.NET Framework Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft .NET Framework
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring .NET Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 106 102
Rank change year-on-year -14 -4 +24
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 5 8 26
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.21% 0.48% 1.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.13% 1.82% 5.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 15
10th Percentile £526 £381 £463
25th Percentile £549 £409 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £645 £691 £681
90th Percentile £659 £719 £735
Central London median daily rate £600 £550 £563
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.22% -6.25%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
City of London

.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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 443 440 508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 19.03% 26.57% 23.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 282 354
10th Percentile £403 £410 £400
25th Percentile £481 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £550 £556
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -0.99% -11.12%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £761 £788
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £22.51 - -
25th Percentile £31.03 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £59.72 - -
90th Percentile £68.89 - -
Central London median hourly rate £32.07 - -

.NET Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

.NET Framework job vacancy trend in the City of London

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing .NET Framework.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing .NET Framework

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing .NET Framework.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing .NET Framework

.NET Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (20.00%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Fiddler
1 1 (20.00%) MSI
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) C# Developer
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Python Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (20.00%) Django
2 1 (20.00%) Entity Framework
2 1 (20.00%) Flask
2 1 (20.00%) NumPy
2 1 (20.00%) Pandas
2 1 (20.00%) React
2 1 (20.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (40.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) API Development
2 1 (20.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (20.00%) Predictive Maintenance
2 1 (20.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) UX Design
2 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Citrix
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Databricks
2 1 (20.00%) SAP