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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 451 335 320
Rank change year-on-year -116 -15 -45
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 185 201 297
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.69% 0.67%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.95% 3.04% 3.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 161 227
10th Percentile £400 - £345
25th Percentile £413 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% -1.05% -13.64%
75th Percentile £550 £554 £597
90th Percentile £625 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £49.15 - -
25th Percentile £53.88 £21.67 -
Median hourly rate £58.00 £23.41 -
Median % change year-on-year +147.76% - -
75th Percentile £60.88 £25.16 -
90th Percentile £63.35 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.00 £23.41 -
% change year-on-year +147.76% - -

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 9,507 6,620 8,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.98% 22.65% 20.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,334 4,527 6,271
10th Percentile £358 £363 £331
25th Percentile £414 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £726 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £496 £500
% change year-on-year +0.81% -0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 98 171
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £20.47
25th Percentile £52.50 £43.13 £31.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +35.79% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.62 £68.75 £62.96
90th Percentile £81.00 £85.43 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

.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 5 April 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 5 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Top 16 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 5 April 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 -125 162 £455 -3.70% 114
London -89 103 £428 -8.06% 32
UK excluding London -76 62 £460 -3.16% 90
Work from Home -41 56 £475 -3.80% 72
Midlands -63 16 £525 +5.00% 15
South West -18 14 £438 -39.66% 12
South East -46 13 £600 +29.73% 21
North of England -72 10 £475 +16.92% 29
West Midlands -56 9 £478 -19.56% 10
East Midlands -29 7 £600 +20.00% 5
Scotland +6 4 £358 -24.63% 5
North West -46 4 £650 +57.58% 14
Yorkshire -55 4 £457 +74.10% 10
East of England - 3 - - 9
Northern Ireland -3 2 - -
North East - 2 £475 - 9

.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 29 (15.68%) IIS
2 18 (9.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (8.65%) SharePoint
4 6 (3.24%) CMS
5 5 (2.70%) Confluence
5 5 (2.70%) Umbraco
6 4 (2.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (2.16%) Headless CMS
6 4 (2.16%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.54%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.54%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 13 (7.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.08%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.54%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.54%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 3 (1.62%) Findur
2 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.54%) Endur
2 1 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 95 (51.35%) Azure
2 52 (28.11%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (16.76%) GitHub
4 29 (15.68%) Azure Monitor
5 26 (14.05%) Azure Service Bus
5 26 (14.05%) GitHub Actions
6 25 (13.51%) AWS
7 22 (11.89%) Azure Key Vault
7 22 (11.89%) Entra ID
8 18 (9.73%) Azure App Service
8 18 (9.73%) PaaS
9 16 (8.65%) Azure WebJobs
9 16 (8.65%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (6.49%) Serverless
11 9 (4.86%) Azure Functions
12 8 (4.32%) Power Platform
13 7 (3.78%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (2.70%) Azure AKS
14 5 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 5 (2.70%) Kontent
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.49%) Internet
2 7 (3.78%) HTTP
3 6 (3.24%) 3GPP
4 4 (2.16%) RTCP
4 4 (2.16%) RTP
4 4 (2.16%) XCAP
5 2 (1.08%) SSL
6 1 (0.54%) Network Security
6 1 (0.54%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (54.59%) SQL Server
2 29 (15.68%) Oracle Database
3 13 (7.03%) Relational Database
4 11 (5.95%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (4.86%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.62%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.62%) Power BI
7 3 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.08%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (1.08%) GIS
8 2 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.54%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.54%) DataStage
9 1 (0.54%) DocumentDB
9 1 (0.54%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (16.22%) Git
2 19 (10.27%) JIRA
2 19 (10.27%) Visual Studio
3 7 (3.78%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.78%) MSTest
3 7 (3.78%) NUnit
3 7 (3.78%) Postman
4 4 (2.16%) Jasmine
4 4 (2.16%) Karma Test Runner
4 4 (2.16%) SpecFlow
5 3 (1.62%) Selenium
6 1 (0.54%) Appium
6 1 (0.54%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.54%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.54%) JMeter
6 1 (0.54%) MSI
6 1 (0.54%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.54%) TestRail
6 1 (0.54%) webpack
General
1 48 (25.95%) Finance
2 38 (20.54%) Social Skills
3 26 (14.05%) Banking
4 17 (9.19%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.70%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.08%) Front Office
7 2 (1.08%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.08%) Police
7 2 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.08%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.54%) Automotive
8 1 (0.54%) Billing
8 1 (0.54%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 136 (73.51%) Developer
2 68 (36.76%) C# Developer
3 47 (25.41%) .NET Developer
4 24 (12.97%) Senior
5 22 (11.89%) Full-Stack Developer
6 19 (10.27%) C# .NET Developer
7 18 (9.73%) Azure Developer
8 17 (9.19%) Senior Developer
9 15 (8.11%) Architect
10 11 (5.95%) Software Engineer
11 10 (5.41%) Azure Engineer
11 10 (5.41%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 10 (5.41%) Senior .NET Developer
11 10 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (4.86%) Applications Developer
13 8 (4.32%) C# Application Developer
13 8 (4.32%) Full-Stack C# Developer
13 8 (4.32%) Site Engineer
13 8 (4.32%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 7 (3.78%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (100.00%) .NET
2 50 (27.03%) .NET Core
3 48 (25.95%) ASP.NET
4 46 (24.86%) React
5 39 (21.08%) REST
6 37 (20.00%) Entity Framework
7 32 (17.30%) RESTful
8 31 (16.76%) CSS
9 27 (14.59%) HTML
10 26 (14.05%) AngularJS
11 21 (11.35%) ASP.NET MVC
11 21 (11.35%) WPF
12 20 (10.81%) Web Services
12 20 (10.81%) WinForms
13 18 (9.73%) Microsoft Graph
13 18 (9.73%) SOAP
14 16 (8.65%) ASP.NET Web API
15 14 (7.57%) ASP.NET Core
16 12 (6.49%) XML
17 10 (5.41%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.27%) Legacy Systems
2 11 (5.95%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.95%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.32%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (4.32%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (3.78%) Legacy Code
4 7 (3.78%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.70%) Credit Risk
5 5 (2.70%) Market Risk
5 5 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.16%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.62%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.08%) Media Streaming
8 2 (1.08%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.54%) Derivative
9 1 (0.54%) Equity Derivative
9 1 (0.54%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 52 (28.11%) Windows
2 26 (14.05%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.54%) Linux
3 1 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (48.11%) DevOps
2 64 (34.59%) CI/CD
3 59 (31.89%) Agile
4 41 (22.16%) Disaster Recovery
5 34 (18.38%) Unit Testing
6 32 (17.30%) AI
6 32 (17.30%) Data Analysis
6 32 (17.30%) Full-Stack Development
7 29 (15.68%) MVC
7 29 (15.68%) OOP
8 27 (14.59%) Test Automation
9 26 (14.05%) Microservices
10 25 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (12.43%) Analytics
12 22 (11.89%) Change Management
13 21 (11.35%) Business Intelligence
13 21 (11.35%) Log Analytics
13 21 (11.35%) Software Engineering
14 20 (10.81%) Observability
15 17 (9.19%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 168 (90.81%) C#
2 92 (49.73%) SQL
3 39 (21.08%) T-SQL
4 38 (20.54%) PL/SQL
5 35 (18.92%) JavaScript
6 31 (16.76%) PowerShell
7 24 (12.97%) TypeScript
8 22 (11.89%) Python
9 16 (8.65%) Kusto Query Language
10 12 (6.49%) VB
10 12 (6.49%) VBA
11 7 (3.78%) Java
12 3 (1.62%) Bicep
13 2 (1.08%) Bash
13 2 (1.08%) PHP
14 1 (0.54%) C++
14 1 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.54%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 38 (20.54%) Security Cleared
2 34 (18.38%) SC Cleared
3 26 (14.05%) Degree
4 8 (4.32%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.08%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.54%) CISSP
7 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.54%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.54%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (27.03%) QA
2 6 (3.24%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.62%) WCAG
4 2 (1.08%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.08%) SLA
5 1 (0.54%) EMIR
5 1 (0.54%) GDPR
5 1 (0.54%) MiFID
System Software
1 27 (14.59%) Docker
2 6 (3.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (9.19%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.49%) Terraform
3 3 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (31.89%) Oracle
2 46 (24.86%) Microsoft
3 33 (17.84%) Citrix
4 9 (4.86%) Sitecore
5 7 (3.78%) Google
6 6 (3.24%) Adobe
7 4 (2.16%) Databricks
8 3 (1.62%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.62%) OpenLink
9 2 (1.08%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.54%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.54%) BMC
10 1 (0.54%) ESRI
10 1 (0.54%) Marketo
10 1 (0.54%) Okta
10 1 (0.54%) OneTrust
10 1 (0.54%) OpenText
10 1 (0.54%) Remedy
10 1 (0.54%) SAP
10 1 (0.54%) Serena