.NET Contract Job Trends in Birmingham
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham citing .NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 61 | 66 | 45 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | -21 | -7 |
| Contract jobs citing .NET | 15 | 6 | 23 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham | 1.76% | 0.92% | 3.27% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 9.15% | 4.17% | 13.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15 | 5 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £240 | £308 | £453 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £313 | £491 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £400 | £567 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.75% | -29.45% | +9.30% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £419 | £574 |
| 90th Percentile | £538 | £538 | £600 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £499 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -5.00% | +10.53% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Birmingham
.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 citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Birmingham.
| 6 months to 3 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 164 | 144 | 175 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham | 19.25% | 21.98% | 24.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 107 | 98 | 103 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £463 | £432 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -4.76% | +13.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £559 | £569 | £669 |
| 90th Percentile | £660 | £688 | £738 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £480 | £507 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.33% | -7.82% | +15.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £21.83 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £65.00 | £24.19 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £28.25 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +147.79% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75.00 | £32.19 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £34.48 | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £70.00 | £50.00 | £42.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +40.00% | +18.34% | +141.43% |
.NET Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing .NET relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
.NET Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing .NET.
.NET Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET in Birmingham over the 6 months to 3 November 2026.
.NET Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing .NET.
.NET Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | React | 33.3% | 5 |
| 2 | .NET Core | 20.0% | 3 |
| 3 | ASP.NET | 13.3% | 2 |
| 3 | REST | 13.3% | 2 |
| 3 | Terraform | 13.3% | 2 |
| 3 | XML | 13.3% | 2 |
| 3 | XSLT | 13.3% | 2 |
| 8 | .NET Framework | 6.7% | 1 |
| 8 | Blazor | 6.7% | 1 |
| 8 | CSS | 6.7% | 1 |
| 8 | Django | 6.7% | 1 |
| 8 | Entity Framework | 6.7% | 1 |
| 8 | React Native | 6.7% | 1 |
| 8 | Sass | 6.7% | 1 |