.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 requiring .NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 16 22
Rank change year-on-year -10 +6 -3
Contract jobs citing .NET 1 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.58% 2.80% 1.76%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.67% 21.43% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £411
25th Percentile £563 - £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £450
75th Percentile £588 - £475
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £519 £444
% change year-on-year +1.20% +16.90% -10.13%

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 15 14 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 8.72% 13.08% 7.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 4
10th Percentile £477 £350 £413
25th Percentile £506 £401 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £660 £588 £506
90th Percentile £729 £610 £563
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +7.16% -2.24% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £66.50
25th Percentile - - £68.75
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +88.68%
75th Percentile - - £78.75
90th Percentile - - £79.50
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 £57.50 £66.25
% change year-on-year -17.39% -13.21% +1.92%

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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 job vacancy trend in Southampton

.NET
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared