.NET Core Contracts in England

.NET Core
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for .NET Core skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited .NET Core over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 250 228 191
Rank change year-on-year -22 -37 -37
Contract jobs citing .NET Core 339 612 1,082
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.92% 1.21% 1.52%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.55% 5.22% 5.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 457 909
10th Percentile £393 £413 £385
25th Percentile £463 £506 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.92% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £806 £763
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 19
10th Percentile £47.61 £49.30 £44.05
25th Percentile £54.85 £50.50 £48.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £55.00 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -0.90% -
75th Percentile £85.00 £57.50 £62.15
90th Percentile £87.00 - £63.88
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £55.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +45.45% -8.33% +71.43%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

.NET Core is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,454 11,713 19,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.17% 23.17% 27.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,302 8,672 14,430
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £430 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 209 138 214
10th Percentile £21.63 £28.73 £21.30
25th Percentile £40.31 £48.88 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

.NET Core
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing .NET Core as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for .NET Core in England

.NET Core
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing .NET Core in England.

Daily rate trend for .NET Core in England

.NET Core
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Core in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Core in England

.NET Core
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing .NET Core in England.

Hourly rate trend for .NET Core in England

.NET Core
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing .NET Core in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET Core in England

.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 27 April 2024. 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 -6 242 £600 -7.69% 125
South West +49 38 £700 +67.16% 42
North of England -9 21 £400 -20.00% 117
South East +6 18 £470 -18.26% 96
North West -14 13 £475 -11.63% 67
Yorkshire +17 7 £300 -38.46% 37
Midlands -8 6 £538 +26.47% 61
West Midlands +17 3 £400 -14.67% 33
East Midlands +1 3 £550 +29.41% 28
East of England +12 2 £475 - 46
North East +11 1 - - 17
.NET Core
UK

.NET Core
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (7.96%) Confluence
2 19 (5.60%) CMS
3 9 (2.65%) BizTalk Server
4 6 (1.77%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.88%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.88%) IIS
5 3 (0.88%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.59%) Apache
6 2 (0.59%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.59%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.29%) Kentico
Applications
1 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 6 (1.77%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.29%) Aareon QL
2 1 (0.29%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (0.29%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 204 (60.18%) Azure
2 114 (33.63%) Azure DevOps
3 74 (21.83%) AWS
4 70 (20.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 64 (18.88%) Azure Service Bus
6 39 (11.50%) Azure Monitor
7 35 (10.32%) Serverless
8 27 (7.96%) Entra ID
9 25 (7.37%) GCP
10 24 (7.08%) Azure Functions
11 19 (5.60%) Azure Pipelines
12 18 (5.31%) Azure Logic Apps
13 17 (5.01%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (3.54%) GitHub
15 11 (3.24%) NuGet
15 11 (3.24%) PaaS
16 10 (2.95%) Azure AKS
16 10 (2.95%) Azure Data Factory
16 10 (2.95%) Azure Event Grid
16 10 (2.95%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.06%) FTP
2 6 (1.77%) HTTP
3 2 (0.59%) DHCP
3 2 (0.59%) DNS
3 2 (0.59%) Firewall
3 2 (0.59%) SSL
3 2 (0.59%) VPN
4 1 (0.29%) CTI
4 1 (0.29%) Internet
4 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (39.53%) SQL Server
2 31 (9.14%) NoSQL
3 23 (6.78%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (4.13%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (2.95%) Redis
8 7 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.47%) SQLite
10 4 (1.18%) Big Data
11 3 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.88%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.88%) MySQL
12 2 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.59%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.59%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.59%) RavenDB
13 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 77 (22.71%) Git
2 33 (9.73%) JIRA
3 30 (8.85%) TeamCity
4 28 (8.26%) Bitbucket
5 25 (7.37%) Jenkins
6 24 (7.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 24 (7.08%) NUnit
7 14 (4.13%) Selenium
8 13 (3.83%) Moq
9 12 (3.54%) Cucumber
9 12 (3.54%) SpecFlow
9 12 (3.54%) Visual Studio
10 11 (3.24%) Octopus Deploy
11 9 (2.65%) Jasmine
12 8 (2.36%) SonarQube
13 5 (1.47%) Checkstyle
13 5 (1.47%) Postman
14 4 (1.18%) JMeter
14 4 (1.18%) webpack
15 3 (0.88%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 66 (19.47%) Social Skills
2 63 (18.58%) Finance
3 40 (11.80%) Back Office
4 38 (11.21%) Front Office
5 31 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (9.14%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.19%) Banking
7 18 (5.31%) Aerospace
8 8 (2.36%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.06%) Local Government
10 5 (1.47%) Law
11 3 (0.88%) Automotive
11 3 (0.88%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.88%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.59%) Electronics
12 2 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.59%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 248 (73.16%) Developer
2 115 (33.92%) .NET Developer
3 73 (21.53%) C# Developer
4 68 (20.06%) Senior
5 57 (16.81%) Senior Developer
6 43 (12.68%) C# .NET Developer
6 43 (12.68%) Software Engineer
7 39 (11.50%) Full Stack Developer
8 33 (9.73%) Backend Developer
9 28 (8.26%) Lead
10 23 (6.78%) Azure Developer
10 23 (6.78%) Senior Backend Developer
11 22 (6.49%) .NET Software Engineer
11 22 (6.49%) Finance Manager
12 20 (5.90%) .NET Software Developer
13 19 (5.60%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 18 (5.31%) Full Stack .NET Developer
14 18 (5.31%) Software Developer
15 17 (5.01%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 15 (4.42%) Software Asset Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 339 (100.00%) .NET
2 92 (27.14%) React
3 57 (16.81%) ASP.NET
4 55 (16.22%) .NET Framework
4 55 (16.22%) AngularJS
5 41 (12.09%) CSS
6 38 (11.21%) HTML
7 33 (9.73%) XML
8 30 (8.85%) REST
9 28 (8.26%) Blazor
9 28 (8.26%) RESTful
10 26 (7.67%) jQuery
11 25 (7.37%) ASP.NET Web API
12 24 (7.08%) Entity Framework
12 24 (7.08%) Kafka
13 21 (6.19%) YAML
14 19 (5.60%) ASP.NET Core
14 19 (5.60%) ASP.NET MVC
15 15 (4.42%) Redux
16 14 (4.13%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.96%) Fixed Income
1 27 (7.96%) Product Ownership
2 25 (7.37%) Greenfield Project
3 22 (6.49%) Equities
3 22 (6.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 21 (6.19%) Hedge funds
5 17 (5.01%) Cloud Native
6 15 (4.42%) Derivative
7 13 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.77%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (1.18%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.18%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.88%) Contactless
11 3 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.59%) PKI
12 2 (0.59%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.59%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.59%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 31 (9.14%) Linux
2 16 (4.72%) Windows
3 4 (1.18%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.59%) VMS
5 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (49.26%) Agile
2 157 (46.31%) DevOps
3 107 (31.56%) OO
4 106 (31.27%) TDD
5 102 (30.09%) CI/CD
6 74 (21.83%) Microservices
6 74 (21.83%) Software Engineering
7 71 (20.94%) Full Stack Development
8 54 (15.93%) OOD
9 52 (15.34%) Scrum
10 51 (15.04%) API Management
11 50 (14.75%) Continuous Integration
11 50 (14.75%) MVC
12 49 (14.45%) Clean Code
13 41 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
14 39 (11.50%) Test Automation
15 31 (9.14%) Deployment Automation
15 31 (9.14%) Front End Development
15 31 (9.14%) OOP
16 28 (8.26%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 265 (78.17%) C#
2 102 (30.09%) SQL
3 96 (28.32%) JavaScript
4 73 (21.53%) Bicep
5 59 (17.40%) PowerShell
6 56 (16.52%) Python
7 54 (15.93%) TypeScript
8 21 (6.19%) C++
8 21 (6.19%) PL/SQL
8 21 (6.19%) T-SQL
9 10 (2.95%) Java
10 9 (2.65%) Go
11 7 (2.06%) Bash
12 3 (0.88%) C
12 3 (0.88%) Perl
13 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.29%) R
13 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 46 (13.57%) Security Cleared
2 35 (10.32%) SC Cleared
3 16 (4.72%) Degree
4 9 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.36%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.47%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.88%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.59%) HND
9 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.37%) Accessibility
2 24 (7.08%) WCAG
3 20 (5.90%) QA
4 5 (1.47%) MiFID
5 4 (1.18%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.29%) GDPR
7 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 65 (19.17%) Active Directory
2 26 (7.67%) Docker
3 3 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.59%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.59%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.59%) vSphere
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 37 (10.91%) Kubernetes
2 27 (7.96%) Terraform
3 23 (6.78%) Ansible
3 23 (6.78%) PowerCLI
4 5 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.59%) Puppet
6 1 (0.29%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.29%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 103 (30.38%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.37%) Oracle
3 24 (7.08%) Atlassian
4 22 (6.49%) Dell
4 22 (6.49%) HP
5 12 (3.54%) TIBCO
6 9 (2.65%) MuleSoft
7 6 (1.77%) NEC
8 5 (1.47%) Optimizely
8 5 (1.47%) SAP
9 4 (1.18%) VMware
10 2 (0.59%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.29%) Aareon
11 1 (0.29%) Capita
11 1 (0.29%) Cerner
11 1 (0.29%) Civica
11 1 (0.29%) Google
11 1 (0.29%) IBM
11 1 (0.29%) Nintex