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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 333 288
Rank change year-on-year -92 -45 +22
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 232 211 339
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.68% 0.78%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.31% 2.99% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 165 237
10th Percentile £400 £379 £325
25th Percentile £415 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year - -2.06% -7.62%
75th Percentile £587 £554 £588
90th Percentile £668 £675 £694
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile £49.08 £22.73 £39.59
25th Percentile £52.50 £24.33 £75.00
Median hourly rate £58.00 £27.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.81% -66.25% +51.03%
75th Percentile £59.50 - £85.00
90th Percentile £62.80 - £88.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.00 £23.41 £80.00
% change year-on-year +147.76% -70.74% +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 10,030 7,048 9,315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.49% 22.76% 21.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,577 4,774 6,384
10th Percentile £363 £352 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £765 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 144 279
10th Percentile £30.00 £27.97 £22.70
25th Percentile £51.25 £37.10 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £74.45 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.71 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -6.72%

.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 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 2 July 2026.

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 2 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 -95 212 £475 - 79
London -84 124 £515 +8.42% 25
UK excluding London -82 89 £450 -5.26% 66
Work from Home -50 56 £478 -4.40% 63
South West -8 28 £438 -27.08% 6
South East -48 24 £525 +10.53% 20
North of England -73 15 £454 +15.30% 20
Midlands -45 13 £463 -7.50% 9
West Midlands -52 11 £463 -22.17% 5
Yorkshire -38 10 £454 +72.95% 3
North West -55 5 £588 +46.88% 11
Scotland -14 4 £358 -24.63% 2
East of England -21 4 £345 -31.00% 5
East Midlands -20 2 £488 +55.75% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 31 (13.36%) IIS
2 19 (8.19%) SharePoint
3 16 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (5.60%) Confluence
5 7 (3.02%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (2.16%) Appian
6 5 (2.16%) Camunda
7 4 (1.72%) CMS
8 3 (1.29%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 15 (6.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.86%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.86%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.43%) InDesign
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.16%) OpenText MBPM
1 5 (2.16%) Oracle BPM
2 4 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.72%) Findur
3 2 (0.86%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.43%) Endur
4 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.43%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 128 (55.17%) Azure
2 62 (26.72%) Azure DevOps
3 41 (17.67%) GitHub
4 27 (11.64%) AWS
5 26 (11.21%) GitHub Actions
6 24 (10.34%) Azure Monitor
7 21 (9.05%) Azure Service Bus
8 18 (7.76%) Azure Key Vault
8 18 (7.76%) Entra ID
9 16 (6.90%) Azure App Service
9 16 (6.90%) PaaS
10 14 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (4.74%) Azure AKS
11 11 (4.74%) Azure WebJobs
12 9 (3.88%) Serverless
13 8 (3.45%) Power Platform
14 6 (2.59%) Azure Functions
14 6 (2.59%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (2.59%) Power Automate
15 5 (2.16%) n8n
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.17%) Internet
2 6 (2.59%) 3GPP
2 6 (2.59%) HTTP
3 4 (1.72%) RTCP
3 4 (1.72%) RTP
3 4 (1.72%) XCAP
4 2 (0.86%) Intranet
4 2 (0.86%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.43%) DHCP
5 1 (0.43%) DNS
5 1 (0.43%) Firewall
5 1 (0.43%) LAN
5 1 (0.43%) SMTP
5 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.43%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (46.98%) SQL Server
2 35 (15.09%) Oracle Database
3 23 (9.91%) Relational Database
4 11 (4.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (4.74%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (3.02%) Geospatial Data
5 7 (3.02%) NoSQL
5 7 (3.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (1.72%) Power BI
7 3 (1.29%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (1.29%) DocumentDB
7 3 (1.29%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.29%) MySQL
8 2 (0.86%) ClickHouse
8 2 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.86%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.86%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.86%) Redis
9 1 (0.43%) GIS
Development Applications
1 35 (15.09%) Git
2 25 (10.78%) JIRA
3 22 (9.48%) Visual Studio
4 12 (5.17%) NUnit
5 10 (4.31%) MSI
6 5 (2.16%) MSTest
7 4 (1.72%) GitLab
7 4 (1.72%) Jasmine
7 4 (1.72%) Jenkins
7 4 (1.72%) Karma Test Runner
7 4 (1.72%) Postman
8 3 (1.29%) SpecFlow
8 3 (1.29%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.86%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.86%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.86%) Fiddler
