.NET Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring .NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 61 33
Rank change year-on-year -36 -28 +6
Contract jobs citing .NET 592 550 995
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.98% 4.07% 5.68%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.09% 15.59% 20.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 416 763
10th Percentile £400 £385 £385
25th Percentile £425 £415 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £561 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% -0.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £741 £678
90th Percentile £763 £825 £750
England median daily rate £525 £511 £538
% change year-on-year +2.69% -4.88% -4.44%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

.NET 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 4,522 3,527 4,751
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.77% 26.08% 27.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,998 2,452 3,469
10th Percentile £384 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £430 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £713 £718
90th Percentile £788 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 24 26
10th Percentile £24.63 £31.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.06 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.25 £48.22 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% +20.55% -40.74%
75th Percentile £70.69 £62.81 £58.76
90th Percentile £91.88 £81.88 £71.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -10.31%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

.NET job vacancy trend in London

.NET
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET in London over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in London

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

.NET
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 11 July 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 65 £588 +2.17% 54
West London -10 11 £560 +1.08% 5
South London -3 7 - - 7
East London -5 1 £500 +20.48% 5
.NET
England

.NET
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 26 (4.39%) IIS
1 26 (4.39%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.35%) Confluence
3 8 (1.35%) Oracle Workflow
4 6 (1.01%) CMS
5 5 (0.84%) Appian
5 5 (0.84%) Camunda
6 4 (0.68%) Kentico
7 3 (0.51%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.51%) WordPress
8 2 (0.34%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.34%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.34%) Mendix
8 2 (0.34%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.34%) SAS
9 1 (0.17%) MTS
9 1 (0.17%) Sitefinity
9 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 22 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.35%) Findur
3 6 (1.01%) Endur
3 6 (1.01%) OpenText MBPM
3 6 (1.01%) Oracle BPM
4 5 (0.84%) Shopify
5 4 (0.68%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.34%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.17%) Alphatax
7 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.17%) Magento
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.17%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 311 (52.53%) Azure
2 105 (17.74%) Azure DevOps
3 96 (16.22%) AWS
4 80 (13.51%) Power Platform
5 66 (11.15%) GitHub
6 51 (8.61%) Serverless
7 48 (8.11%) Azure Service Bus
8 44 (7.43%) PowerApps
9 43 (7.26%) Dynamics 365
10 42 (7.09%) Power Automate
11 41 (6.93%) Azure Logic Apps
12 30 (5.07%) GitHub Actions
13 25 (4.22%) Azure Functions
14 23 (3.89%) Azure AKS
14 23 (3.89%) Entra ID
14 23 (3.89%) SaaS
15 22 (3.72%) GCP
15 22 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
16 19 (3.21%) AWS Lambda
16 19 (3.21%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.53%) Internet
2 6 (1.01%) Intranet
2 6 (1.01%) TCP/IP
3 5 (0.84%) Firewall
3 5 (0.84%) NAS
3 5 (0.84%) SAN
4 3 (0.51%) DHCP
4 3 (0.51%) DNS
5 2 (0.34%) Multicast
5 2 (0.34%) RTMP
5 2 (0.34%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.17%) HTTP
6 1 (0.17%) LAN
6 1 (0.17%) Network Security
6 1 (0.17%) SSL
6 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (25.84%) SQL Server
2 47 (7.94%) Oracle Database
3 44 (7.43%) Relational Database
4 39 (6.59%) Power BI
5 24 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (3.38%) NoSQL
7 19 (3.21%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (2.87%) MongoDB
9 11 (1.86%) Redis
10 10 (1.69%) Pinecone
10 10 (1.69%) Weaviate
11 9 (1.52%) Metadata
11 9 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (1.35%) Crystal Reports
13 7 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (1.01%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.68%) ClickHouse
15 4 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 56 (9.46%) Git
2 37 (6.25%) JIRA
3 24 (4.05%) Visual Studio
4 14 (2.36%) TeamCity
5 13 (2.20%) GitLab
6 11 (1.86%) Jenkins
7 9 (1.52%) JMeter
7 9 (1.52%) MSTest
8 8 (1.35%) Cucumber
9 7 (1.18%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.18%) Claude Code
9 7 (1.18%) Gatling
9 7 (1.18%) NUnit
9 7 (1.18%) Octopus Deploy
9 7 (1.18%) SpecFlow
10 6 (1.01%) Mocha
10 6 (1.01%) Moq
10 6 (1.01%) Selenium
10 6 (1.01%) tSQLt
10 6 (1.01%) webpack
General
1 203 (34.29%) Finance
2 140 (23.65%) Social Skills
3 117 (19.76%) Banking
4 64 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (8.45%) Front Office
6 44 (7.43%) Investment Banking
7 30 (5.07%) Public Sector
8 14 (2.36%) Financial Institution
9 13 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.52%) Back Office
10 9 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.18%) Retail
12 6 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.51%) Health Technology
13 3 (0.51%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.34%) Billing
14 2 (0.34%) Legal
14 2 (0.34%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.34%) Marketing
14 2 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 313 (52.87%) Developer
2 124 (20.95%) C# Developer
3 96 (16.22%) Senior
4 88 (14.86%) .NET Developer
5 82 (13.85%) Architect
6 60 (10.14%) Solutions Architect
7 48 (8.11%) Senior Developer
8 47 (7.94%) Software Engineer
9 46 (7.77%) Lead
10 43 (7.26%) C# .NET Developer
11 42 (7.09%) Full-Stack Developer
12 27 (4.56%) Azure Developer
13 26 (4.39%) SQL Developer
14 24 (4.05%) Software Developer
15 22 (3.72%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 22 (3.72%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 22 (3.72%) Senior .NET Developer
16 20 (3.38%) React Developer
17 18 (3.04%) Junior
18 17 (2.87%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (21.79%) .NET Framework
2 97 (16.39%) React
3 95 (16.05%) REST
4 64 (10.81%) AngularJS
5 62 (10.47%) ASP.NET
6 59 (9.97%) HTML
7 55 (9.29%) RESTful
8 51 (8.61%) .NET Core
9 46 (7.77%) CSS
10 31 (5.24%) ASP.NET Core
11 29 (4.90%) Web Services
12 27 (4.56%) Node.js
13 25 (4.22%) Kafka
14 24 (4.05%) WinForms
14 24 (4.05%) XML
15 22 (3.72%) OAuth
15 22 (3.72%) WPF
16 21 (3.55%) Entity Framework
17 20 (3.38%) JSON
18 19 (3.21%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 80 (13.51%) Cloud Native
2 36 (6.08%) Legacy Systems
3 32 (5.41%) AI Agents
4 29 (4.90%) Distributed Systems
5 23 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.04%) Fixed Income
7 17 (2.87%) Product Ownership
8 16 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (2.53%) Derivative
9 15 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (2.03%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.69%) Equities
12 8 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (1.18%) Distributed Applications
13 7 (1.18%) Virtual Team
14 6 (1.01%) Legacy Code
15 5 (0.84%) Hedge funds
15 5 (0.84%) Low-Code
16 4 (0.68%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 63 (10.64%) Windows
2 20 (3.38%) Windows Server
3 18 (3.04%) Linux
4 9 (1.52%) Unix
5 3 (0.51%) VMS
6 1 (0.17%) Android
6 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (39.02%) CI/CD
2 230 (38.85%) DevOps
3 187 (31.59%) Agile
4 139 (23.48%) AI
5 104 (17.57%) Microservices
6 100 (16.89%) Full-Stack Development
7 96 (16.22%) Software Engineering
8 91 (15.37%) Problem-Solving
9 74 (12.50%) SDLC
10 65 (10.98%) Test Automation
11 58 (9.80%) Migration
12 56 (9.46%) Scrum
13 54 (9.12%) OOP
14 50 (8.45%) Event-Driven
14 50 (8.45%) Unit Testing
15 49 (8.28%) Containerisation
15 49 (8.28%) OO
16 44 (7.43%) Business Intelligence
16 44 (7.43%) Data Modelling
17 43 (7.26%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 420 (70.95%) C#
2 245 (41.39%) SQL
3 139 (23.48%) Python
4 121 (20.44%) JavaScript
5 84 (14.19%) TypeScript
6 63 (10.64%) T-SQL
7 59 (9.97%) PL/SQL
8 58 (9.80%) Java
9 26 (4.39%) PowerShell
10 16 (2.70%) VB.NET
11 15 (2.53%) VBA
12 13 (2.20%) Bicep
12 13 (2.20%) C++
13 11 (1.86%) VB
14 6 (1.01%) XPath
15 5 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.68%) Bash
16 4 (0.68%) C
17 3 (0.51%) Shell Script
18 2 (0.34%) ProC
Qualifications
1 77 (13.01%) Security Cleared
2 64 (10.81%) SC Cleared
3 57 (9.63%) Degree
4 18 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.52%) Azure Certification
5 9 (1.52%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.84%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.84%) PhD
9 3 (0.51%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.51%) CISSP
9 3 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.34%) CCSP
10 2 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.34%) OSCP
10 2 (0.34%) SANS
11 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (11.66%) QA
2 13 (2.20%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.18%) GDPR
4 5 (0.84%) SLA
4 5 (0.84%) WCAG
5 4 (0.68%) ISO 20022
5 4 (0.68%) NIST
5 4 (0.68%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.68%) PSD2
6 3 (0.51%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.51%) DICOM
6 3 (0.51%) HL7
7 2 (0.34%) Basel III
7 2 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.34%) SEPA
7 2 (0.34%) TARGET2
8 1 (0.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 62 (10.47%) Docker
2 10 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.34%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.34%) Firmware
5 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 58 (9.80%) Kubernetes
2 50 (8.45%) Terraform
3 11 (1.86%) Ansible
4 7 (1.18%) Grafana
4 7 (1.18%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.01%) Kibana
6 2 (0.34%) Control-M
6 2 (0.34%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.34%) SCCM
6 2 (0.34%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.17%) Istio
7 1 (0.17%) linkerd
Vendors
1 108 (18.24%) Microsoft
2 102 (17.23%) Oracle
3 41 (6.93%) Citrix
4 18 (3.04%) OpenAI
5 13 (2.20%) Databricks
6 10 (1.69%) Google
7 9 (1.52%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.52%) UiPath
8 8 (1.35%) OpenLink
8 8 (1.35%) Splunk
9 6 (1.01%) Foundry
10 5 (0.84%) OpenText
10 5 (0.84%) VMware
11 4 (0.68%) Intapp
11 4 (0.68%) InterSystems
11 4 (0.68%) ION Trading
11 4 (0.68%) Rapid7
11 4 (0.68%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.68%) SAP
11 4 (0.68%) Sitecore