.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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 220 211
Rank change year-on-year -92 -9 +48
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 113 134 203
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.61% 1.10% 1.16%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.64% 4.17% 4.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 108 148
10th Percentile £404 - £363
25th Percentile £415 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £474 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.43% -5.25% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £596 £625
90th Percentile £696 £741 £703
England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -9.52%

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 4,278 3,217 4,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.03% 26.50% 26.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,843 2,251 3,413
10th Percentile £375 £385 £375
25th Percentile £447 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £557 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -3.13% -4.17%
75th Percentile £669 £719 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £838
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 17 28
10th Percentile £22.63 £31.58 £16.25
25th Percentile £29.52 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.82 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.41% +0.74% -35.61%
75th Percentile £64.50 £55.00 £63.13
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.25 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.43
% change year-on-year +4.00% +29.05% -25.49%

.NET Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

.NET Framework job vacancy trend 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 6 June 2026.

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 6 June 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 -19 7 £625 +31.58% 19
West London -25 1 £400 -27.80% 1
.NET Framework
England

.NET Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 17 (15.04%) IIS
2 9 (7.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (6.19%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.65%) Appian
4 3 (2.65%) Camunda
4 3 (2.65%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.88%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (10.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.88%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Findur
2 3 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.65%) OpenText MBPM
2 3 (2.65%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.88%) Endur
3 1 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.88%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.88%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 50 (44.25%) Azure
2 23 (20.35%) Azure DevOps
3 21 (18.58%) GitHub
4 15 (13.27%) GitHub Actions
5 8 (7.08%) Azure Key Vault
6 7 (6.19%) AWS
6 7 (6.19%) Azure App Service
6 7 (6.19%) Azure Service Bus
6 7 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (5.31%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (5.31%) Entra ID
7 6 (5.31%) Power Platform
8 5 (4.42%) Azure WebJobs
8 5 (4.42%) PaaS
9 4 (3.54%) Azure AKS
9 4 (3.54%) Power Automate
10 3 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (2.65%) n8n
10 3 (2.65%) Serverless
11 2 (1.77%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.62%) Internet
2 1 (0.88%) Intranet
2 1 (0.88%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (53.10%) SQL Server
2 29 (25.66%) Oracle Database
3 16 (14.16%) Relational Database
4 4 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.54%) Power BI
5 3 (2.65%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (2.65%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.65%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.88%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (8.85%) Git
2 9 (7.96%) Visual Studio
3 8 (7.08%) JIRA
4 4 (3.54%) GitLab
5 3 (2.65%) MSTest
5 3 (2.65%) NUnit
5 3 (2.65%) SpecFlow
6 2 (1.77%) git-flow
6 2 (1.77%) Jasmine
6 2 (1.77%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.77%) JMeter
6 2 (1.77%) Karma Test Runner
6 2 (1.77%) Moq
6 2 (1.77%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.88%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.88%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.88%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.88%) MSI
7 1 (0.88%) Postman
7 1 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 46 (40.71%) Finance
2 29 (25.66%) Social Skills
3 20 (17.70%) Banking
4 8 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.65%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.77%) Front Office
6 2 (1.77%) Retail
7 1 (0.88%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 81 (71.68%) Developer
2 50 (44.25%) C# Developer
3 22 (19.47%) Architect
4 20 (17.70%) .NET Developer
5 19 (16.81%) Solutions Architect
6 15 (13.27%) Senior
7 13 (11.50%) C# .NET Developer
8 11 (9.73%) Applications Developer
8 11 (9.73%) Senior Developer
9 9 (7.96%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (6.19%) C# Application Developer
11 6 (5.31%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
11 6 (5.31%) Full-Stack C# Developer
11 6 (5.31%) Senior C# Developer
12 5 (4.42%) Azure Developer
12 5 (4.42%) Microsoft 365 Developer
12 5 (4.42%) Senior .NET Developer
12 5 (4.42%) Software Engineer
13 4 (3.54%) IT Architect
13 4 (3.54%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (100.00%) .NET
2 23 (20.35%) React
3 18 (15.93%) .NET Core
4 14 (12.39%) ASP.NET
4 14 (12.39%) CSS
4 14 (12.39%) HTML
4 14 (12.39%) WPF
5 13 (11.50%) REST
6 12 (10.62%) Entity Framework
6 12 (10.62%) WinForms
7 10 (8.85%) AngularJS
7 10 (8.85%) RESTful
8 8 (7.08%) Web Services
9 7 (6.19%) SOAP
10 6 (5.31%) OAuth
10 6 (5.31%) Vue
11 5 (4.42%) ASP.NET MVC
11 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Graph
11 5 (4.42%) OAuth2
11 5 (4.42%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.16%) Cloud Native
2 9 (7.96%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (7.08%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (7.08%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (5.31%) AI Agents
5 4 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.65%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.88%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.88%) Derivative
7 1 (0.88%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (0.88%) IoT
7 1 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.88%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.88%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.88%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.88%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 36 (31.86%) Windows
2 16 (14.16%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.77%) Unix
4 1 (0.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (51.33%) DevOps
2 44 (38.94%) Agile
3 41 (36.28%) AI
4 33 (29.20%) CI/CD
5 32 (28.32%) Data Analysis
6 28 (24.78%) OOP
7 27 (23.89%) Disaster Recovery
7 27 (23.89%) Unit Testing
8 26 (23.01%) SDLC
9 23 (20.35%) Scrum
10 20 (17.70%) Change Management
11 18 (15.93%) Migration
12 17 (15.04%) OO
13 16 (14.16%) Test Automation
14 15 (13.27%) Business Intelligence
15 14 (12.39%) Microservices
15 14 (12.39%) Software Engineering
16 13 (11.50%) Full-Stack Development
16 13 (11.50%) Problem-Solving
17 11 (9.73%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 100 (88.50%) C#
2 56 (49.56%) SQL
3 33 (29.20%) PL/SQL
3 33 (29.20%) T-SQL
4 21 (18.58%) Python
5 18 (15.93%) JavaScript
6 16 (14.16%) TypeScript
7 11 (9.73%) VB
7 11 (9.73%) VBA
8 8 (7.08%) PowerShell
9 5 (4.42%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (2.65%) Java
10 3 (2.65%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.77%) Bicep
12 1 (0.88%) C++
12 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.88%) XPath
Qualifications
1 27 (23.89%) Degree
2 8 (7.08%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.31%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.88%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.88%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 1 (0.88%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.88%) CISSP
4 1 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.88%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (31.86%) QA
2 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.88%) EMIR
2 1 (0.88%) MiFID
2 1 (0.88%) SLA
2 1 (0.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (10.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (7.08%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.77%) Terraform
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 49 (43.36%) Oracle
2 33 (29.20%) Citrix
3 14 (12.39%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.54%) OpenLink
5 3 (2.65%) OpenText
6 2 (1.77%) Databricks
7 1 (0.88%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.88%) BMC
7 1 (0.88%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.88%) Google
7 1 (0.88%) Okta
7 1 (0.88%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.88%) Remedy
7 1 (0.88%) SAP
7 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.88%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.88%) UiPath