.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 18 March 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 315 202
Rank change year-on-year -100 -113 -38
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 196 223 508
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.76% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.82% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 184 418
10th Percentile £378 £340 £306
25th Percentile £425 £393 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -11.63%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £650
90th Percentile £675 £746 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £454 £433 £375
% change year-on-year +4.97% +15.33% -21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £46.00 - -
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 39,756 27,258 41,316
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 92.98% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,823 17,712 27,111
10th Percentile £313 £300 £273
25th Percentile £410 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.02%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £485
% change year-on-year +1.05% -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,465 888 2,497
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.25 £12.96
25th Percentile £19.10 £21.04 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.91 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.49% - -23.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.95
90th Percentile £75.92 £77.28 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -18.75%

.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 18 March 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 18 March 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 -134 151 £525 +10.53% 233
London -81 96 £560 +10.34% 73
Work from Home -51 69 £475 +5.56% 202
UK excluding London -80 64 £454 +4.97% 182
North of England -51 22 £450 - 53
North West -27 15 £450 - 28
Scotland +12 12 £425 - 5
South East -60 10 £550 +24.01% 57
East of England -17 9 £450 +5.88% 23
Midlands -54 8 £510 +2.00% 24
Yorkshire -55 7 £500 -4.76% 17
East Midlands -35 4 £510 +2.00% 9
West Midlands -53 4 £519 +6.41% 15
Wales -6 2 £450 +127.85% 3
South West -27 2 £725 +20.83% 20

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

For the 6 months to 18 March 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.

1 196 (100.00%) .NET
2 150 (76.53%) C#
3 117 (59.69%) Azure
4 79 (40.31%) DevOps
4 79 (40.31%) SQL
5 74 (37.76%) CI/CD
6 67 (34.18%) Agile
7 63 (32.14%) SQL Server
8 47 (23.98%) .NET Framework
9 46 (23.47%) .NET Core
10 44 (22.45%) Azure DevOps
10 44 (22.45%) Full-Stack Development
11 39 (19.90%) AngularJS
12 38 (19.39%) RESTful
13 35 (17.86%) React
14 34 (17.35%) Microsoft
15 33 (16.84%) Microservices
16 32 (16.33%) ASP.NET
17 28 (14.29%) HTML
17 28 (14.29%) Security Cleared
18 27 (13.78%) Problem-Solving
18 27 (13.78%) REST
19 26 (13.27%) Python
19 26 (13.27%) SC Cleared
20 25 (12.76%) Serverless
21 24 (12.24%) AWS
21 24 (12.24%) Unit Testing
22 23 (11.73%) AI
22 23 (11.73%) JavaScript
22 23 (11.73%) Test Automation

.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 5 (2.55%) IIS
1 5 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.53%) CMS
3 3 (1.53%) Confluence
4 1 (0.51%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.51%) Orchard CMS
4 1 (0.51%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Endur
1 2 (1.02%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 117 (59.69%) Azure
2 44 (22.45%) Azure DevOps
3 25 (12.76%) Serverless
4 24 (12.24%) AWS
5 22 (11.22%) Azure Service Bus
6 19 (9.69%) Azure Functions
7 17 (8.67%) GitHub
8 14 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (6.63%) Azure Key Vault
10 11 (5.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 11 (5.61%) Entra ID
10 11 (5.61%) Power Platform
11 10 (5.10%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (4.59%) PaaS
13 8 (4.08%) Azure AKS
14 6 (3.06%) GCP
15 5 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
16 4 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
16 4 (2.04%) Azure App Service
16 4 (2.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.53%) DNS
2 2 (1.02%) DHCP
2 2 (1.02%) HTTP
2 2 (1.02%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (32.14%) SQL Server
2 18 (9.18%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (7.14%) Relational Database
4 8 (4.08%) Power BI
5 6 (3.06%) Oracle Database
5 6 (3.06%) Redis
6 5 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.04%) BigQuery
7 4 (2.04%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.51%) DocumentDB
9 1 (0.51%) Metabase
9 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.51%) Parquet
9 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (8.67%) Git
2 10 (5.10%) NUnit
3 9 (4.59%) Jenkins
4 8 (4.08%) MSTest
5 7 (3.57%) SpecFlow
6 6 (3.06%) Visual Studio
7 4 (2.04%) JIRA
7 4 (2.04%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (1.53%) Jasmine
8 3 (1.53%) Karma Test Runner
8 3 (1.53%) TeamCity
9 2 (1.02%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (1.02%) Selenium
10 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.51%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.51%) JMeter
10 1 (0.51%) Mocha
10 1 (0.51%) Moq
10 1 (0.51%) tSQLt
10 1 (0.51%) webpack
General
1 41 (20.92%) Finance
2 32 (16.33%) Social Skills
3 31 (15.82%) Public Sector
4 27 (13.78%) Banking
5 12 (6.12%) Front Office
6 11 (5.61%) Investment Banking
7 9 (4.59%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (4.08%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.53%) Back Office
9 3 (1.53%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.02%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.02%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.51%) Advertising
11 1 (0.51%) Digital Healthcare
11 1 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.51%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.51%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (100.00%) .NET
2 47 (23.98%) .NET Framework
3 46 (23.47%) .NET Core
4 39 (19.90%) AngularJS
5 38 (19.39%) RESTful
6 35 (17.86%) React
7 32 (16.33%) ASP.NET
8 28 (14.29%) HTML
9 27 (13.78%) REST
10 17 (8.67%) Entity Framework
11 15 (7.65%) CSS
12 14 (7.14%) ASP.NET Core
12 14 (7.14%) ASP.NET Web API
13 12 (6.12%) WPF
14 8 (4.08%) ASP.NET MVC
14 8 (4.08%) HTML5
14 8 (4.08%) Web Services
14 8 (4.08%) WinForms
14 8 (4.08%) YAML
15 7 (3.57%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.16%) Cloud Native
2 14 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 11 (5.61%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (4.08%) Credit Risk
4 8 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.06%) Fixed Income
6 6 (3.06%) Market Risk
7 5 (2.55%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (2.04%) IoT
8 4 (2.04%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.04%) Wiki
9 3 (1.53%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.53%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.53%) Legacy Code
9 3 (1.53%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.02%) Derivative
10 2 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.63%) Windows
2 6 (3.06%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.51%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (40.31%) DevOps
2 74 (37.76%) CI/CD
3 67 (34.18%) Agile
4 44 (22.45%) Full-Stack Development
5 33 (16.84%) Microservices
6 27 (13.78%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (12.24%) Unit Testing
8 23 (11.73%) AI
8 23 (11.73%) Test Automation
9 22 (11.22%) Scrum
10 21 (10.71%) Design Patterns
11 19 (9.69%) MVC
11 19 (9.69%) SDLC
12 15 (7.65%) Migration
12 15 (7.65%) OOP
13 14 (7.14%) Clean Code
13 14 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
13 14 (7.14%) TDD
14 12 (6.12%) Software Engineering
14 12 (6.12%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 150 (76.53%) C#
2 79 (40.31%) SQL
3 26 (13.27%) Python
4 23 (11.73%) JavaScript
5 13 (6.63%) T-SQL
6 10 (5.10%) TypeScript
7 8 (4.08%) PL/SQL
8 7 (3.57%) Bicep
9 5 (2.55%) Java
9 5 (2.55%) PowerShell
10 4 (2.04%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (1.53%) C++
12 2 (1.02%) PHP
13 1 (0.51%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.51%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.51%) Rust
13 1 (0.51%) Swift
13 1 (0.51%) VB
13 1 (0.51%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.51%) VB6
Qualifications
1 28 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 26 (13.27%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.10%) Degree
4 4 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.02%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.51%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.14%) QA
2 4 (2.04%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.02%) WCAG
4 1 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.51%) HL7
4 1 (0.51%) MiFID
System Software
1 16 (8.16%) Docker
2 4 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (8.67%) Kubernetes
1 17 (8.67%) Terraform
2 1 (0.51%) Ansible
2 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (17.35%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.20%) Oracle
3 7 (3.57%) Google
4 5 (2.55%) Citrix
5 3 (1.53%) ION Trading
5 3 (1.53%) Xamarin
6 2 (1.02%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.02%) NEC
6 2 (1.02%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.02%) VMware
7 1 (0.51%) Adobe
7 1 (0.51%) Databricks
7 1 (0.51%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.51%) SAP
7 1 (0.51%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.51%) Sybase
7 1 (0.51%) Temenos
7 1 (0.51%) Xero