.NET Core Contract Job Trends in Scotland

.NET Core
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring .NET Core skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 116 132
Rank change year-on-year +4 +16 -4
Contract jobs citing .NET Core 2 3 11
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.13% 0.17% 0.46%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.56% 0.80% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile - - £389
25th Percentile £431 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £444 £438 £480
90th Percentile - - £481
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland

.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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 354 374 502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 22.53% 21.74% 20.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 240 337
10th Percentile £360 £356 £393
25th Percentile £420 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £461 £498
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% -7.29% +4.74%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £575
90th Percentile £625 £676 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £49.50
25th Percentile £52.50 - £55.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £59.03
Median % change year-on-year - - +43.34%
75th Percentile £57.50 - £73.75
90th Percentile - - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £54.78
% change year-on-year -12.00% +14.09% -15.72%

.NET Core
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

.NET Core job vacancy trend in Scotland

.NET Core
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing .NET Core.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing .NET Core

.NET Core
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 Core within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 7 December 2025. 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 +7 2 £438 +2.94% 3
.NET Core
UK

.NET Core
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#