.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 16 April 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 319 226
Rank change year-on-year -101 -93 -57
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 212 232 460
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.79% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.86% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 193 372
10th Percentile £375 £340 £306
25th Percentile £425 £400 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £675 £813 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £433 £375
% change year-on-year +9.83% +15.33% -21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £46.00 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 42,358 27,131 40,661
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 92.61% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,304 17,800 26,582
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.29% -1.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +2.63% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 984 2,591
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.55 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.27 £19.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.79 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.20% -12.02% -22.22%
75th Percentile £65.25 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.90 £75.43 £72.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.69 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +42.28% -14.29% -17.38%

.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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -116 164 £525 +5.00% 207
London -104 87 £550 +5.77% 58
UK excluding London -66 85 £475 +9.83% 161
Work from Home -55 72 £494 +1.28% 195
North of England -49 31 £494 +19.70% 54
South East -57 18 £488 +5.41% 45
Yorkshire -42 16 £525 - 12
Midlands -55 16 £550 +12.82% 18
North West -26 15 £450 +9.09% 34
Scotland +7 12 £425 -2.86% 11
East Midlands -23 12 £575 +58.62% 7
South West -27 5 £588 -2.08% 12
West Midlands -56 4 £519 +6.41% 11
Wales -14 2 £450 +127.85% 4
East of England -35 2 - - 20

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

For the 6 months to 16 April 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.

1 212 (100.00%) .NET
2 162 (76.42%) C#
3 120 (56.60%) Azure
4 88 (41.51%) CI/CD
5 79 (37.26%) DevOps
6 76 (35.85%) SQL
7 74 (34.91%) SQL Server
8 68 (32.08%) Agile
9 52 (24.53%) .NET Framework
10 47 (22.17%) Azure DevOps
11 45 (21.23%) .NET Core
12 42 (19.81%) Full-Stack Development
13 39 (18.40%) Microsoft
14 38 (17.92%) Microservices
14 38 (17.92%) RESTful
15 37 (17.45%) AngularJS
16 35 (16.51%) React
17 34 (16.04%) ASP.NET
18 31 (14.62%) Security Cleared
19 29 (13.68%) HTML
19 29 (13.68%) REST
19 29 (13.68%) SC Cleared
20 26 (12.26%) JavaScript
21 25 (11.79%) AWS
21 25 (11.79%) Problem-Solving
21 25 (11.79%) Python
21 25 (11.79%) Test Automation
22 22 (10.38%) Azure Service Bus
22 22 (10.38%) MVC
22 22 (10.38%) Serverless

.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 6 (2.83%) IIS
1 6 (2.83%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.89%) CMS
2 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.42%) Apache Superset
4 2 (0.94%) Confluence
5 1 (0.47%) Orchard CMS
5 1 (0.47%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 2 (0.94%) Endur
1 2 (0.94%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 120 (56.60%) Azure
2 47 (22.17%) Azure DevOps
3 25 (11.79%) AWS
4 22 (10.38%) Azure Service Bus
4 22 (10.38%) Serverless
5 21 (9.91%) GitHub
6 17 (8.02%) Azure Functions
7 13 (6.13%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (5.66%) Azure Key Vault
9 11 (5.19%) Power Platform
10 9 (4.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 9 (4.25%) Entra ID
11 8 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (3.77%) GCP
12 5 (2.36%) Azure AKS
12 5 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (2.36%) PaaS
12 5 (2.36%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.89%) Cloud Functions
13 4 (1.89%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.94%) DHCP
1 2 (0.94%) DNS
1 2 (0.94%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (34.91%) SQL Server
2 19 (8.96%) Relational Database
3 16 (7.55%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (4.25%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (3.77%) Power BI
6 7 (3.30%) Redis
7 6 (2.83%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.89%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.89%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.42%) Metabase
9 3 (1.42%) Parquet
10 2 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.94%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.47%) DocumentDB
11 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (7.55%) Git
2 10 (4.72%) NUnit
3 8 (3.77%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.77%) MSTest
4 6 (2.83%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.89%) SpecFlow
5 4 (1.89%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.42%) Jasmine
6 3 (1.42%) JIRA
6 3 (1.42%) Karma Test Runner
6 3 (1.42%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (1.42%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.94%) Selenium
8 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.47%) JMeter
8 1 (0.47%) Mocha
8 1 (0.47%) Moq
8 1 (0.47%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.47%) Postman
8 1 (0.47%) Serilog
General
1 42 (19.81%) Finance
2 36 (16.98%) Public Sector
3 35 (16.51%) Social Skills
4 25 (11.79%) Banking
5 14 (6.60%) Front Office
6 11 (5.19%) Investment Banking
7 7 (3.30%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.30%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.42%) Back Office
8 3 (1.42%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.94%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.47%) Automotive
10 1 (0.47%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (0.47%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.47%) Military
10 1 (0.47%) Police
10 1 (0.47%) Retail
10 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 212 (100.00%) .NET
2 52 (24.53%) .NET Framework
3 45 (21.23%) .NET Core
4 38 (17.92%) RESTful
5 37 (17.45%) AngularJS
6 35 (16.51%) React
7 34 (16.04%) ASP.NET
8 29 (13.68%) HTML
8 29 (13.68%) REST
9 16 (7.55%) CSS
9 16 (7.55%) Entity Framework
10 14 (6.60%) ASP.NET Web API
11 13 (6.13%) ASP.NET Core
12 11 (5.19%) ASP.NET MVC
12 11 (5.19%) WPF
13 9 (4.25%) RabbitMQ
13 9 (4.25%) WinForms
14 8 (3.77%) HTML5
14 8 (3.77%) OAuth
14 8 (3.77%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.60%) Cloud Native
1 14 (6.60%) Product Ownership
2 10 (4.72%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (4.25%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.30%) AI Agents
5 6 (2.83%) Credit Risk
5 6 (2.83%) Fixed Income
5 6 (2.83%) Legacy Applications
6 5 (2.36%) IoT
6 5 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.36%) Market Risk
6 5 (2.36%) Wiki
7 4 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.42%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.42%) Derivative
8 3 (1.42%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.94%) NHS
9 2 (0.94%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.08%) Windows
2 6 (2.83%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (41.51%) CI/CD
2 79 (37.26%) DevOps
3 68 (32.08%) Agile
4 42 (19.81%) Full-Stack Development
5 38 (17.92%) Microservices
6 25 (11.79%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (11.79%) Test Automation
7 22 (10.38%) MVC
8 20 (9.43%) AI
9 19 (8.96%) Scrum
9 19 (8.96%) SDLC
10 18 (8.49%) Design Patterns
10 18 (8.49%) Unit Testing
11 16 (7.55%) TDD
12 15 (7.08%) OOP
13 14 (6.60%) Software Engineering
14 13 (6.13%) Infrastructure as Code
14 13 (6.13%) SOLID
14 13 (6.13%) User Experience
15 12 (5.66%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 162 (76.42%) C#
2 76 (35.85%) SQL
3 26 (12.26%) JavaScript
4 25 (11.79%) Python
5 15 (7.08%) T-SQL
6 13 (6.13%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.30%) PL/SQL
8 6 (2.83%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.36%) Bicep
9 5 (2.36%) Java
10 4 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (1.42%) C++
11 3 (1.42%) MATLAB
11 3 (1.42%) Rust
12 1 (0.47%) Bash
12 1 (0.47%) Delphi
12 1 (0.47%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.47%) Swift
Qualifications
1 31 (14.62%) Security Cleared
2 29 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.72%) Degree
4 5 (2.36%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.55%) QA
2 4 (1.89%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.94%) WCAG
4 1 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.47%) HL7
4 1 (0.47%) NCSC
System Software
1 20 (9.43%) Docker
2 3 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (9.43%) Kubernetes
2 19 (8.96%) Terraform
3 2 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.47%) Ansible
Vendors
1 39 (18.40%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.96%) Oracle
3 7 (3.30%) Citrix
3 7 (3.30%) Google
4 3 (1.42%) ION Trading
4 3 (1.42%) Xamarin
5 2 (0.94%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.94%) NEC
5 2 (0.94%) OpenAI
5 2 (0.94%) VMware
6 1 (0.47%) Adobe
6 1 (0.47%) SAP
6 1 (0.47%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.47%) Sybase
6 1 (0.47%) Temenos
6 1 (0.47%) Xero