9 2 (0.86%) git-flow
9 2 (0.86%) JetBrains Rider
9 2 (0.86%) Moq
9 2 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 57 (24.57%) Finance
2 52 (22.41%) Social Skills
3 27 (11.64%) Banking
4 17 (7.33%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.72%) Front Office
6 4 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.72%) Retail
6 4 (1.72%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.29%) Automotive
7 3 (1.29%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.29%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.29%) Police
8 2 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.43%) Military
9 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 157 (67.67%) Developer
2 68 (29.31%) C# Developer
3 57 (24.57%) .NET Developer
4 33 (14.22%) Architect
5 27 (11.64%) Senior
6 24 (10.34%) Full-Stack Developer
7 23 (9.91%) C# .NET Developer
7 23 (9.91%) Solutions Architect
8 20 (8.62%) Senior Developer
9 15 (6.47%) Azure Developer
10 14 (6.03%) Software Engineer
11 12 (5.17%) Lead
12 11 (4.74%) Applications Developer
13 10 (4.31%) Azure Engineer
13 10 (4.31%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 9 (3.88%) Microsoft 365 Developer
14 9 (3.88%) Software Developer
15 8 (3.45%) .NET Software Engineer
15 8 (3.45%) Senior .NET Developer
15 8 (3.45%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 232 (100.00%) .NET
2 61 (26.29%) .NET Core
3 54 (23.28%) Entity Framework
4 52 (22.41%) ASP.NET
5 49 (21.12%) React
6 48 (20.69%) REST
7 38 (16.38%) CSS
8 34 (14.66%) HTML
8 34 (14.66%) RESTful
9 25 (10.78%) AngularJS
10 24 (10.34%) WPF
11 22 (9.48%) ASP.NET Web API
12 19 (8.19%) Web Services
13 17 (7.33%) WinForms
14 16 (6.90%) SOAP
14 16 (6.90%) XML
15 12 (5.17%) ASP.NET Core
16 11 (4.74%) ASP.NET MVC
16 11 (4.74%) HTML5
16 11 (4.74%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 37 (15.95%) Cloud Native
2 29 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (5.60%) Legacy Code
3 13 (5.60%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.31%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.88%) AI Agents
5 9 (3.88%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.45%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.16%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.16%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.72%) Wiki
9 3 (1.29%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.86%) FMCG
10 2 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.86%) Media Streaming
11 1 (0.43%) Derivative
11 1 (0.43%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 61 (26.29%) Windows
2 26 (11.21%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.29%) Linux
3 3 (1.29%) Unix
4 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (56.03%) DevOps
2 104 (44.83%) Agile
3 89 (38.36%) CI/CD
4 54 (23.28%) AI
5 46 (19.83%) OOP
5 46 (19.83%) Unit Testing
6 45 (19.40%) Microservices
7 44 (18.97%) Scrum
8 40 (17.24%) Test Automation
9 39 (16.81%) Full-Stack Development
10 38 (16.38%) Disaster Recovery
11 37 (15.95%) Migration
12 36 (15.52%) Software Engineering
13 33 (14.22%) Data Analysis
13 33 (14.22%) SDLC
14 27 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
15 23 (9.91%) Containerisation
15 23 (9.91%) MVC
15 23 (9.91%) SOLID
16 22 (9.48%) OO
Programming Languages
1 198 (85.34%) C#
2 95 (40.95%) SQL
3 47 (20.26%) JavaScript
4 43 (18.53%) TypeScript
5 41 (17.67%) T-SQL
6 37 (15.95%) PL/SQL
7 32 (13.79%) Python
8 26 (11.21%) PowerShell
9 15 (6.47%) Bicep
10 13 (5.60%) VBA
11 11 (4.74%) Kusto Query Language
11 11 (4.74%) VB
12 6 (2.59%) VB.NET
13 5 (2.16%) Java
14 3 (1.29%) C++
15 2 (0.86%) XAML
15 2 (0.86%) XPath
16 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.43%) VB6
Qualifications
1 54 (23.28%) Security Cleared
2 46 (19.83%) SC Cleared
3 38 (16.38%) Degree
4 5 (2.16%) Azure Certification
4 5 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.72%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.86%) PhD
7 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.43%) CISSP
7 1 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.43%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.43%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.43%) MBA
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (21.98%) QA
2 12 (5.17%) Accessibility
2 12 (5.17%) WCAG
3 8 (3.45%) NCSC
4 1 (0.43%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.43%) GDPR
4 1 (0.43%) GMP
4 1 (0.43%) GxP
4 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (18.53%) Docker
2 2 (0.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 33 (14.22%) Kubernetes
2 25 (10.78%) Terraform
3 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (27.59%) Oracle
2 57 (24.57%) Microsoft
3 34 (14.66%) Citrix
4 6 (2.59%) OpenText
5 5 (2.16%) Google
6 4 (1.72%) OpenLink
6 4 (1.72%) Sitecore
7 2 (0.86%) Adobe
7 2 (0.86%) Databricks
7 2 (0.86%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.43%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.43%) BMC
8 1 (0.43%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.43%) F5
8 1 (0.43%) Okta
8 1 (0.43%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.43%) Remedy
8 1 (0.43%) SAP
8 1 (0.43%) Serena
8 1 (0.43%) UiPath