.NET Core Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

.NET Core
South Wales > Cardiff

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

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 30 33
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 +6
Contract jobs citing .NET Core 4 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 2.01% 1.35% 0.45%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.55% 5.00% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £509 £161 -
25th Percentile £509 £161 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £161 £450
Median % change year-on-year +222.82% -64.20% +2.86%
75th Percentile £528 £161 £475
90th Percentile £529 £161 -
South Wales median daily rate £520 £161 £450
% change year-on-year +222.82% -64.20% +2.86%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cardiff

.NET Core 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 53 60 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 26.63% 27.03% 27.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 43 53
10th Percentile £299 £209 £217
25th Percentile £363 £369 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £490 £425
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% +15.29% -15.00%
75th Percentile £488 £547 £538
90th Percentile £643 £551 £635
South Wales median daily rate £450 £489 £425
% change year-on-year -7.93% +15.00% -22.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £25.60 -
South Wales median hourly rate - £21.12 -

.NET Core
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings citing .NET Core as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for .NET Core in Cardiff

.NET Core
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

.NET Core
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Cypress.io
2 3 (75.00%) Git
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Software Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) Jest
1 4 (100.00%) Next.js
1 4 (100.00%) React
2 3 (75.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (75.00%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Case Management
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Code Quality
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Front End Development
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (75.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (25.00%) CRM
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (25.00%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (75.00%) WCAG
3 2 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft