Entity Framework Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Entity Framework
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Entity Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 495 422 469
Rank change year-on-year -73 +47 +101
Contract jobs citing Entity Framework 48 67 95
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.25% 0.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.66% 1.13% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 50 71
10th Percentile £416 £373 £325
25th Percentile £490 £456 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £572 £568
Median % change year-on-year -8.14% +0.70% +5.58%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £650
90th Percentile £728 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £573 £500
% change year-on-year -10.56% +14.60% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £64.75
25th Percentile - - £68.13
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - -12.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

Entity Framework 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 7,237 5,927 7,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.00% 22.37% 20.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,847 3,765 5,693
10th Percentile £358 £363 £358
25th Percentile £415 £430 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £663
90th Percentile £738 £788 £753
UK median daily rate £513 £535 £538
% change year-on-year -4.21% -0.47% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 77 183
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £25.96
25th Percentile £49.06 £43.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.19 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.80 £77.31
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

Entity Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Entity Framework relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Entity Framework job vacancy trend in England

Entity Framework
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Entity Framework.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Entity Framework

Entity Framework
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Entity Framework in England over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Entity Framework in England

Entity Framework
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Entity Framework.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Entity Framework

Entity Framework
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 Entity Framework within the England region over the 6 months to 1 February 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 -28 31 £575 -9.80% 22
South East -22 5 £525 +12.00% 25
North of England -59 3 £435 -23.68% 24
Midlands -66 3 £463 -13.31% 18
North West - 3 £435 - 16
South West -21 2 - - 6
West Midlands -52 2 £400 -29.45% 9
East Midlands -23 1 £525 +5.00% 9
East of England -24 1 - - 8
Entity Framework
UK

Entity Framework
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 (8.33%) Confluence
2 1 (2.08%) CMS
2 1 (2.08%) IIS
2 1 (2.08%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 27 (56.25%) Azure
2 12 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 11 (22.92%) Azure Service Fabric
3 11 (22.92%) PaaS
4 10 (20.83%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (18.75%) GitHub
6 5 (10.42%) AWS
7 4 (8.33%) Azure API Management
7 4 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (8.33%) IaaS
8 3 (6.25%) Serverless
9 2 (4.17%) Azure Functions
9 2 (4.17%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (4.17%) GCP
9 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
10 1 (2.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (2.08%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (2.08%) Azure Storage
10 1 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (62.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.08%) Power BI
3 1 (2.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (25.00%) SpecFlow
2 9 (18.75%) Git
2 9 (18.75%) JIRA
3 2 (4.17%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.08%) Artifactory
4 1 (2.08%) Bitbucket
4 1 (2.08%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.08%) MSTest
4 1 (2.08%) Postman
General
1 11 (22.92%) Finance
2 10 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.33%) Banking
4 3 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Health Technology
5 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 31 (64.58%) Developer
2 15 (31.25%) .NET Developer
2 15 (31.25%) Angular Developer
3 14 (29.17%) C# Developer
3 14 (29.17%) Senior
4 11 (22.92%) Senior Developer
5 10 (20.83%) Full-Stack Developer
6 9 (18.75%) C# .NET Developer
7 8 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
8 7 (14.58%) Senior C# Developer
9 6 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
9 6 (12.50%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
10 5 (10.42%) Agile .NET Developer
10 5 (10.42%) Agile C# Developer
10 5 (10.42%) Agile Developer
10 5 (10.42%) Senior .NET Developer
11 4 (8.33%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 4 (8.33%) Senior C# .NET Developer
11 4 (8.33%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
11 4 (8.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (72.92%) .NET
1 35 (72.92%) .NET Framework
2 17 (35.42%) AngularJS
3 15 (31.25%) NHibernate
4 13 (27.08%) Playwright
4 13 (27.08%) YAML
5 12 (25.00%) RESTful
6 11 (22.92%) ARM Templates
7 10 (20.83%) ASP.NET
7 10 (20.83%) React
8 9 (18.75%) REST
9 7 (14.58%) CSS
9 7 (14.58%) SailPoint
10 6 (12.50%) .NET Core
11 5 (10.42%) HTML
12 4 (8.33%) ASP.NET Web API
12 4 (8.33%) HTML5
13 3 (6.25%) ASP.NET Core
13 3 (6.25%) ASP.NET MVC
13 3 (6.25%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 5 (10.42%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.08%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.08%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.08%) Android
1 1 (2.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (58.33%) Microservices
2 23 (47.92%) Agile
2 23 (47.92%) DevOps
3 20 (41.67%) CI/CD
3 20 (41.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 16 (33.33%) Clean Code
5 13 (27.08%) Unit Testing
6 12 (25.00%) Scrum
7 11 (22.92%) B2C
7 11 (22.92%) Infrastructure as Code
8 10 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (18.75%) ETRM
9 9 (18.75%) Line Management
9 9 (18.75%) Risk Management
10 6 (12.50%) Containerisation
10 6 (12.50%) MVC
11 5 (10.42%) Architectural Patterns
11 5 (10.42%) Design Patterns
11 5 (10.42%) Front End Development
11 5 (10.42%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 36 (75.00%) C#
2 30 (62.50%) SQL
3 8 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 4 (8.33%) PowerShell
4 4 (8.33%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.08%) C++
5 1 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.08%) Python
5 1 (2.08%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (29.17%) SC Cleared
1 14 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (2.08%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.42%) QA
2 1 (2.08%) GDPR
2 1 (2.08%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (27.08%) Docker
2 8 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (18.75%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (14.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 6 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.08%) Oracle