.NET Contracts in the East of England

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 76 75
Rank change year-on-year +18 -1 -4
Contract jobs citing .NET 39 27 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 3.09% 1.69% 2.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 18.48% 10.71% 18.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 28
10th Percentile £318 £198 £318
25th Percentile £356 £303 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £469
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +1.33% +4.17%
75th Percentile £563 £550 £550
90th Percentile £683 £605 £620
England median daily rate £500 £538 £564
% change year-on-year -6.98% -4.66% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £63.63 £16.78 -
25th Percentile £65.88 £17.99 £22.50
Median hourly rate £67.00 £20.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +235.00% -20.00% -56.52%
75th Percentile - £42.50 £27.50
90th Percentile - £56.00 -
England median hourly rate £67.00 £59.45 £50.00
% change year-on-year +12.70% +18.91% -15.97%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East of England

.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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 211 252 233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 16.72% 15.75% 11.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 113 152
10th Percentile £346 £311 £326
25th Percentile £425 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £522
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -10.83% -0.57%
75th Percentile £575 £563 £650
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 62 11
10th Percentile £37.90 - -
25th Percentile £43.00 - £21.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -25.22% +2.22%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.00 £71.88
90th Percentile £81.35 - £73.75
England median hourly rate £55.00 £56.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year -2.22% -6.25% +4.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing .NET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for .NET in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing .NET in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for .NET in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET in the East of England over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing .NET in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for .NET in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the East of England region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
Hertfordshire +15 15 £550 -4.35% 34
Cambridgeshire +8 15 £350 -26.32% 34
Bedfordshire -5 4 £700 - 6
Suffolk - 4 £438 - 8
Norfolk - 1 £275 - 8
.NET
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 15 (38.46%) WebLogic
1 15 (38.46%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.56%) CMS
2 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.56%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 12 (30.77%) Azure
2 9 (23.08%) npm
3 5 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (10.26%) SaaS
5 2 (5.13%) AWS
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Functions
6 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (25.64%) Visual Studio
2 9 (23.08%) Artifactory
2 9 (23.08%) GitLab
2 9 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (35.90%) Consultant
2 13 (33.33%) Developer
3 8 (20.51%) Full-Stack Developer
4 6 (15.38%) Software Engineer
5 5 (12.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 5 (12.82%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) .NET Developer
7 3 (7.69%) Development Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Software Development Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Chief Technology Officer
8 2 (5.13%) Software Developer
9 1 (2.56%) .NET Software Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) IT Manager
9 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Developer
9 1 (2.56%) Project Manager
9 1 (2.56%) Python Developer
9 1 (2.56%) Senior Manager
9 1 (2.56%) Senior Project Manager
9 1 (2.56%) Software Manager
9 1 (2.56%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (69.23%) HTML
2 26 (66.67%) Node.js
3 15 (38.46%) .NET Framework
3 15 (38.46%) Middleware
4 13 (33.33%) AngularJS
5 12 (30.77%) CSS
6 11 (28.21%) React
6 11 (28.21%) Vue
7 9 (23.08%) Svelte
8 4 (10.26%) Entity Framework
9 3 (7.69%) .NET Core
10 2 (5.13%) jQuery
11 1 (2.56%) ASP.NET Web API
11 1 (2.56%) Bootstrap
11 1 (2.56%) CSS3
11 1 (2.56%) Express.js
11 1 (2.56%) HTML5
11 1 (2.56%) RESTful
11 1 (2.56%) WCF
11 1 (2.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.64%) Algorithms
2 9 (23.08%) Data Structures
2 9 (23.08%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (5.13%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.56%) EPoS
4 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.95%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (41.03%) CI/CD
1 16 (41.03%) Full-Stack Development
2 15 (38.46%) Requirements Gathering
3 13 (33.33%) Microservices
4 12 (30.77%) Agile
4 12 (30.77%) DevOps
5 11 (28.21%) OOP
5 11 (28.21%) TDD
6 10 (25.64%) Containerisation
6 10 (25.64%) Design Patterns
6 10 (25.64%) SDLC
7 9 (23.08%) Computer Science
7 9 (23.08%) Software Testing
8 5 (12.82%) Software Engineering
9 4 (10.26%) ITSM
10 3 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
10 3 (7.69%) Knowledge Management
10 3 (7.69%) Performance Metrics
10 3 (7.69%) Performance Testing
10 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 22 (56.41%) C++
2 18 (46.15%) C#
3 16 (41.03%) PHP
4 15 (38.46%) C
4 15 (38.46%) Java
5 11 (28.21%) JavaScript
6 9 (23.08%) TypeScript
7 5 (12.82%) SQL
8 1 (2.56%) Bicep
8 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) QA
System Software
1 10 (25.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (25.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (38.46%) Dynatrace
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft