.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 3 months leading up to 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 198 144
Rank change year-on-year -86 -54 +35
Contract jobs citing .NET Core 21 61 144
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.22% 0.88% 1.52%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.94% 3.35% 5.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 45 98
10th Percentile £402 £459 £404
25th Percentile £415 £500 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £573
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.44% -11.92%
75th Percentile £596 £775 £750
90th Percentile £600 £825 £800
England median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -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 2,227 1,823 2,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.85% 26.44% 25.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,485 1,271 1,856
10th Percentile £375 £385 £375
25th Percentile £446 £449 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £572 £569
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.62% -5.25%
75th Percentile £650 £738 £700
90th Percentile £800 £838 £825
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 6 12
10th Percentile £20.48 £34.16 £14.66
25th Percentile £26.81 £42.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £58.75 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.57% +135.00% -64.29%
75th Percentile £59.85 £68.44 £52.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £81.25 £66.55
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.40%

.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 3 months to 13 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
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 (1.82%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Endur
1 1 (1.82%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 35 (63.64%) Azure
2 25 (45.45%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (32.73%) Azure Logic Apps
4 15 (27.27%) Serverless
5 14 (25.45%) Azure Functions
6 13 (23.64%) Azure AKS
6 13 (23.64%) Azure Service Bus
7 12 (21.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 12 (21.82%) Entra ID
8 11 (20.00%) Azure Key Vault
8 11 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
9 10 (18.18%) AWS
10 9 (16.36%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (16.36%) GitHub
10 9 (16.36%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (14.55%) Azure Cognitive Services
11 8 (14.55%) Azure Event Grid
11 8 (14.55%) Azure Machine Learning
12 6 (10.91%) Azure App Service
13 5 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (50.91%) SQL Server
2 10 (18.18%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (12.73%) Oracle Database
3 7 (12.73%) Relational Database
4 6 (10.91%) NoSQL
5 5 (9.09%) MongoDB
6 3 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (3.64%) Data Lake
8 1 (1.82%) DataStage
8 1 (1.82%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (27.27%) Git
2 5 (9.09%) JIRA
3 1 (1.82%) GitLab
3 1 (1.82%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 18 (32.73%) Finance
2 16 (29.09%) Social Skills
3 11 (20.00%) Banking
4 5 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.27%) Front Office
6 3 (5.45%) Financial Institution
6 3 (5.45%) Investment Banking
6 3 (5.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 43 (78.18%) Developer
2 17 (30.91%) .NET Developer
3 15 (27.27%) C# Developer
4 11 (20.00%) Azure Developer
5 8 (14.55%) Architect
6 6 (10.91%) C# .NET Developer
6 6 (10.91%) Senior
7 5 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
7 5 (9.09%) Backend Developer
7 5 (9.09%) Senior .NET Developer
7 5 (9.09%) Senior Developer
8 4 (7.27%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Azure Architect
8 4 (7.27%) C# Architect
8 4 (7.27%) Database Developer
8 4 (7.27%) IT Architect
8 4 (7.27%) IT Support
8 4 (7.27%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (7.27%) Technical Architect
8 4 (7.27%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (100.00%) .NET
2 24 (43.64%) React
3 21 (38.18%) .NET Framework
4 13 (23.64%) Node.js
4 13 (23.64%) RESTful
5 12 (21.82%) AngularJS
5 12 (21.82%) ASP.NET
5 12 (21.82%) HTML
6 9 (16.36%) CSS
7 8 (14.55%) PyTorch
7 8 (14.55%) TensorFlow
8 5 (9.09%) ASP.NET Web API
8 5 (9.09%) WPF
9 4 (7.27%) ASP.NET MVC
9 4 (7.27%) HTML5
9 4 (7.27%) REST
9 4 (7.27%) WinForms
10 3 (5.45%) OAuth
10 3 (5.45%) OpenID
10 3 (5.45%) Reactive Extensions
Miscellaneous
1 15 (27.27%) Cloud Native
2 11 (20.00%) AI Agents
3 10 (18.18%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (12.73%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (9.09%) Credit Risk
5 5 (9.09%) Market Risk
6 3 (5.45%) Algorithms
6 3 (5.45%) Fixed Income
7 1 (1.82%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.82%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.82%) Legacy Code
7 1 (1.82%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.91%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (70.91%) CI/CD
2 35 (63.64%) DevOps
3 27 (49.09%) Microservices
4 20 (36.36%) AI
5 19 (34.55%) Agile
6 16 (29.09%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (27.27%) Test Automation
8 12 (21.82%) API Management
8 12 (21.82%) RBAC
9 11 (20.00%) Machine Learning
10 9 (16.36%) Full-Stack Development
10 9 (16.36%) Roadmaps
10 9 (16.36%) Software Engineering
11 8 (14.55%) MVC
11 8 (14.55%) OO
11 8 (14.55%) Technical Debt
12 7 (12.73%) Analytics
12 7 (12.73%) Data Modelling
12 7 (12.73%) Event-Driven
12 7 (12.73%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 45 (81.82%) C#
2 31 (56.36%) SQL
3 20 (36.36%) Python
4 14 (25.45%) JavaScript
5 13 (23.64%) Bicep
6 12 (21.82%) TypeScript
7 2 (3.64%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.82%) Java
8 1 (1.82%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (7.27%) Azure Certification
2 3 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.45%) Degree
3 1 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.82%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.45%) QA
2 2 (3.64%) MiFID
3 1 (1.82%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.82%) EMIR
3 1 (1.82%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (16.36%) Active Directory
2 8 (14.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (25.45%) Terraform
2 9 (16.36%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (29.09%) Microsoft
2 12 (21.82%) Oracle
3 10 (18.18%) Databricks
4 8 (14.55%) OpenAI
5 3 (5.45%) ION Trading
6 1 (1.82%) OpenLink