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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 600 476 480
Rank change year-on-year -124 +4 -3
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET Web API 40 41 51
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.087% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.41% 0.58% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 31 38
10th Percentile £335 £308 £371
25th Percentile £419 £400 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £562
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -15.41% +0.72%
75th Percentile £631 £538 £582
90th Percentile £675 £813 £633
UK median daily rate £529 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +11.37% -5.00% -9.09%

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 9,763 7,122 8,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.17% 25.50% 24.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,416 4,807 5,269
10th Percentile £381 £355 £363
25th Percentile £447 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -5.45% -0.14%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £738 £789
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 175 177
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £35.60
25th Percentile £54.68 £42.05 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.40 £70.00 £74.46
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +20.37% -13.60% +4.17%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 -88 17 £527 +10.95% 60
South East -47 12 £525 +16.67% 20
Midlands -40 4 £463 +49.19% 11
North of England -79 3 - - 22
Yorkshire -43 2 - - 5
East Midlands - 2 £650 - 2
East of England -23 1 £550 +10.00% 9
South West -38 1 £600 +27.32% 3
North West -44 1 - - 13
West Midlands -49 1 £275 -11.29% 9
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 2 (5.00%) CMS
1 2 (5.00%) Umbraco
2 1 (2.50%) Confluence
2 1 (2.50%) IIS
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (72.50%) Azure
2 15 (37.50%) Dynamics 365
3 12 (30.00%) Power Platform
4 11 (27.50%) PowerApps
5 10 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (22.50%) AWS
7 7 (17.50%) Power Automate
8 6 (15.00%) Azure Logic Apps
8 6 (15.00%) Azure Service Bus
9 5 (12.50%) Azure Functions
9 5 (12.50%) Serverless
10 2 (5.00%) Azure AKS
10 2 (5.00%) Azure API Management
10 2 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (5.00%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (2.50%) Azure Event Grid
11 1 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (2.50%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (45.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (7.50%) Db2
3 3 (7.50%) DocumentDB
3 3 (7.50%) NoSQL
4 2 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (5.00%) Redis
4 2 (5.00%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (2.50%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.50%) MS Access
5 1 (2.50%) MySQL
5 1 (2.50%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 14 (35.00%) Git
2 4 (10.00%) Visual Studio
3 3 (7.50%) NUnit
3 3 (7.50%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (5.00%) Jenkins
5 1 (2.50%) Claude Code
5 1 (2.50%) GitLab
5 1 (2.50%) Moq
5 1 (2.50%) MSTest
5 1 (2.50%) REST Assured
5 1 (2.50%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 16 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (17.50%) Finance
4 4 (10.00%) Marketing
5 2 (5.00%) Automotive
6 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (60.00%) Developer
2 11 (27.50%) .NET Developer
3 8 (20.00%) Architect
4 7 (17.50%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 6 (15.00%) Dynamics 365 Architect
6 5 (12.50%) Senior
6 5 (12.50%) Senior .NET Developer
6 5 (12.50%) Senior Developer
7 4 (10.00%) C# .NET Developer
7 4 (10.00%) C# Developer
7 4 (10.00%) Lead
8 3 (7.50%) .NET Software Engineer
8 3 (7.50%) C# Software Engineer
8 3 (7.50%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
8 3 (7.50%) Software Engineer
8 3 (7.50%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (5.00%) Lead Developer
9 2 (5.00%) Software Developer
9 2 (5.00%) Technical Architect
9 2 (5.00%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (90.00%) .NET
2 24 (60.00%) .NET Framework
3 19 (47.50%) Entity Framework
4 18 (45.00%) ASP.NET
5 17 (42.50%) REST
6 14 (35.00%) .NET Core
7 12 (30.00%) React
8 11 (27.50%) HTML
9 10 (25.00%) CSS
9 10 (25.00%) WCF
10 8 (20.00%) AngularJS
10 8 (20.00%) HTML5 Canvas
10 8 (20.00%) JSON
11 7 (17.50%) NHibernate
11 7 (17.50%) XML
12 6 (15.00%) ASP.NET MVC
12 6 (15.00%) Terraform
13 5 (12.50%) ASP.NET Web Forms
13 5 (12.50%) Dapper ORM
13 5 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.00%) Distributed Architecture
3 2 (5.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (2.50%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.50%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.50%) Replication
4 1 (2.50%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (52.50%) Agile
1 21 (52.50%) DevOps
2 19 (47.50%) CI/CD
3 15 (37.50%) MVC
4 14 (35.00%) CRM
5 12 (30.00%) Scrum
6 11 (27.50%) Software Engineering
6 11 (27.50%) TDD
7 10 (25.00%) SOLID
8 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (17.50%) SDLC
10 6 (15.00%) Web Development
11 5 (12.50%) API Design
11 5 (12.50%) API Development
11 5 (12.50%) API Integration
11 5 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (12.50%) Customer Service
11 5 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
11 5 (12.50%) Test Automation
12 4 (10.00%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 35 (87.50%) C#
2 28 (70.00%) JavaScript
3 24 (60.00%) SQL
4 21 (52.50%) TypeScript
5 3 (7.50%) T-SQL
6 1 (2.50%) Bicep
6 1 (2.50%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.50%) VB.NET
6 1 (2.50%) VBA
6 1 (2.50%) VBScript
6 1 (2.50%) X++
6 1 (2.50%) XPath
Qualifications
1 11 (27.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (15.00%) Degree
3 4 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.00%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) QA
2 2 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.00%) WCAG
3 1 (2.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 17 (42.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.50%) Oracle
3 3 (7.50%) IBM
4 1 (2.50%) Genesys
4 1 (2.50%) Telerik