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

 6 months to
7 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 94 51
Rank change year-on-year -17 -43 +1
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,058 757 1,257
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.30% 2.75% 3.82%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.78% 10.98% 15.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 725 538 931
10th Percentile £400 £337 £363
25th Percentile £425 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £493 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.58% -6.19% -6.87%
75th Percentile £625 £659 £638
90th Percentile £725 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £493 £520
% change year-on-year +6.60% -5.29% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 7 10
10th Percentile £37.25 £45.72 £19.60
25th Percentile £38.25 £63.63 £29.06
Median hourly rate £45.00 £67.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.84% +7.20% +8.70%
75th Percentile £69.47 - £85.00
90th Percentile £78.38 - £85.50
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £63.50 £49.25
% change year-on-year -29.13% +28.93% -10.45%

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 9,812 6,893 8,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.32% 25.01% 24.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,452 4,717 5,562
10th Percentile £380 £355 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 164 178
10th Percentile £30.00 £31.25 £27.53
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.27 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £54.35 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.20% -13.04% -
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.40 £71.40 £74.61
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £52.50 £61.80
% change year-on-year +27.62% -15.05% +3.00%

.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 7 September 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 7 September 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 7 September 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 -22 631 £549 +4.52% 746
North of England -28 125 £490 +3.16% 214
South East -35 110 £500 +11.11% 217
South West +11 75 £450 +20.00% 93
Yorkshire -15 70 £450 -8.16% 59
Midlands -43 69 £500 +6.38% 117
North West -39 46 £525 +23.53% 107
West Midlands -50 35 £460 -8.46% 57
East Midlands -3 33 £525 +20.00% 59
East of England -30 27 £510 +2.00% 80
North East - 9 £513 - 49
.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 (4.63%) SharePoint
2 40 (3.78%) Confluence
3 37 (3.50%) IIS
4 15 (1.42%) CMS
5 7 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (0.57%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.47%) Apache Solr
7 5 (0.47%) Appian
7 5 (0.47%) Camunda
8 4 (0.38%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.38%) Kentico
8 4 (0.38%) WordPress
9 3 (0.28%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.28%) Mendix
10 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.095%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.095%) Jupyter
Applications
1 28 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.47%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 42 (3.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.66%) OpenText MBPM
2 7 (0.66%) Oracle BPM
3 6 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.47%) Shopify
5 4 (0.38%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.38%) Endur
5 4 (0.38%) Findur
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.095%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.095%) Magento
8 1 (0.095%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.095%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.095%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 534 (50.47%) Azure
2 204 (19.28%) Azure DevOps
3 182 (17.20%) AWS
4 134 (12.67%) Power Platform
5 117 (11.06%) GitHub
6 94 (8.88%) Serverless
7 84 (7.94%) Dynamics 365
8 79 (7.47%) Azure Service Bus
9 66 (6.24%) Power Automate
10 64 (6.05%) PowerApps
11 62 (5.86%) Azure Logic Apps
