.NET Framework Contract Job Trends

Microsoft .NET Framework
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring .NET Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 429 334 309
Rank change year-on-year -95 -25 -38
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 184 195 309
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.67% 0.70%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.96% 2.94% 3.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 155 234
10th Percentile £400 - £325
25th Percentile £414 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £463 £486
Median % change year-on-year -1.62% -4.88% -11.59%
75th Percentile £552 £540 £600
90th Percentile £625 £683 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £49.15 - -
25th Percentile £53.88 £21.67 -
Median hourly rate £58.00 £23.41 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +147.76% -66.56% +1.82%
75th Percentile £60.88 £25.16 -
90th Percentile £63.35 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.00 £23.41 £70.00
% change year-on-year +147.76% -66.56% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

.NET Framework falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,386 6,633 9,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.14% 22.65% 20.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,253 4,530 6,282
10th Percentile £358 £363 £331
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 98 186
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £20.64
25th Percentile £52.50 £40.19 £36.77
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.97
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +30.30% -26.21%
75th Percentile £71.62 £68.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £85.05 £74.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.43
% change year-on-year - +34.21% -23.43%

.NET Framework
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing .NET Framework relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

.NET Framework job vacancy trend in the UK

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing .NET Framework.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing .NET Framework

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Framework over the 6 months to 30 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing .NET Framework.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing .NET Framework

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing .NET Framework over the 6 months to 30 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
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 Framework within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 -119 161 £460 -0.54% 114
London -83 101 £420 -6.67% 32
UK excluding London -68 62 £475 - 90
Work from Home -26 59 £481 +1.26% 72
Midlands -60 17 £538 +10.26% 15
South West -20 13 £438 -39.66% 12
South East -52 12 £605 +30.81% 21
North of England -68 10 £475 +15.15% 29
West Midlands -52 9 £478 +0.63% 10
East Midlands -31 8 £575 +15.00% 5
Scotland +6 4 £358 -24.63% 5
North West -43 4 £650 +57.58% 14
Yorkshire -60 4 £457 +74.10% 10
East of England - 4 - - 9
Northern Ireland 0 2 - -
North East - 2 £475 - 9

.NET Framework
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 27 (14.67%) IIS
2 18 (9.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (8.15%) SharePoint
4 7 (3.80%) CMS
5 6 (3.26%) Confluence
6 5 (2.72%) Umbraco
7 4 (2.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (2.17%) Headless CMS
7 4 (2.17%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.54%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.54%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.54%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.09%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.54%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.54%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (1.63%) Findur
2 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.54%) Endur
2 1 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 93 (50.54%) Azure
2 53 (28.80%) Azure DevOps
3 32 (17.39%) GitHub
4 29 (15.76%) Azure Monitor
5 27 (14.67%) GitHub Actions
6 25 (13.59%) Azure Service Bus
7 23 (12.50%) AWS
7 23 (12.50%) Entra ID
8 22 (11.96%) Azure Key Vault
9 18 (9.78%) Azure App Service
10 17 (9.24%) PaaS
11 16 (8.70%) Azure WebJobs
11 16 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
12 12 (6.52%) Serverless
13 9 (4.89%) Azure Functions
14 8 (4.35%) Power Platform
15 7 (3.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 7 (3.80%) Azure Logic Apps
16 6 (3.26%) Kontent
17 5 (2.72%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.52%) Internet
2 7 (3.80%) HTTP
3 6 (3.26%) 3GPP
4 4 (2.17%) RTCP
4 4 (2.17%) RTP
4 4 (2.17%) XCAP
5 2 (1.09%) SSL
6 1 (0.54%) DNS
6 1 (0.54%) Network Security
6 1 (0.54%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (54.89%) SQL Server
2 28 (15.22%) Oracle Database
3 13 (7.07%) Relational Database
4 11 (5.98%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (4.89%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.63%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.63%) Power BI
7 3 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.09%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (1.09%) GIS
8 2 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.54%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.54%) DataStage
9 1 (0.54%) DocumentDB
9 1 (0.54%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.54%) Redis
9 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (16.30%) Git
2 21 (11.41%) JIRA
3 19 (10.33%) Visual Studio
4 8 (4.35%) Jenkins
4 8 (4.35%) NUnit
5 7 (3.80%) MSTest
5 7 (3.80%) Postman
6 5 (2.72%) SpecFlow
7 4 (2.17%) Jasmine
7 4 (2.17%) Karma Test Runner
8 3 (1.63%) Selenium
9 1 (0.54%) Appium
9 1 (0.54%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.54%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.54%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.54%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 49 (26.63%) Finance
2 38 (20.65%) Social Skills
3 27 (14.67%) Banking
4 17 (9.24%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.43%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.72%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.09%) Front Office
7 2 (1.09%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.09%) Police
7 2 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.09%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.54%) Billing
8 1 (0.54%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.54%) Legal
8 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 136 (73.91%) Developer
2 67 (36.41%) C# Developer
3 46 (25.00%) .NET Developer
4 25 (13.59%) Full-Stack Developer
4 25 (13.59%) Senior
5 19 (10.33%) C# .NET Developer
6 18 (9.78%) Senior Developer
7 17 (9.24%) Azure Developer
8 13 (7.07%) Architect
9 12 (6.52%) Software Engineer
10 11 (5.98%) Senior .NET Developer
11 10 (5.43%) Microsoft 365 Developer
12 9 (4.89%) Applications Developer
12 9 (4.89%) Azure Engineer
12 9 (4.89%) Full-Stack C# Developer
13 8 (4.35%) C# Application Developer
13 8 (4.35%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
13 8 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
14 7 (3.80%) Lead
14 7 (3.80%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (100.00%) .NET
2 52 (28.26%) .NET Core
3 48 (26.09%) ASP.NET
4 47 (25.54%) React
5 40 (21.74%) REST
6 37 (20.11%) Entity Framework
7 34 (18.48%) RESTful
8 32 (17.39%) CSS
9 29 (15.76%) AngularJS
10 28 (15.22%) HTML
11 22 (11.96%) ASP.NET MVC
12 20 (10.87%) Web Services
12 20 (10.87%) WPF
13 19 (10.33%) SOAP
13 19 (10.33%) WinForms
14 18 (9.78%) Microsoft Graph
15 16 (8.70%) ASP.NET Web API
16 14 (7.61%) ASP.NET Core
17 12 (6.52%) XML
18 11 (5.98%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.78%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (5.43%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.89%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (4.35%) Mobile App
5 7 (3.80%) Legacy Code
6 5 (2.72%) Credit Risk
6 5 (2.72%) Market Risk
6 5 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.17%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.63%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.09%) Media Streaming
9 2 (1.09%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.54%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.54%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 50 (27.17%) Windows
2 25 (13.59%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.09%) Linux
4 1 (0.54%) Android
4 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.54%) Unix
4 1 (0.54%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (47.83%) DevOps
2 66 (35.87%) CI/CD
3 61 (33.15%) Agile
4 39 (21.20%) Disaster Recovery
5 36 (19.57%) Unit Testing
6 35 (19.02%) Full-Stack Development
7 30 (16.30%) AI
7 30 (16.30%) Data Analysis
7 30 (16.30%) MVC
8 29 (15.76%) Microservices
9 28 (15.22%) OOP
9 28 (15.22%) Test Automation
10 26 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (12.50%) Analytics
12 22 (11.96%) Software Engineering
13 21 (11.41%) Business Intelligence
13 21 (11.41%) Change Management
13 21 (11.41%) Log Analytics
14 20 (10.87%) Observability
15 17 (9.24%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 166 (90.22%) C#
2 92 (50.00%) SQL
3 37 (20.11%) T-SQL
4 36 (19.57%) PL/SQL
5 35 (19.02%) JavaScript
6 29 (15.76%) PowerShell
7 23 (12.50%) TypeScript
8 22 (11.96%) Python
9 16 (8.70%) Kusto Query Language
10 11 (5.98%) VB
10 11 (5.98%) VBA
11 7 (3.80%) Java
12 4 (2.17%) Bicep
13 2 (1.09%) Bash
13 2 (1.09%) C++
13 2 (1.09%) PHP
14 1 (0.54%) C
14 1 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 36 (19.57%) Security Cleared
2 32 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 25 (13.59%) Degree
4 8 (4.35%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.09%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.54%) CISSP
7 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.54%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.54%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (26.63%) QA
2 6 (3.26%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.63%) WCAG
4 2 (1.09%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.09%) SLA
5 1 (0.54%) EMIR
5 1 (0.54%) GDPR
5 1 (0.54%) MiFID
System Software
1 26 (14.13%) Docker
2 6 (3.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 11 (5.98%) Terraform
3 3 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (30.98%) Oracle
2 45 (24.46%) Microsoft
3 31 (16.85%) Citrix
4 9 (4.89%) Sitecore
5 7 (3.80%) Google
6 6 (3.26%) Adobe
7 4 (2.17%) Databricks
8 3 (1.63%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.63%) OpenLink
9 2 (1.09%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.54%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.54%) BMC
10 1 (0.54%) ESRI
10 1 (0.54%) Marketo
10 1 (0.54%) Okta
10 1 (0.54%) OpenText
10 1 (0.54%) Remedy
10 1 (0.54%) SAP
10 1 (0.54%) Serena
10 1 (0.54%) Xamarin