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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 278 211 202
Rank change year-on-year -67 -9 -29
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 104 171 218
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.73% 1.10% 1.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.80% 4.25% 4.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 125 170
10th Percentile £385 £379 -
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £575 £571
Median % change year-on-year -22.39% +0.66% -15.37%
75th Percentile £646 £688 £659
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
England median daily rate £470 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -14.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £46.00 - -
England median hourly rate £67.00 £20.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +235.00% -71.43% +6.40%

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 3,717 4,025 5,058
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.00% 25.80% 25.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,514 2,632 3,816
10th Percentile £357 £375 £400
25th Percentile £424 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £656 £708 £700
90th Percentile £775 £838 £800
England median daily rate £508 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.73% - -4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 21 31
10th Percentile £34.16 £35.00 £32.00
25th Percentile £43.44 £38.25 £36.55
Median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -21.74% -7.63%
75th Percentile £63.19 £62.50 £72.83
90th Percentile £77.03 £71.00 £86.56
England median hourly rate £56.90 £65.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -12.46% +21.50% -17.69%

.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 7 December 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 7 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
Central London -15 4 £525 -25.00% 9
South London -4 2 £500 -31.03%
East London +2 1 £415 +38.33%
.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 14 (13.46%) IIS
2 5 (4.81%) Confluence
2 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.85%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.96%) Appian
4 1 (0.96%) Camunda
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 21 (20.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (7.69%) Aladdin
2 5 (4.81%) Fidessa
3 4 (3.85%) thinkFolio
4 2 (1.92%) OpenText MBPM
4 2 (1.92%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 37 (35.58%) Azure
2 23 (22.12%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (15.38%) GitHub
4 10 (9.62%) Azure Service Bus
5 8 (7.69%) AWS
6 7 (6.73%) GitHub Actions
6 7 (6.73%) Serverless
7 6 (5.77%) Azure App Service
7 6 (5.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 6 (5.77%) Azure Key Vault
7 6 (5.77%) Azure Logic Apps
7 6 (5.77%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (5.77%) Entra ID
8 5 (4.81%) Azure WebJobs
8 5 (4.81%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (4.81%) PaaS
8 5 (4.81%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.88%) Power Automate
9 3 (2.88%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.92%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.65%) Internet
2 1 (0.96%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (59.62%) SQL Server
2 27 (25.96%) Oracle Database
3 4 (3.85%) Power BI
4 2 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.92%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.96%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.96%) DataStage
5 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (13.46%) SpecFlow
2 12 (11.54%) JIRA
3 10 (9.62%) Git
4 5 (4.81%) Visual Studio
5 4 (3.85%) Jenkins
6 3 (2.88%) MSTest
6 3 (2.88%) Postman
7 2 (1.92%) Selenium
8 1 (0.96%) AppVeyor
8 1 (0.96%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.96%) JMeter
8 1 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 55 (52.88%) Finance
2 30 (28.85%) Social Skills
3 22 (21.15%) Banking
4 7 (6.73%) Financial Institution
5 6 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.81%) Investment Banking
6 5 (4.81%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.85%) Front Office
7 4 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.92%) Retail
9 1 (0.96%) Back Office
9 1 (0.96%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 80 (76.92%) Developer
2 46 (44.23%) C# Developer
3 36 (34.62%) .NET Developer
4 26 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
5 22 (21.15%) Angular Developer
6 19 (18.27%) C# WPF Developer
6 19 (18.27%) WPF Developer
7 15 (14.42%) Senior
8 14 (13.46%) Senior Developer
9 9 (8.65%) Architect
10 8 (7.69%) C# WCF Developer
10 8 (7.69%) WCF Developer
11 7 (6.73%) Senior .NET Developer
12 6 (5.77%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 6 (5.77%) Senior C# Developer
13 5 (4.81%) Agile .NET Developer
13 5 (4.81%) Agile C# Developer
13 5 (4.81%) Agile Developer
14 4 (3.85%) Full-Stack Developer
14 4 (3.85%) Senior C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (100.00%) .NET
2 31 (29.81%) Entity Framework
3 29 (27.88%) REST
4 26 (25.00%) WPF
5 21 (20.19%) AngularJS
5 21 (20.19%) NHibernate
6 16 (15.38%) Playwright
6 16 (15.38%) RESTful
6 16 (15.38%) WinForms
7 13 (12.50%) .NET Core
8 11 (10.58%) SOAP
9 9 (8.65%) ASP.NET
9 9 (8.65%) WCF
10 8 (7.69%) React
11 7 (6.73%) NgRx
11 7 (6.73%) Web Services
12 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Graph
13 4 (3.85%) ASP.NET Core
13 4 (3.85%) LINQ
13 4 (3.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.65%) Fixed Income
1 9 (8.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 8 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (5.77%) Cloud Native
4 5 (4.81%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (4.81%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (4.81%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.81%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.85%) Credit Risk
5 4 (3.85%) Derivative
5 4 (3.85%) Market Risk
6 3 (2.88%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.92%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.96%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.96%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.96%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.96%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 38 (36.54%) Windows
2 8 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.96%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (33.65%) DevOps
2 34 (32.69%) Agile
2 34 (32.69%) CI/CD
3 31 (29.81%) Microservices
4 24 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (19.23%) Full-Stack Development
5 20 (19.23%) Unit Testing
6 18 (17.31%) Data Analysis
7 16 (15.38%) Clean Code
7 16 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (14.42%) Risk Management
9 14 (13.46%) Business Intelligence
9 14 (13.46%) Software Engineering
10 13 (12.50%) OOP
11 12 (11.54%) Scrum
12 11 (10.58%) API Development
12 11 (10.58%) ETRM
12 11 (10.58%) Line Management
12 11 (10.58%) SDLC
13 10 (9.62%) OO
Programming Languages
1 99 (95.19%) C#
2 55 (52.88%) SQL
3 33 (31.73%) PL/SQL
4 23 (22.12%) T-SQL
5 20 (19.23%) VB
5 20 (19.23%) VBA
6 11 (10.58%) JavaScript
6 11 (10.58%) VB.NET
7 7 (6.73%) PowerShell
8 5 (4.81%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (2.88%) Python
10 1 (0.96%) Bicep
10 1 (0.96%) Java
10 1 (0.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (14.42%) Degree
2 8 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 8 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.96%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (21.15%) QA
2 5 (4.81%) MiFID
3 3 (2.88%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.96%) EMIR
4 1 (0.96%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (9.62%) Docker
2 2 (1.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.92%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (38.46%) Oracle
2 28 (26.92%) Microsoft
3 19 (18.27%) Citrix
4 4 (3.85%) Murex
4 4 (3.85%) Portware
5 3 (2.88%) Marketo
5 3 (2.88%) OneTrust
5 3 (2.88%) Sitecore
6 2 (1.92%) Databricks
6 2 (1.92%) Okta
6 2 (1.92%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.92%) OpenText
7 1 (0.96%) CQG
7 1 (0.96%) Ping Identity
7 1 (0.96%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.96%) TOWER Software
7 1 (0.96%) UiPath