.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 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 310 288
Rank change year-on-year -123 -22 -39
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 161 222 340
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.72% 0.75%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.87% 3.21% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 160 268
10th Percentile £389 - £325
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.75% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £575 £609 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £691
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £47.90 - -
25th Percentile £50.75 - -
Median hourly rate £55.50 - £70.00
75th Percentile £60.25 - -
90th Percentile £63.10 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 - £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 8,626 6,926 9,353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.12% 22.42% 20.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,755 4,420 6,583
10th Percentile £358 £360 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% +0.47% -6.96%
75th Percentile £623 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 86 193
10th Percentile £35.00 £25.32 £25.80
25th Percentile £50.13 £38.69 £45.88
Median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £77.83 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -15.38%

.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 9 February 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 9 February 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 9 February 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 -125 143 £470 -6.00% 116
London -73 99 £415 -18.23% 27
Work from Home -34 49 £500 -3.85% 91
UK excluding London -95 40 £525 +5.00% 110
Midlands -56 13 £550 -2.05% 15
South East -28 12 £466 -6.75% 30
East Midlands -20 9 £600 +20.00% 7
North of England -66 5 £475 -15.41% 26
East of England -21 4 - - 13
West Midlands -63 4 £425 -25.04% 8
South West -26 3 - - 14
Northern Ireland -2 2 - - 1
North West -29 2 - - 21
North East - 2 £475 - 2
Scotland +9 1 £455 -4.21% 9
Yorkshire -65 1 £525 -7.41% 3

.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 17 (10.56%) IIS
2 8 (4.97%) CMS
2 8 (4.97%) Confluence
3 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (3.73%) SharePoint
4 6 (3.73%) Umbraco
5 5 (3.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (3.11%) Headless CMS
5 5 (3.11%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (1.24%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.62%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.62%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.62%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 16 (9.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.62%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.62%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.62%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.62%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 60 (37.27%) Azure
2 36 (22.36%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (13.66%) GitHub
4 16 (9.94%) AWS
5 14 (8.70%) Azure Service Bus
5 14 (8.70%) GitHub Actions
6 13 (8.07%) Azure Monitor
7 12 (7.45%) Entra ID
8 11 (6.83%) Azure Key Vault
9 9 (5.59%) Power Platform
9 9 (5.59%) Serverless
10 8 (4.97%) Azure App Service
10 8 (4.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 8 (4.97%) PaaS
11 7 (4.35%) Azure WebJobs
11 7 (4.35%) Kontent
11 7 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (3.73%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (3.11%) Azure Functions
13 5 (3.11%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.07%) Internet
2 2 (1.24%) HTTP
2 2 (1.24%) SSL
3 1 (0.62%) DNS
3 1 (0.62%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (55.90%) SQL Server
2 25 (15.53%) Oracle Database
3 11 (6.83%) Relational Database
4 6 (3.73%) NoSQL
5 4 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.86%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.86%) Power BI
6 3 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.62%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.62%) DataStage
8 1 (0.62%) GIS
8 1 (0.62%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.62%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.62%) Redis
8 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.62%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (14.29%) Git
2 20 (12.42%) JIRA
3 17 (10.56%) Visual Studio
4 10 (6.21%) SpecFlow
5 9 (5.59%) Jenkins
5 9 (5.59%) Postman
6 7 (4.35%) MSTest
7 3 (1.86%) Selenium
8 2 (1.24%) Artifactory
8 2 (1.24%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.24%) Cucumber
8 2 (1.24%) NUnit
9 1 (0.62%) AppVeyor
9 1 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.62%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.62%) JMeter
9 1 (0.62%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.62%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 48 (29.81%) Finance
2 35 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 22 (13.66%) Banking
4 18 (11.18%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.73%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.86%) Front Office
7 3 (1.86%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.62%) Billing
8 1 (0.62%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.62%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.62%) Legal
8 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.62%) Military
8 1 (0.62%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 124 (77.02%) Developer
2 68 (42.24%) C# Developer
3 49 (30.43%) .NET Developer
4 25 (15.53%) C# .NET Developer
4 25 (15.53%) Senior
5 20 (12.42%) Full-Stack Developer
5 20 (12.42%) Senior Developer
6 14 (8.70%) Angular Developer
7 13 (8.07%) Senior .NET Developer
8 12 (7.45%) Software Engineer
9 11 (6.83%) Architect
10 10 (6.21%) C# WPF Developer
10 10 (6.21%) WPF Developer
11 9 (5.59%) Full-Stack C# Developer
11 9 (5.59%) Senior C# Developer
12 8 (4.97%) Applications Developer
13 7 (4.35%) CMS Developer
13 7 (4.35%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 6 (3.73%) C# WCF Developer
14 6 (3.73%) WCF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (100.00%) .NET
2 44 (27.33%) .NET Core
3 42 (26.09%) ASP.NET
4 38 (23.60%) React
5 36 (22.36%) RESTful
6 35 (21.74%) Entity Framework
7 30 (18.63%) AngularJS
7 30 (18.63%) REST
8 26 (16.15%) CSS
9 25 (15.53%) ASP.NET MVC
9 25 (15.53%) HTML
9 25 (15.53%) WPF
10 19 (11.80%) WinForms
11 16 (9.94%) Playwright
12 13 (8.07%) NHibernate
13 12 (7.45%) ASP.NET Web API
13 12 (7.45%) SOAP
13 12 (7.45%) Web Services
14 9 (5.59%) Microsoft Graph
14 9 (5.59%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.45%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (6.21%) Mobile App
2 10 (6.21%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.59%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.73%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (3.11%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.11%) Credit Risk
5 5 (3.11%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.11%) Market Risk
6 4 (2.48%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.24%) Derivative
8 2 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.24%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.62%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.62%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.62%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.62%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 44 (27.33%) Windows
2 15 (9.32%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.86%) Android
4 2 (1.24%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.24%) Linux
5 1 (0.62%) Unix
5 1 (0.62%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (37.27%) DevOps
2 52 (32.30%) Agile
3 51 (31.68%) CI/CD
4 34 (21.12%) Microservices
4 34 (21.12%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (20.50%) Full-Stack Development
6 31 (19.25%) MVC
7 28 (17.39%) Unit Testing
8 25 (15.53%) Data Analysis
8 25 (15.53%) Disaster Recovery
9 23 (14.29%) AI
10 22 (13.66%) Software Engineering
11 20 (12.42%) Test Automation
12 19 (11.80%) Change Management
13 18 (11.18%) Business Intelligence
14 17 (10.56%) Clean Code
15 16 (9.94%) OOP
16 15 (9.32%) Analytics
17 14 (8.70%) API Development
17 14 (8.70%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 150 (93.17%) C#
2 83 (51.55%) SQL
3 35 (21.74%) JavaScript
3 35 (21.74%) PL/SQL
4 31 (19.25%) T-SQL
5 15 (9.32%) VB
5 15 (9.32%) VBA
6 14 (8.70%) PowerShell
6 14 (8.70%) Python
6 14 (8.70%) TypeScript
7 7 (4.35%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (3.73%) Java
8 6 (3.73%) VB.NET
9 2 (1.24%) Bash
9 2 (1.24%) Bicep
9 2 (1.24%) C++
9 2 (1.24%) PHP
10 1 (0.62%) C
10 1 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.62%) Swift
Qualifications
1 23 (14.29%) Degree
2 19 (11.80%) Security Cleared
3 15 (9.32%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.97%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.86%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.62%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (22.98%) QA
2 7 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.86%) WCAG
4 2 (1.24%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.24%) MiFID
5 1 (0.62%) EMIR
5 1 (0.62%) GDPR
5 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (14.29%) Docker
2 5 (3.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (6.83%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.11%) Terraform
3 3 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (30.43%) Oracle
2 35 (21.74%) Microsoft
3 27 (16.77%) Citrix
4 12 (7.45%) Sitecore
5 6 (3.73%) Adobe
5 6 (3.73%) Google
6 3 (1.86%) Marketo
6 3 (1.86%) OneTrust
6 3 (1.86%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.24%) Databricks
7 2 (1.24%) Okta
8 1 (0.62%) Apple
8 1 (0.62%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.62%) ESRI
8 1 (0.62%) OpenText
8 1 (0.62%) Ping Identity
8 1 (0.62%) Portware
8 1 (0.62%) Serena
8 1 (0.62%) UiPath
8 1 (0.62%) Xamarin