.NET Core Contract Job Trends in Reading
.NET Core
Berkshire > Reading
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading citing .NET Core skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 100 | 71 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -29 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing .NET Core | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Reading | 0.081% | 0.46% | - |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 0.58% | 1.97% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £471 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.41% | - | - |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £500 | £460 | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.70% | -0.54% | -27.45% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Reading
.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 citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Reading.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 173 | 152 | 285 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | 14.07% | 23.21% | 26.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 87 | 102 | 206 |
| 10th Percentile | £425 | £378 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £476 | £468 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £550 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -8.33% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £665 | £607 | £645 |
| 90th Percentile | £779 | £650 | £673 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £527 | £500 | £580 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.45% | -13.79% | +10.48% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 22 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £63.78 | - | £62.60 |
| 25th Percentile | £66.31 | - | £64.11 |
| Median hourly rate | £71.00 | £81.00 | £67.42 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.35% | +20.14% | +288.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £85.19 | - | £71.55 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.88 | - | £73.54 |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £71.00 | £81.00 | £61.60 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.35% | +31.49% | -14.78% |
.NET Core Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing .NET Core relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.
.NET Core Daily Rate Trend in Reading
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing .NET Core.
.NET Core Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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.
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .NET | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | .NET Framework | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | ARM Templates | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Entity Framework | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | OAuth | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | OpenID | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | REST | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | RESTful | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | SAML | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Terraform | 100.0% | 1 |