.NET Developer Contract Job Trends in London

.NET Developer
England > London

The median .NET Developer daily rate in London is £580, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 259 176
Rank change year-on-year -101 -83 -24
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 102 110 231
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.50% 0.82% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.89% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 80 187
10th Percentile £424 - £376
25th Percentile £491 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £488 £575
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -15.22% -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £663
90th Percentile £811 £675 £775
England median daily rate £490 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +3.16% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +30.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

6 months to
18 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 18,936 12,377 15,048
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 92.55% 94.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,267 8,247 9,771
10th Percentile £363 £335 £343
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £666 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 428 212 170
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.38 £23.80
Median hourly rate £41.00 £26.54 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.51% -29.24% -7.41%
75th Percentile £64.44 £48.38 £59.69
90th Percentile £82.38 £67.31 £80.08
England median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.84% -41.51% -6.89%

.NET Developer Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '.NET Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

.NET Developer job vacancy trend in London

.NET Developer Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in London

.NET Developer Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Developer in London over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Developer in London

.NET Developer Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in London

.NET Developer Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 18 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		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Central London -32 9 £572 -9.39% 3
South London - 8 £700 - 3
North London - 1 - -
.NET Developer
England

.NET Developer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, .NET Developer contract job roles required 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 London region featuring .NET Developer in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1.NET100.0%102
2C#83.3%85
3SQL Server54.9%56
4CI/CD47.1%48
5Azure46.1%47
6SQL41.2%42
7REST38.2%39
8Agile34.3%35
9Microservices32.4%33
10.NET Core31.4%32
11DevOps28.4%29
12AWS23.5%24
12Full-Stack Development23.5%24
12RESTful23.5%24
15Microsoft21.6%22
16Azure DevOps20.6%21
16JavaScript20.6%21
18ASP.NET19.6%20
19Event-Driven18.6%19
20.NET Framework16.7%17
20Event-Driven Architecture16.7%17
22AngularJS15.7%16
22Continuous Improvement15.7%16
22Docker15.7%16
22Problem-Solving15.7%16
22TypeScript15.7%16
22WPF15.7%16
28Kubernetes14.7%15
28React14.7%15
28SDLC14.7%15

.NET Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1C# .NET Developer34.3%35
2Senior .NET Developer32.4%33
3Full-Stack .NET Developer18.6%19
4Senior C# .NET Developer14.7%15
5Senior Full-Stack Developer11.8%12
6React Developer10.8%11
7.NET Software Developer9.8%10
7SQL Developer9.8%10
9Azure Developer8.8%9
9Full-Stack C# Developer8.8%9
9Lead .NET Developer8.8%9
9Senior React Developer8.8%9
13AWS Developer5.9%6
14C# Software Developer4.9%5
15Backend Developer3.9%4
16.NET Web Developer2.9%3
16Angular Developer2.9%3
16Integration Developer2.9%3
19C# WPF Developer2.0%2
19Cloud Native Developer2.0%2
55 .NET Developer jobs in London