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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 432 471
Rank change year-on-year -51 +39 +48
Contract jobs citing Entity Framework 50 86 100
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.28% 0.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.72% 1.29% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 62 73
10th Percentile £400 £303 £364
25th Percentile £431 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.38% +4.18% -
75th Percentile £700 £673 £650
90th Percentile £750 £700 £680
UK median daily rate £520 £572 £525
% change year-on-year -9.01% +8.86% -
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 - - +5.03%

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 6,949 6,675 8,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.34% 21.83% 21.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,671 4,252 6,119
10th Percentile £350 £358 £369
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £675
90th Percentile £725 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 99 174
10th Percentile £31.10 £26.45 £35.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £46.18 £46.18
Median hourly rate £56.90 £65.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.46% +21.50% -17.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.33 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £54.78
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.66% -15.72%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025. 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 -3 35 £650 +7.22% 22
South East -16 4 £413 -21.43% 46
North West -22 3 £435 - 26
West Midlands -36 3 £344 -39.37% 13
Midlands -46 3 £344 -39.37% 25
North of England -48 3 £435 -23.68% 47
South West -3 2 - - 20
East of England -19 1 £500 +66.67% 20
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 (8.00%) Confluence
2 1 (2.00%) CMS
2 1 (2.00%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Aladdin
2 1 (2.00%) Eikon
2 1 (2.00%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 23 (46.00%) Azure
2 14 (28.00%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (18.00%) GitHub
4 4 (8.00%) AWS
5 3 (6.00%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.00%) Serverless
6 2 (4.00%) Azure Functions
6 2 (4.00%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (4.00%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (4.00%) Power Automate
6 2 (4.00%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.00%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.00%) GCP
7 1 (2.00%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (78.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.00%) Power BI
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.00%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (28.00%) SpecFlow
2 10 (20.00%) JIRA
3 7 (14.00%) Git
4 1 (2.00%) Artifactory
4 1 (2.00%) Bitbucket
4 1 (2.00%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.00%) JetBrains Rider
4 1 (2.00%) MSTest
4 1 (2.00%) NUnit
4 1 (2.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (44.00%) Finance
2 11 (22.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (12.00%) Banking
4 5 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.00%) Legal
7 2 (4.00%) Retail
8 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Health Technology
8 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 40 (80.00%) Developer
2 21 (42.00%) Angular Developer
3 19 (38.00%) .NET Developer
4 14 (28.00%) C# Developer
4 14 (28.00%) Senior
5 11 (22.00%) Senior Developer
6 10 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
7 6 (12.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 6 (12.00%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 6 (12.00%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (12.00%) Senior C# Developer
8 5 (10.00%) Agile .NET Developer
8 5 (10.00%) Agile C# Developer
8 5 (10.00%) Agile Developer
9 4 (8.00%) Senior .NET Developer
9 4 (8.00%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
9 4 (8.00%) Software Engineer
10 3 (6.00%) C# Developer - Commodities
10 3 (6.00%) Full-Stack C# Developer
10 3 (6.00%) Senior C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (98.00%) .NET
1 49 (98.00%) .NET Framework
2 26 (52.00%) AngularJS
3 21 (42.00%) NHibernate
4 19 (38.00%) REST
5 14 (28.00%) Playwright
5 14 (28.00%) RESTful
6 10 (20.00%) ASP.NET
6 10 (20.00%) CSS
6 10 (20.00%) HTML
7 9 (18.00%) React
8 7 (14.00%) .NET Core
8 7 (14.00%) NgRx
8 7 (14.00%) Vue
9 5 (10.00%) jQuery
9 5 (10.00%) LINQ
10 4 (8.00%) ASP.NET Core
10 4 (8.00%) ASP.NET MVC
10 4 (8.00%) ASP.NET Web API
10 4 (8.00%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
1 5 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.00%) Fixed Income
2 4 (8.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (8.00%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.00%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.00%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.00%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.00%) Android
1 1 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (58.00%) Agile
2 27 (54.00%) Microservices
3 24 (48.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 19 (38.00%) Clean Code
4 19 (38.00%) DevOps
5 15 (30.00%) CI/CD
5 15 (30.00%) Scrum
6 14 (28.00%) Unit Testing
7 12 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (22.00%) ETRM
8 11 (22.00%) Line Management
8 11 (22.00%) MVC
8 11 (22.00%) Risk Management
9 8 (16.00%) Architectural Patterns
9 8 (16.00%) Continuous Delivery
9 8 (16.00%) Front End Development
9 8 (16.00%) Software Engineering
9 8 (16.00%) SOLID
10 7 (14.00%) Cloud Security
10 7 (14.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 49 (98.00%) C#
2 19 (38.00%) SQL
3 12 (24.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.00%) Python
4 2 (4.00%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (16.00%) Degree
2 2 (4.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (14.00%) Docker
2 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.00%) Murex
3 3 (6.00%) Oracle
4 1 (2.00%) Bloomberg
4 1 (2.00%) Reuters