.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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 430 329 287
Rank change year-on-year -101 -42 +19
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 223 211 334
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.69% 0.77%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.24% 3.03% 3.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 165 232
10th Percentile £395 £379 £325
25th Percentile £415 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £483
Median % change year-on-year - -1.71% -7.51%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £588
90th Percentile £669 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile £49.08 £22.73 £39.59
25th Percentile £52.50 £24.33 £75.00
Median hourly rate £58.00 £27.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.81% -66.25% +51.03%
75th Percentile £59.50 - £85.00
90th Percentile £62.80 - £88.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.00 £23.41 £80.00
% change year-on-year +147.76% -70.74% +60.00%

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 9,973 6,956 9,309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.51% 22.77% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,537 4,716 6,375
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -4.37% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 140 282
10th Percentile £30.00 £28.91 £22.53
25th Percentile £51.25 £37.10 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.43 £81.01 £74.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -6.72%

.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 29 June 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 29 June 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 29 June 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 -97 204 £475 - 64
London -74 124 £515 +8.42% 22
UK excluding London -78 81 £450 -5.26% 49
Work from Home -50 57 £475 -3.80% 50
South West -13 25 £438 -27.08% 5
South East -51 24 £525 +10.53% 19
Midlands -52 13 £463 -7.50% 7
West Midlands -52 11 £463 -22.17% 4
North of England -74 10 £460 +15.00% 15
Yorkshire -47 5 £454 +72.95% 2
Scotland -14 4 £358 -24.63% 1
East of England -27 4 £345 -31.00% 3
North West -49 4 £650 +60.00% 9
East Midlands -14 2 £488 +55.75% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
North East - 1 £475 - 4

.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 31 (13.90%) IIS
2 19 (8.52%) SharePoint
3 16 (7.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (4.93%) Confluence
5 6 (2.69%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (2.24%) Appian
6 5 (2.24%) Camunda
7 4 (1.79%) CMS
8 3 (1.35%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 15 (6.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.90%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.90%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.45%) InDesign
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.24%) OpenText MBPM
1 5 (2.24%) Oracle BPM
2 4 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.79%) Findur
3 2 (0.90%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.45%) Endur
4 1 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.45%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.45%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 127 (56.95%) Azure
2 61 (27.35%) Azure DevOps
3 41 (18.39%) GitHub
4 26 (11.66%) AWS
4 26 (11.66%) GitHub Actions
5 24 (10.76%) Azure Monitor
6 21 (9.42%) Azure Service Bus
7 18 (8.07%) Azure Key Vault
7 18 (8.07%) Entra ID
8 16 (7.17%) Azure App Service
8 16 (7.17%) PaaS
9 14 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (4.93%) Azure AKS
10 11 (4.93%) Azure WebJobs
11 8 (3.59%) Power Platform
11 8 (3.59%) Serverless
12 6 (2.69%) Azure Functions
12 6 (2.69%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (2.69%) Power Automate
13 5 (2.24%) n8n
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.38%) Internet
2 6 (2.69%) 3GPP
3 5 (2.24%) HTTP
4 4 (1.79%) RTCP
4 4 (1.79%) RTP
4 4 (1.79%) XCAP
5 2 (0.90%) Intranet
5 2 (0.90%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.45%) DHCP
6 1 (0.45%) DNS
6 1 (0.45%) Firewall
6 1 (0.45%) LAN
6 1 (0.45%) SMTP
6 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.45%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (48.43%) SQL Server
2 35 (15.70%) Oracle Database
3 22 (9.87%) Relational Database
4 11 (4.93%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (4.04%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (3.14%) NoSQL
6 7 (3.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (2.24%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (1.79%) Power BI
9 3 (1.35%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (1.35%) DocumentDB
9 3 (1.35%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.35%) MySQL
9 3 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.90%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.90%) Redis
11 1 (0.45%) ClickHouse
11 1 (0.45%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.45%) GIS
11 1 (0.45%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 33 (14.80%) Git
2 24 (10.76%) JIRA
3 23 (10.31%) Visual Studio
4 12 (5.38%) NUnit
5 8 (3.59%) MSI
6 5 (2.24%) MSTest
7 4 (1.79%) GitLab
7 4 (1.79%) Jasmine
7 4 (1.79%) Jenkins
7 4 (1.79%) Karma Test Runner
7 4 (1.79%) Postman
8 3 (1.35%) SpecFlow
8 3 (1.35%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.90%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.90%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.90%) Fiddler
9 2 (0.90%) JetBrains Rider
9 2 (0.90%) JMeter
9 2 (0.90%) Moq
9 2 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 54 (24.22%) Finance
2 50 (22.42%) Social Skills
3 26 (11.66%) Banking
4 14 (6.28%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.79%) Retail
6 4 (1.79%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.35%) Automotive
7 3 (1.35%) Front Office
7 3 (1.35%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.35%) Police
8 2 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.90%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.45%) Military
9 1 (0.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 150 (67.26%) Developer
2 68 (30.49%) C# Developer
3 51 (22.87%) .NET Developer
4 33 (14.80%) Architect
5 25 (11.21%) Senior
6 24 (10.76%) Full-Stack Developer
7 23 (10.31%) C# .NET Developer
7 23 (10.31%) Solutions Architect
8 19 (8.52%) Senior Developer
9 15 (6.73%) Azure Developer
10 13 (5.83%) Software Engineer
11 11 (4.93%) Applications Developer
11 11 (4.93%) Lead
12 10 (4.48%) Azure Engineer
12 10 (4.48%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
13 9 (4.04%) Microsoft 365 Developer
14 8 (3.59%) Senior .NET Developer
14 8 (3.59%) Site Engineer
14 8 (3.59%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 8 (3.59%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 223 (100.00%) .NET
2 59 (26.46%) .NET Core
3 54 (24.22%) Entity Framework
4 50 (22.42%) React
5 47 (21.08%) ASP.NET
6 44 (19.73%) REST
7 37 (16.59%) CSS
8 33 (14.80%) HTML
9 32 (14.35%) RESTful
10 24 (10.76%) AngularJS
11 22 (9.87%) ASP.NET Web API
11 22 (9.87%) WPF
12 18 (8.07%) Web Services
13 16 (7.17%) WinForms
14 15 (6.73%) SOAP
14 15 (6.73%) XML
15 12 (5.38%) ASP.NET MVC
16 11 (4.93%) ASP.NET Core
16 11 (4.93%) Microsoft Graph
17 9 (4.04%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 34 (15.25%) Cloud Native
2 27 (12.11%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (5.83%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (4.04%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (4.04%) Legacy Code
6 8 (3.59%) AI Agents
6 8 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.69%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.24%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.79%) Wiki
10 3 (1.35%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.90%) FMCG
11 2 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.90%) Media Streaming
12 1 (0.45%) Derivative
12 1 (0.45%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 59 (26.46%) Windows
2 26 (11.66%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.35%) Linux
3 3 (1.35%) Unix
4 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (57.40%) DevOps
2 102 (45.74%) Agile
3 85 (38.12%) CI/CD
4 54 (24.22%) AI
5 46 (20.63%) Unit Testing
6 43 (19.28%) OOP
6 43 (19.28%) Scrum
7 42 (18.83%) Microservices
8 39 (17.49%) Disaster Recovery
9 37 (16.59%) Full-Stack Development
10 35 (15.70%) Test Automation
11 34 (15.25%) Data Analysis
12 33 (14.80%) Software Engineering
13 32 (14.35%) Migration
13 32 (14.35%) SDLC
14 25 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
15 24 (10.76%) MVC
16 21 (9.42%) Change Management
16 21 (9.42%) Containerisation
16 21 (9.42%) OO
Programming Languages
1 190 (85.20%) C#
2 95 (42.60%) SQL
3 45 (20.18%) JavaScript
4 41 (18.39%) T-SQL
4 41 (18.39%) TypeScript
5 38 (17.04%) PL/SQL
6 30 (13.45%) Python
7 26 (11.66%) PowerShell
8 13 (5.83%) Bicep
8 13 (5.83%) VBA
9 11 (4.93%) Kusto Query Language
9 11 (4.93%) VB
10 6 (2.69%) VB.NET
11 5 (2.24%) Java
12 3 (1.35%) C++
13 2 (0.90%) XAML
13 2 (0.90%) XPath
14 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.45%) VB6
14 1 (0.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 51 (22.87%) Security Cleared
2 43 (19.28%) SC Cleared
3 40 (17.94%) Degree
4 6 (2.69%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.79%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.90%) PhD
7 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.45%) CISSP
7 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.45%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.45%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.45%) MBA
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (23.32%) QA
2 10 (4.48%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.48%) WCAG
3 6 (2.69%) NCSC
4 1 (0.45%) GDPR
4 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 42 (18.83%) Docker
2 2 (0.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 32 (14.35%) Kubernetes
2 22 (9.87%) Terraform
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (28.70%) Oracle
2 54 (24.22%) Microsoft
3 35 (15.70%) Citrix
4 6 (2.69%) Google
4 6 (2.69%) OpenText
5 5 (2.24%) Sitecore
6 4 (1.79%) OpenLink
7 2 (0.90%) Adobe
7 2 (0.90%) Databricks
7 2 (0.90%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.45%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.45%) BMC
8 1 (0.45%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.45%) F5
8 1 (0.45%) Okta
8 1 (0.45%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.45%) Remedy
8 1 (0.45%) SAP
8 1 (0.45%) Serena
8 1 (0.45%) UiPath