.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 6 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 431 315 304
Rank change year-on-year -116 -11 -43
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 185 223 320
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.73% 0.72%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.99% 3.22% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 173 251
10th Percentile £400 £385 £350
25th Percentile £413 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% -5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £625
90th Percentile £643 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £49.15 - -
25th Percentile £53.88 - -
Median hourly rate £58.00 - £70.00
75th Percentile £60.88 - -
90th Percentile £63.35 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.00 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - -12.50%

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 9,313 6,923 9,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.83% 22.71% 20.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,221 4,544 6,332
10th Percentile £358 £363 £338
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -7.89%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 87 222
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £38.88 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £72.00 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.45 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

.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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -122 161 £461 -3.91% 117
London -70 107 £415 -12.63% 34
Work from Home -35 57 £496 -0.80% 79
UK excluding London -91 53 £525 +5.00% 94
Midlands -60 17 £550 -2.05% 13
South East -47 12 £525 +13.51% 28
North of England -69 10 £475 -10.08% 22
East Midlands -16 9 £600 +20.00% 4
West Midlands -60 8 £481 -15.17% 9
Scotland +14 4 £358 - 5
East of England -25 4 - - 10
North West -27 4 £650 +57.58% 14
South West -32 4 £525 -19.23% 18
Yorkshire -64 4 £457 -19.40% 5
Northern Ireland -2 2 - -
North East - 2 £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 20 (10.81%) IIS
2 18 (9.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (8.11%) SharePoint
4 8 (4.32%) CMS
4 8 (4.32%) Confluence
5 6 (3.24%) Umbraco
6 5 (2.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (2.70%) Headless CMS
6 5 (2.70%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (1.08%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.54%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.54%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 14 (7.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.08%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.54%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.54%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.54%) Findur
1 1 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 78 (42.16%) Azure
2 53 (28.65%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (16.22%) GitHub
4 25 (13.51%) Azure Service Bus
5 24 (12.97%) Entra ID
5 24 (12.97%) GitHub Actions
6 23 (12.43%) Azure Key Vault
6 23 (12.43%) Azure Monitor
7 18 (9.73%) Azure App Service
8 17 (9.19%) PaaS
9 16 (8.65%) Azure WebJobs
9 16 (8.65%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (8.11%) AWS
11 10 (5.41%) Serverless
12 9 (4.86%) Power Platform
13 7 (3.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (3.78%) Azure Functions
13 7 (3.78%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (3.78%) Kontent
14 5 (2.70%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.03%) Internet
2 7 (3.78%) HTTP
3 6 (3.24%) 3GPP
4 4 (2.16%) RTCP
4 4 (2.16%) RTP
4 4 (2.16%) XCAP
5 2 (1.08%) SSL
6 1 (0.54%) DNS
6 1 (0.54%) Network Security
6 1 (0.54%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (54.05%) SQL Server
2 29 (15.68%) Oracle Database
3 12 (6.49%) Relational Database
4 10 (5.41%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (4.86%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.62%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.62%) Power BI
7 3 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.08%) GIS
9 1 (0.54%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.54%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.54%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.54%) Parquet
9 1 (0.54%) Redis
9 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (14.59%) Git
2 21 (11.35%) JIRA
3 19 (10.27%) Visual Studio
4 11 (5.95%) SpecFlow
5 9 (4.86%) Jenkins
6 8 (4.32%) Postman
7 6 (3.24%) MSTest
8 5 (2.70%) NUnit
9 3 (1.62%) Jasmine
9 3 (1.62%) Karma Test Runner
9 3 (1.62%) Selenium
10 2 (1.08%) Artifactory
10 2 (1.08%) Bitbucket
10 2 (1.08%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.54%) AppVeyor
11 1 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.54%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.54%) webpack
General
1 51 (27.57%) Finance
2 39 (21.08%) Social Skills
3 24 (12.97%) Banking
4 19 (10.27%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.24%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.08%) Front Office
7 2 (1.08%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.08%) Police
7 2 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.08%) Publishing
7 2 (1.08%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.54%) Billing
8 1 (0.54%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.54%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.54%) Legal
8 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 144 (77.84%) Developer
2 76 (41.08%) C# Developer
3 53 (28.65%) .NET Developer
4 27 (14.59%) C# .NET Developer
5 26 (14.05%) Full-Stack Developer
6 25 (13.51%) Senior
7 19 (10.27%) Senior Developer
8 17 (9.19%) Azure Developer
9 14 (7.57%) Software Engineer
10 13 (7.03%) Architect
11 12 (6.49%) Senior .NET Developer
12 11 (5.95%) Angular Developer
12 11 (5.95%) Full-Stack C# Developer
13 10 (5.41%) Applications Developer
13 10 (5.41%) Microsoft 365 Developer
14 9 (4.86%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 9 (4.86%) Lead
14 9 (4.86%) Senior C# Developer
15 8 (4.32%) C# Application Developer
16 7 (3.78%) CMS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (100.00%) .NET
2 52 (28.11%) .NET Core
3 51 (27.57%) ASP.NET
4 44 (23.78%) Entity Framework
4 44 (23.78%) React
5 41 (22.16%) REST
6 35 (18.92%) RESTful
7 32 (17.30%) CSS
8 29 (15.68%) AngularJS
8 29 (15.68%) HTML
9 27 (14.59%) ASP.NET MVC
10 23 (12.43%) WPF
11 21 (11.35%) Web Services
12 20 (10.81%) SOAP
13 19 (10.27%) WinForms
14 18 (9.73%) Microsoft Graph
15 16 (8.65%) ASP.NET Web API
16 15 (8.11%) Playwright
17 13 (7.03%) XML
18 11 (5.95%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.57%) Legacy Systems
2 11 (5.95%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (5.41%) Mobile App
4 9 (4.86%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.32%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (2.70%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.70%) Credit Risk
6 5 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.70%) Market Risk
6 5 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.16%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.08%) Media Streaming
9 2 (1.08%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.54%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.54%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.54%) Legacy Code
10 1 (0.54%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 46 (24.86%) Windows
2 18 (9.73%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.62%) Android
4 2 (1.08%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.08%) Linux
5 1 (0.54%) Unix
5 1 (0.54%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (42.16%) DevOps
2 65 (35.14%) CI/CD
3 63 (34.05%) Agile
4 37 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 37 (20.00%) Unit Testing
5 35 (18.92%) MVC
6 34 (18.38%) Microservices
7 32 (17.30%) Disaster Recovery
7 32 (17.30%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (16.22%) Data Analysis
9 29 (15.68%) AI
10 27 (14.59%) Software Engineering
10 27 (14.59%) Test Automation
11 26 (14.05%) Analytics
11 26 (14.05%) OOP
12 21 (11.35%) Change Management
12 21 (11.35%) Log Analytics
13 20 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
13 20 (10.81%) Observability
14 17 (9.19%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 173 (93.51%) C#
2 94 (50.81%) SQL
3 39 (21.08%) PL/SQL
4 38 (20.54%) T-SQL
5 36 (19.46%) JavaScript
6 23 (12.43%) PowerShell
7 19 (10.27%) TypeScript
8 18 (9.73%) Python
9 16 (8.65%) Kusto Query Language
10 13 (7.03%) VB
10 13 (7.03%) VBA
11 7 (3.78%) Java
12 4 (2.16%) Bicep
13 3 (1.62%) C++
13 3 (1.62%) VB.NET
14 2 (1.08%) Bash
14 2 (1.08%) PHP
15 1 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.54%) Objective-C
15 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (15.68%) Security Cleared
2 26 (14.05%) Degree
3 23 (12.43%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.86%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.62%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.54%) CISSP
7 1 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.54%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (22.70%) QA
2 8 (4.32%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.16%) WCAG
4 2 (1.08%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.08%) SLA
5 1 (0.54%) EMIR
5 1 (0.54%) GDPR
5 1 (0.54%) MiFID
System Software
1 24 (12.97%) Docker
2 7 (3.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (6.49%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.78%) Terraform
3 4 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (30.27%) Oracle
2 46 (24.86%) Microsoft
3 31 (16.76%) Citrix
4 12 (6.49%) Sitecore
5 8 (4.32%) Google
6 7 (3.78%) Adobe
7 3 (1.62%) Marketo
7 3 (1.62%) OneTrust
7 3 (1.62%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.08%) Databricks
8 2 (1.08%) Okta
8 2 (1.08%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.54%) Apple
9 1 (0.54%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.54%) BMC
9 1 (0.54%) Ping Identity
9 1 (0.54%) Remedy
9 1 (0.54%) SAP
9 1 (0.54%) UiPath
9 1 (0.54%) Xamarin