.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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 284 273
Rank change year-on-year -109 -11 -59
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 190 307 401
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.85% 0.88%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.36% 3.92% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 223 299
10th Percentile £385 £326 £374
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.21% +1.90% -8.70%
75th Percentile £579 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £735 £703
UK excluding London median daily rate £455 £495 £463
% change year-on-year -8.08% +7.03% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 13
10th Percentile £55.45 - -
25th Percentile £63.63 - £50.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £20.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +235.00% -71.43% +6.40%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.00 £20.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +235.00% -71.43% -

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 8,062 7,822 10,128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.56% 21.74% 22.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,353 4,928 7,215
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £720 £777 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 116 184
10th Percentile £30.23 £22.00 £32.90
25th Percentile £43.00 £37.88 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.50 £65.00 £54.53
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% +19.20% -13.44%
75th Percentile £65.06 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.85 £74.22 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.75 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -0.38% +23.81% -19.23%

.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 1 December 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 1 December 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 1 December 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 -111 169 £466 -15.23% 149
London -53 109 £456 -20.65% 28
Work from Home -59 61 £500 -2.91% 107
UK excluding London -76 55 £455 -8.08% 134
East of England -10 16 £500 +72.41% 9
Midlands -38 13 £550 -3.00% 20
South East -14 12 £390 -25.71% 38
East Midlands - 8 £600 - 11
North of England -59 7 £463 -6.57% 46
West Midlands -36 5 £406 -28.35% 8
Yorkshire -45 4 £475 -15.82% 9
Wales -1 3 £519 - 6
South West -7 3 - - 14
North West -30 3 £435 -8.42% 33
Scotland -3 1 £455 +1.11% 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 15 (7.89%) IIS
2 8 (4.21%) CMS
2 8 (4.21%) Confluence
3 6 (3.16%) Umbraco
4 5 (2.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 5 (2.63%) Headless CMS
4 5 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.63%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.63%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (1.05%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.53%) Appian
6 1 (0.53%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.53%) Camunda
6 1 (0.53%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (11.58%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (6.32%) Aladdin
2 5 (2.63%) Fidessa
3 4 (2.11%) thinkFolio
4 3 (1.58%) Bloomberg AIM
4 3 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (1.05%) OpenText MBPM
5 2 (1.05%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.53%) Eikon
6 1 (0.53%) Maximo
6 1 (0.53%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 72 (37.89%) Azure
2 36 (18.95%) Azure DevOps
3 21 (11.05%) GitHub
4 16 (8.42%) AWS
5 14 (7.37%) Azure Service Bus
5 14 (7.37%) Serverless
6 12 (6.32%) Power Platform
7 11 (5.79%) Azure Monitor
7 11 (5.79%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (5.26%) Entra ID
9 9 (4.74%) npm
10 8 (4.21%) Azure Key Vault
11 7 (3.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 7 (3.68%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (3.68%) Kontent
11 7 (3.68%) PaaS
12 6 (3.16%) Azure App Service
12 6 (3.16%) Azure Functions
13 5 (2.63%) Contentful
13 5 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.32%) Internet
2 2 (1.05%) HTTP
2 2 (1.05%) SSL
3 1 (0.53%) DNS
3 1 (0.53%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (47.37%) SQL Server
2 28 (14.74%) Oracle Database
3 8 (4.21%) Power BI
4 7 (3.68%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.58%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.05%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.53%) DataStage
7 1 (0.53%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.53%) GIS
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database 12c
7 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.53%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.53%) Redis
7 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 31 (16.32%) Git
2 25 (13.16%) JIRA
3 17 (8.95%) Visual Studio
4 14 (7.37%) SpecFlow
5 11 (5.79%) Artifactory
6 9 (4.74%) GitLab
7 8 (4.21%) Jenkins
8 7 (3.68%) Postman
9 6 (3.16%) Cypress.io
10 4 (2.11%) MSTest
11 3 (1.58%) NUnit
11 3 (1.58%) Selenium
12 2 (1.05%) Bitbucket
12 2 (1.05%) Cucumber
12 2 (1.05%) JMeter
13 1 (0.53%) AppVeyor
13 1 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
13 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
13 1 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
13 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 67 (35.26%) Finance
2 52 (27.37%) Social Skills
3 25 (13.16%) Public Sector
4 22 (11.58%) Banking
5 12 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.68%) Front Office
6 7 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.16%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.63%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.11%) Legal
10 2 (1.05%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.05%) Retail
11 1 (0.53%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.53%) Billing
11 1 (0.53%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.53%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.53%) Law
11 1 (0.53%) Police
Job Titles
1 133 (70.00%) Developer
2 62 (32.63%) C# Developer
3 59 (31.05%) .NET Developer
4 32 (16.84%) C# .NET Developer
5 26 (13.68%) Senior
6 23 (12.11%) Full-Stack Developer
7 22 (11.58%) Angular Developer
7 22 (11.58%) Senior Developer
8 20 (10.53%) C# WPF Developer
8 20 (10.53%) WPF Developer
9 17 (8.95%) Software Engineer
10 12 (6.32%) Architect
10 12 (6.32%) Senior .NET Developer
11 10 (5.26%) Lead
12 9 (4.74%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
13 8 (4.21%) C# WCF Developer
13 8 (4.21%) Full-Stack C# Developer
13 8 (4.21%) WCF Developer
14 7 (3.68%) CMS Developer
14 7 (3.68%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (100.00%) .NET
2 60 (31.58%) Entity Framework
3 53 (27.89%) AngularJS
4 43 (22.63%) REST
4 43 (22.63%) RESTful
5 40 (21.05%) .NET Core
6 38 (20.00%) ASP.NET
6 38 (20.00%) React
7 34 (17.89%) HTML
8 33 (17.37%) CSS
9 30 (15.79%) WPF
10 21 (11.05%) NHibernate
11 19 (10.00%) Playwright
12 18 (9.47%) ASP.NET MVC
13 17 (8.95%) SOAP
13 17 (8.95%) Vue
14 15 (7.89%) WinForms
15 12 (6.32%) Web Services
16 11 (5.79%) ASP.NET Web API
16 11 (5.79%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.37%) Distributed Systems
1 14 (7.37%) Mobile App
2 13 (6.84%) Product Ownership
3 12 (6.32%) Cloud Native
4 11 (5.79%) Algorithms
5 10 (5.26%) Fixed Income
5 10 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (4.74%) Data Structures
6 9 (4.74%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (3.68%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.68%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.16%) Hedge funds
9 4 (2.11%) Credit Risk
9 4 (2.11%) Derivative
9 4 (2.11%) Market Risk
10 3 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 41 (21.58%) Windows
2 9 (4.74%) Linux
3 7 (3.68%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.58%) Android
5 2 (1.05%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.53%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (40.53%) Agile
2 71 (37.37%) DevOps
3 69 (36.32%) CI/CD
4 56 (29.47%) Microservices
5 49 (25.79%) Full-Stack Development
6 37 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (18.42%) Software Engineering
8 32 (16.84%) MVC
9 30 (15.79%) OOP
10 27 (14.21%) Containerisation
10 27 (14.21%) Design Patterns
11 26 (13.68%) Unit Testing
12 23 (12.11%) Clean Code
12 23 (12.11%) TDD
12 23 (12.11%) Test Automation
13 21 (11.05%) Scrum
13 21 (11.05%) SDLC
14 20 (10.53%) API Development
15 17 (8.95%) Data Analysis
16 16 (8.42%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 165 (86.84%) C#
2 90 (47.37%) SQL
3 55 (28.95%) JavaScript
4 34 (17.89%) PL/SQL
5 24 (12.63%) T-SQL
6 21 (11.05%) VB
6 21 (11.05%) VBA
7 18 (9.47%) TypeScript
8 15 (7.89%) VB.NET
9 11 (5.79%) PowerShell
10 9 (4.74%) C++
11 8 (4.21%) Python
12 5 (2.63%) Java
12 5 (2.63%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (1.58%) Bicep
14 2 (1.05%) Bash
14 2 (1.05%) PHP
15 1 (0.53%) C
15 1 (0.53%) Objective-C
15 1 (0.53%) Swift
Qualifications
1 20 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 19 (10.00%) Degree
3 14 (7.37%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.16%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.05%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (15.26%) QA
2 14 (7.37%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.16%) WCAG
4 5 (2.63%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.63%) MiFID
5 1 (0.53%) EMIR
5 1 (0.53%) GDPR
5 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (17.37%) Docker
2 5 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (8.95%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.16%) Terraform
3 2 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (28.42%) Microsoft
2 47 (24.74%) Oracle
3 17 (8.95%) Citrix
4 8 (4.21%) Sitecore
5 5 (2.63%) Adobe
6 4 (2.11%) Bloomberg
6 4 (2.11%) Murex
6 4 (2.11%) Portware
7 3 (1.58%) FactSet
7 3 (1.58%) Marketo
7 3 (1.58%) OneTrust
8 2 (1.05%) Databricks
8 2 (1.05%) GoldenSource
8 2 (1.05%) Okta
8 2 (1.05%) OpenText
9 1 (0.53%) Apple
9 1 (0.53%) Google
9 1 (0.53%) Reuters
9 1 (0.53%) Telerik
9 1 (0.53%) Xamarin