.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 6 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 61 50
Rank change year-on-year -57 -11 -11
Contract jobs citing .NET 813 928 1,426
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.23% 3.63% 3.78%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.38% 16.07% 18.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 694 1,117
10th Percentile £381 £385 £346
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -6.38%
75th Percentile £619 £658 £675
90th Percentile £713 £821 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 14
10th Percentile £54.40 £22.30 £20.77
25th Percentile £56.50 £23.88 £24.49
Median hourly rate £68.00 £26.50 £60.70
Median % change year-on-year +156.60% -56.34% -6.97%
75th Percentile £73.46 £51.85 £70.00
90th Percentile £74.41 £67.05 -
UK median hourly rate £68.00 £26.50 £60.70
% change year-on-year +156.60% -56.34% -7.32%

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 7,833 5,773 7,624
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.53% 22.59% 20.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,259 3,821 5,435
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £430 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 78 207
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.92 £21.08
25th Percentile £52.50 £45.75 £40.78
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £65.63
90th Percentile £78.25 £81.34 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

.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 6 March 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 6 March 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 6 March 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 -48 506 £500 -13.04% 230
South East -46 84 £517 +3.40% 200
North of England -65 81 £475 -4.04% 158
East of England +6 47 £550 +15.18% 51
Midlands -78 46 £505 +1.00% 83
North West -23 43 £450 - 91
Yorkshire -59 32 £500 -1.96% 42
West Midlands -66 27 £484 -6.88% 52
South West -53 22 £500 -4.76% 72
East Midlands -26 19 £525 +6.06% 29
North East -16 6 £513 +42.36% 29
.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 46 (5.66%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.83%) CMS
3 22 (2.71%) Confluence
3 22 (2.71%) IIS
4 18 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (2.21%) Sitecore CMS
5 11 (1.35%) HCL Notes
6 10 (1.23%) Mendix
7 7 (0.86%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.62%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.62%) Headless CMS
9 4 (0.49%) Apache
10 3 (0.37%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.25%) Appian
11 2 (0.25%) Documentum
11 2 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) InDesign
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 38 (4.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.97%) Endur
3 9 (1.11%) Advent Geneva
4 4 (0.49%) Findur
4 4 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.25%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.12%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.12%) Alphatax
6 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.12%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 450 (55.35%) Azure
2 205 (25.22%) Azure DevOps
3 126 (15.50%) AWS
4 116 (14.27%) GitHub
5 110 (13.53%) Serverless
6 83 (10.21%) Power Platform
7 82 (10.09%) Azure Functions
8 73 (8.98%) Azure Service Bus
9 70 (8.61%) GitHub Actions
10 68 (8.36%) Azure Logic Apps
11 55 (6.77%) Dynamics 365
12 54 (6.64%) Entra ID
13 53 (6.52%) Azure Monitor
14 51 (6.27%) PaaS
15 50 (6.15%) Azure AKS
15 50 (6.15%) GCP
16 47 (5.78%) Power Automate
17 40 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
18 38 (4.67%) PowerApps
19 34 (4.18%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.09%) HTTP
2 14 (1.72%) Internet
3 8 (0.98%) Network Security
4 4 (0.49%) 3GPP
4 4 (0.49%) DNS
4 4 (0.49%) SSL
5 3 (0.37%) DHCP
5 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.25%) NAS
6 2 (0.25%) RTCP
6 2 (0.25%) RTMP
6 2 (0.25%) RTP
6 2 (0.25%) S/MIME
6 2 (0.25%) SAN
6 2 (0.25%) SMTP
6 2 (0.25%) XCAP
7 1 (0.12%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.12%) LAN
7 1 (0.12%) Skype
7 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (25.95%) SQL Server
2 50 (6.15%) Oracle Database
3 41 (5.04%) Relational Database
4 40 (4.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 39 (4.80%) NoSQL
6 36 (4.43%) Power BI
7 34 (4.18%) PostgreSQL
8 28 (3.44%) MongoDB
9 19 (2.34%) MySQL
9 19 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 12 (1.48%) Redis
11 9 (1.11%) DB2
11 9 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (0.98%) Metadata
13 7 (0.86%) Crystal Reports
14 6 (0.74%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (0.62%) Big Data
15 5 (0.62%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 91 (11.19%) Git
2 61 (7.50%) JIRA
3 33 (4.06%) Visual Studio
4 31 (3.81%) Selenium
5 30 (3.69%) Jenkins
6 26 (3.20%) Postman
7 19 (2.34%) SpecFlow
8 17 (2.09%) Cucumber
9 14 (1.72%) GitLab
10 10 (1.23%) Team Foundation Server
10 10 (1.23%) TeamCity
11 9 (1.11%) MSTest
11 9 (1.11%) REST Assured
12 8 (0.98%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.98%) SonarQube
13 7 (0.86%) NUnit
13 7 (0.86%) TestRail
14 6 (0.74%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.74%) JMeter
14 6 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 208 (25.58%) Social Skills
2 195 (23.99%) Finance
3 108 (13.28%) Banking
4 78 (9.59%) Public Sector
5 69 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (4.18%) Investment Banking
7 30 (3.69%) Front Office
8 25 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (2.83%) Financial Institution
10 11 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.23%) Marketing
12 9 (1.11%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.11%) Retail
12 9 (1.11%) Telecoms
13 8 (0.98%) Health Technology
14 7 (0.86%) Back Office
14 7 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (0.74%) Billing
16 5 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 462 (56.83%) Developer
2 159 (19.56%) .NET Developer
3 145 (17.84%) C# Developer
4 112 (13.78%) Senior
5 77 (9.47%) Architect
6 69 (8.49%) Software Engineer
7 63 (7.75%) Full-Stack Developer
8 61 (7.50%) Senior Developer
9 57 (7.01%) Lead
10 56 (6.89%) Azure Developer
11 54 (6.64%) C# .NET Developer
12 42 (5.17%) Solutions Architect
13 33 (4.06%) Senior .NET Developer
14 31 (3.81%) Software Developer
15 21 (2.58%) .NET Software Engineer
15 21 (2.58%) DevOps Engineer
15 21 (2.58%) Dynamics 365 Developer
16 20 (2.46%) Angular Developer
16 20 (2.46%) Technical Architect
17 19 (2.34%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (19.80%) .NET Framework
2 138 (16.97%) React
3 107 (13.16%) .NET Core
4 106 (13.04%) REST
5 103 (12.67%) AngularJS
6 101 (12.42%) RESTful
7 92 (11.32%) HTML
8 83 (10.21%) ASP.NET
9 64 (7.87%) CSS
10 49 (6.03%) Node.js
11 40 (4.92%) Entity Framework
12 38 (4.67%) WPF
13 33 (4.06%) ASP.NET Core
13 33 (4.06%) OAuth
14 30 (3.69%) Web Services
15 29 (3.57%) ASP.NET Web API
15 29 (3.57%) Playwright
16 28 (3.44%) XML
17 27 (3.32%) JSON
17 27 (3.32%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 97 (11.93%) Cloud Native
2 39 (4.80%) Legacy Systems
3 35 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
4 28 (3.44%) Distributed Systems
5 25 (3.08%) Product Ownership
6 16 (1.97%) Algorithms
6 16 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (1.85%) NHS
7 15 (1.85%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.72%) AI Agents
8 14 (1.72%) Mobile App
9 13 (1.60%) Low-Code
10 12 (1.48%) Credit Risk
10 12 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.48%) Onboarding
10 12 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.23%) Derivative
11 10 (1.23%) Market Risk
12 9 (1.11%) Fixed Income
12 9 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 80 (9.84%) Windows
2 27 (3.32%) Windows Server
3 25 (3.08%) Linux
4 5 (0.62%) Android
4 5 (0.62%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.49%) Unix
6 1 (0.12%) VMS
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (41.82%) DevOps
2 331 (40.71%) CI/CD
3 274 (33.70%) Agile
4 166 (20.42%) Microservices
5 157 (19.31%) Problem-Solving
6 141 (17.34%) Software Engineering
7 137 (16.85%) Full-Stack Development
8 129 (15.87%) Test Automation
9 127 (15.62%) AI
10 84 (10.33%) Scrum
11 81 (9.96%) Containerisation
12 76 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
13 75 (9.23%) Unit Testing
14 65 (8.00%) Infrastructure as Code
15 64 (7.87%) Mentoring
15 64 (7.87%) Migration
16 60 (7.38%) TDD
17 58 (7.13%) SDLC
18 52 (6.40%) Business Intelligence
19 51 (6.27%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 548 (67.40%) C#
2 344 (42.31%) SQL
3 179 (22.02%) JavaScript
4 174 (21.40%) Python
5 94 (11.56%) Java
6 82 (10.09%) TypeScript
7 60 (7.38%) PL/SQL
8 50 (6.15%) T-SQL
9 43 (5.29%) PowerShell
10 27 (3.32%) Bicep
11 26 (3.20%) PHP
12 21 (2.58%) C++
13 16 (1.97%) Kusto Query Language
14 15 (1.85%) VBA
15 14 (1.72%) VB
16 13 (1.60%) VB.NET
17 11 (1.35%) Formula Language
17 11 (1.35%) LotusScript
18 10 (1.23%) Bash
18 10 (1.23%) Go
Qualifications
1 130 (15.99%) Security Cleared
2 102 (12.55%) SC Cleared
3 66 (8.12%) Degree
4 32 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.95%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.48%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.35%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 10 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.74%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.74%) CISSP
11 5 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (0.62%) CCSP
11 5 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.49%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.37%) ISEB
13 3 (0.37%) OSCP
13 3 (0.37%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (10.70%) QA
2 22 (2.71%) Accessibility
3 21 (2.58%) NIST
4 18 (2.21%) GDPR
5 17 (2.09%) EU AI Act
6 11 (1.35%) WCAG
7 10 (1.23%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.11%) HL7
9 5 (0.62%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.62%) ISO 20022
9 5 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.62%) PSD2
10 3 (0.37%) GRC
10 3 (0.37%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.25%) DICOM
11 2 (0.25%) MiFID
11 2 (0.25%) SEPA
11 2 (0.25%) SLA
11 2 (0.25%) TARGET2
12 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 116 (14.27%) Docker
2 37 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 108 (13.28%) Kubernetes
2 84 (10.33%) Terraform
3 9 (1.11%) Grafana
4 7 (0.86%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.62%) Ansible
7 3 (0.37%) Istio
7 3 (0.37%) Rancher
8 2 (0.25%) Argo
9 1 (0.12%) Control-M
9 1 (0.12%) Kibana
9 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.12%) linkerd
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 217 (26.69%) Microsoft
2 122 (15.01%) Oracle
3 35 (4.31%) Citrix
4 26 (3.20%) OpenAI
5 25 (3.08%) Sitecore
6 21 (2.58%) Databricks
7 15 (1.85%) Foundry
8 14 (1.72%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.60%) Google
10 12 (1.48%) OpenLink
11 11 (1.35%) Lotus
11 11 (1.35%) SAP
12 10 (1.23%) Kofax
12 10 (1.23%) UiPath
13 9 (1.11%) Advent
14 6 (0.74%) Adobe
14 6 (0.74%) Brio
15 5 (0.62%) Rapid7
16 4 (0.49%) PeopleSoft
16 4 (0.49%) Xamarin