.NET Framework Contracts

Microsoft .NET Framework
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for .NET Framework skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited .NET Framework over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 296 240
Rank change year-on-year -20 -56 +51
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 295 531 1,073
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.69% 0.92% 1.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.30% 3.93% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 413 811
10th Percentile £325 £400 £363
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +2.33% +15.59%
75th Percentile £575 £688 £650
90th Percentile £675 £800 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 19
10th Percentile - £52.50 £48.35
25th Percentile £75.00 £57.74 £48.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year - +49.53% +25.88%
75th Percentile £86.25 £85.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £88.50 £87.50 £65.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £70.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year +14.29% +41.41% +10.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

.NET Framework 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 8,929 13,500 23,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.74% 23.27% 27.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,198 9,843 17,307
10th Percentile £343 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 154 232
10th Percentile £21.25 £30.23 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.01 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.65% +10.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £81.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year -26.36% +31.63% +8.89%

.NET Framework
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Framework over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 -6 266 £475 -13.64% 292
London +34 189 £500 -16.67% 78
Work from Home -11 111 £475 -5.00% 321
UK excluding London -87 75 £450 -5.26% 237
North of England +5 30 £450 -5.26% 75
North West +1 22 £475 - 38
South East -1 15 £438 -12.50% 36
East of England +10 11 £550 +15.79% 24
South West -8 9 £638 +15.91% 24
Yorkshire +10 7 £375 -26.83% 31
Midlands -4 7 £338 -20.46% 51
West Midlands +4 6 £488 -7.14% 32
Wales +12 2 - - 9
Scotland +6 2 £375 -11.76% 17
North East +12 1 £375 - 6
East Midlands +4 1 £189 -55.62% 19

.NET Framework
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 26 (8.81%) IIS
2 17 (5.76%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.03%) CMS
4 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.02%) Confluence
5 3 (1.02%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.68%) Apache
6 2 (0.68%) Jadu
7 1 (0.34%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 29 (9.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.34%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 17 (5.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.02%) Maximo
3 2 (0.68%) Endur
3 2 (0.68%) Shopify
4 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 185 (62.71%) Azure
2 108 (36.61%) Azure DevOps
3 32 (10.85%) AWS
4 29 (9.83%) Entra ID
5 20 (6.78%) Power Platform
6 17 (5.76%) Azure Service Bus
6 17 (5.76%) Serverless
7 16 (5.42%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (4.75%) Azure Functions
9 12 (4.07%) Power Automate
9 12 (4.07%) PowerApps
10 11 (3.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 10 (3.39%) GitHub
12 9 (3.05%) Azure Key Vault
13 8 (2.71%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (2.37%) PaaS
15 5 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
16 4 (1.36%) Azure API Management
16 4 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
17 3 (1.02%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.76%) Internet
2 6 (2.03%) HTTP
3 4 (1.36%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.36%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.68%) FTP
4 2 (0.68%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (48.47%) SQL Server
2 25 (8.47%) Oracle Database
3 14 (4.75%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (4.75%) Relational Database
4 10 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (3.39%) MySQL
5 9 (3.05%) Power BI
5 9 (3.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (2.71%) NoSQL
6 8 (2.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (2.03%) Redis
8 5 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.69%) SQLite
9 4 (1.36%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.36%) RDBMS
10 3 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.68%) Big Data
11 2 (0.68%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.68%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.68%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 57 (19.32%) Git
2 36 (12.20%) SpecFlow
3 31 (10.51%) Visual Studio
4 29 (9.83%) Selenium
5 23 (7.80%) WebDriver
6 14 (4.75%) Cucumber
6 14 (4.75%) NUnit
7 13 (4.41%) Postman
7 13 (4.41%) TeamCity
8 12 (4.07%) JIRA
9 11 (3.73%) REST Assured
9 11 (3.73%) SoapUI
10 10 (3.39%) Appium
11 9 (3.05%) eggPlant
11 9 (3.05%) JUnit
11 9 (3.05%) Moq
11 9 (3.05%) SOAtest
11 9 (3.05%) TestNG
12 8 (2.71%) SonarQube
13 6 (2.03%) GitLab
General
1 76 (25.76%) Social Skills
2 47 (15.93%) Finance
3 30 (10.17%) Public Sector
4 24 (8.14%) Banking
5 21 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.39%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.05%) Front Office
8 6 (2.03%) Back Office
8 6 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.36%) Local Government
9 4 (1.36%) Retail
10 3 (1.02%) Marketing
11 2 (0.68%) Electronics
11 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.34%) Aviation
12 1 (0.34%) Law
12 1 (0.34%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 204 (69.15%) Developer
2 95 (32.20%) .NET Developer
3 78 (26.44%) C# Developer
4 65 (22.03%) Senior
5 45 (15.25%) Senior Developer
6 44 (14.92%) Software Developer
7 34 (11.53%) C# .NET Developer
8 32 (10.85%) Azure Developer
9 28 (9.49%) Senior Software Developer
9 28 (9.49%) Software Engineer
10 24 (8.14%) Full Stack Developer
11 21 (7.12%) Architect
12 12 (4.07%) Analyst
12 12 (4.07%) Full Stack .NET Developer
12 12 (4.07%) Lead
12 12 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (3.73%) C# WPF Developer
13 11 (3.73%) Senior Analyst
13 11 (3.73%) Senior Test Analyst
13 11 (3.73%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 295 (100.00%) .NET
2 72 (24.41%) AngularJS
3 70 (23.73%) Entity Framework
4 63 (21.36%) XML
5 62 (21.02%) .NET Core
6 52 (17.63%) ASP.NET
7 43 (14.58%) React
8 38 (12.88%) HTML
9 31 (10.51%) WCF
10 30 (10.17%) CSS
11 29 (9.83%) Web Services
12 26 (8.81%) REST
13 23 (7.80%) ASP.NET Web API
14 20 (6.78%) JSON
15 19 (6.44%) Blazor
15 19 (6.44%) RESTful
16 16 (5.42%) WPF
17 12 (4.07%) ASP.NET MVC
17 12 (4.07%) HTML5
17 12 (4.07%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.81%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.39%) Cloud Native
2 10 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (2.71%) Derivative
4 6 (2.03%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.03%) Replication
5 5 (1.69%) Algorithms
5 5 (1.69%) Data Structures
5 5 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.36%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 4 (1.36%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.36%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.36%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.02%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.02%) N-Tier
8 2 (0.68%) Equity Derivative
8 2 (0.68%) NHS
8 2 (0.68%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 34 (11.53%) Windows
2 6 (2.03%) Linux
3 3 (1.02%) Android
4 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (51.53%) DevOps
2 149 (50.51%) Agile
3 84 (28.47%) CI/CD
4 72 (24.41%) Scrum
5 58 (19.66%) Test Automation
6 53 (17.97%) Software Engineering
7 43 (14.58%) MVC
8 39 (13.22%) SDLC
9 38 (12.88%) Full Stack Development
9 38 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
10 36 (12.20%) TDD
11 34 (11.53%) Microservices
11 34 (11.53%) OO
12 32 (10.85%) Design Patterns
13 31 (10.51%) BDD
14 30 (10.17%) Continuous Integration
15 29 (9.83%) B2C
16 27 (9.15%) Unit Testing
17 24 (8.14%) Software Testing
18 20 (6.78%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 262 (88.81%) C#
2 105 (35.59%) SQL
3 74 (25.08%) PowerShell
4 66 (22.37%) JavaScript
5 31 (10.51%) VBA
6 30 (10.17%) PL/SQL
7 25 (8.47%) T-SQL
7 25 (8.47%) VB
8 22 (7.46%) VB.NET
9 21 (7.12%) Java
10 17 (5.76%) Python
11 13 (4.41%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.36%) C++
12 4 (1.36%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.68%) Bash
13 2 (0.68%) C
13 2 (0.68%) PHP
14 1 (0.34%) Bicep
14 1 (0.34%) R
14 1 (0.34%) XAML
Qualifications
1 36 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 32 (10.85%) Degree
3 28 (9.49%) SC Cleared
4 15 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.69%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.69%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.68%) HND
8 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.34%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.20%) QA
2 3 (1.02%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 32 (10.85%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.71%) Docker
3 3 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.68%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (3.39%) Terraform
2 5 (1.69%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.69%) SCOM
2 5 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.02%) Ansible
3 3 (1.02%) PowerCLI
4 2 (0.68%) OPNET
4 2 (0.68%) SCOrch
5 1 (0.34%) Kibana
5 1 (0.34%) logstash
5 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 119 (40.34%) Microsoft
2 56 (18.98%) Oracle
3 18 (6.10%) Citrix
4 10 (3.39%) SAP
5 5 (1.69%) Xamarin
6 4 (1.36%) F5
6 4 (1.36%) Google
6 4 (1.36%) IBM
6 4 (1.36%) Nintex
7 3 (1.02%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.02%) Pega
7 3 (1.02%) Sitecore
7 3 (1.02%) VMware
8 2 (0.68%) Cisco
8 2 (0.68%) OpenLink
8 2 (0.68%) Optimizely
8 2 (0.68%) TIBCO
9 1 (0.34%) Adobe
9 1 (0.34%) Cerner
9 1 (0.34%) Databricks