.NET Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring .NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 27 25
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing .NET 1 3 11
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.43% 1.89% 4.47%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.85% 25.00% 44.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - - £360
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile - - £550
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £550 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% -16.67%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Bedfordshire

.NET falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 26 12 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 11.30% 7.55% 10.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 9 12
10th Percentile £397 £298 £314
25th Percentile £425 £413 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £541
90th Percentile - £804 £550
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £64.25 £65.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -1.15% +20.37% -17.56%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing .NET relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

.NET job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

.NET
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing .NET.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing .NET

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing .NET.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing .NET

.NET
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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
Luton -9 1 - -
.NET
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace