.NET Developer Contract Job Trends

.NET Developer
UK

The median .NET Developer daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 435 305 253
Rank change year-on-year -130 -52 -68
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 215 234 419
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.80% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.86% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 187 347
10th Percentile £368 £330 £306
25th Percentile £424 £390 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £625
90th Percentile £693 £813 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £438 £400
% change year-on-year +5.14% +9.38% -13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +30.00%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +30.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 46,156 27,173 40,538
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.32% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,087 17,480 26,089
10th Percentile £325 £289 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,077 1,137 2,938
10th Percentile £15.19 £13.94 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.79 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.00 £27.64 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.57% -26.29% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £61.71
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -4.76%

.NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '.NET Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

.NET Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the UK

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Developer over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Developer in the UK

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the UK

.NET Developer
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 2026. 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
England -125 177 £550 +11.11% 164
UK excluding London -51 98 £460 +5.14% 127
London -120 84 £586 +12.74% 51
Work from Home -79 78 £525 +5.00% 154
North of England -53 29 £500 +17.65% 42
Midlands -44 26 £525 +29.95% 10
South East -66 25 £423 +1.81% 41
East Midlands -6 19 £575 +83.71% 5
Yorkshire -40 15 £588 +11.90% 8
North West -25 14 £450 +10.77% 23
West Midlands -55 7 £460 -7.07% 5
Wales -10 6 £450 - 2
South West -23 6 £450 -31.30% 9
Scotland -13 5 £400 -11.11% 5
East of England -22 2 - - 17

.NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2026, .NET Developer contract job roles required 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 featuring .NET Developer in the job title.

1 215 (100.00%) .NET
2 160 (74.42%) C#
3 115 (53.49%) Azure
4 99 (46.05%) CI/CD
5 75 (34.88%) SQL
6 71 (33.02%) DevOps
7 69 (32.09%) Agile
8 68 (31.63%) SQL Server
9 46 (21.40%) .NET Framework
9 46 (21.40%) Microservices
10 45 (20.93%) RESTful
11 43 (20.00%) Microsoft
12 41 (19.07%) Full-Stack Development
13 40 (18.60%) Azure DevOps
14 39 (18.14%) .NET Core
15 38 (17.67%) ASP.NET
16 35 (16.28%) JavaScript
17 34 (15.81%) AngularJS
17 34 (15.81%) Security Cleared
18 33 (15.35%) AWS
18 33 (15.35%) React
19 32 (14.88%) SC Cleared
20 30 (13.95%) REST
21 29 (13.49%) Python
22 28 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
23 27 (12.56%) Kubernetes
24 26 (12.09%) Docker
24 26 (12.09%) HTML
24 26 (12.09%) Test Automation
25 24 (11.16%) Oracle

