.NET Core Contract Job Trends in England

.NET Core
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring .NET Core skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 496 347 262
Rank change year-on-year -149 -85 -28
Contract jobs citing .NET Core 124 155 336
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.57% 0.93%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.46% 2.56% 4.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 104 250
10th Percentile £377 £352 £382
25th Percentile £408 £438 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £505 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -7.34% -7.23%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £688
90th Percentile £664 £784 £751
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.87% -12.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 7
10th Percentile - - £47.61
25th Percentile - - £54.85
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £80.00
75th Percentile £46.88 - £85.00
90th Percentile £48.00 - £87.00
UK median hourly rate £45.00 - £80.00
% change year-on-year - - +60.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

.NET Core 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 8,520 6,057 7,670
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.93% 22.25% 21.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,604 4,167 5,354
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £430 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £743 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £508 £539
% change year-on-year +3.45% -5.84% -2.00%
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% -8.66%
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% - -12.35%

.NET Core
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

.NET Core job vacancy trend in England

.NET Core
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET Core.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET Core

.NET Core
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Core in England over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Core in England

.NET Core
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET Core.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET Core

.NET Core
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 Core within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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 -103 53 £575 - 31
North of England -71 24 £523 +6.63% 23
South East -61 18 £525 +31.25% 26
Yorkshire -36 15 £500 +2.04% 5
South West -31 13 £419 -30.21% 10
Midlands -49 11 £450 -8.16% 11
West Midlands -52 10 £450 - 5
North West -50 8 £550 +17.65% 9
East of England -17 5 £550 +29.41% 11
East Midlands -14 1 £450 -8.16% 6
North East - 1 - - 11
.NET Core
UK

.NET Core
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 17 (13.71%) Confluence
2 5 (4.03%) CMS
3 3 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.42%) Sitecore CMS
4 2 (1.61%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.61%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.81%) ColdFusion
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Endur
1 1 (0.81%) Findur
1 1 (0.81%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 87 (70.16%) Azure
2 45 (36.29%) Azure DevOps
3 32 (25.81%) AWS
4 26 (20.97%) GitHub
5 15 (12.10%) Serverless
6 12 (9.68%) Azure AKS
7 11 (8.87%) Azure Functions
8 10 (8.06%) Azure Monitor
8 10 (8.06%) Azure Service Bus
8 10 (8.06%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (6.45%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (6.45%) Entra ID
10 7 (5.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 7 (5.65%) PaaS
10 7 (5.65%) Power Platform
10 7 (5.65%) SaaS
11 6 (4.84%) Azure App Service
12 5 (4.03%) IaaS
13 4 (3.23%) Azure API Management
13 4 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.45%) 3GPP
1 8 (6.45%) RTP
2 6 (4.84%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.61%) DHCP
3 2 (1.61%) DNS
3 2 (1.61%) HTTP
3 2 (1.61%) RTCP
3 2 (1.61%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.61%) XCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (41.13%) SQL Server
2 16 (12.90%) NoSQL
2 16 (12.90%) Relational Database
3 12 (9.68%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (6.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (6.45%) Geospatial Data
5 7 (5.65%) Oracle Database
5 7 (5.65%) Power BI
6 3 (2.42%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.61%) Redis
7 2 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.81%) Db2
8 1 (0.81%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.81%) Parquet
8 1 (0.81%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 40 (32.26%) Git
2 23 (18.55%) JIRA
3 8 (6.45%) GitLab
3 8 (6.45%) MSI
3 8 (6.45%) Visual Studio
4 6 (4.84%) Jenkins
4 6 (4.84%) TeamCity
5 4 (3.23%) JetBrains Rider
5 4 (3.23%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.61%) NUnit
6 2 (1.61%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.81%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.81%) Moq
7 1 (0.81%) REST Assured
General
1 34 (27.42%) Social Skills
2 27 (21.77%) Finance
3 15 (12.10%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.29%) Public Sector
5 9 (7.26%) Banking
6 5 (4.03%) Aviation
6 5 (4.03%) Fire and Rescue
6 5 (4.03%) Police
7 4 (3.23%) Front Office
7 4 (3.23%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.42%) Retail
9 2 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.61%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.61%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.61%) Prime Brokerage
9 2 (1.61%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.81%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 89 (71.77%) Developer
2 47 (37.90%) .NET Developer
3 29 (23.39%) Senior
4 26 (20.97%) Senior Developer
5 24 (19.35%) C# Developer
6 22 (17.74%) Full-Stack Developer
7 18 (14.52%) Software Engineer
8 16 (12.90%) Senior .NET Developer
9 13 (10.48%) Azure Developer
10 12 (9.68%) C# .NET Developer
11 11 (8.87%) Architect
12 9 (7.26%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
12 9 (7.26%) React Developer
12 9 (7.26%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 8 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
14 7 (5.65%) Lead
14 7 (5.65%) Senior C# Developer
14 7 (5.65%) Senior React Developer
15 5 (4.03%) .NET Software Engineer
15 5 (4.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (100.00%) .NET
2 53 (42.74%) .NET Framework
2 53 (42.74%) REST
3 52 (41.94%) React
4 43 (34.68%) RESTful
5 33 (26.61%) ASP.NET
6 29 (23.39%) HTML
7 27 (21.77%) CSS
8 23 (18.55%) AngularJS
8 23 (18.55%) Entity Framework
9 14 (11.29%) ASP.NET Web API
9 14 (11.29%) HTML5
10 12 (9.68%) CSS3
10 12 (9.68%) Web Services
11 10 (8.06%) WPF
12 8 (6.45%) ATL
12 8 (6.45%) COM
12 8 (6.45%) JSON
12 8 (6.45%) MFC
12 8 (6.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 42 (33.87%) Cloud Native
2 18 (14.52%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (13.71%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (12.90%) Product Ownership
5 11 (8.87%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (7.26%) Onboarding
7 6 (4.84%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (4.03%) Robotics
9 3 (2.42%) AI Agents
9 3 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (2.42%) Wiki
10 2 (1.61%) Algorithms
10 2 (1.61%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.61%) Equities
10 2 (1.61%) FMCG
10 2 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.61%) Media Streaming
10 2 (1.61%) NHS
10 2 (1.61%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.48%) Windows
2 9 (7.26%) Linux
3 2 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (66.94%) CI/CD
2 76 (61.29%) DevOps
3 62 (50.00%) Agile
4 54 (43.55%) Microservices
5 39 (31.45%) Full-Stack Development
6 35 (28.23%) Test Automation
7 34 (27.42%) Software Engineering
8 23 (18.55%) Containerisation
8 23 (18.55%) Event-Driven
9 21 (16.94%) AI
9 21 (16.94%) Infrastructure as Code
10 20 (16.13%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 19 (15.32%) API Development
11 19 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (14.52%) Deployment Automation
12 18 (14.52%) SOLID
13 17 (13.71%) TDD
14 16 (12.90%) Design Patterns
14 16 (12.90%) Scrum
15 15 (12.10%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 108 (87.10%) C#
2 49 (39.52%) SQL
3 45 (36.29%) TypeScript
4 43 (34.68%) JavaScript
5 30 (24.19%) Python
6 15 (12.10%) Bicep
7 4 (3.23%) Java
8 2 (1.61%) C++
8 2 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.61%) XAML
9 1 (0.81%) C
9 1 (0.81%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.81%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (16.94%) Security Cleared
2 17 (13.71%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.26%) Degree
4 5 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.03%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.61%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.61%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.61%) PhD
6 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (13.71%) QA
2 11 (8.87%) Accessibility
3 10 (8.06%) WCAG
4 8 (6.45%) NCSC
5 2 (1.61%) Basel III
5 2 (1.61%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 43 (34.68%) Docker
2 9 (7.26%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 33 (26.61%) Kubernetes
2 23 (18.55%) Terraform
3 5 (4.03%) Ansible
4 1 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (33.06%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.87%) Oracle
3 4 (3.23%) Centrify
3 4 (3.23%) CyberArk
3 4 (3.23%) Sitecore
4 3 (2.42%) IBM
5 2 (1.61%) Cisco
5 2 (1.61%) DevExpress
5 2 (1.61%) Google
5 2 (1.61%) ION Trading
5 2 (1.61%) VMware
6 1 (0.81%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.81%) OpenLink
6 1 (0.81%) SAP
6 1 (0.81%) ServiceNow