.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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 62 44
Rank change year-on-year -44 -18 -8
Contract jobs citing .NET 772 1,063 1,834
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.63% 3.44% 4.61%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.53% 15.76% 20.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 753 1,398
10th Percentile £350 £350 £381
25th Percentile £404 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £688
90th Percentile £700 £743 £750
UK median daily rate £488 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 24
10th Percentile £57.03 £17.19 £46.22
25th Percentile £64.56 £19.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £23.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +188.17% -64.23% -
75th Percentile - £35.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £69.18 £51.70 -
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £25.60 £65.00
% change year-on-year +161.72% -60.62% -

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 6,697 6,743 8,809
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.81% 21.81% 22.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,519 4,302 6,456
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £634 £663 £675
90th Percentile £725 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £502 £549 £550
% change year-on-year -8.65% -0.13% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 105 177
10th Percentile £30.80 £26.70 £37.67
25th Percentile £42.88 £46.18 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -16.92% +18.18% -15.38%

.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 4 November 2025.

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 4 November 2025.

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 4 November 2025. 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 -46 451 £500 -13.04% 491
North of England -41 81 £495 +2.59% 300
South East -7 65 £450 -13.46% 456
East of England +25 62 £525 +75.00% 84
Midlands -42 55 £510 +2.00% 130
Yorkshire -20 44 £500 -6.54% 60
North West -28 35 £475 +5.56% 191
West Midlands -42 30 £499 -5.00% 72
South West -17 26 £400 -15.79% 76
East Midlands -12 25 £515 +24.85% 58
North East -18 2 £600 +50.00% 51
.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 (5.05%) Confluence
2 23 (2.98%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.07%) IIS
4 15 (1.94%) WebLogic
4 15 (1.94%) WebSphere
5 12 (1.55%) CMS
6 8 (1.04%) Apache
6 8 (1.04%) Umbraco
7 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.78%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.78%) HCL Notes
8 6 (0.78%) Sitecore CMS
9 5 (0.65%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.39%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.26%) Camunda
12 2 (0.26%) Documentum
12 2 (0.26%) EPiServer
12 2 (0.26%) Moodle
Applications
1 36 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Moqups
4 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 37 (4.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.17%) Aladdin
3 8 (1.04%) OpenText MBPM
3 8 (1.04%) Oracle BPM
4 7 (0.91%) Fidessa
5 4 (0.52%) Advent Geneva
5 4 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.52%) thinkFolio
5 4 (0.52%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.26%) Orchestrade
7 1 (0.13%) Eikon
7 1 (0.13%) Endur
7 1 (0.13%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.13%) Maximo
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.13%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 395 (51.17%) Azure
2 184 (23.83%) Azure DevOps
3 95 (12.31%) AWS
4 89 (11.53%) GitHub
5 83 (10.75%) Serverless
6 81 (10.49%) Power Platform
7 57 (7.38%) Azure Functions
7 57 (7.38%) Dynamics 365
8 54 (6.99%) PowerApps
9 53 (6.87%) Azure Logic Apps
10 52 (6.74%) Power Automate
11 48 (6.22%) Azure Service Bus
12 42 (5.44%) GitHub Actions
