.NET Framework Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Microsoft .NET Framework
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring .NET Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 3 0 13
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 1.20% - 5.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.77% - 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 11
10th Percentile £509 - £193
25th Percentile £509 - £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 - £217
Median % change year-on-year - - -51.78%
75th Percentile £529 - £238
90th Percentile £530 - £288
South Wales median daily rate £519 - £217
% change year-on-year - - -51.78%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cardiff

.NET Framework 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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 52 55 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 20.88% 23.71% 26.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 39 55
10th Percentile £305 £168 £203
25th Percentile £405 £215 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £425 £350
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +21.43% -22.22%
75th Percentile £532 £541 £463
90th Percentile £639 £550 £558
South Wales median daily rate £475 £431 £350
% change year-on-year +10.14% +23.21% -30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £25.60 -
South Wales median hourly rate £80.00 £22.00 -
% change year-on-year +263.64% - -

.NET Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

.NET Framework job vacancy trend in Cardiff

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing .NET Framework.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing .NET Framework

.NET Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Cypress.io
2 2 (66.67%) Git
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Software Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 3 (100.00%) Entity Framework
1 3 (100.00%) Jest
1 3 (100.00%) Next.js
1 3 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Client/Server
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Case Management
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (100.00%) WCAG
2 2 (66.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft