.NET Framework Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft .NET Framework
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring .NET Framework skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 189 236
Rank change year-on-year -73 +47 -52
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 107 220 220
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.80% 1.37% 0.99%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.08% 4.94% 3.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 161 167
10th Percentile - £363 £400
25th Percentile £385 £385 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% -6.52% -4.17%
75th Percentile £691 £625 £738
90th Percentile £750 £738 £806
England median daily rate £474 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.25% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £52.97
England median hourly rate £67.00 £80.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -16.25% +23.08% +5.69%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

.NET 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,469 4,450 5,740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.02% 27.74% 25.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,378 3,050 4,282
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £688 £725 £715
90th Percentile £825 £850 £810
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 21 42
10th Percentile £31.77 £23.80 £35.00
25th Percentile £34.17 £36.25 £37.72
Median hourly rate £51.97 £42.50 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.28% -33.59% +10.34%
75th Percentile £62.81 £61.43 £75.00
90th Percentile £85.95 £75.00 £86.20
England median hourly rate £54.35 £62.93 £60.00
% change year-on-year -13.63% +4.88% -4.13%

.NET Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing .NET Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for .NET Framework in London

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing .NET Framework.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing .NET Framework

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Framework in London over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Framework in London

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing .NET Framework.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing .NET Framework

.NET Framework
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 Framework within the London region over the 6 months to 16 September 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 -17 6 £475 -20.77% 34
West London -3 4 £652 +8.67% 2
East London +1 1 £415 +38.33% 2
.NET Framework
England

.NET Framework
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 9 (8.41%) IIS
2 4 (3.74%) Confluence
3 1 (0.93%) Appian
3 1 (0.93%) Camunda
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 29 (27.10%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (8.41%) Aladdin
2 5 (4.67%) Fidessa
3 4 (3.74%) thinkFolio
4 2 (1.87%) OpenText MBPM
4 2 (1.87%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.93%) Eikon
5 1 (0.93%) Maximo
5 1 (0.93%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 32 (29.91%) Azure
2 17 (15.89%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (10.28%) Azure Service Bus
4 10 (9.35%) GitHub
4 10 (9.35%) Serverless
5 8 (7.48%) AWS
5 8 (7.48%) Azure Logic Apps
6 6 (5.61%) Power Platform
7 5 (4.67%) Azure Functions
7 5 (4.67%) Power Automate
7 5 (4.67%) PowerApps
8 4 (3.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 4 (3.74%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (3.74%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.87%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.87%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (1.87%) GCP
10 2 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.41%) Internet
2 2 (1.87%) DHCP
2 2 (1.87%) DNS
2 2 (1.87%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (1.87%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (47.66%) SQL Server
2 31 (28.97%) Oracle Database
3 9 (8.41%) Relational Database
4 5 (4.67%) Power BI
5 3 (2.80%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (2.80%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.87%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.87%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (12.15%) SpecFlow
2 11 (10.28%) JIRA
3 7 (6.54%) Git
4 2 (1.87%) MSTest
4 2 (1.87%) NUnit
4 2 (1.87%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.93%) JetBrains Rider
5 1 (0.93%) Postman
General
1 55 (51.40%) Finance
2 29 (27.10%) Social Skills
3 18 (16.82%) Banking
4 11 (10.28%) Front Office
5 7 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.67%) Investment Banking
7 3 (2.80%) Legal
8 2 (1.87%) Back Office
8 2 (1.87%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.87%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.87%) Retail
9 1 (0.93%) Billing
9 1 (0.93%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 86 (80.37%) Developer
2 50 (46.73%) C# Developer
3 46 (42.99%) .NET Developer
4 36 (33.64%) C# .NET Developer
5 30 (28.04%) C# WPF Developer
5 30 (28.04%) WPF Developer
6 20 (18.69%) Angular Developer
7 18 (16.82%) Senior
8 15 (14.02%) Senior Developer
9 9 (8.41%) Architect
9 9 (8.41%) C# WCF Developer
9 9 (8.41%) WCF Developer
10 7 (6.54%) Senior C# Developer
11 6 (5.61%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 5 (4.67%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
12 5 (4.67%) Full-Stack Developer
12 5 (4.67%) Senior .NET Developer
13 4 (3.74%) .NET Architect
13 4 (3.74%) Senior C# .NET Developer
14 3 (2.80%) Agile .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (100.00%) .NET
2 42 (39.25%) Entity Framework
3 32 (29.91%) WPF
4 28 (26.17%) REST
5 25 (23.36%) AngularJS
6 20 (18.69%) NHibernate
7 18 (16.82%) RESTful
8 15 (14.02%) ASP.NET
8 15 (14.02%) WCF
9 14 (13.08%) .NET Core
10 13 (12.15%) Playwright
11 11 (10.28%) React
12 9 (8.41%) WinForms
13 8 (7.48%) Dapper ORM
13 8 (7.48%) HTML
13 8 (7.48%) RabbitMQ
14 7 (6.54%) CSS
15 6 (5.61%) ASP.NET MVC
15 6 (5.61%) LINQ
15 6 (5.61%) Reactive Extensions
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.89%) Fixed Income
2 10 (9.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (4.67%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.74%) Derivative
4 4 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.74%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.80%) Hedge funds
5 3 (2.80%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.80%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.80%) N-Tier
6 2 (1.87%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.87%) PKI
7 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 34 (31.78%) Windows
2 3 (2.80%) Linux
3 2 (1.87%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (39.25%) Agile
2 29 (27.10%) Microservices
3 28 (26.17%) DevOps
4 22 (20.56%) Full-Stack Development
5 21 (19.63%) CI/CD
6 19 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (17.76%) Unit Testing
7 18 (16.82%) TDD
8 17 (15.89%) Scrum
9 15 (14.02%) Clean Code
10 14 (13.08%) MVC
11 13 (12.15%) Design Patterns
11 13 (12.15%) Risk Management
11 13 (12.15%) Test Automation
12 12 (11.21%) API Development
13 11 (10.28%) Data Analysis
13 11 (10.28%) ETRM
13 11 (10.28%) Line Management
14 10 (9.35%) Disaster Recovery
14 10 (9.35%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 99 (92.52%) C#
2 65 (60.75%) SQL
3 34 (31.78%) PL/SQL
4 31 (28.97%) VB
5 30 (28.04%) VBA
6 20 (18.69%) VB.NET
7 18 (16.82%) JavaScript
8 16 (14.95%) T-SQL
9 6 (5.61%) F#
10 5 (4.67%) Python
11 3 (2.80%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.87%) RPG
12 2 (1.87%) RPG IV
13 1 (0.93%) C++
13 1 (0.93%) Java
13 1 (0.93%) Korn
13 1 (0.93%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (12.15%) Degree
2 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.80%) MCPD
3 3 (2.80%) MCSD
3 3 (2.80%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.87%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.15%) QA
2 5 (4.67%) MiFID
3 3 (2.80%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.87%) GDPR
4 2 (1.87%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (1.87%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.93%) EMIR
System Software
1 12 (11.21%) Docker
2 3 (2.80%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.74%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.87%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (35.51%) Oracle
2 30 (28.04%) Microsoft
3 10 (9.35%) Citrix
4 4 (3.74%) Murex
4 4 (3.74%) Portware
5 2 (1.87%) Cisco
5 2 (1.87%) Marketo
5 2 (1.87%) OneTrust
5 2 (1.87%) OpenText
5 2 (1.87%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.87%) Sitecore
5 2 (1.87%) Solace
5 2 (1.87%) TIBCO
5 2 (1.87%) VMware
6 1 (0.93%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.93%) CQG
6 1 (0.93%) Databricks
6 1 (0.93%) IBM
6 1 (0.93%) Reuters
6 1 (0.93%) TOWER Software