.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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 323 283
Rank change year-on-year -97 -40 +27
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 248 234 354
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.72% 0.84%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.41% 3.18% 3.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 175 242
10th Percentile £400 £378 £325
25th Percentile £415 £388 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £581 £593
90th Percentile £668 £675 £703
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 9 6
10th Percentile £49.08 £25.93 £17.99
25th Percentile £52.50 £27.00 £33.75
Median hourly rate £58.00 £66.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% -17.50% +60.00%
75th Percentile £59.50 £67.00 £85.00
90th Percentile £62.80 - £87.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.00 £67.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -13.43% -16.25% +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 10,309 7,350 8,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.49% 22.58% 21.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,745 4,965 6,172
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £539
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -5.84% -2.00%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £471 £500
% change year-on-year +6.16% -5.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 154 269
10th Percentile £29.72 £30.08 £22.50
25th Percentile £49.20 £38.16 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.35%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.01 £74.09
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.15
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.48% -1.49%

.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 18 July 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 18 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Top 14 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 18 July 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 -101 220 £475 - 62
London -70 128 £515 +8.42% 18
UK excluding London -81 100 £450 -5.26% 51
Work from Home -66 59 £475 -2.56% 30
South West -10 31 £438 -27.08% 10
South East -49 24 £525 +10.53% 14
North of England -79 15 £454 +3.77% 12
Scotland -8 13 £444 -6.63% 1
Midlands -51 13 £463 -7.50% 9
West Midlands -54 11 £463 -22.17% 7
Yorkshire -37 10 £454 +23.12% 3
North West -56 5 £588 +23.68% 6
East of England -30 4 £345 -31.00% 4
East Midlands -14 2 £488 +55.75% 2

.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 34 (13.71%) IIS
2 21 (8.47%) SharePoint
3 16 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (5.65%) Confluence
5 10 (4.03%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (2.02%) Appian
6 5 (2.02%) Camunda
7 3 (1.21%) CMS
8 2 (0.81%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.40%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 16 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.81%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.40%) InDesign
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.02%) OpenText MBPM
1 5 (2.02%) Oracle BPM
2 4 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.61%) Findur
3 2 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.40%) Endur
4 1 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.40%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 131 (52.82%) Azure
2 64 (25.81%) Azure DevOps
3 43 (17.34%) GitHub
4 27 (10.89%) Entra ID
5 26 (10.48%) AWS
5 26 (10.48%) Azure Monitor
5 26 (10.48%) GitHub Actions
6 22 (8.87%) Azure Service Bus
7 19 (7.66%) Azure Key Vault
7 19 (7.66%) PaaS
8 18 (7.26%) Azure App Service
9 15 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (4.44%) Azure AKS
10 11 (4.44%) Azure WebJobs
11 10 (4.03%) Serverless
12 7 (2.82%) Azure Functions
12 7 (2.82%) Power Platform
12 7 (2.82%) SaaS
13 6 (2.42%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (2.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.24%) Internet
2 9 (3.63%) HTTP
3 6 (2.42%) 3GPP
4 4 (1.61%) RTCP
4 4 (1.61%) RTP
4 4 (1.61%) XCAP
5 2 (0.81%) Intranet
5 2 (0.81%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.40%) DHCP
6 1 (0.40%) DNS
6 1 (0.40%) Firewall
6 1 (0.40%) LAN
6 1 (0.40%) SMTP
6 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.40%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.40%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (48.79%) SQL Server
2 37 (14.92%) Oracle Database
3 25 (10.08%) Relational Database
4 13 (5.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (3.23%) Geospatial Data
7 7 (2.82%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (2.42%) NoSQL
8 6 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.61%) MySQL
9 4 (1.61%) Power BI
10 3 (1.21%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (1.21%) DocumentDB
10 3 (1.21%) MongoDB
10 3 (1.21%) Redis
11 2 (0.81%) ClickHouse
11 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.81%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.40%) GIS
12 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 37 (14.92%) Git
2 25 (10.08%) JIRA
3 24 (9.68%) Visual Studio
4 12 (4.84%) NUnit
5 11 (4.44%) MSI
6 5 (2.02%) MSTest
6 5 (2.02%) Postman
7 4 (1.61%) GitLab
7 4 (1.61%) Jasmine
7 4 (1.61%) Jenkins
7 4 (1.61%) JetBrains Rider
7 4 (1.61%) Karma Test Runner
