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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 69 52
Rank change year-on-year -47 -17 -6
Contract jobs citing .NET 894 815 1,356
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.19% 3.33% 3.69%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.28% 14.90% 18.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 644 644 1,040
10th Percentile £382 £366 £337
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £536
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.10% -6.74%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £650
90th Percentile £720 £825 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £520
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 15
10th Percentile £37.55 £21.33 £20.77
25th Percentile £49.23 £21.46 £27.00
Median hourly rate £66.50 £23.41 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +184.07% -60.26% +7.10%
75th Percentile £74.61 £51.17 £75.00
90th Percentile £77.63 £66.78 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £27.00 £58.91
% change year-on-year +146.30% -54.16% -1.83%

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 7,924 5,471 7,502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.42% 22.36% 20.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,255 3,791 5,332
10th Percentile £363 £365 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £534
% change year-on-year - -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 104 226
10th Percentile £34.75 £33.25 £22.12
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.20 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.88 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -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 10 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 10 May 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 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 -37 542 £500 -16.32% 218
South East -24 113 £525 +7.69% 160
North of England -39 98 £500 +17.65% 149
Yorkshire -31 49 £500 +5.26% 35
Midlands -76 48 £492 +0.41% 69
South West -27 46 £498 -5.24% 37
North West -38 45 £475 +11.76% 85
West Midlands -64 27 £481 -3.80% 34
East of England -18 26 £550 +14.29% 57
East Midlands -34 21 £525 +6.06% 35
North East -17 4 £475 +28.38% 30
.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 48 (5.37%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.91%) IIS
3 17 (1.90%) CMS
4 16 (1.79%) Confluence
5 15 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (1.12%) HCL Notes
6 10 (1.12%) Mendix
7 9 (1.01%) Sitecore CMS
8 5 (0.56%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.56%) Kentico
9 4 (0.45%) WordPress
10 3 (0.34%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.22%) Appian
11 2 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.22%) SAS
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.11%) Sitefinity
12 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) InDesign
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 32 (3.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.90%) Endur
3 7 (0.78%) Findur
4 5 (0.56%) Advent Geneva
4 5 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.22%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.22%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.11%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.11%) Magento
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.11%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 470 (52.57%) Azure
2 191 (21.36%) Azure DevOps
3 161 (18.01%) AWS
4 108 (12.08%) GitHub
5 94 (10.51%) Serverless
6 85 (9.51%) Power Platform
7 79 (8.84%) Azure Service Bus
8 66 (7.38%) Azure Logic Apps
9 65 (7.27%) Azure Functions
9 65 (7.27%) GitHub Actions
10 52 (5.82%) Dynamics 365
11 47 (5.26%) Power Automate
12 46 (5.15%) GCP
13 45 (5.03%) Azure Monitor
14 41 (4.59%) PowerApps
15 39 (4.36%) Azure AKS
16 37 (4.14%) Entra ID
16 37 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
17 34 (3.80%) PaaS
18 29 (3.24%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.57%) HTTP
2 13 (1.45%) Internet
3 8 (0.89%) 3GPP
4 6 (0.67%) Firewall
4 6 (0.67%) RTP
5 4 (0.45%) Network Security
5 4 (0.45%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.34%) NAS
6 3 (0.34%) SAN
7 2 (0.22%) Intranet
7 2 (0.22%) RTCP
7 2 (0.22%) RTMP
7 2 (0.22%) XCAP
8 1 (0.11%) DHCP
8 1 (0.11%) LAN
8 1 (0.11%) Multicast
8 1 (0.11%) Skype
8 1 (0.11%) SMTP
8 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (25.62%) SQL Server
2 55 (6.15%) Relational Database
3 53 (5.93%) Oracle Database
4 42 (4.70%) PostgreSQL
5 37 (4.14%) Azure SQL Database
5 37 (4.14%) NoSQL
6 35 (3.91%) Power BI
7 20 (2.24%) MongoDB
8 14 (1.57%) MySQL
9 13 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (1.23%) Redis
10 11 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (1.12%) Metadata
12 9 (1.01%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.89%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.78%) Pinecone
14 7 (0.78%) Weaviate
15 6 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
16 5 (0.56%) DB2
16 5 (0.56%) GIS
Development Applications
1 100 (11.19%) Git
2 61 (6.82%) JIRA
3 34 (3.80%) Visual Studio
4 23 (2.57%) Selenium
5 21 (2.35%) Jenkins
6 16 (1.79%) Postman
6 16 (1.79%) TeamCity
7 15 (1.68%) GitLab
8 13 (1.45%) Cucumber
9 12 (1.34%) NUnit
10 10 (1.12%) MSTest
11 8 (0.89%) REST Assured
11 8 (0.89%) SpecFlow
11 8 (0.89%) TestRail
12 6 (0.67%) Octopus Deploy
13 5 (0.56%) Appium
13 5 (0.56%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.56%) Mocha
13 5 (0.56%) Moq
13 5 (0.56%) tSQLt
General
1 227 (25.39%) Finance
2 198 (22.15%) Social Skills
3 112 (12.53%) Banking
4 79 (8.84%) Analytical Skills
5 68 (7.61%) Public Sector
6 40 (4.47%) Front Office
7 38 (4.25%) Investment Banking
8 25 (2.80%) Financial Institution
9 19 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (0.78%) Aviation
11 7 (0.78%) Manufacturing
11 7 (0.78%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.67%) Billing
12 6 (0.67%) Police
13 5 (0.56%) Back Office
13 5 (0.56%) Health Technology
13 5 (0.56%) Marketing
13 5 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 475 (53.13%) Developer
2 168 (18.79%) .NET Developer
3 146 (16.33%) C# Developer
4 130 (14.54%) Senior
5 103 (11.52%) Architect
6 95 (10.63%) Software Engineer
7 78 (8.72%) Senior Developer
8 70 (7.83%) Lead
9 59 (6.60%) Solutions Architect
10 57 (6.38%) Full-Stack Developer
11 52 (5.82%) C# .NET Developer
12 50 (5.59%) Software Developer
13 48 (5.37%) Azure Developer
14 39 (4.36%) Senior .NET Developer
15 32 (3.58%) .NET Software Engineer
16 30 (3.36%) Azure Engineer
16 30 (3.36%) Technical Architect
17 27 (3.02%) .NET Software Developer
18 24 (2.68%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 23 (2.57%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (19.24%) .NET Framework
2 148 (16.55%) React
3 127 (14.21%) REST
4 101 (11.30%) AngularJS
5 96 (10.74%) .NET Core
6 93 (10.40%) RESTful
7 91 (10.18%) HTML
8 82 (9.17%) ASP.NET
9 71 (7.94%) CSS
10 48 (5.37%) Node.js
11 40 (4.47%) ASP.NET Core
11 40 (4.47%) Entity Framework
12 35 (3.91%) WPF
13 34 (3.80%) ASP.NET Web API
14 33 (3.69%) WinForms
15 31 (3.47%) JSON
16 29 (3.24%) OAuth
17 28 (3.13%) XML
18 25 (2.80%) SOAP
19 24 (2.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 102 (11.41%) Cloud Native
2 54 (6.04%) Distributed Systems
3 53 (5.93%) Legacy Systems
4 30 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
5 27 (3.02%) Product Ownership
6 25 (2.80%) AI Agents
7 19 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.68%) Legacy Code
8 15 (1.68%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.68%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.57%) Fixed Income
9 14 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.34%) Low-Code
12 11 (1.23%) Credit Risk
12 11 (1.23%) Derivative
12 11 (1.23%) NHS
13 9 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (1.01%) IoT
13 9 (1.01%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 85 (9.51%) Windows
2 33 (3.69%) Linux
3 32 (3.58%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.56%) Unix
5 4 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.34%) VMS
7 1 (0.11%) Android
7 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (41.16%) CI/CD
2 365 (40.83%) DevOps
3 276 (30.87%) Agile
4 176 (19.69%) Microservices
5 154 (17.23%) Software Engineering
6 138 (15.44%) AI
7 132 (14.77%) Full-Stack Development
8 128 (14.32%) Problem-Solving
9 119 (13.31%) Test Automation
10 80 (8.95%) Containerisation
11 77 (8.61%) Migration
12 75 (8.39%) Infrastructure as Code
13 73 (8.17%) Scrum
14 71 (7.94%) SDLC
14 71 (7.94%) Unit Testing
15 65 (7.27%) Event-Driven
16 64 (7.16%) TDD
17 60 (6.71%) Continuous Improvement
18 59 (6.60%) Mentoring
19 56 (6.26%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 606 (67.79%) C#
2 351 (39.26%) SQL
3 198 (22.15%) Python
4 179 (20.02%) JavaScript
5 87 (9.73%) Java
6 85 (9.51%) TypeScript
7 60 (6.71%) PL/SQL
8 59 (6.60%) T-SQL
9 51 (5.70%) PowerShell
10 28 (3.13%) Bicep
11 22 (2.46%) C++
12 19 (2.13%) Go
13 18 (2.01%) PHP
14 15 (1.68%) VB
14 15 (1.68%) VBA
15 12 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (1.12%) Formula Language
16 10 (1.12%) LotusScript
17 9 (1.01%) VB.NET
18 8 (0.89%) Bash
Qualifications
1 158 (17.67%) Security Cleared
2 129 (14.43%) SC Cleared
3 67 (7.49%) Degree
4 29 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.24%) Azure Certification
6 18 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.34%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.78%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.67%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.56%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.45%) CISSP
12 4 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.34%) CCSP
13 3 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.34%) OSCP
13 3 (0.34%) SANS
14 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (10.85%) QA
2 20 (2.24%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.01%) GDPR
4 10 (1.12%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.01%) WCAG
6 8 (0.89%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.89%) HL7
7 6 (0.67%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.67%) PSD2
8 5 (0.56%) GRC
8 5 (0.56%) NIST
8 5 (0.56%) SLA
9 4 (0.45%) NCSC
10 3 (0.34%) DICOM
10 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.34%) SEPA
11 2 (0.22%) TARGET2
12 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.11%) EMIR
12 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 128 (14.32%) Docker
2 21 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.34%) Firmware
5 2 (0.22%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 109 (12.19%) Kubernetes
2 104 (11.63%) Terraform
3 13 (1.45%) Ansible
4 10 (1.12%) Grafana
5 9 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.56%) Istio
7 3 (0.34%) Rancher
8 2 (0.22%) Argo
8 2 (0.22%) Control-M
8 2 (0.22%) SCCM
8 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.11%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.11%) linkerd
9 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 199 (22.26%) Microsoft
2 124 (13.87%) Oracle
3 39 (4.36%) Citrix
4 25 (2.80%) OpenAI
5 18 (2.01%) Databricks
6 17 (1.90%) ServiceNow
7 14 (1.57%) Google
7 14 (1.57%) Sitecore
8 13 (1.45%) OpenLink
9 10 (1.12%) Kofax
9 10 (1.12%) Lotus
10 9 (1.01%) Foundry
11 8 (0.89%) InterSystems
11 8 (0.89%) SAP
11 8 (0.89%) UiPath
12 6 (0.67%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.56%) Advent
13 5 (0.56%) Rapid7
14 4 (0.45%) ION Trading
14 4 (0.45%) Workday