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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 81 47
Rank change year-on-year -27 -34 +1
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,009 820 1,440
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.29% 3.09% 3.87%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.06% 13.75% 18.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 693 621 1,096
10th Percentile £393 £355 £356
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -4.44%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £650
90th Percentile £725 £813 £741
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 2 17
10th Percentile £38.25 £27.22 £20.46
25th Percentile £45.00 £35.55 £22.75
Median hourly rate £58.00 £50.30 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +15.31% -14.61% +17.81%
75th Percentile £73.46 £64.18 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.38 £71.99 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £58.00 £28.13 £58.91
% change year-on-year +106.22% -52.25% +17.81%

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 8,369 5,965 7,949
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.96% 22.47% 21.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,518 4,104 5,539
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £426 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £780 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.74% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 128 266
10th Percentile £30.25 £30.60 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £45.31 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.63 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +12.80% -1.16% -10.31%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.68 £80.30 £74.47
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +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 6 July 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 July 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 6 July 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 -36 579 £543 -3.56% 232
North of England -24 121 £500 +5.26% 166
South East -13 115 £515 +8.42% 171
Midlands -47 68 £500 +2.04% 76
Yorkshire -18 63 £500 +5.26% 55
South West +3 61 £450 +20.00% 45
North West -27 56 £513 +20.59% 76
East of England -14 40 £538 +11.82% 59
West Midlands -54 38 £460 -9.36% 41
East Midlands -8 29 £525 +15.07% 35
North East - 2 - - 38
.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 43 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.67%) IIS
3 32 (3.17%) Confluence
4 19 (1.88%) CMS
5 14 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.89%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.89%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.69%) Appian
8 5 (0.50%) Camunda
8 5 (0.50%) Kentico
9 4 (0.40%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.40%) WordPress
10 3 (0.30%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.30%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.30%) HCL Notes
10 3 (0.30%) Mendix
11 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.20%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.20%) SAS
12 1 (0.099%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 22 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.50%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.40%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.099%) InDesign
5 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 31 (3.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.79%) Findur
3 7 (0.69%) Endur
4 6 (0.59%) OpenText MBPM
4 6 (0.59%) Oracle BPM
5 5 (0.50%) Shopify
6 4 (0.40%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.20%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.099%) Alphatax
9 1 (0.099%) Magento
9 1 (0.099%) NEC Housing
9 1 (0.099%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.099%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.099%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 517 (51.24%) Azure
2 188 (18.63%) Azure DevOps
3 180 (17.84%) AWS
4 108 (10.70%) GitHub
5 100 (9.91%) Power Platform
6 72 (7.14%) Serverless
7 70 (6.94%) Azure Service Bus
8 61 (6.05%) Dynamics 365
9 55 (5.45%) GitHub Actions
10 53 (5.25%) Power Automate
11 52 (5.15%) PowerApps
12 48 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
13 40 (3.96%) Azure Functions
14 36 (3.57%) Azure AKS
14 36 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
14 36 (3.57%) GCP
15 35 (3.47%) Entra ID
16 30 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
17 25 (2.48%) PaaS
18 23 (2.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.49%) Internet
2 10 (0.99%) 3GPP
3 8 (0.79%) Firewall
3 8 (0.79%) RTP
3 8 (0.79%) Wireshark
4 6 (0.59%) Intranet
4 6 (0.59%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.50%) NAS
5 5 (0.50%) SAN
6 4 (0.40%) HTTP
6 4 (0.40%) Network Security
7 3 (0.30%) DHCP
7 3 (0.30%) DNS
8 2 (0.20%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.20%) Multicast
8 2 (0.20%) RTCP
8 2 (0.20%) RTMP
8 2 (0.20%) XCAP
9 1 (0.099%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.099%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 250 (24.78%) SQL Server
2 66 (6.54%) Relational Database
3 53 (5.25%) Oracle Database
4 47 (4.66%) Power BI
5 40 (3.96%) NoSQL
6 39 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
7 27 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
8 22 (2.18%) MongoDB
9 19 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (1.29%) Redis
11 10 (0.99%) Pinecone
11 10 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (0.99%) Weaviate
12 9 (0.89%) DynamoDB
12 9 (0.89%) Metadata
13 8 (0.79%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
14 7 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.59%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 119 (11.79%) Git
2 65 (6.44%) JIRA
3 53 (5.25%) Visual Studio
4 20 (1.98%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.98%) TeamCity
5 15 (1.49%) NUnit
6 14 (1.39%) GitLab
6 14 (1.39%) Selenium
7 13 (1.29%) MSTest
8 10 (0.99%) MSI
9 9 (0.89%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.89%) JMeter
9 9 (0.89%) SpecFlow
10 8 (0.79%) Claude Code
10 8 (0.79%) Gatling
10 8 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
10 8 (0.79%) Postman
11 7 (0.69%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 7 (0.69%) webpack
General
1 257 (25.47%) Finance
2 225 (22.30%) Social Skills
3 123 (12.19%) Banking
4 95 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (6.14%) Public Sector
6 51 (5.05%) Front Office
7 43 (4.26%) Investment Banking
8 21 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (1.39%) Financial Institution
11 11 (1.09%) Retail
12 9 (0.89%) Back Office
12 9 (0.89%) Billing
12 9 (0.89%) Telecoms
13 8 (0.79%) Legal
13 8 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.69%) Police
15 5 (0.50%) Aviation
15 5 (0.50%) Fire and Rescue
15 5 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 513 (50.84%) Developer
2 198 (19.62%) .NET Developer
3 157 (15.56%) Senior
4 156 (15.46%) C# Developer
5 119 (11.79%) Architect
6 107 (10.60%) Software Engineer
7 99 (9.81%) Lead
8 93 (9.22%) Senior Developer
9 73 (7.23%) Solutions Architect
10 66 (6.54%) Full-Stack Developer
10 66 (6.54%) Software Developer
11 64 (6.34%) C# .NET Developer
12 49 (4.86%) Azure Developer
13 45 (4.46%) Senior .NET Developer
14 33 (3.27%) .NET Software Developer
15 32 (3.17%) SQL Developer
16 31 (3.07%) .NET Software Engineer
17 30 (2.97%) Azure Engineer
18 27 (2.68%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 27 (2.68%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (21.31%) .NET Framework
2 166 (16.45%) React
3 161 (15.96%) REST
4 119 (11.79%) ASP.NET
5 115 (11.40%) .NET Core
6 112 (11.10%) RESTful
7 104 (10.31%) AngularJS
8 95 (9.42%) HTML
9 85 (8.42%) CSS
10 57 (5.65%) ASP.NET Core
11 55 (5.45%) Entity Framework
12 47 (4.66%) Web Services
13 44 (4.36%) Node.js
14 42 (4.16%) XML
15 38 (3.77%) WPF
16 37 (3.67%) JSON
17 36 (3.57%) WinForms
18 35 (3.47%) ASP.NET Web API
19 33 (3.27%) OAuth
20 32 (3.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 125 (12.39%) Cloud Native
2 64 (6.34%) Legacy Systems
3 60 (5.95%) Distributed Systems
4 44 (4.36%) Enterprise Software
5 40 (3.96%) Product Ownership
6 37 (3.67%) AI Agents
7 27 (2.68%) Onboarding
7 27 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
9 19 (1.88%) Fixed Income
10 17 (1.68%) Legacy Code
11 15 (1.49%) Derivative
12 13 (1.29%) Data Structures
12 13 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 12 (1.19%) Virtual Team
14 11 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (0.99%) Equities
16 9 (0.89%) Distributed Applications
16 9 (0.89%) Low-Code
17 8 (0.79%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 98 (9.71%) Windows
2 40 (3.96%) Linux
3 31 (3.07%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.89%) Unix
5 4 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.30%) VMS
7 1 (0.099%) Android
7 1 (0.099%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.099%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 424 (42.02%) CI/CD
2 401 (39.74%) DevOps
3 338 (33.50%) Agile
4 193 (19.13%) Microservices
5 186 (18.43%) Software Engineering
6 171 (16.95%) AI
7 152 (15.06%) Full-Stack Development
8 146 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
9 122 (12.09%) Test Automation
10 100 (9.91%) Scrum
11 93 (9.22%) SDLC
12 87 (8.62%) Containerisation
12 87 (8.62%) Migration
13 81 (8.03%) Event-Driven
14 80 (7.93%) Infrastructure as Code
14 80 (7.93%) Unit Testing
15 74 (7.33%) Technical Leadership
16 73 (7.23%) Mentoring
17 70 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
18 65 (6.44%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 691 (68.48%) C#
2 362 (35.88%) SQL
3 210 (20.81%) Python
4 191 (18.93%) JavaScript
5 115 (11.40%) TypeScript
6 98 (9.71%) Java
7 77 (7.63%) T-SQL
8 64 (6.34%) PL/SQL
9 57 (5.65%) PowerShell
10 33 (3.27%) C++
11 31 (3.07%) Bicep
12 25 (2.48%) VB.NET
13 24 (2.38%) Go
14 18 (1.78%) VBA
15 15 (1.49%) VB
16 11 (1.09%) C
17 10 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
17 10 (0.99%) X++
18 9 (0.89%) Bash
19 5 (0.50%) XPath
Qualifications
1 163 (16.15%) Security Cleared
2 138 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 89 (8.82%) Degree
4 28 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.49%) Azure Certification
6 14 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.29%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.19%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.79%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.69%) PhD
12 5 (0.50%) CISSP
12 5 (0.50%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.40%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.20%) CCSP
15 2 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
15 2 (0.20%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (10.31%) QA
2 25 (2.48%) Accessibility
3 18 (1.78%) GDPR
4 17 (1.68%) WCAG
5 13 (1.29%) NCSC
6 9 (0.89%) Data Quality
6 9 (0.89%) PCI DSS
6 9 (0.89%) SLA
7 5 (0.50%) ISO 20022
7 5 (0.50%) PSD2
8 4 (0.40%) GRC
8 4 (0.40%) NIST
9 3 (0.30%) DICOM
9 3 (0.30%) HL7
9 3 (0.30%) SEPA
10 2 (0.20%) Basel III
10 2 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.20%) TARGET2
11 1 (0.099%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.099%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 130 (12.88%) Docker
2 23 (2.28%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.30%) Firmware
5 2 (0.20%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.099%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.099%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.099%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 113 (11.20%) Terraform
2 111 (11.00%) Kubernetes
3 26 (2.58%) Ansible
4 13 (1.29%) Grafana
4 13 (1.29%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.59%) Kibana
6 5 (0.50%) Istio
6 5 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.30%) Rancher
8 2 (0.20%) Control-M
8 2 (0.20%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.20%) SCCM
8 2 (0.20%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.099%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.099%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.099%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.099%) linkerd
Vendors
1 215 (21.31%) Microsoft
2 123 (12.19%) Oracle
3 40 (3.96%) Citrix
4 20 (1.98%) OpenAI
5 18 (1.78%) Databricks
6 17 (1.68%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.68%) Sitecore
7 14 (1.39%) Google
8 10 (0.99%) Splunk
9 9 (0.89%) InterSystems
9 9 (0.89%) OpenLink
9 9 (0.89%) UiPath
10 7 (0.69%) Foundry
11 6 (0.59%) OpenText
12 5 (0.50%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.50%) SAP
12 5 (0.50%) VMware
13 4 (0.40%) ION Trading
13 4 (0.40%) PeopleSoft
13 4 (0.40%) Telerik