.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 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 98 53
Rank change year-on-year -19 -45 -2
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,048 755 1,242
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.25% 2.74% 3.86%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.57% 10.73% 15.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 717 532 900
10th Percentile £400 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £493 £536
Median % change year-on-year +5.58% -8.16% -3.60%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £746
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 7 10
10th Percentile £37.25 £45.72 £19.60
25th Percentile £38.25 £63.63 £29.06
Median hourly rate £46.80 £67.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.15% +7.20% -
75th Percentile £74.61 - £85.00
90th Percentile £78.88 - £85.50
UK median hourly rate £46.80 £64.75 £49.25
% change year-on-year -27.72% +31.47% -21.20%

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 9,915 7,035 7,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.30% 25.48% 24.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,512 4,783 5,317
10th Percentile £381 £354 £363
25th Percentile £443 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £738 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 168 180
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.50 £27.68
25th Percentile £51.88 £42.88 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £55.00 £62.93
Median % change year-on-year +21.82% -12.60% +0.68%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.54
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.35 £61.60
% change year-on-year +19.60% -11.77% +2.67%

.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 23 September 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 23 September 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 23 September 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 -13 635 £543 +3.33% 600
North of England -40 124 £475 - 322
South East -32 104 £500 +11.11% 259
South West +7 66 £470 +17.50% 77
Midlands -45 66 £500 +2.04% 189
Yorkshire -27 65 £450 -10.00% 76
North West -33 49 £513 +20.59% 205
West Midlands -44 35 £460 -10.24% 101
East of England -37 33 £505 +1.00% 111
East Midlands -13 30 £550 +25.71% 88
North East -29 10 £513 - 44
.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 45 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 39 (3.72%) Confluence
3 30 (2.86%) IIS
4 15 (1.43%) CMS
5 7 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (0.57%) Camunda
6 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (0.57%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.48%) Apache Solr
7 5 (0.48%) Appian
8 4 (0.38%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.38%) Kentico
8 4 (0.38%) WordPress
9 3 (0.29%) Mendix
9 3 (0.29%) nginx
10 2 (0.19%) Apache Superset
10 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.095%) Drupal
Applications
1 29 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.48%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 40 (3.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.67%) OpenText MBPM
2 7 (0.67%) Oracle BPM
3 6 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.48%) Shopify
5 4 (0.38%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.38%) Endur
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.19%) Findur
7 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.095%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.095%) Magento
8 1 (0.095%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.095%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.095%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.095%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 522 (49.81%) Azure
2 203 (19.37%) Azure DevOps
3 185 (17.65%) AWS
4 134 (12.79%) Power Platform
5 120 (11.45%) GitHub
6 95 (9.06%) Serverless
7 82 (7.82%) Dynamics 365
8 76 (7.25%) Azure Service Bus
9 65 (6.20%) Power Automate
10 63 (6.01%) Azure Logic Apps
11 62 (5.92%) PowerApps
12 60 (5.73%) Azure Functions
13 42 (4.01%) GitHub Actions
14 39 (3.72%) Entra ID
15 36 (3.44%) Microsoft Copilot
16 35 (3.34%) Azure AKS
17 31 (2.96%) Azure Monitor
18 29 (2.77%) Azure API Management
19 28 (2.67%) Copilot Studio
20 26 (2.48%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.62%) Internet
2 9 (0.86%) TCP/IP
2 9 (0.86%) Wireshark
3 7 (0.67%) DNS
3 7 (0.67%) RTP
4 6 (0.57%) 3GPP
4 6 (0.57%) Firewall
4 6 (0.57%) Intranet
5 4 (0.38%) Network Security
5 4 (0.38%) VPN
6 3 (0.29%) DHCP
6 3 (0.29%) HTTP
6 3 (0.29%) Kerberos
6 3 (0.29%) NAS
6 3 (0.29%) SAN
7 2 (0.19%) Multicast
7 2 (0.19%) Skype
7 2 (0.19%) VLAN
8 1 (0.095%) OpenVPN
8 1 (0.095%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 275 (26.24%) SQL Server
2 66 (6.30%) Power BI
3 50 (4.77%) Relational Database
4 48 (4.58%) Oracle Database
4 48 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
5 47 (4.48%) NoSQL
6 29 (2.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 27 (2.58%) MongoDB
8 21 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 16 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (1.34%) Data Lake
10 14 (1.34%) MySQL
11 13 (1.24%) DynamoDB
12 12 (1.15%) Geospatial Data
13 10 (0.95%) Chroma
13 10 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (0.95%) Pinecone
13 10 (0.95%) Weaviate
14 8 (0.76%) Redis
15 7 (0.67%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 144 (13.74%) Git
2 72 (6.87%) JIRA
3 51 (4.87%) Visual Studio
4 35 (3.34%) Jenkins
5 27 (2.58%) GitLab
6 21 (2.00%) Selenium
7 19 (1.81%) TeamCity
8 15 (1.43%) JMeter
9 14 (1.34%) Claude Code
9 14 (1.34%) Gatling
10 13 (1.24%) MSI
11 11 (1.05%) Bitbucket
11 11 (1.05%) Cucumber
11 11 (1.05%) Postman
12 10 (0.95%) JUnit
13 9 (0.86%) NUnit
13 9 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
14 8 (0.76%) eggPlant
14 8 (0.76%) REST Assured
15 7 (0.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 270 (25.76%) Social Skills
2 253 (24.14%) Finance
3 113 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (10.50%) Banking
5 60 (5.73%) Public Sector
6 58 (5.53%) Front Office
7 41 (3.91%) Investment Banking
8 29 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (1.34%) Financial Institution
10 12 (1.15%) Back Office
10 12 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.05%) Legal
12 10 (0.95%) Marketing
12 10 (0.95%) Retail
13 7 (0.67%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.57%) Billing
14 6 (0.57%) Police
15 5 (0.48%) Aviation
15 5 (0.48%) Fire and Rescue
15 5 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 513 (48.95%) Developer
2 211 (20.13%) .NET Developer
3 179 (17.08%) Senior
4 120 (11.45%) C# Developer
5 115 (10.97%) Architect
6 106 (10.11%) Software Engineer
7 101 (9.64%) Senior Developer
8 88 (8.40%) Lead
9 69 (6.58%) Full-Stack Developer
10 64 (6.11%) Solutions Architect
11 50 (4.77%) C# .NET Developer
12 49 (4.68%) Software Developer
13 45 (4.29%) Senior .NET Developer
14 38 (3.63%) Azure Developer
15 37 (3.53%) .NET Software Engineer
16 32 (3.05%) Dynamics 365 Developer
17 30 (2.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 30 (2.86%) React Developer
18 28 (2.67%) Senior C# Developer
19 27 (2.58%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (19.75%) REST
2 201 (19.18%) .NET Framework
3 152 (14.50%) React
4 146 (13.93%) .NET Core
5 116 (11.07%) ASP.NET
6 115 (10.97%) Terraform
7 105 (10.02%) RESTful
8 82 (7.82%) HTML
9 81 (7.73%) AngularJS
10 77 (7.35%) CSS
11 75 (7.16%) Web Services
12 62 (5.92%) JSON
13 58 (5.53%) WPF
14 57 (5.44%) XML
15 53 (5.06%) Entity Framework
16 49 (4.68%) ASP.NET Core
17 47 (4.48%) WinForms
18 45 (4.29%) SOAP
19 44 (4.20%) Kafka
19 44 (4.20%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 137 (13.07%) Cloud Native
2 70 (6.68%) Distributed Systems
3 69 (6.58%) Enterprise Software
4 55 (5.25%) Legacy Systems
5 53 (5.06%) AI Agents
6 51 (4.87%) Product Ownership
7 36 (3.44%) Onboarding
8 26 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 14 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
9 14 (1.34%) Low-Code
10 13 (1.24%) Data Structures
10 13 (1.24%) Fixed Income
10 13 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.24%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.05%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.05%) Legacy Code
12 10 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (0.95%) Derivative
12 10 (0.95%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 117 (11.16%) Windows
2 68 (6.49%) Linux
3 30 (2.86%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.34%) Unix
5 6 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.19%) VMS
7 1 (0.095%) Android
7 1 (0.095%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.095%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.095%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 430 (41.03%) CI/CD
2 402 (38.36%) DevOps
3 362 (34.54%) Agile
4 223 (21.28%) Software Engineering
5 219 (20.90%) AI
6 188 (17.94%) Microservices
7 172 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
8 155 (14.79%) Full-Stack Development
9 150 (14.31%) Test Automation
10 127 (12.12%) SDLC
11 115 (10.97%) Scrum
12 109 (10.40%) Migration
13 107 (10.21%) Continuous Improvement
14 103 (9.83%) Event-Driven
15 101 (9.64%) Stakeholder Management
16 90 (8.59%) Containerisation
17 85 (8.11%) Infrastructure as Code
18 81 (7.73%) Code Quality
18 81 (7.73%) Mentoring
19 80 (7.63%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 724 (69.08%) C#
2 385 (36.74%) SQL
3 225 (21.47%) Python
4 224 (21.37%) JavaScript
5 143 (13.65%) TypeScript
6 109 (10.40%) Java
7 79 (7.54%) T-SQL
8 59 (5.63%) PL/SQL
8 59 (5.63%) PowerShell
9 48 (4.58%) Bicep
10 33 (3.15%) C++
11 30 (2.86%) VB.NET
12 19 (1.81%) Go
12 19 (1.81%) VBA
13 17 (1.62%) VB
14 14 (1.34%) Bash
15 12 (1.15%) X++
16 8 (0.76%) C
17 6 (0.57%) PHP
17 6 (0.57%) XPath
Qualifications
1 166 (15.84%) Security Cleared
2 140 (13.36%) SC Cleared
3 94 (8.97%) Degree
4 29 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (1.62%) Azure Certification
7 16 (1.53%) Master's Degree
8 15 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.34%) DV Cleared
10 10 (0.95%) PhD
11 9 (0.86%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.67%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 6 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.38%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.38%) ISEB
15 3 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 2 (0.19%) CISSP
16 2 (0.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 2 (0.19%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (8.21%) QA
2 34 (3.24%) Accessibility
3 28 (2.67%) WCAG
4 17 (1.62%) NCSC
5 16 (1.53%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.05%) GDPR
7 8 (0.76%) SLA
8 4 (0.38%) HL7
9 3 (0.29%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (0.29%) Basel III
9 3 (0.29%) GMP
9 3 (0.29%) GxP
9 3 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 3 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
10 2 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.19%) GRC
10 2 (0.19%) IEC 62304
10 2 (0.19%) ISO 13485
10 2 (0.19%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.19%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 125 (11.93%) Docker
2 37 (3.53%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.29%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.095%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 108 (10.31%) Kubernetes
2 35 (3.34%) Ansible
3 12 (1.15%) Grafana
4 9 (0.86%) Kibana
4 9 (0.86%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.48%) Control-M
5 5 (0.48%) HP Fortify
6 4 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.19%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.19%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.19%) Istio
8 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.19%) SCCM
8 2 (0.19%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.095%) PingFederate
9 1 (0.095%) Rancher
Vendors
1 285 (27.19%) Microsoft
2 128 (12.21%) Oracle
3 35 (3.34%) Citrix
4 25 (2.39%) UiPath
5 24 (2.29%) Databricks
6 23 (2.19%) OpenAI
7 19 (1.81%) ServiceNow
8 15 (1.43%) IBM
9 12 (1.15%) Splunk
10 11 (1.05%) Google
10 11 (1.05%) SAP
11 10 (0.95%) Salesforce
12 9 (0.86%) Foundry
13 8 (0.76%) CyberArk
14 7 (0.67%) Sitecore
15 6 (0.57%) Centrify
15 6 (0.57%) Hitachi
15 6 (0.57%) InterSystems
16 5 (0.48%) OpenText
16 5 (0.48%) VMware