.NET Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.86%) IIS
1 4 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.40%) Apache Superset
2 3 (1.40%) CMS
3 2 (0.93%) Confluence
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.47%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Endur
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.47%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.47%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 115 (53.49%) Azure
2 40 (18.60%) Azure DevOps
3 33 (15.35%) AWS
4 21 (9.77%) GitHub
4 21 (9.77%) Serverless
5 20 (9.30%) Azure Service Bus
6 15 (6.98%) Azure Functions
7 13 (6.05%) Power Platform
8 12 (5.58%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (4.19%) GCP
10 8 (3.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 8 (3.72%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (2.79%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (2.79%) Entra ID
12 5 (2.33%) Azure AKS
12 5 (2.33%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.86%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.86%) Cloud Functions
13 4 (1.86%) Cloud Run
13 4 (1.86%) n8n
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (31.63%) SQL Server
2 20 (9.30%) Relational Database
3 14 (6.51%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (5.58%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (4.65%) Power BI
6 6 (2.79%) Redis
7 4 (1.86%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.86%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.40%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.40%) DocumentDB
8 3 (1.40%) Metabase
8 3 (1.40%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.40%) Parquet
8 3 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.93%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.93%) MS Access
10 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.47%) MySQL
10 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 18 (8.37%) Git
2 13 (6.05%) NUnit
3 8 (3.72%) MSTest
4 7 (3.26%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.26%) Visual Studio
5 5 (2.33%) SpecFlow
6 4 (1.86%) GitLab
6 4 (1.86%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.40%) Jasmine
7 3 (1.40%) Karma Test Runner
7 3 (1.40%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.40%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.93%) JIRA
8 2 (0.93%) Moq
8 2 (0.93%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.93%) Selenium
8 2 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.47%) Mocha
9 1 (0.47%) MSBuild
General
1 43 (20.00%) Finance
2 28 (13.02%) Social Skills
3 22 (10.23%) Public Sector
4 20 (9.30%) Banking
5 14 (6.51%) Front Office
6 12 (5.58%) Investment Banking
7 8 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.86%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.86%) Legal
9 3 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.93%) Automotive
10 2 (0.93%) Back Office
10 2 (0.93%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.47%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.47%) Military
11 1 (0.47%) Police
11 1 (0.47%) Prime Brokerage
11 1 (0.47%) Retail
11 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (100.00%) .NET
2 46 (21.40%) .NET Framework
3 45 (20.93%) RESTful
4 39 (18.14%) .NET Core
5 38 (17.67%) ASP.NET
6 34 (15.81%) AngularJS
7 33 (15.35%) React
8 30 (13.95%) REST
9 26 (12.09%) HTML
10 18 (8.37%) Entity Framework
11 16 (7.44%) ASP.NET Web API
12 14 (6.51%) ASP.NET Core
13 13 (6.05%) CSS
14 9 (4.19%) ASP.NET MVC
14 9 (4.19%) RabbitMQ
15 8 (3.72%) Kafka
15 8 (3.72%) OAuth
15 8 (3.72%) YAML
16 7 (3.26%) HTML5
16 7 (3.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.44%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.05%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (4.65%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.26%) AI Agents
4 7 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.33%) Fixed Income
5 5 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.40%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.40%) Derivative
6 3 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.40%) IoT
6 3 (1.40%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (1.40%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.93%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.93%) Wiki
8 1 (0.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.47%) NHS
8 1 (0.47%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.79%) Windows
2 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (46.05%) CI/CD
2 71 (33.02%) DevOps
3 69 (32.09%) Agile
4 46 (21.40%) Microservices
5 41 (19.07%) Full-Stack Development
6 28 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (12.09%) Test Automation
8 23 (10.70%) Scrum
9 20 (9.30%) AI
9 20 (9.30%) Unit Testing
10 19 (8.84%) TDD
11 17 (7.91%) SOLID
12 16 (7.44%) Event-Driven
13 14 (6.51%) Clean Code
13 14 (6.51%) Containerisation
13 14 (6.51%) Design Patterns
13 14 (6.51%) MVC
13 14 (6.51%) Software Engineering
14 13 (6.05%) Mentoring
14 13 (6.05%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 160 (74.42%) C#
2 75 (34.88%) SQL
3 35 (16.28%) JavaScript
4 29 (13.49%) Python
5 21 (9.77%) TypeScript
6 17 (7.91%) T-SQL
7 7 (3.26%) PL/SQL
8 5 (2.33%) Java
8 5 (2.33%) VB.NET
9 4 (1.86%) Bicep
9 4 (1.86%) VBA
10 3 (1.40%) MATLAB
10 3 (1.40%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.40%) Rust
11 2 (0.93%) C++
11 2 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.93%) VBScript
12 1 (0.47%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.47%) VB
12 1 (0.47%) VB6
Qualifications
1 34 (15.81%) Security Cleared
2 32 (14.88%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.72%) Degree
4 4 (1.86%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.05%) QA
2 3 (1.40%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.93%) WCAG
4 1 (0.47%) Basel III
4 1 (0.47%) NCSC
System Software
1 26 (12.09%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 27 (12.56%) Kubernetes
2 20 (9.30%) Terraform
3 3 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.16%) Oracle
3 7 (3.26%) Google
4 6 (2.79%) Citrix
5 3 (1.40%) ION Trading
5 3 (1.40%) Xamarin
6 2 (0.93%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.93%) SAP
7 1 (0.47%) Adobe
7 1 (0.47%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.47%) NEC
7 1 (0.47%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.47%) Xero