.NET Contracts

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 50 50
Rank change year-on-year -31 0 -11
Contract jobs citing .NET 945 1,633 2,409
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.97% 3.77% 4.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.07% 17.56% 18.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 702 1,224 1,858
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £404 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £638 £695
90th Percentile £813 £738 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 19 18
10th Percentile £24.33 £20.62 £34.20
25th Percentile £27.00 £24.18 £46.25
Median hourly rate £28.13 £58.91 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.25% +17.81% -
75th Percentile £56.06 £64.38 £71.88
90th Percentile £71.10 £85.00 £85.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.25 £58.91 £50.00
% change year-on-year -50.34% +17.81% -5.66%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

.NET 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 7,230 9,297 12,893
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.70% 21.47% 22.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,889 6,373 9,354
10th Percentile £350 £350 £388
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £638 £653 £675
90th Percentile £763 £788 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 283 161
10th Percentile £28.60 £22.55 £30.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £43.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -15.38% +23.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.30 £74.35 £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £58.30 £62.50
% change year-on-year +7.20% -6.72% +13.64%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for .NET in the UK

.NET
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for .NET in the UK

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in the UK

.NET
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for .NET in the UK

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing .NET over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET in the UK

.NET
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the UK over the 6 months to 6 July 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 -33 820 £513 -4.65% 1,745
London -25 546 £563 -2.17% 595
Work from Home -30 334 £525 +5.00% 1,077
UK excluding London -29 295 £475 +5.56% 1,259
South East +14 71 £475 -5.00% 319
North of England -31 69 £475 +6.74% 443
Midlands +6 55 £490 +5.95% 183
North West -18 39 £425 -4.49% 253
West Midlands +2 35 £508 +5.45% 94
Scotland -13 31 £475 +11.76% 54
South West -14 31 £375 -36.44% 99
Yorkshire -3 30 £475 +8.94% 136
East of England +18 25 £481 +1.32% 118
East Midlands -5 19 £456 +7.35% 87
Wales -4 13 £501 +43.00% 43
Northern Ireland - 2 £325 - 22

.NET
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 28 (2.96%) IIS
2 25 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.90%) Confluence
4 14 (1.48%) Apache
5 10 (1.06%) WebLogic
5 10 (1.06%) WebSphere
6 9 (0.95%) Umbraco
7 8 (0.85%) GemFire
7 8 (0.85%) Oracle Coherence
7 8 (0.85%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.63%) BizTalk Server
9 5 (0.53%) CMS
9 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.53%) nginx
10 4 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.32%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.21%) Appian
12 2 (0.21%) Camunda
13 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 48 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.21%) Trello
4 1 (0.11%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 38 (4.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.85%) OpenText MBPM
2 8 (0.85%) Oracle BPM
3 7 (0.74%) Aladdin
3 7 (0.74%) Endur
4 5 (0.53%) Fidessa
5 4 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.42%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.32%) Infor CloudSuite
6 3 (0.32%) Magento
6 3 (0.32%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.21%) Bloomberg AIM
7 2 (0.21%) thinkFolio
8 1 (0.11%) Eikon
8 1 (0.11%) FastStats
8 1 (0.11%) Maximo
8 1 (0.11%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.11%) Orchestrade
8 1 (0.11%) RMDS
8 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 442 (46.77%) Azure
2 187 (19.79%) AWS
3 166 (17.57%) Azure DevOps
4 88 (9.31%) Power Platform
5 76 (8.04%) Serverless
6 59 (6.24%) Dynamics 365
7 50 (5.29%) PowerApps
8 49 (5.19%) Azure Service Bus
9 44 (4.66%) Azure Functions
10 43 (4.55%) Azure Logic Apps
10 43 (4.55%) Power Automate
11 42 (4.44%) GCP
12 36 (3.81%) GitHub
12 36 (3.81%) SaaS
13 34 (3.60%) Entra ID
14 25 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
15 23 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
16 22 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
17 21 (2.22%) PaaS
18 20 (2.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.80%) DNS
2 15 (1.59%) Firewall
2 15 (1.59%) HTTP
3 12 (1.27%) Internet
4 11 (1.16%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.85%) FTP
6 7 (0.74%) SMTP
6 7 (0.74%) SSL
7 4 (0.42%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.21%) 3G
8 2 (0.21%) DHCP
8 2 (0.21%) GPRS
8 2 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.21%) LAN
8 2 (0.21%) WAN
8 2 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.11%) Network Security
9 1 (0.11%) Skype
9 1 (0.11%) VSAN
9 1 (0.11%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (23.17%) SQL Server
2 61 (6.46%) Relational Database
3 50 (5.29%) NoSQL
4 45 (4.76%) MongoDB
5 41 (4.34%) Oracle Database
6 34 (3.60%) Power BI
6 34 (3.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 31 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 30 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
9 27 (2.86%) MySQL
10 14 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.85%) Big Data
12 7 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.63%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.63%) Redis
14 5 (0.53%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.42%) DocumentDB
15 4 (0.42%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.42%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 91 (9.63%) Git
2 67 (7.09%) JIRA
3 40 (4.23%) Jenkins
4 25 (2.65%) Visual Studio
5 24 (2.54%) Selenium
6 23 (2.43%) NUnit
7 20 (2.12%) Bitbucket
8 18 (1.90%) TeamCity
9 16 (1.69%) Cypress.io
9 16 (1.69%) Postman
10 12 (1.27%) SpecFlow
11 9 (0.95%) MSTest
11 9 (0.95%) SonarQube
12 8 (0.85%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.85%) GitLab
12 8 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
13 7 (0.74%) Ant
14 6 (0.63%) JUnit
14 6 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
15 5 (0.53%) Babel
General
1 273 (28.89%) Social Skills
2 245 (25.93%) Finance
3 118 (12.49%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (11.53%) Banking
5 98 (10.37%) Public Sector
6 76 (8.04%) Front Office
7 50 (5.29%) Investment Banking
8 21 (2.22%) Manufacturing
8 21 (2.22%) Marketing
9 19 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (1.90%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.80%) Legal
12 16 (1.69%) Electronics
13 13 (1.38%) Retail
14 12 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.95%) Back Office
17 7 (0.74%) Billing
17 7 (0.74%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 578 (61.16%) Developer
2 243 (25.71%) .NET Developer
3 178 (18.84%) C# Developer
4 129 (13.65%) Senior
5 99 (10.48%) C# .NET Developer
6 94 (9.95%) Senior Developer
7 87 (9.21%) Architect
8 72 (7.62%) Full-Stack Developer
9 65 (6.88%) Software Engineer
10 64 (6.77%) Lead
11 47 (4.97%) Senior .NET Developer
12 45 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
13 42 (4.44%) Azure Developer
14 39 (4.13%) WPF Developer
15 38 (4.02%) C# WPF Developer
16 36 (3.81%) Azure Engineer
17 30 (3.17%) Lead Developer
17 30 (3.17%) Senior C# Developer
18 28 (2.96%) Applications Developer
