.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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 77 52
Rank change year-on-year -35 -25 -4
Contract jobs citing .NET 933 776 1,357
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.23% 3.20% 3.68%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.60% 14.19% 17.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 661 601 1,033
10th Percentile £381 £363 £350
25th Percentile £415 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £515 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -4.19% -6.52%
75th Percentile £613 £700 £650
90th Percentile £715 £825 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 17
10th Percentile £37.95 £27.22 £20.77
25th Percentile £48.23 £35.55 £22.75
Median hourly rate £66.61 £50.30 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +32.42% -14.61% +9.11%
75th Percentile £74.61 £64.18 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.83 £71.99 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £66.61 £28.13 £58.91
% change year-on-year +136.82% -52.25% +7.10%

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 8,043 5,467 7,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.23% 22.55% 20.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,307 3,783 5,413
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £419 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £661 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £521 £538
% change year-on-year +0.77% -3.07% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 106 242
10th Percentile £31.03 £31.28 £22.53
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.70 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £72.00 £68.00 £66.94
90th Percentile £79.00 £81.01 £74.95
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -31 557 £525 -12.06% 251
South East -15 115 £515 +8.42% 151
North of England -50 98 £500 +17.65% 188
Midlands -53 56 £490 -0.05% 84
South West -10 49 £450 +20.00% 51
Yorkshire -38 47 £525 +10.53% 37
North West -45 46 £475 +15.15% 119
East of England -8 37 £526 +10.66% 56
West Midlands -58 28 £461 -10.00% 44
East Midlands -22 27 £525 +7.14% 40
North East -22 5 £475 +28.38% 33
.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 (5.14%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.64%) IIS
3 19 (2.04%) CMS
3 19 (2.04%) Confluence
4 14 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.07%) HCL Notes
5 10 (1.07%) Mendix
6 9 (0.96%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.75%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.54%) Appian
8 5 (0.54%) Kentico
9 4 (0.43%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.43%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.43%) WordPress
10 3 (0.32%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.32%) Camunda
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.21%) SAS
12 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.11%) MTS
Applications
1 18 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.32%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) InDesign
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 31 (3.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.39%) Endur
3 8 (0.86%) Findur
4 4 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.32%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.32%) OpenText MBPM
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle BPM
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.32%) Shopify
6 2 (0.21%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.21%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.11%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 491 (52.63%) Azure
2 188 (20.15%) Azure DevOps
3 166 (17.79%) AWS
4 104 (11.15%) GitHub
5 93 (9.97%) Power Platform
6 83 (8.90%) Serverless
7 74 (7.93%) Azure Service Bus
8 62 (6.65%) Azure Logic Apps
9 58 (6.22%) GitHub Actions
10 57 (6.11%) Dynamics 365
11 56 (6.00%) Azure Functions
12 52 (5.57%) Power Automate
13 47 (5.04%) PowerApps
14 43 (4.61%) GCP
15 36 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
15 36 (3.86%) Microsoft 365
16 31 (3.32%) Azure AKS
16 31 (3.32%) Entra ID
17 30 (3.22%) PaaS
18 28 (3.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.50%) Internet
2 10 (1.07%) 3GPP
2 10 (1.07%) HTTP
3 8 (0.86%) RTP
4 7 (0.75%) Wireshark
5 6 (0.64%) Firewall
6 5 (0.54%) NAS
6 5 (0.54%) SAN
7 4 (0.43%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.32%) Intranet
9 2 (0.21%) DHCP
9 2 (0.21%) DNS
9 2 (0.21%) Network Security
9 2 (0.21%) RTCP
9 2 (0.21%) RTMP
9 2 (0.21%) XCAP
10 1 (0.11%) Multicast
10 1 (0.11%) Skype
10 1 (0.11%) SMTP
10 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 221 (23.69%) SQL Server
2 55 (5.89%) Oracle Database
3 53 (5.68%) Relational Database
4 39 (4.18%) NoSQL
4 39 (4.18%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (3.75%) Power BI
6 31 (3.32%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (2.14%) MongoDB
8 13 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (1.18%) Metadata
9 11 (1.18%) Redis
10 10 (1.07%) Crystal Reports
11 9 (0.96%) MySQL
11 9 (0.96%) Pinecone
11 9 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (0.96%) Weaviate
12 8 (0.86%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.64%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.64%) GIS
Development Applications
1 98 (10.50%) Git
2 56 (6.00%) JIRA
3 42 (4.50%) Visual Studio
4 21 (2.25%) Selenium
5 20 (2.14%) TeamCity
6 17 (1.82%) Jenkins
7 16 (1.71%) GitLab
8 15 (1.61%) Postman
9 14 (1.50%) NUnit
10 13 (1.39%) Cucumber
11 10 (1.07%) MSTest
12 9 (0.96%) REST Assured
13 8 (0.86%) SpecFlow
13 8 (0.86%) TestRail
14 7 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
14 7 (0.75%) webpack
15 6 (0.64%) Bitbucket
15 6 (0.64%) JMeter
16 5 (0.54%) Mocha
16 5 (0.54%) Moq
General
1 231 (24.76%) Finance
2 205 (21.97%) Social Skills
3 109 (11.68%) Banking
4 82 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
5 63 (6.75%) Public Sector
6 47 (5.04%) Front Office
7 41 (4.39%) Investment Banking
8 23 (2.47%) Financial Institution
9 15 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (1.07%) Manufacturing
12 9 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (0.96%) Retail
12 9 (0.96%) Telecoms
13 8 (0.86%) Billing
14 7 (0.75%) Aviation
14 7 (0.75%) Back Office
14 7 (0.75%) Legal
14 7 (0.75%) Police
15 5 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 479 (51.34%) Developer
2 170 (18.22%) .NET Developer
3 157 (16.83%) C# Developer
4 132 (14.15%) Senior
5 113 (12.11%) Architect
6 99 (10.61%) Software Engineer
7 85 (9.11%) Lead
8 83 (8.90%) Senior Developer
9 67 (7.18%) Solutions Architect
10 62 (6.65%) Full-Stack Developer
11 58 (6.22%) Software Developer
12 57 (6.11%) C# .NET Developer
13 48 (5.14%) Azure Developer
14 42 (4.50%) Senior .NET Developer
15 31 (3.32%) .NET Software Developer
16 30 (3.22%) .NET Software Engineer
17 29 (3.11%) Azure Engineer
18 26 (2.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 26 (2.79%) Technical Architect
19 25 (2.68%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (19.61%) .NET Framework
2 157 (16.83%) React
3 137 (14.68%) REST
4 102 (10.93%) AngularJS
4 102 (10.93%) RESTful
5 101 (10.83%) ASP.NET
6 96 (10.29%) .NET Core
7 92 (9.86%) HTML
8 74 (7.93%) CSS
9 52 (5.57%) ASP.NET Core
10 49 (5.25%) Entity Framework
11 47 (5.04%) Node.js
12 37 (3.97%) JSON
13 34 (3.64%) ASP.NET Web API
13 34 (3.64%) XML
14 32 (3.43%) OAuth
15 31 (3.32%) Web Services
15 31 (3.32%) WinForms
16 27 (2.89%) WPF
17 24 (2.57%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 102 (10.93%) Cloud Native
2 54 (5.79%) Distributed Systems
2 54 (5.79%) Legacy Systems
3 36 (3.86%) Product Ownership
4 28 (3.00%) AI Agents
4 28 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (1.93%) Onboarding
7 17 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
8 16 (1.71%) Fixed Income
