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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 79 50
Rank change year-on-year -29 -29 -1
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,047 827 1,314
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.31% 2.98% 3.94%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.35% 13.39% 17.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 723 615 1,003
10th Percentile £393 £355 £363
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -4.66%
75th Percentile £625 £672 £650
90th Percentile £725 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 12
10th Percentile £38.15 £45.72 £21.13
25th Percentile £38.25 £63.63 £35.38
Median hourly rate £47.15 £67.00 £59.45
Median % change year-on-year -29.63% +12.70% +18.91%
75th Percentile £73.46 - £85.00
90th Percentile £78.78 - -
UK median hourly rate £47.15 £63.50 £58.91
% change year-on-year -25.75% +7.80% +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 8,476 6,174 7,305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.69% 22.23% 21.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,546 4,257 5,082
10th Percentile £363 £350 £360
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £813
UK median daily rate £525 £505 £550
% change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 148 231
10th Percentile £28.93 £31.25 £24.00
25th Percentile £46.80 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £73.46 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.47 £79.09 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.94 £53.75
% change year-on-year +18.32% +2.21% -10.42%

.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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -24 606 £550 +3.29% 291
North of England -27 130 £490 +3.16% 145
South East -24 122 £500 +11.11% 168
South West +6 73 £450 +20.00% 38
Yorkshire -23 69 £460 -5.64% 37
Midlands -39 66 £478 -2.45% 92
North West -31 56 £525 +23.53% 75
West Midlands -55 37 £450 -9.77% 44
East Midlands -12 28 £525 +8.81% 48
East of England -27 27 £518 +3.50% 50
North East - 5 £513 - 35
.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 42 (4.01%) SharePoint
2 39 (3.72%) Confluence
3 38 (3.63%) IIS
4 15 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.15%) CMS
6 9 (0.86%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.57%) Appian
8 5 (0.48%) Camunda
9 4 (0.38%) Kentico
9 4 (0.38%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.38%) WordPress
10 3 (0.29%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.29%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.29%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.19%) Mendix
12 1 (0.096%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.096%) Drupal
12 1 (0.096%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.096%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 25 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.096%) InDesign
5 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 31 (2.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.76%) Findur
3 7 (0.67%) OpenText MBPM
3 7 (0.67%) Oracle BPM
4 5 (0.48%) Shopify
5 4 (0.38%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.38%) Endur
6 3 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.096%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.096%) Alphatax
8 1 (0.096%) Magento
8 1 (0.096%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.096%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.096%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.096%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.096%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 536 (51.19%) Azure
2 199 (19.01%) Azure DevOps
3 178 (17.00%) AWS
4 113 (10.79%) Power Platform
5 112 (10.70%) GitHub
6 76 (7.26%) Azure Service Bus
6 76 (7.26%) Serverless
7 71 (6.78%) Dynamics 365
8 57 (5.44%) PowerApps
9 56 (5.35%) Power Automate
10 52 (4.97%) Azure Logic Apps
11 51 (4.87%) GitHub Actions
12 45 (4.30%) Entra ID
13 44 (4.20%) Azure Functions
14 42 (4.01%) Azure AKS
14 42 (4.01%) Azure Monitor
15 33 (3.15%) Azure Key Vault
