.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 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 67 53
Rank change year-on-year -52 -14 -10
Contract jobs citing .NET 864 846 1,330
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.18% 3.45% 3.57%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.83% 15.39% 17.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 625 670 1,019
10th Percentile £386 £381 £325
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £684 £675
90th Percentile £700 £825 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 14
10th Percentile £47.05 £21.33 £20.77
25th Percentile £56.50 £21.46 £24.88
Median hourly rate £68.11 £23.41 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +190.92% -60.26% -1.83%
75th Percentile £74.45 £51.17 £79.69
90th Percentile £78.38 £66.78 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £68.11 £28.13 £58.91
% change year-on-year +142.15% -52.25% -9.38%

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 7,978 5,496 7,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.17% 22.43% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,330 3,813 5,329
10th Percentile £358 £367 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -3.51%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -1.90% -0.57% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 92 188
10th Percentile £32.50 £29.19 £20.81
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.19 £39.35
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.84
Median % change year-on-year - +38.77% -27.94%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.83 £82.87 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

.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 20 April 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 20 April 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 20 April 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 -44 521 £500 -14.53% 209
South East -17 109 £525 +5.00% 180
North of England -42 97 £475 +11.76% 157
Midlands -72 48 £492 +1.86% 58
Yorkshire -35 47 £500 +5.26% 41
North West -45 46 £450 +7.46% 91
South West -31 41 £450 -14.29% 57
East of England -17 27 £550 +14.29% 51
West Midlands -68 27 £481 -3.80% 30
East Midlands -26 21 £550 +12.24% 28
North East -17 4 £475 +28.38% 26
.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 (6.02%) SharePoint
2 33 (3.82%) IIS
3 18 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.97%) CMS
4 17 (1.97%) Confluence
5 14 (1.62%) Sitecore CMS
6 11 (1.27%) HCL Notes
7 10 (1.16%) Mendix
8 5 (0.58%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.58%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.35%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.35%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.23%) Apache
10 2 (0.23%) Appian
10 2 (0.23%) Documentum
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.23%) SAS
11 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) InDesign
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 40 (4.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.97%) Endur
3 8 (0.93%) Advent Geneva
4 7 (0.81%) Findur
5 5 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.23%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.12%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.12%) Magento
7 1 (0.12%) PeopleSoft Financials
7 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 456 (52.78%) Azure
2 191 (22.11%) Azure DevOps
3 143 (16.55%) AWS
4 114 (13.19%) GitHub
5 96 (11.11%) Serverless
6 86 (9.95%) Power Platform
7 77 (8.91%) Azure Service Bus
8 72 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
9 70 (8.10%) Azure Functions
9 70 (8.10%) Azure Logic Apps
10 57 (6.60%) Azure Monitor
11 55 (6.37%) Dynamics 365
12 50 (5.79%) Entra ID
13 48 (5.56%) GCP
13 48 (5.56%) Power Automate
14 43 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
14 43 (4.98%) PowerApps
15 41 (4.75%) Azure AKS
16 36 (4.17%) PaaS
17 33 (3.82%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.74%) HTTP
2 13 (1.50%) Internet
3 7 (0.81%) 3GPP
4 6 (0.69%) Network Security
5 5 (0.58%) RTP
6 3 (0.35%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.23%) DHCP
7 2 (0.23%) DNS
7 2 (0.23%) Firewall
7 2 (0.23%) NAS
7 2 (0.23%) RTCP
7 2 (0.23%) RTMP
7 2 (0.23%) SAN
7 2 (0.23%) SSL
7 2 (0.23%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.23%) XCAP
8 1 (0.12%) Skype
8 1 (0.12%) SMTP
8 1 (0.12%) VPN
8 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 228 (26.39%) SQL Server
2 56 (6.48%) Relational Database
3 52 (6.02%) Oracle Database
4 44 (5.09%) Azure SQL Database
5 37 (4.28%) NoSQL
6 36 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
7 33 (3.82%) Power BI
8 21 (2.43%) MongoDB
9 17 (1.97%) MySQL
10 14 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (1.16%) Redis
13 9 (1.04%) Crystal Reports
14 8 (0.93%) DB2
14 8 (0.93%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.93%) Metadata
15 6 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
16 5 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
16 5 (0.58%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.58%) GIS
Development Applications
1 96 (11.11%) Git
2 59 (6.83%) JIRA
3 33 (3.82%) Visual Studio
4 28 (3.24%) Selenium
5 24 (2.78%) Jenkins
6 20 (2.31%) Postman
7 14 (1.62%) TeamCity
8 13 (1.50%) Cucumber
9 11 (1.27%) NUnit
10 10 (1.16%) MSTest
11 9 (1.04%) REST Assured
12 8 (0.93%) GitLab
12 8 (0.93%) SpecFlow
12 8 (0.93%) TestRail
13 6 (0.69%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
13 6 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (0.58%) Appium
14 5 (0.58%) Cypress.io
15 4 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 205 (23.73%) Social Skills
2 202 (23.38%) Finance
3 106 (12.27%) Banking
4 79 (9.14%) Public Sector
