.NET Framework Contracts

Microsoft .NET Framework
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring .NET Framework skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited .NET Framework over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 302 305
Rank change year-on-year -25 +3 -69
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 205 314 464
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.69% 0.72% 0.84%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.03% 3.42% 3.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 219 364
10th Percentile £378 £325 -
25th Percentile £385 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -8.65% -0.95%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £678
90th Percentile £676 £678 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.69% +5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 10
10th Percentile £22.73 £39.59 £49.50
25th Percentile £24.33 £75.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £80.00 £53.99
Median % change year-on-year -66.25% +48.19% -6.11%
75th Percentile - £85.00 £81.25
90th Percentile - £88.00 £85.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.41 £80.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -70.74% +52.38% -8.70%

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 6,760 9,192 12,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.73% 21.09% 22.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,613 6,307 9,241
10th Percentile £356 £350 £390
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £767 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 272 150
10th Percentile £29.16 £22.50 £34.58
25th Percentile £39.84 £43.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £56.25 £51.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -20.38% +23.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £81.18 £74.44 £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £55.63 £65.00
% change year-on-year +12.36% -14.42% +18.18%

.NET Framework
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing .NET Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing .NET Framework.

Daily rate trend for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Framework over the 6 months to 17 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing .NET Framework.

Hourly rate trend for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Top 14 Contract 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 17 June 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 -14 183 £473 -0.53% 1,959
London -16 134 £458 -8.50% 374
UK excluding London +1 53 £475 +5.56% 1,769
Work from Home -24 47 £494 +2.54% 1,094
North of England -5 15 £400 -11.11% 436
South East +39 14 £475 -9.52% 401
North West +6 11 £406 -14.47% 199
Scotland +7 10 £475 +12.43% 106
Midlands +9 9 £500 +17.65% 306
West Midlands +9 5 £594 +21.90% 172
East of England +20 4 £425 +21.43% 245
East Midlands +10 4 £313 +2.02% 130
Yorkshire +6 4 £263 -34.38% 181
South West +27 3 £600 -7.69% 203

.NET Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (10.73%) IIS
2 3 (1.46%) Confluence
2 3 (1.46%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.46%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.98%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.49%) Apache
4 1 (0.49%) CMS
4 1 (0.49%) MQSeries
4 1 (0.49%) nginx
4 1 (0.49%) SAS
4 1 (0.49%) Tomcat
Applications
1 34 (16.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.98%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.49%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (7.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.46%) Magento
2 3 (1.46%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.98%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.49%) Eikon
4 1 (0.49%) Maximo
4 1 (0.49%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 81 (39.51%) Azure
2 36 (17.56%) AWS
3 29 (14.15%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (11.71%) Serverless
5 21 (10.24%) Azure Functions
6 19 (9.27%) Dynamics 365
6 19 (9.27%) Power Platform
7 15 (7.32%) Azure Logic Apps
7 15 (7.32%) Azure Service Bus
7 15 (7.32%) PowerApps
8 14 (6.83%) Power Automate
9 10 (4.88%) GCP
10 8 (3.90%) Entra ID
11 7 (3.41%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (3.41%) Azure Event Grid
12 6 (2.93%) GitHub
12 6 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (2.93%) SaaS
13 4 (1.95%) PaaS
14 3 (1.46%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.34%) Internet
2 3 (1.46%) DNS
3 2 (0.98%) 3G
3 2 (0.98%) DHCP
3 2 (0.98%) GPRS
3 2 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.98%) LAN
3 2 (0.98%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.98%) WAN
3 2 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.49%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (41.46%) SQL Server
2 37 (18.05%) Oracle Database
3 25 (12.20%) Relational Database
4 16 (7.80%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (6.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (5.85%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (4.39%) NoSQL
8 8 (3.90%) MongoDB
8 8 (3.90%) MySQL
9 6 (2.93%) Power BI
10 5 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.98%) DocumentDB
11 2 (0.98%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.98%) Redis
12 1 (0.49%) Metadata
12 1 (0.49%) Parquet
12 1 (0.49%) Power Query
12 1 (0.49%) Sisense
12 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (13.66%) Git
2 9 (4.39%) JIRA
3 7 (3.41%) Visual Studio
4 6 (2.93%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.93%) NUnit
5 4 (1.95%) GitLab
6 3 (1.46%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.98%) Postman
8 1 (0.49%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.49%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.49%) gulp
8 1 (0.49%) JetBrains Rider
8 1 (0.49%) Moq
8 1 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.49%) ReSharper
8 1 (0.49%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.49%) Selenium
8 1 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.49%) TestNG
8 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 62 (30.24%) Finance
2 48 (23.41%) Social Skills
3 17 (8.29%) Public Sector
4 15 (7.32%) Banking
5 14 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.41%) Front Office
7 6 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.93%) Legal
8 5 (2.44%) Billing
9 3 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.46%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.98%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.98%) Marketing
11 1 (0.49%) Back Office
11 1 (0.49%) Electronics
11 1 (0.49%) French Language
11 1 (0.49%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.49%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 142 (69.27%) Developer
2 86 (41.95%) .NET Developer
3 66 (32.20%) C# Developer
4 41 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
5 37 (18.05%) C# WPF Developer
5 37 (18.05%) WPF Developer
6 24 (11.71%) Architect
7 18 (8.78%) Senior
8 15 (7.32%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (6.83%) Full-Stack Developer
9 14 (6.83%) Senior Developer
10 13 (6.34%) C# WCF Developer
10 13 (6.34%) WCF Developer
11 10 (4.88%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
12 9 (4.39%) Cloud Developer
12 9 (4.39%) Senior C# Developer
13 8 (3.90%) Lead
13 8 (3.90%) React Developer
13 8 (3.90%) Senior .NET Developer
14 7 (3.41%) Angular Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (100.00%) .NET
2 64 (31.22%) Entity Framework
3 44 (21.46%) .NET Core
4 41 (20.00%) WPF
5 40 (19.51%) HTML
6 37 (18.05%) CSS
6 37 (18.05%) WCF
7 34 (16.59%) ASP.NET
8 33 (16.10%) AngularJS
9 32 (15.61%) ASP.NET Web API
10 31 (15.12%) REST
11 28 (13.66%) RESTful
12 26 (12.68%) React
13 17 (8.29%) ASP.NET MVC
14 16 (7.80%) XML
15 15 (7.32%) JSON
15 15 (7.32%) WinForms
16 11 (5.37%) HTML5 Canvas
16 11 (5.37%) Web Services
17 10 (4.88%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.39%) Fixed Income
2 8 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (3.90%) N-Tier
3 7 (3.41%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.46%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.98%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.98%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.98%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (0.98%) Market Risk
6 2 (0.98%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.98%) PKI
7 1 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.49%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.49%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.49%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 49 (23.90%) Windows
2 6 (2.93%) Linux
2 6 (2.93%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.46%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (32.68%) Agile
2 49 (23.90%) DevOps
3 45 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (20.98%) CI/CD
5 35 (17.07%) MVC
6 34 (16.59%) TDD
7 33 (16.10%) Full-Stack Development
8 27 (13.17%) Scrum
9 26 (12.68%) Test Automation
10 24 (11.71%) Web Development
11 23 (11.22%) Design Patterns
12 22 (10.73%) Microservices
12 22 (10.73%) Unit Testing
13 21 (10.24%) CRM
13 21 (10.24%) Software Engineering
14 19 (9.27%) Containerisation
15 18 (8.78%) Data Analysis
15 18 (8.78%) OOP
16 15 (7.32%) API Development
16 15 (7.32%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 167 (81.46%) C#
2 114 (55.61%) SQL
3 58 (28.29%) JavaScript
4 52 (25.37%) PL/SQL
5 38 (18.54%) VB
6 36 (17.56%) VBA
7 25 (12.20%) VB.NET
8 22 (10.73%) T-SQL
9 15 (7.32%) TypeScript
10 11 (5.37%) RPG
10 11 (5.37%) RPG IV
11 7 (3.41%) Python
12 6 (2.93%) F#
13 4 (1.95%) PowerShell
14 3 (1.46%) Java
14 3 (1.46%) PHP
14 3 (1.46%) VB6
15 2 (0.98%) C++
16 1 (0.49%) Korn
16 1 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (8.78%) Degree
2 11 (5.37%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.93%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.44%) MCPD
5 5 (2.44%) MCSD
6 3 (1.46%) PMP
7 2 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.98%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.98%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.98%) PhD
7 2 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.49%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.27%) QA
2 7 (3.41%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.46%) NCSC
4 2 (0.98%) GDPR
4 2 (0.98%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (0.98%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.49%) HL7
System Software
1 29 (14.15%) Docker
2 8 (3.90%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (12.20%) Kubernetes
2 15 (7.32%) Terraform
3 2 (0.98%) SCOM
4 1 (0.49%) Ansible
4 1 (0.49%) MIIS
Vendors
1 64 (31.22%) Microsoft
2 51 (24.88%) Oracle
3 13 (6.34%) Citrix
4 5 (2.44%) TIBCO
4 5 (2.44%) VMware
5 4 (1.95%) IBM
5 4 (1.95%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.95%) Solace
6 2 (0.98%) Cisco
6 2 (0.98%) Dynatrace
6 2 (0.98%) Google
6 2 (0.98%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.98%) SAP
7 1 (0.49%) Cognizant
7 1 (0.49%) ForgeRock
7 1 (0.49%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (0.49%) Murex
7 1 (0.49%) Pardot
7 1 (0.49%) Reuters
7 1 (0.49%) Splunk