19 27 (2.86%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 217 (22.96%) .NET Framework
2 180 (19.05%) .NET Core
3 152 (16.08%) React
4 141 (14.92%) HTML
5 140 (14.81%) AngularJS
6 121 (12.80%) ASP.NET
7 120 (12.70%) CSS
8 89 (9.42%) REST
9 85 (8.99%) RESTful
10 72 (7.62%) Entity Framework
11 67 (7.09%) ASP.NET Web API
12 65 (6.88%) WPF
13 63 (6.67%) Web Services
14 55 (5.82%) WCF
15 52 (5.50%) Node.js
16 42 (4.44%) JSON
17 37 (3.92%) XML
18 34 (3.60%) Kafka
19 33 (3.49%) ASP.NET Core
20 31 (3.28%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 51 (5.40%) Product Ownership
2 47 (4.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 31 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
4 30 (3.17%) Cloud Native
5 29 (3.07%) Greenfield Project
6 25 (2.65%) Mobile App
7 20 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (2.01%) Legacy Applications
9 18 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
10 17 (1.80%) Fixed Income
10 17 (1.80%) Onboarding
11 14 (1.48%) Derivative
12 13 (1.38%) Low-Code
13 12 (1.27%) Management Information System
13 12 (1.27%) N-Tier
14 10 (1.06%) PKI
14 10 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (0.95%) NHS
15 9 (0.95%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 102 (10.79%) Windows
2 25 (2.65%) Linux
3 20 (2.12%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.95%) Unix
5 8 (0.85%) Android
5 8 (0.85%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.53%) AIX
7 3 (0.32%) CentOS
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
8 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (36.61%) DevOps
2 332 (35.13%) Agile
3 243 (25.71%) CI/CD
4 181 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
5 167 (17.67%) Microservices
6 155 (16.40%) Full-Stack Development
7 141 (14.92%) Software Engineering
8 123 (13.02%) Test Automation
9 104 (11.01%) Scrum
10 97 (10.26%) TDD
11 82 (8.68%) Containerisation
11 82 (8.68%) OO
12 76 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
13 75 (7.94%) API Development
14 70 (7.41%) SDLC
15 69 (7.30%) Infrastructure as Code
16 67 (7.09%) Design Patterns
16 67 (7.09%) User Experience
17 65 (6.88%) Computer Science
18 63 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 662 (70.05%) C#
2 365 (38.62%) SQL
3 268 (28.36%) JavaScript
4 148 (15.66%) Java
5 141 (14.92%) Python
6 111 (11.75%) TypeScript
7 73 (7.72%) PowerShell
8 57 (6.03%) PL/SQL
9 46 (4.87%) C++
10 43 (4.55%) VBA
11 42 (4.44%) T-SQL
12 40 (4.23%) VB
13 35 (3.70%) PHP
13 35 (3.70%) VB.NET
14 26 (2.75%) Bicep
15 20 (2.12%) Ruby
16 16 (1.69%) Bash
17 14 (1.48%) C
18 12 (1.27%) RPG
19 11 (1.16%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 81 (8.57%) Degree
2 76 (8.04%) Security Cleared
3 53 (5.61%) SC Cleared
4 31 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.33%) Azure Certification
6 17 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.27%) DV Cleared
8 12 (1.27%) Numerate Degree
9 8 (0.85%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.53%) MCPD
10 5 (0.53%) MCSD
11 4 (0.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.42%) CEH
11 4 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.42%) CISSP
11 4 (0.42%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.42%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (8.25%) QA
2 35 (3.70%) Accessibility
3 9 (0.95%) GDPR
3 9 (0.95%) MiFID
4 8 (0.85%) EMIR
5 5 (0.53%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.53%) NCSC
5 5 (0.53%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.42%) COBIT
6 4 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.42%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.32%) WCAG
8 2 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.21%) HL7
8 2 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.11%) DICOM
9 1 (0.11%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 116 (12.28%) Docker
2 44 (4.66%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.85%) GridGain
4 6 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.32%) vCloud
5 3 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.32%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (0.32%) vSphere
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 134 (14.18%) Kubernetes
2 76 (8.04%) Terraform
3 20 (2.12%) Ansible
4 15 (1.59%) Grafana
5 11 (1.16%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.85%) Kibana
8 4 (0.42%) Puppet
9 3 (0.32%) Control-M
9 3 (0.32%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.32%) SCOM
9 3 (0.32%) WMI
10 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.21%) MIIS
11 1 (0.11%) CA Wily
11 1 (0.11%) Istio
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.11%) OPNET
Vendors
1 221 (23.39%) Microsoft
2 138 (14.60%) Oracle
3 39 (4.13%) ServiceNow
4 25 (2.65%) SAP
5 24 (2.54%) Google
6 20 (2.12%) Databricks
7 16 (1.69%) Citrix
8 15 (1.59%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.38%) Dynatrace
10 12 (1.27%) UiPath
10 12 (1.27%) VMware
11 9 (0.95%) Bloomberg
11 9 (0.95%) IBM
11 9 (0.95%) Splunk
11 9 (0.95%) Virgin Media
12 8 (0.85%) AppDynamics
12 8 (0.85%) OutSystems
13 7 (0.74%) OpenAI
13 7 (0.74%) OpenLink
13 7 (0.74%) Solace