ASP.NET Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft ASP.NET
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring ASP.NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 155 169
Rank change year-on-year -62 +14 +20
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET 15 8 27
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.23% 0.23% 0.49%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.58% 1.38% 3.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 23
10th Percentile £333 - £376
25th Percentile £360 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £613
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -26.53% +16.67%
75th Percentile £638 £503 £619
90th Percentile £675 £521 -
England median daily rate £500 £625 £500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -9.09%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

ASP.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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 950 581 789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.49% 16.94% 14.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 617 401 537
10th Percentile £321 £313 £325
25th Percentile £425 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -5.71% -
75th Percentile £622 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £635 £667
England median daily rate £525 £521 £550
% change year-on-year +0.86% -5.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 22 41
10th Percentile £38.25 £21.48 £35.00
25th Percentile £53.13 £33.68 £56.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -18.83% -1.44%
75th Percentile - £56.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.63 £58.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £58.15
% change year-on-year +8.33% +3.18% -6.96%

ASP.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ASP.NET relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

ASP.NET job vacancy trend in the South East

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ASP.NET.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ASP.NET

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ASP.NET in the South East over the 6 months to 20 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ASP.NET in the South East

ASP.NET
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ASP.NET.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ASP.NET

ASP.NET
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 ASP.NET within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 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
Buckinghamshire -27 8 £365 -27.00% 3
Thames Valley -38 8 £365 -28.22% 8
West Sussex - 4 £638 - 2
Surrey -19 2 £475 - 2
Sussex - 1 £650 - 1
ASP.NET
England

ASP.NET
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 2 (13.33%) CMS
1 2 (13.33%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 10 (66.67%) Azure
2 5 (33.33%) AWS
3 4 (26.67%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (13.33%) Azure AKS
5 1 (6.67%) Azure App Service
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Functions
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (6.67%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (20.00%) DocumentDB
3 2 (13.33%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (13.33%) Redis
3 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (6.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) NUnit
2 3 (20.00%) Git
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Automotive
3 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) Developer
2 8 (53.33%) .NET Developer
3 2 (13.33%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (13.33%) C# Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Lead
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Leader
3 2 (13.33%) Web Developer
4 1 (6.67%) .NET Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Applications Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Architect
4 1 (6.67%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Developer
4 1 (6.67%) SQL Developer
4 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (100.00%) .NET
2 10 (66.67%) .NET Framework
3 9 (60.00%) ASP.NET Web API
3 9 (60.00%) Entity Framework
4 7 (46.67%) React
5 5 (33.33%) .NET Core
5 5 (33.33%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 5 (33.33%) CSS
5 5 (33.33%) HTML
5 5 (33.33%) REST
6 4 (26.67%) NHibernate
7 3 (20.00%) AngularJS
7 3 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (13.33%) Next.js
8 2 (13.33%) RESTful
9 1 (6.67%) JSON
9 1 (6.67%) Node.js
9 1 (6.67%) OAuth
9 1 (6.67%) OpenID
9 1 (6.67%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.67%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 10 (66.67%) DevOps
2 9 (60.00%) Agile
3 7 (46.67%) MVC
4 5 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (33.33%) SOLID
4 5 (33.33%) User Experience
5 4 (26.67%) Clean Code
5 4 (26.67%) Responsive Web Design
5 4 (26.67%) Scrum
5 4 (26.67%) TDD
5 4 (26.67%) UX Design
6 3 (20.00%) OWASP
6 3 (20.00%) Secure Coding
6 3 (20.00%) Unit Testing
7 2 (13.33%) API Development
7 2 (13.33%) Performance Analysis
7 2 (13.33%) Prototyping
7 2 (13.33%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (13.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) C#
2 11 (73.33%) JavaScript
3 7 (46.67%) SQL
3 7 (46.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
2 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
1 2 (13.33%) QA
1 2 (13.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 5 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle