.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 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 248 196
Rank change year-on-year -104 -52 -33
Contract jobs citing .NET Core 56 104 208
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.33% 0.82% 1.16%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.33% 3.15% 4.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 84 153
10th Percentile £395 £463 £428
25th Percentile £460 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £825 £719
90th Percentile £691 - £800
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 4,200 3,300 4,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.56% 26.02% 24.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,852 2,307 3,318
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.01% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £658 £713 £700
90th Percentile £775 £838 £800
England median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 17 23
10th Percentile £24.95 £34.30 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £39.25 £25.00
Median hourly rate £44.50 £55.50 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% +45.46% -41.30%
75th Percentile £59.99 £65.00 £60.63
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.75 £69.40
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

.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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -
Central London -32 1 £500 -16.67% 32
.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 (1.79%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Endur
1 1 (1.79%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 36 (64.29%) Azure
2 25 (44.64%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (32.14%) Azure Logic Apps
4 15 (26.79%) Serverless
5 14 (25.00%) Azure Functions
6 13 (23.21%) Azure AKS
6 13 (23.21%) Azure Service Bus
7 12 (21.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 12 (21.43%) Entra ID
8 11 (19.64%) Azure Key Vault
8 11 (19.64%) Azure Monitor
9 10 (17.86%) AWS
10 9 (16.07%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (16.07%) GitHub
10 9 (16.07%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (14.29%) Azure Cognitive Services
11 8 (14.29%) Azure Event Grid
11 8 (14.29%) Azure Machine Learning
12 6 (10.71%) Azure App Service
13 5 (8.93%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.93%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (17.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (12.50%) Oracle Database
3 7 (12.50%) Relational Database
4 6 (10.71%) NoSQL
5 5 (8.93%) MongoDB
6 3 (5.36%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (3.57%) Data Lake
8 1 (1.79%) DataStage
8 1 (1.79%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (26.79%) Git
2 5 (8.93%) JIRA
3 1 (1.79%) GitLab
3 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 18 (32.14%) Finance
2 17 (30.36%) Social Skills
3 11 (19.64%) Banking
4 5 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.93%) Front Office
5 3 (5.36%) Financial Institution
5 3 (5.36%) Investment Banking
5 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 43 (76.79%) Developer
2 17 (30.36%) .NET Developer
3 15 (26.79%) C# Developer
4 11 (19.64%) Azure Developer
5 9 (16.07%) Architect
6 6 (10.71%) C# .NET Developer
6 6 (10.71%) Senior
7 5 (8.93%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
7 5 (8.93%) Backend Developer
7 5 (8.93%) Senior .NET Developer
7 5 (8.93%) Senior Developer
7 5 (8.93%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 4 (7.14%) Azure Architect
8 4 (7.14%) C# Architect
8 4 (7.14%) Database Developer
8 4 (7.14%) IT Architect
8 4 (7.14%) IT Support
8 4 (7.14%) Technical Architect
8 4 (7.14%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (100.00%) .NET
2 24 (42.86%) React
3 21 (37.50%) .NET Framework
4 13 (23.21%) Node.js
4 13 (23.21%) RESTful
5 12 (21.43%) AngularJS
5 12 (21.43%) ASP.NET
5 12 (21.43%) HTML
6 9 (16.07%) CSS
7 8 (14.29%) PyTorch
7 8 (14.29%) TensorFlow
8 5 (8.93%) ASP.NET Web API
8 5 (8.93%) REST
8 5 (8.93%) WPF
9 4 (7.14%) ASP.NET MVC
9 4 (7.14%) HTML5
9 4 (7.14%) WinForms
10 3 (5.36%) OAuth
10 3 (5.36%) OpenID
10 3 (5.36%) Reactive Extensions
Miscellaneous
1 15 (26.79%) Cloud Native
2 11 (19.64%) AI Agents
3 10 (17.86%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (17.86%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (8.93%) Credit Risk
5 5 (8.93%) Market Risk
6 3 (5.36%) Algorithms
6 3 (5.36%) Fixed Income
7 1 (1.79%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.79%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.79%) Legacy Code
7 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (69.64%) CI/CD
2 35 (62.50%) DevOps
3 28 (50.00%) Microservices
4 20 (35.71%) AI
5 19 (33.93%) Agile
6 16 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (26.79%) Test Automation
8 12 (21.43%) API Management
8 12 (21.43%) RBAC
9 11 (19.64%) Machine Learning
10 10 (17.86%) Roadmaps
11 9 (16.07%) Full-Stack Development
11 9 (16.07%) Software Engineering
12 8 (14.29%) Analytics
12 8 (14.29%) Event-Driven
12 8 (14.29%) MVC
12 8 (14.29%) OO
12 8 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 8 (14.29%) Technical Debt
13 7 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 46 (82.14%) C#
2 31 (55.36%) SQL
3 20 (35.71%) Python
4 14 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 13 (23.21%) Bicep
6 12 (21.43%) TypeScript
7 2 (3.57%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.79%) Java
8 1 (1.79%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (7.14%) Azure Certification
2 3 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.36%) Degree
3 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.36%) QA
2 2 (3.57%) MiFID
3 1 (1.79%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.79%) EMIR
3 1 (1.79%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (16.07%) Active Directory
2 8 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (25.00%) Terraform
2 9 (16.07%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 12 (21.43%) Oracle
3 10 (17.86%) Databricks
4 8 (14.29%) OpenAI
5 3 (5.36%) ION Trading
6 1 (1.79%) OpenLink