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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 75 50
Rank change year-on-year -35 -25 -2
Contract jobs citing .NET 950 784 1,376
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.25% 3.22% 3.69%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.70% 14.26% 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 608 1,050
10th Percentile £381 £363 £350
25th Percentile £415 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £511 £545
Median % change year-on-year +1.71% -6.19% -5.22%
75th Percentile £613 £682 £650
90th Percentile £720 £825 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -6.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 17
10th Percentile £37.95 £27.22 £20.77
25th Percentile £48.23 £35.55 £22.75
Median hourly rate £66.61 £50.30 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +32.42% -14.61% +11.20%
75th Percentile £74.61 £64.18 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.83 £71.99 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £66.61 £28.13 £58.91
% change year-on-year +136.82% -52.25% +9.11%

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 8,121 5,497 7,796
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.22% 22.56% 20.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,353 3,802 5,482
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £633 £656 £675
90th Percentile £738 £790 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £535
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.80% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 108 247
10th Percentile £31.62 £31.69 £22.65
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.43
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +29.05% -25.49%
75th Percentile £73.00 £68.19 £69.38
90th Percentile £79.60 £81.11 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.97
% change year-on-year +4.00% +27.64% -24.67%

.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 8 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 8 June 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 8 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 -29 570 £525 -8.70% 179
South East -18 117 £515 +8.42% 159
North of England -52 99 £500 +17.65% 150
Midlands -50 56 £490 +0.67% 76
South West -10 49 £450 +20.00% 45
North West -39 48 £475 +11.76% 86
Yorkshire -40 46 £524 +10.26% 29
East of England -2 37 £526 +10.66% 55
West Midlands -61 28 £461 -8.44% 41
East Midlands -19 27 £525 +8.81% 35
North East -24 5 £475 +28.38% 36
.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 50 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.58%) IIS
3 19 (2.00%) CMS
3 19 (2.00%) Confluence
4 14 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.95%) Sitecore CMS
6 8 (0.84%) HCL Notes
6 8 (0.84%) Mendix
7 7 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.53%) Appian
8 5 (0.53%) Kentico
9 4 (0.42%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.42%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.42%) WordPress
10 3 (0.32%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.32%) Camunda
11 2 (0.21%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.21%) SAS
12 1 (0.11%) MTS
Applications
1 18 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.42%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) InDesign
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 32 (3.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.26%) Endur
3 8 (0.84%) Findur
4 4 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.42%) Shopify
5 3 (0.32%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.32%) OpenText MBPM
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle BPM
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.21%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.11%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 498 (52.42%) Azure
2 183 (19.26%) Azure DevOps
3 170 (17.89%) AWS
4 105 (11.05%) GitHub
5 95 (10.00%) Power Platform
6 80 (8.42%) Serverless
7 71 (7.47%) Azure Service Bus
8 58 (6.11%) Dynamics 365
9 57 (6.00%) Azure Logic Apps
9 57 (6.00%) GitHub Actions
10 52 (5.47%) Azure Functions
10 52 (5.47%) Power Automate
11 47 (4.95%) PowerApps
12 43 (4.53%) GCP
13 36 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
14 34 (3.58%) Azure Monitor
15 31 (3.26%) Entra ID
16 30 (3.16%) PaaS
17 29 (3.05%) Azure AKS
18 27 (2.84%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.58%) Internet
2 11 (1.16%) HTTP
3 10 (1.05%) 3GPP
4 8 (0.84%) RTP
5 7 (0.74%) Wireshark
6 6 (0.63%) Firewall
7 5 (0.53%) Intranet
7 5 (0.53%) NAS
7 5 (0.53%) SAN
7 5 (0.53%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.21%) DHCP
8 2 (0.21%) DNS
8 2 (0.21%) RTCP
8 2 (0.21%) RTMP
8 2 (0.21%) XCAP
9 1 (0.11%) LAN
9 1 (0.11%) Multicast
9 1 (0.11%) Skype
9 1 (0.11%) SMTP
9 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 228 (24.00%) SQL Server
2 57 (6.00%) Relational Database
3 53 (5.58%) Oracle Database
4 42 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
5 39 (4.11%) NoSQL
6 36 (3.79%) Power BI
7 32 (3.37%) Azure SQL Database
8 20 (2.11%) MongoDB
9 14 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (1.26%) Metadata
11 11 (1.16%) Redis
12 10 (1.05%) Crystal Reports
12 10 (1.05%) MySQL
12 10 (1.05%) Pinecone
12 10 (1.05%) Weaviate
13 9 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 8 (0.84%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.74%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
16 6 (0.63%) GIS
Development Applications
1 99 (10.42%) Git
2 56 (5.89%) JIRA
3 42 (4.42%) Visual Studio
4 21 (2.21%) Selenium
4 21 (2.21%) TeamCity
5 18 (1.89%) GitLab
6 16 (1.68%) Jenkins
7 15 (1.58%) Postman
8 14 (1.47%) Cucumber
8 14 (1.47%) NUnit
9 11 (1.16%) MSTest
10 9 (0.95%) REST Assured
11 8 (0.84%) SpecFlow
11 8 (0.84%) TestRail
12 7 (0.74%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.74%) JMeter
12 7 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
12 7 (0.74%) webpack
13 6 (0.63%) Moq
13 6 (0.63%) tSQLt
General
1 237 (24.95%) Finance
2 213 (22.42%) Social Skills
3 110 (11.58%) Banking
4 86 (9.05%) Analytical Skills
5 63 (6.63%) Public Sector
6 49 (5.16%) Front Office
7 43 (4.53%) Investment Banking
8 20 (2.11%) Financial Institution
9 16 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.05%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.05%) Retail
12 9 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (0.95%) Telecoms
13 8 (0.84%) Billing
14 7 (0.74%) Aviation
14 7 (0.74%) Back Office
14 7 (0.74%) Legal
14 7 (0.74%) Police
15 5 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 483 (50.84%) Developer
2 171 (18.00%) .NET Developer
3 159 (16.74%) C# Developer
4 140 (14.74%) Senior
5 116 (12.21%) Architect
6 102 (10.74%) Software Engineer
7 89 (9.37%) Senior Developer
8 87 (9.16%) Lead
9 70 (7.37%) Solutions Architect
10 67 (7.05%) Full-Stack Developer
11 58 (6.11%) C# .NET Developer
11 58 (6.11%) Software Developer
12 47 (4.95%) Azure Developer
13 44 (4.63%) Senior .NET Developer
14 31 (3.26%) .NET Software Developer
14 31 (3.26%) .NET Software Engineer
15 28 (2.95%) Azure Engineer
15 28 (2.95%) SQL Developer
16 26 (2.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 26 (2.74%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (19.37%) .NET Framework
2 160 (16.84%) React
3 144 (15.16%) REST
4 104 (10.95%) AngularJS
4 104 (10.95%) RESTful
5 103 (10.84%) ASP.NET
6 96 (10.11%) .NET Core
7 94 (9.89%) HTML
8 78 (8.21%) CSS
9 53 (5.58%) ASP.NET Core
10 49 (5.16%) Entity Framework
11 47 (4.95%) Node.js
12 39 (4.11%) JSON
13 34 (3.58%) ASP.NET Web API
13 34 (3.58%) XML
14 33 (3.47%) OAuth
14 33 (3.47%) Web Services
15 31 (3.26%) WinForms
16 27 (2.84%) WPF
17 26 (2.74%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 105 (11.05%) Cloud Native
2 56 (5.89%) Legacy Systems
3 54 (5.68%) Distributed Systems
4 35 (3.68%) Product Ownership
5 30 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
6 29 (3.05%) AI Agents
7 21 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 19 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (2.00%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.79%) Fixed Income
10 14 (1.47%) Derivative
10 14 (1.47%) Low-Code
11 12 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (1.26%) Legacy Code
12 11 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.05%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.05%) Virtual Team
14 9 (0.95%) Distributed Applications
14 9 (0.95%) Equities
14 9 (0.95%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 84 (8.84%) Windows
2 41 (4.32%) Linux
3 30 (3.16%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.74%) Unix
5 4 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.32%) VMS
7 1 (0.11%) Android
7 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (41.37%) CI/CD
2 378 (39.79%) DevOps
3 298 (31.37%) Agile
4 179 (18.84%) Microservices
5 173 (18.21%) Software Engineering
6 153 (16.11%) AI
7 143 (15.05%) Full-Stack Development
8 140 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
9 116 (12.21%) Test Automation
10 87 (9.16%) Scrum
11 77 (8.11%) Migration
12 75 (7.89%) Containerisation
12 75 (7.89%) Unit Testing
13 74 (7.79%) Infrastructure as Code
14 73 (7.68%) Event-Driven
15 71 (7.47%) SDLC
15 71 (7.47%) TDD
16 70 (7.37%) Mentoring
17 64 (6.74%) Technical Leadership
18 61 (6.42%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 650 (68.42%) C#
2 357 (37.58%) SQL
3 204 (21.47%) Python
4 187 (19.68%) JavaScript
5 99 (10.42%) Java
6 93 (9.79%) TypeScript
7 59 (6.21%) PL/SQL
7 59 (6.21%) T-SQL
8 55 (5.79%) PowerShell
9 27 (2.84%) C++
10 24 (2.53%) Bicep
11 21 (2.21%) Go
12 17 (1.79%) VBA
13 15 (1.58%) VB
13 15 (1.58%) VB.NET
14 11 (1.16%) PHP
15 10 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
16 9 (0.95%) C
17 8 (0.84%) Formula Language
17 8 (0.84%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 156 (16.42%) Security Cleared
2 125 (13.16%) SC Cleared
3 76 (8.00%) Degree
4 27 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.00%) Azure Certification
6 18 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.16%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (0.95%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.84%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.53%) CISSP
10 5 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.42%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.32%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.21%) CCSP
13 2 (0.21%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.21%) OSCP
13 2 (0.21%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (10.84%) QA
2 20 (2.11%) Accessibility
3 18 (1.89%) GDPR
4 12 (1.26%) WCAG
5 9 (0.95%) PCI DSS
6 8 (0.84%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.84%) SLA
7 6 (0.63%) HL7
7 6 (0.63%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.63%) PSD2
8 5 (0.53%) NCSC
9 4 (0.42%) GRC
9 4 (0.42%) NIST
10 3 (0.32%) DICOM
10 3 (0.32%) SEPA
11 2 (0.21%) Basel III
11 2 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.21%) TARGET2
12 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 124 (13.05%) Docker
2 17 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.32%) Firmware
5 2 (0.21%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 103 (10.84%) Terraform
2 101 (10.63%) Kubernetes
3 16 (1.68%) Ansible
4 12 (1.26%) Grafana
5 11 (1.16%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.53%) Istio
7 4 (0.42%) Kibana
7 4 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.32%) Rancher
9 2 (0.21%) Control-M
9 2 (0.21%) SCCM
10 1 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.11%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.11%) linkerd
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 199 (20.95%) Microsoft
2 126 (13.26%) Oracle
3 36 (3.79%) Citrix
4 20 (2.11%) OpenAI
5 18 (1.89%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.79%) Databricks
6 17 (1.79%) Sitecore
7 15 (1.58%) Google
8 9 (0.95%) InterSystems
8 9 (0.95%) OpenLink
9 8 (0.84%) Foundry
9 8 (0.84%) Kofax
9 8 (0.84%) Lotus
9 8 (0.84%) SAP
10 7 (0.74%) Splunk
11 6 (0.63%) UiPath
12 5 (0.53%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.53%) VMware
13 4 (0.42%) OpenText
13 4 (0.42%) PeopleSoft