.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 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	487	413	304
Rank change year-on-year	-74	-109	-78
Contract jobs citing .NET Core	153	118	214
As % of all contract jobs in England	0.33%	0.42%	0.68%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	1.52%	1.62%	2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted	90	63	168
10^th Percentile	£385	£381	£393
25^th Percentile	£413	£438	£455
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£510	£550
Median % change year-on-year	-1.96%	-7.27%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£634	£667	£650
90^th Percentile	£703	£743	£700
UK median daily rate	£500	£500	£513
% change year-on-year	-	-2.44%	-10.87%
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 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills	10,098	7,300	7,826
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England	21.61%	25.68%	24.73%
Number of daily rates quoted	6,659	4,931	5,075
10^th Percentile	£381	£356	£363
25^th Percentile	£447	£413	£440
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£537	£519	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+3.47%	-5.64%	-
75^th Percentile	£638	£638	£663
90^th Percentile	£738	£731	£788
UK median daily rate	£525	£513	£550
% change year-on-year	+2.44%	-6.82%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	290	167	136
10^th Percentile	£29.07	£31.05	£27.38
25^th Percentile	£55.00	£41.25	£43.00
Median hourly rate	£67.24	£54.00	£65.00
Median % change year-on-year	+24.51%	-16.92%	+13.04%
75^th Percentile	£77.00	£65.00	£70.00
90^th Percentile	£92.00	£73.20	£72.63
UK median hourly rate	£65.00	£50.72	£64.18
% change year-on-year	+28.15%	-20.97%	+10.18%

.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 23 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 23 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	-87	72	£600	-1.44%	82
South East	-47	28	£500	+11.11%	36
North of England	-57	22	£468	-10.95%	48
Yorkshire	-25	17	£460	-12.38%	11
South West	-25	16	£413	+10.00%	10
Midlands	-40	7	£425	-13.27%	9
West Midlands	-41	7	£425	+3.03%	6
East of England	-29	5	£525	+5.00%	7
North West	-54	3	£525	-	28
North East	-	2	-	-	10
.NET Core UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 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%	153
2	C#	89.5%	137
3	Azure	67.3%	103
4	CI/CD	64.7%	99
5	REST	52.9%	81
6	DevOps	51.0%	78
7	Agile	48.4%	74
8	.NET Framework	43.8%	67
8	SQL Server	43.8%	67
10	SQL	42.5%	65
11	RESTful	38.6%	59
12	Azure DevOps	37.3%	57
12	Microsoft	37.3%	57
14	JavaScript	36.6%	56
15	Full-Stack Development	35.9%	55
16	Git	35.3%	54
17	Microservices	34.6%	53
18	React	33.3%	51
18	TypeScript	33.3%	51
20	Test Automation	32.0%	49
21	ASP.NET	31.4%	48
22	Docker	28.8%	44
23	AWS	27.5%	42
23	Python	27.5%	42
25	Software Engineering	26.8%	41
26	Kubernetes	25.5%	39
27	Deployment Automation	24.2%	37
27	Problem-Solving	24.2%	37
29	Entity Framework	23.5%	36
30	GitHub	20.9%	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%	153
2	REST	52.9%	81
3	.NET Framework	43.8%	67
4	RESTful	38.6%	59
5	React	33.3%	51
6	ASP.NET	31.4%	48
7	Entity Framework	23.5%	36
8	AngularJS	17.0%	26
8	Terraform	17.0%	26
10	CSS	16.3%	25
11	HTML	15.7%	24
12	ASP.NET Web API	13.1%	20
12	Kafka	13.1%	20
12	Web Services	13.1%	20
12	WPF	13.1%	20
16	CSS3	9.8%	15
16	HTML5	9.8%	15
18	ASP.NET MVC	9.2%	14
19	JSON	8.5%	13
20	ASP.NET Core	7.8%	12