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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 74 50
Rank change year-on-year -43 -24 -4
Contract jobs citing .NET 878 792 1,347
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.16% 3.28% 3.68%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.24% 14.73% 18.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 621 1,031
10th Percentile £381 £363 £340
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £613 £688 £650
90th Percentile £721 £825 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -6.25%
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 £66.61 £23.41 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +184.52% -60.26% +7.10%
75th Percentile £74.61 £51.17 £75.00
90th Percentile £77.63 £66.78 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £66.61 £27.00 £58.91
% change year-on-year +146.69% -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 7,812 5,375 7,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.23% 22.29% 20.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,180 3,720 5,298
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.78% -2.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 99 226
10th Percentile £32.06 £33.25 £22.12
25th Percentile £52.38 £51.88 £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 £65.02
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.50 £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 14 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 14 May 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 14 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 -36 530 £513 -14.23% 215
South East -18 113 £525 +10.53% 165
North of England -45 94 £500 +17.65% 152
Midlands -67 50 £496 +1.22% 75
Yorkshire -28 49 £500 +5.26% 39
South West -20 44 £450 -14.29% 41
North West -41 41 £481 +13.24% 86
East of England -19 27 £550 +14.29% 53
West Midlands -62 27 £478 -4.40% 37
East Midlands -28 23 £525 +6.06% 38
North East -16 4 £475 +28.38% 28
.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 49 (5.58%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.87%) IIS
3 18 (2.05%) CMS
4 16 (1.82%) Confluence
4 16 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.14%) HCL Notes
5 10 (1.14%) Mendix
6 9 (1.03%) Sitecore CMS
7 5 (0.57%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.57%) Kentico
8 4 (0.46%) WordPress
9 3 (0.34%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.23%) Appian
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.23%) SAS
10 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.11%) Apache
11 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.11%) MTS
Applications
1 17 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) InDesign
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 28 (3.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.94%) Endur
3 7 (0.80%) Findur
4 5 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.23%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.11%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.11%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.11%) Magento
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
1 461 (52.51%) Azure
2 185 (21.07%) Azure DevOps
3 157 (17.88%) AWS
4 107 (12.19%) GitHub
5 89 (10.14%) Serverless
6 82 (9.34%) Power Platform
7 75 (8.54%) Azure Service Bus
8 63 (7.18%) GitHub Actions
9 62 (7.06%) Azure Functions
10 59 (6.72%) Azure Logic Apps
11 48 (5.47%) Dynamics 365
12 45 (5.13%) GCP
12 45 (5.13%) Power Automate
13 41 (4.67%) PowerApps
14 40 (4.56%) Azure Monitor
15 37 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
16 36 (4.10%) Azure AKS
17 34 (3.87%) Entra ID
17 34 (3.87%) PaaS
18 28 (3.19%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.59%) Internet
2 12 (1.37%) HTTP
3 8 (0.91%) 3GPP
4 6 (0.68%) Firewall
4 6 (0.68%) RTP
5 5 (0.57%) Wireshark
6 4 (0.46%) NAS
6 4 (0.46%) SAN
7 3 (0.34%) Network Security
8 2 (0.23%) Intranet
8 2 (0.23%) RTCP
8 2 (0.23%) RTMP
8 2 (0.23%) XCAP
9 1 (0.11%) DHCP
9 1 (0.11%) LAN
9 1 (0.11%) Multicast
9 1 (0.11%) Skype
9 1 (0.11%) SMTP
9 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (24.49%) SQL Server
2 53 (6.04%) Oracle Database
3 50 (5.69%) Relational Database
4 41 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
5 36 (4.10%) Azure SQL Database
5 36 (4.10%) NoSQL
6 34 (3.87%) Power BI
7 20 (2.28%) MongoDB
8 13 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (1.14%) Metadata
9 10 (1.14%) MySQL
9 10 (1.14%) Redis
10 9 (1.03%) Crystal Reports
11 8 (0.91%) DynamoDB
11 8 (0.91%) Pinecone
11 8 (0.91%) Weaviate
12 6 (0.68%) GIS
12 6 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 92 (10.48%) Git
2 57 (6.49%) JIRA
3 36 (4.10%) Visual Studio
4 22 (2.51%) Selenium
5 21 (2.39%) Jenkins
6 16 (1.82%) Postman
6 16 (1.82%) TeamCity
7 15 (1.71%) GitLab
8 13 (1.48%) Cucumber
9 12 (1.37%) NUnit
10 10 (1.14%) MSTest
11 8 (0.91%) REST Assured
11 8 (0.91%) SpecFlow
11 8 (0.91%) TestRail
12 6 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
13 5 (0.57%) Appium
13 5 (0.57%) Mocha
13 5 (0.57%) Moq
13 5 (0.57%) tSQLt
14 4 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 219 (24.94%) Finance
2 188 (21.41%) Social Skills
3 106 (12.07%) Banking
4 75 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (7.40%) Public Sector
6 40 (4.56%) Front Office
7 37 (4.21%) Investment Banking
8 21 (2.39%) Financial Institution
9 17 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (0.80%) Aviation
11 7 (0.80%) Manufacturing
11 7 (0.80%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.68%) Billing
12 6 (0.68%) Police
13 5 (0.57%) Back Office
13 5 (0.57%) Health Technology
14 4 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.46%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 455 (51.82%) Developer
2 162 (18.45%) .NET Developer
3 144 (16.40%) C# Developer
4 127 (14.46%) Senior
5 101 (11.50%) Architect
6 96 (10.93%) Software Engineer
7 74 (8.43%) Senior Developer
8 70 (7.97%) Lead
9 59 (6.72%) Solutions Architect
10 56 (6.38%) Full-Stack Developer
11 52 (5.92%) C# .NET Developer
11 52 (5.92%) Software Developer
12 44 (5.01%) Azure Developer
13 36 (4.10%) Senior .NET Developer
14 32 (3.64%) .NET Software Engineer
15 30 (3.42%) Azure Engineer
16 28 (3.19%) .NET Software Developer
16 28 (3.19%) Technical Architect
17 24 (2.73%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 23 (2.62%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (19.13%) .NET Framework
2 144 (16.40%) React
3 124 (14.12%) REST
4 98 (11.16%) AngularJS
5 93 (10.59%) HTML
6 91 (10.36%) .NET Core
7 90 (10.25%) RESTful
8 85 (9.68%) ASP.NET
9 72 (8.20%) CSS
10 45 (5.13%) Node.js
11 41 (4.67%) ASP.NET Core
11 41 (4.67%) Entity Framework
12 34 (3.87%) ASP.NET Web API
13 31 (3.53%) JSON
14 29 (3.30%) OAuth
14 29 (3.30%) WinForms
14 29 (3.30%) WPF
14 29 (3.30%) XML
15 25 (2.85%) Web Services
16 24 (2.73%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 97 (11.05%) Cloud Native
2 54 (6.15%) Distributed Systems
3 51 (5.81%) Legacy Systems
4 29 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (2.96%) Product Ownership
6 25 (2.85%) AI Agents
7 16 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.71%) Legacy Code
8 15 (1.71%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (1.59%) Virtual Team
10 13 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (1.48%) Fixed Income
11 12 (1.37%) Low-Code
12 11 (1.25%) Derivative
12 11 (1.25%) NHS
13 9 (1.03%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (1.03%) IoT
14 8 (0.91%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 81 (9.23%) Windows
2 34 (3.87%) Linux
3 33 (3.76%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.57%) Unix
5 4 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.34%) VMS
7 1 (0.11%) Android
7 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (40.66%) CI/CD
2 352 (40.09%) DevOps
3 270 (30.75%) Agile
4 172 (19.59%) Microservices
5 156 (17.77%) Software Engineering
6 137 (15.60%) AI
7 130 (14.81%) Full-Stack Development
8 120 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
9 117 (13.33%) Test Automation
10 77 (8.77%) Containerisation
11 76 (8.66%) Infrastructure as Code
11 76 (8.66%) Migration
12 74 (8.43%) Scrum
13 72 (8.20%) Unit Testing
14 67 (7.63%) SDLC
15 66 (7.52%) Event-Driven
16 64 (7.29%) TDD
17 60 (6.83%) Mentoring
18 59 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
19 54 (6.15%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 593 (67.54%) C#
2 339 (38.61%) SQL
3 196 (22.32%) Python
4 172 (19.59%) JavaScript
5 86 (9.79%) Java
6 79 (9.00%) TypeScript
7 58 (6.61%) PL/SQL
7 58 (6.61%) T-SQL
8 53 (6.04%) PowerShell
9 26 (2.96%) Bicep
10 23 (2.62%) C++
11 19 (2.16%) Go
12 18 (2.05%) PHP
13 15 (1.71%) VB
13 15 (1.71%) VBA
14 12 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (1.14%) Formula Language
15 10 (1.14%) LotusScript
15 10 (1.14%) VB.NET
16 9 (1.03%) Bash
Qualifications
1 154 (17.54%) Security Cleared
2 125 (14.24%) SC Cleared
3 66 (7.52%) Degree
4 26 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.05%) Azure Certification
5 18 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.37%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.80%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.68%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.57%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.46%) CISSP
11 4 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.34%) CCSP
12 3 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.34%) OSCP
12 3 (0.34%) SANS
13 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (11.28%) QA
2 20 (2.28%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.05%) GDPR
4 10 (1.14%) PCI DSS
4 10 (1.14%) WCAG
5 8 (0.91%) Data Quality
5 8 (0.91%) HL7
6 6 (0.68%) ISO 20022
6 6 (0.68%) PSD2
7 5 (0.57%) GRC
7 5 (0.57%) NIST
7 5 (0.57%) SLA
8 4 (0.46%) NCSC
9 3 (0.34%) DICOM
9 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.34%) SEPA
10 2 (0.23%) TARGET2
11 1 (0.11%) Basel III
11 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.11%) EMIR
System Software
1 125 (14.24%) Docker
2 18 (2.05%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.34%) Firmware
5 2 (0.23%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 104 (11.85%) Kubernetes
2 102 (11.62%) Terraform
3 14 (1.59%) Ansible
4 10 (1.14%) Grafana
5 9 (1.03%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.57%) Istio
7 3 (0.34%) Rancher
8 2 (0.23%) Argo
8 2 (0.23%) Control-M
8 2 (0.23%) SCCM
8 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.11%) Kibana
9 1 (0.11%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.11%) linkerd
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 187 (21.30%) Microsoft
2 122 (13.90%) Oracle
3 37 (4.21%) Citrix
4 24 (2.73%) OpenAI
5 17 (1.94%) ServiceNow
6 16 (1.82%) Databricks
7 14 (1.59%) Google
7 14 (1.59%) Sitecore
8 13 (1.48%) OpenLink
9 10 (1.14%) Kofax
9 10 (1.14%) Lotus
10 9 (1.03%) Foundry
11 8 (0.91%) InterSystems
11 8 (0.91%) SAP
12 6 (0.68%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.57%) Rapid7
13 5 (0.57%) UiPath
14 4 (0.46%) PeopleSoft
14 4 (0.46%) Splunk
14 4 (0.46%) Workday