.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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 62 45
Rank change year-on-year -48 -17 -9
Contract jobs citing .NET 787 1,061 1,701
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.53% 3.47% 4.44%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.33% 15.90% 20.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 759 1,298
10th Percentile £355 £363 £375
25th Percentile £405 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £622 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 23
10th Percentile £58.60 £20.25 £45.68
25th Percentile £65.50 £20.63 £52.25
Median hourly rate £67.00 £22.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +197.78% -65.38% -
75th Percentile - £25.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.85 £25.95 -
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £25.60 £65.00
% change year-on-year +161.72% -60.62% -0.76%

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 6,949 6,675 8,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.34% 21.83% 21.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,671 4,252 6,119
10th Percentile £350 £358 £369
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £675
90th Percentile £725 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 99 174
10th Percentile £31.10 £26.45 £35.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £46.18 £46.18
Median hourly rate £56.90 £65.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.46% +21.50% -17.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.33 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £54.78
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.66% -15.72%

.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 December 2025.

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 -44 468 £500 -12.28% 194
North of England -49 81 £475 -4.04% 195
South East -15 75 £450 -14.29% 226
East of England +26 60 £550 +83.33% 49
Midlands -52 52 £510 +2.00% 79
Yorkshire -21 44 £500 -6.54% 51
North West -33 35 £450 -1.10% 115
West Midlands -47 27 £503 -4.29% 43
East Midlands -8 25 £518 +15.00% 36
South West -37 18 £488 -7.14% 52
North East -10 2 £600 +71.43% 30
.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 38 (4.83%) Confluence
2 27 (3.43%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.16%) IIS
4 15 (1.91%) CMS
4 15 (1.91%) WebLogic
4 15 (1.91%) WebSphere
5 10 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (1.14%) Apache
6 9 (1.14%) HCL Notes
6 9 (1.14%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.89%) Umbraco
8 6 (0.76%) Headless CMS
9 5 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.51%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.38%) Mendix
11 3 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.25%) Appian
12 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.25%) Camunda
12 2 (0.25%) Documentum
Applications
1 26 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Moqups
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 38 (4.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.14%) Advent Geneva
3 8 (1.02%) Aladdin
4 7 (0.89%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.76%) Endur
6 5 (0.64%) OpenText MBPM
6 5 (0.64%) Oracle BPM
7 4 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.51%) thinkFolio
7 4 (0.51%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.25%) Orchestrade
9 1 (0.13%) Eikon
9 1 (0.13%) ION Anvil
9 1 (0.13%) Maximo
9 1 (0.13%) NEC Housing
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.13%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 396 (50.32%) Azure
2 190 (24.14%) Azure DevOps
3 97 (12.33%) GitHub
3 97 (12.33%) Serverless
4 96 (12.20%) AWS
5 82 (10.42%) Power Platform
6 66 (8.39%) Azure Functions
7 59 (7.50%) Azure Logic Apps
8 56 (7.12%) Dynamics 365
8 56 (7.12%) PowerApps
9 54 (6.86%) GitHub Actions
10 53 (6.73%) Power Automate
11 52 (6.61%) Azure Service Bus
12 51 (6.48%) Azure AKS
13 47 (5.97%) PaaS
14 41 (5.21%) Azure Monitor
15 38 (4.83%) Entra ID
16 36 (4.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 30 (3.81%) GCP
18 24 (3.05%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.65%) Internet
2 10 (1.27%) HTTP
3 8 (1.02%) Network Security
4 4 (0.51%) DNS
4 4 (0.51%) SSL
5 3 (0.38%) DHCP
5 3 (0.38%) Firewall
5 3 (0.38%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.25%) S/MIME
6 2 (0.25%) X.509
7 1 (0.13%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.13%) Intranet
7 1 (0.13%) NAS
7 1 (0.13%) SAN
7 1 (0.13%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (22.11%) SQL Server
2 40 (5.08%) Relational Database
3 39 (4.96%) NoSQL
4 38 (4.83%) Oracle Database
4 38 (4.83%) Power BI
5 30 (3.81%) MongoDB
6 27 (3.43%) PostgreSQL
7 26 (3.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 18 (2.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (2.03%) MySQL
10 14 (1.78%) Big Data
11 12 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (1.14%) DB2
13 8 (1.02%) Redis
14 4 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
14 4 (0.51%) DocumentDB
14 4 (0.51%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.51%) Hadoop
15 3 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
15 3 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 90 (11.44%) Git
2 81 (10.29%) JIRA
3 33 (4.19%) Jenkins
4 27 (3.43%) Selenium
5 21 (2.67%) SpecFlow
5 21 (2.67%) Visual Studio
6 20 (2.54%) Postman
7 18 (2.29%) GitLab
8 16 (2.03%) Cucumber
9 14 (1.78%) Artifactory
10 13 (1.65%) Bitbucket
11 12 (1.52%) SonarQube
12 10 (1.27%) Team Foundation Server
13 9 (1.14%) TeamCity
14 8 (1.02%) Cypress.io
15 7 (0.89%) JMeter
16 6 (0.76%) NUnit
16 6 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
17 5 (0.64%) REST Assured
18 4 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 229 (29.10%) Social Skills
2 216 (27.45%) Finance
3 101 (12.83%) Banking
4 75 (9.53%) Public Sector
5 54 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (4.70%) Investment Banking
7 36 (4.57%) Front Office
8 23 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (2.29%) Financial Institution
11 14 (1.78%) Marketing
12 10 (1.27%) Back Office
12 10 (1.27%) Retail
13 7 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.76%) Legal
15 5 (0.64%) Billing
15 5 (0.64%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.51%) Publishing
16 4 (0.51%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 452 (57.43%) Developer
2 171 (21.73%) .NET Developer
3 123 (15.63%) C# Developer
4 110 (13.98%) Senior
5 69 (8.77%) Architect
5 69 (8.77%) Software Engineer
6 63 (8.01%) Senior Developer
7 59 (7.50%) Full-Stack Developer
8 57 (7.24%) C# .NET Developer
9 53 (6.73%) Lead
10 45 (5.72%) Azure Developer
11 36 (4.57%) Solutions Architect
12 33 (4.19%) Angular Developer
13 27 (3.43%) Senior .NET Developer
14 24 (3.05%) Dynamics 365 Developer
15 23 (2.92%) Software Developer
16 22 (2.80%) Consultant
16 22 (2.80%) DevOps Engineer
17 21 (2.67%) C# WPF Developer
17 21 (2.67%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (21.60%) .NET Framework
2 121 (15.37%) .NET Core
3 117 (14.87%) AngularJS
3 117 (14.87%) React
4 102 (12.96%) RESTful
5 95 (12.07%) HTML
6 90 (11.44%) REST
7 70 (8.89%) CSS
8 58 (7.37%) Node.js
9 55 (6.99%) ASP.NET
10 49 (6.23%) Entity Framework
11 48 (6.10%) WPF
12 38 (4.83%) Web Services
13 37 (4.70%) ASP.NET Web API
13 37 (4.70%) Kafka
13 37 (4.70%) SOAP
14 30 (3.81%) Middleware
15 29 (3.68%) Blazor
16 28 (3.56%) Playwright
17 23 (2.92%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 82 (10.42%) Cloud Native
2 36 (4.57%) Legacy Systems
3 30 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (3.81%) Product Ownership
4 24 (3.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 23 (2.92%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (2.80%) Algorithms
7 21 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
7 21 (2.67%) Mobile App
8 16 (2.03%) Fixed Income
8 16 (2.03%) Virtual Team
9 15 (1.91%) Derivative
9 15 (1.91%) Management Information System
10 13 (1.65%) Hedge funds
11 11 (1.40%) NHS
11 11 (1.40%) Onboarding
11 11 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (1.27%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.27%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 72 (9.15%) Windows
2 22 (2.80%) Linux
3 18 (2.29%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.89%) Android
4 7 (0.89%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (40.15%) Agile
2 302 (38.37%) DevOps
3 267 (33.93%) CI/CD
4 179 (22.74%) Microservices
5 169 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
6 142 (18.04%) Full-Stack Development
7 139 (17.66%) Software Engineering
8 110 (13.98%) Test Automation
9 97 (12.33%) Scrum
10 84 (10.67%) AI
11 81 (10.29%) Containerisation
12 73 (9.28%) SDLC
13 65 (8.26%) Clean Code
14 64 (8.13%) Mentoring
15 63 (8.01%) Computer Science
16 59 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
16 59 (7.50%) Design Patterns
16 59 (7.50%) TDD
17 57 (7.24%) Migration
18 53 (6.73%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 536 (68.11%) C#
2 303 (38.50%) SQL
3 190 (24.14%) JavaScript
4 128 (16.26%) Python
5 121 (15.37%) Java
6 78 (9.91%) TypeScript
7 50 (6.35%) PL/SQL
8 43 (5.46%) PHP
9 40 (5.08%) C++
9 40 (5.08%) T-SQL
10 29 (3.68%) PowerShell
11 27 (3.43%) Bicep
12 26 (3.30%) VB.NET
13 23 (2.92%) VB
14 21 (2.67%) VBA
15 17 (2.16%) C
16 16 (2.03%) Bash
17 8 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
18 7 (0.89%) Ruby
19 5 (0.64%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 89 (11.31%) Security Cleared
2 71 (9.02%) Degree
3 69 (8.77%) SC Cleared
4 39 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.03%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.91%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.78%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.40%) MCP
9 6 (0.76%) CISSP
10 5 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.51%) ISEB
12 3 (0.38%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.38%) CBAP
12 3 (0.38%) CCSP
13 2 (0.25%) CEH
13 2 (0.25%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (9.78%) QA
2 23 (2.92%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.16%) EU AI Act
3 17 (2.16%) NIST
4 12 (1.52%) GDPR
5 10 (1.27%) WCAG
6 9 (1.14%) MiFID
7 7 (0.89%) HL7
8 6 (0.76%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.64%) EMIR
9 5 (0.64%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.64%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.51%) COBIT
11 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.38%) NCSC
12 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.13%) DICOM
13 1 (0.13%) GRC
13 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 108 (13.72%) Docker
2 30 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) KVM
6 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 90 (11.44%) Kubernetes
2 69 (8.77%) Terraform
3 7 (0.89%) Ansible
3 7 (0.89%) Grafana
3 7 (0.89%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.25%) Argo
6 1 (0.13%) Kibana
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.13%) Rancher
Vendors
1 229 (29.10%) Microsoft
2 94 (11.94%) Oracle
3 23 (2.92%) Citrix
4 21 (2.67%) OpenAI
5 20 (2.54%) Databricks
6 18 (2.29%) ServiceNow
7 15 (1.91%) Dynatrace
7 15 (1.91%) Foundry
8 13 (1.65%) Sitecore
8 13 (1.65%) UiPath
9 12 (1.52%) Salesforce
10 10 (1.27%) SAP
11 9 (1.14%) Advent
11 9 (1.14%) Lotus
12 8 (1.02%) GoldenSource
12 8 (1.02%) Google
13 7 (0.89%) Brio
14 6 (0.76%) Adobe
14 6 (0.76%) OpenLink
14 6 (0.76%) OpenText