.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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 75 52
Rank change year-on-year -36 -23 -5
Contract jobs citing .NET 894 797 1,354
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.18% 3.26% 3.72%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.34% 14.61% 18.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 638 622 1,031
10th Percentile £377 £363 £328
25th Percentile £415 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £613 £688 £650
90th Percentile £717 £825 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -2.68% -2.14% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 16
10th Percentile £37.75 £21.33 £20.77
25th Percentile £46.66 £21.46 £29.13
Median hourly rate £66.61 £23.41 £59.45
Median % change year-on-year +184.52% -60.62% +12.24%
75th Percentile £73.84 £51.17 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.88 £66.78 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £66.61 £27.00 £58.91
% change year-on-year +146.69% -54.16% +9.11%

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 7,884 5,455 7,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.24% 22.29% 20.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,228 3,776 5,342
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £629 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 99 230
10th Percentile £30.98 £32.65 £22.42
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £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 £65.95
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.50 £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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -37 538 £514 -14.02% 198
South East -20 115 £525 +10.53% 159
North of England -51 95 £500 +17.65% 146
Midlands -65 52 £500 +2.04% 71
Yorkshire -35 48 £500 +5.26% 36
South West -13 44 £450 -14.29% 41
North West -43 42 £481 +14.93% 82
East of England -11 30 £550 +14.29% 54
West Midlands -64 26 £475 -5.00% 38
East Midlands -22 25 £525 +7.14% 33
North East -18 5 £475 +28.38% 29
.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 49 (5.48%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.80%) IIS
3 18 (2.01%) CMS
4 17 (1.90%) Confluence
5 16 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (1.12%) HCL Notes
6 10 (1.12%) Mendix
7 9 (1.01%) Sitecore CMS
8 5 (0.56%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.56%) Kentico
9 4 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.45%) WordPress
10 3 (0.34%) Apache Superset
11 2 (0.22%) Appian
11 2 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.22%) SAS
11 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.11%) Apache
12 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.11%) MTS
Applications
1 17 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) InDesign
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 29 (3.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.79%) Endur
3 7 (0.78%) Findur
4 5 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.22%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.22%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.11%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft Financials
7 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.11%) SDL Web 8
7 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 469 (52.46%) Azure
2 188 (21.03%) Azure DevOps
3 159 (17.79%) AWS
4 108 (12.08%) GitHub
5 91 (10.18%) Serverless
6 83 (9.28%) Power Platform
7 78 (8.72%) Azure Service Bus
8 65 (7.27%) GitHub Actions
9 62 (6.94%) Azure Functions
9 62 (6.94%) Azure Logic Apps
10 51 (5.70%) Dynamics 365
11 48 (5.37%) Power Automate
12 44 (4.92%) PowerApps
13 43 (4.81%) GCP
14 41 (4.59%) Azure Monitor
15 37 (4.14%) Azure AKS
15 37 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
16 35 (3.91%) Entra ID
17 33 (3.69%) PaaS
18 30 (3.36%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.57%) Internet
2 12 (1.34%) HTTP
3 9 (1.01%) 3GPP
4 7 (0.78%) RTP
5 6 (0.67%) Firewall
5 6 (0.67%) Wireshark
6 4 (0.45%) NAS
6 4 (0.45%) SAN
7 3 (0.34%) Network Security
8 2 (0.22%) Intranet
8 2 (0.22%) RTCP
8 2 (0.22%) RTMP
8 2 (0.22%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.22%) XCAP
9 1 (0.11%) DNS
9 1 (0.11%) LAN
9 1 (0.11%) SMTP
9 1 (0.11%) SSL
9 1 (0.11%) VPN
9 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (24.16%) SQL Server
2 53 (5.93%) Oracle Database
3 50 (5.59%) Relational Database
4 41 (4.59%) PostgreSQL
5 37 (4.14%) NoSQL
6 36 (4.03%) Azure SQL Database
7 32 (3.58%) Power BI
8 21 (2.35%) MongoDB
9 13 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.12%) Metadata
10 10 (1.12%) Redis
11 9 (1.01%) Crystal Reports
11 9 (1.01%) MySQL
12 8 (0.89%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.89%) Pinecone
12 8 (0.89%) Weaviate
13 6 (0.67%) GIS
13 6 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 94 (10.51%) Git
2 57 (6.38%) JIRA
3 37 (4.14%) Visual Studio
4 22 (2.46%) Selenium
5 21 (2.35%) Jenkins
6 18 (2.01%) TeamCity
7 16 (1.79%) Postman
8 15 (1.68%) GitLab
9 14 (1.57%) NUnit
10 13 (1.45%) Cucumber
11 10 (1.12%) MSTest
12 8 (0.89%) REST Assured
12 8 (0.89%) SpecFlow
12 8 (0.89%) TestRail
13 6 (0.67%) Octopus Deploy
14 5 (0.56%) Appium
14 5 (0.56%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.56%) Mocha
14 5 (0.56%) Moq
14 5 (0.56%) tSQLt
General
1 221 (24.72%) Finance
2 190 (21.25%) Social Skills
3 106 (11.86%) Banking
4 77 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (7.38%) Public Sector
6 42 (4.70%) Front Office
7 38 (4.25%) Investment Banking
8 23 (2.57%) Financial Institution
9 16 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.01%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (0.89%) Telecoms
12 7 (0.78%) Aviation
13 6 (0.67%) Back Office
13 6 (0.67%) Billing
13 6 (0.67%) Police
13 6 (0.67%) Retail
14 5 (0.56%) Health Technology
14 5 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 465 (52.01%) Developer
2 166 (18.57%) .NET Developer
3 151 (16.89%) C# Developer
4 133 (14.88%) Senior
5 100 (11.19%) Architect
5 100 (11.19%) Software Engineer
6 79 (8.84%) Senior Developer
7 73 (8.17%) Lead
8 58 (6.49%) Solutions Architect
9 57 (6.38%) Full-Stack Developer
10 56 (6.26%) C# .NET Developer
11 53 (5.93%) Software Developer
12 48 (5.37%) Azure Developer
13 38 (4.25%) Senior .NET Developer
14 32 (3.58%) .NET Software Engineer
15 30 (3.36%) Azure Engineer
16 28 (3.13%) .NET Software Developer
16 28 (3.13%) Technical Architect
17 25 (2.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 23 (2.57%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (19.24%) .NET Framework
2 151 (16.89%) React
3 126 (14.09%) REST
4 100 (11.19%) AngularJS
5 97 (10.85%) RESTful
6 94 (10.51%) .NET Core
7 92 (10.29%) HTML
8 89 (9.96%) ASP.NET
9 71 (7.94%) CSS
10 46 (5.15%) Node.js
11 45 (5.03%) Entity Framework
12 43 (4.81%) ASP.NET Core
13 35 (3.91%) ASP.NET Web API
14 32 (3.58%) JSON
15 31 (3.47%) OAuth
16 30 (3.36%) WinForms
17 29 (3.24%) WPF
17 29 (3.24%) XML
18 27 (3.02%) Web Services
19 25 (2.80%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 97 (10.85%) Cloud Native
2 55 (6.15%) Distributed Systems
3 52 (5.82%) Legacy Systems
4 29 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (2.91%) AI Agents
5 26 (2.91%) Product Ownership
6 16 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.68%) Fixed Income
7 15 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (1.68%) Legacy Code
7 15 (1.68%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.57%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.45%) Low-Code
10 12 (1.34%) Derivative
11 11 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.23%) NHS
12 10 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (1.01%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.01%) IoT
14 8 (0.89%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 82 (9.17%) Windows
2 36 (4.03%) Linux
3 33 (3.69%) 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 (40.72%) CI/CD
2 358 (40.04%) DevOps
3 275 (30.76%) Agile
4 173 (19.35%) Microservices
5 160 (17.90%) Software Engineering
6 134 (14.99%) AI
7 130 (14.54%) Full-Stack Development
8 124 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
9 119 (13.31%) Test Automation
10 77 (8.61%) Migration
10 77 (8.61%) Scrum
11 76 (8.50%) Containerisation
12 75 (8.39%) Infrastructure as Code
12 75 (8.39%) Unit Testing
13 69 (7.72%) Event-Driven
14 66 (7.38%) SDLC
14 66 (7.38%) TDD
15 62 (6.94%) Mentoring
16 60 (6.71%) Continuous Improvement
17 55 (6.15%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 614 (68.68%) C#
2 342 (38.26%) SQL
3 195 (21.81%) Python
4 177 (19.80%) JavaScript
5 85 (9.51%) Java
6 83 (9.28%) TypeScript
7 57 (6.38%) PL/SQL
7 57 (6.38%) T-SQL
8 53 (5.93%) PowerShell
9 27 (3.02%) Bicep
10 24 (2.68%) C++
11 20 (2.24%) Go
12 18 (2.01%) PHP
13 15 (1.68%) VB
13 15 (1.68%) VBA
14 12 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (1.12%) Formula Language
15 10 (1.12%) LotusScript
15 10 (1.12%) VB.NET
16 9 (1.01%) Bash
Qualifications
1 156 (17.45%) Security Cleared
2 127 (14.21%) SC Cleared
3 68 (7.61%) Degree
4 27 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.01%) Azure Certification
5 18 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.34%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.78%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.67%) ISTQB
9 6 (0.67%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.34%) CISSP
12 2 (0.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.22%) CCSP
12 2 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.22%) OSCP
12 2 (0.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (11.30%) QA
2 21 (2.35%) Accessibility
3 17 (1.90%) GDPR
4 11 (1.23%) WCAG
5 9 (1.01%) PCI DSS
6 8 (0.89%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.89%) HL7
7 6 (0.67%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.67%) PSD2
7 6 (0.67%) SLA
8 4 (0.45%) GRC
8 4 (0.45%) NIST
9 3 (0.34%) DICOM
9 3 (0.34%) NCSC
9 3 (0.34%) SEPA
10 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
11 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.11%) EMIR
System Software
1 129 (14.43%) Docker
2 18 (2.01%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.34%) Firmware
5 2 (0.22%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 105 (11.74%) Kubernetes
2 104 (11.63%) Terraform
3 13 (1.45%) Ansible
4 10 (1.12%) Grafana
5 9 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.56%) Istio
7 3 (0.34%) Rancher
8 2 (0.22%) Control-M
8 2 (0.22%) SCCM
8 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.11%) Argo
9 1 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.11%) Kibana
9 1 (0.11%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.11%) linkerd
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 190 (21.25%) Microsoft
2 125 (13.98%) Oracle
3 37 (4.14%) Citrix
4 24 (2.68%) OpenAI
5 18 (2.01%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.68%) Databricks
7 14 (1.57%) Sitecore
8 13 (1.45%) Google
9 12 (1.34%) OpenLink
10 10 (1.12%) Kofax
10 10 (1.12%) Lotus
11 9 (1.01%) Foundry
11 9 (1.01%) SAP
12 8 (0.89%) InterSystems
13 6 (0.67%) Salesforce
13 6 (0.67%) UiPath
14 4 (0.45%) ION Trading
14 4 (0.45%) PeopleSoft
14 4 (0.45%) Splunk
14 4 (0.45%) Workday