12 42 (5.44%) PaaS
13 35 (4.53%) Azure AKS
14 32 (4.15%) Entra ID
15 31 (4.02%) GCP
16 30 (3.89%) Azure Monitor
17 26 (3.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 22 (2.85%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.68%) Internet
2 6 (0.78%) HTTP
3 5 (0.65%) Network Security
4 4 (0.52%) SSL
5 3 (0.39%) DNS
5 3 (0.39%) Firewall
6 2 (0.26%) DHCP
6 2 (0.26%) S/MIME
6 2 (0.26%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.26%) X.509
7 1 (0.13%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.13%) Intranet
7 1 (0.13%) NAS
7 1 (0.13%) SAN
7 1 (0.13%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (22.80%) SQL Server
2 43 (5.57%) Relational Database
3 38 (4.92%) NoSQL
4 35 (4.53%) Oracle Database
5 34 (4.40%) Power BI
6 28 (3.63%) MongoDB
7 24 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
8 22 (2.85%) Azure SQL Database
9 17 (2.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (1.81%) MySQL
11 13 (1.68%) Big Data
12 11 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.17%) Redis
14 5 (0.65%) Amazon Aurora
14 5 (0.65%) DB2
14 5 (0.65%) DocumentDB
14 5 (0.65%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.65%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.52%) Hadoop
16 3 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 81 (10.49%) Git
2 80 (10.36%) JIRA
3 29 (3.76%) Jenkins
4 25 (3.24%) Selenium
5 24 (3.11%) SpecFlow
6 22 (2.85%) Visual Studio
7 21 (2.72%) GitLab
7 21 (2.72%) Postman
8 16 (2.07%) Cucumber
9 15 (1.94%) Bitbucket
10 14 (1.81%) Artifactory
11 13 (1.68%) SonarQube
12 9 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
13 8 (1.04%) TeamCity
14 7 (0.91%) Cypress.io
15 6 (0.78%) NUnit
15 6 (0.78%) Octopus Deploy
16 5 (0.65%) JMeter
16 5 (0.65%) REST Assured
16 5 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 228 (29.53%) Social Skills
2 212 (27.46%) Finance
3 90 (11.66%) Banking
4 69 (8.94%) Public Sector
5 65 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (4.79%) Front Office
7 35 (4.53%) Investment Banking
8 22 (2.85%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.20%) Marketing
11 13 (1.68%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.30%) Retail
14 9 (1.17%) Back Office
14 9 (1.17%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.04%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.91%) Electronics
17 6 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
18 5 (0.65%) Billing
18 5 (0.65%) Legal
Job Titles
1 445 (57.64%) Developer
2 173 (22.41%) .NET Developer
3 130 (16.84%) C# Developer
4 107 (13.86%) Senior
5 72 (9.33%) Senior Developer
6 68 (8.81%) C# .NET Developer
7 67 (8.68%) Architect
7 67 (8.68%) Lead
8 61 (7.90%) Full-Stack Developer
8 61 (7.90%) Software Engineer
9 41 (5.31%) Azure Developer
10 36 (4.66%) Angular Developer
10 36 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
11 34 (4.40%) Senior .NET Developer
12 26 (3.37%) C# WPF Developer
12 26 (3.37%) Senior C# Developer
12 26 (3.37%) WPF Developer
13 24 (3.11%) DevOps Engineer
13 24 (3.11%) Software Developer
14 23 (2.98%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (22.93%) .NET Framework
2 123 (15.93%) .NET Core
3 113 (14.64%) AngularJS
4 112 (14.51%) React
5 108 (13.99%) HTML
6 105 (13.60%) RESTful
7 88 (11.40%) REST
8 86 (11.14%) CSS
9 75 (9.72%) ASP.NET
10 59 (7.64%) Entity Framework
11 56 (7.25%) Node.js
12 47 (6.09%) WPF
13 45 (5.83%) Web Services
14 37 (4.79%) Kafka
15 35 (4.53%) ASP.NET Web API
16 32 (4.15%) SOAP
17 31 (4.02%) Blazor
18 30 (3.89%) Playwright
19 27 (3.50%) jQuery
20 26 (3.37%) NHibernate
Miscellaneous
1 73 (9.46%) Cloud Native
2 35 (4.53%) Product Ownership
3 31 (4.02%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (3.50%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (3.37%) Mobile App
6 25 (3.24%) Distributed Systems
6 25 (3.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 23 (2.98%) Algorithms
8 21 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (2.07%) Fixed Income
10 15 (1.94%) Derivative
10 15 (1.94%) Management Information System
11 13 (1.68%) Hedge funds
12 11 (1.42%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.42%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.30%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.17%) Low-Code
15 8 (1.04%) NHS
16 7 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 58 (7.51%) Windows
2 18 (2.33%) Linux
3 12 (1.55%) Android
3 12 (1.55%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.42%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.26%) Unix
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (40.80%) Agile
2 301 (38.99%) DevOps
3 246 (31.87%) CI/CD
4 179 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
5 168 (21.76%) Microservices
6 139 (18.01%) Full-Stack Development
7 134 (17.36%) Software Engineering
8 106 (13.73%) Test Automation
9 104 (13.47%) Scrum
10 75 (9.72%) Containerisation
11 70 (9.07%) TDD
12 69 (8.94%) Clean Code
12 69 (8.94%) Mentoring
13 64 (8.29%) Design Patterns
14 63 (8.16%) SDLC
15 60 (7.77%) Computer Science
16 58 (7.51%) AI
17 54 (6.99%) Business Intelligence
18 52 (6.74%) MVC
19 51 (6.61%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 527 (68.26%) C#
2 299 (38.73%) SQL
3 198 (25.65%) JavaScript
4 121 (15.67%) Python
5 114 (14.77%) Java
6 70 (9.07%) TypeScript
7 42 (5.44%) PL/SQL
8 41 (5.31%) PowerShell
9 38 (4.92%) C++
9 38 (4.92%) PHP
10 36 (4.66%) VB.NET
11 31 (4.02%) T-SQL
12 29 (3.76%) VBA
13 27 (3.50%) VB
14 23 (2.98%) Bicep
15 20 (2.59%) Bash
16 17 (2.20%) C
17 9 (1.17%) Ruby
18 6 (0.78%) Shell Script
19 5 (0.65%) X++
Qualifications
1 74 (9.59%) Security Cleared
2 62 (8.03%) Degree
3 56 (7.25%) SC Cleared
4 32 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (1.81%) DV Cleared
5 14 (1.81%) Master's Degree
6 13 (1.68%) Azure Certification
6 13 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.42%) MCP
8 8 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.65%) CISSP
10 4 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.52%) PMP
11 3 (0.39%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.39%) CBAP
11 3 (0.39%) ISEB
12 2 (0.26%) CCSP
12 2 (0.26%) CEH
12 2 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (8.68%) QA
2 23 (2.98%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.20%) EU AI Act
4 16 (2.07%) NIST
5 11 (1.42%) GDPR
6 10 (1.30%) WCAG
7 9 (1.17%) MiFID
8 5 (0.65%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.65%) EMIR
8 5 (0.65%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.65%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.52%) COBIT
10 3 (0.39%) HL7
11 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.26%) NCSC
12 1 (0.13%) DICOM
12 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.13%) SLA
12 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 97 (12.56%) Docker
2 26 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) KVM
6 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 81 (10.49%) Kubernetes
2 70 (9.07%) Terraform
3 7 (0.91%) Grafana
3 7 (0.91%) Prometheus
3 7 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.78%) Ansible
5 2 (0.26%) Control-M
6 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.13%) Istio
6 1 (0.13%) Kibana
6 1 (0.13%) MIIS
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.13%) Rancher
6 1 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 209 (27.07%) Microsoft
2 91 (11.79%) Oracle
3 18 (2.33%) ServiceNow
4 16 (2.07%) Dynatrace
5 15 (1.94%) SAP
6 14 (1.81%) Databricks
6 14 (1.81%) Foundry
6 14 (1.81%) UiPath
7 12 (1.55%) Citrix
7 12 (1.55%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.30%) OpenAI
8 10 (1.30%) Sitecore
9 9 (1.17%) Google
9 9 (1.17%) OpenText
10 8 (1.04%) GoldenSource
11 6 (0.78%) DocuSign
11 6 (0.78%) Lotus
12 5 (0.65%) Adobe
12 5 (0.65%) OutSystems
12 5 (0.65%) Workday