.NET Developer Contracts in Edinburgh

.NET Developer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median .NET Developer daily rate in Edinburgh is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 53 90
Rank change year-on-year -6 +37 +5
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 8 19 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.28% 2.33% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 2.44% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 20
10th Percentile £406 £275 £411
25th Percentile £413 £325 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -21.05% -
75th Percentile £450 £458 £488
90th Percentile £469 £488 £628
Scotland median daily rate £438 £394 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -17.11% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 581 778 1,245
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 95.46% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 441 887
10th Percentile £211 £206 £247
25th Percentile £400 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £479 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +0.84% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £545
90th Percentile £638 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 55 12
10th Percentile - £16.10 £13.62
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.86 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £50.00 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -55.13% +135.18% -10.48%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 £66.00 £54.43
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
% change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%

.NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured .NET Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for .NET Developer in Edinburgh

.NET Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for .NET Developer in Edinburgh

.NET Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for .NET Developer in Edinburgh

.NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, .NET Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring .NET Developer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (87.50%) Azure
2 7 (87.50%) DevOps
2 7 (87.50%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (87.50%) Public Sector
2 7 (87.50%) Knowledge Transfer
3 6 (75.00%) Legacy Applications
3 6 (75.00%) User Experience
3 6 (75.00%) React
3 6 (75.00%) Code Quality
3 6 (75.00%) Product Ownership
3 6 (75.00%) Wiki
4 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
4 2 (25.00%) AngularJS
4 2 (25.00%) SQL
4 2 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC 5
5 1 (12.50%) Case Management
5 1 (12.50%) .NET Core
5 1 (12.50%) Deployment Diagram
5 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
5 1 (12.50%) API Development
5 1 (12.50%) NCSC
5 1 (12.50%) Blazor
5 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC

.NET Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Azure
1 7 (87.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 7 (87.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 6 (75.00%) React
3 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 2 (25.00%) AngularJS
4 1 (12.50%) .NET Core
4 1 (12.50%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (12.50%) Ajax
4 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
4 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC 5
4 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (12.50%) Blazor
4 1 (12.50%) CSS
4 1 (12.50%) Entity Framework
4 1 (12.50%) HTML
4 1 (12.50%) JMS
4 1 (12.50%) Middleware
4 1 (12.50%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Legacy Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Product Ownership
1 6 (75.00%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) AIX
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) DevOps
1 7 (87.50%) Knowledge Transfer
2 6 (75.00%) Code Quality
2 6 (75.00%) User Experience
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) API Development
3 1 (12.50%) B2C
3 1 (12.50%) Case Management
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Deployment Diagram
3 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) MVC
3 1 (12.50%) OWASP
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (12.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle
1 1 (12.50%) VMware
21 .NET Developer jobs in Scotland