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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 45 35
Rank change year-on-year -8 -10 +1
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,543 2,819 5,359
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.58% 4.77% 6.04%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 17.37% 20.53% 22.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,167 2,186 4,198
10th Percentile £325 £387 £381
25th Percentile £413 £438 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £560 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +4.19% +13.16%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £670
90th Percentile £725 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £485 £470
% change year-on-year -7.22% +3.19% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 22 54
10th Percentile £20.77 £30.60 £20.25
25th Percentile £25.19 £45.88 £35.00
Median hourly rate £58.91 £60.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +23.08% +20.37%
75th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £59.38
90th Percentile £85.00 £87.25 £63.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.91 £55.00 £48.50
% change year-on-year +7.10% +13.40% +19.75%

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 8,883 13,734 24,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.58% 23.25% 27.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,169 10,016 17,623
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +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 238 152 239
10th Percentile £21.25 £31.18 £22.40
25th Percentile £40.08 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.84 £65.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.94% +30.65% +10.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.61 £81.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £63.25 £49.25
% change year-on-year -24.90% +28.43% +9.44%

.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 5 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 5 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 5 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 -7 1,347 £536 -6.74% 1,448
London 0 910 £575 -10.16% 506
Work from Home -6 608 £500 -9.09% 962
UK excluding London -35 455 £450 -7.22% 1,044
North of England -32 107 £425 -10.53% 317
South East -42 104 £500 -2.91% 191
South West +18 91 £553 +1.84% 113
North West -31 64 £450 -5.26% 186
Midlands -32 59 £445 +4.71% 216
Scotland -33 41 £394 -17.11% 82
West Midlands -12 39 £481 -3.75% 125
East of England +7 35 £475 - 73
Yorkshire -14 35 £400 -17.53% 99
East Midlands -22 20 £410 +2.50% 91
Wales -14 19 £425 -20.93% 43
North East +11 8 £278 -41.58% 34
Northern Ireland +4 4 - - 21

.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 52 (3.37%) IIS
2 47 (3.05%) CMS
3 43 (2.79%) SharePoint
4 36 (2.33%) Confluence
5 32 (2.07%) Umbraco
6 13 (0.84%) BizTalk Server
7 10 (0.65%) Apache
8 6 (0.39%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.39%) NServiceBus
8 6 (0.39%) WordPress
9 5 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.32%) Drupal
9 5 (0.32%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.26%) EPiServer
10 4 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.26%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.19%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.19%) Kentico
11 3 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 39 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.13%) Sketch
6 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.065%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.065%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.065%) InVision
6 1 (0.065%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 41 (2.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.84%) Endur
3 7 (0.45%) NEC Housing
4 6 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.26%) Magento
6 3 (0.19%) Maximo
7 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.13%) SAP GTS
7 2 (0.13%) Shopify
8 1 (0.065%) Aareon QL
8 1 (0.065%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.065%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.065%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.065%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.065%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.065%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.065%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 773 (50.10%) Azure
2 352 (22.81%) Azure DevOps
3 226 (14.65%) AWS
4 113 (7.32%) Azure Service Bus
5 93 (6.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 84 (5.44%) Serverless
7 79 (5.12%) Power Platform
8 78 (5.06%) Entra ID
9 57 (3.69%) Azure Functions
9 57 (3.69%) Dynamics 365
10 53 (3.43%) Azure Monitor
11 52 (3.37%) GCP
12 49 (3.18%) PaaS
13 46 (2.98%) Azure Logic Apps
14 43 (2.79%) PowerApps
15 36 (2.33%) Power Automate
16 33 (2.14%) GitHub
17 31 (2.01%) Azure API Management
18 28 (1.81%) Azure AKS
19 27 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.36%) Internet
2 19 (1.23%) DNS
3 16 (1.04%) TCP/IP
4 14 (0.91%) HTTP
5 13 (0.84%) VPN
6 12 (0.78%) Network Security
7 9 (0.58%) FTP
8 8 (0.52%) Firewall
9 6 (0.39%) DHCP
10 5 (0.32%) Intranet
10 5 (0.32%) SSL
11 4 (0.26%) SSH
11 4 (0.26%) WAN
11 4 (0.26%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.19%) BIG-IP
12 3 (0.19%) LAN
12 3 (0.19%) SAN
12 3 (0.19%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (0.19%) Wireless
13 2 (0.13%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 435 (28.19%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.34%) NoSQL
3 51 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 48 (3.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 45 (2.92%) Relational Database
6 38 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
7 37 (2.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 32 (2.07%) MySQL
8 32 (2.07%) Power BI
9 30 (1.94%) Oracle Database
10 27 (1.75%) MongoDB
11 23 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
11 23 (1.49%) Redis
12 18 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
13 16 (1.04%) Data Lake
14 13 (0.84%) DynamoDB
15 11 (0.71%) Big Data
16 9 (0.58%) GIS
17 8 (0.52%) DB2
18 7 (0.45%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 183 (11.86%) Git
2 89 (5.77%) Visual Studio
3 76 (4.93%) Jenkins
4 63 (4.08%) TeamCity
5 61 (3.95%) JIRA
5 61 (3.95%) SpecFlow
6 56 (3.63%) Selenium
7 45 (2.92%) NUnit
8 34 (2.20%) Bitbucket
9 31 (2.01%) Cucumber
10 29 (1.88%) Postman
11 27 (1.75%) WebDriver
12 25 (1.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 20 (1.30%) Moq
14 18 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
15 15 (0.97%) Cypress.io
16 14 (0.91%) Octopus Deploy
17 13 (0.84%) REST Assured
17 13 (0.84%) Subversion
18 12 (0.78%) JUnit
General
1 293 (18.99%) Finance
2 269 (17.43%) Social Skills
3 153 (9.92%) Public Sector
4 101 (6.55%) Banking
5 98 (6.35%) Front Office
6 91 (5.90%) Analytical Skills
7 61 (3.95%) Back Office
8 48 (3.11%) Investment Banking
9 31 (2.01%) Local Government
10 21 (1.36%) Manufacturing
10 21 (1.36%) Marketing
11 18 (1.17%) Aerospace
12 17 (1.10%) Retail
13 16 (1.04%) Telecoms
14 15 (0.97%) Law
15 14 (0.91%) Electronics
16 12 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 12 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (0.71%) Financial Institution
18 10 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 967 (62.67%) Developer
2 445 (28.84%) .NET Developer
3 254 (16.46%) Senior
4 251 (16.27%) C# Developer
5 169 (10.95%) Senior Developer
6 136 (8.81%) Full Stack Developer
7 126 (8.17%) Software Engineer
8 121 (7.84%) C# .NET Developer
9 102 (6.61%) Architect
10 101 (6.55%) Lead
11 98 (6.35%) Software Developer
12 93 (6.03%) Azure Developer
13 60 (3.89%) .NET Software Engineer
13 60 (3.89%) Full Stack .NET Developer
14 55 (3.56%) Senior .NET Developer
15 50 (3.24%) Azure Engineer
15 50 (3.24%) DevOps Engineer
16 45 (2.92%) React Developer
17 44 (2.85%) .NET Software Developer
17 44 (2.85%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 376 (24.37%) .NET Core
2 291 (18.86%) .NET Framework
3 254 (16.46%) ASP.NET
4 232 (15.04%) React
5 212 (13.74%) AngularJS
6 163 (10.56%) CSS
6 163 (10.56%) HTML
7 133 (8.62%) XML
8 112 (7.26%) REST
9 80 (5.18%) Entity Framework
10 78 (5.06%) Web Services
11 75 (4.86%) ASP.NET Core
12 74 (4.80%) RESTful
13 69 (4.47%) Blazor
14 60 (3.89%) WCF
15 59 (3.82%) ASP.NET Web API
16 55 (3.56%) JSON
17 51 (3.31%) Vue
18 47 (3.05%) jQuery
19 46 (2.98%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 88 (5.70%) Product Ownership
2 48 (3.11%) Derivative
3 47 (3.05%) Fixed Income
4 45 (2.92%) Hedge funds
5 44 (2.85%) Greenfield Project
6 41 (2.66%) Equities
7 36 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 32 (2.07%) Cloud Native
