.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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 499 396 268
Rank change year-on-year -103 -128 -29
Contract jobs citing .NET Core 144 123 286
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.44% 0.87%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.45% 1.74% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 69 205
10th Percentile £378 £354 £399
25th Percentile £406 £438 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £545
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -6.42% -5.22%
75th Percentile £638 £618 £650
90th Percentile £706 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -9.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile - - £52.05
25th Percentile £45.00 - £75.00
Median hourly rate £46.25 - £80.00
75th Percentile £50.00 - £85.00
90th Percentile £52.25 - £88.00
UK median hourly rate £46.25 - £80.00
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%

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 9,906 7,059 8,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.28% 25.38% 24.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,513 4,805 5,494
10th Percentile £380 £354 £363
25th Percentile £440 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.99% -5.73% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £666
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 169 179
10th Percentile £29.72 £31.54 £27.60
25th Percentile £52.97 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.67% -12.00% -1.57%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.45
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.70 £61.60
% change year-on-year +18.83% -11.20% -1.44%

.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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -89 66 £613 +2.08% 146
South East -55 24 £500 +11.11% 67
North of England -62 21 £488 -7.14% 72
South West -22 18 £413 +10.00% 16
Yorkshire -27 17 £468 -10.95% 17
West Midlands -44 8 £400 - 24
Midlands -48 8 £400 -20.00% 37
East of England -23 5 £525 +5.00% 31
North West -58 2 £550 +10.00% 39
North East - 2 - - 17
.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 25 (17.36%) Confluence
2 5 (3.47%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.08%) CMS
4 2 (1.39%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.39%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.69%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.69%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.69%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.69%) nginx
5 1 (0.69%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Endur
1 1 (0.69%) Findur
1 1 (0.69%) Sage 50
1 1 (0.69%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 96 (66.67%) Azure
2 52 (36.11%) Azure DevOps
3 42 (29.17%) AWS
4 32 (22.22%) GitHub
5 13 (9.03%) Azure Key Vault
5 13 (9.03%) Serverless
6 11 (7.64%) Azure AKS
6 11 (7.64%) Azure Monitor
6 11 (7.64%) PaaS
7 10 (6.94%) Azure App Service
7 10 (6.94%) Azure Functions
8 9 (6.25%) Entra ID
8 9 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (5.56%) Power Platform
10 7 (4.86%) Amazon SQS
10 7 (4.86%) IaaS
11 6 (4.17%) Azure API Management
11 6 (4.17%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (4.17%) GitHub Copilot
12 5 (3.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.17%) 3GPP
1 6 (4.17%) RTP
1 6 (4.17%) Wireshark
2 2 (1.39%) DHCP
2 2 (1.39%) DNS
2 2 (1.39%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.69%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 18 (12.50%) NoSQL
3 15 (10.42%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (9.72%) Relational Database
5 12 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (7.64%) Geospatial Data
7 8 (5.56%) Power BI
8 4 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (2.08%) DynamoDB
9 3 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (1.39%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.39%) Db2
10 2 (1.39%) MongoDB
10 2 (1.39%) Parquet
10 2 (1.39%) Redis
10 2 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.69%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.69%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 48 (33.33%) Git
2 23 (15.97%) JIRA
3 11 (7.64%) MSI
3 11 (7.64%) Visual Studio
4 10 (6.94%) GitLab
4 10 (6.94%) Jenkins
5 7 (4.86%) TeamCity
6 5 (3.47%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (2.78%) JetBrains Rider
7 4 (2.78%) SpecFlow
8 3 (2.08%) Bitbucket
9 2 (1.39%) NUnit
10 1 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.69%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.69%) Moq
10 1 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.69%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.69%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 48 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 32 (22.22%) Finance
3 25 (17.36%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.25%) Banking
5 9 (6.25%) Front Office
6 5 (3.47%) Aviation
6 5 (3.47%) Fire and Rescue
6 5 (3.47%) Police
7 3 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.08%) Investment Banking
7 3 (2.08%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.08%) Prime Brokerage
8 2 (1.39%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.39%) Legal
8 2 (1.39%) Marketing
8 2 (1.39%) Retail
8 2 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 101 (70.14%) Developer
2 57 (39.58%) .NET Developer
3 40 (27.78%) Senior
4 28 (19.44%) Senior Developer
5 26 (18.06%) Full-Stack Developer
6 24 (16.67%) C# Developer
7 18 (12.50%) Software Engineer
8 16 (11.11%) Senior .NET Developer
9 14 (9.72%) C# .NET Developer
10 13 (9.03%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
11 12 (8.33%) Azure Developer
11 12 (8.33%) React Developer
11 12 (8.33%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
12 10 (6.94%) Senior C# Developer
13 9 (6.25%) Architect
14 8 (5.56%) .NET Software Engineer
14 8 (5.56%) C# Software Engineer
14 8 (5.56%) Lead
14 8 (5.56%) Senior React Developer
15 7 (4.86%) Senior C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (100.00%) .NET
2 75 (52.08%) REST
3 61 (42.36%) .NET Framework
4 49 (34.03%) RESTful
5 41 (28.47%) React
6 38 (26.39%) ASP.NET
7 28 (19.44%) Entity Framework
8 27 (18.75%) Terraform
9 24 (16.67%) CSS
10 23 (15.97%) HTML
11 21 (14.58%) AngularJS
12 20 (13.89%) Web Services
12 20 (13.89%) WPF
13 18 (12.50%) Kafka
14 14 (9.72%) CSS3
14 14 (9.72%) HTML5
15 11 (7.64%) ATL
15 11 (7.64%) COM
15 11 (7.64%) JSON
15 11 (7.64%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 52 (36.11%) Cloud Native
2 20 (13.89%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (13.19%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (13.19%) Product Ownership
4 14 (9.72%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (9.72%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.17%) Wiki
6 5 (3.47%) Credit Risk
6 5 (3.47%) Robotics
7 4 (2.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (2.78%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.08%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (2.08%) Market Risk
8 3 (2.08%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.39%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.39%) FMCG
9 2 (1.39%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 21 (14.58%) Windows
2 11 (7.64%) Linux
3 2 (1.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (65.97%) CI/CD
2 76 (52.78%) DevOps
3 67 (46.53%) Agile
4 55 (38.19%) Microservices
5 46 (31.94%) Full-Stack Development
6 42 (29.17%) Software Engineering
7 41 (28.47%) Test Automation
8 35 (24.31%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (20.83%) Deployment Automation
10 29 (20.14%) Containerisation
11 26 (18.06%) Design Patterns
11 26 (18.06%) Event-Driven
12 25 (17.36%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 25 (17.36%) Infrastructure as Code
13 24 (16.67%) AI
13 24 (16.67%) API Development
14 23 (15.97%) API Design
15 22 (15.28%) SOLID
16 19 (13.19%) Code Quality
16 19 (13.19%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 127 (88.19%) C#
2 60 (41.67%) SQL
3 53 (36.81%) JavaScript
4 49 (34.03%) TypeScript
5 37 (25.69%) Python
6 20 (13.89%) Bicep
7 7 (4.86%) T-SQL
8 5 (3.47%) XAML
9 4 (2.78%) C++
9 4 (2.78%) Java
10 3 (2.08%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.69%) C
12 1 (0.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (20.14%) Security Cleared
2 24 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 18 (12.50%) Degree
4 12 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.86%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.47%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.47%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.78%) PhD
8 2 (1.39%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.81%) QA
2 14 (9.72%) Accessibility
3 13 (9.03%) WCAG
4 11 (7.64%) NCSC
5 3 (2.08%) Basel III
6 2 (1.39%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.39%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.69%) GRC
7 1 (0.69%) HL7
7 1 (0.69%) PSD2
7 1 (0.69%) SEPA
System Software
1 49 (34.03%) Docker
2 14 (9.72%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 40 (27.78%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.86%) Ansible
3 1 (0.69%) Istio
3 1 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.17%) Centrify
2 6 (4.17%) CyberArk
3 5 (3.47%) Oracle
4 4 (2.78%) IBM
5 3 (2.08%) DevExpress
6 2 (1.39%) Cisco
6 2 (1.39%) Google
6 2 (1.39%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.39%) SAP
6 2 (1.39%) VMware
6 2 (1.39%) WSO2
7 1 (0.69%) Calypso
7 1 (0.69%) FIS
7 1 (0.69%) Murex
7 1 (0.69%) OpenLink
7 1 (0.69%) Sage
7 1 (0.69%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.69%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.69%) Temenos