7 4 (1.61%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (1.21%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.21%) SpecFlow
8 3 (1.21%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.81%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.81%) git-flow
9 2 (0.81%) JMeter
9 2 (0.81%) Moq
General
1 61 (24.60%) Finance
2 53 (21.37%) Social Skills
3 25 (10.08%) Banking
4 19 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.26%) Public Sector
6 4 (1.61%) Front Office
6 4 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.61%) Retail
6 4 (1.61%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.21%) Automotive
7 3 (1.21%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.21%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.21%) Police
8 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.40%) Military
9 1 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 161 (64.92%) Developer
2 69 (27.82%) C# Developer
3 60 (24.19%) .NET Developer
4 36 (14.52%) Architect
5 27 (10.89%) Full-Stack Developer
6 26 (10.48%) C# .NET Developer
7 25 (10.08%) Senior
8 24 (9.68%) Solutions Architect
9 19 (7.66%) Senior Developer
10 17 (6.85%) Lead
11 16 (6.45%) Azure Developer
12 14 (5.65%) Software Engineer
13 10 (4.03%) Applications Developer
13 10 (4.03%) Azure Engineer
13 10 (4.03%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
13 10 (4.03%) Software Developer
14 9 (3.63%) Microsoft 365 Developer
15 8 (3.23%) .NET Software Engineer
15 8 (3.23%) Senior .NET Developer
15 8 (3.23%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 248 (100.00%) .NET
2 61 (24.60%) .NET Core
3 57 (22.98%) REST
4 56 (22.58%) Entity Framework
5 54 (21.77%) ASP.NET
6 50 (20.16%) React
7 35 (14.11%) CSS
8 34 (13.71%) RESTful
9 31 (12.50%) HTML
10 27 (10.89%) XML
11 26 (10.48%) AngularJS
11 26 (10.48%) WPF
12 24 (9.68%) ASP.NET Web API
13 23 (9.27%) Web Services
14 21 (8.47%) SOAP
15 18 (7.26%) WinForms
16 14 (5.65%) ASP.NET Core
17 13 (5.24%) ASP.NET MVC
18 12 (4.84%) CSS3
18 12 (4.84%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 42 (16.94%) Cloud Native
2 29 (11.69%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (5.24%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.84%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (4.84%) Legacy Code
4 12 (4.84%) Onboarding
5 10 (4.03%) AI Agents
5 10 (4.03%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (3.63%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.42%) PKI
8 5 (2.02%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.02%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (2.02%) Wiki
9 4 (1.61%) LIMS
10 3 (1.21%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.21%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.81%) FMCG
11 2 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 67 (27.02%) Windows
2 30 (12.10%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.21%) Linux
3 3 (1.21%) Unix
4 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (53.63%) DevOps
2 104 (41.94%) Agile
3 90 (36.29%) CI/CD
4 55 (22.18%) AI
5 53 (21.37%) OOP
6 48 (19.35%) Unit Testing
7 46 (18.55%) Microservices
7 46 (18.55%) Scrum
8 42 (16.94%) Full-Stack Development
9 41 (16.53%) SDLC
10 40 (16.13%) Migration
10 40 (16.13%) Software Engineering
10 40 (16.13%) Test Automation
11 38 (15.32%) Disaster Recovery
12 33 (13.31%) Data Analysis
13 28 (11.29%) OO
14 27 (10.89%) Problem-Solving
15 26 (10.48%) Root Cause Analysis
16 24 (9.68%) MVC
16 24 (9.68%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 211 (85.08%) C#
2 102 (41.13%) SQL
3 49 (19.76%) JavaScript
4 45 (18.15%) TypeScript
5 42 (16.94%) T-SQL
6 38 (15.32%) PL/SQL
7 34 (13.71%) PowerShell
8 31 (12.50%) Python
9 16 (6.45%) Bicep
10 14 (5.65%) VBA
11 12 (4.84%) VB
12 11 (4.44%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (2.42%) VB.NET
14 5 (2.02%) Java
15 3 (1.21%) C++
16 2 (0.81%) XAML
16 2 (0.81%) XPath
17 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.40%) VB6
Qualifications
1 63 (25.40%) Security Cleared
2 53 (21.37%) SC Cleared
3 36 (14.52%) Degree
4 6 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.02%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.61%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (0.81%) PhD
8 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.40%) CISSP
8 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.40%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.40%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.40%) MBA
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (20.97%) QA
2 12 (4.84%) Accessibility
3 11 (4.44%) WCAG
4 9 (3.63%) NCSC
5 4 (1.61%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 4 (1.61%) GMP
5 4 (1.61%) GxP
5 4 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 4 (1.61%) SLA
6 1 (0.40%) GDPR
System Software
1 44 (17.74%) Docker
2 10 (4.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 34 (13.71%) Kubernetes
2 26 (10.48%) Terraform
3 5 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 77 (31.05%) Microsoft
2 67 (27.02%) Oracle
3 35 (14.11%) Citrix
4 6 (2.42%) BeyondTrust
4 6 (2.42%) Okta
4 6 (2.42%) OpenText
5 4 (1.61%) OpenLink
6 3 (1.21%) Google
6 3 (1.21%) Sitecore
7 2 (0.81%) Databricks
7 2 (0.81%) IBM
7 2 (0.81%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.40%) BMC
8 1 (0.40%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.40%) F5
8 1 (0.40%) Remedy
8 1 (0.40%) SAP
8 1 (0.40%) Serena
8 1 (0.40%) Telerik
8 1 (0.40%) UiPath