.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 £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 152 158
Rank change year-on-year -55 +6 +21
Contract .NET Developer jobs 21 20 21
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.32% 0.55% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.61% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 17
10th Percentile £326 £317 £335
25th Percentile £347 £334 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £449 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.70% -0.22% -18.55%
75th Percentile £410 £529 £525
90th Percentile £500 £550 -
England median daily rate £490 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +3.16% -9.52% -4.55%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the South East matching a recognised job title 5,998 3,284 3,899
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.02% 89.53% 92.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,313 2,123 2,337
10th Percentile £280 £204 £250
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £509
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.67% -0.78%
75th Percentile £625 £598 £625
90th Percentile £725 £661 £688
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 875 318 227
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.09 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.43 £15.91 £27.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £20.73 £57.54
Median % change year-on-year +129.14% -63.97% +15.08%
75th Percentile £71.34 £45.88 £72.82
90th Percentile £88.00 £71.00 £75.16
England median hourly rate £41.63 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +65.54% -40.82% -7.37%

.NET Developer Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract .NET Developer job postings 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 .NET Developer jobs in the South East over the 6 months to 25 October 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 .NET Developer jobs within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 October 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
Thames Valley -39 12 £368 -20.31% 9
Berkshire -15 8 £500 +29.37% 7
Surrey -16 5 £388 -29.55% 4
Buckinghamshire -20 4 £348 -31.61% 2
East Sussex +2 2 - - 2
Middlesex - 1 - -
West Sussex - 1 £400 - 2
.NET Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, .NET Developer 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 .NET Developer job ads across the South East region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1.NET100.0%21
2Full-Stack Development85.7%18
3C#81.0%17
4CI/CD57.1%12
5Azure52.4%11
6.NET Core47.6%10
6DevOps47.6%10
6SQL47.6%10
9Microsoft38.1%8
9React38.1%8
9REST38.1%8
12.NET Framework33.3%7
12Entity Framework33.3%7
14Python28.6%6
15Agile23.8%5
15ASP.NET23.8%5
15AWS23.8%5
15Docker23.8%5
15Kubernetes23.8%5
15Oracle23.8%5
15Scrum23.8%5
15Terraform23.8%5
23AngularJS19.0%4
23ASP.NET Web API19.0%4
23ASP.NET Web Forms19.0%4
23Azure DevOps19.0%4
23Azure Monitor19.0%4
23Case Management19.0%4
23Git19.0%4
23JavaScript19.0%4

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