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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 69 53
Rank change year-on-year -47 -16 -7
Contract jobs citing .NET 883 821 1,347
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.17% 3.37% 3.65%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.15% 15.02% 18.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 640 652 1,040
10th Percentile £389 £378 £325
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £536
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.10% -6.74%
75th Percentile £600 £693 £650
90th Percentile £715 £825 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 15
10th Percentile £39.11 £21.33 £20.77
25th Percentile £54.08 £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 £73.84 £51.17 £75.00
90th Percentile £78.38 £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 7,919 5,465 7,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.48% 22.40% 20.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,270 3,787 5,310
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 £775
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 102 223
10th Percentile £32.50 £30.55 £22.50
25th Percentile £52.25 £51.25 £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 £82.03 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.84
% change year-on-year - +38.77% -27.94%

.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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -39 534 £500 -16.67% 224
South East -16 110 £525 +6.33% 193
North of England -36 98 £500 +17.65% 163
Yorkshire -29 51 £500 +5.26% 50
Midlands -80 49 £496 +0.71% 83
South West -24 46 £498 -8.72% 56
North West -44 43 £463 +12.12% 81
West Midlands -63 27 £481 -3.80% 42
East of England -21 25 £550 +14.29% 66
East Midlands -28 22 £525 +6.06% 41
North East -18 4 £475 +28.38% 32
.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 (5.55%) SharePoint
2 36 (4.08%) IIS
3 16 (1.81%) CMS
3 16 (1.81%) Confluence
4 15 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (1.25%) HCL Notes
6 10 (1.13%) Mendix
6 10 (1.13%) Sitecore CMS
7 5 (0.57%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.34%) Apache Superset
8 3 (0.34%) Kentico
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.34%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.34%) WordPress
9 2 (0.23%) Appian
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.23%) SAS
10 1 (0.11%) Apache
10 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.11%) MTS
Applications
1 17 (1.93%) 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 33 (3.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.93%) Endur
3 7 (0.79%) Findur
4 5 (0.57%) Advent Geneva
4 5 (0.57%) 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
1 461 (52.21%) Azure
2 186 (21.06%) Azure DevOps
3 155 (17.55%) AWS
4 107 (12.12%) GitHub
5 93 (10.53%) Serverless
6 83 (9.40%) Power Platform
7 78 (8.83%) Azure Service Bus
8 65 (7.36%) Azure Functions
8 65 (7.36%) GitHub Actions
9 64 (7.25%) Azure Logic Apps
10 50 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
11 46 (5.21%) GCP
11 46 (5.21%) Power Automate
12 44 (4.98%) Azure Monitor
13 41 (4.64%) PowerApps
14 40 (4.53%) Azure AKS
15 39 (4.42%) Entra ID
15 39 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
16 34 (3.85%) PaaS
17 29 (3.28%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.59%) HTTP
2 13 (1.47%) Internet
3 8 (0.91%) 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%) Multicast
8 1 (0.11%) Skype
8 1 (0.11%) SMTP
8 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.11%) VPN
8 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 231 (26.16%) SQL Server
2 55 (6.23%) Relational Database
3 54 (6.12%) Oracle Database
4 40 (4.53%) PostgreSQL
5 39 (4.42%) Azure SQL Database
6 37 (4.19%) NoSQL
7 35 (3.96%) Power BI
8 20 (2.27%) MongoDB
9 14 (1.59%) MySQL
10 13 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (1.25%) Redis
11 11 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (1.13%) Metadata
13 9 (1.02%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (0.79%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
16 5 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
16 5 (0.57%) DB2
16 5 (0.57%) GIS
16 5 (0.57%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 97 (10.99%) Git
2 62 (7.02%) JIRA
3 34 (3.85%) Visual Studio
4 24 (2.72%) Selenium
5 21 (2.38%) Jenkins
6 16 (1.81%) Postman
6 16 (1.81%) TeamCity
7 13 (1.47%) Cucumber
7 13 (1.47%) GitLab
8 12 (1.36%) NUnit
9 10 (1.13%) MSTest
10 8 (0.91%) REST Assured
10 8 (0.91%) SpecFlow
10 8 (0.91%) TestRail
11 6 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
12 5 (0.57%) Appium
12 5 (0.57%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.57%) Mocha
12 5 (0.57%) Moq
12 5 (0.57%) tSQLt
General
1 222 (25.14%) Finance
2 200 (22.65%) Social Skills
3 110 (12.46%) Banking
4 77 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (7.81%) Public Sector
6 39 (4.42%) Front Office
7 36 (4.08%) Investment Banking
8 24 (2.72%) Financial Institution
9 19 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (0.79%) Aviation
12 7 (0.79%) Health Technology
