.NET Developer Contract Job Trends

.NET Developer
UK

The median .NET Developer daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 416 305 224
Rank change year-on-year -111 -81 -27
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 254 254 457
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.48% 0.78% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.85% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 204 378
10th Percentile £375 £333 £313
25th Percentile £425 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% +1.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £625
90th Percentile £695 £813 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £463 £425
% change year-on-year -2.70% +8.82% -8.11%
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 48,733 29,823 39,253
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 91.69% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,478 18,993 25,331
10th Percentile £325 £287 £288
25th Percentile £420 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,268 1,412 2,586
10th Percentile £15.92 £13.75 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.30 £17.50
Median hourly rate £44.50 £25.31 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.82% -36.73% -5.88%
75th Percentile £67.84 £55.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.02 £73.75 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.63% +5.15%

.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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -114 210 £500 - 93
UK excluding London -44 121 £450 -2.70% 65
London -132 92 £588 +12.98% 35
Work from Home -67 90 £525 - 60
North of England -38 48 £457 +9.13% 21
Yorkshire -13 34 £468 -10.95% 10
Midlands -40 27 £500 +1.01% 8
South East -65 24 £410 -3.07% 19
East Midlands 0 20 £563 +36.70% 1
North West -42 14 £450 +11.11% 5
South West -39 9 £438 -33.21% 10
West Midlands -56 7 £460 -7.07% 7
Scotland -14 5 £394 -12.50%
East of England -18 5 - - 8
Wales -10 4 £600 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 17 July 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.

1 254 (100.00%) .NET
2 183 (72.05%) C#
3 126 (49.61%) Azure
4 109 (42.91%) CI/CD
5 92 (36.22%) SQL
6 89 (35.04%) SQL Server
7 84 (33.07%) Agile
8 81 (31.89%) DevOps
9 60 (23.62%) Microsoft
10 59 (23.23%) .NET Framework
11 55 (21.65%) ASP.NET
12 54 (21.26%) Microservices
13 51 (20.08%) .NET Core
13 51 (20.08%) RESTful
14 50 (19.69%) Full-Stack Development
15 49 (19.29%) Azure DevOps
16 45 (17.72%) REST
16 45 (17.72%) Security Cleared
17 44 (17.32%) AngularJS
18 43 (16.93%) SC Cleared
19 41 (16.14%) Docker
19 41 (16.14%) Kubernetes
20 40 (15.75%) AWS
21 39 (15.35%) JavaScript
22 35 (13.78%) React
23 33 (12.99%) Test Automation
24 31 (12.20%) Oracle
25 30 (11.81%) GitHub
26 29 (11.42%) Problem-Solving
27 28 (11.02%) Git

