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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 93 52
Rank change year-on-year -18 -41 -2
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,062 772 1,260
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.32% 2.78% 3.81%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.89% 11.18% 15.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 725 557 936
10th Percentile £400 £346 £363
25th Percentile £425 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -6.67%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £725 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £490 £520
% change year-on-year +7.14% -5.77% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 7 11
10th Percentile £37.25 £45.72 £20.00
25th Percentile £38.25 £63.63 £34.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £67.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.84% +11.67% -
75th Percentile £69.47 - £85.00
90th Percentile £78.38 - -
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £63.50 £58.91
% change year-on-year -29.13% +7.80% -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 9,753 6,907 8,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.32% 24.89% 24.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,423 4,743 5,578
10th Percentile £376 £355 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -1.79%
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 264 166 183
10th Percentile £29.35 £31.25 £32.00
25th Percentile £50.00 £42.63 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.24 £54.79 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.72% -12.34% -3.10%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.51 £76.85 £74.79
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +20.37% -12.34% -1.44%

.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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -19 631 £550 +4.76% 359
North of England -25 128 £490 +3.16% 148
South East -28 114 £500 +11.11% 169
South West +9 75 £450 +20.00% 58
Yorkshire -18 73 £457 -7.68% 34
Midlands -38 67 £500 +6.38% 100
North West -33 46 £525 +23.53% 91
East Midlands 0 33 £525 +20.00% 53
West Midlands -49 33 £459 -8.71% 46
East of England -30 26 £510 +2.00% 61
North East - 9 £513 - 25
.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 52 (4.90%) SharePoint
2 40 (3.77%) Confluence
3 37 (3.48%) IIS
4 14 (1.32%) CMS
5 13 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.47%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.47%) Appian
8 5 (0.47%) Camunda
8 5 (0.47%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.38%) Kentico
9 4 (0.38%) WordPress
10 3 (0.28%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.28%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.28%) Mendix
11 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.094%) Drupal
12 1 (0.094%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 27 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.56%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.38%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 42 (3.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.66%) OpenText MBPM
2 7 (0.66%) Oracle BPM
3 5 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.47%) Shopify
4 4 (0.38%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.38%) Endur
4 4 (0.38%) Findur
5 3 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.094%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.094%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.094%) Magento
7 1 (0.094%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.094%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.094%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 541 (50.94%) Azure
2 210 (19.77%) Azure DevOps
3 181 (17.04%) AWS
4 134 (12.62%) Power Platform
5 120 (11.30%) GitHub
6 92 (8.66%) Serverless
7 85 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
8 83 (7.82%) Azure Service Bus
9 67 (6.31%) Power Automate
10 64 (6.03%) Azure Logic Apps
10 64 (6.03%) PowerApps
11 59 (5.56%) Azure Functions
12 52 (4.90%) GitHub Actions
13 45 (4.24%) Azure Monitor
