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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 70 54
Rank change year-on-year -44 -16 -10
Contract jobs citing .NET 878 835 1,340
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.19% 3.41% 3.60%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.05% 15.23% 17.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 637 666 1,031
10th Percentile £382 £371 £325
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £600 £690 £651
90th Percentile £715 £825 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 14
10th Percentile £39.80 £21.33 £20.77
25th Percentile £46.80 £21.46 £24.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £23.41 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +177.66% -60.26% +7.10%
75th Percentile £73.46 £51.17 £79.69
90th Percentile £78.00 £66.78 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £27.00 £58.91
% change year-on-year +140.74% -54.16% -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 7,945 5,482 7,503
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.84% 22.40% 20.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,312 3,805 5,342
10th Percentile £358 £370 £350
25th Percentile £419 £425 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -3.00% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 99 207
10th Percentile £32.50 £30.01 £21.54
25th Percentile £52.25 £51.25 £40.16
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.00 £82.27 £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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -45 530 £500 -16.67% 205
South East -22 112 £525 +5.00% 174
North of England -38 97 £500 +17.65% 141
Yorkshire -37 49 £500 +5.26% 31
Midlands -66 48 £492 +0.41% 69
South West -23 45 £485 -7.62% 46
North West -38 44 £450 +9.09% 85
West Midlands -65 27 £481 -3.80% 35
East of England -19 26 £550 +14.29% 46
East Midlands -34 21 £550 +11.11% 33
North East -17 4 £475 +28.38% 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 51 (5.81%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.99%) IIS
3 20 (2.28%) CMS
4 18 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.82%) Confluence
6 14 (1.59%) Sitecore CMS
7 11 (1.25%) HCL Notes
8 10 (1.14%) Mendix
9 5 (0.57%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.57%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.34%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.34%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.34%) Kentico
10 3 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.34%) WordPress
11 2 (0.23%) Appian
11 2 (0.23%) Documentum
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.11%) InDesign
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 38 (4.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.94%) Endur
3 7 (0.80%) Findur
4 6 (0.68%) Advent Geneva
5 5 (0.57%) 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 (0.11%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft Financials
7 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.11%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 467 (53.19%) Azure
2 198 (22.55%) Azure DevOps
3 148 (16.86%) AWS
4 113 (12.87%) GitHub
5 97 (11.05%) Serverless
6 86 (9.79%) Power Platform
7 78 (8.88%) Azure Service Bus
8 72 (8.20%) GitHub Actions
9 71 (8.09%) Azure Functions
10 70 (7.97%) Azure Logic Apps
11 56 (6.38%) Azure Monitor
12 54 (6.15%) Dynamics 365
13 48 (5.47%) Entra ID
13 48 (5.47%) GCP
14 47 (5.35%) Power Automate
15 43 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
16 42 (4.78%) Azure AKS
16 42 (4.78%) PowerApps
17 36 (4.10%) PaaS
18 34 (3.87%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.71%) HTTP
2 14 (1.59%) Internet
3 8 (0.91%) 3GPP
4 6 (0.68%) Network Security
4 6 (0.68%) RTP
5 5 (0.57%) Firewall
6 4 (0.46%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.34%) NAS
7 3 (0.34%) SAN
7 3 (0.34%) SSL
8 2 (0.23%) RTCP
8 2 (0.23%) RTMP
8 2 (0.23%) XCAP
9 1 (0.11%) DHCP
9 1 (0.11%) Intranet
9 1 (0.11%) Skype
9 1 (0.11%) SMTP
9 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.11%) VPN
9 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (26.08%) SQL Server
2 55 (6.26%) Oracle Database
3 54 (6.15%) Relational Database
4 41 (4.67%) Azure SQL Database
5 37 (4.21%) NoSQL
6 36 (4.10%) PostgreSQL
7 33 (3.76%) Power BI
8 21 (2.39%) MongoDB
9 15 (1.71%) MySQL
9 15 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (1.37%) Redis
10 12 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (1.03%) Crystal Reports
11 9 (1.03%) Metadata
12 8 (0.91%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.68%) DB2
13 6 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.57%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.57%) GIS
Development Applications
1 95 (10.82%) Git
2 63 (7.18%) JIRA
3 34 (3.87%) Visual Studio
4 26 (2.96%) Selenium
5 24 (2.73%) Jenkins
6 17 (1.94%) Postman
6 17 (1.94%) TeamCity
7 13 (1.48%) Cucumber
8 11 (1.25%) NUnit
9 9 (1.03%) GitLab
9 9 (1.03%) REST Assured
10 8 (0.91%) MSTest
10 8 (0.91%) SpecFlow
10 8 (0.91%) TestRail
11 7 (0.80%) Octopus Deploy
12 6 (0.68%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.57%) Appium
13 5 (0.57%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
14 4 (0.46%) WebDriver
General
1 209 (23.80%) Finance
2 208 (23.69%) Social Skills
3 108 (12.30%) Banking
4 76 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (8.43%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.33%) Front Office
7 37 (4.21%) Investment Banking
8 24 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (2.51%) Financial Institution
10 10 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (0.91%) Billing
