.NET Compact Framework Contracts

Microsoft .NET Compact Framework
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring .NET Compact Framework skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited .NET Compact Framework over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 683
Rank change year-on-year - - +188
Contract jobs citing .NET Compact Framework 0 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - - 0.005%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - - 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

.NET Compact 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,043 9,312 12,683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.70% 21.46% 22.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,772 6,381 9,221
10th Percentile £352 £350 £388
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £765 £788 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 279 155
10th Percentile £27.97 £22.70 £28.50
25th Percentile £37.10 £43.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -15.38% +23.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.71 £74.44 £80.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £58.30 £62.50
% change year-on-year +7.20% -6.72% +13.64%

.NET Compact Framework
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing .NET Compact Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for .NET Compact Framework in the UK

.NET Compact Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing .NET Compact Framework.

Daily rate trend for .NET Compact Framework in the UK

.NET Compact Framework
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing .NET Compact Framework.

Hourly rate trend for .NET Compact Framework in the UK