.NET Developer Contract Job Trends in the South East

.NET Developer
England > South East

The median .NET Developer daily rate in the South East is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 138 162
Rank change year-on-year -69 +24 +21
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 27 24 26
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.41% 0.69% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.77% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 22 19
10th Percentile £315 £313 £343
25th Percentile £359 £320 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £419 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% -16.20% +5.26%
75th Percentile £531 £527 £525
90th Percentile £600 £573 £619
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 6,094 3,133 4,772
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 90.52% 92.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,618 2,039 2,898
10th Percentile £303 £213 £255
25th Percentile £425 £375 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £523
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.31% +4.50%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £634
90th Percentile £713 £663 £688
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 688 246 420
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.00 £14.85
25th Percentile £26.25 £15.50 £21.89
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.23 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +108.13% -56.02% +14.70%
75th Percentile £77.50 £61.68 £71.37
90th Percentile £87.97 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £45.25 £26.30 £43.00
% change year-on-year +72.05% -38.84% -1.71%

.NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '.NET Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

.NET Developer job vacancy trend in the South East

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the South East

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 27 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Developer in the South East

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the South East

.NET Developer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 July 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -44 16 £475 +12.29% 8
Buckinghamshire -31 10 £371 +19.57%
Surrey -20 6 £404 -26.59% 10
Berkshire -32 6 £550 +6.38% 3
East Sussex 0 2 £525 +55.56% 2
Hampshire -36 2 £325 -31.58% 8
West Sussex - 1 £400 - 3
.NET Developer
England

.NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 27 July 2026, .NET Developer contract job roles required 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 job ads across the South East region featuring .NET Developer in the job title.

1 27 (100.00%) .NET
2 20 (74.07%) C#
3 17 (62.96%) CI/CD
3 17 (62.96%) Full-Stack Development
4 15 (55.56%) Azure
4 15 (55.56%) DevOps
5 13 (48.15%) .NET Framework
6 11 (40.74%) SQL
7 10 (37.04%) Entity Framework
8 9 (33.33%) Agile
8 9 (33.33%) ASP.NET
8 9 (33.33%) JavaScript
8 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
8 9 (33.33%) REST
9 8 (29.63%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (29.63%) React
10 7 (25.93%) .NET Core
10 7 (25.93%) AWS
10 7 (25.93%) Terraform
10 7 (25.93%) TypeScript
11 6 (22.22%) AngularJS
11 6 (22.22%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 6 (22.22%) Clean Code
11 6 (22.22%) Docker
11 6 (22.22%) Kubernetes
11 6 (22.22%) SOLID
12 5 (18.52%) ASP.NET Web API
12 5 (18.52%) NHibernate
12 5 (18.52%) Oracle
12 5 (18.52%) Scrum

.NET Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (3.70%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 15 (55.56%) Azure
2 8 (29.63%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (25.93%) AWS
4 4 (14.81%) GitHub
5 3 (11.11%) Azure AKS
5 3 (11.11%) Azure Key Vault
5 3 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (11.11%) Azure Storage
5 3 (11.11%) Entra ID
6 2 (7.41%) Azure App Service
6 2 (7.41%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (7.41%) IaaS
6 2 (7.41%) n8n
6 2 (7.41%) PaaS
6 2 (7.41%) Power Automate
6 2 (7.41%) Zapier
7 1 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (3.70%) Azure Functions
7 1 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (3.70%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
2 4 (14.81%) DocumentDB
3 3 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (7.41%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Git
1 4 (14.81%) NUnit
2 1 (3.70%) Postman
2 1 (3.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (14.81%) Legal
2 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.41%) Automotive
3 2 (7.41%) Finance
4 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (100.00%) .NET
2 13 (48.15%) .NET Framework
3 10 (37.04%) Entity Framework
4 9 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 9 (33.33%) REST
5 8 (29.63%) React
6 7 (25.93%) .NET Core
7 6 (22.22%) AngularJS
7 6 (22.22%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 5 (18.52%) ASP.NET Web API
8 5 (18.52%) NHibernate
9 4 (14.81%) RESTful
10 3 (11.11%) OAuth
10 3 (11.11%) OpenID
10 3 (11.11%) SAML
11 2 (7.41%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (7.41%) CSS
12 1 (3.70%) Blazor
12 1 (3.70%) GraphQL
12 1 (3.70%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) AI Agents
1 2 (7.41%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.70%) IoT
2 1 (3.70%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (62.96%) CI/CD
1 17 (62.96%) Full-Stack Development
2 15 (55.56%) DevOps
3 9 (33.33%) Agile
4 6 (22.22%) Clean Code
4 6 (22.22%) SOLID
5 5 (18.52%) Scrum
5 5 (18.52%) TDD
6 4 (14.81%) AI
6 4 (14.81%) Case Management
6 4 (14.81%) Unit Testing
7 3 (11.11%) Code Coverage
7 3 (11.11%) Microservices
7 3 (11.11%) RBAC
7 3 (11.11%) Workflow
8 2 (7.41%) API Development
8 2 (7.41%) B2C
8 2 (7.41%) Data Management
8 2 (7.41%) MVC
8 2 (7.41%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (74.07%) C#
2 11 (40.74%) SQL
3 9 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 7 (25.93%) TypeScript
5 2 (7.41%) Python
6 1 (3.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 6 (22.22%) Docker
2 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) Terraform
2 6 (22.22%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Oracle