.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 citing .NET Core skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	489	405	323
Rank change year-on-year	-84	-82	-93
Contract jobs citing .NET Core	151	119	205
As % of all contract jobs in England	0.33%	0.42%	0.65%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	1.51%	1.62%	2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted	88	63	161
10^th Percentile	£396	£360	£380
25^th Percentile	£413	£438	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£510	£550
Median % change year-on-year	-1.96%	-7.27%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£638	£667	£650
90^th Percentile	£708	£743	£700
UK median daily rate	£500	£500	£511
% change year-on-year	-	-2.20%	-11.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£45.00	-	-
Median hourly rate	£46.25	-	-
75^th Percentile	£50.00	-	-
90^th Percentile	£52.25	-	-
UK median hourly rate	£46.25	-	-

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 citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills	10,028	7,326	7,778
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England	21.61%	25.69%	24.71%
Number of daily rates quoted	6,606	4,944	5,037
10^th Percentile	£381	£356	£361
25^th Percentile	£447	£413	£440
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£537	£518	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+3.77%	-5.91%	-
75^th Percentile	£638	£633	£663
90^th Percentile	£738	£725	£788
UK median daily rate	£525	£513	£550
% change year-on-year	+2.44%	-6.82%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	288	168	132
10^th Percentile	£29.07	£31.10	£28.48
25^th Percentile	£55.00	£42.19	£43.00
Median hourly rate	£67.47	£54.35	£65.00
Median % change year-on-year	+24.14%	-16.38%	+13.04%
75^th Percentile	£77.00	£65.00	£70.00
90^th Percentile	£92.00	£74.48	£73.98
UK median hourly rate	£65.00	£52.72	£65.00
% change year-on-year	+23.29%	-18.89%	+12.07%

.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 Daily Rate Trend in England

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 25 October 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.

.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 25 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
London	-74	72	£600	-	79
South East	-45	27	£500	+11.11%	31
North of England	-63	21	£460	-12.38%	47
Yorkshire	-27	17	£460	-12.38%	10
South West	-22	16	£413	+10.00%	8
West Midlands	-31	7	£425	+3.03%	5
Midlands	-39	7	£425	-11.46%	9
East of England	-18	5	£525	+5.00%	5
North West	-50	2	£433	-17.62%	26
North East	-	2	-	-	11
.NET Core UK

.NET Core Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing .NET Core also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region citing .NET Core.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	.NET	100.0%	151
2	C#	90.1%	136
3	Azure	67.5%	102
4	CI/CD	65.6%	99
5	REST	53.0%	80
6	DevOps	51.7%	78
7	Agile	49.0%	74
8	.NET Framework	44.4%	67
8	SQL Server	44.4%	67
10	SQL	42.4%	64
11	RESTful	38.4%	58
12	Azure DevOps	37.7%	57
12	Microsoft	37.7%	57
14	Full-Stack Development	35.8%	54
14	Git	35.8%	54
14	JavaScript	35.8%	54
17	Microservices	35.1%	53
18	React	33.1%	50
18	TypeScript	33.1%	50
20	Test Automation	32.5%	49
21	ASP.NET	31.8%	48
22	Docker	29.1%	44
23	AWS	27.8%	42
23	Python	27.8%	42
25	Software Engineering	27.2%	41
26	Kubernetes	25.8%	39
27	Deployment Automation	24.5%	37
27	Problem-Solving	24.5%	37
29	Entity Framework	23.8%	36
30	GitHub	21.2%	32

.NET Core Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	.NET	100.0%	151
2	REST	53.0%	80
3	.NET Framework	44.4%	67
4	RESTful	38.4%	58
5	React	33.1%	50
6	ASP.NET	31.8%	48
7	Entity Framework	23.8%	36
8	AngularJS	17.2%	26
8	Terraform	17.2%	26
10	CSS	15.9%	24
11	HTML	15.2%	23
12	ASP.NET Web API	13.2%	20
12	Kafka	13.2%	20
12	Web Services	13.2%	20
12	WPF	13.2%	20
16	CSS3	9.9%	15
16	HTML5	9.9%	15
18	ASP.NET MVC	9.3%	14
19	ASP.NET Core	7.9%	12
19	JSON	7.9%	12