.NET Framework Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft .NET Framework
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring .NET Framework skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited .NET Framework over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 328 244
Rank change year-on-year +33 -84 -13
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 41 71 234
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.34% 0.97%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.72% 2.15% 5.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 52 171
10th Percentile £315 £313 £373
25th Percentile £400 £359 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £550 £556 £597
90th Percentile £606 £636 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £550
% change year-on-year - -13.64% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - £56.00
25th Percentile £21.67 £75.00 £61.25
Median hourly rate £23.41 £80.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.74% +14.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £25.16 £86.25 £77.50
90th Percentile - £88.50 £82.00
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £80.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -66.25% - +63.27%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

.NET Framework 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,378 3,296 4,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.63% 15.87% 18.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,644 2,154 3,299
10th Percentile £350 £324 £357
25th Percentile £406 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £656 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 198 91
10th Percentile £30.98 £21.59 £22.50
25th Percentile £56.25 £43.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -25.78% +30.61%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £74.13
90th Percentile £81.95 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

.NET Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing .NET Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for .NET Framework in the UK excluding London

.NET Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing .NET Framework in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for .NET Framework in the UK excluding London

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Framework in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Framework in the UK excluding London

.NET Framework
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing .NET Framework in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for .NET Framework in the UK excluding London

.NET Framework
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Midlands +28 13 £500 +33.33% 48
South East +41 10 £463 +5.71% 69
West Midlands +17 9 £594 +37.80% 29
North of England -3 9 £400 -11.11% 82
North West +2 7 £406 -14.47% 50
Scotland +17 5 £475 +26.67% 8
South West +41 4 £825 +32.00% 28
East Midlands +12 3 £500 +165.08% 18
Yorkshire +2 2 £263 -25.00% 17
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2
.NET Framework
UK

.NET Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (14.63%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.32%) Confluence
3 2 (4.88%) IIS
4 1 (2.44%) Apache
4 1 (2.44%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (2.44%) nginx
4 1 (2.44%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (2.44%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (12.20%) InfoPath
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (7.32%) Magento
2 3 (7.32%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 19 (46.34%) Azure
2 11 (26.83%) Serverless
3 8 (19.51%) AWS
3 8 (19.51%) Azure Functions
4 6 (14.63%) Azure Logic Apps
5 5 (12.20%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (12.20%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (12.20%) Power Automate
5 5 (12.20%) Power Platform
5 5 (12.20%) PowerApps
6 4 (9.76%) Entra ID
7 3 (7.32%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (7.32%) Azure Event Grid
7 3 (7.32%) SaaS
8 2 (4.88%) Azure API Management
8 2 (4.88%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (4.88%) PaaS
9 1 (2.44%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (36.59%) SQL Server
2 7 (17.07%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (14.63%) Relational Database
4 5 (12.20%) Power BI
4 5 (12.20%) RDBMS
5 4 (9.76%) NoSQL
6 2 (4.88%) DocumentDB
7 1 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (2.44%) MySQL
7 1 (2.44%) Parquet
7 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (19.51%) Git
2 3 (7.32%) JIRA
3 2 (4.88%) Postman
4 1 (2.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (2.44%) Bitbucket
4 1 (2.44%) NUnit
4 1 (2.44%) Selenium
4 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (21.95%) Public Sector
2 7 (17.07%) Finance
3 5 (12.20%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Law
5 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Electronics
6 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.44%) Marketing
6 1 (2.44%) Police
6 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (43.90%) Developer
2 12 (29.27%) .NET Developer
2 12 (29.27%) Architect
3 11 (26.83%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (12.20%) C# Developer
4 5 (12.20%) Lead
5 4 (9.76%) .NET Architect
5 4 (9.76%) Automation Architect
6 3 (7.32%) .NET Solutions Architect
6 3 (7.32%) Enterprise Architect
6 3 (7.32%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
6 3 (7.32%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
6 3 (7.32%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (7.32%) React Developer
6 3 (7.32%) Senior
6 3 (7.32%) Technical Leader
7 2 (4.88%) Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Senior .NET Developer
7 2 (4.88%) Senior Developer
7 2 (4.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (100.00%) .NET
2 15 (36.59%) Entity Framework
3 14 (34.15%) .NET Core
4 13 (31.71%) AngularJS
5 11 (26.83%) ASP.NET
5 11 (26.83%) CSS
5 11 (26.83%) HTML
6 10 (24.39%) ASP.NET Web API
7 9 (21.95%) REST
8 8 (19.51%) ASP.NET MVC
9 6 (14.63%) React
10 5 (12.20%) HTML5 Canvas
10 5 (12.20%) RESTful
11 3 (7.32%) ASP.NET MVC 5
11 3 (7.32%) Blazor
12 2 (4.88%) Ember.js
12 2 (4.88%) JMS
12 2 (4.88%) OpenAPI
12 2 (4.88%) RabbitMQ
12 2 (4.88%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (12.20%) Enterprise Cloud
3 3 (7.32%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.44%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.44%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.44%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Linux
2 2 (4.88%) AIX
2 2 (4.88%) Windows
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) Agile
2 14 (34.15%) DevOps
3 12 (29.27%) CI/CD
4 11 (26.83%) Full-Stack Development
5 10 (24.39%) MVC
6 9 (21.95%) Test Automation
7 8 (19.51%) Software Engineering
8 7 (17.07%) Migration
8 7 (17.07%) Scrum
8 7 (17.07%) Web Development
9 6 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (14.63%) CRM
9 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (12.20%) Front End Development
10 5 (12.20%) Roadmaps
10 5 (12.20%) TDD
10 5 (12.20%) Workflow
11 4 (9.76%) API Integration
11 4 (9.76%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 30 (73.17%) C#
2 22 (53.66%) SQL
3 17 (41.46%) JavaScript
4 3 (7.32%) PHP
4 3 (7.32%) PowerShell
4 3 (7.32%) Python
5 2 (4.88%) PL/SQL
5 2 (4.88%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.44%) Bash
6 1 (2.44%) Bicep
6 1 (2.44%) Java
6 1 (2.44%) VB
6 1 (2.44%) VB6
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) Degree
1 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.20%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.88%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) NCSC
2 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Active Directory
1 4 (9.76%) Docker
2 2 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.44%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (19.51%) Terraform
2 5 (12.20%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.44%) PowerCLI
3 1 (2.44%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (39.02%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) Oracle
2 3 (7.32%) VMware
3 1 (2.44%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.44%) Dynatrace
3 1 (2.44%) Google
3 1 (2.44%) IBM
3 1 (2.44%) SAP
3 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.44%) Siemens