.NET Framework Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Microsoft .NET Framework
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring .NET Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 0.52% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
South West median daily rate £438 £610 £638
% change year-on-year -28.28% -4.31% +15.91%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Dorset

.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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 42 35 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 21.99% 38.46% 14.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 28 16
10th Percentile £350 £344 £398
25th Percentile £361 £428 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £550 £463
Median % change year-on-year -28.41% +18.92% -26.00%
75th Percentile £409 £647 £595
90th Percentile £421 £706 £769
South West median daily rate £525 £545 £514
% change year-on-year -3.67% +6.08% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +24.88%
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

.NET Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

.NET Framework job vacancy trend in Dorset

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

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

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing .NET Framework.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing .NET Framework

.NET Framework
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Poole - 1 £350 -
.NET Framework
South West

.NET Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Robot Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Smoke Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA