.NET Contracts in England

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for .NET skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited .NET over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 45 33
Rank change year-on-year -7 -12 +2
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,339 2,333 4,378
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.66% 4.75% 6.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 18.00% 20.62% 23.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,030 1,805 3,483
10th Percentile £338 £385 £385
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £523 £560 £538
% change year-on-year -6.61% +4.09% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 18 46
10th Percentile £20.77 £27.75 £20.13
25th Percentile £27.00 £39.88 £35.00
Median hourly rate £58.91 £55.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.10% +12.24% +8.89%
75th Percentile £75.00 £81.88 £59.38
90th Percentile £85.00 £87.58 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £58.91 £60.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -1.83% +23.08% +14.71%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

.NET is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,438 11,317 19,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.33% 23.04% 26.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,290 8,373 14,279
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £430 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £565
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -0.88% +13.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £788 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 138 205
10th Percentile £21.96 £28.73 £22.20
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.01 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.65% +9.34%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £75.34
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.65
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.93% +10.32%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing .NET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for .NET in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing .NET in England.

Daily rate trend for .NET in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing .NET in England.

Hourly rate trend for .NET in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing .NET in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024. 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 +2 908 £575 -10.16% 459
South East -39 104 £500 -2.44% 174
North of England -40 103 £423 -11.05% 312
South West +14 91 £553 +4.25% 114
North West -28 65 £445 -6.32% 187
Midlands -31 57 £456 +7.35% 222
West Midlands -13 38 £494 -1.25% 130
East of England -5 36 £475 - 67
Yorkshire -12 30 £400 -16.67% 94
East Midlands -21 19 £418 +4.38% 92
North East +10 8 £278 -40.00% 33
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UK

.NET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 44 (3.29%) CMS
1 44 (3.29%) IIS
2 32 (2.39%) Confluence
2 32 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 31 (2.32%) Umbraco
4 13 (0.97%) BizTalk Server
5 7 (0.52%) Apache
6 6 (0.45%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.45%) WordPress
7 5 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.37%) Drupal
7 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.15%) Jadu
10 2 (0.15%) nginx
10 2 (0.15%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.15%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.075%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.075%) Site Server
Applications
1 37 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.075%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.075%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.075%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.075%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.075%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 32 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.05%) Endur
3 7 (0.52%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.30%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.30%) Magento
4 4 (0.30%) SimCorp Dimension
5 3 (0.22%) Maximo
6 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.15%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.075%) Aareon QL
7 1 (0.075%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.075%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.075%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.075%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.075%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.075%) OPENHousing
7 1 (0.075%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 673 (50.26%) Azure
2 329 (24.57%) Azure DevOps
3 210 (15.68%) AWS
4 109 (8.14%) Azure Service Bus
5 89 (6.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 79 (5.90%) Serverless
7 76 (5.68%) Entra ID
8 67 (5.00%) Power Platform
9 56 (4.18%) Azure Functions
10 54 (4.03%) Azure Monitor
11 53 (3.96%) GCP
12 45 (3.36%) Azure Logic Apps
13 44 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
14 41 (3.06%) PaaS
15 36 (2.69%) Power Automate
15 36 (2.69%) PowerApps
16 28 (2.09%) Azure API Management
16 28 (2.09%) GitHub
17 26 (1.94%) Azure Data Factory
18 25 (1.87%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.49%) Internet
2 16 (1.19%) DNS
3 15 (1.12%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.97%) HTTP
4 13 (0.97%) VPN
5 11 (0.82%) Network Security
6 9 (0.67%) FTP
7 8 (0.60%) Firewall
8 5 (0.37%) DHCP
8 5 (0.37%) Intranet
8 5 (0.37%) SSL
9 4 (0.30%) SSH
9 4 (0.30%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (0.15%) AMQP
11 2 (0.15%) BIG-IP
11 2 (0.15%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.15%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.15%) MQTT
11 2 (0.15%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 397 (29.65%) SQL Server
2 62 (4.63%) NoSQL
3 45 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
4 43 (3.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 37 (2.76%) Relational Database
6 31 (2.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 30 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
7 30 (2.24%) Power BI
8 27 (2.02%) Oracle Database
9 26 (1.94%) MongoDB
10 23 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
11 21 (1.57%) Redis
12 18 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
13 14 (1.05%) MySQL
14 13 (0.97%) Data Lake
15 12 (0.90%) DynamoDB
16 11 (0.82%) Big Data
17 9 (0.67%) GIS
18 7 (0.52%) OLTP
19 6 (0.45%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 174 (12.99%) Git
2 86 (6.42%) Visual Studio
3 68 (5.08%) Jenkins
4 56 (4.18%) TeamCity
5 53 (3.96%) SpecFlow
6 51 (3.81%) JIRA
7 47 (3.51%) Selenium
8 35 (2.61%) NUnit
9 34 (2.54%) Bitbucket
10 29 (2.17%) Postman
11 25 (1.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 25 (1.87%) Cucumber
12 23 (1.72%) WebDriver
13 19 (1.42%) Moq
14 15 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
15 13 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
15 13 (0.97%) SonarQube
16 12 (0.90%) Cypress.io
16 12 (0.90%) SoapUI
17 11 (0.82%) Appium
General
1 259 (19.34%) Finance
2 226 (16.88%) Social Skills
3 102 (7.62%) Public Sector
4 97 (7.24%) Front Office
5 95 (7.09%) Banking
6 85 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
7 60 (4.48%) Back Office
8 48 (3.58%) Investment Banking
9 32 (2.39%) Local Government
10 19 (1.42%) Manufacturing
11 18 (1.34%) Aerospace
11 18 (1.34%) Marketing
12 17 (1.27%) Retail
13 13 (0.97%) Law
14 12 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (0.90%) Telecoms
15 11 (0.82%) Electronics
15 11 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (0.75%) Financial Institution
17 9 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 826 (61.69%) Developer
2 357 (26.66%) .NET Developer
3 227 (16.95%) Senior
4 221 (16.50%) C# Developer
5 149 (11.13%) Senior Developer
6 124 (9.26%) Software Engineer
7 113 (8.44%) Full Stack Developer
8 106 (7.92%) C# .NET Developer
9 93 (6.95%) Software Developer
10 91 (6.80%) Lead
11 86 (6.42%) Architect
12 81 (6.05%) Azure Developer
13 58 (4.33%) .NET Software Engineer
14 49 (3.66%) Full Stack .NET Developer
15 47 (3.51%) Azure Engineer
16 44 (3.29%) Backend Developer
16 44 (3.29%) DevOps Engineer
17 42 (3.14%) Senior Software Developer
18 41 (3.06%) .NET Software Developer
19 39 (2.91%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 338 (25.24%) .NET Core
2 261 (19.49%) .NET Framework
3 223 (16.65%) ASP.NET
4 190 (14.19%) React
5 185 (13.82%) AngularJS
6 140 (10.46%) HTML
7 135 (10.08%) CSS
8 129 (9.63%) XML
9 101 (7.54%) REST
10 68 (5.08%) Web Services
11 67 (5.00%) Entity Framework
12 65 (4.85%) ASP.NET Core
12 65 (4.85%) RESTful
13 61 (4.56%) Blazor
14 56 (4.18%) WCF
15 50 (3.73%) JSON
16 49 (3.66%) ASP.NET Web API
17 42 (3.14%) ASP.NET MVC
18 39 (2.91%) jQuery
19 38 (2.84%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 73 (5.45%) Product Ownership
2 46 (3.44%) Derivative
2 46 (3.44%) Fixed Income
3 43 (3.21%) Hedge funds
4 40 (2.99%) Equities
4 40 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
5 35 (2.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 30 (2.24%) Cloud Native
7 26 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
8 21 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (1.34%) Mobile App
11 16 (1.19%) Algorithms
12 15 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (1.12%) Public Cloud
13 12 (0.90%) Data Structures
14 11 (0.82%) Market Risk
15 10 (0.75%) Legacy Applications
16 9 (0.67%) Onboarding
17 8 (0.60%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 108 (8.07%) Windows
2 62 (4.63%) Linux
3 32 (2.39%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.12%) Android
5 11 (0.82%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.45%) Unix
7 4 (0.30%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.30%) VMS
8 3 (0.22%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.075%) Debian
9 1 (0.075%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 497 (37.12%) DevOps
2 479 (35.77%) Agile
3 260 (19.42%) CI/CD
4 218 (16.28%) Software Engineering
5 193 (14.41%) TDD
6 191 (14.26%) Full Stack Development
7 178 (13.29%) Microservices
8 170 (12.70%) OO
9 168 (12.55%) Scrum
10 150 (11.20%) Problem-Solving
11 134 (10.01%) MVC
12 128 (9.56%) Test Automation
13 94 (7.02%) Continuous Integration
14 83 (6.20%) API Management
14 83 (6.20%) SDLC
15 80 (5.97%) Design Patterns
16 77 (5.75%) Migration
17 74 (5.53%) B2C
18 72 (5.38%) Clean Code
19 71 (5.30%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 1,008 (75.28%) C#
2 458 (34.20%) SQL
3 281 (20.99%) JavaScript
4 233 (17.40%) PowerShell
5 130 (9.71%) Python
6 125 (9.34%) TypeScript
7 115 (8.59%) Java
8 97 (7.24%) Bicep
9 67 (5.00%) T-SQL
10 65 (4.85%) PL/SQL
11 56 (4.18%) C++
12 53 (3.96%) VB.NET
13 44 (3.29%) VBA
14 31 (2.32%) VB
15 25 (1.87%) C
16 19 (1.42%) Ruby
17 18 (1.34%) PHP
18 15 (1.12%) Bash
19 14 (1.05%) Go
20 7 (0.52%) Perl
Qualifications
1 122 (9.11%) Security Cleared
2 97 (7.24%) SC Cleared
3 88 (6.57%) Degree
4 26 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.27%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.05%) Master's Degree
7 9 (0.67%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.37%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.22%) HNC
12 2 (0.15%) CCNP
12 2 (0.15%) CISSP
12 2 (0.15%) HND
13 1 (0.075%) CISA
13 1 (0.075%) CISM
13 1 (0.075%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.075%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (6.80%) QA
2 40 (2.99%) Accessibility
3 23 (1.72%) WCAG
4 9 (0.67%) MiFID
5 8 (0.60%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.45%) SLA
7 4 (0.30%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
7 4 (0.30%) EMIR
7 4 (0.30%) GDPR
8 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.075%) DICOM
10 1 (0.075%) GRC
10 1 (0.075%) HL7
10 1 (0.075%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.075%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 137 (10.23%) Active Directory
2 84 (6.27%) Docker
3 15 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.97%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.60%) vSphere
7 4 (0.30%) NFS
7 4 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.075%) Firmware
9 1 (0.075%) GridGain
9 1 (0.075%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 79 (5.90%) Kubernetes
2 60 (4.48%) Ansible
3 59 (4.41%) Terraform
4 25 (1.87%) PowerCLI
5 17 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (1.05%) SCOM
7 10 (0.75%) ITRS Geneos
8 9 (0.67%) BladeLogic
8 9 (0.67%) SCCM
9 5 (0.37%) WSUS
10 4 (0.30%) Puppet
11 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.22%) Grafana
11 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.15%) OPNET
12 2 (0.15%) SCOrch
13 1 (0.075%) Kibana
13 1 (0.075%) logstash
13 1 (0.075%) SELinux
Vendors
1 320 (23.90%) Microsoft
2 125 (9.34%) Oracle
3 28 (2.09%) Citrix
4 27 (2.02%) SAP
5 26 (1.94%) Atlassian
6 22 (1.64%) Dell
6 22 (1.64%) HP
7 17 (1.27%) VMware
8 16 (1.19%) Databricks
9 15 (1.12%) MuleSoft
10 14 (1.05%) OpenLink
11 13 (0.97%) Salesforce
12 12 (0.90%) Google
13 11 (0.82%) TIBCO
14 10 (0.75%) F5
15 9 (0.67%) Altiris
15 9 (0.67%) Dynatrace
15 9 (0.67%) Xamarin
16 8 (0.60%) Blue Prism
17 7 (0.52%) NEC