.NET Contracts in England

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring .NET skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited .NET over the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 45 35
Rank change year-on-year -12 -10 +2
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,177 1,846 4,128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.65% 4.52% 6.03%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.49% 20.45% 22.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 848 1,414 3,214
10th Percentile £363 £377 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +12.75%
75th Percentile £639 £688 £700
90th Percentile £744 £751 £788
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 23 46
10th Percentile £17.99 £50.00 £48.87
25th Percentile £21.63 £52.25 -
Median hourly rate £43.25 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.46% - +36.84%
75th Percentile £64.38 £70.00 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 - £65.79
UK median hourly rate £26.05 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -59.92% - +39.04%

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 7,137 9,029 18,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.16% 22.09% 26.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,567 6,643 13,329
10th Percentile £353 £375 £406
25th Percentile £431 £456 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £800 £788 £781
UK median daily rate £543 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 192 196
10th Percentile £27.60 £41.25 £22.92
25th Percentile £43.00 £46.23 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +32.65%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.80 £78.00 £76.68
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +32.65%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing .NET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for .NET in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing .NET in England.

Daily rate trend for .NET in England

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET in England over the 6 months to 11 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing .NET in England.

Hourly rate trend for .NET in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing .NET in England over the 6 months to 11 October 2024.

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 11 October 2024. 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 -4 833 £560 -8.94% 307
North of England -26 89 £475 - 308
Midlands -22 78 £475 +5.56% 167
South East -29 78 £525 - 204
West Midlands -24 48 £525 +6.06% 100
North West -26 46 £450 -5.26% 161
South West -49 45 £475 -17.39% 76
Yorkshire -19 35 £525 +10.53% 95
East Midlands +3 30 £440 +10.00% 67
East of England +5 27 £300 -38.46% 86
North East -5 8 £400 -20.00% 57
.NET
UK

.NET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 49 (4.16%) CMS
2 31 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.38%) IIS
4 27 (2.29%) Umbraco
5 23 (1.95%) Confluence
6 13 (1.10%) Drupal
7 7 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.42%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.42%) nginx
9 4 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.34%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.34%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.25%) Apache
10 3 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.17%) Appian
11 2 (0.17%) WildFly
12 1 (0.085%) Camunda
12 1 (0.085%) Jadu
12 1 (0.085%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.085%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 56 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.17%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.085%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.085%) Sketch
5 1 (0.085%) Trello
Business Applications
1 49 (4.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.61%) Endur
3 13 (1.10%) Aladdin
4 10 (0.85%) SimCorp Dimension
5 4 (0.34%) Findur
6 3 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.085%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.085%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.085%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.085%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.085%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 643 (54.63%) Azure
2 242 (20.56%) Azure DevOps
3 152 (12.91%) AWS
4 116 (9.86%) Azure Service Bus
5 104 (8.84%) Serverless
6 103 (8.75%) Power Platform
7 87 (7.39%) Dynamics 365
8 85 (7.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 69 (5.86%) Azure Functions
10 58 (4.93%) PowerApps
11 45 (3.82%) Azure Monitor
11 45 (3.82%) GCP
12 44 (3.74%) Power Automate
12 44 (3.74%) SaaS
13 41 (3.48%) Entra ID
14 40 (3.40%) PaaS
15 38 (3.23%) Azure App Service
16 31 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
17 29 (2.46%) GitHub
18 28 (2.38%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.78%) Internet
2 13 (1.10%) Firewall
3 7 (0.59%) HTTP
3 7 (0.59%) Network Security
3 7 (0.59%) SSL
4 6 (0.51%) FTP
4 6 (0.51%) Intranet
4 6 (0.51%) Kerberos
5 5 (0.42%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.34%) VPN
7 3 (0.25%) AMQP
7 3 (0.25%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.17%) DHCP
8 2 (0.17%) DNS
8 2 (0.17%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.17%) RS-232
8 2 (0.17%) RS-485
9 1 (0.085%) Broadband
9 1 (0.085%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 384 (32.63%) SQL Server
2 84 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 74 (6.29%) Oracle Database
4 72 (6.12%) NoSQL
5 66 (5.61%) Power BI
6 65 (5.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 53 (4.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 47 (3.99%) Relational Database
9 40 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
10 39 (3.31%) Redis
11 35 (2.97%) MongoDB
12 21 (1.78%) MySQL
13 19 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
14 14 (1.19%) Big Data
14 14 (1.19%) Data Lake
15 12 (1.02%) Crystal Reports
16 11 (0.93%) DB2
16 11 (0.93%) RDBMS
17 10 (0.85%) Informix
18 9 (0.76%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 139 (11.81%) Git
2 68 (5.78%) Visual Studio
3 66 (5.61%) JIRA
4 48 (4.08%) SpecFlow
5 36 (3.06%) Jenkins
6 29 (2.46%) Team Foundation Server
7 26 (2.21%) TeamCity
8 22 (1.87%) NUnit
8 22 (1.87%) Selenium
9 18 (1.53%) Octopus Deploy
10 14 (1.19%) Bitbucket
10 14 (1.19%) Postman
10 14 (1.19%) Visual Studio Team System
11 11 (0.93%) Cucumber
11 11 (0.93%) Cypress.io
11 11 (0.93%) GitLab
12 10 (0.85%) MSBuild
12 10 (0.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 10 (0.85%) webpack
13 9 (0.76%) MSTest
General
1 264 (22.43%) Finance
2 226 (19.20%) Social Skills
3 117 (9.94%) Banking
4 89 (7.56%) Public Sector
5 84 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
6 68 (5.78%) Front Office
7 47 (3.99%) Investment Banking
8 41 (3.48%) Back Office
9 23 (1.95%) Marketing
10 18 (1.53%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.44%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.19%) Electronics
13 13 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (0.93%) French Language
14 11 (0.93%) Local Government
15 10 (0.85%) German Language
15 10 (0.85%) Spanish Language
16 9 (0.76%) Retail
17 7 (0.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 745 (63.30%) Developer
2 320 (27.19%) .NET Developer
3 205 (17.42%) C# Developer
4 172 (14.61%) Senior
5 137 (11.64%) Senior Developer
6 120 (10.20%) Full-Stack Developer
7 111 (9.43%) Architect
8 103 (8.75%) C# .NET Developer
9 90 (7.65%) Lead
10 77 (6.54%) Software Engineer
11 64 (5.44%) Azure Developer
12 56 (4.76%) Software Developer
13 53 (4.50%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 51 (4.33%) React Developer
15 50 (4.25%) Azure Engineer
15 50 (4.25%) WPF Developer
16 48 (4.08%) C# WPF Developer
17 43 (3.65%) Senior .NET Developer
17 43 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
18 36 (3.06%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 313 (26.59%) .NET Framework
2 232 (19.71%) .NET Core
3 200 (16.99%) React
4 182 (15.46%) ASP.NET
5 167 (14.19%) HTML
6 158 (13.42%) CSS
7 146 (12.40%) AngularJS
8 99 (8.41%) RESTful
9 94 (7.99%) WPF
10 91 (7.73%) Entity Framework
11 84 (7.14%) XML
12 75 (6.37%) Kafka
13 66 (5.61%) REST
14 57 (4.84%) WCF
15 48 (4.08%) ASP.NET Web API
15 48 (4.08%) Web Services
16 46 (3.91%) WinForms
17 40 (3.40%) JSON
18 36 (3.06%) ASP.NET Core
19 35 (2.97%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 54 (4.59%) Product Ownership
2 35 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
2 35 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (2.89%) Cloud Native
4 31 (2.63%) Fixed Income
5 23 (1.95%) Derivative
6 19 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
7 18 (1.53%) Data Structures
8 16 (1.36%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.36%) Onboarding
9 15 (1.27%) Algorithms
9 15 (1.27%) Public Cloud
10 13 (1.10%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.68%) Mainframe
14 8 (0.68%) Reinsurance
15 7 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 124 (10.54%) Windows
2 43 (3.65%) Linux
3 13 (1.10%) Android
3 13 (1.10%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.85%) Unix
5 7 (0.59%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.085%) AIX
6 1 (0.085%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.085%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.085%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (33.90%) Agile
2 378 (32.12%) DevOps
3 225 (19.12%) CI/CD
4 184 (15.63%) Full-Stack Development
5 171 (14.53%) Microservices
6 152 (12.91%) Problem-Solving
7 137 (11.64%) Scrum
7 137 (11.64%) Software Engineering
8 120 (10.20%) Test Automation
9 111 (9.43%) MVC
10 109 (9.26%) TDD
11 105 (8.92%) Design Patterns
12 102 (8.67%) OO
13 91 (7.73%) SDLC
14 85 (7.22%) Unit Testing
15 73 (6.20%) Business Intelligence
15 73 (6.20%) Computer Science
16 71 (6.03%) OOP
17 67 (5.69%) Migration
18 63 (5.35%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 879 (74.68%) C#
2 499 (42.40%) SQL
3 278 (23.62%) JavaScript
4 119 (10.11%) PowerShell
5 107 (9.09%) TypeScript
6 106 (9.01%) T-SQL
7 94 (7.99%) Python
8 89 (7.56%) Java
9 86 (7.31%) VB.NET
10 73 (6.20%) VBA
11 67 (5.69%) PL/SQL
12 53 (4.50%) VB
13 50 (4.25%) Bicep
14 42 (3.57%) C++
15 24 (2.04%) C
16 18 (1.53%) R
17 16 (1.36%) Bash
18 8 (0.68%) PHP
18 8 (0.68%) Shell Script
19 7 (0.59%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 104 (8.84%) Degree
1 104 (8.84%) Security Cleared
2 77 (6.54%) SC Cleared
3 35 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (1.78%) Azure Certification
5 17 (1.44%) DV Cleared
5 17 (1.44%) Master's Degree
6 10 (0.85%) Numerate Degree
7 9 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
8 7 (0.59%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.34%) CISSP
11 3 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.25%) CISA
11 3 (0.25%) CISM
12 2 (0.17%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.17%) PhD
13 1 (0.085%) HND
13 1 (0.085%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (4.67%) QA
2 24 (2.04%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.27%) WCAG
4 10 (0.85%) EMIR
4 10 (0.85%) MiFID
5 5 (0.42%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.25%) Dodd-Frank
6 3 (0.25%) GDPR
6 3 (0.25%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.17%) HL7
7 2 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.085%) GRC
8 1 (0.085%) ISO 15022
8 1 (0.085%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.085%) SEPA
8 1 (0.085%) SLA
System Software
1 109 (9.26%) Docker
2 63 (5.35%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.34%) Firmware
5 3 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.25%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.085%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.085%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 148 (12.57%) Kubernetes
2 61 (5.18%) Terraform
3 15 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.76%) Grafana
5 8 (0.68%) Ansible
6 5 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.34%) PowerCLI
8 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.25%) OPNET
8 3 (0.25%) SCOM
9 2 (0.17%) MIIS
9 2 (0.17%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.17%) SCCM
9 2 (0.17%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.17%) SCSM
10 1 (0.085%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.085%) Kibana
10 1 (0.085%) Puppet
10 1 (0.085%) WMI
Vendors
1 331 (28.12%) Microsoft
2 135 (11.47%) Oracle
3 23 (1.95%) Citrix
4 22 (1.87%) OpenLink
5 20 (1.70%) Google
5 20 (1.70%) SAP
6 18 (1.53%) Databricks
7 16 (1.36%) Virgin Media
8 11 (0.93%) VMware
9 10 (0.85%) MuleSoft
9 10 (0.85%) SimCorp
10 9 (0.76%) Telerik
11 8 (0.68%) Xamarin
12 7 (0.59%) Informatica
12 7 (0.59%) Salesforce
13 6 (0.51%) Murex
13 6 (0.51%) Okta
14 5 (0.42%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.42%) Cisco
14 5 (0.42%) Trayport