace
11 18 (1.33%) Marketing
12 16 (1.18%) Retail
13 13 (0.96%) Law
13 13 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (0.88%) Telecoms
15 11 (0.81%) Electronics
15 11 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (0.74%) Financial Institution
17 9 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 837 (61.63%) Developer
2 362 (26.66%) .NET Developer
3 225 (16.57%) Senior
4 223 (16.42%) C# Developer
5 147 (10.82%) Senior Developer
6 128 (9.43%) Software Engineer
7 118 (8.69%) Full Stack Developer
8 109 (8.03%) C# .NET Developer
9 94 (6.92%) Lead
10 92 (6.77%) Software Developer
11 88 (6.48%) Architect
12 83 (6.11%) Azure Developer
13 59 (4.34%) .NET Software Engineer
14 51 (3.76%) Full Stack .NET Developer
15 48 (3.53%) Azure Engineer
16 46 (3.39%) DevOps Engineer
17 43 (3.17%) Backend Developer
18 41 (3.02%) .NET Software Developer
18 41 (3.02%) Senior Software Developer
19 39 (2.87%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 340 (25.04%) .NET Core
2 265 (19.51%) .NET Framework
3 224 (16.49%) ASP.NET
4 194 (14.29%) React
5 187 (13.77%) AngularJS
6 144 (10.60%) HTML
7 135 (9.94%) CSS
8 131 (9.65%) XML
9 101 (7.44%) REST
10 69 (5.08%) Entity Framework
10 69 (5.08%) Web Services
11 65 (4.79%) ASP.NET Core
11 65 (4.79%) RESTful
12 64 (4.71%) Blazor
13 57 (4.20%) WCF
14 50 (3.68%) JSON
15 49 (3.61%) ASP.NET Web API
16 42 (3.09%) ASP.NET MVC
17 39 (2.87%) jQuery
18 38 (2.80%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 75 (5.52%) Product Ownership
2 47 (3.46%) Derivative
3 46 (3.39%) Fixed Income
4 43 (3.17%) Hedge funds
5 41 (3.02%) Equities
6 39 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
7 35 (2.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 29 (2.14%) Cloud Native
9 27 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
10 21 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (1.40%) Mobile App
12 16 (1.18%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
13 15 (1.10%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.88%) Data Structures
15 11 (0.81%) Market Risk
16 10 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
17 9 (0.66%) Onboarding
18 8 (0.59%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 113 (8.32%) Windows
2 65 (4.79%) Linux
3 32 (2.36%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.25%) Android
5 13 (0.96%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.52%) Unix
7 4 (0.29%) VMS
8 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.22%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.074%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 502 (36.97%) DevOps
2 484 (35.64%) Agile
3 263 (19.37%) CI/CD
4 224 (16.49%) Software Engineering
5 197 (14.51%) TDD
6 196 (14.43%) Full Stack Development
7 178 (13.11%) Microservices
8 172 (12.67%) OO
9 170 (12.52%) Scrum
10 155 (11.41%) Problem-Solving
11 132 (9.72%) MVC
12 131 (9.65%) Test Automation
13 95 (7.00%) Continuous Integration
14 84 (6.19%) SDLC
15 83 (6.11%) API Management
16 82 (6.04%) Design Patterns
17 80 (5.89%) Migration
18 76 (5.60%) B2C
19 71 (5.23%) SOLID
20 68 (5.01%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 1,019 (75.04%) C#
2 468 (34.46%) SQL
3 287 (21.13%) JavaScript
4 234 (17.23%) PowerShell
5 130 (9.57%) Python
6 128 (9.43%) TypeScript
7 118 (8.69%) Java
8 98 (7.22%) Bicep
9 69 (5.08%) T-SQL
10 68 (5.01%) PL/SQL
11 57 (4.20%) C++
12 51 (3.76%) VB.NET
13 45 (3.31%) VBA
14 32 (2.36%) VB
15 26 (1.91%) C
16 19 (1.40%) Ruby
17 18 (1.33%) PHP
18 15 (1.10%) Bash
19 14 (1.03%) Go
20 7 (0.52%) Perl
Qualifications
1 120 (8.84%) Security Cleared
2 95 (7.00%) SC Cleared
3 91 (6.70%) Degree
4 27 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.25%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.03%) Master's Degree
7 9 (0.66%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.44%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.22%) CISSP
11 3 (0.22%) HNC
12 2 (0.15%) CCNP
12 2 (0.15%) CISA
12 2 (0.15%) CISM
12 2 (0.15%) HND
13 1 (0.074%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.074%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (6.85%) QA
2 40 (2.95%) Accessibility
3 24 (1.77%) WCAG
4 10 (0.74%) MiFID
5 8 (0.59%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.44%) SLA
7 5 (0.37%) Dodd-Frank
7 5 (0.37%) EMIR
8 4 (0.29%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.29%) GDPR
9 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.15%) HL7
10 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.074%) DICOM
11 1 (0.074%) GRC
11 1 (0.074%) ISO 15022
11 1 (0.074%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 137 (10.09%) Active Directory
2 86 (6.33%) Docker
3 14 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.96%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.59%) vSphere
7 4 (0.29%) NFS
7 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.074%) Firmware
9 1 (0.074%) GridGain
9 1 (0.074%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 82 (6.04%) Kubernetes
2 60 (4.42%) Ansible
2 60 (4.42%) Terraform
3 25 (1.84%) PowerCLI
4 17 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.03%) SCOM
6 10 (0.74%) ITRS Geneos
7 9 (0.66%) BladeLogic
7 9 (0.66%) SCCM
8 5 (0.37%) WSUS
9 4 (0.29%) Puppet
10 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.22%) Grafana
10 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.15%) OPNET
11 2 (0.15%) SCOrch
12 1 (0.074%) logstash
12 1 (0.074%) SELinux
12 1 (0.074%) vRealize
Vendors
1 327 (24.08%) Microsoft
2 128 (9.43%) Oracle
3 29 (2.14%) Citrix
3 29 (2.14%) SAP
4 26 (1.91%) Atlassian
5 22 (1.62%) Dell
5 22 (1.62%) HP
6 17 (1.25%) Databricks
7 16 (1.18%) MuleSoft
7 16 (1.18%) VMware
8 14 (1.03%) OpenLink
9 13 (0.96%) Google
9 13 (0.96%) Salesforce
10 11 (0.81%) TIBCO
11 10 (0.74%) F5
11 10 (0.74%) Xamarin
12 9 (0.66%) Altiris
12 9 (0.66%) Dynatrace
13 7 (0.52%) Blue Prism
13 7 (0.52%) NEC