.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 9 (3.54%) IIS
2 8 (3.15%) Confluence
3 7 (2.76%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.18%) Apache Superset
4 3 (1.18%) CMS
5 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.39%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.39%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.39%) Endur
1 1 (0.39%) NEC Housing
1 1 (0.39%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 126 (49.61%) Azure
2 49 (19.29%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (15.75%) AWS
4 30 (11.81%) GitHub
5 19 (7.48%) Azure Service Bus
6 18 (7.09%) Serverless
7 12 (4.72%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (4.33%) Power Platform
9 10 (3.94%) Azure Functions
10 9 (3.54%) GCP
11 8 (3.15%) Azure Key Vault
12 7 (2.76%) Azure AKS
13 6 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (2.36%) Entra ID
14 5 (1.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 5 (1.97%) Power Automate
15 4 (1.57%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (1.57%) Azure Logic Apps
15 4 (1.57%) n8n
15 4 (1.57%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (35.04%) SQL Server
2 19 (7.48%) Relational Database
3 17 (6.69%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (3.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (3.54%) Power BI
6 7 (2.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (2.36%) MS Access
7 6 (2.36%) Redis
8 5 (1.97%) Oracle Database
9 3 (1.18%) BigQuery
9 3 (1.18%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.18%) DocumentDB
9 3 (1.18%) Metabase
9 3 (1.18%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.18%) Parquet
10 2 (0.79%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.79%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.39%) Db2
11 1 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.39%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 28 (11.02%) Git
2 15 (5.91%) Jenkins
3 12 (4.72%) NUnit
4 10 (3.94%) Visual Studio
5 9 (3.54%) JIRA
6 8 (3.15%) MSTest
7 6 (2.36%) GitLab
7 6 (2.36%) SpecFlow
8 5 (1.97%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (1.57%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.18%) Jasmine
10 3 (1.18%) Karma Test Runner
10 3 (1.18%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (1.18%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.79%) Moq
11 2 (0.79%) MSI
11 2 (0.79%) Postman
12 1 (0.39%) Fiddler
12 1 (0.39%) Mocha
General
1 52 (20.47%) Finance
2 37 (14.57%) Social Skills
3 28 (11.02%) Public Sector
4 20 (7.87%) Banking
5 13 (5.12%) Front Office
6 11 (4.33%) Investment Banking
7 8 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (1.97%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.57%) Legal
10 2 (0.79%) Automotive
10 2 (0.79%) Back Office
10 2 (0.79%) Local Government
10 2 (0.79%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.39%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.39%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.39%) Military
11 1 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.39%) Retail
11 1 (0.39%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 254 (100.00%) .NET
2 59 (23.23%) .NET Framework
3 55 (21.65%) ASP.NET
4 51 (20.08%) .NET Core
4 51 (20.08%) RESTful
5 45 (17.72%) REST
6 44 (17.32%) AngularJS
7 35 (13.78%) React
8 27 (10.63%) HTML
9 21 (8.27%) ASP.NET Web API
10 20 (7.87%) Entity Framework
11 19 (7.48%) ASP.NET Core
12 15 (5.91%) Web Services
12 15 (5.91%) WPF
13 14 (5.51%) WinForms
14 12 (4.72%) CSS
15 11 (4.33%) ASP.NET MVC
15 11 (4.33%) Kafka
15 11 (4.33%) XML
16 10 (3.94%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.48%) Cloud Native
2 16 (6.30%) Distributed Systems
2 16 (6.30%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (3.54%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.76%) AI Agents
5 5 (1.97%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (1.57%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.57%) Legacy Code
6 4 (1.57%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.57%) Replication
7 3 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.18%) Derivative
7 3 (1.18%) IoT
7 3 (1.18%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.18%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.79%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.79%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.30%) Windows
2 2 (0.79%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (42.91%) CI/CD
2 84 (33.07%) Agile
3 81 (31.89%) DevOps
4 54 (21.26%) Microservices
5 50 (19.69%) Full-Stack Development
6 33 (12.99%) Test Automation
7 29 (11.42%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (10.63%) Scrum
9 23 (9.06%) Unit Testing
10 22 (8.66%) Containerisation
11 21 (8.27%) AI
12 20 (7.87%) Design Patterns
13 19 (7.48%) Code Quality
13 19 (7.48%) OOP
13 19 (7.48%) SOLID
13 19 (7.48%) TDD
14 18 (7.09%) Event-Driven
14 18 (7.09%) MVC
14 18 (7.09%) Software Engineering
15 16 (6.30%) API Development
Programming Languages
1 183 (72.05%) C#
2 92 (36.22%) SQL
3 39 (15.35%) JavaScript
4 26 (10.24%) Python
5 25 (9.84%) TypeScript
6 24 (9.45%) T-SQL
7 15 (5.91%) PL/SQL
8 10 (3.94%) VB.NET
9 8 (3.15%) VBA
10 6 (2.36%) Bicep
10 6 (2.36%) VBScript
11 5 (1.97%) Java
12 4 (1.57%) XPath
13 3 (1.18%) MATLAB
13 3 (1.18%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.18%) Rust
14 2 (0.79%) C++
14 2 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.79%) VB
14 2 (0.79%) XAML
Qualifications
1 45 (17.72%) Security Cleared
2 43 (16.93%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.54%) Degree
4 5 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (1.97%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.79%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.79%) PhD
6 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.39%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.30%) QA
2 6 (2.36%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.57%) WCAG
4 3 (1.18%) NCSC
5 1 (0.39%) Basel III
5 1 (0.39%) GMP
5 1 (0.39%) GxP
System Software
1 41 (16.14%) Docker
2 6 (2.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 41 (16.14%) Kubernetes
2 23 (9.06%) Terraform
3 5 (1.97%) Ansible
4 4 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (23.62%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.20%) Oracle
3 9 (3.54%) Citrix
4 5 (1.97%) Google
5 4 (1.57%) Centrify
5 4 (1.57%) CyberArk
6 3 (1.18%) Xamarin
7 2 (0.79%) DevExpress
7 2 (0.79%) IBM
7 2 (0.79%) ION Trading
7 2 (0.79%) SAP
8 1 (0.39%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.39%) NEC
8 1 (0.39%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.39%) Telerik
8 1 (0.39%) Xero