.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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 279 172
Rank change year-on-year -105 -107 +7
Contract jobs citing .NET Core 53 87 243
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.26% 0.64% 1.49%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.16% 2.45% 5.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 55 180
10th Percentile £391 £392 £397
25th Percentile £456 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -1.82% -12.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £720 £815 £800
England median daily rate £500 £500 £545
% change year-on-year - -8.26% -7.00%

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 4,566 3,555 4,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.66% 26.07% 27.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,025 2,493 3,217
10th Percentile £390 £371 £375
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £725
90th Percentile £785 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 24 25
10th Percentile £23.69 £31.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £32.09 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.16 £51.97 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +38.59% -43.18%
75th Percentile £60.63 £62.81 £50.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £71.03 £71.80
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -6.25%

.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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -14 6 £663 +1.92% 31
South London - 2 £700 - 2
.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 (3.77%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.89%) CMS
2 1 (1.89%) Headless CMS
2 1 (1.89%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Endur
1 1 (1.89%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 36 (67.92%) Azure
2 23 (43.40%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (26.42%) AWS
3 14 (26.42%) GitHub
4 8 (15.09%) Power Platform
4 8 (15.09%) Serverless
5 6 (11.32%) Azure Functions
5 6 (11.32%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (9.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 5 (9.43%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (7.55%) Azure AKS
7 4 (7.55%) Azure App Service
7 4 (7.55%) Azure Key Vault
7 4 (7.55%) Entra ID
7 4 (7.55%) IaaS
7 4 (7.55%) PaaS
7 4 (7.55%) SaaS
8 3 (5.66%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (5.66%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (3.77%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) DHCP
1 2 (3.77%) DNS
1 2 (3.77%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (58.49%) SQL Server
2 12 (22.64%) Relational Database
3 9 (16.98%) NoSQL
4 8 (15.09%) Power BI
5 7 (13.21%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (11.32%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (7.55%) MongoDB
8 3 (5.66%) Oracle Database
9 2 (3.77%) Db2
10 1 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 9 (16.98%) Git
1 9 (16.98%) GitLab
2 6 (11.32%) Visual Studio
3 4 (7.55%) JetBrains Rider
4 3 (5.66%) JIRA
5 2 (3.77%) SpecFlow
6 1 (1.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (1.89%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.89%) Moq
6 1 (1.89%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (1.89%) REST Assured
6 1 (1.89%) TeamCity
General
1 22 (41.51%) Finance
2 18 (33.96%) Social Skills
3 13 (24.53%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (15.09%) Banking
5 5 (9.43%) Front Office
6 4 (7.55%) Public Sector
7 3 (5.66%) Investment Banking
8 2 (3.77%) Health Technology
8 2 (3.77%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (3.77%) Prime Brokerage
9 1 (1.89%) Legal
9 1 (1.89%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 39 (73.58%) Developer
2 20 (37.74%) .NET Developer
3 17 (32.08%) C# Developer
3 17 (32.08%) Senior
4 15 (28.30%) Full-Stack Developer
5 14 (26.42%) Senior Developer
6 10 (18.87%) Senior .NET Developer
6 10 (18.87%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
7 9 (16.98%) C# .NET Developer
7 9 (16.98%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
8 8 (15.09%) React Developer
8 8 (15.09%) Senior C# Developer
8 8 (15.09%) Senior React Developer
9 6 (11.32%) Architect
9 6 (11.32%) Full-Stack C# Developer
9 6 (11.32%) Senior C# .NET Developer
9 6 (11.32%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (9.43%) Azure Developer
11 4 (7.55%) Software Engineer
12 3 (5.66%) Database Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (100.00%) .NET
2 30 (56.60%) REST
3 26 (49.06%) React
4 20 (37.74%) .NET Framework
5 18 (33.96%) ASP.NET
6 16 (30.19%) RESTful
7 10 (18.87%) Kafka
8 8 (15.09%) PySpark
9 7 (13.21%) Entity Framework
10 6 (11.32%) AngularJS
10 6 (11.32%) Blazor
10 6 (11.32%) HTML
10 6 (11.32%) Redux
11 5 (9.43%) CSS
11 5 (9.43%) Node.js
12 4 (7.55%) ASP.NET MVC
12 4 (7.55%) ASP.NET Web API
12 4 (7.55%) HTML5
12 4 (7.55%) Middleware
12 4 (7.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (41.51%) Cloud Native
2 13 (24.53%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (11.32%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (7.55%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (7.55%) Product Ownership
5 3 (5.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (3.77%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (3.77%) Equities
6 2 (3.77%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (3.77%) PKI
7 1 (1.89%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.89%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.89%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.89%) Fixed Income
7 1 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.89%) NHS
7 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.89%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.55%) Windows
2 3 (5.66%) Linux
3 2 (3.77%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (69.81%) CI/CD
2 31 (58.49%) DevOps
2 31 (58.49%) Microservices
3 22 (41.51%) Agile
3 22 (41.51%) Full-Stack Development
4 16 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (28.30%) Event-Driven
6 14 (26.42%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 14 (26.42%) Test Automation
7 11 (20.75%) AI
7 11 (20.75%) Containerisation
7 11 (20.75%) Software Engineering
8 10 (18.87%) Data Modelling
9 9 (16.98%) API Design
9 9 (16.98%) Deployment Automation
10 8 (15.09%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (15.09%) OO
10 8 (15.09%) SDLC
10 8 (15.09%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (15.09%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 50 (94.34%) C#
2 25 (47.17%) TypeScript
3 23 (43.40%) JavaScript
4 22 (41.51%) SQL
5 18 (33.96%) Python
6 3 (5.66%) C++
7 2 (3.77%) Bicep
7 2 (3.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (3.77%) Java
8 1 (1.89%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.89%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (11.32%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.55%) DV Cleared
2 4 (7.55%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.66%) Degree
4 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) QA
2 2 (3.77%) Basel III
2 2 (3.77%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (1.89%) Accessibility
System Software
1 12 (22.64%) Docker
2 2 (3.77%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (22.64%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.66%) Terraform
3 1 (1.89%) Istio
Vendors
1 16 (30.19%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.32%) Oracle
3 4 (7.55%) IBM
4 2 (3.77%) Cisco
4 2 (3.77%) DevExpress
4 2 (3.77%) VMware
5 1 (1.89%) ION Trading
5 1 (1.89%) OpenLink
5 1 (1.89%) Sitecore