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

 6 months to
22 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 80 51
Rank change year-on-year -32 -29 -4
Contract jobs citing .NET 968 782 1,388
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.24% 3.13% 3.68%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.72% 13.87% 17.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 672 604 1,054
10th Percentile £393 £358 £354
25th Percentile £424 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -5.81% -5.70%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £650
90th Percentile £736 £825 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 2 17
10th Percentile £38.25 £27.22 £20.77
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 £78.75 £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 8,259 5,640 7,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.08% 22.59% 20.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,445 3,912 5,512
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 113 264
10th Percentile £30.71 £32.50 £23.07
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £55.63
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +12.36% -14.42%
75th Percentile £74.26 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.92 £81.01 £74.48
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 22 June 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 22 June 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 22 June 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 -40 566 £538 -4.44% 156
South East -8 124 £515 +8.42% 134
North of England -52 97 £500 +11.11% 117
Midlands -44 64 £496 +2.69% 60
South West -8 56 £450 +20.00% 40
North West -29 53 £475 +11.76% 62
East of England 0 39 £526 +10.79% 41
Yorkshire -45 39 £525 +10.53% 27
West Midlands -57 35 £460 -8.68% 36
East Midlands -9 28 £525 +15.07% 24
North East - 5 £475 - 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 47 (4.86%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.51%) IIS
3 24 (2.48%) Confluence
4 19 (1.96%) CMS
5 14 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.93%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.93%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.72%) Appian
8 5 (0.52%) Camunda
8 5 (0.52%) HCL Notes
8 5 (0.52%) Kentico
8 5 (0.52%) Mendix
9 4 (0.41%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.41%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.41%) WordPress
10 3 (0.31%) Apache Superset
11 2 (0.21%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.21%) SAS
12 1 (0.10%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 17 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.41%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.10%) InDesign
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 28 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.03%) Endur
3 8 (0.83%) Findur
4 5 (0.52%) OpenText MBPM
4 5 (0.52%) Oracle BPM
4 5 (0.52%) Shopify
5 4 (0.41%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.21%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.10%) Alphatax
8 1 (0.10%) Magento
8 1 (0.10%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.10%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.10%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 500 (51.65%) Azure
2 178 (18.39%) Azure DevOps
3 167 (17.25%) AWS
4 102 (10.54%) GitHub
5 93 (9.61%) Power Platform
6 77 (7.95%) Serverless
7 66 (6.82%) Azure Service Bus
8 57 (5.89%) Dynamics 365
9 53 (5.48%) GitHub Actions
10 51 (5.27%) Power Automate
11 48 (4.96%) Azure Functions
12 47 (4.86%) Azure Logic Apps
12 47 (4.86%) PowerApps
13 35 (3.62%) Azure Monitor
14 33 (3.41%) GCP
15 31 (3.20%) Azure AKS
15 31 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
16 30 (3.10%) Entra ID
17 26 (2.69%) PaaS
18 23 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.34%) Internet
2 10 (1.03%) 3GPP
3 8 (0.83%) Firewall
3 8 (0.83%) RTP
3 8 (0.83%) Wireshark
4 6 (0.62%) HTTP
4 6 (0.62%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.52%) Intranet
5 5 (0.52%) NAS
5 5 (0.52%) SAN
6 3 (0.31%) DHCP
6 3 (0.31%) DNS
7 2 (0.21%) Multicast
7 2 (0.21%) RTCP
7 2 (0.21%) RTMP
7 2 (0.21%) XCAP
8 1 (0.10%) Network Security
8 1 (0.10%) SSL
8 1 (0.10%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (23.97%) SQL Server
2 60 (6.20%) Relational Database
3 49 (5.06%) Oracle Database
4 39 (4.03%) NoSQL
5 37 (3.82%) PostgreSQL
5 37 (3.82%) Power BI
6 29 (3.00%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (2.07%) MongoDB
8 17 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (1.24%) Redis
10 10 (1.03%) Crystal Reports
10 10 (1.03%) Pinecone
10 10 (1.03%) Weaviate
11 9 (0.93%) Metadata
11 9 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.83%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.83%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (0.52%) Geospatial Data
15 4 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 108 (11.16%) Git
2 55 (5.68%) JIRA
3 51 (5.27%) Visual Studio
4 19 (1.96%) TeamCity
5 15 (1.55%) NUnit
5 15 (1.55%) Selenium
6 13 (1.34%) GitLab
7 11 (1.14%) Jenkins
7 11 (1.14%) MSTest
8 9 (0.93%) JMeter
8 9 (0.93%) Postman
9 8 (0.83%) Claude Code
9 8 (0.83%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.83%) MSI
9 8 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
9 8 (0.83%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.72%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.72%) Gatling
10 7 (0.72%) webpack
11 6 (0.62%) tSQLt
General
1 248 (25.62%) Finance
2 212 (21.90%) Social Skills
3 115 (11.88%) Banking
4 88 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 63 (6.51%) Public Sector
6 51 (5.27%) Front Office
7 43 (4.44%) Investment Banking
8 21 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (1.86%) Financial Institution
10 13 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.14%) Retail
12 9 (0.93%) Billing
12 9 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (0.93%) Telecoms
13 8 (0.83%) Back Office
14 7 (0.72%) Aviation
14 7 (0.72%) Legal
14 7 (0.72%) Police
15 6 (0.62%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 496 (51.24%) Developer
2 180 (18.60%) .NET Developer
3 160 (16.53%) C# Developer
4 148 (15.29%) Senior
5 115 (11.88%) Architect
6 106 (10.95%) Software Engineer
7 95 (9.81%) Lead
8 92 (9.50%) Senior Developer
9 70 (7.23%) Solutions Architect
10 66 (6.82%) Full-Stack Developer
11 65 (6.71%) Software Developer
12 62 (6.40%) C# .NET Developer
13 47 (4.86%) Azure Developer
14 45 (4.65%) Senior .NET Developer
15 32 (3.31%) .NET Software Developer
16 30 (3.10%) Azure Engineer
17 29 (3.00%) SQL Developer
18 28 (2.89%) .NET Software Engineer
19 26 (2.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 26 (2.69%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (20.45%) .NET Framework
2 164 (16.94%) React
3 154 (15.91%) REST
4 110 (11.36%) RESTful
5 106 (10.95%) ASP.NET
6 104 (10.74%) .NET Core
7 101 (10.43%) AngularJS
8 95 (9.81%) HTML
9 83 (8.57%) CSS
10 57 (5.89%) ASP.NET Core
11 52 (5.37%) Entity Framework
12 45 (4.65%) Node.js
13 41 (4.24%) Web Services
14 39 (4.03%) XML
15 37 (3.82%) JSON
16 35 (3.62%) ASP.NET Web API
16 35 (3.62%) WPF
17 34 (3.51%) WinForms
18 33 (3.41%) OAuth
19 30 (3.10%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 114 (11.78%) Cloud Native
2 57 (5.89%) Legacy Systems
3 55 (5.68%) Distributed Systems
4 39 (4.03%) Product Ownership
5 35 (3.62%) AI Agents
6 33 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
7 25 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
8 24 (2.48%) Onboarding
9 19 (1.96%) Fixed Income
9 19 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
10 17 (1.76%) Derivative
11 14 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 13 (1.34%) Legacy Code
13 12 (1.24%) Data Structures
14 11 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
14 11 (1.14%) Equities
14 11 (1.14%) Low-Code
14 11 (1.14%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.93%) Distributed Applications
16 8 (0.83%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 95 (9.81%) Windows
2 38 (3.93%) Linux
3 30 (3.10%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.72%) Unix
5 4 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.31%) VMS
7 1 (0.10%) Android
7 1 (0.10%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.10%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (40.81%) CI/CD
2 377 (38.95%) DevOps
3 314 (32.44%) Agile
4 186 (19.21%) Software Engineering
5 185 (19.11%) Microservices
6 162 (16.74%) AI
7 147 (15.19%) Full-Stack Development
8 142 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
9 104 (10.74%) Test Automation
10 93 (9.61%) Scrum
11 81 (8.37%) SDLC
12 78 (8.06%) Containerisation
12 78 (8.06%) Unit Testing
13 76 (7.85%) Event-Driven
14 73 (7.54%) Migration
15 71 (7.33%) Mentoring
16 70 (7.23%) Infrastructure as Code
16 70 (7.23%) Technical Leadership
17 60 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
17 60 (6.20%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 668 (69.01%) C#
2 349 (36.05%) SQL
3 203 (20.97%) Python
4 186 (19.21%) JavaScript
5 107 (11.05%) TypeScript
6 93 (9.61%) Java
7 69 (7.13%) T-SQL
8 59 (6.10%) PL/SQL
9 53 (5.48%) PowerShell
10 33 (3.41%) C++
11 24 (2.48%) Bicep
11 24 (2.48%) Go
12 21 (2.17%) VB.NET
13 16 (1.65%) VBA
14 14 (1.45%) VB
15 10 (1.03%) C
15 10 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (1.03%) X++
16 8 (0.83%) Bash
17 5 (0.52%) XPath
Qualifications
1 157 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 129 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 82 (8.47%) Degree
4 26 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (1.65%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.24%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.03%) DV Cleared
9 8 (0.83%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.62%) PhD
11 5 (0.52%) CISSP
11 5 (0.52%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.41%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.21%) CISM
13 2 (0.21%) OSCP
13 2 (0.21%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (10.12%) QA
2 24 (2.48%) Accessibility
3 18 (1.86%) GDPR
4 16 (1.65%) WCAG
5 11 (1.14%) NCSC
6 9 (0.93%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.83%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.83%) SLA
8 5 (0.52%) ISO 20022
8 5 (0.52%) PSD2
9 4 (0.41%) GRC
9 4 (0.41%) NIST
10 3 (0.31%) DICOM
10 3 (0.31%) HL7
10 3 (0.31%) SEPA
11 2 (0.21%) Basel III
11 2 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.21%) TARGET2
12 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.10%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 120 (12.40%) Docker
2 15 (1.55%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.31%) Firmware
5 2 (0.21%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 101 (10.43%) Terraform
2 99 (10.23%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.86%) Ansible
4 13 (1.34%) Grafana
4 13 (1.34%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.62%) Kibana
6 5 (0.52%) Istio
7 4 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.31%) Rancher
9 2 (0.21%) Control-M
9 2 (0.21%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.21%) SCCM
9 2 (0.21%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.10%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.10%) linkerd
Vendors
1 196 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 116 (11.98%) Oracle
3 39 (4.03%) Citrix
4 20 (2.07%) Databricks
4 20 (2.07%) OpenAI
5 17 (1.76%) Sitecore
6 16 (1.65%) Google
7 14 (1.45%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.03%) Splunk
9 9 (0.93%) InterSystems
9 9 (0.93%) OpenLink
10 8 (0.83%) SAP
11 7 (0.72%) Foundry
12 6 (0.62%) OpenText
12 6 (0.62%) UiPath
13 5 (0.52%) Kofax
13 5 (0.52%) Lotus
13 5 (0.52%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.52%) VMware
14 4 (0.41%) PeopleSoft
498 .NET jobs in England