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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 75 52
Rank change year-on-year -35 -23 -5
Contract jobs citing .NET 908 767 1,349
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.19% 3.20% 3.70%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.42% 14.31% 17.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 643 596 1,029
10th Percentile £381 £363 £340
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £608 £700 £650
90th Percentile £715 £825 £738
UK median daily rate £505 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -0.98% -2.86% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 16
10th Percentile £37.85 £21.33 £20.77
25th Percentile £46.80 £21.46 £29.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £23.41 £59.45
Median % change year-on-year +177.66% -60.62% +12.24%
75th Percentile £73.46 £51.17 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.50 £66.78 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £27.00 £58.91
% change year-on-year +140.74% -54.16% +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 7,953 5,360 7,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.21% 22.36% 20.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,252 3,711 5,354
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.35%
75th Percentile £627 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £792
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 96 235
10th Percentile £30.61 £28.29 £22.60
25th Percentile £51.25 £41.01 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £66.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.18 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%

.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 25 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 25 May 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 25 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 -37 544 £518 -13.75% 168
South East -17 114 £515 +8.42% 135
North of England -57 95 £500 +17.65% 132
Midlands -61 55 £492 +0.41% 67
South West -15 48 £473 +19.24% 40
Yorkshire -41 46 £524 +10.26% 28
North West -46 44 £481 +16.67% 77
East of England -11 32 £550 +15.79% 46
West Midlands -67 28 £463 -8.19% 32
East Midlands -18 26 £525 +7.14% 35
North East -21 5 £475 +28.38% 28
.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 46 (5.07%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.85%) IIS
3 19 (2.09%) CMS
4 18 (1.98%) Confluence
5 14 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (1.10%) HCL Notes
6 10 (1.10%) Mendix
7 9 (0.99%) Sitecore CMS
8 6 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.55%) Kentico
10 4 (0.44%) Appian
10 4 (0.44%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.44%) WordPress
11 3 (0.33%) Apache Superset
11 3 (0.33%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.22%) Camunda
12 2 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.22%) SAS
13 1 (0.11%) Sitefinity
13 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.33%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) InDesign
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 31 (3.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.76%) Endur
3 7 (0.77%) Findur
4 4 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.22%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.22%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.22%) OpenText MBPM
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.11%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft Financials
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.11%) SDL Web 8
7 1 (0.11%) Shopify
7 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 481 (52.97%) Azure
2 187 (20.59%) Azure DevOps
3 161 (17.73%) AWS
4 103 (11.34%) GitHub
5 88 (9.69%) Serverless
6 86 (9.47%) Power Platform
7 75 (8.26%) Azure Service Bus
8 63 (6.94%) Azure Logic Apps
9 60 (6.61%) Azure Functions
9 60 (6.61%) GitHub Actions
10 54 (5.95%) Dynamics 365
11 49 (5.40%) Power Automate
12 45 (4.96%) PowerApps
13 43 (4.74%) GCP
14 39 (4.30%) Azure Monitor
15 35 (3.85%) Azure AKS
15 35 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
16 32 (3.52%) Entra ID
17 29 (3.19%) PaaS
18 28 (3.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.54%) Internet
2 11 (1.21%) HTTP
3 9 (0.99%) 3GPP
4 7 (0.77%) RTP
5 6 (0.66%) Firewall
5 6 (0.66%) Wireshark
6 4 (0.44%) NAS
6 4 (0.44%) SAN
7 3 (0.33%) Network Security
8 2 (0.22%) Intranet
8 2 (0.22%) RTCP
8 2 (0.22%) RTMP
8 2 (0.22%) XCAP
9 1 (0.11%) LAN
9 1 (0.11%) Multicast
9 1 (0.11%) Skype
9 1 (0.11%) SMTP
9 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.11%) VPN
9 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (23.79%) SQL Server
2 54 (5.95%) Oracle Database
3 49 (5.40%) Relational Database
4 38 (4.19%) NoSQL
5 37 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (3.96%) Azure SQL Database
7 33 (3.63%) Power BI
8 21 (2.31%) MongoDB
9 12 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.10%) Metadata
10 10 (1.10%) Redis
11 9 (0.99%) Crystal Reports
11 9 (0.99%) Pinecone
11 9 (0.99%) Weaviate
12 8 (0.88%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.88%) MySQL
12 8 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.66%) GIS
13 6 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 94 (10.35%) Git
2 55 (6.06%) JIRA
3 40 (4.41%) Visual Studio
4 22 (2.42%) Selenium
5 18 (1.98%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.98%) TeamCity
6 16 (1.76%) Postman
7 15 (1.65%) GitLab
7 15 (1.65%) NUnit
8 13 (1.43%) Cucumber
9 10 (1.10%) MSTest
10 9 (0.99%) REST Assured
11 8 (0.88%) SpecFlow
11 8 (0.88%) TestRail
12 6 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
12 6 (0.66%) webpack
13 5 (0.55%) Appium
13 5 (0.55%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.55%) tSQLt
13 5 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 224 (24.67%) Finance
2 189 (20.81%) Social Skills
3 109 (12.00%) Banking
4 78 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (7.16%) Public Sector
