.NET Contracts in Dorset

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset requiring .NET skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited .NET over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 26 29
Rank change year-on-year +6 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing .NET 4 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 4.08% 1.21% 2.78%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.26% 8.70% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £525 £553 £550
% change year-on-year -4.98% +0.45% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
South West median hourly rate - £80.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -5.66%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Dorset

.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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 39 23 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 39.80% 13.94% 9.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 15 10
10th Percentile £381 £398 £404
25th Percentile £437 £409 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £438 £619
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -29.29% +30.26%
75th Percentile £634 £653 £647
90th Percentile £694 £769 £700
South West median daily rate £548 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.38% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £50.05
Median % change year-on-year - +24.88% -3.51%
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £54.75 £57.50
% change year-on-year +18.72% -4.78% -9.52%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for .NET in Dorset

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing .NET in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for .NET in Dorset

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing .NET in Dorset.

Hourly rate trend for .NET in Dorset

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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 within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Bournemouth - 3 - - 31
.NET
South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) OneDrive
2 3 (75.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Functions
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (25.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ARM Templates
1 1 (25.00%) JSON
1 1 (25.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) B2B
1 3 (75.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (75.00%) E-Discovery
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) API Design
2 1 (25.00%) API Development
2 1 (25.00%) API Management
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) C#
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft