.NET Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring .NET skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited .NET over the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 71 35
Rank change year-on-year +4 -36 +10
Contract jobs citing .NET 49 68 206
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.72% 2.90% 6.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.17% 13.36% 24.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 46 150
10th Percentile £321 £400 £375
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
75th Percentile £488 £534 £504
90th Percentile £538 £650 £578
UK median daily rate £516 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.14% - +10.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland

.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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 372 509 827
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 20.68% 21.68% 25.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 347 618
10th Percentile £350 £389 £400
25th Percentile £400 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £486
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +0.77% +8.06%
75th Percentile £538 £561 £545
90th Percentile £685 £626 £638
UK median daily rate £543 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 6
10th Percentile - £26.07 £13.16
25th Percentile £52.50 £55.00 £15.32
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.72 £41.18
Median % change year-on-year -4.70% +40.14% +142.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.07 £59.92
90th Percentile - £78.00 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.78 £65.00
% change year-on-year +16.53% -14.18% +32.65%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing .NET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for .NET in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing .NET in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for .NET in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing .NET in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for .NET in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 October 2024. 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
Edinburgh -6 31 £425 -5.56% 13
Glasgow +6 8 £320 -39.05% 15
Perthshire - 5 £613 -
West Lothian - 2 £525 - 1
.NET
UK

.NET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.16%) SharePoint
1 4 (8.16%) Umbraco
2 2 (4.08%) Smallworld
3 1 (2.04%) GeoServer
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.04%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 38 (77.55%) Azure
2 21 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (10.20%) GitHub
3 5 (10.20%) SaaS
4 4 (8.16%) AWS
4 4 (8.16%) PaaS
5 3 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (6.12%) Power Automate
5 3 (6.12%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.12%) PowerApps
5 3 (6.12%) Serverless
6 2 (4.08%) Azure API Management
6 2 (4.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (4.08%) Azure Functions
6 2 (4.08%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (4.08%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (4.08%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (4.08%) Entra ID
6 2 (4.08%) IaaS
7 1 (2.04%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 5 (10.20%) Relational Database
3 4 (8.16%) GIS
4 3 (6.12%) MySQL
4 3 (6.12%) Power BI
5 2 (4.08%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (2.04%) Metadata
6 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (30.61%) Git
2 5 (10.20%) JIRA
3 4 (8.16%) Visual Studio
4 3 (6.12%) Jenkins
4 3 (6.12%) Selenium
5 2 (4.08%) Cucumber
5 2 (4.08%) Cypress.io
5 2 (4.08%) Subversion
5 2 (4.08%) TeamCity
5 2 (4.08%) WebDriver
6 1 (2.04%) Appium
6 1 (2.04%) Maven
6 1 (2.04%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (2.04%) Postman
General
1 24 (48.98%) Public Sector
2 12 (24.49%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.16%) Finance
5 1 (2.04%) Back Office
5 1 (2.04%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 32 (65.31%) Developer
2 16 (32.65%) .NET Developer
3 6 (12.24%) Architect
3 6 (12.24%) Senior
4 4 (8.16%) Full-Stack Developer
4 4 (8.16%) Senior Developer
4 4 (8.16%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (8.16%) Test Automation Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Test Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Applications Developer
5 3 (6.12%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
5 3 (6.12%) Grid Architect
5 3 (6.12%) Power Platform Developer
5 3 (6.12%) React Developer
5 3 (6.12%) Software Developer
6 2 (4.08%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Senior Test Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Test Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (24.49%) .NET Framework
2 10 (20.41%) React
2 10 (20.41%) RESTful
3 8 (16.33%) .NET Core
3 8 (16.33%) CSS
4 7 (14.29%) REST
4 7 (14.29%) SOAP
5 6 (12.24%) HTML
6 5 (10.20%) Entity Framework
6 5 (10.20%) Web Services
7 4 (8.16%) AngularJS
7 4 (8.16%) ASP.NET
7 4 (8.16%) Playwright
7 4 (8.16%) WinForms
7 4 (8.16%) WPF
8 3 (6.12%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (6.12%) Spring
8 3 (6.12%) Spring Boot
8 3 (6.12%) WCF
9 2 (4.08%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.33%) Legacy Applications
2 7 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 7 (14.29%) Wiki
3 5 (10.20%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (10.20%) Mobile App
4 3 (6.12%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (6.12%) SCADA
5 2 (4.08%) Client/Server
5 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.04%) Legacy Code
6 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.04%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Windows
2 1 (2.04%) Linux
2 1 (2.04%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.90%) DevOps
2 20 (40.82%) Agile
3 11 (22.45%) Code Quality
3 11 (22.45%) User Experience
4 9 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (18.37%) Test Automation
5 8 (16.33%) CI/CD
5 8 (16.33%) Microservices
6 7 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
6 7 (14.29%) Migration
6 7 (14.29%) SDLC
7 6 (12.24%) Continuous Integration
7 6 (12.24%) Roadmaps
8 5 (10.20%) API Testing
8 5 (10.20%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (10.20%) Design Patterns
8 5 (10.20%) MVC
8 5 (10.20%) UX Design
9 4 (8.16%) Configuration Management
9 4 (8.16%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (48.98%) C#
2 19 (38.78%) SQL
3 11 (22.45%) JavaScript
4 9 (18.37%) Java
5 6 (12.24%) TypeScript
6 4 (8.16%) Python
6 4 (8.16%) VB
6 4 (8.16%) VB6
7 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
7 3 (6.12%) T-SQL
8 2 (4.08%) C++
8 2 (4.08%) Shell Script
8 2 (4.08%) VBA
8 2 (4.08%) VBScript
9 1 (2.04%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (6.12%) Degree
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (6.12%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.04%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.04%) ISEB
3 1 (2.04%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.04%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) Disclosure Scotland
1 4 (8.16%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.12%) Docker
2 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (10.20%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.04%) Ansible
2 1 (2.04%) Grafana
Vendors
1 8 (16.33%) Oracle
2 7 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.16%) Infragistics
4 3 (6.12%) Adobe
4 3 (6.12%) Siemens
4 3 (6.12%) Xamarin
5 2 (4.08%) ESRI
5 2 (4.08%) OutSystems
6 1 (2.04%) CyberArk