5 73 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (3.94%) Front Office
6 34 (3.94%) Investment Banking
7 28 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (2.55%) Financial Institution
9 10 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (0.93%) Retail
11 7 (0.81%) Billing
11 7 (0.81%) Health Technology
11 7 (0.81%) Manufacturing
11 7 (0.81%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.69%) Aviation
12 6 (0.69%) Back Office
12 6 (0.69%) Marketing
12 6 (0.69%) Police
Job Titles
1 469 (54.28%) Developer
2 163 (18.87%) .NET Developer
3 145 (16.78%) C# Developer
4 117 (13.54%) Senior
5 95 (11.00%) Architect
6 90 (10.42%) Software Engineer
7 66 (7.64%) Senior Developer
8 60 (6.94%) Lead
9 57 (6.60%) Full-Stack Developer
10 55 (6.37%) Solutions Architect
11 52 (6.02%) Azure Developer
11 52 (6.02%) C# .NET Developer
12 46 (5.32%) Software Developer
13 35 (4.05%) Senior .NET Developer
14 31 (3.59%) Azure Engineer
15 25 (2.89%) .NET Software Developer
15 25 (2.89%) .NET Software Engineer
16 24 (2.78%) Technical Architect
17 22 (2.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 21 (2.43%) Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (19.68%) .NET Framework
2 141 (16.32%) React
3 128 (14.81%) REST
4 100 (11.57%) .NET Core
4 100 (11.57%) AngularJS
5 89 (10.30%) RESTful
6 84 (9.72%) HTML
7 82 (9.49%) ASP.NET
8 62 (7.18%) CSS
9 51 (5.90%) Node.js
10 38 (4.40%) ASP.NET Core
11 34 (3.94%) Entity Framework
12 33 (3.82%) ASP.NET Web API
12 33 (3.82%) OAuth
12 33 (3.82%) WPF
13 29 (3.36%) WinForms
14 27 (3.13%) JSON
14 27 (3.13%) XML
15 26 (3.01%) Microsoft Graph
15 26 (3.01%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 94 (10.88%) Cloud Native
2 47 (5.44%) Legacy Systems
3 46 (5.32%) Distributed Systems
4 35 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (2.78%) Product Ownership
6 22 (2.55%) AI Agents
7 17 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (1.85%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.62%) Fixed Income
9 14 (1.62%) NHS
10 13 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.50%) Legacy Code
10 13 (1.50%) Low-Code
11 12 (1.39%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.27%) Credit Risk
13 10 (1.16%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.16%) Derivative
14 9 (1.04%) IoT
14 9 (1.04%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 85 (9.84%) Windows
2 33 (3.82%) Windows Server
3 30 (3.47%) Linux
4 5 (0.58%) Unix
5 4 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.23%) VMS
7 1 (0.12%) Android
7 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (41.20%) CI/CD
2 350 (40.51%) DevOps
3 264 (30.56%) Agile
4 168 (19.44%) Microservices
5 148 (17.13%) Software Engineering
6 137 (15.86%) AI
7 130 (15.05%) Full-Stack Development
8 124 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
9 119 (13.77%) Test Automation
10 78 (9.03%) Infrastructure as Code
11 77 (8.91%) Containerisation
12 72 (8.33%) Scrum
13 70 (8.10%) Unit Testing
14 68 (7.87%) Migration
15 67 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
16 65 (7.52%) SDLC
17 64 (7.41%) TDD
18 55 (6.37%) Event-Driven
18 55 (6.37%) Mentoring
19 52 (6.02%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 590 (68.29%) C#
2 346 (40.05%) SQL
3 191 (22.11%) Python
4 173 (20.02%) JavaScript
5 90 (10.42%) Java
6 83 (9.61%) TypeScript
7 60 (6.94%) PL/SQL
8 57 (6.60%) T-SQL
9 55 (6.37%) PowerShell
10 27 (3.13%) Bicep
11 21 (2.43%) PHP
12 19 (2.20%) C++
13 18 (2.08%) Go
14 17 (1.97%) Kusto Query Language
15 15 (1.74%) VBA
16 12 (1.39%) VB
17 11 (1.27%) Formula Language
17 11 (1.27%) LotusScript
18 9 (1.04%) Bash
19 8 (0.93%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 159 (18.40%) Security Cleared
2 131 (15.16%) SC Cleared
3 65 (7.52%) Degree
4 31 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.31%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.50%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.69%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.58%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.58%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.46%) CISSP
11 4 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.35%) CCSP
12 3 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.35%) OSCP
12 3 (0.35%) SANS
13 2 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (11.34%) QA
2 18 (2.08%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.74%) GDPR
4 9 (1.04%) HL7
4 9 (1.04%) PCI DSS
5 8 (0.93%) Data Quality
5 8 (0.93%) WCAG
6 6 (0.69%) ISO 20022
6 6 (0.69%) NIST
6 6 (0.69%) PSD2
7 4 (0.46%) GRC
7 4 (0.46%) SLA
8 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.35%) SEPA
9 2 (0.23%) DICOM
9 2 (0.23%) NCSC
9 2 (0.23%) TARGET2
10 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.12%) EMIR
10 1 (0.12%) MiFID
System Software
1 122 (14.12%) Docker
2 30 (3.47%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.35%) Firmware
5 2 (0.23%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 103 (11.92%) Terraform
2 100 (11.57%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.93%) Grafana
4 7 (0.81%) Ansible
4 7 (0.81%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.46%) Istio
6 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.23%) Argo
7 2 (0.23%) Control-M
7 2 (0.23%) Rancher
7 2 (0.23%) SCCM
8 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.12%) linkerd
Vendors
1 211 (24.42%) Microsoft
2 124 (14.35%) Oracle
3 39 (4.51%) Citrix
4 28 (3.24%) OpenAI
5 21 (2.43%) Databricks
6 19 (2.20%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.08%) Sitecore
8 14 (1.62%) Google
9 13 (1.50%) OpenLink
10 11 (1.27%) Lotus
11 10 (1.16%) Foundry
11 10 (1.16%) Kofax
12 8 (0.93%) Advent
12 8 (0.93%) SAP
12 8 (0.93%) UiPath
13 5 (0.58%) Adobe
13 5 (0.58%) Brio
13 5 (0.58%) Rapid7
13 5 (0.58%) Salesforce
14 4 (0.46%) InterSystems