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

 6 months to
10 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 62 51
Rank change year-on-year -58 -11 -13
Contract jobs citing .NET 800 900 1,424
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.21% 3.64% 3.74%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.31% 16.01% 18.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 586 688 1,112
10th Percentile £377 £385 £340
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.43%
75th Percentile £617 £653 £675
90th Percentile £714 £816 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 14
10th Percentile £54.40 £26.84 £20.77
25th Percentile £56.50 £35.24 £24.49
Median hourly rate £68.00 £49.85 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +36.42% -15.38% -10.07%
75th Percentile £73.46 £63.83 £68.44
90th Percentile £74.41 £71.85 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £68.00 £26.50 £58.91
% change year-on-year +156.60% -55.01% -10.07%

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 7,763 5,622 7,643
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.45% 22.71% 20.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,219 3,772 5,438
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £418 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% -5.22%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £668
90th Percentile £738 £788 £769
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 85 206
10th Percentile £35.05 £27.26 £21.04
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.06 £40.08
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +31.36% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.94
90th Percentile £78.70 £81.80 £75.77
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.62%

.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 10 March 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 10 March 2026.

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 10 March 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 -46 499 £500 -13.04% 200
South East -44 85 £515 +3.00% 191
North of England -65 78 £475 -2.06% 162
East of England +2 47 £550 +15.18% 48
Midlands -88 44 £505 +1.00% 73
North West -32 42 £450 - 92
Yorkshire -59 30 £500 -1.96% 46
West Midlands -75 25 £484 -7.76% 46
South West -57 21 £488 -7.14% 77
East Midlands -34 19 £525 +6.06% 26
North East -15 6 £513 +42.36% 28
.NET
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.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 (5.75%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.88%) CMS
3 22 (2.75%) IIS
4 18 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (2.25%) Sitecore CMS
5 17 (2.13%) Confluence
6 11 (1.38%) HCL Notes
7 10 (1.25%) Mendix
8 7 (0.88%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.63%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.63%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.50%) Apache
11 3 (0.38%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.25%) Appian
12 2 (0.25%) Documentum
12 2 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.38%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) InDesign
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 38 (4.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (2.00%) Endur
3 9 (1.13%) Advent Geneva
4 4 (0.50%) Findur
4 4 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.25%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.13%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.13%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.13%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 444 (55.50%) Azure
2 198 (24.75%) Azure DevOps
3 126 (15.75%) AWS
4 114 (14.25%) GitHub
5 109 (13.63%) Serverless
6 81 (10.13%) Azure Functions
7 78 (9.75%) Power Platform
8 74 (9.25%) Azure Service Bus
9 70 (8.75%) GitHub Actions
10 67 (8.38%) Azure Logic Apps
11 54 (6.75%) Entra ID
12 52 (6.50%) Azure Monitor
13 51 (6.38%) Dynamics 365
14 49 (6.13%) Azure AKS
14 49 (6.13%) GCP
15 47 (5.88%) PaaS
16 42 (5.25%) Power Automate
17 40 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
18 34 (4.25%) Azure Key Vault
18 34 (4.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.13%) HTTP
2 14 (1.75%) Internet
3 8 (1.00%) Network Security
4 4 (0.50%) 3GPP
4 4 (0.50%) SSL
5 3 (0.38%) DNS
6 2 (0.25%) DHCP
6 2 (0.25%) NAS
6 2 (0.25%) RTCP
6 2 (0.25%) RTMP
6 2 (0.25%) RTP
6 2 (0.25%) S/MIME
6 2 (0.25%) SAN
6 2 (0.25%) SMTP
6 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.25%) XCAP
7 1 (0.13%) LAN
7 1 (0.13%) Skype
7 1 (0.13%) VPN
7 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 207 (25.88%) SQL Server
2 50 (6.25%) Oracle Database
3 42 (5.25%) Relational Database
4 40 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 36 (4.50%) NoSQL
6 35 (4.38%) PostgreSQL
7 32 (4.00%) Power BI
8 27 (3.38%) MongoDB
9 19 (2.38%) MySQL
10 17 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (1.25%) Redis
11 10 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (1.13%) DB2
13 8 (1.00%) Metadata
14 7 (0.88%) Crystal Reports
15 6 (0.75%) DynamoDB
16 5 (0.63%) Big Data
16 5 (0.63%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.63%) GIS
16 5 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 91 (11.38%) Git
2 56 (7.00%) JIRA
3 34 (4.25%) Visual Studio
4 30 (3.75%) Selenium
5 29 (3.63%) Jenkins
6 26 (3.25%) Postman
7 18 (2.25%) Cucumber
8 17 (2.13%) SpecFlow
9 13 (1.63%) GitLab
10 10 (1.25%) MSTest
10 10 (1.25%) Team Foundation Server
10 10 (1.25%) TeamCity
11 9 (1.13%) REST Assured
12 8 (1.00%) Bitbucket
12 8 (1.00%) NUnit
13 7 (0.88%) TestRail
14 6 (0.75%) JMeter
14 6 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
15 5 (0.63%) Cypress.io
15 5 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 199 (24.88%) Social Skills
2 193 (24.13%) Finance
3 107 (13.38%) Banking
4 75 (9.38%) Public Sector
5 67 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (4.13%) Investment Banking
7 29 (3.63%) Front Office
8 24 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (2.88%) Financial Institution
10 10 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.13%) Marketing
11 9 (1.13%) Retail
11 9 (1.13%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.00%) Health Technology
12 8 (1.00%) Manufacturing
13 7 (0.88%) Back Office
13 7 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.75%) Billing
15 5 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 459 (57.38%) Developer
2 155 (19.38%) .NET Developer
3 142 (17.75%) C# Developer
4 111 (13.88%) Senior
5 74 (9.25%) Architect
6 69 (8.63%) Software Engineer
7 62 (7.75%) Full-Stack Developer
8 60 (7.50%) Senior Developer
9 57 (7.13%) Azure Developer
10 53 (6.63%) Lead
11 51 (6.38%) C# .NET Developer
12 40 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
13 32 (4.00%) Senior .NET Developer
14 31 (3.88%) Software Developer
15 20 (2.50%) .NET Software Engineer
15 20 (2.50%) Dynamics 365 Developer
15 20 (2.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 20 (2.50%) Technical Architect
16 19 (2.38%) Applications Developer
16 19 (2.38%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (19.63%) .NET Framework
2 134 (16.75%) React
3 109 (13.63%) REST
4 105 (13.13%) .NET Core
5 102 (12.75%) AngularJS
6 100 (12.50%) RESTful
7 92 (11.50%) HTML
8 82 (10.25%) ASP.NET
9 66 (8.25%) CSS
10 47 (5.88%) Node.js
11 37 (4.63%) Entity Framework
12 36 (4.50%) WPF
13 34 (4.25%) ASP.NET Core
13 34 (4.25%) OAuth
14 31 (3.88%) ASP.NET Web API
15 29 (3.63%) Web Services
16 28 (3.50%) XML
17 27 (3.38%) JSON
17 27 (3.38%) SOAP
18 26 (3.25%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 94 (11.75%) Cloud Native
2 40 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
3 33 (4.13%) Enterprise Software
4 28 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
5 25 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.00%) Algorithms
6 16 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (1.88%) NHS
7 15 (1.88%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.75%) AI Agents
8 14 (1.75%) Mobile App
8 14 (1.75%) Onboarding
9 13 (1.63%) Low-Code
10 12 (1.50%) Credit Risk
10 12 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.25%) Market Risk
12 9 (1.13%) Derivative
12 9 (1.13%) Fixed Income
13 8 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 76 (9.50%) Windows
2 25 (3.13%) Linux
2 25 (3.13%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.63%) Android
3 5 (0.63%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.50%) Unix
5 1 (0.13%) VMS
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (41.50%) DevOps
2 327 (40.88%) CI/CD
3 267 (33.38%) Agile
4 162 (20.25%) Microservices
5 150 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 137 (17.13%) Software Engineering
7 135 (16.88%) Full-Stack Development
8 127 (15.88%) AI
8 127 (15.88%) Test Automation
9 84 (10.50%) Scrum
10 76 (9.50%) Unit Testing
11 75 (9.38%) Containerisation
12 74 (9.25%) Continuous Improvement
13 66 (8.25%) Infrastructure as Code
14 65 (8.13%) Migration
15 62 (7.75%) TDD
16 59 (7.38%) Mentoring
17 57 (7.13%) SDLC
18 49 (6.13%) Analytics
18 49 (6.13%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 537 (67.13%) C#
2 340 (42.50%) SQL
3 176 (22.00%) JavaScript
4 173 (21.63%) Python
5 92 (11.50%) Java
6 83 (10.38%) TypeScript
7 58 (7.25%) PL/SQL
8 49 (6.13%) T-SQL
9 43 (5.38%) PowerShell
10 27 (3.38%) Bicep
11 25 (3.13%) PHP
12 21 (2.63%) C++
13 16 (2.00%) Kusto Query Language
14 14 (1.75%) VBA
15 13 (1.63%) VB
16 12 (1.50%) VB.NET
17 11 (1.38%) Formula Language
17 11 (1.38%) Go
17 11 (1.38%) LotusScript
18 10 (1.25%) Bash
Qualifications
1 129 (16.13%) Security Cleared
2 102 (12.75%) SC Cleared
3 62 (7.75%) Degree
4 30 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.88%) Azure Certification
6 13 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.38%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 10 (1.25%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.75%) CISSP
11 5 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (0.63%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.63%) CCSP
11 5 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.50%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.38%) ISEB
13 3 (0.38%) OSCP
13 3 (0.38%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (10.88%) QA
2 21 (2.63%) NIST
3 20 (2.50%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.25%) GDPR
5 17 (2.13%) EU AI Act
6 11 (1.38%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.38%) WCAG
7 9 (1.13%) HL7
8 5 (0.63%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.63%) ISO 20022
8 5 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.63%) PSD2
9 4 (0.50%) GRC
10 3 (0.38%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.25%) DICOM
11 2 (0.25%) MiFID
11 2 (0.25%) SEPA
11 2 (0.25%) SLA
11 2 (0.25%) TARGET2
12 1 (0.13%) EMIR
System Software
1 111 (13.88%) Docker
2 36 (4.50%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 106 (13.25%) Kubernetes
2 85 (10.63%) Terraform
3 8 (1.00%) Grafana
4 6 (0.75%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.63%) Ansible
6 4 (0.50%) Istio
7 2 (0.25%) Argo
7 2 (0.25%) Rancher
8 1 (0.13%) Control-M
8 1 (0.13%) Kibana
8 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.13%) linkerd
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 211 (26.38%) Microsoft
2 123 (15.38%) Oracle
3 35 (4.38%) Citrix
4 26 (3.25%) OpenAI
5 23 (2.88%) Sitecore
6 21 (2.63%) Databricks
7 15 (1.88%) Foundry
8 14 (1.75%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.50%) Google
9 12 (1.50%) OpenLink
10 11 (1.38%) Lotus
11 10 (1.25%) Kofax
11 10 (1.25%) UiPath
12 9 (1.13%) Advent
12 9 (1.13%) SAP
13 6 (0.75%) Adobe
13 6 (0.75%) Brio
14 5 (0.63%) Rapid7
15 4 (0.50%) PeopleSoft
15 4 (0.50%) Xamarin
743 .NET jobs in England