.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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 435 343 260
Rank change year-on-year -92 -83 +45
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 251 233 359
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.70% 0.91%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.45% 3.12% 4.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 175 248
10th Percentile £383 £378 £325
25th Percentile £415 £388 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £565 £600
90th Percentile £668 £675 £729
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 6
10th Percentile £48.51 £25.93 £17.99
25th Percentile £51.08 £27.00 £33.75
Median hourly rate £56.50 £66.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.39% -17.50% +60.00%
75th Percentile £59.50 £67.00 £85.00
90th Percentile - - £87.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £67.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -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 10,250 7,469 8,585
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.21% 22.56% 21.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,681 5,046 5,854
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -
75th Percentile £638 £637 £663
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 164 248
10th Percentile £28.33 £30.08 £22.50
25th Percentile £41.59 £40.75 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +2.33% -10.42%
75th Percentile £73.46 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.36 £79.61 £74.46
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £56.25 £58.60
% change year-on-year +15.56% -4.01% +1.04%

.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 2 August 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
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 2 August 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 -93 220 £481 +1.26% 119
London -71 123 £520 +9.47% 47
UK excluding London -61 105 £450 -5.26% 82
Work from Home -73 58 £475 -5.00% 68
South West -5 34 £438 +16.67% 10
South East -57 28 £500 +8.11% 23
North of England -69 15 £454 -4.42% 20
Scotland -3 14 £450 -5.26% 3
Midlands -50 11 £450 -1.37% 16
Yorkshire -40 10 £454 -1.84% 7
West Midlands -55 10 £463 -21.54% 12
North West -57 5 £588 +6.82% 11
East of England -26 3 £345 -31.00% 9
East Midlands -16 1 £450 +43.77% 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 34 (13.55%) IIS
2 23 (9.16%) SharePoint
3 19 (7.57%) Confluence
4 16 (6.37%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (3.98%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (1.99%) Appian
6 5 (1.99%) Camunda
7 4 (1.59%) CMS
8 2 (0.80%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.40%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.40%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 16 (6.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.80%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.40%) InDesign
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.99%) OpenText MBPM
1 5 (1.99%) Oracle BPM
2 4 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.59%) Findur
3 2 (0.80%) 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
1 137 (54.58%) Azure
2 72 (28.69%) Azure DevOps
3 45 (17.93%) GitHub
4 32 (12.75%) Entra ID
5 31 (12.35%) Azure Monitor
6 27 (10.76%) AWS
7 25 (9.96%) Azure Key Vault
7 25 (9.96%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (9.56%) Azure App Service
8 24 (9.56%) Azure Service Bus
8 24 (9.56%) PaaS
9 16 (6.37%) Azure AKS
10 15 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (5.18%) Serverless
12 11 (4.38%) Azure WebJobs
13 10 (3.98%) Azure Functions
14 8 (3.19%) IaaS
15 7 (2.79%) GitHub Copilot
15 7 (2.79%) Power Platform
15 7 (2.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.18%) Internet
2 9 (3.59%) HTTP
3 6 (2.39%) 3GPP
4 4 (1.59%) RTCP
4 4 (1.59%) RTP
4 4 (1.59%) XCAP
5 2 (0.80%) Intranet
5 2 (0.80%) 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
1 117 (46.61%) SQL Server
2 33 (13.15%) Oracle Database
3 23 (9.16%) Relational Database
4 17 (6.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 14 (5.58%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (3.98%) NoSQL
7 9 (3.59%) Geospatial Data
8 7 (2.79%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (2.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.59%) DocumentDB
9 4 (1.59%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.59%) MySQL
9 4 (1.59%) Power BI
10 3 (1.20%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.20%) Redis
11 2 (0.80%) ClickHouse
11 2 (0.80%) Db2
11 2 (0.80%) Parquet
11 2 (0.80%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 49 (19.52%) Git
2 23 (9.16%) JIRA
3 20 (7.97%) Visual Studio
4 12 (4.78%) MSI
4 12 (4.78%) NUnit
5 5 (1.99%) GitLab
5 5 (1.99%) MSTest
5 5 (1.99%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.59%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.59%) Jasmine
6 4 (1.59%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.59%) JetBrains Rider
6 4 (1.59%) Karma Test Runner
6 4 (1.59%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (1.59%) Postman
