.NET Developer Contracts in London

.NET Developer
England > London

The median .NET Developer daily rate in London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 167 158
Rank change year-on-year -41 -9 -23
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 146 256 459
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.16% 1.44% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.54% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 217 381
10th Percentile £385 £380 -
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £588 £560
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +4.91% -2.61%
75th Percentile £750 £700 £700
90th Percentile £850 £793 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +4.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £31.20
25th Percentile - - £33.00
Median hourly rate - - £36.00
75th Percentile - - £51.75
90th Percentile - - £61.20
England median hourly rate - £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +23.81% -15.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

.NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured .NET Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for .NET Developer in London

.NET Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing .NET Developer in London.

Daily rate trend for .NET Developer in London

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Developer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Developer in London

.NET Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing .NET Developer in London.

Hourly rate trend for .NET Developer 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 1 May 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
Central London -2 14 £625 +25.00% 10
South London +6 1 £725 +45.00%
.NET Developer
England

.NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, .NET Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring .NET Developer in the job title.

1 146 (100.00%) .NET
2 122 (83.56%) C#
3 74 (50.68%) SQL
4 67 (45.89%) .NET Framework
5 59 (40.41%) Finance
6 50 (34.25%) Agile
7 45 (30.82%) Azure
8 40 (27.40%) AngularJS
9 39 (26.71%) Oracle
10 38 (26.03%) Social Skills
11 34 (23.29%) SQL Server
11 34 (23.29%) PL/SQL
12 32 (21.92%) Full-Stack Development
13 31 (21.23%) Windows
14 30 (20.55%) DevOps
15 29 (19.86%) JavaScript
16 27 (18.49%) Microsoft
16 27 (18.49%) Docker
16 27 (18.49%) AWS
16 27 (18.49%) .NET Core
17 26 (17.81%) CI/CD
17 26 (17.81%) Banking
17 26 (17.81%) Front Office
17 26 (17.81%) WPF
18 25 (17.12%) Kubernetes
18 25 (17.12%) Design Patterns
19 24 (16.44%) Entity Framework
20 22 (15.07%) ASP.NET
20 22 (15.07%) Analytical Skills
21 21 (14.38%) Oracle Database

.NET Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (2.74%) IIS
2 2 (1.37%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (1.37%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (11.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 45 (30.82%) Azure
2 27 (18.49%) AWS
3 16 (10.96%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (4.79%) GCP
4 7 (4.79%) Serverless
5 6 (4.11%) Azure Functions
6 4 (2.74%) Azure App Service
6 4 (2.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 4 (2.74%) Azure Key Vault
6 4 (2.74%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (2.74%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.05%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (2.05%) Azure Storage
8 2 (1.37%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.37%) Azure Service Fabric
8 2 (1.37%) GitHub
9 1 (0.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.37%) Firewall
1 2 (1.37%) HTTP
1 2 (1.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (23.29%) SQL Server
2 21 (14.38%) Oracle Database
3 16 (10.96%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (8.90%) Relational Database
5 12 (8.22%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (4.79%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (4.79%) MongoDB
7 4 (2.74%) MySQL
7 4 (2.74%) NoSQL
8 3 (2.05%) Redis
8 3 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.68%) ClickHouse
10 1 (0.68%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.68%) MS Access
10 1 (0.68%) Power BI
10 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 15 (10.27%) JIRA
2 8 (5.48%) Git
3 4 (2.74%) Bitbucket
4 3 (2.05%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.37%) NUnit
5 2 (1.37%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.68%) Ant
6 1 (0.68%) GitLab
6 1 (0.68%) Maven
6 1 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.68%) Postman
6 1 (0.68%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.68%) Subversion
6 1 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 59 (40.41%) Finance
2 38 (26.03%) Social Skills
3 26 (17.81%) Banking
3 26 (17.81%) Front Office
4 22 (15.07%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.79%) Investment Banking
6 5 (3.42%) Billing
7 3 (2.05%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.68%) Back Office
9 1 (0.68%) Electronics
9 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.68%) Law
9 1 (0.68%) Legal
9 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.68%) Marketing
9 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.68%) Wholesale Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (100.00%) .NET
2 67 (45.89%) .NET Framework
3 40 (27.40%) AngularJS
4 27 (18.49%) .NET Core
5 26 (17.81%) WPF
6 24 (16.44%) Entity Framework
7 22 (15.07%) ASP.NET
8 19 (13.01%) Reactive Extensions
9 13 (8.90%) HTML
9 13 (8.90%) React
10 12 (8.22%) CSS
10 12 (8.22%) RESTful
11 9 (6.16%) ASP.NET Core
12 8 (5.48%) ASP.NET Web API
12 8 (5.48%) RabbitMQ
13 7 (4.79%) ASP.NET MVC
14 6 (4.11%) Node.js
15 5 (3.42%) Akka.NET
15 5 (3.42%) WCF
15 5 (3.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.85%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (4.79%) Market Risk
3 6 (4.11%) Fixed Income
4 3 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.05%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.37%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.37%) Derivative
5 2 (1.37%) Equities
5 2 (1.37%) Equity Derivative
5 2 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.37%) Legacy Code
5 2 (1.37%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.68%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.68%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.68%) NHS
6 1 (0.68%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.68%) TWAP
Operating Systems
1 31 (21.23%) Windows
2 1 (0.68%) Android
2 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.68%) Linux
2 1 (0.68%) Unix
2 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (34.25%) Agile
2 32 (21.92%) Full-Stack Development
3 30 (20.55%) DevOps
4 26 (17.81%) CI/CD
5 25 (17.12%) Design Patterns
6 21 (14.38%) OO
7 20 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (10.96%) Microservices
8 16 (10.96%) TDD
9 14 (9.59%) Containerisation
9 14 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (8.90%) Electronic Trading
10 13 (8.90%) MVC
11 12 (8.22%) Test Automation
12 10 (6.85%) Economics
12 10 (6.85%) Low Latency
13 9 (6.16%) Business Intelligence
13 9 (6.16%) Computer Science
13 9 (6.16%) Front End Development
13 9 (6.16%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 122 (83.56%) C#
2 74 (50.68%) SQL
3 34 (23.29%) PL/SQL
4 29 (19.86%) JavaScript
5 19 (13.01%) VBA
6 18 (12.33%) VB
7 17 (11.64%) VB.NET
8 14 (9.59%) TypeScript
9 12 (8.22%) Java
10 11 (7.53%) RPG
10 11 (7.53%) RPG IV
11 7 (4.79%) T-SQL
12 6 (4.11%) Python
13 5 (3.42%) F#
13 5 (3.42%) PowerShell
14 3 (2.05%) C++
15 2 (1.37%) Go
16 1 (0.68%) Bicep
16 1 (0.68%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (2.05%) Degree
1 3 (2.05%) SC Cleared
1 3 (2.05%) Security Cleared
2 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (0.68%) MCAD
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.42%) QA
2 1 (0.68%) HL7
System Software
1 27 (18.49%) Docker
2 1 (0.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (17.12%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (26.71%) Oracle
2 27 (18.49%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.74%) Solace
3 4 (2.74%) TIBCO
4 3 (2.05%) Databricks
5 2 (1.37%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.68%) Google
6 1 (0.68%) IBM
6 1 (0.68%) Murex
6 1 (0.68%) SAP
6 1 (0.68%) Splunk