.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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 66 29
Rank change year-on-year -10 -37 +4
Contract jobs citing .NET 85 69 133
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 3.40% 3.48% 5.77%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.80% 12.99% 22.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 51 102
10th Percentile £422 £404 £425
25th Percentile £513 £414 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £638 £594
Median % change year-on-year -10.27% +7.41% -10.42%
75th Percentile £668 £688 £675
90th Percentile £834 £775 £773
London median daily rate £545 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +3.81% -4.55% -12.00%

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 616 531 603
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 24.65% 26.79% 26.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 357 411
10th Percentile £419 £384 £425
25th Percentile £494 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £675 £680 £712
90th Percentile £761 £775 £838
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £25.35 £52.83 -
25th Percentile £33.64 £55.99 £25.40
Median hourly rate £42.00 £62.50 £25.79
Median % change year-on-year -32.80% +142.34% -49.92%
75th Percentile £69.38 £76.25 £26.19
90th Percentile £80.50 £83.75 -
London median hourly rate £43.50 £51.97 £45.00
% change year-on-year -16.30% +15.49% -29.69%

.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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -8 79 £572 -10.27% 45
West End of London - 5 £525 - 4
City of Westminster - 4 £563 - 4
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 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.35%) CMS
2 2 (2.35%) IIS
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (2.35%) Umbraco
3 1 (1.18%) MQSeries
Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (10.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.35%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.18%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 37 (43.53%) Azure
2 20 (23.53%) Power Platform
3 15 (17.65%) AWS
4 13 (15.29%) Serverless
5 11 (12.94%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (11.76%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (10.59%) Azure Functions
7 9 (10.59%) GitHub
7 9 (10.59%) SaaS
8 8 (9.41%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (9.41%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (8.24%) Power Automate
9 7 (8.24%) PowerApps
10 5 (5.88%) Amazon SQS
11 4 (4.71%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (4.71%) Entra ID
11 4 (4.71%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (3.53%) Azure API Management
12 3 (3.53%) IaaS
12 3 (3.53%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.71%) DNS
1 4 (4.71%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.35%) DHCP
2 2 (2.35%) Firewall
2 2 (2.35%) Internet
2 2 (2.35%) Intranet
2 2 (2.35%) VLAN
2 2 (2.35%) VPN
2 2 (2.35%) Wireshark
3 1 (1.18%) LAN
3 1 (1.18%) Multicast
3 1 (1.18%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.24%) Oracle Database
2 7 (8.24%) Power BI
3 6 (7.06%) Relational Database
4 4 (4.71%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (3.53%) ClickHouse
5 3 (3.53%) NoSQL
5 3 (3.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.35%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.35%) SQLPlus
7 1 (1.18%) Big Data
7 1 (1.18%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (11.76%) Git
2 8 (9.41%) Jenkins
2 8 (9.41%) Visual Studio
3 5 (5.88%) Artifactory
4 4 (4.71%) Bitbucket
4 4 (4.71%) GitLab
4 4 (4.71%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (3.53%) eggPlant
5 3 (3.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (2.35%) Fiddler
6 2 (2.35%) JIRA
6 2 (2.35%) JMeter
6 2 (2.35%) LoadRunner
6 2 (2.35%) MSI
6 2 (2.35%) Postman
6 2 (2.35%) SoapUI
6 2 (2.35%) SonarQube
6 2 (2.35%) TeamCity
7 1 (1.18%) HP UFT
7 1 (1.18%) IntelliJ
General
1 25 (29.41%) Banking
2 24 (28.24%) Finance
3 23 (27.06%) Social Skills
4 17 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (9.41%) Front Office
6 7 (8.24%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.71%) Marketing
8 3 (3.53%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.18%) Advertising
9 1 (1.18%) Back Office
9 1 (1.18%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.18%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.18%) Legal
9 1 (1.18%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (50.59%) Developer
2 17 (20.00%) Senior
3 14 (16.47%) C# Developer
4 11 (12.94%) Lead