14 42 (3.95%) Entra ID
15 40 (3.77%) Azure AKS
16 30 (2.82%) Microsoft Copilot
17 29 (2.73%) Azure API Management
18 28 (2.64%) Azure Key Vault
18 28 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.41%) Internet
2 9 (0.85%) TCP/IP
2 9 (0.85%) Wireshark
3 7 (0.66%) Firewall
3 7 (0.66%) RTP
4 6 (0.56%) 3GPP
4 6 (0.56%) Intranet
5 5 (0.47%) DNS
6 4 (0.38%) NAS
6 4 (0.38%) Network Security
6 4 (0.38%) SAN
7 3 (0.28%) DHCP
7 3 (0.28%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.28%) VPN
8 2 (0.19%) HTTP
8 2 (0.19%) Multicast
8 2 (0.19%) Skype
8 2 (0.19%) VLAN
9 1 (0.094%) DMZ
9 1 (0.094%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 277 (26.08%) SQL Server
2 67 (6.31%) Power BI
3 57 (5.37%) Relational Database
4 46 (4.33%) PostgreSQL
5 45 (4.24%) Oracle Database
6 44 (4.14%) NoSQL
7 32 (3.01%) Azure SQL Database
8 26 (2.45%) MongoDB
9 24 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (1.13%) DynamoDB
11 12 (1.13%) Geospatial Data
12 11 (1.04%) Redis
13 10 (0.94%) Chroma
13 10 (0.94%) MySQL
13 10 (0.94%) Pinecone
13 10 (0.94%) Weaviate
14 9 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
15 8 (0.75%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.56%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 139 (13.09%) Git
2 75 (7.06%) JIRA
3 48 (4.52%) Visual Studio
4 35 (3.30%) Jenkins
5 25 (2.35%) GitLab
6 22 (2.07%) TeamCity
7 19 (1.79%) Selenium
8 15 (1.41%) JMeter
9 13 (1.22%) MSI
10 12 (1.13%) Bitbucket
10 12 (1.13%) Gatling
10 12 (1.13%) NUnit
11 11 (1.04%) Claude Code
12 10 (0.94%) Cucumber
12 10 (0.94%) Postman
13 9 (0.85%) eggPlant
13 9 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
13 9 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
14 8 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 7 (0.66%) Artifactory
General
1 264 (24.86%) Social Skills
2 261 (24.58%) Finance
3 121 (11.39%) Banking
4 108 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (6.12%) Public Sector
6 60 (5.65%) Front Office
7 44 (4.14%) Investment Banking
8 28 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (1.41%) Financial Institution
10 13 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.13%) Legal
12 10 (0.94%) Back Office
12 10 (0.94%) Marketing
12 10 (0.94%) Retail
13 7 (0.66%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.56%) Billing
14 6 (0.56%) Police
15 5 (0.47%) Aviation
15 5 (0.47%) Fire and Rescue
15 5 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 532 (50.09%) Developer
2 221 (20.81%) .NET Developer
3 176 (16.57%) Senior
4 129 (12.15%) C# Developer
5 118 (11.11%) Architect
6 108 (10.17%) Software Engineer
7 100 (9.42%) Senior Developer
8 94 (8.85%) Lead
9 70 (6.59%) Full-Stack Developer
10 65 (6.12%) Solutions Architect
11 55 (5.18%) C# .NET Developer
12 54 (5.08%) Software Developer
13 46 (4.33%) Senior .NET Developer
14 45 (4.24%) Azure Developer
15 35 (3.30%) .NET Software Engineer
16 32 (3.01%) Azure Engineer
16 32 (3.01%) Dynamics 365 Developer
17 29 (2.73%) .NET Software Developer
18 27 (2.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
18 27 (2.54%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (20.06%) .NET Framework
2 205 (19.30%) REST
3 150 (14.12%) React
4 139 (13.09%) .NET Core
5 122 (11.49%) ASP.NET
6 121 (11.39%) Terraform
7 109 (10.26%) RESTful
8 86 (8.10%) AngularJS
9 76 (7.16%) HTML
9 76 (7.16%) Web Services
10 73 (6.87%) CSS
11 54 (5.08%) JSON
12 53 (4.99%) Entity Framework
13 52 (4.90%) ASP.NET Core
13 52 (4.90%) XML
14 49 (4.61%) SOAP
15 43 (4.05%) Kafka
15 43 (4.05%) WPF
16 40 (3.77%) OAuth
17 39 (3.67%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 137 (12.90%) Cloud Native
2 74 (6.97%) Distributed Systems
3 63 (5.93%) Legacy Systems
4 59 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
5 48 (4.52%) Product Ownership
6 46 (4.33%) AI Agents
7 32 (3.01%) Onboarding
8 28 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (1.69%) Legacy Code
10 15 (1.41%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.41%) Fixed Income
11 14 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 13 (1.22%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.13%) Derivative
13 12 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
14 11 (1.04%) Distributed Applications
14 11 (1.04%) Equities
14 11 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
14 11 (1.04%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 109 (10.26%) Windows
2 67 (6.31%) Linux
3 32 (3.01%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.32%) Unix
5 6 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.19%) VMS
7 1 (0.094%) Android
7 1 (0.094%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.094%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.094%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (40.40%) CI/CD
2 421 (39.64%) DevOps
3 367 (34.56%) Agile
4 207 (19.49%) Software Engineering
5 197 (18.55%) AI
6 191 (17.98%) Microservices
7 159 (14.97%) Full-Stack Development
8 158 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
9 140 (13.18%) Test Automation
10 116 (10.92%) SDLC
11 111 (10.45%) Migration
12 101 (9.51%) Scrum
13 99 (9.32%) Event-Driven
14 97 (9.13%) Continuous Improvement
15 89 (8.38%) Containerisation
16 86 (8.10%) Infrastructure as Code
17 82 (7.72%) Technical Leadership
18 80 (7.53%) Stakeholder Management
19 79 (7.44%) Mentoring
20 72 (6.78%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 721 (67.89%) C#
2 383 (36.06%) SQL
3 223 (21.00%) Python
4 213 (20.06%) JavaScript
5 128 (12.05%) TypeScript
6 104 (9.79%) Java
7 74 (6.97%) PowerShell
7 74 (6.97%) T-SQL
8 55 (5.18%) PL/SQL
9 47 (4.43%) Bicep
10 33 (3.11%) C++
11 32 (3.01%) VB.NET
12 18 (1.69%) VBA
13 17 (1.60%) Go
14 15 (1.41%) Bash
15 14 (1.32%) VB
16 12 (1.13%) X++
17 8 (0.75%) C
17 8 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
18 6 (0.56%) XPath
Qualifications
1 184 (17.33%) Security Cleared
2 157 (14.78%) SC Cleared
3 91 (8.57%) Degree
4 28 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (1.60%) Azure Certification
7 16 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.32%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.13%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.75%) ISTQB
10 8 (0.75%) PhD
11 7 (0.66%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 5 (0.47%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.38%) ISEB
14 4 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 2 (0.19%) CISM
16 2 (0.19%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (8.38%) QA
2 33 (3.11%) Accessibility
3 25 (2.35%) WCAG
4 17 (1.60%) NCSC
5 15 (1.41%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.13%) GDPR
7 8 (0.75%) SLA
8 5 (0.47%) HL7
9 3 (0.28%) Basel III
9 3 (0.28%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.28%) SNOMED CT
10 2 (0.19%) DICOM
10 2 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.19%) GRC
10 2 (0.19%) GxP
10 2 (0.19%) IEC 62304
10 2 (0.19%) ISO 13485
10 2 (0.19%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 2 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 125 (11.77%) Docker
2 38 (3.58%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.28%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.094%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 112 (10.55%) Kubernetes
2 39 (3.67%) Ansible
3 13 (1.22%) Grafana
4 11 (1.04%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.66%) Kibana
6 5 (0.47%) Control-M
6 5 (0.47%) HP Fortify
7 4 (0.38%) Istio
7 4 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.19%) SCCM
9 2 (0.19%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.094%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.094%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.094%) linkerd
10 1 (0.094%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.094%) Rancher
Vendors
1 288 (27.12%) Microsoft
2 115 (10.83%) Oracle
3 35 (3.30%) Citrix
4 22 (2.07%) Databricks
5 21 (1.98%) OpenAI
5 21 (1.98%) UiPath
6 19 (1.79%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.22%) IBM
8 12 (1.13%) SAP
8 12 (1.13%) Splunk
9 10 (0.94%) Google
9 10 (0.94%) Salesforce
10 9 (0.85%) Foundry
10 9 (0.85%) InterSystems
11 8 (0.75%) CyberArk
12 7 (0.66%) Sitecore
13 6 (0.56%) Centrify
13 6 (0.56%) Hitachi
14 5 (0.47%) OpenText
14 5 (0.47%) VMware