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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 585 447 477
Rank change year-on-year -138 +30 -7
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET Web API 43 61 44
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.094% 0.22% 0.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.50% 0.99% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 53 34
10th Percentile £351 £310 £375
25th Percentile £427 £450 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £501 £460
Median % change year-on-year +5.19% +8.91% -19.12%
75th Percentile £669 £600 £616
90th Percentile £750 £813 £796
UK median daily rate £529 £494 £460
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.34% -16.36%

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 8,541 6,179 7,300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.67% 22.21% 21.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,584 4,244 5,040
10th Percentile £363 £350 £359
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 £638 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 152 227
10th Percentile £28.93 £31.25 £23.92
25th Percentile £46.80 £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 £73.00 £67.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £80.91 £74.18
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £49.75
% change year-on-year +18.18% +10.55% -17.08%

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 9 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 9 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 -108 19 £633 +14.58% 28
South East -58 12 £500 +55.76% 18
Midlands -51 5 £425 +37.10% 9
West Midlands -50 3 £400 +49.81% 6
South West -42 2 £600 +52.87% 1
North of England -77 2 £525 +9.09% 16
East Midlands -10 1 £650 +36.84% 3
East of England -19 1 £550 +10.00% 5
North West -47 1 - - 9
Yorkshire -48 1 £525 +6.22% 4
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 (6.98%) IIS
2 2 (4.65%) CMS
2 2 (4.65%) Umbraco
3 1 (2.33%) Confluence
3 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (67.44%) Azure
2 12 (27.91%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (23.26%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (20.93%) Power Platform
5 8 (18.60%) PowerApps
6 7 (16.28%) AWS
7 6 (13.95%) Azure Functions
7 6 (13.95%) Azure Service Bus
7 6 (13.95%) Serverless
8 5 (11.63%) Power Automate
9 4 (9.30%) Azure AKS
10 3 (6.98%) Azure API Management
10 3 (6.98%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (4.65%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (4.65%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (4.65%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (4.65%) PaaS
12 1 (2.33%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 1 (2.33%) Azure Event Grid
12 1 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.65%) 3GPP
1 2 (4.65%) HTTP
1 2 (4.65%) RTCP
1 2 (4.65%) RTP
1 2 (4.65%) XCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (37.21%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.30%) DocumentDB
2 4 (9.30%) MongoDB
2 4 (9.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (6.98%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (6.98%) Redis
4 2 (4.65%) ClickHouse
4 2 (4.65%) Db2
4 2 (4.65%) NoSQL
4 2 (4.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (2.33%) MS Access
5 1 (2.33%) MySQL
5 1 (2.33%) RDBMS
5 1 (2.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (27.91%) Git
2 5 (11.63%) NUnit
3 3 (6.98%) Visual Studio
4 2 (4.65%) Bitbucket
4 2 (4.65%) Cucumber
4 2 (4.65%) Jenkins
4 2 (4.65%) Moq
4 2 (4.65%) SpecFlow
4 2 (4.65%) TeamCity
4 2 (4.65%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (4.65%) Vite
5 1 (2.33%) Claude Code
5 1 (2.33%) GitLab
5 1 (2.33%) MSTest
5 1 (2.33%) Serilog
5 1 (2.33%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 16 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.95%) Finance
4 3 (6.98%) Front Office
5 2 (4.65%) Banking
5 2 (4.65%) Investment Banking
5 2 (4.65%) Marketing
5 2 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.33%) Automotive
6 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (60.47%) Developer
2 14 (32.56%) .NET Developer
3 7 (16.28%) Architect
4 5 (11.63%) Senior
4 5 (11.63%) Senior Developer
5 4 (9.30%) C# .NET Developer
5 4 (9.30%) C# Developer
5 4 (9.30%) Dynamics 365 Architect
5 4 (9.30%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 4 (9.30%) Lead
6 3 (6.98%) React Developer
6 3 (6.98%) Senior .NET Developer
6 3 (6.98%) Software Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) .NET Software Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Azure Architect
7 2 (4.65%) Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (4.65%) Python Developer
7 2 (4.65%) Senior React Developer
7 2 (4.65%) Technical Leader
7 2 (4.65%) Technology Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (90.70%) .NET
2 21 (48.84%) ASP.NET
3 19 (44.19%) .NET Framework
4 15 (34.88%) Entity Framework
5 14 (32.56%) REST
6 13 (30.23%) .NET Core
7 11 (25.58%) React
8 9 (20.93%) AngularJS
8 9 (20.93%) HTML
8 9 (20.93%) WCF
9 8 (18.60%) CSS
10 6 (13.95%) ASP.NET Web Forms
10 6 (13.95%) HTML5 Canvas
10 6 (13.95%) NHibernate
10 6 (13.95%) OAuth
10 6 (13.95%) OAuth2
10 6 (13.95%) XML
11 5 (11.63%) JSON
11 5 (11.63%) RESTful
12 4 (9.30%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.28%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (9.30%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.65%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (4.65%) Media Streaming
4 1 (2.33%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.33%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.33%) Grid Computing
4 1 (2.33%) Replication
4 1 (2.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.98%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (58.14%) DevOps
2 22 (51.16%) CI/CD
3 21 (48.84%) Agile
4 14 (32.56%) SOLID
5 10 (23.26%) CRM
5 10 (23.26%) MVC
5 10 (23.26%) Scrum
5 10 (23.26%) Software Engineering
5 10 (23.26%) TDD
6 9 (20.93%) Clean Code
7 7 (16.28%) API Development
7 7 (16.28%) Full-Stack Development
7 7 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (13.95%) API Design
9 5 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (11.63%) Design Patterns
9 5 (11.63%) Infrastructure as Code
9 5 (11.63%) Unit Testing
10 4 (9.30%) Test Automation
10 4 (9.30%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 36 (83.72%) C#
2 25 (58.14%) SQL
3 23 (53.49%) JavaScript
4 17 (39.53%) TypeScript
5 3 (6.98%) PowerShell
5 3 (6.98%) T-SQL
6 2 (4.65%) Python
7 1 (2.33%) Bicep
7 1 (2.33%) PL/SQL
7 1 (2.33%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.33%) VBA
7 1 (2.33%) VBScript
7 1 (2.33%) XPath
Qualifications
1 11 (25.58%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.63%) Degree
3 4 (9.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (6.98%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.65%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) Accessibility
1 2 (4.65%) QA
1 2 (4.65%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (25.58%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (23.26%) Kubernetes
1 10 (23.26%) Terraform
2 1 (2.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 13 (30.23%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.95%) Oracle
3 3 (6.98%) IBM
4 1 (2.33%) Genesys
4 1 (2.33%) Telerik