.NET Framework Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft .NET Framework
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 234 221 214
Rank change year-on-year -13 -7 +46
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 113 275 558
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.75% 1.09% 1.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.11% 4.34% 4.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 226 417
10th Percentile £306 - £360
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £556 £699 £625
90th Percentile £688 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -13.64% +2.33% +15.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 12
10th Percentile - £55.50 -
25th Percentile - £68.75 £48.50
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year - +55.34% +15.08%
75th Percentile - £85.00 £62.19
90th Percentile - £86.00 £66.80
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £51.50
% change year-on-year - +55.34% +21.18%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

.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 WFH option and 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 3,628 6,337 13,079
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 24.03% 25.22% 29.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,546 4,711 9,657
10th Percentile £331 £395 £400
25th Percentile £429 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +13.40%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £788 £750 £731
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 80 116
10th Percentile £24.68 £22.50 £21.00
25th Percentile - £43.60 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +27.55% +8.89%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £60.31
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £67.65
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.65
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.93% +10.32%

.NET Framework
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing .NET Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

.NET Framework trend for jobs with a WFH option

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing .NET Framework.

.NET Framework daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing .NET Framework over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

.NET Framework daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing .NET Framework.

.NET Framework hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

.NET Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (4.42%) IIS
2 3 (2.65%) CMS
2 3 (2.65%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.65%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.88%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (7.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.77%) Shopify
3 1 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 75 (66.37%) Azure
2 46 (40.71%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (10.62%) Serverless
4 11 (9.73%) AWS
5 10 (8.85%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (7.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 9 (7.96%) Azure Functions
6 9 (7.96%) Azure Service Bus
6 9 (7.96%) Entra ID
6 9 (7.96%) Power Platform
7 5 (4.42%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (4.42%) PowerApps
8 4 (3.54%) Azure API Management
8 4 (3.54%) Azure Key Vault
8 4 (3.54%) PaaS
9 3 (2.65%) Azure App Service
9 3 (2.65%) Azure Event Grid
9 3 (2.65%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.77%) Azure Storage
10 2 (1.77%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.77%) FTP
1 2 (1.77%) HTTP
2 1 (0.88%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (56.64%) SQL Server
2 13 (11.50%) Relational Database
3 8 (7.08%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (4.42%) MySQL
4 5 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (3.54%) RDBMS
6 3 (2.65%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.65%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (2.65%) Oracle Database
6 3 (2.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.77%) DTS
7 2 (1.77%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.77%) Power BI
7 2 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.88%) Big Data
8 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.88%) OLTP
8 1 (0.88%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.88%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 24 (21.24%) Git
2 19 (16.81%) SpecFlow
3 14 (12.39%) Visual Studio
4 8 (7.08%) Selenium
5 6 (5.31%) Moq
5 6 (5.31%) WebDriver
6 4 (3.54%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (2.65%) Cucumber
7 3 (2.65%) JIRA
7 3 (2.65%) NUnit
7 3 (2.65%) SoapUI
8 2 (1.77%) Appium
8 2 (1.77%) eggPlant
8 2 (1.77%) Jenkins
8 2 (1.77%) JUnit
8 2 (1.77%) MSTest
8 2 (1.77%) REST Assured
8 2 (1.77%) SOAtest
8 2 (1.77%) TeamCity
8 2 (1.77%) TestNG
General
1 22 (19.47%) Social Skills
2 17 (15.04%) Finance
3 14 (12.39%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.31%) Banking
6 3 (2.65%) Investment Banking
6 3 (2.65%) Marketing
7 2 (1.77%) Back Office
7 2 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.77%) Electronics
7 2 (1.77%) Front Office
7 2 (1.77%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.77%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.88%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.88%) French Language
8 1 (0.88%) Law
8 1 (0.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 87 (76.99%) Developer
2 43 (38.05%) .NET Developer
3 25 (22.12%) Senior
4 24 (21.24%) C# Developer
5 21 (18.58%) Senior Developer
6 19 (16.81%) Azure Developer
7 18 (15.93%) Software Developer
8 13 (11.50%) Architect
9 12 (10.62%) Senior Software Developer
10 11 (9.73%) C# .NET Developer
10 11 (9.73%) Full Stack Developer
11 7 (6.19%) Lead
12 6 (5.31%) Solutions Architect
13 5 (4.42%) Applications Developer
13 5 (4.42%) Senior Full Stack Developer
13 5 (4.42%) Technical Architect
14 4 (3.54%) Analyst
14 4 (3.54%) Dynamics 365 Architect
14 4 (3.54%) Full Stack .NET Developer
14 4 (3.54%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (100.00%) .NET
2 39 (34.51%) Entity Framework
3 29 (25.66%) ASP.NET
4 26 (23.01%) AngularJS
5 25 (22.12%) .NET Core
6 22 (19.47%) XML
7 18 (15.93%) React
8 17 (15.04%) CSS
9 16 (14.16%) HTML
10 12 (10.62%) Web Services
11 11 (9.73%) REST
11 11 (9.73%) WCF
12 9 (7.96%) ASP.NET Web API
13 8 (7.08%) RESTful
14 6 (5.31%) ASP.NET MVC
14 6 (5.31%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
14 6 (5.31%) Swagger
15 5 (4.42%) Blazor
15 5 (4.42%) jQuery
15 5 (4.42%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.85%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.31%) Cloud Native
2 6 (5.31%) Derivative
3 5 (4.42%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.54%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 2 (1.77%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.77%) Equity Derivative
5 2 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.77%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.77%) NHS
5 2 (1.77%) N-Tier
5 2 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.88%) Contactless
6 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.88%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.73%) Windows
2 2 (1.77%) Android
3 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.88%) Linux
3 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (51.33%) DevOps
2 50 (44.25%) Agile
3 36 (31.86%) CI/CD
4 24 (21.24%) MVC
5 22 (19.47%) Scrum
6 21 (18.58%) Test Automation
7 20 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (16.81%) Design Patterns
9 18 (15.93%) Full Stack Development
9 18 (15.93%) Microservices
10 16 (14.16%) SDLC
10 16 (14.16%) TDD
11 15 (13.27%) Computer Science
11 15 (13.27%) OO
11 15 (13.27%) Unit Testing
12 13 (11.50%) Software Engineering
13 12 (10.62%) Migration
14 11 (9.73%) SOLID
15 10 (8.85%) BDD
15 10 (8.85%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 100 (88.50%) C#
2 38 (33.63%) SQL
3 29 (25.66%) JavaScript
4 25 (22.12%) PowerShell
5 9 (7.96%) Java
6 6 (5.31%) Python
6 6 (5.31%) TypeScript
6 6 (5.31%) VB.NET
6 6 (5.31%) VBA
7 3 (2.65%) C++
8 2 (1.77%) C
8 2 (1.77%) MATLAB
8 2 (1.77%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.77%) VB
9 1 (0.88%) Bicep
9 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.88%) XAML
Qualifications
1 18 (15.93%) Degree
2 12 (10.62%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (10.62%) Security Cleared
3 9 (7.96%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.77%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.88%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.88%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.08%) QA
2 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (7.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.31%) Terraform
2 2 (1.77%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.88%) Kibana
3 1 (0.88%) logstash
3 1 (0.88%) SCOM
3 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (46.02%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.85%) Oracle
3 5 (4.42%) SAP
3 5 (4.42%) Xamarin
4 3 (2.65%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.88%) Adobe
5 1 (0.88%) Cerner
5 1 (0.88%) Citrix
5 1 (0.88%) Google
5 1 (0.88%) Optimizely