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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 576 440 491
Rank change year-on-year -136 +51 -25
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET Web API 42 66 42
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.092% 0.24% 0.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.49% 1.07% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 58 33
10th Percentile £349 £317 £375
25th Percentile £463 £452 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £501 £460
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% +8.80% -19.12%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £625
90th Percentile £750 £813 £798
UK median daily rate £529 £500 £460
% change year-on-year +5.80% +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 8,532 6,172 7,313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.74% 22.23% 21.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,586 4,257 5,081
10th Percentile £363 £350 £360
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £813
UK median daily rate £525 £505 £550
% change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 146 231
10th Percentile £29.00 £31.25 £24.00
25th Percentile £47.60 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £73.94 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.36 £79.35 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year +18.18% +2.33% -10.42%

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 2 August 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 2 August 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 -82 17 £700 +19.76% 29
South East -63 12 £500 +2.56% 19
Midlands -51 5 £425 +8.28% 12
West Midlands -59 3 £400 +49.81% 9
South West -37 2 £600 +52.87% 1
North of England -80 2 £525 +9.09% 15
East Midlands -14 1 £650 +33.33% 3
East of England -14 1 £550 +10.00% 5
Yorkshire -53 1 £525 +6.22% 4
North West -55 1 - - 8
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 (7.14%) IIS
2 2 (4.76%) CMS
2 2 (4.76%) Umbraco
3 1 (2.38%) Confluence
3 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (61.90%) Azure
2 11 (26.19%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (16.67%) AWS
3 7 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 7 (16.67%) PowerApps
4 5 (11.90%) Azure Functions
4 5 (11.90%) Azure Service Bus
4 5 (11.90%) Serverless
5 4 (9.52%) Azure AKS
6 3 (7.14%) Azure API Management
6 3 (7.14%) Power Automate
7 2 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (4.76%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (4.76%) PaaS
8 1 (2.38%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 1 (2.38%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) 3GPP
1 2 (4.76%) HTTP
1 2 (4.76%) RTCP
1 2 (4.76%) RTP
1 2 (4.76%) XCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (38.10%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.52%) DocumentDB
2 4 (9.52%) MongoDB
2 4 (9.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (7.14%) Redis
4 2 (4.76%) ClickHouse
4 2 (4.76%) Db2
4 2 (4.76%) NoSQL
4 2 (4.76%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (2.38%) MS Access
5 1 (2.38%) MySQL
5 1 (2.38%) RDBMS
5 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (26.19%) Git
2 5 (11.90%) NUnit
3 2 (4.76%) Bitbucket
3 2 (4.76%) Cucumber
3 2 (4.76%) Jenkins
3 2 (4.76%) Moq
3 2 (4.76%) MSTest
3 2 (4.76%) SpecFlow
3 2 (4.76%) TeamCity
3 2 (4.76%) Visual Studio
3 2 (4.76%) Vite
4 1 (2.38%) Claude Code
4 1 (2.38%) GitLab
4 1 (2.38%) Postman
4 1 (2.38%) Serilog
4 1 (2.38%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.38%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 16 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (14.29%) Finance
4 3 (7.14%) Front Office
5 2 (4.76%) Banking
5 2 (4.76%) Investment Banking
5 2 (4.76%) Marketing
5 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.38%) Automotive
6 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 25 (59.52%) Developer
2 15 (35.71%) .NET Developer
3 6 (14.29%) Architect
4 5 (11.90%) C# .NET Developer
4 5 (11.90%) C# Developer
4 5 (11.90%) Senior
4 5 (11.90%) Senior Developer
5 4 (9.52%) Lead
6 3 (7.14%) Dynamics 365 Architect
6 3 (7.14%) React Developer
6 3 (7.14%) Senior .NET Developer
6 3 (7.14%) Software Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) .NET Software Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) CRM Architect
7 2 (4.76%) Python Developer
7 2 (4.76%) Scrum Master
7 2 (4.76%) Senior UI Developer
7 2 (4.76%) Technical Leader
7 2 (4.76%) UI Developer
7 2 (4.76%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (90.48%) .NET
2 23 (54.76%) ASP.NET
3 20 (47.62%) .NET Framework
4 15 (35.71%) Entity Framework
5 14 (33.33%) .NET Core
6 13 (30.95%) REST
7 11 (26.19%) React
8 9 (21.43%) AngularJS
9 8 (19.05%) HTML
9 8 (19.05%) WCF
10 7 (16.67%) CSS
11 6 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
11 6 (14.29%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 6 (14.29%) NHibernate
11 6 (14.29%) OAuth
11 6 (14.29%) OAuth2
11 6 (14.29%) XML
12 5 (11.90%) HTML5 Canvas
12 5 (11.90%) JSON
13 4 (9.52%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (9.52%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (4.76%) Media Streaming
4 1 (2.38%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.38%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.38%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.38%) Grid Computing
4 1 (2.38%) Replication
4 1 (2.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (57.14%) DevOps
2 22 (52.38%) CI/CD
3 21 (50.00%) Agile
4 14 (33.33%) SOLID
5 12 (28.57%) MVC
6 11 (26.19%) Software Engineering
7 10 (23.81%) Scrum
7 10 (23.81%) TDD
8 9 (21.43%) Clean Code
9 7 (16.67%) CRM
9 7 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
9 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (14.29%) API Design
10 6 (14.29%) API Development
10 6 (14.29%) Unit Testing
11 5 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (11.90%) Design Patterns
11 5 (11.90%) Infrastructure as Code
12 4 (9.52%) Mentoring
12 4 (9.52%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 35 (83.33%) C#
2 24 (57.14%) SQL
3 20 (47.62%) JavaScript
4 14 (33.33%) TypeScript
5 4 (9.52%) PowerShell
6 3 (7.14%) T-SQL
7 2 (4.76%) Python
8 1 (2.38%) Bicep
8 1 (2.38%) PL/SQL
8 1 (2.38%) VB.NET
8 1 (2.38%) VBA
8 1 (2.38%) VBScript
8 1 (2.38%) XPath
Qualifications
1 9 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.90%) Degree
3 4 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) Accessibility
1 2 (4.76%) QA
1 2 (4.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (28.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (23.81%) Kubernetes
1 10 (23.81%) Terraform
2 1 (2.38%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.67%) Oracle
3 3 (7.14%) IBM
4 1 (2.38%) Genesys
4 1 (2.38%) Telerik