Senior .NET Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Senior .NET Software Engineer
England > North of England

The median Senior .NET Software Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 - 161
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract Senior .NET Software Engineer jobs 4 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.052% - 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% - 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in the North of England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
14 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the North of England matching a recognised job title 7,041 4,194 3,686
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.18% 91.67% 92.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,073 2,811 2,015
10th Percentile £313 £214 £259
25th Percentile £413 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £599 £556 £575
90th Percentile £675 £663 £650
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 765 272 226
10th Percentile £13.88 £15.50 £15.56
25th Percentile £19.86 £19.07 £18.01
Median hourly rate £36.07 £29.44 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.54% -3.49% +13.89%
75th Percentile £70.00 £51.14 £48.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.26 £70.00
England median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +65.84% -37.13% -11.32%

Senior .NET Software Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Senior .NET Software Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Senior .NET Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Senior .NET Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior .NET Software Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior .NET Software Engineer job vacancies in the North of England

Senior .NET Software Engineer Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Senior .NET Software Engineer jobs within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 4 £525 - 4
Senior .NET Software Engineer
England

Senior .NET Software Engineer Skill Set Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, Senior .NET Software Engineer contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract Senior .NET Software Engineer job ads across the North of England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1.NET100.0%4
1AWS100.0%4
1Software Engineering100.0%4
4.NET Core25.0%1
4.NET Framework25.0%1
4Amazon ECS25.0%1
4Amazon EventBridge25.0%1
4Amazon SQS25.0%1
4AWS Lambda25.0%1
4BDD25.0%1
4CI/CD25.0%1
4DynamoDB25.0%1
4Event-Driven25.0%1
4Event-Driven Architecture25.0%1
4Infrastructure as Code25.0%1
4Microservices25.0%1
4Migration25.0%1
4PostgreSQL25.0%1
4Serverless25.0%1
4Software Delivery25.0%1
4SQL Server25.0%1
4TDD25.0%1
4Terraform25.0%1
4Test Automation25.0%1

Senior .NET Software Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1AWS Software Engineer100.0%4