.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 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 385 284 273
Rank change year-on-year -101 -11 -60
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 203 309 419
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.84% 0.89%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.51% 3.90% 3.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 221 315
10th Percentile £379 £325 £378
25th Percentile £400 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.68% +1.90% -6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £493 £475
% change year-on-year -6.09% +3.68% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 13
10th Percentile £55.45 £16.38 -
25th Percentile £63.63 £16.99 £50.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £17.99 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +272.43% -74.30% +9.99%
75th Percentile - £19.00 -
90th Percentile - £19.60 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.00 £17.99 £70.00
% change year-on-year +272.43% -74.30% +13.82%

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 8,083 7,920 10,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.89% 21.65% 22.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,370 5,006 7,501
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £656
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 115 190
10th Percentile £30.13 £22.00 £35.59
25th Percentile £42.50 £36.13 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.47%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.38 £74.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.00 £65.00 £54.56
% change year-on-year -3.08% +19.13% -16.06%

.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 16 November 2025.

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 16 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Top 15 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 16 November 2025. 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 -91 181 £470 -14.55% 273
London -66 110 £463 -19.57% 88
UK excluding London -53 67 £463 -6.09% 202
Work from Home -40 60 £500 -1.67% 192
East of England -12 18 £500 +72.41% 18
Midlands -33 15 £488 -14.02% 24
South East -3 14 £400 -23.81% 50
North of England -47 12 £463 -6.57% 69
East Midlands - 10 £575 - 8
North West -30 6 £435 -8.42% 49
Yorkshire -43 6 £475 -15.82% 18
West Midlands -33 5 £406 -28.35% 16
Wales +8 3 £519 - 14
South West -2 3 - - 23
Scotland -12 2 £463 +7.81% 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 16 (7.88%) IIS
2 9 (4.43%) CMS
3 8 (3.94%) Confluence
4 7 (3.45%) Umbraco
5 5 (2.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (2.46%) Headless CMS
5 5 (2.46%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (1.97%) SharePoint
7 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.99%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.49%) Appian
9 1 (0.49%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.49%) Camunda
9 1 (0.49%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.49%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 25 (12.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (5.91%) Aladdin
2 5 (2.46%) Fidessa
3 4 (1.97%) thinkFolio
4 3 (1.48%) Bloomberg AIM
4 3 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.99%) OpenText MBPM
5 2 (0.99%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.49%) Eikon
6 1 (0.49%) Maximo
6 1 (0.49%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 79 (38.92%) Azure
2 36 (17.73%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (9.36%) GitHub
4 18 (8.87%) AWS
5 16 (7.88%) Serverless
6 13 (6.40%) Power Platform
7 12 (5.91%) Azure Service Bus
8 9 (4.43%) Azure Functions
8 9 (4.43%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (4.43%) npm
9 8 (3.94%) Azure Logic Apps
9 8 (3.94%) Entra ID
9 8 (3.94%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (3.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 7 (3.45%) Kontent
11 5 (2.46%) Azure Key Vault
11 5 (2.46%) Contentful
11 5 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (2.46%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.40%) Internet
2 2 (0.99%) HTTP
2 2 (0.99%) SSL
3 1 (0.49%) DNS
3 1 (0.49%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (46.31%) SQL Server
2 29 (14.29%) Oracle Database
3 8 (3.94%) Power BI
3 8 (3.94%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.99%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.99%) MySQL
5 2 (0.99%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.49%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.49%) DataStage
6 1 (0.49%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.49%) GIS
6 1 (0.49%) Metadata
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.49%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.49%) Redis
6 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (15.76%) Git
2 26 (12.81%) JIRA
3 16 (7.88%) Visual Studio
4 15 (7.39%) SpecFlow
5 11 (5.42%) Artifactory
6 9 (4.43%) GitLab
7 8 (3.94%) Postman
8 7 (3.45%) Cypress.io
9 6 (2.96%) Jenkins
10 4 (1.97%) MSTest
10 4 (1.97%) Selenium
11 3 (1.48%) NUnit
12 2 (0.99%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.99%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.99%) JMeter
