.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 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 482 324 261
Rank change year-on-year -158 -63 -40
Contract jobs citing .NET Core 98 155 311
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.25% 0.64% 0.83%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.22% 2.82% 4.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 127 238
10th Percentile £405 £400 £363
25th Percentile £455 £462 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £600 £700 £700
90th Percentile £666 £825 £750
UK median daily rate £492 £545 £553
% change year-on-year -9.72% -1.36% -7.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £40.37
25th Percentile - - £45.80
Median hourly rate - - £58.91
75th Percentile - - £62.96
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £58.91
% change year-on-year - - +7.10%

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 8,001 5,487 7,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.72% 22.52% 19.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,361 3,797 5,387
10th Percentile £359 £363 £343
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £536 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £775
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 87 156
10th Percentile £35.03 £26.76 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.88 £35.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £78.98 £83.38 £73.13
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +0.78% +35.79% -26.92%

.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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -102 57 £500 -20.00% 58
North of England -70 15 £500 +21.21% 48
South East -54 13 £488 +21.88% 60
Midlands -69 8 £460 -8.00% 26
North West -45 7 £531 +28.79% 26
West Midlands -50 7 £474 -0.26% 11
East of England -30 6 £550 +10.55% 27
Yorkshire -55 6 £513 +7.89% 13
North East - 2 £475 - 10
East Midlands -35 1 £450 -10.00% 15
.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 4 (4.08%) CMS
2 3 (3.06%) Sitecore CMS
3 2 (2.04%) Confluence
4 1 (1.02%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.02%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Endur
1 1 (1.02%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 70 (71.43%) Azure
2 47 (47.96%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (27.55%) Serverless
4 24 (24.49%) Azure Functions
5 22 (22.45%) Azure AKS
6 20 (20.41%) Azure Service Bus
6 20 (20.41%) GitHub
7 19 (19.39%) Azure Logic Apps
7 19 (19.39%) Entra ID
8 18 (18.37%) GitHub Actions
9 17 (17.35%) AWS
9 17 (17.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 17 (17.35%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (13.27%) Azure Key Vault
11 10 (10.20%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (9.18%) Azure Event Grid
13 8 (8.16%) Azure API Management
13 8 (8.16%) Azure Cognitive Services
13 8 (8.16%) Azure Machine Learning
13 8 (8.16%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.10%) Network Security
2 2 (2.04%) 3GPP
2 2 (2.04%) HTTP
2 2 (2.04%) RTCP
2 2 (2.04%) RTP
2 2 (2.04%) SSL
2 2 (2.04%) XCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (39.80%) SQL Server
2 12 (12.24%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (9.18%) NoSQL
4 8 (8.16%) Relational Database
5 7 (7.14%) Oracle Database
6 5 (5.10%) MongoDB
7 3 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (2.04%) Data Lake
9 1 (1.02%) DataStage
9 1 (1.02%) Parquet
9 1 (1.02%) Redis
9 1 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (25.51%) Git
2 9 (9.18%) JIRA
3 5 (5.10%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.02%) GitLab
4 1 (1.02%) REST Assured
4 1 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 31 (31.63%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.37%) Finance
3 12 (12.24%) Public Sector
4 11 (11.22%) Banking
5 10 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.10%) Front Office
7 4 (4.08%) Health Technology
8 3 (3.06%) Financial Institution
8 3 (3.06%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.04%) Billing
9 2 (2.04%) Retail
10 1 (1.02%) Automotive
10 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (70.41%) Developer
2 34 (34.69%) .NET Developer
3 25 (25.51%) Senior
4 18 (18.37%) Senior Developer
5 17 (17.35%) Azure Developer
5 17 (17.35%) C# Developer
6 16 (16.33%) Senior .NET Developer
7 11 (11.22%) Full-Stack Developer
7 11 (11.22%) Software Engineer
8 10 (10.20%) Architect
9 8 (8.16%) Azure Engineer
9 8 (8.16%) C# .NET Developer
10 7 (7.14%) Senior DevOps
11 6 (6.12%) Backend Developer
11 6 (6.12%) DevOps Engineer
12 5 (5.10%) .NET Software Engineer
12 5 (5.10%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
12 5 (5.10%) Azure Architect
12 5 (5.10%) Solutions Architect
13 4 (4.08%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (100.00%) .NET
2 50 (51.02%) React
3 37 (37.76%) .NET Framework
4 27 (27.55%) RESTful
5 25 (25.51%) AngularJS
6 24 (24.49%) ASP.NET
7 20 (20.41%) HTML
8 18 (18.37%) REST
9 17 (17.35%) CSS
10 16 (16.33%) Node.js
11 12 (12.24%) Entity Framework
12 9 (9.18%) ASP.NET Web API
12 9 (9.18%) OAuth
13 8 (8.16%) OpenID
13 8 (8.16%) PyTorch
13 8 (8.16%) TensorFlow
14 7 (7.14%) ARM Templates
14 7 (7.14%) ASP.NET MVC
15 6 (6.12%) GraphQL
15 6 (6.12%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.39%) Cloud Native
2 11 (11.22%) AI Agents
2 11 (11.22%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (10.20%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (5.10%) Credit Risk
5 5 (5.10%) Market Risk
5 5 (5.10%) Product Ownership
6 4 (4.08%) NHS
7 3 (3.06%) Algorithms
7 3 (3.06%) Fixed Income
7 3 (3.06%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.04%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (2.04%) Media Streaming
9 1 (1.02%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (1.02%) Grid Computing
9 1 (1.02%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (74.49%) CI/CD
2 67 (68.37%) DevOps
3 47 (47.96%) Agile
4 43 (43.88%) Microservices
5 27 (27.55%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (26.53%) AI
7 25 (25.51%) Full-Stack Development
8 20 (20.41%) Infrastructure as Code
8 20 (20.41%) Test Automation
9 19 (19.39%) Software Engineering
10 17 (17.35%) RBAC
11 16 (16.33%) API Management
11 16 (16.33%) Containerisation
12 12 (12.24%) Analytics
12 12 (12.24%) Clean Code
12 12 (12.24%) Mentoring
12 12 (12.24%) MVC
13 11 (11.22%) API Development
13 11 (11.22%) Machine Learning
13 11 (11.22%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 83 (84.69%) C#
2 40 (40.82%) SQL
3 27 (27.55%) Python
4 26 (26.53%) JavaScript
5 20 (20.41%) TypeScript
6 14 (14.29%) Bicep
7 7 (7.14%) PowerShell
8 5 (5.10%) Bash
8 5 (5.10%) PHP
9 3 (3.06%) Java
10 2 (2.04%) T-SQL
11 1 (1.02%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (8.16%) Azure Certification
1 8 (8.16%) Security Cleared
2 5 (5.10%) Degree
2 5 (5.10%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.02%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.14%) QA
2 4 (4.08%) HL7
3 3 (3.06%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.04%) MiFID
4 2 (2.04%) WCAG
5 1 (1.02%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.02%) EMIR
System Software
1 23 (23.47%) Docker
2 13 (13.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 30 (30.61%) Terraform
2 18 (18.37%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (27.55%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.24%) Oracle
3 10 (10.20%) Databricks
4 8 (8.16%) OpenAI
5 6 (6.12%) Sitecore
6 4 (4.08%) Brio
7 3 (3.06%) Google
7 3 (3.06%) ION Trading
8 1 (1.02%) OpenLink
8 1 (1.02%) ServiceNow