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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 100 52
Rank change year-on-year -21 -48 -5
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,035 740 1,204
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.23% 2.67% 3.75%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.54% 10.46% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 709 517 864
10th Percentile £400 £343 £363
25th Percentile £425 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £488 £535
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -8.88% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 6 9
10th Percentile £37.25 £63.63 £19.20
25th Percentile £38.25 £65.88 £26.50
Median hourly rate £46.80 £67.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.15% +3.08% -
75th Percentile £73.84 - £85.00
90th Percentile £78.70 - £86.00
UK median hourly rate £46.80 £66.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -29.62% +10.83% -7.69%

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 9,819 7,073 7,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.20% 25.48% 24.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,457 4,774 5,204
10th Percentile £381 £355 £363
25th Percentile £449 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £526 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.54% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 173 176
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £35.50
25th Percentile £55.00 £41.60 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.82% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.20 £70.00 £74.47
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +20.37% -13.60% +4.17%

.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 October 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 October 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 October 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 -9 640 £550 +10.00% 785
North of England -39 114 £475 -4.04% 357
South East -28 101 £500 +11.11% 297
South West +8 65 £475 +18.75% 86
Midlands -37 63 £500 +0.25% 215
Yorkshire -24 59 £450 -10.09% 98
North West -32 45 £500 +9.89% 202
West Midlands -43 37 £462 -8.10% 118
East of England -40 31 £525 +5.00% 144
East Midlands -9 25 £550 +12.24% 97
North East -28 10 £513 - 63
.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 (4.44%) SharePoint
2 40 (3.86%) Confluence
3 27 (2.61%) IIS
4 19 (1.84%) CMS
5 8 (0.77%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (0.58%) Camunda
7 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.58%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.48%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.48%) Appian
9 4 (0.39%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.39%) Kentico
9 4 (0.39%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.39%) WordPress
10 3 (0.29%) Mendix
10 3 (0.29%) nginx
11 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.097%) Drupal
Applications
1 28 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.48%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.39%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 42 (4.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.68%) OpenText MBPM
2 7 (0.68%) Oracle BPM
3 6 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.48%) Shopify
5 4 (0.39%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.29%) Endur
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.19%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.097%) Findur
8 1 (0.097%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.097%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.097%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.097%) SDL Web 8
8 1 (0.097%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 528 (51.01%) Azure
2 205 (19.81%) Azure DevOps
3 175 (16.91%) AWS
4 135 (13.04%) Power Platform
5 117 (11.30%) GitHub
6 95 (9.18%) Serverless
7 85 (8.21%) Dynamics 365
8 77 (7.44%) Azure Service Bus
9 67 (6.47%) Power Automate
10 64 (6.18%) Azure Logic Apps
10 64 (6.18%) PowerApps
11 62 (5.99%) Azure Functions
12 43 (4.15%) Entra ID
13 38 (3.67%) Azure AKS
14 37 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
15 36 (3.48%) GitHub Actions
16 33 (3.19%) Azure API Management
17 32 (3.09%) Azure Monitor
18 28 (2.71%) Copilot Studio
19 27 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.45%) Internet
2 9 (0.87%) TCP/IP
2 9 (0.87%) Wireshark
3 7 (0.68%) DNS
3 7 (0.68%) RTP
4 6 (0.58%) 3GPP
4 6 (0.58%) Firewall
4 6 (0.58%) Intranet
5 4 (0.39%) Network Security
5 4 (0.39%) VPN
6 3 (0.29%) DHCP
6 3 (0.29%) HTTP
6 3 (0.29%) Kerberos
6 3 (0.29%) NAS
6 3 (0.29%) SAN
7 2 (0.19%) Multicast
7 2 (0.19%) Skype
7 2 (0.19%) VLAN
8 1 (0.097%) OpenVPN
8 1 (0.097%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 278 (26.86%) SQL Server
2 61 (5.89%) Power BI
3 47 (4.54%) NoSQL
3 47 (4.54%) Oracle Database
3 47 (4.54%) Relational Database
4 46 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
5 34 (3.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 29 (2.80%) MongoDB
7 25 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 17 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (1.55%) Data Lake
10 14 (1.35%) MySQL
11 12 (1.16%) Geospatial Data
12 11 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (0.97%) DynamoDB
14 9 (0.87%) Chroma
14 9 (0.87%) Pinecone
14 9 (0.87%) Weaviate
15 7 (0.68%) Metadata
15 7 (0.68%) Redis
Development Applications
1 149 (14.40%) Git
2 76 (7.34%) JIRA
3 53 (5.12%) Visual Studio
4 35 (3.38%) Jenkins
5 31 (3.00%) GitLab
6 20 (1.93%) TeamCity
7 19 (1.84%) Selenium
8 15 (1.45%) Gatling
8 15 (1.45%) JMeter
9 14 (1.35%) Claude Code
10 13 (1.26%) MSI
11 12 (1.16%) Bitbucket
11 12 (1.16%) Cucumber
12 11 (1.06%) Postman
13 10 (0.97%) JUnit
13 10 (0.97%) NUnit
14 9 (0.87%) MSBuild
14 9 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
15 8 (0.77%) Artifactory
15 8 (0.77%) REST Assured
General
1 268 (25.89%) Social Skills
2 258 (24.93%) Finance
3 114 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
3 114 (11.01%) Banking
4 58 (5.60%) Public Sector
5 56 (5.41%) Front Office
6 38 (3.67%) Investment Banking
7 30 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (1.64%) Financial Institution
9 14 (1.35%) Back Office
9 14 (1.35%) Marketing
9 14 (1.35%) Retail
10 13 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.06%) Legal
12 7 (0.68%) Billing
13 6 (0.58%) Police
14 5 (0.48%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.48%) Aviation
14 5 (0.48%) Fire and Rescue
14 5 (0.48%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 515 (49.76%) Developer
2 205 (19.81%) .NET Developer
3 179 (17.29%) Senior
4 122 (11.79%) C# Developer
5 107 (10.34%) Architect
6 100 (9.66%) Senior Developer
6 100 (9.66%) Software Engineer
7 82 (7.92%) Lead
8 79 (7.63%) Full-Stack Developer
9 54 (5.22%) Solutions Architect
10 53 (5.12%) C# .NET Developer
11 48 (4.64%) Software Developer
12 43 (4.15%) Senior .NET Developer
13 38 (3.67%) Azure Developer
14 37 (3.57%) .NET Software Engineer
15 34 (3.29%) Dynamics 365 Developer
15 34 (3.29%) React Developer
16 33 (3.19%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 32 (3.09%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
18 31 (3.00%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 208 (20.10%) REST
2 204 (19.71%) .NET Framework
3 161 (15.56%) React
4 151 (14.59%) .NET Core
5 123 (11.88%) ASP.NET
6 109 (10.53%) RESTful
6 109 (10.53%) Terraform
7 84 (8.12%) HTML
8 82 (7.92%) AngularJS
9 77 (7.44%) CSS
9 77 (7.44%) Web Services
10 64 (6.18%) JSON
11 62 (5.99%) WPF
12 59 (5.70%) Entity Framework
13 58 (5.60%) XML
14 51 (4.93%) ASP.NET Core
15 48 (4.64%) OAuth
16 47 (4.54%) SOAP
17 46 (4.44%) WinForms
18 44 (4.25%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 129 (12.46%) Cloud Native
2 74 (7.15%) Enterprise Software
3 68 (6.57%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (5.51%) AI Agents
5 55 (5.31%) Product Ownership
6 52 (5.02%) Legacy Systems
7 36 (3.48%) Onboarding
8 29 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
10 17 (1.64%) Legacy Applications
11 15 (1.45%) Low-Code
12 14 (1.35%) Data Centre
12 14 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 12 (1.16%) Data Structures
13 12 (1.16%) Legacy Code
13 12 (1.16%) Virtual Team
14 11 (1.06%) Fixed Income
15 10 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (0.97%) Derivative
15 10 (0.97%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 117 (11.30%) Windows
2 65 (6.28%) Linux
3 33 (3.19%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.26%) Unix
5 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.097%) Android
6 1 (0.097%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.097%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.097%) VMS
6 1 (0.097%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 428 (41.35%) CI/CD
2 417 (40.29%) DevOps
3 369 (35.65%) Agile
4 219 (21.16%) Software Engineering
5 218 (21.06%) AI
6 182 (17.58%) Microservices
7 176 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
8 164 (15.85%) Full-Stack Development
9 151 (14.59%) Test Automation
10 128 (12.37%) SDLC
11 118 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
12 116 (11.21%) Migration
13 111 (10.72%) Scrum
14 109 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
15 101 (9.76%) Event-Driven
16 85 (8.21%) Infrastructure as Code
17 83 (8.02%) Code Quality
18 82 (7.92%) Mentoring
19 80 (7.73%) Containerisation
20 78 (7.54%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 719 (69.47%) C#
2 382 (36.91%) SQL
3 228 (22.03%) JavaScript
4 213 (20.58%) Python
5 143 (13.82%) TypeScript
6 103 (9.95%) Java
7 80 (7.73%) T-SQL
8 60 (5.80%) PowerShell
9 57 (5.51%) PL/SQL
10 53 (5.12%) Bicep
11 34 (3.29%) C++
12 29 (2.80%) VB.NET
13 18 (1.74%) Go
13 18 (1.74%) VBA
14 17 (1.64%) Bash
14 17 (1.64%) VB
15 11 (1.06%) X++
16 7 (0.68%) C
17 6 (0.58%) PHP
17 6 (0.58%) XPath
Qualifications
1 158 (15.27%) Security Cleared
2 130 (12.56%) SC Cleared
3 94 (9.08%) Degree
4 30 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.03%) Azure Certification
6 17 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.55%) Master's Degree
8 15 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.16%) DV Cleared
10 10 (0.97%) PhD
11 9 (0.87%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 7 (0.68%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.39%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.39%) ISEB
15 3 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 2 (0.19%) CISSP
16 2 (0.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 2 (0.19%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (8.41%) QA
2 37 (3.57%) Accessibility
3 30 (2.90%) WCAG
4 17 (1.64%) NCSC
5 16 (1.55%) Data Quality
6 13 (1.26%) GDPR
7 7 (0.68%) SLA
8 4 (0.39%) HL7
9 3 (0.29%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (0.29%) Basel III
9 3 (0.29%) GMP
9 3 (0.29%) GxP
9 3 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 3 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
10 2 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.19%) GRC
10 2 (0.19%) IEC 62304
10 2 (0.19%) ISO 13485
10 2 (0.19%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.19%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 117 (11.30%) Docker
2 39 (3.77%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.19%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.19%) Firmware
6 1 (0.097%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 106 (10.24%) Kubernetes
2 35 (3.38%) Ansible
3 13 (1.26%) Grafana
4 11 (1.06%) Kibana
5 9 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.48%) HP Fortify
7 4 (0.39%) Control-M
7 4 (0.39%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.19%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.19%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.19%) Istio
9 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.19%) SCCM
9 2 (0.19%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.097%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.097%) Rancher
Vendors
1 287 (27.73%) Microsoft
2 136 (13.14%) Oracle
3 32 (3.09%) Citrix
4 27 (2.61%) UiPath
5 25 (2.42%) Databricks
6 22 (2.13%) OpenAI
7 16 (1.55%) ServiceNow
8 15 (1.45%) IBM
9 11 (1.06%) SAP
9 11 (1.06%) Sitecore
10 10 (0.97%) Google
10 10 (0.97%) Salesforce
10 10 (0.97%) Splunk
11 9 (0.87%) CyberArk
12 6 (0.58%) Centrify
12 6 (0.58%) Foundry
12 6 (0.58%) Hitachi
12 6 (0.58%) InterSystems
13 5 (0.48%) OpenText
13 5 (0.48%) VMware