7 3 (1.20%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.20%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.80%) git-flow
8 2 (0.80%) JMeter
8 2 (0.80%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 59 (23.51%) Finance
2 53 (21.12%) Social Skills
3 23 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (9.16%) Banking
4 19 (7.57%) Public Sector
5 4 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (1.59%) Retail
5 4 (1.59%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.20%) Automotive
6 3 (1.20%) Front Office
6 3 (1.20%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.20%) Police
7 2 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (0.80%) Investment Banking
7 2 (0.80%) Marketing
7 2 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.40%) Military
8 1 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 163 (64.94%) Developer
2 65 (25.90%) .NET Developer
3 62 (24.70%) C# Developer
4 34 (13.55%) Architect
5 30 (11.95%) Full-Stack Developer
6 27 (10.76%) Senior
7 26 (10.36%) C# .NET Developer
8 22 (8.76%) Solutions Architect
9 20 (7.97%) Senior Developer
10 18 (7.17%) Azure Developer
10 18 (7.17%) Lead
11 13 (5.18%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
11 13 (5.18%) Software Engineer
12 11 (4.38%) Software Developer
13 10 (3.98%) Azure Engineer
13 10 (3.98%) Senior .NET Developer
14 9 (3.59%) Applications Architect
14 9 (3.59%) Applications Developer
14 9 (3.59%) Microsoft 365 Developer
15 8 (3.19%) .NET Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (100.00%) .NET
2 70 (27.89%) REST
3 67 (26.69%) .NET Core
4 62 (24.70%) Entity Framework
5 56 (22.31%) ASP.NET
6 43 (17.13%) React
7 38 (15.14%) RESTful
8 31 (12.35%) CSS
9 29 (11.55%) HTML
9 29 (11.55%) XML
10 26 (10.36%) AngularJS
11 25 (9.96%) WPF
12 24 (9.56%) ASP.NET Web API
12 24 (9.56%) Web Services
13 23 (9.16%) SOAP
14 17 (6.77%) WinForms
15 15 (5.98%) ASP.NET Core
16 13 (5.18%) ASP.NET MVC
17 12 (4.78%) HTML5
17 12 (4.78%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 45 (17.93%) Cloud Native
2 25 (9.96%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (5.58%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (5.58%) Onboarding
4 13 (5.18%) Legacy Code
5 12 (4.78%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.98%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (3.19%) AI Agents
7 8 (3.19%) Wiki
8 7 (2.79%) PKI
9 5 (1.99%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.99%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (1.99%) LIMS
9 5 (1.99%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.20%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.80%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 66 (26.29%) Windows
2 28 (11.16%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.59%) Linux
4 2 (0.80%) Unix
5 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (55.38%) DevOps
2 109 (43.43%) Agile
3 104 (41.43%) CI/CD
4 55 (21.91%) AI
4 55 (21.91%) OOP
5 48 (19.12%) Scrum
6 47 (18.73%) Full-Stack Development
6 47 (18.73%) Microservices
7 45 (17.93%) Test Automation
8 44 (17.53%) Migration
8 44 (17.53%) SDLC
9 43 (17.13%) Unit Testing
10 40 (15.94%) Software Engineering
11 34 (13.55%) Disaster Recovery
12 31 (12.35%) OO
13 30 (11.95%) Data Analysis
14 29 (11.55%) Problem-Solving
15 28 (11.16%) Deployment Automation
16 27 (10.76%) Root Cause Analysis
16 27 (10.76%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 214 (85.26%) C#
2 104 (41.43%) SQL
3 53 (21.12%) JavaScript
4 41 (16.33%) TypeScript
5 39 (15.54%) PowerShell
5 39 (15.54%) T-SQL
6 36 (14.34%) PL/SQL
7 32 (12.75%) Python
8 20 (7.97%) Bicep
9 14 (5.58%) VBA
10 12 (4.78%) VB
11 11 (4.38%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (2.39%) VB.NET
13 4 (1.59%) Java
14 3 (1.20%) C++
15 2 (0.80%) XAML
15 2 (0.80%) XPath
16 1 (0.40%) CodeQL
16 1 (0.40%) VB6
16 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 66 (26.29%) Security Cleared
2 55 (21.91%) SC Cleared
3 33 (13.15%) Degree
4 6 (2.39%) Azure Certification
4 6 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.59%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.80%) PhD
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 46 (18.33%) QA
2 13 (5.18%) Accessibility
3 12 (4.78%) WCAG
4 10 (3.98%) NCSC
5 5 (1.99%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 5 (1.99%) GMP
5 5 (1.99%) GxP
5 5 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 4 (1.59%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (17.93%) Docker
2 16 (6.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 37 (14.74%) Kubernetes
2 31 (12.35%) Terraform
3 4 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.40%) Istio
Vendors
1 87 (34.66%) Microsoft
2 61 (24.30%) Oracle
3 32 (12.75%) Citrix
4 6 (2.39%) BeyondTrust
4 6 (2.39%) Okta
5 5 (1.99%) OpenText
6 4 (1.59%) OpenLink
6 4 (1.59%) Sitecore
7 3 (1.20%) Google
7 3 (1.20%) IBM
7 3 (1.20%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.80%) Databricks
9 1 (0.40%) BMC
9 1 (0.40%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.40%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.40%) F5
9 1 (0.40%) Remedy
9 1 (0.40%) SAP
9 1 (0.40%) Telerik
9 1 (0.40%) UiPath