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

 6 months to
16 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 63 44
Rank change year-on-year -43 -19 -7
Contract jobs citing .NET 790 1,059 1,818
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.63% 3.40% 4.54%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.51% 15.70% 20.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 560 761 1,387
10th Percentile £355 £350 £375
25th Percentile £404 £422 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.41% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £620 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £490 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 24
10th Percentile £58.60 £17.19 £46.22
25th Percentile £65.50 £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 £70.85 £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 6,864 6,746 8,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.84% 21.67% 22.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,631 4,305 6,457
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.56%
75th Percentile £635 £666 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £503 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.64% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 100 182
10th Percentile £31.20 £26.25 £36.31
25th Percentile £43.00 £42.19 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.50 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.35 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.47%

.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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -37 474 £500 -13.04% 385
North of England -34 81 £489 -1.26% 251
East of England +27 63 £525 +75.00% 82
South East -18 63 £450 -12.83% 263
Midlands -49 53 £510 +2.00% 141
Yorkshire -28 44 £500 -5.66% 60
North West -26 35 £450 -5.26% 160
West Midlands -44 27 £480 -8.57% 79
East Midlands -6 26 £515 +22.62% 60
South West -22 23 £475 -5.00% 91
North East -17 2 £600 +50.00% 31
.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 38 (4.81%) Confluence
2 25 (3.16%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.28%) IIS
4 15 (1.90%) CMS
4 15 (1.90%) WebLogic
4 15 (1.90%) WebSphere
5 9 (1.14%) Sitecore CMS
6 8 (1.01%) Apache
6 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (1.01%) Umbraco
7 7 (0.89%) HCL Notes
8 6 (0.76%) Headless CMS
9 5 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.63%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.25%) Camunda
11 2 (0.25%) Documentum
11 2 (0.25%) EPiServer
11 2 (0.25%) Moodle
Applications
1 36 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.13%) Moqups
3 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 43 (5.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.14%) Advent Geneva
2 9 (1.14%) Aladdin
3 7 (0.89%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.76%) OpenText MBPM
4 6 (0.76%) Oracle BPM
5 4 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.51%) thinkFolio
5 4 (0.51%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.25%) Endur
6 2 (0.25%) Orchestrade
7 1 (0.13%) Eikon
7 1 (0.13%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.13%) Maximo
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.13%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 397 (50.25%) Azure
2 181 (22.91%) Azure DevOps
3 95 (12.03%) AWS
4 89 (11.27%) GitHub
4 89 (11.27%) Power Platform
5 87 (11.01%) Serverless
6 61 (7.72%) Dynamics 365
7 59 (7.47%) Azure Functions
8 57 (7.22%) Azure Logic Apps
8 57 (7.22%) PowerApps
9 56 (7.09%) Power Automate
10 48 (6.08%) Azure Service Bus
11 45 (5.70%) GitHub Actions
12 43 (5.44%) PaaS
13 41 (5.19%) Azure AKS
14 34 (4.30%) Azure Monitor
14 34 (4.30%) Entra ID
15 30 (3.80%) GCP
16 29 (3.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 23 (2.91%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.77%) Internet
2 8 (1.01%) HTTP
3 6 (0.76%) Network Security
4 4 (0.51%) SSL
5 3 (0.38%) DNS
5 3 (0.38%) Firewall
6 2 (0.25%) DHCP
6 2 (0.25%) S/MIME
6 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.25%) 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
1 187 (23.67%) SQL Server
2 42 (5.32%) Relational Database
3 38 (4.81%) NoSQL
3 38 (4.81%) Oracle Database
4 36 (4.56%) Power BI
5 29 (3.67%) MongoDB
6 23 (2.91%) Azure SQL Database
6 23 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (2.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (2.15%) MySQL
8 13 (1.65%) Big Data
9 10 (1.27%) DB2
9 10 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.14%) Redis
11 4 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.51%) DocumentDB
11 4 (0.51%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.51%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.38%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 88 (11.14%) Git
2 83 (10.51%) JIRA
3 27 (3.42%) Jenkins
3 27 (3.42%) Selenium
4 23 (2.91%) Visual Studio
5 22 (2.78%) SpecFlow
6 21 (2.66%) GitLab
7 20 (2.53%) Postman
8 16 (2.03%) Cucumber
9 15 (1.90%) Bitbucket
10 14 (1.77%) Artifactory
11 12 (1.52%) SonarQube
12 9 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
12 9 (1.14%) TeamCity
13 8 (1.01%) Cypress.io
14 7 (0.89%) JMeter
15 6 (0.76%) NUnit
15 6 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
16 5 (0.63%) REST Assured
16 5 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 237 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 222 (28.10%) Finance
3 99 (12.53%) Banking
4 71 (8.99%) Public Sector
5 68 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (5.19%) Front Office
7 38 (4.81%) Investment Banking
8 25 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (1.90%) Marketing
11 13 (1.65%) Financial Institution
12 10 (1.27%) Back Office
12 10 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.27%) Retail
13 8 (1.01%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.63%) Billing
15 5 (0.63%) Legal
15 5 (0.63%) Local Government
15 5 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 465 (58.86%) Developer
2 170 (21.52%) .NET Developer
3 131 (16.58%) C# Developer
4 104 (13.16%) Senior
5 67 (8.48%) Senior Developer
6 65 (8.23%) Architect
7 64 (8.10%) Full-Stack Developer
8 63 (7.97%) C# .NET Developer
8 63 (7.97%) Software Engineer
9 61 (7.72%) Lead
10 40 (5.06%) Azure Developer
11 35 (4.43%) Angular Developer
11 35 (4.43%) Solutions Architect
12 30 (3.80%) Senior .NET Developer
13 27 (3.42%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 26 (3.29%) C# WPF Developer
14 26 (3.29%) WPF Developer
15 25 (3.16%) Software Developer
16 23 (2.91%) Consultant
17 22 (2.78%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (22.91%) .NET Framework
2 122 (15.44%) .NET Core
3 117 (14.81%) AngularJS
4 112 (14.18%) React
5 106 (13.42%) RESTful
6 105 (13.29%) HTML
7 93 (11.77%) REST
8 83 (10.51%) CSS
9 69 (8.73%) ASP.NET
10 59 (7.47%) Node.js
11 56 (7.09%) Entity Framework
12 54 (6.84%) WPF
13 42 (5.32%) Web Services
14 36 (4.56%) ASP.NET Web API
14 36 (4.56%) Kafka
15 34 (4.30%) SOAP
16 29 (3.67%) Blazor
16 29 (3.67%) Middleware
16 29 (3.67%) Playwright
17 26 (3.29%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 79 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 34 (4.30%) Legacy Systems
3 32 (4.05%) Product Ownership
4 26 (3.29%) Greenfield Project
5 25 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
5 25 (3.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 25 (3.16%) Mobile App
6 23 (2.91%) Algorithms
7 19 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (2.15%) Fixed Income
9 15 (1.90%) Derivative
9 15 (1.90%) Management Information System
10 13 (1.65%) Hedge funds
11 12 (1.52%) Virtual Team
12 11 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.27%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.27%) NHS
13 10 (1.27%) Onboarding
14 9 (1.14%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 68 (8.61%) Windows
2 18 (2.28%) Linux
3 11 (1.39%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.14%) Android
4 9 (1.14%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) Unix
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (40.63%) Agile
2 303 (38.35%) DevOps
3 253 (32.03%) CI/CD
4 184 (23.29%) Problem-Solving
5 173 (21.90%) Microservices
6 143 (18.10%) Full-Stack Development
7 139 (17.59%) Software Engineering
8 111 (14.05%) Test Automation
9 101 (12.78%) Scrum
10 77 (9.75%) Containerisation
11 72 (9.11%) Clean Code
12 70 (8.86%) AI
13 68 (8.61%) SDLC
14 66 (8.35%) Design Patterns
14 66 (8.35%) Mentoring
14 66 (8.35%) TDD
15 61 (7.72%) Computer Science
16 56 (7.09%) Continuous Improvement
17 55 (6.96%) Business Intelligence
18 53 (6.71%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 544 (68.86%) C#
2 307 (38.86%) SQL
3 202 (25.57%) JavaScript
4 120 (15.19%) Python
5 115 (14.56%) Java
6 78 (9.87%) TypeScript
7 48 (6.08%) PL/SQL
8 38 (4.81%) C++
8 38 (4.81%) PHP
9 37 (4.68%) T-SQL
10 33 (4.18%) PowerShell
10 33 (4.18%) VB.NET
11 27 (3.42%) VBA
12 26 (3.29%) VB
13 24 (3.04%) Bicep
14 17 (2.15%) Bash
14 17 (2.15%) C
15 9 (1.14%) Ruby
16 6 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
17 5 (0.63%) X++
Qualifications
1 81 (10.25%) Security Cleared
2 64 (8.10%) Degree
3 62 (7.85%) SC Cleared
4 35 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.03%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.77%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.77%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.39%) MCP
9 6 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.63%) CISSP
11 4 (0.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.51%) PMP
12 3 (0.38%) CBAP
12 3 (0.38%) ISEB
13 2 (0.25%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.25%) CCSP
13 2 (0.25%) CEH
13 2 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (9.11%) QA
2 23 (2.91%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.15%) EU AI Act
4 16 (2.03%) NIST
5 10 (1.27%) GDPR
5 10 (1.27%) WCAG
6 9 (1.14%) MiFID
7 5 (0.63%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.63%) EMIR
7 5 (0.63%) HIPAA
7 5 (0.63%) HL7
7 5 (0.63%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.51%) COBIT
9 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.25%) NCSC
10 1 (0.13%) DICOM
10 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.13%) SLA
10 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 98 (12.41%) Docker
2 28 (3.54%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) KVM
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 84 (10.63%) Kubernetes
2 70 (8.86%) Terraform
3 7 (0.89%) Grafana
3 7 (0.89%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.76%) Ansible
4 6 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.13%) Control-M
5 1 (0.13%) Istio
5 1 (0.13%) Kibana
5 1 (0.13%) MIIS
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.13%) Rancher
Vendors
1 223 (28.23%) Microsoft
2 96 (12.15%) Oracle
3 18 (2.28%) Citrix
4 17 (2.15%) Databricks
4 17 (2.15%) ServiceNow
4 17 (2.15%) UiPath
5 15 (1.90%) Dynatrace
6 14 (1.77%) Foundry
6 14 (1.77%) OpenAI
7 13 (1.65%) Sitecore
8 12 (1.52%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.52%) SAP
9 9 (1.14%) Advent
10 8 (1.01%) GoldenSource
10 8 (1.01%) Google
11 7 (0.89%) Brio
11 7 (0.89%) Lotus
11 7 (0.89%) OpenText
12 6 (0.76%) Adobe
12 6 (0.76%) DocuSign
1,187 .NET jobs in England