.NET Core Contract Job Trends in South Wales

.NET Core
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring .NET Core skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 40 51
Rank change year-on-year +9 +11 +7
Contract jobs citing .NET Core 4 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.53% 0.89% 0.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.27% 4.00% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £509 £161 -
25th Percentile £509 £161 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £161 £450
Median % change year-on-year +222.82% -64.20% +2.86%
75th Percentile £528 £161 £475
90th Percentile £529 £161 -
Wales median daily rate £520 £161 £450
% change year-on-year +222.82% -64.20% +5.88%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South Wales

.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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 55 75 79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 21.07% 22.26% 19.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 44 65
10th Percentile £302 £209 £235
25th Percentile £363 £350 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £489 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.93% +15.00% -22.73%
75th Percentile £513 £545 £565
90th Percentile £640 £551 £638
Wales median daily rate £455 £490 £444
% change year-on-year -7.14% +10.42% -19.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £21.12 -
Wales median hourly rate £29.25 £21.12 -
% change year-on-year +38.51% - -

.NET Core
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing .NET Core as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for .NET Core in South Wales

.NET Core
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

.NET Core
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
Cardiff +2 4 £520 +222.82% 3
.NET Core
Wales

.NET Core
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Cypress.io
2 3 (75.00%) Git
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Software Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) Jest
1 4 (100.00%) Next.js
1 4 (100.00%) React
2 3 (75.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (75.00%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Case Management
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Code Quality
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Front End Development
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (75.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (25.00%) CRM
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (25.00%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (75.00%) WCAG
3 2 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft