ASP.NET Web API Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft ASP.NET Web API
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring ASP.NET Web API skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 443 499
Rank change year-on-year -143 +56 -28
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET Web API 41 62 47
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.091% 0.23% 0.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.48% 1.02% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 55 38
10th Percentile £372 £313 £350
25th Percentile £513 £460 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £501 £460
Median % change year-on-year +9.78% +8.91% -18.00%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £616
90th Percentile £750 £813 £791
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £460
% change year-on-year +10.00% +8.70% -16.93%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

ASP.NET Web API 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 8,526 6,105 7,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.93% 22.28% 21.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,608 4,199 5,344
10th Percentile £363 £355 £351
25th Percentile £430 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £521 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% -5.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £510 £538
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.20% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 135 251
10th Percentile £30.00 £31.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £45.63 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.45% -9.38%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.01 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.70%

ASP.NET Web API
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ASP.NET Web API relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

ASP.NET Web API job vacancy trend in England

ASP.NET Web API
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ASP.NET Web API.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ASP.NET Web API

ASP.NET Web API
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ASP.NET Web API in England over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ASP.NET Web API in England

ASP.NET Web API
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ASP.NET Web API.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ASP.NET Web API

ASP.NET Web API
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 ASP.NET Web API within the England region over the 6 months to 19 July 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 -94 19 £600 - 11
South East -64 11 £525 +10.53% 9
Midlands -51 4 £450 +14.65% 4
South West -37 2 £600 +52.87%
West Midlands -62 2 £425 +59.18% 1
East Midlands -14 1 £650 +33.33% 3
East of England -16 1 £550 +10.00% 2
Yorkshire -54 1 £525 +10.53% 2
North of England -80 1 £525 +27.27% 7
ASP.NET Web API
UK

ASP.NET Web API
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 3 (7.32%) IIS
2 2 (4.88%) CMS
2 2 (4.88%) Umbraco
3 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (63.41%) Azure
2 10 (24.39%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (19.51%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (17.07%) Power Platform
4 7 (17.07%) PowerApps
5 6 (14.63%) AWS
5 6 (14.63%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (9.76%) Azure AKS
6 4 (9.76%) Azure Functions
6 4 (9.76%) Power Automate
6 4 (9.76%) Serverless
7 3 (7.32%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (4.88%) Azure API Management
8 2 (4.88%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (2.44%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 1 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (2.44%) Azure Event Grid
9 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
9 1 (2.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) 3GPP
1 2 (4.88%) HTTP
1 2 (4.88%) RTCP
1 2 (4.88%) RTP
1 2 (4.88%) XCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (39.02%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.32%) DocumentDB
2 3 (7.32%) MongoDB
2 3 (7.32%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (7.32%) Redis
2 3 (7.32%) Relational Database
2 3 (7.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (4.88%) ClickHouse
3 2 (4.88%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.44%) Db2
4 1 (2.44%) MS Access
4 1 (2.44%) MySQL
4 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (19.51%) Git
2 5 (12.20%) NUnit
3 2 (4.88%) Bitbucket
3 2 (4.88%) Cucumber
3 2 (4.88%) Moq
3 2 (4.88%) MSTest
3 2 (4.88%) SpecFlow
3 2 (4.88%) TeamCity
3 2 (4.88%) Vite
4 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.44%) Postman
4 1 (2.44%) Serilog
4 1 (2.44%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Finance
4 3 (7.32%) Front Office
4 3 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.88%) Banking
5 2 (4.88%) Investment Banking
5 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Automotive
6 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.44%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (58.54%) Developer
2 15 (36.59%) .NET Developer
3 7 (17.07%) Architect
4 6 (14.63%) C# .NET Developer
4 6 (14.63%) C# Developer
5 5 (12.20%) Senior
5 5 (12.20%) Senior Developer
6 4 (9.76%) Dynamics 365 Architect
6 4 (9.76%) Lead
7 3 (7.32%) React Developer
7 3 (7.32%) Senior .NET Developer
8 2 (4.88%) CRM Architect
8 2 (4.88%) Python Developer
8 2 (4.88%) Scrum Master
8 2 (4.88%) Senior React Developer
8 2 (4.88%) Senior UI Developer
8 2 (4.88%) Software Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Technical Leader
8 2 (4.88%) Technology Architect
8 2 (4.88%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (90.24%) .NET
2 23 (56.10%) ASP.NET
3 20 (48.78%) .NET Framework
4 14 (34.15%) .NET Core
5 13 (31.71%) Entity Framework
6 10 (24.39%) React
6 10 (24.39%) REST
7 8 (19.51%) AngularJS
7 8 (19.51%) HTML
7 8 (19.51%) WCF
8 7 (17.07%) ASP.NET MVC
8 7 (17.07%) CSS
9 6 (14.63%) OAuth
9 6 (14.63%) OAuth2
9 6 (14.63%) XML
10 5 (12.20%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 4 (9.76%) HTML5 Canvas
11 4 (9.76%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (9.76%) RESTful
11 4 (9.76%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (9.76%) Product Ownership
3 3 (7.32%) AI Agents
4 2 (4.88%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (4.88%) Media Streaming
5 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.44%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (2.44%) Grid Computing
5 1 (2.44%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (53.66%) DevOps
2 21 (51.22%) CI/CD
3 18 (43.90%) Agile
4 13 (31.71%) MVC
4 13 (31.71%) SOLID
5 12 (29.27%) Software Engineering
6 9 (21.95%) TDD
7 8 (19.51%) Clean Code
7 8 (19.51%) CRM
7 8 (19.51%) Scrum
8 6 (14.63%) Full-Stack Development
8 6 (14.63%) Unit Testing
9 5 (12.20%) API Design
9 5 (12.20%) API Development
9 5 (12.20%) Design Patterns
9 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure as Code
9 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (12.20%) User Experience
10 4 (9.76%) API Management
10 4 (9.76%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 34 (82.93%) C#
2 20 (48.78%) SQL
3 18 (43.90%) JavaScript
4 13 (31.71%) TypeScript
5 3 (7.32%) PowerShell
6 2 (4.88%) Python
6 2 (4.88%) T-SQL
7 1 (2.44%) Bicep
7 1 (2.44%) PL/SQL
7 1 (2.44%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.44%) VBA
7 1 (2.44%) VBScript
7 1 (2.44%) XPath
Qualifications
1 8 (19.51%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.20%) Degree
3 4 (9.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (9.76%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) Accessibility
1 2 (4.88%) QA
1 2 (4.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (26.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (21.95%) Kubernetes
1 9 (21.95%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) Oracle
3 2 (4.88%) IBM
4 1 (2.44%) Genesys
4 1 (2.44%) Telerik