.NET Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring .NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 37 45
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 -2
Contract jobs citing .NET 6 5 10
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.69% 1.82% 1.91%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 21.43% 16.13% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 8
10th Percentile £433 £370 £325
25th Percentile £463 £400 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.72% -1.05% -
75th Percentile £515 £506 £488
90th Percentile £634 £516 £506
East of England median daily rate £526 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +10.66% - +2.70%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cambridgeshire

.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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 28 31 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 7.89% 11.27% 14.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 29 52
10th Percentile - £390 £354
25th Percentile £410 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £470 £498
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% -5.53% +4.74%
75th Percentile £554 £538 £566
90th Percentile £679 £690 £638
East of England median daily rate £544 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +10.97% -2.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.83 - £58.75
Median hourly rate £32.00 - £68.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.95%
75th Percentile £34.17 - £75.00
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £75.34 £43.00
% change year-on-year -13.72% +75.20% -18.10%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

.NET job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 3 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in Cambridgeshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
Cambridge -3 5 £481 +20.31% 9
Peterborough +13 1 £675 +31.07% 3
.NET
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) PowerApps
3 1 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Architect
1 1 (16.67%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Developer
1 1 (16.67%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
1 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Senior
1 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
1 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Developer
1 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
1 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Node.js
1 2 (33.33%) React
2 1 (16.67%) Blazor
2 1 (16.67%) GraphQL
2 1 (16.67%) Next.js
2 1 (16.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) AI Agents
1 2 (33.33%) BYOD
1 2 (33.33%) Low-Code
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (50.00%) ERP
2 2 (33.33%) AI
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Cutover Planning
2 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Escalation Management
2 2 (33.33%) Event-Driven
2 2 (33.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C#
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) X++
4 1 (16.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow