.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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 247 212
Rank change year-on-year -83 -35 -52
Contract jobs citing .NET Core 61 109 199
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.38% 0.83% 1.09%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.51% 3.19% 4.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 90 153
10th Percentile £411 £463 £450
25th Percentile £477 £538 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £641 £625
Median % change year-on-year -22.03% +2.60% -3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £784 £719
90th Percentile £750 £825 £788
England median daily rate £500 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,053 3,414 4,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.27% 26.15% 24.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,763 2,338 3,363
10th Percentile £363 £385 £381
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £670 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 31
10th Percentile £27.00 £34.48 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £38.31 £27.69
Median hourly rate £47.00 £44.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% +5.29% -35.40%
75th Percentile £63.00 £64.13 £65.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.83 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year +1.56% +31.36% -25.05%

.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 job vacancy trend in London

.NET Core
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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 9 March 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.

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 9 March 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
South London - 7 £500 - 1
Central London -31 1 £500 -20.00% 44
.NET Core
England

.NET Core
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 2 (3.28%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (62.30%) Azure
2 25 (40.98%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (29.51%) Azure Logic Apps
4 16 (26.23%) Serverless
5 15 (24.59%) Azure Functions
6 13 (21.31%) Azure AKS
6 13 (21.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 13 (21.31%) Azure Service Bus
7 12 (19.67%) Entra ID
8 11 (18.03%) Azure Key Vault
8 11 (18.03%) Azure Monitor
9 10 (16.39%) AWS
9 10 (16.39%) GitHub
9 10 (16.39%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (14.75%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (13.11%) Azure Cognitive Services
11 8 (13.11%) Azure Event Grid
11 8 (13.11%) Azure Machine Learning
12 6 (9.84%) Azure App Service
13 5 (8.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.20%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (45.90%) SQL Server
2 9 (14.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (13.11%) Relational Database
4 7 (11.48%) Oracle Database
5 6 (9.84%) NoSQL
6 5 (8.20%) MongoDB
7 3 (4.92%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (3.28%) Data Lake
9 1 (1.64%) Big Data
9 1 (1.64%) DataStage
9 1 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (1.64%) Hadoop
9 1 (1.64%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (24.59%) Git
2 5 (8.20%) JIRA
3 1 (1.64%) AppVeyor
3 1 (1.64%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.64%) GitLab
3 1 (1.64%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (1.64%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 22 (36.07%) Finance
2 19 (31.15%) Social Skills
3 13 (21.31%) Banking
4 5 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.20%) Front Office
5 4 (6.56%) Financial Institution
6 3 (4.92%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 44 (72.13%) Developer
2 18 (29.51%) .NET Developer
3 14 (22.95%) C# Developer
4 11 (18.03%) Azure Developer
5 9 (14.75%) Architect
6 8 (13.11%) Senior
7 7 (11.48%) C# .NET Developer
8 6 (9.84%) Senior .NET Developer
8 6 (9.84%) Senior Developer
9 5 (8.20%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
9 5 (8.20%) Backend Developer
9 5 (8.20%) Full-Stack Developer
9 5 (8.20%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (6.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 4 (6.56%) Azure Architect
10 4 (6.56%) C# Architect
10 4 (6.56%) Database Developer
10 4 (6.56%) IT Architect
10 4 (6.56%) Technical Architect
10 4 (6.56%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (100.00%) .NET
2 25 (40.98%) React
3 21 (34.43%) .NET Framework
4 13 (21.31%) Node.js
5 12 (19.67%) AngularJS
5 12 (19.67%) ASP.NET
5 12 (19.67%) HTML
6 11 (18.03%) RESTful
7 9 (14.75%) CSS
8 8 (13.11%) PyTorch
8 8 (13.11%) TensorFlow
9 6 (9.84%) ASP.NET Web API
9 6 (9.84%) WPF
10 5 (8.20%) REST
11 4 (6.56%) ASP.NET MVC
11 4 (6.56%) WinForms
12 3 (4.92%) ARM Templates
12 3 (4.92%) HTML5
12 3 (4.92%) Kafka
12 3 (4.92%) Reactive Extensions
Miscellaneous
1 16 (26.23%) Cloud Native
2 11 (18.03%) AI Agents
3 10 (16.39%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (16.39%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (11.48%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (8.20%) Credit Risk
5 5 (8.20%) Market Risk
6 3 (4.92%) Algorithms
6 3 (4.92%) Fixed Income
7 2 (3.28%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.64%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (1.64%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.64%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (1.64%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.48%) Windows
2 1 (1.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (68.85%) CI/CD
2 36 (59.02%) DevOps
3 29 (47.54%) Microservices
4 21 (34.43%) Agile
5 20 (32.79%) AI
5 20 (32.79%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (27.87%) Test Automation
7 12 (19.67%) API Management
7 12 (19.67%) Full-Stack Development
7 12 (19.67%) RBAC
8 11 (18.03%) Machine Learning
9 10 (16.39%) Roadmaps
9 10 (16.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (14.75%) Data Modelling
10 9 (14.75%) OO
11 8 (13.11%) Analytics
11 8 (13.11%) Data Protection
11 8 (13.11%) Event-Driven
11 8 (13.11%) MVC
11 8 (13.11%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 50 (81.97%) C#
2 33 (54.10%) SQL
3 21 (34.43%) Python
4 15 (24.59%) JavaScript
5 13 (21.31%) Bicep
5 13 (21.31%) TypeScript
6 3 (4.92%) Java
6 3 (4.92%) T-SQL
7 2 (3.28%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.64%) Bash
8 1 (1.64%) Perl
8 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (6.56%) Azure Certification
2 3 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (4.92%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.56%) QA
2 2 (3.28%) MiFID
3 1 (1.64%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.64%) EMIR
3 1 (1.64%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (14.75%) Active Directory
2 8 (13.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (22.95%) Terraform
2 9 (14.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (29.51%) Microsoft
2 12 (19.67%) Oracle
3 10 (16.39%) Databricks
4 8 (13.11%) OpenAI
5 3 (4.92%) ION Trading
6 1 (1.64%) Okta
6 1 (1.64%) Ping Identity