13 7 (0.80%) Aviation
13 7 (0.80%) Health Technology
13 7 (0.80%) Manufacturing
13 7 (0.80%) Retail
13 7 (0.80%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.68%) Back Office
14 6 (0.68%) Marketing
14 6 (0.68%) Police
Job Titles
1 477 (54.33%) Developer
2 163 (18.56%) .NET Developer
3 150 (17.08%) C# Developer
4 118 (13.44%) Senior
5 98 (11.16%) Architect
6 89 (10.14%) Software Engineer
7 70 (7.97%) Senior Developer
8 61 (6.95%) Lead
9 58 (6.61%) Full-Stack Developer
10 57 (6.49%) Solutions Architect
11 53 (6.04%) C# .NET Developer
12 51 (5.81%) Azure Developer
13 48 (5.47%) Software Developer
14 36 (4.10%) Senior .NET Developer
15 32 (3.64%) Azure Engineer
16 27 (3.08%) .NET Software Engineer
17 25 (2.85%) .NET Software Developer
17 25 (2.85%) Technical Architect
18 24 (2.73%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 22 (2.51%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (19.93%) .NET Framework
2 143 (16.29%) React
3 127 (14.46%) REST
4 103 (11.73%) AngularJS
5 102 (11.62%) .NET Core
6 90 (10.25%) HTML
7 88 (10.02%) RESTful
8 83 (9.45%) ASP.NET
9 68 (7.74%) CSS
10 51 (5.81%) Node.js
11 39 (4.44%) ASP.NET Core
12 38 (4.33%) Entity Framework
13 35 (3.99%) WPF
14 33 (3.76%) ASP.NET Web API
15 32 (3.64%) WinForms
16 31 (3.53%) OAuth
17 29 (3.30%) XML
18 28 (3.19%) JSON
19 26 (2.96%) SOAP
20 24 (2.73%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 95 (10.82%) Cloud Native
2 50 (5.69%) Legacy Systems
3 49 (5.58%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (3.87%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (2.62%) AI Agents
5 23 (2.62%) Product Ownership
6 19 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.71%) Legacy Code
8 14 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (1.59%) Fixed Income
8 14 (1.59%) NHS
8 14 (1.59%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.59%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (1.48%) Low-Code
10 12 (1.37%) Derivative
11 11 (1.25%) Credit Risk
12 9 (1.03%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.03%) IoT
12 9 (1.03%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 87 (9.91%) Windows
2 33 (3.76%) Linux
2 33 (3.76%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.57%) Unix
4 4 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.23%) VMS
6 1 (0.11%) Android
6 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (41.34%) DevOps
2 361 (41.12%) CI/CD
3 271 (30.87%) Agile
4 173 (19.70%) Microservices
5 146 (16.63%) Software Engineering
6 141 (16.06%) AI
7 132 (15.03%) Full-Stack Development
8 128 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
9 114 (12.98%) Test Automation
10 79 (9.00%) Infrastructure as Code
11 76 (8.66%) Containerisation
11 76 (8.66%) Migration
12 73 (8.31%) Unit Testing
13 71 (8.09%) Scrum
14 67 (7.63%) SDLC
15 66 (7.52%) TDD
16 62 (7.06%) Continuous Improvement
17 59 (6.72%) Event-Driven
18 54 (6.15%) Data Modelling
19 53 (6.04%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 599 (68.22%) C#
2 352 (40.09%) SQL
3 193 (21.98%) Python
4 175 (19.93%) JavaScript
5 89 (10.14%) Java
6 83 (9.45%) TypeScript
7 60 (6.83%) PL/SQL
8 57 (6.49%) T-SQL
9 54 (6.15%) PowerShell
10 28 (3.19%) Bicep
11 21 (2.39%) PHP
12 19 (2.16%) Go
13 18 (2.05%) C++
14 16 (1.82%) Kusto Query Language
14 16 (1.82%) VBA
15 15 (1.71%) VB
16 11 (1.25%) Formula Language
16 11 (1.25%) LotusScript
17 10 (1.14%) Bash
17 10 (1.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 159 (18.11%) Security Cleared
2 131 (14.92%) SC Cleared
3 68 (7.74%) Degree
4 32 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.39%) Azure Certification
6 17 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.37%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.68%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.57%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.57%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.46%) CISSP
11 4 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.34%) CCSP
12 3 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.34%) OSCP
12 3 (0.34%) SANS
13 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (11.39%) QA
2 18 (2.05%) Accessibility
3 16 (1.82%) GDPR
4 11 (1.25%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.14%) HL7
5 10 (1.14%) PCI DSS
6 8 (0.91%) WCAG
7 6 (0.68%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.68%) PSD2
8 5 (0.57%) GRC
8 5 (0.57%) NIST
9 4 (0.46%) SLA
10 3 (0.34%) DICOM
10 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.34%) SEPA
11 2 (0.23%) NCSC
11 2 (0.23%) TARGET2
12 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.11%) EMIR
12 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 123 (14.01%) Docker
2 28 (3.19%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.34%) Firmware
5 2 (0.23%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 110 (12.53%) Terraform
2 104 (11.85%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.25%) Ansible
4 9 (1.03%) Grafana
5 8 (0.91%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.57%) Istio
7 3 (0.34%) Rancher
8 2 (0.23%) Argo
8 2 (0.23%) Control-M
8 2 (0.23%) SCCM
8 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.11%) linkerd
Vendors
1 212 (24.15%) Microsoft
2 125 (14.24%) Oracle
3 40 (4.56%) Citrix
4 27 (3.08%) OpenAI
5 21 (2.39%) Databricks
6 18 (2.05%) ServiceNow
6 18 (2.05%) Sitecore
7 14 (1.59%) Google
8 13 (1.48%) OpenLink
9 11 (1.25%) Lotus
10 10 (1.14%) Kofax
11 9 (1.03%) Foundry
12 8 (0.91%) InterSystems
12 8 (0.91%) SAP
12 8 (0.91%) UiPath
13 6 (0.68%) Advent
14 5 (0.57%) Adobe
14 5 (0.57%) Brio
14 5 (0.57%) Rapid7
14 5 (0.57%) Salesforce