.NET Developer Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

.NET Developer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median .NET Developer daily rate in Birmingham is £444, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 59 67
Rank change year-on-year -14 +8 +8
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 2 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.25% 0.47% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.51% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £408 £298 £233
25th Percentile £420 £350 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +26.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £470 £606 £481
90th Percentile £484 £663 £538
West Midlands median daily rate £474 £488 £425
% change year-on-year -2.82% +14.71% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 712 589 695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.67% 92.46% 92.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 402 456
10th Percentile £255 £190 £214
25th Percentile £400 £375 £337
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £611 £575
90th Percentile £671 £724 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 13 39
10th Percentile £13.25 £20.80 £12.95
25th Percentile £17.09 £25.56 £18.50
Median hourly rate £22.26 £30.45 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.90% +6.84% +54.33%
75th Percentile £28.75 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £33.38 £56.85 £69.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £23.82 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.95% +5.87% +26.98%

.NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '.NET Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

.NET Developer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in Birmingham

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in Birmingham

.NET Developer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 2 February 2026, .NET Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring .NET Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Entity Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (50.00%) Serverless
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience

.NET Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (50.00%) Entity Framework
2 1 (50.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft