Senior .NET Developer Contracts

Senior .NET Developer
UK

The median Senior .NET Developer daily rate in the UK is £538 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 588 699
Rank change year-on-year +56 +111 -112
Contract jobs requiring a Senior .NET Developer 53 105 150
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.18% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.19% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 79 130
10th Percentile £325 £442 £425
25th Percentile £420 £513 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £688
90th Percentile £675 £800 £776
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £586 £500
% change year-on-year -25.34% +17.20% +33.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,719 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,839 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,655 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Senior .NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior .NET Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior .NET Developer in the UK

Senior .NET Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior .NET Developer in the UK

Senior .NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior .NET Developer over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior .NET Developer in the UK

Senior .NET Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior .NET Developer in the UK

Senior .NET Developer
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior .NET Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 +52 39 £545 -9.17% 53
London +53 29 £584 -10.19% 14
Work from Home +100 20 £513 -10.87% 36
UK excluding London +65 19 £438 -25.34% 42
Scotland +51 10 £438 -27.08% 3
North of England +25 6 £413 -29.61% 14
Yorkshire +28 3 £350 -33.33% 5
North West +21 3 £475 -18.94% 9
South West +15 2 £350 -46.15% 4
East of England - 1 £625 -

Senior .NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Senior .NET Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Senior .NET Developer in the job title.

1 53 (100.00%) .NET
2 41 (77.36%) C#
3 33 (62.26%) Azure
4 26 (49.06%) DevOps
4 26 (49.06%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (41.51%) SQL Server
6 21 (39.62%) React
7 16 (30.19%) Agile
7 16 (30.19%) Public Sector
8 14 (26.42%) SQL
8 14 (26.42%) Microsoft
9 12 (22.64%) ASP.NET
9 12 (22.64%) Product Ownership
9 12 (22.64%) .NET Core
10 11 (20.75%) User Experience
10 11 (20.75%) .NET Framework
11 10 (18.87%) Finance
11 10 (18.87%) CI/CD
12 9 (16.98%) Legacy Applications
12 9 (16.98%) Banking
12 9 (16.98%) JavaScript
12 9 (16.98%) TypeScript
13 8 (15.09%) Wiki
13 8 (15.09%) PowerShell
13 8 (15.09%) CSS
13 8 (15.09%) HTML
13 8 (15.09%) Active Directory
13 8 (15.09%) Scrum
13 8 (15.09%) Knowledge Transfer
13 8 (15.09%) Code Quality

Senior .NET Developer Skill Set
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 4 (7.55%) CMS
2 2 (3.77%) IIS
3 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.89%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 33 (62.26%) Azure
2 26 (49.06%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (11.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 6 (11.32%) Azure Service Bus
3 6 (11.32%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.66%) AWS
4 3 (5.66%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (3.77%) Azure Pipelines
5 2 (3.77%) Contentful
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Service Fabric
6 1 (1.89%) npm
6 1 (1.89%) Yarn
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (41.51%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (3.77%) DTS
4 1 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.89%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.89%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.89%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.89%) Redis
4 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Git
2 2 (3.77%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.77%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.89%) Ant
3 1 (1.89%) Babel
3 1 (1.89%) JIRA
3 1 (1.89%) webpack
General
1 16 (30.19%) Public Sector
2 10 (18.87%) Finance
3 9 (16.98%) Banking
4 7 (13.21%) Investment Banking
5 6 (11.32%) Social Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Back Office
7 1 (1.89%) Front Office
7 1 (1.89%) Law
7 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (100.00%) .NET
2 21 (39.62%) React
3 12 (22.64%) .NET Core
3 12 (22.64%) ASP.NET
4 11 (20.75%) .NET Framework
5 8 (15.09%) CSS
5 8 (15.09%) HTML
6 7 (13.21%) AngularJS
6 7 (13.21%) XML
7 4 (7.55%) WCF
7 4 (7.55%) WPF
8 3 (5.66%) ASP.NET Core
8 3 (5.66%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (5.66%) CSS3
8 3 (5.66%) HTML5
8 3 (5.66%) jQuery
8 3 (5.66%) Web Services
9 2 (3.77%) Entity Framework
9 2 (3.77%) Node.js
9 2 (3.77%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.64%) Product Ownership
2 9 (16.98%) Legacy Applications
3 8 (15.09%) Wiki
4 2 (3.77%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.89%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (49.06%) DevOps
2 16 (30.19%) Agile
3 11 (20.75%) User Experience
4 10 (18.87%) CI/CD
5 8 (15.09%) Code Quality
5 8 (15.09%) Knowledge Transfer
5 8 (15.09%) Scrum
6 7 (13.21%) Microservices
6 7 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (11.32%) B2C
7 6 (11.32%) MVC
8 5 (9.43%) Full Stack Development
9 4 (7.55%) Clean Code
10 3 (5.66%) API Management
10 3 (5.66%) Mentoring
10 3 (5.66%) Migration
10 3 (5.66%) Project Delivery
10 3 (5.66%) SDLC
11 2 (3.77%) Technical Architecture
11 2 (3.77%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 41 (77.36%) C#
2 14 (26.42%) SQL
3 9 (16.98%) JavaScript
3 9 (16.98%) TypeScript
4 8 (15.09%) PowerShell
5 6 (11.32%) Bicep
6 3 (5.66%) Python
6 3 (5.66%) T-SQL
6 3 (5.66%) VB.NET
7 2 (3.77%) MATLAB
7 2 (3.77%) VBA
8 1 (1.89%) Java
8 1 (1.89%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (3.77%) Degree
1 2 (3.77%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (3.77%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.77%) Accessibility
1 2 (3.77%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (3.77%) WCAG
2 1 (1.89%) ISO 15022
2 1 (1.89%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 8 (15.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.77%) Terraform
2 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.89%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 14 (26.42%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.77%) Virgin Media