6 44 (4.85%) Front Office
7 39 (4.30%) Investment Banking
8 23 (2.53%) Financial Institution
9 15 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (0.99%) Manufacturing
11 9 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (0.88%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.77%) Billing
13 7 (0.77%) Legal
14 6 (0.66%) Aviation
14 6 (0.66%) Back Office
14 6 (0.66%) Police
14 6 (0.66%) Retail
15 5 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 470 (51.76%) Developer
2 173 (19.05%) .NET Developer
3 150 (16.52%) C# Developer
4 133 (14.65%) Senior
5 107 (11.78%) Architect
6 96 (10.57%) Software Engineer
7 82 (9.03%) Senior Developer
8 79 (8.70%) Lead
9 62 (6.83%) Solutions Architect
10 58 (6.39%) Full-Stack Developer
11 55 (6.06%) C# .NET Developer
11 55 (6.06%) Software Developer
12 49 (5.40%) Azure Developer
13 43 (4.74%) Senior .NET Developer
14 32 (3.52%) .NET Software Engineer
15 30 (3.30%) .NET Software Developer
15 30 (3.30%) Azure Engineer
16 27 (2.97%) Technical Architect
17 26 (2.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 24 (2.64%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (19.60%) .NET Framework
2 152 (16.74%) React
3 126 (13.88%) REST
4 101 (11.12%) AngularJS
5 100 (11.01%) RESTful
6 93 (10.24%) .NET Core
7 92 (10.13%) HTML
8 91 (10.02%) ASP.NET
9 72 (7.93%) CSS
10 49 (5.40%) Node.js
11 47 (5.18%) Entity Framework
12 46 (5.07%) ASP.NET Core
13 34 (3.74%) ASP.NET Web API
14 33 (3.63%) JSON
15 32 (3.52%) OAuth
16 31 (3.41%) WinForms
16 31 (3.41%) XML
17 27 (2.97%) WPF
18 26 (2.86%) Web Services
19 23 (2.53%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 101 (11.12%) Cloud Native
2 55 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
3 51 (5.62%) Legacy Systems
4 32 (3.52%) Product Ownership
5 28 (3.08%) AI Agents
5 28 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (1.98%) Onboarding
6 18 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.65%) Fixed Income
7 15 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (1.54%) Low-Code
9 12 (1.32%) Derivative
9 12 (1.32%) Legacy Code
10 11 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.21%) NHS
11 10 (1.10%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.10%) Virtual Team
12 9 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (0.99%) IoT
13 7 (0.77%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 77 (8.48%) Windows
2 32 (3.52%) Linux
3 30 (3.30%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.55%) Unix
5 4 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.33%) VMS
7 1 (0.11%) Android
7 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (41.41%) CI/CD
2 367 (40.42%) DevOps
3 275 (30.29%) Agile
4 174 (19.16%) Microservices
5 160 (17.62%) Software Engineering
6 140 (15.42%) AI
7 135 (14.87%) Full-Stack Development
8 127 (13.99%) Problem-Solving
9 119 (13.11%) Test Automation
10 79 (8.70%) Scrum
11 77 (8.48%) Unit Testing
12 76 (8.37%) Containerisation
13 73 (8.04%) Infrastructure as Code
13 73 (8.04%) Migration
14 72 (7.93%) Event-Driven
15 66 (7.27%) Mentoring
15 66 (7.27%) TDD
16 65 (7.16%) SDLC
17 61 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
18 57 (6.28%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 618 (68.06%) C#
2 345 (38.00%) SQL
3 192 (21.15%) Python
4 176 (19.38%) JavaScript
5 91 (10.02%) Java
6 85 (9.36%) TypeScript
7 58 (6.39%) PL/SQL
8 57 (6.28%) T-SQL
9 50 (5.51%) PowerShell
10 28 (3.08%) Bicep
11 23 (2.53%) C++
12 20 (2.20%) Go
13 16 (1.76%) VB
13 16 (1.76%) VBA
14 11 (1.21%) PHP
14 11 (1.21%) VB.NET
15 10 (1.10%) Formula Language
15 10 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (1.10%) LotusScript
16 7 (0.77%) C
Qualifications
1 153 (16.85%) Security Cleared
2 123 (13.55%) SC Cleared
3 73 (8.04%) Degree
4 26 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (1.87%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.10%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.77%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.66%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.66%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.44%) CISSP
12 4 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.22%) CCSP
13 2 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.22%) OSCP
13 2 (0.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (11.12%) QA
2 20 (2.20%) Accessibility
3 17 (1.87%) GDPR
4 11 (1.21%) WCAG
5 9 (0.99%) PCI DSS
6 8 (0.88%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.88%) HL7
7 7 (0.77%) SLA
8 6 (0.66%) ISO 20022
8 6 (0.66%) PSD2
9 4 (0.44%) GRC
9 4 (0.44%) NIST
10 3 (0.33%) DICOM
10 3 (0.33%) NCSC
10 3 (0.33%) SEPA
11 2 (0.22%) Basel III
11 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
12 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.11%) EMIR
System Software
1 124 (13.66%) Docker
2 18 (1.98%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.33%) Firmware
5 2 (0.22%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 104 (11.45%) Terraform
2 102 (11.23%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.54%) Ansible
4 11 (1.21%) Grafana
5 10 (1.10%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.55%) Istio
7 4 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.33%) Rancher
9 2 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.22%) Control-M
9 2 (0.22%) Kibana
9 2 (0.22%) SCCM
10 1 (0.11%) Argo
10 1 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.11%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.11%) linkerd
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 193 (21.26%) Microsoft
2 124 (13.66%) Oracle
3 37 (4.07%) Citrix
4 23 (2.53%) OpenAI
5 19 (2.09%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.65%) Google
6 15 (1.65%) Sitecore
7 14 (1.54%) Databricks
8 12 (1.32%) OpenLink
9 10 (1.10%) Kofax
9 10 (1.10%) Lotus
10 9 (0.99%) SAP
11 8 (0.88%) Foundry
11 8 (0.88%) InterSystems
12 6 (0.66%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.55%) Splunk
14 4 (0.44%) PeopleSoft
14 4 (0.44%) Rapid7
14 4 (0.44%) UiPath
14 4 (0.44%) Workday