13 1 (0.49%) AppVeyor
13 1 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 1 (0.49%) SonarQube
13 1 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
13 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 70 (34.48%) Finance
2 59 (29.06%) Social Skills
3 25 (12.32%) Public Sector
4 20 (9.85%) Banking
5 17 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.94%) Front Office
6 8 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.46%) Investment Banking
7 5 (2.46%) Legal
8 4 (1.97%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.48%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.99%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.99%) Retail
11 1 (0.49%) Billing
11 1 (0.49%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.49%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.49%) Military
11 1 (0.49%) Police
11 1 (0.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 140 (68.97%) Developer
2 62 (30.54%) C# Developer
3 60 (29.56%) .NET Developer
4 31 (15.27%) C# .NET Developer
5 25 (12.32%) C# WPF Developer
5 25 (12.32%) Senior
5 25 (12.32%) WPF Developer
6 24 (11.82%) Angular Developer
6 24 (11.82%) Full-Stack Developer
7 21 (10.34%) Senior Developer
8 16 (7.88%) Software Engineer
9 13 (6.40%) Architect
10 11 (5.42%) Senior .NET Developer
11 10 (4.93%) C# WCF Developer
11 10 (4.93%) WCF Developer
12 9 (4.43%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
12 9 (4.43%) Lead
13 8 (3.94%) Full-Stack C# Developer
14 7 (3.45%) CMS Developer
14 7 (3.45%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 203 (100.00%) .NET
2 65 (32.02%) Entity Framework
3 55 (27.09%) AngularJS
4 47 (23.15%) RESTful
5 45 (22.17%) REST
6 43 (21.18%) ASP.NET
7 41 (20.20%) .NET Core
8 40 (19.70%) CSS
8 40 (19.70%) HTML
9 38 (18.72%) React
10 33 (16.26%) WPF
11 23 (11.33%) NHibernate
12 21 (10.34%) Playwright
13 17 (8.37%) Vue
14 16 (7.88%) ASP.NET MVC
14 16 (7.88%) SOAP
15 14 (6.90%) WinForms
16 12 (5.91%) WCF
17 11 (5.42%) Node.js
17 11 (5.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.90%) Distributed Systems
1 14 (6.90%) Mobile App
2 13 (6.40%) Product Ownership
3 11 (5.42%) Algorithms
3 11 (5.42%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.93%) Fixed Income
4 10 (4.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (4.93%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (4.43%) Data Structures
5 9 (4.43%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (3.45%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.96%) Hedge funds
7 6 (2.96%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.46%) Market Risk
9 4 (1.97%) Credit Risk
9 4 (1.97%) Derivative
10 3 (1.48%) N-Tier
10 3 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.99%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 42 (20.69%) Windows
2 10 (4.93%) Linux
3 3 (1.48%) Android
3 3 (1.48%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.99%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.49%) AIX
5 1 (0.49%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (40.39%) Agile
2 72 (35.47%) DevOps
3 69 (33.99%) CI/CD
4 59 (29.06%) Microservices
5 53 (26.11%) Full-Stack Development
6 48 (23.65%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (17.73%) Software Engineering
8 32 (15.76%) MVC
9 31 (15.27%) OOP
10 29 (14.29%) Design Patterns
11 27 (13.30%) Clean Code
12 26 (12.81%) Containerisation
12 26 (12.81%) Scrum
12 26 (12.81%) Unit Testing
13 25 (12.32%) TDD
14 23 (11.33%) SDLC
14 23 (11.33%) Test Automation
15 22 (10.84%) API Development
16 18 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
16 18 (8.87%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 172 (84.73%) C#
2 100 (49.26%) SQL
3 62 (30.54%) JavaScript
4 35 (17.24%) PL/SQL
5 25 (12.32%) VBA
6 24 (11.82%) VB
7 23 (11.33%) T-SQL
8 21 (10.34%) VB.NET
9 19 (9.36%) TypeScript
10 9 (4.43%) C++
10 9 (4.43%) PowerShell
11 8 (3.94%) Python
12 5 (2.46%) Java
13 3 (1.48%) Bicep
13 3 (1.48%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.99%) Bash
14 2 (0.99%) PHP
15 1 (0.49%) C
15 1 (0.49%) Swift
15 1 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (9.36%) Degree
2 18 (8.87%) Security Cleared
3 12 (5.91%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.96%) Azure Certification
4 6 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.48%) PMP
6 2 (0.99%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.32%) QA
2 13 (6.40%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.96%) WCAG
4 5 (2.46%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.46%) MiFID
5 1 (0.49%) EMIR
5 1 (0.49%) GDPR
5 1 (0.49%) NCSC
5 1 (0.49%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (15.76%) Docker
2 5 (2.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (7.88%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.45%) Terraform
3 2 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (26.60%) Microsoft
2 49 (24.14%) Oracle
3 14 (6.90%) Citrix
4 8 (3.94%) Sitecore
5 5 (2.46%) Adobe
6 4 (1.97%) Bloomberg
6 4 (1.97%) Murex
6 4 (1.97%) Portware
7 3 (1.48%) FactSet
7 3 (1.48%) Marketo
7 3 (1.48%) OneTrust
8 2 (0.99%) Databricks
8 2 (0.99%) GoldenSource
8 2 (0.99%) Okta
8 2 (0.99%) OpenText
9 1 (0.49%) Apple
9 1 (0.49%) Google
9 1 (0.49%) Reuters
9 1 (0.49%) Telerik
9 1 (0.49%) VMware