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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 65 51
Rank change year-on-year -58 -14 -12
Contract jobs citing .NET 802 861 1,373
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.16% 3.52% 3.64%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.28% 15.57% 18.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 587 668 1,071
10th Percentile £393 £383 £338
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £825 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 13
10th Percentile £54.40 £26.84 £20.77
25th Percentile £56.50 £35.24 £22.75
Median hourly rate £68.00 £49.85 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +36.42% -15.38% -9.38%
75th Percentile £73.46 £63.83 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.41 £71.85 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £68.00 £27.88 £58.91
% change year-on-year +143.95% -52.68% -9.72%

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 7,804 5,531 7,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.01% 22.63% 19.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,246 3,764 5,391
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £543
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -0.83% -5.65%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £670
90th Percentile £738 £790 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 84 187
10th Percentile £35.13 £27.22 £21.08
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.14 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +32.39% -25.05%
75th Percentile £71.62 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £82.70 £75.00
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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -49 488 £500 -13.04% 224
South East -44 90 £525 +5.00% 174
North of England -64 83 £475 +5.56% 150
North West -32 44 £450 - 82
Midlands -75 44 £498 -0.50% 85
East of England +11 43 £558 +14.65% 58
Yorkshire -50 34 £500 +5.26% 46
South West -48 29 £438 -16.67% 62
West Midlands -67 27 £481 -3.80% 51
East Midlands -40 17 £525 +5.00% 34
North East -16 5 £513 +38.51% 28
.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 48 (5.99%) SharePoint
2 29 (3.62%) IIS
3 23 (2.87%) CMS
4 18 (2.24%) Sitecore CMS
5 17 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (1.87%) Confluence
7 11 (1.37%) HCL Notes
8 10 (1.25%) Mendix
9 7 (0.87%) Umbraco
10 5 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.62%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.62%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.37%) Apache
11 3 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.25%) Appian
12 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.25%) Documentum
12 2 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.25%) SAS
13 1 (0.12%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 16 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) InDesign
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 38 (4.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (2.00%) Endur
3 8 (1.00%) Advent Geneva
4 6 (0.75%) Findur
5 4 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.25%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.12%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.12%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.12%) Orchestrade
7 1 (0.12%) PeopleSoft Financials
7 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 447 (55.74%) Azure
2 196 (24.44%) Azure DevOps
3 132 (16.46%) AWS
4 108 (13.47%) GitHub
5 107 (13.34%) Serverless
6 80 (9.98%) Azure Functions
6 80 (9.98%) Power Platform
7 75 (9.35%) Azure Service Bus
8 69 (8.60%) Azure Logic Apps
9 66 (8.23%) GitHub Actions
10 56 (6.98%) Azure Monitor
11 52 (6.48%) Dynamics 365
12 51 (6.36%) Entra ID
13 47 (5.86%) GCP
14 45 (5.61%) Azure AKS
15 43 (5.36%) PaaS
15 43 (5.36%) Power Automate
16 41 (5.11%) Microsoft 365
17 37 (4.61%) PowerApps
18 32 (3.99%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.12%) HTTP
2 14 (1.75%) Internet
3 8 (1.00%) Network Security
4 4 (0.50%) 3GPP
4 4 (0.50%) SSL
5 3 (0.37%) DNS
6 2 (0.25%) DHCP
6 2 (0.25%) Firewall
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%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.25%) XCAP
7 1 (0.12%) Skype
7 1 (0.12%) SMTP
7 1 (0.12%) VPN
7 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 212 (26.43%) SQL Server
2 49 (6.11%) Oracle Database
3 47 (5.86%) Relational Database
4 41 (5.11%) Azure SQL Database
5 33 (4.11%) NoSQL
6 31 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
7 30 (3.74%) Power BI
8 23 (2.87%) MongoDB
9 17 (2.12%) MySQL
10 16 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (1.12%) Crystal Reports
12 9 (1.12%) Redis
13 8 (1.00%) DB2
13 8 (1.00%) Metadata
14 7 (0.87%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
16 5 (0.62%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.62%) DocumentDB
16 5 (0.62%) GIS
Development Applications
1 90 (11.22%) Git
2 57 (7.11%) JIRA
3 33 (4.11%) Visual Studio
4 27 (3.37%) Selenium
5 26 (3.24%) Jenkins
6 22 (2.74%) Postman
7 17 (2.12%) Cucumber
8 15 (1.87%) SpecFlow
9 10 (1.25%) GitLab
9 10 (1.25%) MSTest
9 10 (1.25%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (1.25%) TeamCity
10 9 (1.12%) REST Assured
11 8 (1.00%) NUnit
12 7 (0.87%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.87%) TestRail
13 6 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
14 5 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
15 4 (0.50%) Appium
15 4 (0.50%) Cypress.io
General
1 199 (24.81%) Social Skills
2 187 (23.32%) Finance
3 106 (13.22%) Banking
4 74 (9.23%) Public Sector
5 70 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (3.99%) Investment Banking
7 29 (3.62%) Front Office
8 23 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (2.74%) Financial Institution
10 10 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.00%) Health Technology
11 8 (1.00%) Marketing
11 8 (1.00%) Retail
11 8 (1.00%) Telecoms
12 7 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (0.87%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.75%) Back Office
13 6 (0.75%) Billing
14 5 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 457 (56.98%) Developer
2 152 (18.95%) .NET Developer
3 143 (17.83%) C# Developer
4 110 (13.72%) Senior
5 75 (9.35%) Architect
6 69 (8.60%) Software Engineer
7 65 (8.10%) Full-Stack Developer
8 60 (7.48%) Senior Developer
9 56 (6.98%) Lead
10 55 (6.86%) Azure Developer
11 49 (6.11%) C# .NET Developer
12 42 (5.24%) Solutions Architect
13 36 (4.49%) Software Developer
14 32 (3.99%) Senior .NET Developer
15 28 (3.49%) Azure Engineer
16 22 (2.74%) DevOps Engineer
17 20 (2.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 20 (2.49%) SQL Developer
17 20 (2.49%) Technical Architect
18 19 (2.37%) Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (19.83%) .NET Framework
2 138 (17.21%) React
3 115 (14.34%) REST
4 104 (12.97%) AngularJS
5 100 (12.47%) .NET Core
6 98 (12.22%) RESTful
7 90 (11.22%) HTML
8 84 (10.47%) ASP.NET
9 66 (8.23%) CSS
10 46 (5.74%) Node.js
11 36 (4.49%) ASP.NET Core
11 36 (4.49%) OAuth
12 34 (4.24%) WPF
13 33 (4.11%) Entity Framework
14 32 (3.99%) ASP.NET Web API
15 27 (3.37%) SOAP
16 26 (3.24%) WinForms
16 26 (3.24%) XML
17 25 (3.12%) Microsoft Graph
18 24 (2.99%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 88 (10.97%) Cloud Native
2 44 (5.49%) Legacy Systems
3 37 (4.61%) Enterprise Software
4 31 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (2.99%) Product Ownership
6 15 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
6 15 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (1.75%) AI Agents
7 14 (1.75%) Legacy Code
7 14 (1.75%) NHS
7 14 (1.75%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (1.62%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.50%) Algorithms
9 12 (1.50%) Credit Risk
9 12 (1.50%) Low-Code
9 12 (1.50%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.37%) Fixed Income
11 10 (1.25%) Market Risk
12 9 (1.12%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 79 (9.85%) Windows
2 32 (3.99%) Windows Server
3 22 (2.74%) Linux
4 4 (0.50%) Unix
5 3 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.25%) Android
7 1 (0.12%) VMS
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (42.27%) DevOps
2 325 (40.52%) CI/CD
3 261 (32.54%) Agile
4 160 (19.95%) Microservices
5 145 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
6 133 (16.58%) Full-Stack Development
6 133 (16.58%) Software Engineering
7 128 (15.96%) AI
8 116 (14.46%) Test Automation
9 76 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 76 (9.48%) Scrum
10 72 (8.98%) Unit Testing
11 69 (8.60%) Infrastructure as Code
12 67 (8.35%) Containerisation
12 67 (8.35%) Migration
13 64 (7.98%) TDD
14 58 (7.23%) SDLC
15 55 (6.86%) Mentoring
16 48 (5.99%) Event-Driven
17 46 (5.74%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 541 (67.46%) C#
2 340 (42.39%) SQL
3 176 (21.95%) JavaScript
4 174 (21.70%) Python
5 94 (11.72%) Java
6 76 (9.48%) TypeScript
7 58 (7.23%) PL/SQL
8 52 (6.48%) T-SQL
9 49 (6.11%) PowerShell
10 24 (2.99%) Bicep
10 24 (2.99%) PHP
11 20 (2.49%) C++
12 16 (2.00%) Kusto Query Language
13 13 (1.62%) VBA
14 12 (1.50%) VB
15 11 (1.37%) Formula Language
15 11 (1.37%) Go
15 11 (1.37%) LotusScript
16 9 (1.12%) Bash
16 9 (1.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 138 (17.21%) Security Cleared
2 111 (13.84%) SC Cleared
3 62 (7.73%) Degree
4 31 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.62%) Azure Certification
6 11 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.12%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 7 (0.87%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.75%) CISSP
10 5 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (0.62%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.62%) CCSP
10 5 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.62%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.37%) OSCP
12 3 (0.37%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (11.35%) QA
2 18 (2.24%) Accessibility
2 18 (2.24%) GDPR
3 15 (1.87%) NIST
4 11 (1.37%) EU AI Act
4 11 (1.37%) PCI DSS
5 10 (1.25%) WCAG
6 9 (1.12%) HL7
7 7 (0.87%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.75%) ISO 20022
8 6 (0.75%) PSD2
9 5 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.50%) GRC
11 3 (0.37%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.37%) SEPA
12 2 (0.25%) DICOM
12 2 (0.25%) MiFID
12 2 (0.25%) SLA
12 2 (0.25%) TARGET2
13 1 (0.12%) EMIR
System Software
1 105 (13.09%) Docker
2 31 (3.87%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 99 (12.34%) Kubernetes
2 88 (10.97%) Terraform
3 8 (1.00%) Ansible
3 8 (1.00%) Grafana
4 6 (0.75%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.50%) Istio
7 2 (0.25%) Argo
7 2 (0.25%) Rancher
8 1 (0.12%) Control-M
8 1 (0.12%) Kibana
8 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.12%) linkerd
Vendors
1 203 (25.31%) Microsoft
2 124 (15.46%) Oracle
3 35 (4.36%) Citrix
4 25 (3.12%) OpenAI
5 23 (2.87%) Sitecore
6 18 (2.24%) Databricks
7 14 (1.75%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.62%) Foundry
8 13 (1.62%) OpenLink
9 12 (1.50%) Google
10 11 (1.37%) Lotus
11 10 (1.25%) Kofax
11 10 (1.25%) UiPath
12 8 (1.00%) Advent
13 7 (0.87%) SAP
14 6 (0.75%) Adobe
14 6 (0.75%) Brio
15 5 (0.62%) Rapid7
16 4 (0.50%) PeopleSoft
16 4 (0.50%) Wind River