.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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 59 49
Rank change year-on-year -64 -10 -10
Contract jobs citing .NET 775 922 1,457
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.19% 3.64% 3.84%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.14% 16.05% 18.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 682 1,134
10th Percentile £375 £385 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -6.14%
75th Percentile £622 £668 £675
90th Percentile £713 £825 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 15
10th Percentile £54.40 £22.30 £20.77
25th Percentile £56.50 £23.88 £24.77
Median hourly rate £68.00 £26.50 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +156.60% -55.01% -9.72%
75th Percentile £73.46 £51.85 £70.00
90th Percentile £74.41 £67.05 -
UK median hourly rate £68.00 £26.50 £58.91
% change year-on-year +156.60% -55.01% -10.07%

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 7,646 5,743 7,705
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.65% 22.68% 20.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,129 3,784 5,482
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £428 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -1.90% -0.94% -7.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 79 211
10th Percentile £35.08 £26.98 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £48.00 £40.16
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.38 £66.25
90th Percentile £78.55 £81.23 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

.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 2 March 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 2 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET in England

.NET
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 2 March 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 -51 481 £500 -13.04% 221
South East -39 79 £516 +3.20% 213
North of England -65 77 £475 -4.04% 166
East of England +6 47 £550 +15.18% 60
Midlands -84 44 £510 +2.00% 74
North West -35 42 £450 - 99
Yorkshire -62 29 £500 -1.96% 49
West Midlands -72 25 £484 -7.86% 41
South West -48 20 £488 -7.14% 78
East Midlands -35 19 £525 +6.06% 30
North East -14 6 £513 +42.36% 22
.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 39 (5.03%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.97%) CMS
3 22 (2.84%) Confluence
4 21 (2.71%) IIS
5 18 (2.32%) Sitecore CMS
6 10 (1.29%) HCL Notes
6 10 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (1.16%) Mendix
8 7 (0.90%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.65%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.65%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.52%) Apache
11 3 (0.39%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.26%) Appian
12 2 (0.26%) Documentum
12 2 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.26%) SAS
13 1 (0.13%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 18 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.13%) InDesign
3 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 37 (4.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (2.06%) Endur
3 9 (1.16%) Advent Geneva
4 4 (0.52%) Findur
4 4 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.26%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.13%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.13%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 428 (55.23%) Azure
2 194 (25.03%) Azure DevOps
3 123 (15.87%) AWS
4 109 (14.06%) GitHub
5 103 (13.29%) Serverless
6 78 (10.06%) Power Platform
7 77 (9.94%) Azure Functions
8 65 (8.39%) Azure Service Bus
9 64 (8.26%) Azure Logic Apps
10 63 (8.13%) GitHub Actions
11 53 (6.84%) Dynamics 365
12 49 (6.32%) Azure AKS
12 49 (6.32%) GCP
13 46 (5.94%) Entra ID
14 45 (5.81%) Azure Monitor
15 44 (5.68%) Power Automate
16 43 (5.55%) PaaS
17 35 (4.52%) PowerApps
18 31 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
19 30 (3.87%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.19%) HTTP
2 14 (1.81%) Internet
3 7 (0.90%) Network Security
4 4 (0.52%) 3GPP
4 4 (0.52%) DNS
4 4 (0.52%) SSL
5 3 (0.39%) DHCP
5 3 (0.39%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.26%) RTCP
6 2 (0.26%) RTMP
6 2 (0.26%) RTP
6 2 (0.26%) S/MIME
6 2 (0.26%) SMTP
6 2 (0.26%) XCAP
7 1 (0.13%) LAN
7 1 (0.13%) NAS
7 1 (0.13%) SAN
7 1 (0.13%) Skype
7 1 (0.13%) VPN
7 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (25.81%) SQL Server
2 46 (5.94%) Oracle Database
3 40 (5.16%) Relational Database
4 37 (4.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 33 (4.26%) NoSQL
5 33 (4.26%) Power BI
6 31 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
7 26 (3.35%) MongoDB
8 19 (2.45%) MySQL
9 18 (2.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (1.16%) DB2
10 9 (1.16%) Redis
11 8 (1.03%) Metadata
11 8 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.77%) Crystal Reports
13 5 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.65%) Big Data
13 5 (0.65%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.65%) GIS
13 5 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 89 (11.48%) Git
2 61 (7.87%) JIRA
3 31 (4.00%) Selenium
4 29 (3.74%) Jenkins
4 29 (3.74%) Visual Studio
5 25 (3.23%) Postman
6 19 (2.45%) SpecFlow
7 17 (2.19%) Cucumber
8 12 (1.55%) GitLab
9 10 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
10 9 (1.16%) MSTest
10 9 (1.16%) REST Assured
11 8 (1.03%) Bitbucket
11 8 (1.03%) SonarQube
11 8 (1.03%) TeamCity
12 7 (0.90%) NUnit
12 7 (0.90%) TestRail
13 6 (0.77%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.77%) JMeter
14 5 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 199 (25.68%) Social Skills
2 182 (23.48%) Finance
3 100 (12.90%) Banking
4 74 (9.55%) Public Sector
5 67 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (4.00%) Investment Banking
7 28 (3.61%) Front Office
8 25 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (2.84%) Financial Institution
10 10 (1.29%) Marketing
11 9 (1.16%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.16%) Retail
12 8 (1.03%) Health Technology
12 8 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.03%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.90%) Back Office
13 7 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.77%) Billing
15 5 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 436 (56.26%) Developer
2 147 (18.97%) .NET Developer
3 137 (17.68%) C# Developer
4 106 (13.68%) Senior
5 73 (9.42%) Architect
6 67 (8.65%) Software Engineer
7 61 (7.87%) Full-Stack Developer
8 58 (7.48%) Senior Developer
9 57 (7.35%) Lead
10 49 (6.32%) C# .NET Developer
11 48 (6.19%) Azure Developer
12 42 (5.42%) Solutions Architect
13 31 (4.00%) Senior .NET Developer
14 29 (3.74%) Software Developer
15 21 (2.71%) .NET Software Engineer
15 21 (2.71%) Angular Developer
15 21 (2.71%) DevOps Engineer
16 20 (2.58%) Dynamics 365 Developer
17 19 (2.45%) Applications Developer
17 19 (2.45%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (19.48%) .NET Framework
2 132 (17.03%) React
3 104 (13.42%) .NET Core
4 101 (13.03%) AngularJS
5 99 (12.77%) REST
6 97 (12.52%) RESTful
7 91 (11.74%) HTML
8 79 (10.19%) ASP.NET
9 63 (8.13%) CSS
10 46 (5.94%) Node.js
11 38 (4.90%) Entity Framework
11 38 (4.90%) WPF
12 33 (4.26%) OAuth
13 31 (4.00%) ASP.NET Core
14 29 (3.74%) ASP.NET Web API
14 29 (3.74%) Playwright
14 29 (3.74%) XML
15 27 (3.48%) JSON
16 24 (3.10%) ASP.NET MVC
16 24 (3.10%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 90 (11.61%) Cloud Native
2 39 (5.03%) Legacy Systems
3 34 (4.39%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (3.23%) Product Ownership
5 16 (2.06%) Algorithms
6 15 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
6 15 (1.94%) NHS
6 15 (1.94%) Virtual Team
7 14 (1.81%) AI Agents
7 14 (1.81%) Mobile App
8 12 (1.55%) Credit Risk
9 11 (1.42%) Low-Code
9 11 (1.42%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.29%) Market Risk
11 9 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.03%) Fixed Income
12 8 (1.03%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 75 (9.68%) Windows
2 26 (3.35%) Linux
3 24 (3.10%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.65%) Android
4 5 (0.65%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.52%) Unix
6 1 (0.13%) VMS
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (41.68%) DevOps
2 319 (41.16%) CI/CD
3 264 (34.06%) Agile
4 160 (20.65%) Microservices
5 155 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 137 (17.68%) Software Engineering
7 134 (17.29%) Full-Stack Development
8 126 (16.26%) AI
9 122 (15.74%) Test Automation
10 83 (10.71%) Scrum
11 79 (10.19%) Containerisation
12 73 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 70 (9.03%) Unit Testing
14 64 (8.26%) Infrastructure as Code
15 63 (8.13%) Mentoring
15 63 (8.13%) Migration
16 59 (7.61%) TDD
17 57 (7.35%) SDLC
18 49 (6.32%) Business Intelligence
19 47 (6.06%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 524 (67.61%) C#
2 326 (42.06%) SQL
3 174 (22.45%) JavaScript
4 170 (21.94%) Python
5 91 (11.74%) Java
6 80 (10.32%) TypeScript
7 57 (7.35%) PL/SQL
8 45 (5.81%) T-SQL
9 36 (4.65%) PowerShell
10 26 (3.35%) Bicep
10 26 (3.35%) PHP
11 18 (2.32%) C++
12 14 (1.81%) VB
12 14 (1.81%) VBA
13 11 (1.42%) VB.NET
14 10 (1.29%) Bash
14 10 (1.29%) Formula Language
14 10 (1.29%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (1.29%) LotusScript
15 9 (1.16%) Go
Qualifications
1 122 (15.74%) Security Cleared
2 95 (12.26%) SC Cleared
3 62 (8.00%) Degree
4 31 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.97%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.55%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.42%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 8 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.77%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.77%) CISSP
11 5 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (0.65%) CCSP
11 5 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.52%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.39%) ISEB
13 3 (0.39%) OSCP
13 3 (0.39%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (10.71%) QA
2 21 (2.71%) Accessibility
2 21 (2.71%) NIST
3 18 (2.32%) GDPR
4 17 (2.19%) EU AI Act
5 11 (1.42%) WCAG
6 10 (1.29%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.03%) HL7
8 5 (0.65%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.65%) ISO 20022
8 5 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.65%) PSD2
9 3 (0.39%) GRC
9 3 (0.39%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.26%) MiFID
10 2 (0.26%) SEPA
10 2 (0.26%) SLA
10 2 (0.26%) TARGET2
11 1 (0.13%) EMIR
11 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 114 (14.71%) Docker
2 34 (4.39%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 103 (13.29%) Kubernetes
2 84 (10.84%) Terraform
3 9 (1.16%) Grafana
4 7 (0.90%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.52%) Ansible
7 3 (0.39%) Rancher
8 2 (0.26%) Argo
8 2 (0.26%) Istio
9 1 (0.13%) Control-M
9 1 (0.13%) Kibana
9 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 206 (26.58%) Microsoft
2 117 (15.10%) Oracle
3 32 (4.13%) Citrix
4 26 (3.35%) OpenAI
5 25 (3.23%) Sitecore
6 20 (2.58%) Databricks
7 15 (1.94%) Foundry
8 14 (1.81%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.68%) Google
10 12 (1.55%) OpenLink
11 10 (1.29%) Lotus
11 10 (1.29%) SAP
11 10 (1.29%) UiPath
12 9 (1.16%) Advent
12 9 (1.16%) Kofax
13 6 (0.77%) Adobe
13 6 (0.77%) Brio
14 5 (0.65%) Rapid7
15 4 (0.52%) VMware
15 4 (0.52%) Xamarin