.NET Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton citing .NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	26	20	21
Rank change year-on-year	-6	+1	+4
Contract jobs citing .NET	3	2	1
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton	1.94%	1.25%	0.66%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	23.08%	14.29%	10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted	1	2	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£700	£475	-
Median % change year-on-year	+47.37%	-	-
Hampshire median daily rate	£750	£400	£513
% change year-on-year	+87.50%	-21.95%	-6.82%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Southampton

.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 citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Southampton.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills	13	14	10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton	8.39%	8.75%	6.58%
Number of daily rates quoted	8	7	8
10^th Percentile	£506	£458	-
25^th Percentile	£539	£463	£350
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£575	£500	£450
Median % change year-on-year	+15.00%	+11.11%	-12.96%
75^th Percentile	£691	£525	£597
90^th Percentile	£709	£618	£629
Hampshire median daily rate	£600	£500	£551
% change year-on-year	+20.00%	-9.26%	+0.18%

.NET Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

.NET Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing .NET.

.NET Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing .NET.

.NET Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing .NET also mentioned 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 Southampton region citing .NET.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	C#	100.0%	3
2	Agile	66.7%	2
2	Azure	66.7%	2
2	CI/CD	66.7%	2
2	Continuous Improvement	66.7%	2
2	DevOps	66.7%	2
2	Mentoring	66.7%	2
2	Microservices	66.7%	2
2	Software Architecture	66.7%	2
2	Software Engineering	66.7%	2
2	Technical Leadership	66.7%	2
12	Adobe	33.3%	1
12	Adobe Experience Manager	33.3%	1
12	AI	33.3%	1
12	API Integration	33.3%	1
12	B2C	33.3%	1
12	Data Modelling	33.3%	1
12	Data Validation	33.3%	1
12	E-Commerce	33.3%	1
12	Enterprise Architecture	33.3%	1
12	REST	33.3%	1
12	Stakeholder Management	33.3%	1
12	Validation	33.3%	1

.NET Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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.

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	REST	33.3%	1