.NET Developer Contract Job Trends in England

.NET Developer
UK > England

The median .NET Developer daily rate in England is £490, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 450 342 249
Rank change year-on-year -108 -93 -69
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 198 180 315
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.42% 0.64% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.70% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 135 252
10th Percentile £398 £359 £356
25th Percentile £413 £385 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -9.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £594 £550 £638
90th Percentile £726 £665 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £485
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £47.69 - -
25th Percentile £49.03 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £65.00
75th Percentile £65.88 - -
90th Percentile £73.15 - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +30.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 43,070 25,660 29,897
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.95% 91.15% 93.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,333 16,528 18,273
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,798 1,445 1,249
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.80 £15.10
25th Percentile £20.01 £17.33 £21.25
Median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% -6.89%
75th Percentile £67.85 £50.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £41.27
% change year-on-year +65.23% -39.05% -8.30%

.NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

.NET Developer job vacancy trend in England

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Developer in England over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Developer in England

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing .NET Developer in England over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET Developer in England

.NET Developer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
London -95 97 £572 +20.42% 7
North of England -53 30 £449 +4.36% 15
Yorkshire -17 27 £450 -14.29% 9
Midlands -40 22 £488 -4.41% 8
South East -68 21 £388 -7.52% 11
South West -26 16 £425 -22.73% 2
East Midlands -5 14 £550 +7.84%
East of England -27 9 £525 +16.67% 4
West Midlands -42 8 £450 -9.09% 8
North West -53 3 £349 -14.88% 4
.NET Developer
UK

.NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 15 October 2026, .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 England region featuring .NET Developer in the job title.

1 198 (100.00%) .NET
2 148 (74.75%) C#
3 93 (46.97%) Azure
4 76 (38.38%) CI/CD
5 68 (34.34%) SQL
6 67 (33.84%) SQL Server
7 65 (32.83%) .NET Core
8 60 (30.30%) REST
9 55 (27.78%) Microsoft
10 54 (27.27%) Agile
10 54 (27.27%) DevOps
11 53 (26.77%) Full-Stack Development
12 45 (22.73%) .NET Framework
13 42 (21.21%) ASP.NET
13 42 (21.21%) Microservices
14 40 (20.20%) AWS
15 39 (19.70%) RESTful
16 36 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
17 33 (16.67%) Kubernetes
18 32 (16.16%) Docker
18 32 (16.16%) Test Automation
19 31 (15.66%) JavaScript
20 30 (15.15%) Git
21 29 (14.65%) AngularJS
21 29 (14.65%) Code Quality
22 27 (13.64%) API Development
22 27 (13.64%) React
23 26 (13.13%) SC Cleared
23 26 (13.13%) Security Cleared
23 26 (13.13%) WPF

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

Application Platforms
1 16 (8.08%) Confluence
2 4 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.52%) IIS
4 2 (1.01%) CMS
4 2 (1.01%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.51%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.51%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 93 (46.97%) Azure
2 40 (20.20%) AWS
3 36 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (10.10%) GitHub
5 13 (6.57%) Azure Service Bus
6 12 (6.06%) Serverless
7 10 (5.05%) Azure Key Vault
8 9 (4.55%) Power Platform
9 8 (4.04%) Azure AKS
9 8 (4.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 8 (4.04%) Azure Functions
10 7 (3.54%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (3.03%) PaaS
12 4 (2.02%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (2.02%) Azure App Service
12 4 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (2.02%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (2.02%) Azure Storage
12 4 (2.02%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.51%) Broadband
1 1 (0.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (33.84%) SQL Server
2 15 (7.58%) Relational Database
3 11 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (4.55%) NoSQL
5 8 (4.04%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (3.03%) Power BI
7 5 (2.53%) Oracle Database
7 5 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (2.02%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (1.52%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.52%) Db2
9 3 (1.52%) DocumentDB
9 3 (1.52%) MongoDB
10 2 (1.01%) Redis
10 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.51%) Couchbase
11 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.51%) MySQL
11 1 (0.51%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 30 (15.15%) Git
2 16 (8.08%) JIRA
3 10 (5.05%) Jenkins
4 8 (4.04%) GitLab
4 8 (4.04%) Visual Studio
5 6 (3.03%) REST Assured
6 5 (2.53%) NUnit
6 5 (2.53%) SpecFlow
7 4 (2.02%) MSI
7 4 (2.02%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (1.52%) Fiddler
8 3 (1.52%) Postman
8 3 (1.52%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (1.01%) Bitbucket
9 2 (1.01%) Moq
9 2 (1.01%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.51%) ClearCase
10 1 (0.51%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.51%) MSTest
10 1 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
General
1 48 (24.24%) Finance
2 38 (19.19%) Social Skills
3 21 (10.61%) Banking
4 12 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.55%) Financial Institution
5 9 (4.55%) Investment Banking
6 8 (4.04%) Front Office
7 5 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.02%) Legal
9 2 (1.01%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.01%) Prime Brokerage
10 1 (0.51%) Automotive
10 1 (0.51%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (100.00%) .NET
2 65 (32.83%) .NET Core
3 60 (30.30%) REST
4 45 (22.73%) .NET Framework
5 42 (21.21%) ASP.NET
6 39 (19.70%) RESTful
7 29 (14.65%) AngularJS
8 27 (13.64%) React
9 26 (13.13%) WPF
10 21 (10.61%) Web Services
11 19 (9.60%) Entity Framework
12 16 (8.08%) Terraform
12 16 (8.08%) WinForms
13 15 (7.58%) Kafka
14 14 (7.07%) ASP.NET Core
15 12 (6.06%) ASP.NET Web API
16 11 (5.56%) Blazor
16 11 (5.56%) SOAP
17 10 (5.05%) ASP.NET MVC
18 9 (4.55%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.13%) Cloud Native
2 17 (8.59%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (7.58%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (5.05%) Product Ownership
5 9 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.03%) Legacy Code
7 4 (2.02%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.02%) Wiki
8 3 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.01%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.01%) Market Risk
9 2 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.51%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.51%) Distributed Applications
10 1 (0.51%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.51%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.58%) Windows
2 3 (1.52%) Linux
3 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (38.38%) CI/CD
2 54 (27.27%) Agile
2 54 (27.27%) DevOps
3 53 (26.77%) Full-Stack Development
4 42 (21.21%) Microservices
5 32 (16.16%) Test Automation
6 29 (14.65%) Code Quality
7 27 (13.64%) API Development
8 25 (12.63%) Software Engineering
9 22 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (11.11%) Event-Driven
9 22 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (10.10%) Scrum
11 19 (9.60%) Containerisation
11 19 (9.60%) Design Patterns
11 19 (9.60%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 18 (9.09%) OO
12 18 (9.09%) SOLID
13 17 (8.59%) AI
13 17 (8.59%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 148 (74.75%) C#
2 68 (34.34%) SQL
3 31 (15.66%) JavaScript
4 25 (12.63%) TypeScript
5 24 (12.12%) Python
6 15 (7.58%) T-SQL
7 12 (6.06%) PL/SQL
8 9 (4.55%) Bicep
9 5 (2.53%) VBA
9 5 (2.53%) XAML
10 4 (2.02%) VB
10 4 (2.02%) VB.NET
11 3 (1.52%) Java
12 2 (1.01%) VB6
13 1 (0.51%) C
13 1 (0.51%) C++
13 1 (0.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (13.13%) SC Cleared
1 26 (13.13%) Security Cleared
2 5 (2.53%) Degree
3 4 (2.02%) Master's Degree
3 4 (2.02%) PhD
4 2 (1.01%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.51%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.57%) QA
2 6 (3.03%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.53%) WCAG
4 4 (2.02%) NCSC
5 2 (1.01%) Basel III
5 2 (1.01%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.01%) GDPR
5 2 (1.01%) ITGC
System Software
1 32 (16.16%) Docker
2 9 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 33 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.03%) Ansible
3 2 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.51%) Grafana
4 1 (0.51%) Kibana
4 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 55 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.09%) Oracle
3 7 (3.54%) Citrix
4 5 (2.53%) Centrify
4 5 (2.53%) CyberArk
5 3 (1.52%) DevExpress
5 3 (1.52%) IBM
6 2 (1.01%) Adyen
6 2 (1.01%) Databricks
7 1 (0.51%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.51%) SAP
7 1 (0.51%) Splunk
7 1 (0.51%) Syncfusion
7 1 (0.51%) Telerik
7 1 (0.51%) TIBCO
7 1 (0.51%) WSO2