.NET Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring .NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 70 52
Rank change year-on-year -48 -18 -6
Contract jobs citing .NET 887 819 1,362
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.18% 3.36% 3.67%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.19% 15.05% 18.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 639 651 1,051
10th Percentile £389 £368 £325
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £600 £690 £650
90th Percentile £715 £825 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £520
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 15
10th Percentile £37.55 £21.33 £20.77
25th Percentile £49.23 £21.46 £27.00
Median hourly rate £66.50 £23.41 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +184.07% -60.26% +7.10%
75th Percentile £74.61 £51.17 £75.00
90th Percentile £77.63 £66.78 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £27.00 £58.91
% change year-on-year +146.30% -54.16% -1.83%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,925 5,442 7,526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.46% 22.33% 20.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,259 3,762 5,362
10th Percentile £363 £368 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -0.86% -0.57% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 104 226
10th Percentile £32.50 £31.15 £22.12
25th Percentile £52.00 £51.20 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.88 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing .NET relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

.NET job vacancy trend in England

.NET
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in England

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing .NET in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET in England

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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 within the England region over the 6 months to 7 May 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 -42 538 £500 -16.67% 241
South East -11 111 £525 +7.69% 181
North of England -30 98 £500 +17.65% 164
Yorkshire -25 49 £500 +5.26% 51
Midlands -84 48 £492 -0.10% 90
South West -22 46 £498 -7.01% 55
North West -36 45 £475 +13.43% 87
West Midlands -68 27 £481 -3.80% 40
East of England -19 26 £550 +14.29% 65
East Midlands -31 21 £525 +6.06% 50
North East -15 4 £475 +28.38% 27
.NET
UK

.NET
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 48 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.95%) IIS
3 16 (1.80%) CMS
3 16 (1.80%) Confluence
4 15 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.13%) HCL Notes
5 10 (1.13%) Mendix
6 9 (1.01%) Sitecore CMS
7 5 (0.56%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.45%) Kentico
8 4 (0.45%) WordPress
9 3 (0.34%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.23%) Appian
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.23%) SAS
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.11%) Sitefinity
11 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) InDesign
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 32 (3.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.92%) Endur
3 7 (0.79%) Findur
4 5 (0.56%) Advent Geneva
4 5 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.23%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.11%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.11%) Magento
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.11%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 465 (52.42%) Azure
2 189 (21.31%) Azure DevOps
3 158 (17.81%) AWS
4 109 (12.29%) GitHub
5 92 (10.37%) Serverless
6 83 (9.36%) Power Platform
7 78 (8.79%) Azure Service Bus
8 66 (7.44%) GitHub Actions
9 65 (7.33%) Azure Logic Apps
10 64 (7.22%) Azure Functions
11 50 (5.64%) Dynamics 365
12 46 (5.19%) GCP
13 45 (5.07%) Power Automate
14 44 (4.96%) Azure Monitor
15 40 (4.51%) Azure AKS
16 39 (4.40%) PowerApps
17 38 (4.28%) Entra ID
18 37 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
19 34 (3.83%) PaaS
20 30 (3.38%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.58%) HTTP
2 13 (1.47%) Internet
3 8 (0.90%) 3GPP
4 6 (0.68%) Firewall
4 6 (0.68%) RTP
5 4 (0.45%) Network Security
5 4 (0.45%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.34%) NAS
6 3 (0.34%) SAN
7 2 (0.23%) Intranet
7 2 (0.23%) RTCP
7 2 (0.23%) RTMP
7 2 (0.23%) XCAP
8 1 (0.11%) DHCP
8 1 (0.11%) LAN
8 1 (0.11%) Multicast
8 1 (0.11%) Skype
8 1 (0.11%) SMTP
8 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 230 (25.93%) SQL Server
2 55 (6.20%) Relational Database
3 53 (5.98%) Oracle Database
4 42 (4.74%) PostgreSQL
5 39 (4.40%) Azure SQL Database
6 37 (4.17%) NoSQL
7 35 (3.95%) Power BI
8 20 (2.25%) MongoDB
9 14 (1.58%) MySQL
10 13 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (1.24%) Redis
11 11 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (1.13%) Metadata
13 9 (1.01%) Crystal Reports
14 8 (0.90%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.79%) Pinecone
15 7 (0.79%) Weaviate
16 6 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
17 5 (0.56%) DB2
17 5 (0.56%) GIS
Development Applications
1 99 (11.16%) Git
2 61 (6.88%) JIRA
3 34 (3.83%) Visual Studio
4 23 (2.59%) Selenium
5 21 (2.37%) Jenkins
6 16 (1.80%) Postman
6 16 (1.80%) TeamCity
7 15 (1.69%) GitLab
8 13 (1.47%) Cucumber
9 12 (1.35%) NUnit
10 10 (1.13%) MSTest
11 8 (0.90%) REST Assured
11 8 (0.90%) SpecFlow
11 8 (0.90%) TestRail
12 6 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
13 5 (0.56%) Appium
13 5 (0.56%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.56%) Mocha
13 5 (0.56%) Moq
13 5 (0.56%) tSQLt
General
1 224 (25.25%) Finance
2 196 (22.10%) Social Skills
3 112 (12.63%) Banking
4 78 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
5 67 (7.55%) Public Sector
6 41 (4.62%) Front Office
7 38 (4.28%) Investment Banking
8 25 (2.82%) Financial Institution
9 19 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (0.79%) Aviation
11 7 (0.79%) Manufacturing
11 7 (0.79%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.68%) Back Office
12 6 (0.68%) Billing
12 6 (0.68%) Police
13 5 (0.56%) Health Technology
13 5 (0.56%) Publishing
14 4 (0.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 475 (53.55%) Developer
2 169 (19.05%) .NET Developer
3 146 (16.46%) C# Developer
4 128 (14.43%) Senior
5 100 (11.27%) Architect
6 94 (10.60%) Software Engineer
7 78 (8.79%) Senior Developer
8 69 (7.78%) Lead
9 58 (6.54%) Solutions Architect
10 57 (6.43%) Full-Stack Developer
11 53 (5.98%) C# .NET Developer
12 50 (5.64%) Azure Developer
12 50 (5.64%) Software Developer
13 39 (4.40%) Senior .NET Developer
14 31 (3.49%) .NET Software Engineer
15 29 (3.27%) Azure Engineer
16 27 (3.04%) .NET Software Developer
16 27 (3.04%) Technical Architect
17 24 (2.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 24 (2.71%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (19.28%) .NET Framework
2 146 (16.46%) React
3 124 (13.98%) REST
4 101 (11.39%) AngularJS
5 97 (10.94%) .NET Core
6 93 (10.48%) RESTful
7 90 (10.15%) HTML
8 82 (9.24%) ASP.NET
9 70 (7.89%) CSS
10 49 (5.52%) Node.js
11 40 (4.51%) ASP.NET Core
11 40 (4.51%) Entity Framework
12 36 (4.06%) WPF
13 34 (3.83%) ASP.NET Web API
14 33 (3.72%) WinForms
15 29 (3.27%) JSON
16 27 (3.04%) OAuth
16 27 (3.04%) XML
17 23 (2.59%) Web Services
18 22 (2.48%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 102 (11.50%) Cloud Native
2 54 (6.09%) Distributed Systems
3 53 (5.98%) Legacy Systems
4 30 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (2.93%) Product Ownership
6 25 (2.82%) AI Agents
7 19 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.69%) Legacy Code
8 15 (1.69%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.69%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.58%) Fixed Income
9 14 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.35%) Low-Code
12 11 (1.24%) Credit Risk
12 11 (1.24%) Derivative
12 11 (1.24%) NHS
13 9 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (1.01%) IoT
13 9 (1.01%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 85 (9.58%) Windows
2 33 (3.72%) Linux
3 32 (3.61%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.56%) Unix
5 4 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.34%) VMS
7 1 (0.11%) Android
7 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (41.04%) CI/CD
2 360 (40.59%) DevOps
3 271 (30.55%) Agile
4 174 (19.62%) Microservices
5 153 (17.25%) Software Engineering
6 139 (15.67%) AI
7 132 (14.88%) Full-Stack Development
8 124 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
9 120 (13.53%) Test Automation
10 80 (9.02%) Containerisation
11 78 (8.79%) Migration
12 75 (8.46%) Infrastructure as Code
13 73 (8.23%) Scrum
14 71 (8.00%) SDLC
14 71 (8.00%) Unit Testing
15 65 (7.33%) Event-Driven
16 64 (7.22%) TDD
17 58 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
18 56 (6.31%) Data Modelling
18 56 (6.31%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 603 (67.98%) C#
2 351 (39.57%) SQL
3 198 (22.32%) Python
4 175 (19.73%) JavaScript
5 85 (9.58%) Java
6 83 (9.36%) TypeScript
7 60 (6.76%) PL/SQL
8 59 (6.65%) T-SQL
9 51 (5.75%) PowerShell
10 28 (3.16%) Bicep
11 22 (2.48%) C++
12 19 (2.14%) Go
13 18 (2.03%) PHP
14 15 (1.69%) VB
14 15 (1.69%) VBA
15 12 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (1.13%) Formula Language
16 10 (1.13%) LotusScript
17 9 (1.01%) VB.NET
18 8 (0.90%) Bash
Qualifications
1 155 (17.47%) Security Cleared
2 126 (14.21%) SC Cleared
3 66 (7.44%) Degree
4 29 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.14%) Azure Certification
6 18 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.35%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (0.68%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.56%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.56%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.45%) CISSP
10 4 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.34%) CCSP
11 3 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.34%) OSCP
11 3 (0.34%) SANS
11 3 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (11.05%) QA
2 19 (2.14%) Accessibility
3 16 (1.80%) GDPR
4 10 (1.13%) PCI DSS
5 8 (0.90%) Data Quality
5 8 (0.90%) HL7
5 8 (0.90%) WCAG
6 6 (0.68%) ISO 20022
6 6 (0.68%) PSD2
7 5 (0.56%) GRC
7 5 (0.56%) NIST
7 5 (0.56%) SLA
8 3 (0.34%) DICOM
8 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.34%) SEPA
9 2 (0.23%) NCSC
9 2 (0.23%) TARGET2
10 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.11%) EMIR
10 1 (0.11%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 128 (14.43%) Docker
2 21 (2.37%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.34%) Firmware
5 2 (0.23%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 109 (12.29%) Kubernetes
2 103 (11.61%) Terraform
3 13 (1.47%) Ansible
4 10 (1.13%) Grafana
5 9 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.56%) Istio
7 3 (0.34%) Rancher
8 2 (0.23%) Argo
8 2 (0.23%) Control-M
8 2 (0.23%) SCCM
8 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.11%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.11%) linkerd
9 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 197 (22.21%) Microsoft
2 124 (13.98%) Oracle
3 39 (4.40%) Citrix
4 26 (2.93%) OpenAI
5 19 (2.14%) Databricks
6 17 (1.92%) ServiceNow
7 14 (1.58%) Google
7 14 (1.58%) Sitecore
8 13 (1.47%) OpenLink
9 10 (1.13%) Kofax
9 10 (1.13%) Lotus
10 9 (1.01%) Foundry
11 8 (0.90%) InterSystems
11 8 (0.90%) SAP
11 8 (0.90%) UiPath
12 6 (0.68%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.56%) Advent
13 5 (0.56%) Rapid7
14 4 (0.45%) ION Trading
14 4 (0.45%) PeopleSoft