16 31 (2.96%) GCP
17 30 (2.87%) PaaS
18 29 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.43%) Internet
2 10 (0.96%) 3GPP
3 9 (0.86%) RTP
3 9 (0.86%) Wireshark
4 8 (0.76%) Firewall
4 8 (0.76%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.57%) Intranet
6 5 (0.48%) NAS
6 5 (0.48%) Network Security
6 5 (0.48%) SAN
7 4 (0.38%) DNS
7 4 (0.38%) HTTP
8 3 (0.29%) DHCP
9 2 (0.19%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.19%) Multicast
9 2 (0.19%) RTCP
9 2 (0.19%) XCAP
10 1 (0.096%) Skype
10 1 (0.096%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.096%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 256 (24.45%) SQL Server
2 60 (5.73%) Relational Database
3 59 (5.64%) Power BI
4 45 (4.30%) Oracle Database
5 41 (3.92%) NoSQL
6 40 (3.82%) PostgreSQL
7 30 (2.87%) Azure SQL Database
8 25 (2.39%) MongoDB
9 21 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (1.15%) Redis
11 10 (0.96%) Geospatial Data
11 10 (0.96%) Pinecone
11 10 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (0.96%) Weaviate
12 9 (0.86%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.76%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.57%) Metadata
15 6 (0.57%) MySQL
16 5 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 137 (13.09%) Git
2 73 (6.97%) JIRA
3 47 (4.49%) Visual Studio
4 25 (2.39%) Jenkins
5 23 (2.20%) TeamCity
6 20 (1.91%) GitLab
7 16 (1.53%) Selenium
8 13 (1.24%) MSTest
8 13 (1.24%) NUnit
9 12 (1.15%) Cucumber
9 12 (1.15%) MSI
10 11 (1.05%) Gatling
11 10 (0.96%) Claude Code
12 9 (0.86%) Bitbucket
12 9 (0.86%) JMeter
12 9 (0.86%) Octopus Deploy
13 8 (0.76%) MSBuild
13 8 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
13 8 (0.76%) SpecFlow
14 7 (0.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 267 (25.50%) Finance
2 241 (23.02%) Social Skills
3 122 (11.65%) Banking
4 93 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (6.21%) Public Sector
6 54 (5.16%) Front Office
7 43 (4.11%) Investment Banking
8 24 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (1.34%) Financial Institution
11 11 (1.05%) Retail
12 10 (0.96%) Back Office
12 10 (0.96%) Legal
13 7 (0.67%) Marketing
13 7 (0.67%) Police
14 6 (0.57%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.57%) Billing
14 6 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.57%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.48%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 533 (50.91%) Developer
2 225 (21.49%) .NET Developer
3 167 (15.95%) Senior
4 146 (13.94%) C# Developer
5 115 (10.98%) Architect
6 107 (10.22%) Software Engineer
7 102 (9.74%) Senior Developer
8 98 (9.36%) Lead
9 70 (6.69%) Solutions Architect
10 69 (6.59%) Full-Stack Developer
11 68 (6.49%) C# .NET Developer
12 65 (6.21%) Software Developer
13 49 (4.68%) Senior .NET Developer
14 48 (4.58%) Azure Developer
15 32 (3.06%) .NET Software Developer
15 32 (3.06%) .NET Software Engineer
16 31 (2.96%) React Developer
17 28 (2.67%) C# Software Engineer
17 28 (2.67%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
17 28 (2.67%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 220 (21.01%) .NET Framework
2 188 (17.96%) REST
3 157 (15.00%) React
4 128 (12.23%) .NET Core
5 124 (11.84%) ASP.NET
6 118 (11.27%) RESTful
7 101 (9.65%) AngularJS
8 85 (8.12%) HTML
9 73 (6.97%) CSS
10 60 (5.73%) Entity Framework
11 56 (5.35%) ASP.NET Core
12 54 (5.16%) Web Services
13 48 (4.58%) JSON
14 45 (4.30%) XML
15 40 (3.82%) WinForms
15 40 (3.82%) WPF
16 38 (3.63%) ASP.NET Web API
16 38 (3.63%) SOAP
17 36 (3.44%) Node.js
17 36 (3.44%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 130 (12.42%) Cloud Native
2 74 (7.07%) Distributed Systems
3 63 (6.02%) Legacy Systems
4 55 (5.25%) Enterprise Software
5 44 (4.20%) AI Agents
6 43 (4.11%) Product Ownership
7 30 (2.87%) Onboarding
8 29 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (1.72%) Data Structures
9 18 (1.72%) Fixed Income
10 17 (1.62%) Legacy Code
11 14 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.15%) Derivative
12 12 (1.15%) Virtual Team
13 11 (1.05%) Equities
13 11 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 10 (0.96%) Distributed Applications
15 8 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
15 8 (0.76%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 106 (10.12%) Windows
2 49 (4.68%) Linux
3 31 (2.96%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.57%) Unix
5 4 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.29%) VMS
7 1 (0.096%) Android
7 1 (0.096%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.096%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.096%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 445 (42.50%) CI/CD
2 422 (40.31%) DevOps
3 372 (35.53%) Agile
4 206 (19.68%) Software Engineering
5 200 (19.10%) Microservices
6 185 (17.67%) AI
7 165 (15.76%) Full-Stack Development
8 144 (13.75%) Problem-Solving
9 137 (13.09%) Test Automation
10 107 (10.22%) SDLC
11 106 (10.12%) Migration
12 101 (9.65%) Scrum
13 91 (8.69%) Containerisation
13 91 (8.69%) Event-Driven
14 89 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
15 83 (7.93%) Infrastructure as Code
16 78 (7.45%) Technical Leadership
17 77 (7.35%) Unit Testing
18 76 (7.26%) Mentoring
19 74 (7.07%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 716 (68.39%) C#
2 366 (34.96%) SQL
3 208 (19.87%) JavaScript
4 203 (19.39%) Python
5 119 (11.37%) TypeScript
6 95 (9.07%) Java
7 77 (7.35%) T-SQL
8 74 (7.07%) PowerShell
9 56 (5.35%) PL/SQL
10 41 (3.92%) Bicep
11 35 (3.34%) C++
12 27 (2.58%) VB.NET
13 24 (2.29%) Go
14 19 (1.81%) VBA
15 15 (1.43%) VB
16 14 (1.34%) Bash
17 11 (1.05%) C
17 11 (1.05%) X++
18 10 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
19 6 (0.57%) XPath
Qualifications
1 186 (17.77%) Security Cleared
2 162 (15.47%) SC Cleared
3 89 (8.50%) Degree
4 30 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.62%) Azure Certification
6 16 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (1.34%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.05%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.76%) PhD
11 7 (0.67%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.48%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.38%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.19%) CISM
14 2 (0.19%) CISSP
15 1 (0.096%) CEH
15 1 (0.096%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (8.98%) QA
2 34 (3.25%) Accessibility
3 23 (2.20%) WCAG
4 16 (1.53%) GDPR
5 15 (1.43%) NCSC
6 13 (1.24%) Data Quality
7 9 (0.86%) SLA
8 5 (0.48%) HL7
8 5 (0.48%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.38%) GRC
9 4 (0.38%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.38%) PSD2
10 3 (0.29%) DICOM
10 3 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
11 2 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 2 (0.19%) GMP
11 2 (0.19%) GxP
11 2 (0.19%) IEC 62304
11 2 (0.19%) ISO 13485
11 2 (0.19%) SEPA
System Software
1 131 (12.51%) Docker
2 30 (2.87%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.29%) Firmware
5 2 (0.19%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.096%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 116 (11.08%) Kubernetes
2 114 (10.89%) Terraform
3 34 (3.25%) Ansible
4 14 (1.34%) Grafana
5 13 (1.24%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.57%) Istio
6 6 (0.57%) Kibana
7 4 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.29%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.29%) Rancher
9 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.19%) SCCM
9 2 (0.19%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.096%) Control-M
10 1 (0.096%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.096%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.096%) linkerd
Vendors
1 245 (23.40%) Microsoft
2 118 (11.27%) Oracle
3 38 (3.63%) Citrix
4 21 (2.01%) ServiceNow
5 18 (1.72%) OpenAI
6 16 (1.53%) Databricks
7 13 (1.24%) Google
7 13 (1.24%) UiPath
8 11 (1.05%) Splunk
9 10 (0.96%) Sitecore
10 9 (0.86%) InterSystems
10 9 (0.86%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.76%) OpenLink
12 7 (0.67%) Foundry
13 5 (0.48%) CyberArk
13 5 (0.48%) IBM
13 5 (0.48%) OpenText
13 5 (0.48%) SAP
13 5 (0.48%) VMware
14 4 (0.38%) Hitachi