4 11 (12.94%) Senior Developer
5 7 (8.24%) Architect
5 7 (8.24%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 7 (8.24%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (7.06%) .NET Developer
6 6 (7.06%) Senior C# Developer
7 5 (5.88%) Azure Developer
7 5 (5.88%) Software Developer
8 4 (4.71%) Applications Support
8 4 (4.71%) AWS Engineer
8 4 (4.71%) Full-Stack Developer
8 4 (4.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 4 (4.71%) Software Engineer
9 3 (3.53%) Junior
9 3 (3.53%) Support Engineer
9 3 (3.53%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (20.00%) REST
2 15 (17.65%) .NET Framework
3 10 (11.76%) .NET Core
3 10 (11.76%) SOAP
4 9 (10.59%) Web Services
4 9 (10.59%) XML
5 7 (8.24%) ASP.NET
5 7 (8.24%) Kafka
5 7 (8.24%) React
6 6 (7.06%) HTML
7 5 (5.88%) AngularJS
7 5 (5.88%) ASP.NET Web API
7 5 (5.88%) Node.js
7 5 (5.88%) Terraform
8 4 (4.71%) CSS
8 4 (4.71%) HTML5 Canvas
8 4 (4.71%) RESTful
9 3 (3.53%) JSON
9 3 (3.53%) Middleware
9 3 (3.53%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 20 (23.53%) Cloud Native
2 8 (9.41%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (7.06%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (5.88%) Distributed Applications
4 5 (5.88%) Product Ownership
5 4 (4.71%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (4.71%) Equities
5 4 (4.71%) Onboarding
5 4 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.53%) AI Agents
6 3 (3.53%) Distributed Architecture
6 3 (3.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (2.35%) Fixed Income
7 2 (2.35%) LIMS
7 2 (2.35%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (1.18%) Grid Computing
8 1 (1.18%) Market Risk
8 1 (1.18%) PKI
8 1 (1.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 13 (15.29%) Windows
2 12 (14.12%) Linux
3 7 (8.24%) Unix
3 7 (8.24%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.18%) Android
4 1 (1.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (36.47%) CI/CD
2 30 (35.29%) DevOps
3 22 (25.88%) Agile
4 17 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 17 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 14 (16.47%) Test Automation
6 13 (15.29%) Event-Driven
6 13 (15.29%) Microservices
6 13 (15.29%) SDLC
7 12 (14.12%) Risk Management
7 12 (14.12%) Unit Testing
8 11 (12.94%) Migration
8 11 (12.94%) Root Cause Analysis
9 10 (11.76%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 10 (11.76%) Scrum
9 10 (11.76%) Software Testing
10 9 (10.59%) CRM
10 9 (10.59%) User Acceptance Testing
11 8 (9.41%) AI
Programming Languages
1 61 (71.76%) C#
2 41 (48.24%) SQL
3 29 (34.12%) Python
4 17 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 13 (15.29%) Java
6 10 (11.76%) TypeScript
7 9 (10.59%) PL/SQL
8 7 (8.24%) PowerShell
9 5 (5.88%) C++
10 4 (4.71%) T-SQL
11 2 (2.35%) Bash
11 2 (2.35%) C
11 2 (2.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (2.35%) Korn
11 2 (2.35%) ProC
11 2 (2.35%) VB.NET
12 1 (1.18%) Kotlin
12 1 (1.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (22.35%) Security Cleared
2 12 (14.12%) SC Cleared
3 10 (11.76%) Degree
4 4 (4.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.35%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.35%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.18%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.18%) ISEB
6 1 (1.18%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.18%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.29%) QA
2 2 (2.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 2 (2.35%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.35%) GMP
2 2 (2.35%) GxP
2 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 1 (1.18%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (1.18%) PSD2
3 1 (1.18%) SEPA
3 1 (1.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (3.53%) Docker
2 2 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.53%) ITRS Geneos
3 2 (2.35%) Ansible
3 2 (2.35%) Grafana
3 2 (2.35%) HP Fortify
3 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.18%) Control-M
4 1 (1.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 22 (25.88%) Microsoft
2 20 (23.53%) Oracle
3 5 (5.88%) Databricks
3 5 (5.88%) SAP
4 4 (4.71%) Citrix
4 4 (4.71%) IBM
4 4 (4.71%) Sitecore
5 3 (3.53%) ION Trading
5 3 (3.53%) Splunk
6 2 (2.35%) Adyen
6 2 (2.35%) Dynatrace
6 2 (2.35%) Google
6 2 (2.35%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.18%) Calypso
7 1 (1.18%) F5
7 1 (1.18%) FIS
7 1 (1.18%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.18%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.18%) UiPath
7 1 (1.18%) VMware