.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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 251 181
Rank change year-on-year -119 -70 -5
Contract jobs citing .NET Core 46 99 244
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.25% 0.81% 1.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.08% 3.09% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 73 171
10th Percentile £404 £458 £413
25th Percentile £492 £508 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £618 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.27% +7.40% -11.54%
75th Percentile £625 £788 £700
90th Percentile £652 £825 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -8.33%

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 4,263 3,203 4,553
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.08% 26.33% 26.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,832 2,243 3,395
10th Percentile £375 £385 £375
25th Percentile £440 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £557 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -3.13% -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £719 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £838
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 17 27
10th Percentile £24.30 £31.58 £16.25
25th Percentile £29.52 £33.25 £23.99
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -17.65% -36.57%
75th Percentile £64.50 £53.75 £63.77
90th Percentile £95.00 £68.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.43
% change year-on-year +4.00% +29.05% -25.49%

.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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -23 4 £625 -3.85% 27
South London - 1 £500 -
.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 1 (2.17%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Endur
1 1 (2.17%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 28 (60.87%) Azure
2 20 (43.48%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (26.09%) AWS
4 10 (21.74%) Azure Logic Apps
4 10 (21.74%) Serverless
5 9 (19.57%) Azure Functions
6 6 (13.04%) Azure Service Bus
7 5 (10.87%) Azure AKS
7 5 (10.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 5 (10.87%) GitHub
7 5 (10.87%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (10.87%) SaaS
8 4 (8.70%) Azure Key Vault
8 4 (8.70%) Entra ID
8 4 (8.70%) PaaS
8 4 (8.70%) Power Platform
9 3 (6.52%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (6.52%) IaaS
10 1 (2.17%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 1 (2.17%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) DHCP
1 2 (4.35%) DNS
1 2 (4.35%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (63.04%) SQL Server
2 9 (19.57%) Relational Database
3 7 (15.22%) NoSQL
3 7 (15.22%) Oracle Database
3 7 (15.22%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (13.04%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (8.70%) MongoDB
5 4 (8.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (17.39%) Git
2 5 (10.87%) GitLab
2 5 (10.87%) JIRA
3 1 (2.17%) Moq
3 1 (2.17%) SpecFlow
3 1 (2.17%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 18 (39.13%) Finance
2 14 (30.43%) Social Skills
3 10 (21.74%) Banking
4 9 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (13.04%) Front Office
6 3 (6.52%) Investment Banking
6 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.35%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 32 (69.57%) Developer
2 16 (34.78%) C# Developer
3 15 (32.61%) .NET Developer
4 10 (21.74%) Architect
4 10 (21.74%) Senior
5 9 (19.57%) Senior Developer
6 7 (15.22%) C# .NET Developer
7 6 (13.04%) Azure Developer
7 6 (13.04%) Senior .NET Developer
7 6 (13.04%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (10.87%) Full-Stack Developer
9 4 (8.70%) Azure Architect
9 4 (8.70%) C# Architect
9 4 (8.70%) IT Architect
9 4 (8.70%) IT Support
9 4 (8.70%) Senior C# Developer
9 4 (8.70%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
9 4 (8.70%) Technical Architect
9 4 (8.70%) Tester
10 3 (6.52%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (100.00%) .NET
2 18 (39.13%) React
3 17 (36.96%) .NET Framework
4 15 (32.61%) RESTful
5 13 (28.26%) ASP.NET
6 11 (23.91%) REST
7 10 (21.74%) HTML
8 7 (15.22%) CSS
9 6 (13.04%) Kafka
9 6 (13.04%) Node.js
10 5 (10.87%) PySpark
11 4 (8.70%) AngularJS
11 4 (8.70%) ASP.NET Web API
11 4 (8.70%) Blazor
11 4 (8.70%) HTML5
11 4 (8.70%) OAuth
11 4 (8.70%) Redux
12 3 (6.52%) ARM Templates
12 3 (6.52%) ML.NET
12 3 (6.52%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 15 (32.61%) Cloud Native
2 13 (28.26%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (17.39%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (15.22%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (8.70%) AI Agents
6 3 (6.52%) Algorithms
6 3 (6.52%) Fixed Income
7 2 (4.35%) Credit Risk
7 2 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (4.35%) PKI
8 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (2.17%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (2.17%) Equities
8 1 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (2.17%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (2.17%) Legacy Code
8 1 (2.17%) Market Risk
8 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.52%) Windows
2 2 (4.35%) Linux
2 2 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (63.04%) DevOps
2 28 (60.87%) CI/CD
3 22 (47.83%) Microservices
4 18 (39.13%) Test Automation
5 17 (36.96%) Agile
6 14 (30.43%) AI
7 12 (26.09%) Software Engineering
8 11 (23.91%) Event-Driven
8 11 (23.91%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (21.74%) Full-Stack Development
10 9 (19.57%) Roadmaps
10 9 (19.57%) Technical Debt
11 8 (17.39%) Data Modelling
11 8 (17.39%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 7 (15.22%) API Management
12 7 (15.22%) Deployment Automation
12 7 (15.22%) OO
12 7 (15.22%) Refactoring
12 7 (15.22%) Validation
13 6 (13.04%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 37 (80.43%) C#
2 24 (52.17%) SQL
3 17 (36.96%) Python
4 16 (34.78%) TypeScript
5 12 (26.09%) JavaScript
6 7 (15.22%) Bicep
7 2 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (2.17%) C++
8 1 (2.17%) Java
8 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
8 1 (2.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.52%) Azure Certification
2 3 (6.52%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.35%) Degree
3 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) QA
2 2 (4.35%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.35%) Basel III
2 2 (4.35%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (2.17%) EMIR
3 1 (2.17%) MiFID
3 1 (2.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (15.22%) Docker
2 5 (10.87%) Active Directory
3 2 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (15.22%) Kubernetes
1 7 (15.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (26.09%) Oracle
2 9 (19.57%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.52%) ION Trading
4 2 (4.35%) Cisco
4 2 (4.35%) VMware
5 1 (2.17%) Databricks
5 1 (2.17%) IBM
5 1 (2.17%) OpenAI
5 1 (2.17%) OpenLink