.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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 83 48
Rank change year-on-year -27 -35 +1
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,065 817 1,295
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.33% 2.94% 3.91%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.62% 13.34% 17.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 736 596 975
10th Percentile £397 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -3.59%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 12
10th Percentile £37.25 £45.72 £21.13
25th Percentile £38.25 £63.63 £35.38
Median hourly rate £45.00 £67.00 £59.45
Median % change year-on-year -32.84% +12.70% +8.10%
75th Percentile £73.46 - £85.00
90th Percentile £78.78 - -
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £63.50 £58.91
% change year-on-year -29.13% +7.80% +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 8,439 6,123 7,331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.47% 22.03% 22.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,519 4,186 5,028
10th Percentile £366 £350 £360
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -6.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 158 220
10th Percentile £28.58 £31.25 £24.16
25th Percentile £45.94 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -3.08% -5.42%
75th Percentile £73.11 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.03 £81.01 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £52.50
% change year-on-year +18.45% +4.52% -12.50%

.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 17 August 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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -21 627 £550 +4.76% 192
North of England -32 129 £500 +5.26% 149
South East -16 125 £500 +11.11% 164
South West +5 76 £450 +20.00% 42
Yorkshire -14 71 £457 -8.60% 32
Midlands -49 60 £492 +1.97% 81
North West -24 50 £550 +29.41% 77
West Midlands -58 33 £458 -8.27% 37
East Midlands -15 26 £525 +15.07% 44
East of England -34 25 £510 +2.00% 56
North East - 8 £513 - 42
.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 47 (4.41%) SharePoint
2 40 (3.76%) Confluence
3 37 (3.47%) IIS
4 14 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (1.03%) CMS
6 9 (0.85%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.47%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.47%) Appian
8 5 (0.47%) Camunda
9 4 (0.38%) Kentico
9 4 (0.38%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.38%) WordPress
10 3 (0.28%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.28%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.28%) Mendix
11 1 (0.094%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.094%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.094%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.094%) Jupyter
Applications
1 26 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.38%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.094%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 38 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.75%) Findur
3 7 (0.66%) OpenText MBPM
3 7 (0.66%) Oracle BPM
4 5 (0.47%) Shopify
5 4 (0.38%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.38%) Endur
6 3 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.094%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.094%) Alphatax
8 1 (0.094%) Magento
8 1 (0.094%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.094%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.094%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 541 (50.80%) Azure
2 205 (19.25%) Azure DevOps
3 175 (16.43%) AWS
4 125 (11.74%) Power Platform
5 116 (10.89%) GitHub
6 78 (7.32%) Azure Service Bus
7 77 (7.23%) Dynamics 365
8 76 (7.14%) Serverless
9 61 (5.73%) Power Automate
10 60 (5.63%) PowerApps
11 57 (5.35%) Azure Logic Apps
12 54 (5.07%) GitHub Actions
13 46 (4.32%) Azure Functions
14 43 (4.04%) Azure AKS
14 43 (4.04%) Azure Monitor
14 43 (4.04%) Entra ID
15 29 (2.72%) Azure Key Vault
15 29 (2.72%) PaaS
16 27 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
17 26 (2.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.31%) Internet
2 9 (0.85%) TCP/IP
2 9 (0.85%) Wireshark
3 8 (0.75%) Firewall
4 7 (0.66%) RTP
5 6 (0.56%) 3GPP
5 6 (0.56%) Intranet
6 5 (0.47%) DNS
6 5 (0.47%) NAS
6 5 (0.47%) Network Security
6 5 (0.47%) SAN
7 3 (0.28%) DHCP
7 3 (0.28%) HTTP
7 3 (0.28%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.19%) Multicast
8 2 (0.19%) VLAN
8 2 (0.19%) VPN
9 1 (0.094%) Skype
9 1 (0.094%) SSL
9 1 (0.094%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 270 (25.35%) SQL Server
2 64 (6.01%) Power BI
3 61 (5.73%) Relational Database
4 46 (4.32%) Oracle Database
5 42 (3.94%) NoSQL
6 39 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
7 30 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
8 25 (2.35%) MongoDB
9 22 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (1.13%) Geospatial Data
12 11 (1.03%) Redis
13 10 (0.94%) Pinecone
13 10 (0.94%) Weaviate
14 9 (0.85%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.75%) Crystal Reports
16 7 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
17 6 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
17 6 (0.56%) Metadata
17 6 (0.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 151 (14.18%) Git
2 76 (7.14%) JIRA
3 51 (4.79%) Visual Studio
4 28 (2.63%) Jenkins
5 23 (2.16%) GitLab
6 22 (2.07%) TeamCity
7 19 (1.78%) Selenium
8 15 (1.41%) JMeter
9 14 (1.31%) MSI
10 12 (1.13%) Gatling
10 12 (1.13%) NUnit
11 11 (1.03%) Claude Code
11 11 (1.03%) Cucumber
12 10 (0.94%) Bitbucket
12 10 (0.94%) Postman
13 9 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
13 9 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
14 8 (0.75%) eggPlant
14 8 (0.75%) MSTest
14 8 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 266 (24.98%) Finance
2 252 (23.66%) Social Skills
3 127 (11.92%) Banking
4 98 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (6.20%) Public Sector
6 58 (5.45%) Front Office
7 46 (4.32%) Investment Banking
8 27 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (1.41%) Financial Institution
10 13 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.13%) Legal
12 11 (1.03%) Back Office
13 10 (0.94%) Retail
14 7 (0.66%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.66%) Marketing
15 6 (0.56%) Billing
15 6 (0.56%) Police
16 5 (0.47%) Aviation
16 5 (0.47%) Fire and Rescue
16 5 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 543 (50.99%) Developer
2 227 (21.31%) .NET Developer
3 177 (16.62%) Senior
4 142 (13.33%) C# Developer
5 115 (10.80%) Architect
6 109 (10.23%) Software Engineer
7 106 (9.95%) Senior Developer
8 95 (8.92%) Lead
9 69 (6.48%) Full-Stack Developer
10 66 (6.20%) Software Developer
10 66 (6.20%) Solutions Architect
11 64 (6.01%) C# .NET Developer
12 51 (4.79%) Senior .NET Developer
13 45 (4.23%) Azure Developer
14 34 (3.19%) .NET Software Engineer
15 33 (3.10%) .NET Software Developer
16 31 (2.91%) Azure Engineer
17 29 (2.72%) Dynamics 365 Developer
17 29 (2.72%) React Developer
18 27 (2.54%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 212 (19.91%) .NET Framework
2 195 (18.31%) REST
3 156 (14.65%) React
4 134 (12.58%) .NET Core
5 118 (11.08%) RESTful
6 116 (10.89%) ASP.NET
7 101 (9.48%) AngularJS
8 84 (7.89%) HTML
9 68 (6.38%) CSS
9 68 (6.38%) Web Services
10 56 (5.26%) Entity Framework
11 51 (4.79%) ASP.NET Core
11 51 (4.79%) JSON
12 49 (4.60%) XML
13 46 (4.32%) SOAP
14 42 (3.94%) WPF
15 41 (3.85%) Kafka
15 41 (3.85%) WinForms
16 36 (3.38%) ASP.NET Web API
17 33 (3.10%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 132 (12.39%) Cloud Native
2 76 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
3 63 (5.92%) Legacy Systems
4 56 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
5 43 (4.04%) AI Agents
5 43 (4.04%) Product Ownership
6 32 (3.00%) Onboarding
7 29 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (1.69%) Data Structures
9 17 (1.60%) Legacy Code
10 16 (1.50%) Fixed Income
11 13 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
11 13 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (1.13%) Derivative
