.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 5 September 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 329 228
Rank change year-on-year -116 -101 -29
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 246 227 417
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.70% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.77% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 171 340
10th Percentile £378 £330 £313
25th Percentile £419 £385 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £544 £619
90th Percentile £688 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
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 49,872 29,645 35,352
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 91.14% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,754 18,681 22,225
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,620 1,543 1,776
10th Percentile £14.85 £13.61 £14.47
25th Percentile £20.50 £16.98 £20.24
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.85 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +12.50%

.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 5 September 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 16 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 5 September 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 -97 215 £495 +5.88% 288
UK excluding London -43 125 £450 - 185
London -109 91 £572 +20.42% 123
Work from Home -76 81 £525 +5.00% 263
North of England -39 39 £460 +6.98% 56
Yorkshire -12 36 £468 -10.95% 11
Midlands -38 29 £500 +1.01% 21
South East -70 26 £394 -5.12% 58
East Midlands +1 25 £550 +33.66% 8
South West -21 19 £425 - 15
East of England -20 6 £525 +20.00% 27
Wales -13 4 £600 - 4
West Midlands -50 4 £388 -21.72% 12
North West -62 3 £358 -12.68% 32
Scotland -44 1 - - 4
Channel Islands - 1 £450 -

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

For the 6 months to 5 September 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.

1 246 (100.00%) .NET
2 171 (69.51%) C#
3 110 (44.72%) Azure
4 104 (42.28%) CI/CD
5 94 (38.21%) SQL Server
6 83 (33.74%) SQL
7 74 (30.08%) Agile
8 66 (26.83%) Microsoft
9 65 (26.42%) DevOps
10 60 (24.39%) ASP.NET
11 59 (23.98%) .NET Core
12 57 (23.17%) .NET Framework
13 56 (22.76%) REST
14 53 (21.54%) Microservices
15 52 (21.14%) Full-Stack Development
16 45 (18.29%) AWS
16 45 (18.29%) Azure DevOps
17 44 (17.89%) Kubernetes
18 43 (17.48%) RESTful
19 42 (17.07%) SC Cleared
19 42 (17.07%) Security Cleared
20 40 (16.26%) Docker
21 37 (15.04%) Git
22 36 (14.63%) JavaScript
23 35 (14.23%) Test Automation
24 31 (12.60%) AngularJS
24 31 (12.60%) GitHub
24 31 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
25 26 (10.57%) Oracle
25 26 (10.57%) Python

.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 12 (4.88%) Confluence
2 9 (3.66%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.85%) IIS
4 3 (1.22%) Apache Superset
4 3 (1.22%) CMS
5 2 (0.81%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.41%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 6 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.41%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 110 (44.72%) Azure
2 45 (18.29%) AWS
2 45 (18.29%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (12.60%) GitHub
4 17 (6.91%) Serverless
5 16 (6.50%) Azure Service Bus
6 12 (4.88%) Azure Functions
7 9 (3.66%) Azure AKS
7 9 (3.66%) Power Platform
8 8 (3.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 8 (3.25%) Azure Key Vault
8 8 (3.25%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (2.85%) GitHub Copilot
9 7 (2.85%) PaaS
10 6 (2.44%) Power Automate
11 5 (2.03%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (1.63%) Azure API Management
12 4 (1.63%) GCP
12 4 (1.63%) n8n
12 4 (1.63%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.41%) Broadband
1 1 (0.41%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (38.21%) SQL Server
2 20 (8.13%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (8.13%) Relational Database
3 9 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (3.25%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (2.44%) MS Access
5 6 (2.44%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.44%) Power BI
6 4 (1.63%) Geospatial Data
6 4 (1.63%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.63%) Redis
7 3 (1.22%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.22%) DocumentDB
7 3 (1.22%) Metabase
7 3 (1.22%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.22%) Parquet
8 2 (0.81%) Db2
8 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.41%) MySQL
9 1 (0.41%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 37 (15.04%) Git
2 15 (6.10%) Jenkins
3 13 (5.28%) JIRA
4 9 (3.66%) GitLab
4 9 (3.66%) Visual Studio
5 6 (2.44%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (2.03%) NUnit
6 5 (2.03%) REST Assured
6 5 (2.03%) SpecFlow
7 4 (1.63%) MSI
7 4 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.81%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.81%) MSTest
8 2 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.81%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.41%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.41%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.41%) Moq
9 1 (0.41%) Postman
9 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 49 (19.92%) Finance
2 40 (16.26%) Social Skills
3 24 (9.76%) Banking
4 22 (8.94%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.47%) Investment Banking
6 10 (4.07%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (3.25%) Front Office
8 6 (2.44%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.63%) Legal
10 3 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.22%) Local Government
11 2 (0.81%) Automotive
11 2 (0.81%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.81%) Prime Brokerage
12 1 (0.41%) Law
12 1 (0.41%) Military
12 1 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.41%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 246 (100.00%) .NET
2 60 (24.39%) ASP.NET
3 59 (23.98%) .NET Core
4 57 (23.17%) .NET Framework
5 56 (22.76%) REST
6 43 (17.48%) RESTful
7 31 (12.60%) AngularJS
8 25 (10.16%) React
9 22 (8.94%) ASP.NET Core
10 21 (8.54%) WPF
11 20 (8.13%) Terraform
12 19 (7.72%) Web Services
12 19 (7.72%) WinForms
13 18 (7.32%) Entity Framework
14 17 (6.91%) ASP.NET Web API
15 16 (6.50%) Kafka
16 15 (6.10%) HTML
17 12 (4.88%) ASP.NET MVC
18 11 (4.47%) JSON
19 10 (4.07%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.20%) Cloud Native
2 18 (7.32%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (6.50%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (4.47%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.44%) Legacy Applications
5 6 (2.44%) Legacy Code
5 6 (2.44%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.63%) AI Agents
6 4 (1.63%) Replication
6 4 (1.63%) Wiki
7 3 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.81%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.81%) Derivative
8 2 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.41%) Life Science
9 1 (0.41%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.32%) Windows
2 3 (1.22%) Linux
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (42.28%) CI/CD
2 74 (30.08%) Agile
3 65 (26.42%) DevOps
4 53 (21.54%) Microservices
5 52 (21.14%) Full-Stack Development
6 35 (14.23%) Test Automation
7 31 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (10.16%) Containerisation
8 25 (10.16%) Software Engineering
9 24 (9.76%) API Development
9 24 (9.76%) Code Quality
10 22 (8.94%) Event-Driven
10 22 (8.94%) Scrum
11 20 (8.13%) AI
11 20 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (7.72%) Deployment Automation
12 19 (7.72%) Mentoring
12 19 (7.72%) SOLID
13 18 (7.32%) Design Patterns
13 18 (7.32%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 171 (69.51%) C#
2 83 (33.74%) SQL
3 36 (14.63%) JavaScript
4 26 (10.57%) Python
4 26 (10.57%) TypeScript
5 22 (8.94%) T-SQL
6 18 (7.32%) PL/SQL
7 10 (4.07%) VB.NET
8 8 (3.25%) VBA
9 7 (2.85%) Bicep
10 6 (2.44%) VBScript
11 4 (1.63%) XPath
12 3 (1.22%) Java
12 3 (1.22%) MATLAB
12 3 (1.22%) Rust
12 3 (1.22%) XAML
13 2 (0.81%) VB
14 1 (0.41%) Bash
14 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.41%) VB6
Qualifications
1 42 (17.07%) SC Cleared
1 42 (17.07%) Security Cleared
2 5 (2.03%) DV Cleared
3 4 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.22%) Degree
5 2 (0.81%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.81%) PhD
6 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.28%) QA
2 6 (2.44%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.03%) NCSC
3 5 (2.03%) WCAG
4 2 (0.81%) Basel III
5 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.41%) GMP
5 1 (0.41%) GxP
System Software
1 40 (16.26%) Docker
2 8 (3.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 44 (17.89%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.44%) Ansible
3 3 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (26.83%) Microsoft
2 26 (10.57%) Oracle
3 8 (3.25%) Citrix
4 5 (2.03%) Centrify
4 5 (2.03%) CyberArk
5 3 (1.22%) DevExpress
5 3 (1.22%) IBM
6 2 (0.81%) Adyen
6 2 (0.81%) Databricks
7 1 (0.41%) InterSystems
7 1 (0.41%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.41%) SAP
7 1 (0.41%) Telerik