12 7 (0.79%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.79%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.68%) Back Office
13 6 (0.68%) Billing
13 6 (0.68%) Police
14 4 (0.45%) Fire and Rescue
14 4 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 477 (54.02%) Developer
2 168 (19.03%) .NET Developer
3 149 (16.87%) C# Developer
4 123 (13.93%) Senior
5 98 (11.10%) Architect
6 93 (10.53%) Software Engineer
7 76 (8.61%) Senior Developer
8 67 (7.59%) Lead
9 57 (6.46%) Full-Stack Developer
9 57 (6.46%) Solutions Architect
10 52 (5.89%) C# .NET Developer
11 50 (5.66%) Azure Developer
12 49 (5.55%) Software Developer
13 38 (4.30%) Senior .NET Developer
14 31 (3.51%) .NET Software Engineer
15 28 (3.17%) Azure Engineer
16 27 (3.06%) .NET Software Developer
17 26 (2.94%) Technical Architect
18 24 (2.72%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 24 (2.72%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (19.59%) .NET Framework
2 147 (16.65%) React
3 122 (13.82%) REST
4 102 (11.55%) AngularJS
5 98 (11.10%) .NET Core
6 94 (10.65%) RESTful
7 89 (10.08%) HTML
8 83 (9.40%) ASP.NET
9 69 (7.81%) CSS
10 49 (5.55%) Node.js
11 40 (4.53%) ASP.NET Core
11 40 (4.53%) Entity Framework
12 34 (3.85%) ASP.NET Web API
12 34 (3.85%) WPF
13 31 (3.51%) WinForms
14 28 (3.17%) JSON
14 28 (3.17%) OAuth
15 25 (2.83%) XML
16 22 (2.49%) Web Services
17 21 (2.38%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 100 (11.33%) Cloud Native
2 52 (5.89%) Distributed Systems
3 51 (5.78%) Legacy Systems
4 30 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (2.83%) Product Ownership
6 22 (2.49%) AI Agents
7 19 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.70%) Legacy Code
8 15 (1.70%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.70%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.59%) Fixed Income
9 14 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (1.47%) NHS
11 12 (1.36%) Low-Code
12 11 (1.25%) Credit Risk
12 11 (1.25%) Derivative
13 9 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (1.02%) IoT
13 9 (1.02%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 86 (9.74%) Windows
2 33 (3.74%) Linux
2 33 (3.74%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.57%) Unix
4 4 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.23%) VMS
6 1 (0.11%) Android
6 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (41.00%) CI/CD
2 358 (40.54%) DevOps
3 268 (30.35%) Agile
4 175 (19.82%) Microservices
5 150 (16.99%) Software Engineering
6 138 (15.63%) AI
7 134 (15.18%) Full-Stack Development
8 124 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
9 117 (13.25%) Test Automation
10 80 (9.06%) Containerisation
11 76 (8.61%) Infrastructure as Code
11 76 (8.61%) Migration
12 75 (8.49%) Unit Testing
13 71 (8.04%) Scrum
14 70 (7.93%) SDLC
15 64 (7.25%) Event-Driven
16 63 (7.13%) TDD
17 62 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
18 55 (6.23%) Data Modelling
18 55 (6.23%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 600 (67.95%) C#
2 353 (39.98%) SQL
3 195 (22.08%) Python
4 174 (19.71%) JavaScript
5 85 (9.63%) TypeScript
6 84 (9.51%) Java
7 62 (7.02%) PL/SQL
8 61 (6.91%) T-SQL
9 50 (5.66%) PowerShell
10 27 (3.06%) Bicep
11 21 (2.38%) C++
12 19 (2.15%) Go
13 18 (2.04%) PHP
14 15 (1.70%) VBA
15 14 (1.59%) VB
16 13 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
17 11 (1.25%) Formula Language
17 11 (1.25%) LotusScript
18 9 (1.02%) VB.NET
19 7 (0.79%) Bash
Qualifications
1 153 (17.33%) Security Cleared
2 124 (14.04%) SC Cleared
3 66 (7.47%) Degree
4 29 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.15%) Azure Certification
6 17 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.36%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.68%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.57%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.57%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.45%) CISSP
11 4 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.34%) CCSP
12 3 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.34%) OSCP
12 3 (0.34%) SANS
13 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (11.21%) QA
2 19 (2.15%) Accessibility
3 16 (1.81%) GDPR
4 10 (1.13%) HL7
4 10 (1.13%) PCI DSS
5 8 (0.91%) Data Quality
5 8 (0.91%) WCAG
6 6 (0.68%) ISO 20022
6 6 (0.68%) PSD2
7 5 (0.57%) GRC
7 5 (0.57%) NIST
7 5 (0.57%) 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%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.11%) EMIR
System Software
1 129 (14.61%) Docker
2 22 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.57%) 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
1 107 (12.12%) Kubernetes
2 103 (11.66%) Terraform
3 12 (1.36%) Ansible
4 9 (1.02%) Grafana
5 8 (0.91%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.57%) 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
1 201 (22.76%) Microsoft
2 126 (14.27%) Oracle
3 39 (4.42%) Citrix
4 25 (2.83%) OpenAI
5 19 (2.15%) Databricks
6 18 (2.04%) ServiceNow
7 15 (1.70%) Sitecore
8 14 (1.59%) Google
9 13 (1.47%) OpenLink
10 11 (1.25%) Lotus
11 10 (1.13%) Kofax
12 9 (1.02%) Foundry
13 8 (0.91%) InterSystems
13 8 (0.91%) SAP
14 7 (0.79%) UiPath
15 6 (0.68%) Salesforce
16 5 (0.57%) Advent
16 5 (0.57%) Rapid7
17 4 (0.45%) Brio
17 4 (0.45%) PeopleSoft