9 15 (1.61%) Low-Code
10 14 (1.50%) Derivative
11 12 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (1.29%) Legacy Code
12 11 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.07%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.07%) Virtual Team
14 9 (0.96%) IoT
14 9 (0.96%) NHS
15 8 (0.86%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 85 (9.11%) Windows
2 38 (4.07%) Linux
3 32 (3.43%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.54%) Unix
5 4 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.32%) VMS
7 1 (0.11%) Android
7 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (41.59%) CI/CD
2 379 (40.62%) DevOps
3 291 (31.19%) Agile
4 173 (18.54%) Microservices
5 169 (18.11%) Software Engineering
6 148 (15.86%) AI
7 138 (14.79%) Full-Stack Development
8 137 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
9 117 (12.54%) Test Automation
10 82 (8.79%) Scrum
11 77 (8.25%) Unit Testing
12 76 (8.15%) Containerisation
13 74 (7.93%) Migration
14 73 (7.82%) Infrastructure as Code
15 71 (7.61%) Event-Driven
16 70 (7.50%) SDLC
17 69 (7.40%) TDD
18 68 (7.29%) Mentoring
19 64 (6.86%) Technical Leadership
20 61 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 640 (68.60%) C#
2 354 (37.94%) SQL
3 194 (20.79%) Python
4 182 (19.51%) JavaScript
5 92 (9.86%) Java
6 88 (9.43%) TypeScript
7 58 (6.22%) PL/SQL
7 58 (6.22%) T-SQL
8 53 (5.68%) PowerShell
9 26 (2.79%) C++
10 25 (2.68%) Bicep
11 21 (2.25%) Go
12 17 (1.82%) VBA
13 15 (1.61%) VB
14 14 (1.50%) VB.NET
15 11 (1.18%) PHP
16 10 (1.07%) Formula Language
16 10 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (1.07%) LotusScript
17 8 (0.86%) C
Qualifications
1 153 (16.40%) Security Cleared
2 122 (13.08%) SC Cleared
3 74 (7.93%) Degree
4 26 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.93%) Azure Certification
5 18 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (1.18%) DV Cleared
6 11 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (0.86%) AWS Certification
7 8 (0.86%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.54%) CISSP
8 5 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (0.43%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.21%) CCSP
10 2 (0.21%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.21%) CISM
10 2 (0.21%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (10.83%) QA
2 20 (2.14%) Accessibility
3 18 (1.93%) GDPR
4 12 (1.29%) WCAG
5 9 (0.96%) PCI DSS
6 8 (0.86%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.86%) SLA
7 6 (0.64%) HL7
7 6 (0.64%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.64%) PSD2
8 5 (0.54%) NCSC
9 4 (0.43%) GRC
9 4 (0.43%) NIST
10 3 (0.32%) DICOM
10 3 (0.32%) SEPA
11 2 (0.21%) Basel III
11 2 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.21%) TARGET2
12 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 123 (13.18%) Docker
2 17 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.32%) Firmware
5 2 (0.21%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 104 (11.15%) Terraform
2 103 (11.04%) Kubernetes
3 16 (1.71%) Ansible
4 12 (1.29%) Grafana
5 11 (1.18%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.54%) Istio
7 4 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.32%) Kibana
8 3 (0.32%) Rancher
9 2 (0.21%) Control-M
9 2 (0.21%) SCCM
10 1 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.11%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.11%) linkerd
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 196 (21.01%) Microsoft
2 128 (13.72%) Oracle
3 38 (4.07%) Citrix
4 21 (2.25%) OpenAI
5 18 (1.93%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.82%) Databricks
7 15 (1.61%) Google
7 15 (1.61%) Sitecore
8 10 (1.07%) Kofax
8 10 (1.07%) Lotus
8 10 (1.07%) OpenLink
9 9 (0.96%) InterSystems
10 8 (0.86%) Foundry
10 8 (0.86%) SAP
11 6 (0.64%) Splunk
11 6 (0.64%) UiPath
12 5 (0.54%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.54%) VMware
13 4 (0.43%) OpenText
13 4 (0.43%) PeopleSoft