9 25 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
10 24 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
11 21 (1.36%) Legacy Applications
11 21 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (1.30%) Mobile App
13 16 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
14 15 (0.97%) Algorithms
14 15 (0.97%) Wiki
15 14 (0.91%) Public Cloud
16 13 (0.84%) Client/Server
16 13 (0.84%) NHS
17 12 (0.78%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 117 (7.58%) Windows
2 63 (4.08%) Linux
3 35 (2.27%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.17%) Android
5 15 (0.97%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.45%) Unix
7 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.26%) VMS
8 3 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.065%) Debian
9 1 (0.065%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 548 (35.52%) DevOps
2 525 (34.02%) Agile
3 283 (18.34%) CI/CD
4 228 (14.78%) Full Stack Development
5 225 (14.58%) Software Engineering
6 199 (12.90%) TDD
7 197 (12.77%) Microservices
8 183 (11.86%) OO
9 180 (11.67%) Scrum
10 176 (11.41%) Problem-Solving
11 163 (10.56%) MVC
12 149 (9.66%) Test Automation
13 100 (6.48%) Continuous Integration
14 93 (6.03%) SDLC
15 92 (5.96%) Migration
16 89 (5.77%) API Management
17 88 (5.70%) Design Patterns
18 83 (5.38%) SOLID
19 79 (5.12%) Clean Code
20 75 (4.86%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 1,128 (73.10%) C#
2 491 (31.82%) SQL
3 316 (20.48%) JavaScript
4 241 (15.62%) PowerShell
5 135 (8.75%) Python
5 135 (8.75%) TypeScript
6 134 (8.68%) Java
7 101 (6.55%) Bicep
8 72 (4.67%) T-SQL
9 71 (4.60%) PL/SQL
10 60 (3.89%) VB.NET
11 59 (3.82%) C++
12 49 (3.18%) VBA
13 33 (2.14%) VB
14 25 (1.62%) C
15 24 (1.56%) Ruby
16 19 (1.23%) PHP
17 15 (0.97%) Bash
18 14 (0.91%) Go
19 9 (0.58%) Perl
Qualifications
1 150 (9.72%) Security Cleared
2 117 (7.58%) SC Cleared
3 102 (6.61%) Degree
4 35 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.10%) DV Cleared
6 14 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (0.91%) Master's Degree
7 9 (0.58%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.26%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.26%) CISSP
10 4 (0.26%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.19%) HNC
11 3 (0.19%) SANS
12 2 (0.13%) CCNP
12 2 (0.13%) HND
12 2 (0.13%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (7.32%) QA
2 48 (3.11%) Accessibility
3 25 (1.62%) WCAG
4 9 (0.58%) MiFID
5 8 (0.52%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.39%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.39%) SLA
7 5 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
8 4 (0.26%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.26%) EMIR
8 4 (0.26%) GDPR
8 4 (0.26%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.19%) GRC
9 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.13%) HL7
10 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.065%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.065%) DICOM
11 1 (0.065%) HIPAA
System Software
1 138 (8.94%) Active Directory
2 82 (5.31%) Docker
3 18 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.04%) Hyper-V
5 15 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.58%) vSphere
7 4 (0.26%) NFS
8 3 (0.19%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.065%) Firmware
9 1 (0.065%) GridGain
9 1 (0.065%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 77 (4.99%) Kubernetes
2 74 (4.80%) Terraform
3 60 (3.89%) Ansible
4 24 (1.56%) PowerCLI
5 20 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (1.04%) SCOM
7 10 (0.65%) ITRS Geneos
8 9 (0.58%) BladeLogic
8 9 (0.58%) SCCM
9 5 (0.32%) WSUS
10 4 (0.26%) Puppet
11 3 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.13%) Grafana
12 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.13%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.13%) SCOrch
13 1 (0.065%) Kibana
13 1 (0.065%) logstash
13 1 (0.065%) Packer
13 1 (0.065%) vRealize
Vendors
1 351 (22.75%) Microsoft
2 138 (8.94%) Oracle
3 38 (2.46%) SAP
4 30 (1.94%) Citrix
5 25 (1.62%) Atlassian
6 22 (1.43%) Dell
6 22 (1.43%) HP
7 20 (1.30%) VMware
8 17 (1.10%) Databricks
8 17 (1.10%) MuleSoft
9 15 (0.97%) Salesforce
10 13 (0.84%) OpenLink
11 12 (0.78%) Google
11 12 (0.78%) TIBCO
12 11 (0.71%) F5
12 11 (0.71%) Xamarin
13 9 (0.58%) Altiris
13 9 (0.58%) Dynatrace
14 8 (0.52%) Blue Prism
14 8 (0.52%) Sitecore