Senior .NET Developer Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Senior .NET Developer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Senior .NET Developer daily rate in Edinburgh is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 71 83
Rank change year-on-year +8 +12 +42
Contract jobs requiring a Senior .NET Developer 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.16% 0.25% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.26% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £350
75th Percentile £419 - £375
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £413 - £350

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 558 763 937
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.73% 94.55% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 404 563
10th Percentile £267 £192 £220
25th Percentile £413 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.42%
75th Percentile £546 £525 £538
90th Percentile £600 £594 £600
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 33 15
10th Percentile £17.30 £13.53 £13.16
25th Percentile £30.00 £16.37 £15.49
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.38 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +212.93% +3.70% -2.82%
75th Percentile £72.50 £23.89 £48.73
90th Percentile £75.00 £48.84 £59.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.80 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +14.70% +2.31% -

Senior .NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior .NET Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Senior .NET Developer job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Senior .NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior .NET Developer job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior .NET Developer job vacancies in Edinburgh

Senior .NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior .NET Developer job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior .NET Developer job vacancies in Edinburgh

Senior .NET Developer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, Senior .NET Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Senior .NET Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience

Senior .NET Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (100.00%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience