.NET Contract Job Trends in Luton

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring .NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 26 32
Rank change year-on-year +10 +6 -19
Contract jobs citing .NET 14 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 8.14% 2.25% 1.61%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 42.42% 66.67% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 2
10th Percentile £469 - £344
25th Percentile £522 - £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £525 £438
Median % change year-on-year +11.90% +20.00% -15.87%
75th Percentile £600 - £497
90th Percentile £608 - £521
Bedfordshire median daily rate £588 £525 £438
% change year-on-year +11.90% +20.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.97 - -
Median hourly rate £68.21 - -
75th Percentile £74.23 - -
90th Percentile £74.69 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £68.21 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Luton

.NET 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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 33 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 19.19% 3.37% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 3 5
10th Percentile £408 - £340
25th Percentile £425 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £375
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +40.00% -27.88%
75th Percentile £600 £631 £538
90th Percentile - £695 £635
Bedfordshire median daily rate £600 £525 £385
% change year-on-year +14.29% +36.36% -25.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.97 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £81.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £75.00 - £52.50

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing .NET relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton.

.NET job vacancy trend in Luton

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Daily Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing .NET.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing .NET

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Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET in Luton over the 6 months to 24 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in Luton

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Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing .NET.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing .NET

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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 9 (64.29%) CMS
1 9 (64.29%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) AWS
2 3 (21.43%) Azure
3 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (7.14%) GitHub
4 1 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (57.14%) NoSQL
2 6 (42.86%) SQL Server
3 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (7.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Architect
1 6 (42.86%) Technical Architect
2 5 (35.71%) Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (21.43%) Software Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) .NET Software Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) C# Software Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (71.43%) Node.js
2 9 (64.29%) AngularJS
2 9 (64.29%) React
3 8 (57.14%) ASP.NET
3 8 (57.14%) ASP.NET Core
3 8 (57.14%) CSS
3 8 (57.14%) HTML
3 8 (57.14%) jQuery
4 6 (42.86%) REST
5 3 (21.43%) .NET Core
6 2 (14.29%) Express.js
6 2 (14.29%) NestJS
6 2 (14.29%) RESTful
7 1 (7.14%) WinForms
7 1 (7.14%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) DevOps
2 11 (78.57%) Agile
2 11 (78.57%) CI/CD
3 10 (71.43%) Scrum
4 9 (64.29%) Microservices
5 8 (57.14%) Front End Development
6 6 (42.86%) Data Governance
6 6 (42.86%) Personalization
6 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (42.86%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
8 3 (21.43%) Kanban
8 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
9 2 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
9 2 (14.29%) User Stories
10 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
10 1 (7.14%) Roadmaps
10 1 (7.14%) Software Delivery
10 1 (7.14%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) C#
2 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 2 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (7.14%) C
3 1 (7.14%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Sitecore