.NET Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring .NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 57 32
Rank change year-on-year -10 -25 -2
Contract jobs citing .NET 88 77 133
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 3.69% 4.04% 5.66%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.29% 15.16% 21.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 63 100
10th Percentile £427 £404 £411
25th Percentile £511 £424 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.48% +4.21% -7.73%
75th Percentile £668 £682 £678
90th Percentile £779 £756 £826
London median daily rate £545 £500 £560
% change year-on-year +9.00% -10.71% -10.40%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Central London

.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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 616 508 608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 25.83% 26.62% 25.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 352 389
10th Percentile £413 £383 £413
25th Percentile £475 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £578 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% -3.75% -1.28%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £711
90th Percentile £750 £775 £838
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £37.68 £52.83 £27.67
25th Percentile £39.81 £55.99 £31.07
Median hourly rate £52.25 £62.50 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.40% +62.34% -25.24%
75th Percentile £70.00 £76.25 £41.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £83.75 £41.45
London median hourly rate £49.00 £51.97 £42.50
% change year-on-year -5.71% +22.28% -32.00%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

.NET job vacancy trend in Central London

.NET
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing .NET.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing .NET

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET in Central London over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in Central London

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing .NET.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing .NET

.NET
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Central London region over the 6 months to 9 October 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
City of London -18 81 £572 -8.48% 78
West End of London - 5 £525 - 3
City of Westminster - 4 £563 - 6
Southwark - 1 £600 -
.NET
London

.NET
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.68%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.41%) IIS
3 2 (2.27%) CMS
3 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (2.27%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.14%) MQSeries
Applications
1 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (10.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.27%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 39 (44.32%) Azure
2 19 (21.59%) Power Platform
3 15 (17.05%) AWS
4 13 (14.77%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (14.77%) Serverless
5 11 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (10.23%) Azure Functions
6 9 (10.23%) Azure Logic Apps
6 9 (10.23%) Azure Service Bus
6 9 (10.23%) GitHub
7 8 (9.09%) SaaS
8 7 (7.95%) Power Automate
8 7 (7.95%) PowerApps
9 5 (5.68%) Amazon SQS
10 4 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (4.55%) Entra ID
11 3 (3.41%) Azure API Management
11 3 (3.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (3.41%) GCP
11 3 (3.41%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.68%) DNS
1 5 (5.68%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.41%) VLAN
2 3 (3.41%) VPN
3 2 (2.27%) DHCP
3 2 (2.27%) Firewall
3 2 (2.27%) Internet
3 2 (2.27%) Intranet
3 2 (2.27%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.14%) LAN
4 1 (1.14%) Multicast
4 1 (1.14%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (26.14%) SQL Server
2 7 (7.95%) Oracle Database
3 6 (6.82%) Power BI
3 6 (6.82%) Relational Database
4 4 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (3.41%) ClickHouse
5 3 (3.41%) NoSQL
5 3 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.27%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.27%) SQLPlus
7 1 (1.14%) Big Data
7 1 (1.14%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (13.64%) Git
2 9 (10.23%) Visual Studio
3 8 (9.09%) Jenkins
4 7 (7.95%) Artifactory
5 5 (5.68%) Bitbucket
6 4 (4.55%) GitLab
6 4 (4.55%) JIRA
6 4 (4.55%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (3.41%) eggPlant
7 3 (3.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (3.41%) TeamCity
8 2 (2.27%) Fiddler
8 2 (2.27%) JMeter
8 2 (2.27%) LoadRunner
8 2 (2.27%) MSI
8 2 (2.27%) Postman
8 2 (2.27%) SoapUI
8 2 (2.27%) SonarQube
9 1 (1.14%) Claude Code
9 1 (1.14%) SOAtest
General
1 28 (31.82%) Finance
2 25 (28.41%) Banking
3 24 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 17 (19.32%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (9.09%) Front Office
6 6 (6.82%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.55%) Marketing
8 2 (2.27%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.14%) Advertising
9 1 (1.14%) Back Office
9 1 (1.14%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.14%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.14%) Legal
9 1 (1.14%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (51.14%) Developer
2 16 (18.18%) Senior
3 15 (17.05%) C# Developer
4 10 (11.36%) Lead
4 10 (11.36%) Senior Developer
5 8 (9.09%) .NET Developer
6 7 (7.95%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 6 (6.82%) Architect
7 6 (6.82%) Senior C# Developer
7 6 (6.82%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (5.68%) Applications Support
8 5 (5.68%) Azure Developer
8 5 (5.68%) Software Developer
9 4 (4.55%) Applications Engineer
9 4 (4.55%) Applications Support Engineer
9 4 (4.55%) AWS Engineer
9 4 (4.55%) Full-Stack Developer
9 4 (4.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 4 (4.55%) Support Engineer
10 3 (3.41%) Applications Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (21.59%) REST
2 15 (17.05%) .NET Framework
3 10 (11.36%) .NET Core
3 10 (11.36%) SOAP
4 9 (10.23%) Web Services
4 9 (10.23%) XML
5 8 (9.09%) Kafka
6 7 (7.95%) ASP.NET
7 6 (6.82%) AngularJS
7 6 (6.82%) React
8 5 (5.68%) ASP.NET Web API
8 5 (5.68%) HTML
8 5 (5.68%) Terraform
9 4 (4.55%) HTML5 Canvas
9 4 (4.55%) Node.js
9 4 (4.55%) RESTful
10 3 (3.41%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (3.41%) ASP.NET Web Forms
10 3 (3.41%) PySpark
10 3 (3.41%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 19 (21.59%) Cloud Native
2 8 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (6.82%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (5.68%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (4.55%) Distributed Applications
5 4 (4.55%) Onboarding
5 4 (4.55%) Product Ownership
5 4 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.41%) AI Agents
6 3 (3.41%) Distributed Architecture
6 3 (3.41%) Equities
6 3 (3.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (2.27%) LIMS
7 2 (2.27%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (1.14%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (1.14%) IoT
8 1 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (1.14%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 15 (17.05%) Windows
2 14 (15.91%) Linux
3 9 (10.23%) Windows Server
4 7 (7.95%) Unix
5 1 (1.14%) Android
5 1 (1.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (40.91%) CI/CD
2 35 (39.77%) DevOps
3 25 (28.41%) Agile
4 18 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (20.45%) Software Engineering
5 16 (18.18%) Test Automation
6 15 (17.05%) Full-Stack Development
6 15 (17.05%) Microservices
7 13 (14.77%) Risk Management
7 13 (14.77%) SDLC
8 12 (13.64%) Event-Driven
8 12 (13.64%) Migration
8 12 (13.64%) Root Cause Analysis
8 12 (13.64%) Unit Testing
9 10 (11.36%) Scrum
9 10 (11.36%) Software Testing
9 10 (11.36%) User Acceptance Testing
10 9 (10.23%) CRM
10 9 (10.23%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 9 (10.23%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (73.86%) C#
2 39 (44.32%) SQL
3 30 (34.09%) Python
4 17 (19.32%) JavaScript
5 13 (14.77%) Java
5 13 (14.77%) TypeScript
6 9 (10.23%) PL/SQL
6 9 (10.23%) PowerShell
7 5 (5.68%) C++
8 4 (4.55%) Bash
8 4 (4.55%) T-SQL
9 2 (2.27%) C
9 2 (2.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (2.27%) Korn
9 2 (2.27%) ProC
9 2 (2.27%) VB.NET
10 1 (1.14%) Bicep
10 1 (1.14%) CodeQL
10 1 (1.14%) Kotlin
10 1 (1.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (20.45%) Security Cleared
2 11 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.23%) Degree
4 4 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.27%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.14%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.14%) ISEB
6 1 (1.14%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.77%) QA
2 2 (2.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 2 (2.27%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.27%) GMP
2 2 (2.27%) GxP
2 2 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 1 (1.14%) GDPR
3 1 (1.14%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (1.14%) PSD2
3 1 (1.14%) SEPA
3 1 (1.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (4.55%) Docker
2 2 (2.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (6.82%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.55%) ITRS Geneos
3 3 (3.41%) Grafana
4 2 (2.27%) Ansible
4 2 (2.27%) HP Fortify
4 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.14%) Control-M
5 1 (1.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 24 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 22 (25.00%) Oracle
3 5 (5.68%) SAP
4 4 (4.55%) Citrix
4 4 (4.55%) IBM
4 4 (4.55%) ION Trading
4 4 (4.55%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.55%) Sitecore
4 4 (4.55%) Splunk
5 3 (3.41%) Databricks
5 3 (3.41%) Dynatrace
6 2 (2.27%) Adyen
6 2 (2.27%) Google
6 2 (2.27%) UiPath
7 1 (1.14%) Calypso
7 1 (1.14%) F5
7 1 (1.14%) Foundry
7 1 (1.14%) Murex
7 1 (1.14%) Temenos
7 1 (1.14%) VMware