.NET Contracts in London

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 37 34
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 -8
Contract jobs citing .NET 920 1,487 2,601
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 5.16% 5.56% 6.67%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 20.41% 20.43% 21.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 714 1,168 2,187
10th Percentile £388 £400 £425
25th Percentile £463 £506 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £640 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% +6.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £688 £750 £743
90th Percentile £750 £806 £800
England median daily rate £538 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 4
10th Percentile - £33.00 £29.00
25th Percentile - £36.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate - £44.99 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - -10.03% +12.36%
75th Percentile - £63.87 £52.50
90th Percentile - £70.00 £57.00
England median hourly rate £58.91 £55.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +7.10% +12.24% +8.89%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

.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 London 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 4,507 7,278 12,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.29% 27.22% 31.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,377 5,435 9,414
10th Percentile £375 £413 £425
25th Percentile £456 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £825 £810 £788
England median daily rate £550 £563 £565
% change year-on-year -2.22% -0.44% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 40 69
10th Percentile £16.25 £30.68 £32.25
25th Percentile £23.99 £41.97 £35.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £67.25 £48.58
Median % change year-on-year -44.24% +38.43% -0.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.20 £82.33 £78.90
England median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.75
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.65% +8.15%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for .NET in London

.NET
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for .NET in London

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for .NET in London

.NET
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for .NET in London

.NET
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the London region over the 6 months to 6 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
Central London 0 126 £538 -17.31% 73
West London +28 16 £575 +27.78% 13
East London -7 13 £538 +34.38% 7
South London +16 10 £510 +13.33% 6
North London +1 1 £550 +62.96%
.NET
England

.NET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 29 (3.15%) IIS
2 26 (2.83%) CMS
3 13 (1.41%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.20%) Umbraco
5 9 (0.98%) BizTalk Server
6 5 (0.54%) WordPress
7 4 (0.43%) Apache
7 4 (0.43%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.33%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.22%) EPiServer
9 2 (0.22%) nginx
9 2 (0.22%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.11%) Confluence
10 1 (0.11%) GemFire
10 1 (0.11%) Jadu
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 32 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 25 (2.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.52%) Endur
3 6 (0.65%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.22%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.11%) Aareon QL
6 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.11%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.11%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.11%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.11%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 482 (52.39%) Azure
2 236 (25.65%) Azure DevOps
3 156 (16.96%) AWS
4 105 (11.41%) Azure Service Bus
5 83 (9.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 72 (7.83%) Entra ID
7 61 (6.63%) Serverless
8 50 (5.43%) Azure Monitor
9 48 (5.22%) GCP
10 43 (4.67%) Azure Functions
11 41 (4.46%) Power Platform
12 33 (3.59%) Azure Logic Apps
13 30 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
14 26 (2.83%) PaaS
15 24 (2.61%) PowerApps
16 21 (2.28%) AWS Lambda
16 21 (2.28%) Azure Pipelines
17 20 (2.17%) Azure API Management
17 20 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
17 20 (2.17%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.17%) Internet
2 10 (1.09%) DNS
3 8 (0.87%) FTP
4 7 (0.76%) Firewall
4 7 (0.76%) HTTP
4 7 (0.76%) Network Security
5 6 (0.65%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.65%) VPN
6 5 (0.54%) Intranet
7 4 (0.43%) SSH
8 2 (0.22%) AMQP
8 2 (0.22%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.22%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.22%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (0.22%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.22%) Wireless
9 1 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
9 1 (0.11%) MPLS
9 1 (0.11%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 311 (33.80%) SQL Server
2 51 (5.54%) NoSQL
3 36 (3.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 35 (3.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 30 (3.26%) Relational Database
6 29 (3.15%) Oracle Database
7 26 (2.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 23 (2.50%) MongoDB
9 21 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
10 17 (1.85%) Redis
11 16 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
11 16 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
11 16 (1.74%) Power BI
12 11 (1.20%) Big Data
12 11 (1.20%) DynamoDB
13 10 (1.09%) Data Lake
14 9 (0.98%) GIS
15 6 (0.65%) MySQL
15 6 (0.65%) OLTP
15 6 (0.65%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 122 (13.26%) Git
2 52 (5.65%) TeamCity
3 49 (5.33%) SpecFlow
4 44 (4.78%) Visual Studio
5 38 (4.13%) Selenium
6 25 (2.72%) Cucumber
6 25 (2.72%) Jenkins
7 24 (2.61%) NUnit
8 21 (2.28%) WebDriver
9 19 (2.07%) Postman
10 18 (1.96%) Moq
11 14 (1.52%) JIRA
12 12 (1.30%) JUnit
13 11 (1.20%) Octopus Deploy
13 11 (1.20%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.20%) SoapUI
14 10 (1.09%) Appium
14 10 (1.09%) eggPlant
14 10 (1.09%) SOAtest
14 10 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 232 (25.22%) Finance
2 148 (16.09%) Social Skills
3 96 (10.43%) Front Office
4 92 (10.00%) Banking
5 85 (9.24%) Public Sector
6 60 (6.52%) Back Office
7 49 (5.33%) Investment Banking
8 47 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
9 30 (3.26%) Local Government
10 15 (1.63%) Marketing
11 11 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.20%) Retail
12 10 (1.09%) Financial Institution
12 10 (1.09%) Law
12 10 (1.09%) Manufacturing
13 9 (0.98%) Electronics
13 9 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (0.98%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 565 (61.41%) Developer
2 253 (27.50%) .NET Developer
3 201 (21.85%) C# Developer
4 189 (20.54%) Senior
5 127 (13.80%) Senior Developer
6 104 (11.30%) Software Engineer
7 94 (10.22%) C# .NET Developer
8 86 (9.35%) Full Stack Developer
9 67 (7.28%) Azure Developer
10 65 (7.07%) Lead
11 63 (6.85%) Software Developer
12 56 (6.09%) Architect
13 54 (5.87%) .NET Software Engineer
14 42 (4.57%) Backend Developer
15 41 (4.46%) .NET Software Developer
16 38 (4.13%) Azure Engineer
16 38 (4.13%) Senior Software Developer
17 36 (3.91%) Full Stack .NET Developer
18 34 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
18 34 (3.70%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 253 (27.50%) .NET Core
2 189 (20.54%) .NET Framework
3 156 (16.96%) React
4 150 (16.30%) ASP.NET
5 136 (14.78%) AngularJS
6 106 (11.52%) XML
7 84 (9.13%) HTML
8 82 (8.91%) CSS
9 72 (7.83%) REST
10 55 (5.98%) ASP.NET Core
11 48 (5.22%) WCF
12 43 (4.67%) Web Services
13 40 (4.35%) RESTful
14 39 (4.24%) Entity Framework
15 37 (4.02%) Redux
16 34 (3.70%) ASP.NET Web API
17 32 (3.48%) Kafka
18 31 (3.37%) JSON
19 30 (3.26%) jQuery
19 30 (3.26%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 60 (6.52%) Product Ownership
2 48 (5.22%) Derivative
3 47 (5.11%) Fixed Income
4 45 (4.89%) Hedge funds
5 41 (4.46%) Equities
6 38 (4.13%) Greenfield Project
7 36 (3.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 28 (3.04%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.30%) Algorithms
12 11 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.20%) Market Risk
13 10 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (0.87%) Mobile App
14 8 (0.87%) NHS
14 8 (0.87%) Onboarding
15 7 (0.76%) Client/Server
15 7 (0.76%) Data Structures
15 7 (0.76%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 85 (9.24%) Windows
2 23 (2.50%) Windows Server
3 18 (1.96%) Linux
4 2 (0.22%) Android
4 2 (0.22%) VMS
5 1 (0.11%) Unix
5 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (39.78%) DevOps
2 354 (38.48%) Agile
3 188 (20.43%) CI/CD
4 185 (20.11%) Software Engineering
5 163 (17.72%) TDD
6 141 (15.33%) Full Stack Development
7 132 (14.35%) Scrum
8 126 (13.70%) Microservices
9 111 (12.07%) OO
10 96 (10.43%) Test Automation
11 72 (7.83%) Problem-Solving
12 70 (7.61%) API Management
13 69 (7.50%) B2C
14 66 (7.17%) SDLC
15 65 (7.07%) Continuous Integration
15 65 (7.07%) MVC
16 59 (6.41%) Clean Code
16 59 (6.41%) Migration
17 57 (6.20%) Front End Development
18 54 (5.87%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 757 (82.28%) C#
2 353 (38.37%) SQL
3 202 (21.96%) JavaScript
4 166 (18.04%) PowerShell
5 94 (10.22%) TypeScript
6 87 (9.46%) Bicep
6 87 (9.46%) Java
7 78 (8.48%) Python
8 65 (7.07%) T-SQL
9 63 (6.85%) PL/SQL
10 43 (4.67%) C++
11 40 (4.35%) VBA
12 38 (4.13%) VB.NET
13 32 (3.48%) VB
14 14 (1.52%) Go
15 12 (1.30%) Ruby
16 10 (1.09%) Bash
16 10 (1.09%) PHP
17 6 (0.65%) C
17 6 (0.65%) Perl
Qualifications
1 66 (7.17%) Degree
2 37 (4.02%) Security Cleared
3 29 (3.15%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (0.87%) Master's Degree
6 6 (0.65%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.43%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.43%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.22%) CCNP
9 2 (0.22%) CISSP
9 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.11%) CBAP
10 1 (0.11%) CISA
10 1 (0.11%) CISM
10 1 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.11%) SANS
10 1 (0.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (7.61%) QA
2 31 (3.37%) Accessibility
3 21 (2.28%) WCAG
4 9 (0.98%) MiFID
5 8 (0.87%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.43%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.43%) Dodd-Frank
6 4 (0.43%) EMIR
7 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.11%) DICOM
8 1 (0.11%) GDPR
8 1 (0.11%) GRC
8 1 (0.11%) HL7
System Software
1 120 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 60 (6.52%) Docker
3 6 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.54%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.43%) NFS
6 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.22%) vSphere
7 1 (0.11%) Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) GridGain
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 60 (6.52%) Kubernetes
2 35 (3.80%) Terraform
3 14 (1.52%) Ansible
4 11 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (1.09%) ITRS Geneos
6 9 (0.98%) BladeLogic
7 4 (0.43%) SCOM
8 3 (0.33%) Grafana
8 3 (0.33%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.33%) SCCM
9 2 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.22%) SCOrch
10 1 (0.11%) Kibana
10 1 (0.11%) logstash
10 1 (0.11%) Packer
10 1 (0.11%) VxRail
Vendors
1 248 (26.96%) Microsoft
2 108 (11.74%) Oracle
3 30 (3.26%) Citrix
4 18 (1.96%) SAP
5 15 (1.63%) Databricks
5 15 (1.63%) MuleSoft
6 14 (1.52%) OpenLink
7 12 (1.30%) TIBCO
8 11 (1.20%) Salesforce
9 9 (0.98%) Altiris
9 9 (0.98%) Dynatrace
10 7 (0.76%) Blue Prism
10 7 (0.76%) UiPath
11 6 (0.65%) Automation Anywhere
11 6 (0.65%) NEC
12 5 (0.54%) F5
12 5 (0.54%) Google
12 5 (0.54%) Optimizely
12 5 (0.54%) Virgin Media
13 4 (0.43%) Alteryx