12 61 (5.77%) Azure Functions
13 45 (4.25%) GitHub Actions
14 40 (3.78%) Azure Monitor
14 40 (3.78%) Entra ID
15 38 (3.59%) Azure AKS
16 32 (3.02%) Microsoft Copilot
17 30 (2.84%) Azure API Management
18 23 (2.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 23 (2.17%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.51%) Internet
2 9 (0.85%) TCP/IP
2 9 (0.85%) Wireshark
3 7 (0.66%) Firewall
3 7 (0.66%) RTP
4 6 (0.57%) 3GPP
4 6 (0.57%) DNS
4 6 (0.57%) Intranet
5 4 (0.38%) Network Security
6 3 (0.28%) DHCP
6 3 (0.28%) HTTP
6 3 (0.28%) Kerberos
6 3 (0.28%) NAS
6 3 (0.28%) SAN
6 3 (0.28%) VPN
7 2 (0.19%) Multicast
7 2 (0.19%) Skype
7 2 (0.19%) VLAN
8 1 (0.095%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.095%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 278 (26.28%) SQL Server
2 66 (6.24%) Power BI
3 58 (5.48%) Relational Database
4 47 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
5 46 (4.35%) Oracle Database
6 43 (4.06%) NoSQL
7 30 (2.84%) Azure SQL Database
8 27 (2.55%) MongoDB
9 22 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 16 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (1.13%) Data Lake
11 12 (1.13%) DynamoDB
11 12 (1.13%) Geospatial Data
11 12 (1.13%) MySQL
12 10 (0.95%) Chroma
12 10 (0.95%) Pinecone
12 10 (0.95%) Weaviate
13 9 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
14 8 (0.76%) Redis
15 7 (0.66%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 139 (13.14%) Git
2 76 (7.18%) JIRA
3 44 (4.16%) Visual Studio
4 35 (3.31%) Jenkins
5 25 (2.36%) GitLab
6 21 (1.98%) Selenium
7 20 (1.89%) TeamCity
8 15 (1.42%) JMeter
9 13 (1.23%) Gatling
9 13 (1.23%) MSI
10 12 (1.13%) Bitbucket
10 12 (1.13%) Cucumber
11 11 (1.04%) Claude Code
11 11 (1.04%) NUnit
12 9 (0.85%) JUnit
12 9 (0.85%) Postman
12 9 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
13 8 (0.76%) eggPlant
14 7 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
14 7 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 267 (25.24%) Social Skills
2 255 (24.10%) Finance
3 118 (11.15%) Banking
4 112 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (5.86%) Public Sector
6 58 (5.48%) Front Office
7 42 (3.97%) Investment Banking
8 28 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (1.32%) Financial Institution
10 13 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.04%) Back Office
11 11 (1.04%) Legal
12 10 (0.95%) Marketing
12 10 (0.95%) Retail
13 7 (0.66%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.57%) Billing
14 6 (0.57%) Police
15 5 (0.47%) Aviation
15 5 (0.47%) Fire and Rescue
15 5 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 520 (49.15%) Developer
2 215 (20.32%) .NET Developer
3 179 (16.92%) Senior
4 122 (11.53%) C# Developer
5 116 (10.96%) Architect
6 108 (10.21%) Software Engineer
7 101 (9.55%) Senior Developer
8 96 (9.07%) Lead
9 72 (6.81%) Full-Stack Developer
10 64 (6.05%) Solutions Architect
11 53 (5.01%) Software Developer
12 50 (4.73%) C# .NET Developer
13 46 (4.35%) Senior .NET Developer
14 39 (3.69%) Azure Developer
15 35 (3.31%) .NET Software Engineer
16 32 (3.02%) Azure Engineer
16 32 (3.02%) Dynamics 365 Developer
17 29 (2.74%) .NET Software Developer
18 27 (2.55%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
18 27 (2.55%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (19.57%) .NET Framework
2 201 (19.00%) REST
3 153 (14.46%) React
4 140 (13.23%) .NET Core
5 122 (11.53%) Terraform
6 120 (11.34%) ASP.NET
7 109 (10.30%) RESTful
8 86 (8.13%) AngularJS
9 82 (7.75%) HTML
10 78 (7.37%) CSS
11 70 (6.62%) Web Services
12 59 (5.58%) JSON
13 55 (5.20%) XML
14 52 (4.91%) ASP.NET Core
14 52 (4.91%) Entity Framework
15 47 (4.44%) OAuth
16 46 (4.35%) WPF
17 44 (4.16%) Kafka
18 43 (4.06%) SOAP
19 40 (3.78%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 134 (12.67%) Cloud Native
2 72 (6.81%) Distributed Systems
3 66 (6.24%) Enterprise Software
4 63 (5.95%) Legacy Systems
5 49 (4.63%) Product Ownership
6 47 (4.44%) AI Agents
7 30 (2.84%) Onboarding
8 27 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (1.61%) Legacy Code
10 15 (1.42%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.42%) Fixed Income
11 14 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 13 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
12 13 (1.23%) Virtual Team
13 11 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.04%) Equities
13 11 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (1.04%) Low-Code
14 10 (0.95%) Derivative
14 10 (0.95%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 110 (10.40%) Windows
2 66 (6.24%) Linux
3 33 (3.12%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.32%) Unix
5 6 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.19%) VMS
7 1 (0.095%) Android
7 1 (0.095%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.095%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.095%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (40.36%) CI/CD
2 409 (38.66%) DevOps
3 364 (34.40%) Agile
4 211 (19.94%) Software Engineering
5 204 (19.28%) AI
6 190 (17.96%) Microservices
7 165 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
8 162 (15.31%) Full-Stack Development
9 138 (13.04%) Test Automation
10 119 (11.25%) SDLC
11 112 (10.59%) Migration
12 104 (9.83%) Event-Driven
13 103 (9.74%) Scrum
14 100 (9.45%) Continuous Improvement
15 88 (8.32%) Infrastructure as Code
16 87 (8.22%) Containerisation
16 87 (8.22%) Stakeholder Management
17 83 (7.84%) Technical Leadership
18 82 (7.75%) Mentoring
19 77 (7.28%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 725 (68.53%) C#
2 386 (36.48%) SQL
3 229 (21.64%) Python
4 220 (20.79%) JavaScript
5 133 (12.57%) TypeScript
6 106 (10.02%) Java
7 75 (7.09%) T-SQL
8 69 (6.52%) PowerShell
9 58 (5.48%) PL/SQL
10 48 (4.54%) Bicep
11 30 (2.84%) C++
11 30 (2.84%) VB.NET
12 18 (1.70%) VBA
13 15 (1.42%) Go
13 15 (1.42%) VB
14 14 (1.32%) Bash
15 12 (1.13%) X++
16 6 (0.57%) C
16 6 (0.57%) XPath
17 5 (0.47%) PHP
Qualifications
1 177 (16.73%) Security Cleared
2 150 (14.18%) SC Cleared
3 92 (8.70%) Degree
4 29 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (1.70%) Azure Certification
7 14 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.32%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.23%) Master's Degree
9 9 (0.85%) ISTQB
10 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 8 (0.76%) PhD
11 7 (0.66%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.47%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.38%) ISEB
14 3 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.19%) CISM
15 2 (0.19%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (8.51%) QA
2 33 (3.12%) Accessibility
3 27 (2.55%) WCAG
4 17 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 17 (1.61%) NCSC
5 11 (1.04%) GDPR
6 8 (0.76%) SLA
7 4 (0.38%) HL7
8 3 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.28%) Basel III
8 3 (0.28%) GMP
8 3 (0.28%) GxP
8 3 (0.28%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 3 (0.28%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.19%) GRC
9 2 (0.19%) IEC 62304
9 2 (0.19%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.19%) ISO 15022
System Software
1 125 (11.81%) Docker
2 37 (3.50%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.28%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.095%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 109 (10.30%) Kubernetes
2 38 (3.59%) Ansible
3 13 (1.23%) Grafana
4 10 (0.95%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.76%) Kibana
6 5 (0.47%) Control-M
6 5 (0.47%) HP Fortify
7 4 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.28%) 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 (0.095%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.095%) Rancher
Vendors
1 287 (27.13%) Microsoft
2 121 (11.44%) Oracle
3 34 (3.21%) Citrix
4 25 (2.36%) Databricks
5 21 (1.98%) OpenAI
5 21 (1.98%) UiPath
6 19 (1.80%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.23%) IBM
8 12 (1.13%) Splunk
9 11 (1.04%) SAP
10 10 (0.95%) Google
10 10 (0.95%) Salesforce
11 9 (0.85%) Foundry
11 9 (0.85%) InterSystems
12 8 (0.76%) CyberArk
13 7 (0.66%) Sitecore
14 6 (0.57%) Centrify
14 6 (0.57%) Hitachi
15 5 (0.47%) OpenText
15 5 (0.47%) VMware
1,415 .NET jobs in England