.NET Core Contract Job Trends in London

.NET Core
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring .NET Core skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	388	303	222
Rank change year-on-year	-85	-81	-47
Contract jobs citing .NET Core	71	68	179
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.35%	0.51%	1.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	1.31%	1.72%	3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted	39	33	141
10^th Percentile	£441	£383	£399
25^th Percentile	£506	£463	£463
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£600	£618	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-2.84%	+7.40%	-5.35%
75^th Percentile	£700	£700	£675
90^th Percentile	£738	£772	£700
England median daily rate	£500	£510	£550
% change year-on-year	-1.96%	-7.27%	-4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£51.25	-	-
Median hourly rate	£52.50	-	-
75^th Percentile	£53.75	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median hourly rate	£46.25	-	£80.00
% change year-on-year	-	-	+14.29%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

.NET Core 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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills	5,424	3,945	4,818
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	26.45%	29.47%	30.02%
Number of daily rates quoted	3,662	2,693	3,255
10^th Percentile	£400	£368	£385
25^th Percentile	£456	£430	£464
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-4.17%
75^th Percentile	£667	£675	£700
90^th Percentile	£750	£788	£850
England median daily rate	£535	£518	£550
% change year-on-year	+3.28%	-5.82%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	33	33	23
10^th Percentile	£36.00	£31.94	£23.88
25^th Percentile	£36.25	£34.48	£36.50
Median hourly rate	£50.00	£51.44	£42.50
Median % change year-on-year	-2.80%	+21.04%	-32.00%
75^th Percentile	£60.75	£61.25	£61.97
90^th Percentile	£81.25	£84.40	£74.20
England median hourly rate	£65.00	£54.00	£65.00
% change year-on-year	+20.37%	-16.92%	+10.94%

.NET Core Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

.NET Core Daily Rate Trend in London

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

.NET Core Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Core in London over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Core in London

.NET Core Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

.NET Core 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 Core within the London region over the 6 months to 16 October 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	-17	11	£625	-3.85%	10
South London	-	4	£713	-
.NET Core England

.NET Core Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing .NET Core also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for .NET Core.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	.NET	100.0%	71
2	C#	91.5%	65
3	CI/CD	69.0%	49
4	Azure	59.2%	42
5	SQL Server	57.7%	41
6	REST	53.5%	38
7	Microservices	50.7%	36
8	DevOps	47.9%	34
9	Agile	46.5%	33
10	SQL	43.7%	31
11	JavaScript	40.8%	29
12	React	39.4%	28
12	TypeScript	39.4%	28
14	ASP.NET	36.6%	26
15	AWS	35.2%	25
15	Azure DevOps	35.2%	25
15	Problem-Solving	35.2%	25
18	Full-Stack Development	33.8%	24
19	.NET Framework	31.0%	22
19	RESTful	31.0%	22
21	Event-Driven	29.6%	21
21	Microsoft	29.6%	21
23	Event-Driven Architecture	28.2%	20
24	Python	26.8%	19
25	Docker	25.4%	18
25	GitHub	25.4%	18
25	Kafka	25.4%	18
28	Containerisation	22.5%	16
29	AI	21.1%	15
29	Kubernetes	21.1%	15

.NET Core Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	.NET	100.0%	71
2	REST	53.5%	38
3	React	39.4%	28
4	ASP.NET	36.6%	26
5	.NET Framework	31.0%	22
5	RESTful	31.0%	22
7	Kafka	25.4%	18
8	AngularJS	15.5%	11
9	Terraform	14.1%	10
10	Entity Framework	12.7%	9
11	ASP.NET Core	11.3%	8
11	PySpark	11.3%	8
13	ASP.NET MVC	9.9%	7
13	Blazor	9.9%	7
15	Redux	8.5%	6
15	Web Services	8.5%	6
17	Middleware	7.0%	5
17	Node.js	7.0%	5
17	SOAP	7.0%	5
17	WPF	7.0%	5