12 12 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 12 (1.13%) Virtual Team
13 11 (1.03%) Equities
14 10 (0.94%) Distributed Applications
14 10 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
15 9 (0.85%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 111 (10.42%) Windows
2 65 (6.10%) Linux
3 32 (3.00%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.31%) Unix
5 5 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.28%) VMS
7 1 (0.094%) Android
7 1 (0.094%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.094%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.094%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 440 (41.31%) CI/CD
2 423 (39.72%) DevOps
3 373 (35.02%) Agile
4 205 (19.25%) Software Engineering
5 192 (18.03%) Microservices
6 185 (17.37%) AI
7 166 (15.59%) Full-Stack Development
8 150 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
9 137 (12.86%) Test Automation
10 115 (10.80%) SDLC
11 107 (10.05%) Migration
12 95 (8.92%) Continuous Improvement
13 94 (8.83%) Scrum
14 93 (8.73%) Event-Driven
15 91 (8.54%) Containerisation
16 86 (8.08%) Technical Leadership
17 83 (7.79%) Infrastructure as Code
18 81 (7.61%) Mentoring
19 78 (7.32%) Unit Testing
20 73 (6.85%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 722 (67.79%) C#
2 380 (35.68%) SQL
3 218 (20.47%) JavaScript
4 210 (19.72%) Python
5 125 (11.74%) TypeScript
6 101 (9.48%) Java
7 76 (7.14%) PowerShell
7 76 (7.14%) T-SQL
8 57 (5.35%) PL/SQL
9 44 (4.13%) Bicep
10 37 (3.47%) C++
11 32 (3.00%) VB.NET
12 23 (2.16%) Go
13 18 (1.69%) VBA
14 17 (1.60%) Bash
15 14 (1.31%) VB
16 11 (1.03%) X++
17 10 (0.94%) C
18 9 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
19 6 (0.56%) XPath
Qualifications
1 200 (18.78%) Security Cleared
2 174 (16.34%) SC Cleared
3 89 (8.36%) Degree
4 29 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.69%) Azure Certification
6 17 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.50%) DV Cleared
8 10 (0.94%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.75%) ISTQB
9 8 (0.75%) PhD
10 7 (0.66%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.47%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.28%) ISEB
13 3 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.19%) CISM
14 2 (0.19%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (8.36%) QA
2 32 (3.00%) Accessibility
3 24 (2.25%) WCAG
4 17 (1.60%) NCSC
5 14 (1.31%) Data Quality
5 14 (1.31%) GDPR
6 8 (0.75%) SLA
7 6 (0.56%) HL7
8 4 (0.38%) GRC
8 4 (0.38%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.28%) DICOM
9 3 (0.28%) SNOMED CT
10 2 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.19%) Basel III
10 2 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.19%) GxP
10 2 (0.19%) IEC 62304
10 2 (0.19%) ISO 13485
10 2 (0.19%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 124 (11.64%) Docker
2 34 (3.19%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.28%) Firmware
4 3 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.19%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.094%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 120 (11.27%) Terraform
2 116 (10.89%) Kubernetes
3 36 (3.38%) Ansible
4 15 (1.41%) Grafana
5 13 (1.22%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.56%) Istio
6 6 (0.56%) Kibana
7 5 (0.47%) Control-M
7 5 (0.47%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.28%) Rancher
10 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.19%) SCCM
10 2 (0.19%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.094%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.094%) HP Quality Center
11 1 (0.094%) linkerd
Vendors
1 270 (25.35%) Microsoft
2 122 (11.46%) Oracle
3 37 (3.47%) Citrix
4 22 (2.07%) ServiceNow
5 17 (1.60%) UiPath
6 16 (1.50%) Databricks
6 16 (1.50%) OpenAI
7 12 (1.13%) Google
7 12 (1.13%) SAP
7 12 (1.13%) Splunk
8 11 (1.03%) IBM
9 10 (0.94%) Salesforce
10 9 (0.85%) InterSystems
11 8 (0.75%) OpenLink
12 7 (0.66%) Foundry
12 7 (0.66%) Sitecore
13 6 (0.56%) CyberArk
13 6 (0.56%) Hitachi
14 5 (0.47%) OpenText
14 5 (0.47%) VMware
642 .NET jobs in England