.NET Contract Job Trends

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring .NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 82 50
Rank change year-on-year -21 -32 0
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,205 944 1,626
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.33% 2.97% 3.75%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.98% 13.05% 17.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 849 702 1,217
10th Percentile £375 £350 £325
25th Percentile £424 £404 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £813 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 6 19
10th Percentile £38.25 £24.33 £20.62
25th Percentile £45.00 £27.00 £24.18
Median hourly rate £58.00 £28.13 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +106.22% -52.25% +17.81%
75th Percentile £73.46 £56.06 £64.38
90th Percentile £78.38 £71.10 £85.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.00 £29.25 £58.91
% change year-on-year +98.29% -50.34% +17.81%

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 10,057 7,233 9,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.44% 22.78% 21.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,590 4,891 6,377
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -5.09% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £654
90th Percentile £738 £763 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 147 283
10th Percentile £30.00 £28.44 £22.55
25th Percentile £51.25 £35.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.41 £74.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -6.72%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing .NET relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

.NET job vacancy trend in the UK

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing .NET.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing .NET

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET over the 6 months to 5 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in the UK

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing .NET.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing .NET

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing .NET over the 6 months to 5 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET in the UK

.NET
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 within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 -29 1,007 £525 +2.44% 696
London -34 579 £543 -3.56% 232
UK excluding London -17 459 £500 +5.26% 555
Work from Home -22 370 £537 +2.29% 456
North of England -25 119 £500 +5.26% 166
South East -16 115 £515 +8.42% 171
Midlands -45 68 £500 +2.04% 76
Yorkshire -22 62 £500 +5.26% 55
South West +7 61 £450 +20.00% 45
North West -26 55 £500 +17.65% 76
East of England -14 40 £538 +11.82% 59
West Midlands -59 38 £460 -9.36% 41
Scotland -12 32 £450 -5.26% 18
East Midlands -5 29 £525 +15.07% 35
Wales -5 25 £335 -33.07% 11
North East - 2 - - 38

.NET
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 53 (4.40%) SharePoint
2 39 (3.24%) IIS
3 35 (2.90%) Confluence
4 22 (1.83%) CMS
5 18 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (1.08%) Oracle Workflow
7 9 (0.75%) Sitecore CMS
8 7 (0.58%) Appian
9 5 (0.41%) Camunda
9 5 (0.41%) Kentico
9 5 (0.41%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.33%) WordPress
11 3 (0.25%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.25%) Apache Superset
11 3 (0.25%) HCL Notes
11 3 (0.25%) Mendix
12 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.17%) SAS
13 1 (0.083%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 24 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.41%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.33%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.083%) InDesign
5 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 33 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.66%) Findur
3 7 (0.58%) Endur
4 6 (0.50%) OpenText MBPM
4 6 (0.50%) Oracle BPM
5 5 (0.41%) Elite 3E
5 5 (0.41%) Shopify
6 3 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.17%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.083%) Alphatax
8 1 (0.083%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.083%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.083%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.083%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 636 (52.78%) Azure
2 243 (20.17%) Azure DevOps
3 225 (18.67%) AWS
4 146 (12.12%) GitHub
5 129 (10.71%) Power Platform
6 112 (9.29%) Serverless
7 89 (7.39%) Azure Service Bus
8 84 (6.97%) GitHub Actions
9 66 (5.48%) Dynamics 365
9 66 (5.48%) PowerApps
10 59 (4.90%) Power Automate
11 58 (4.81%) Azure Logic Apps
12 55 (4.56%) Azure Functions
13 46 (3.82%) AWS Lambda
13 46 (3.82%) Azure Monitor
13 46 (3.82%) Entra ID
14 42 (3.49%) Azure AKS
14 42 (3.49%) GCP
15 36 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
16 34 (2.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.24%) Internet
2 12 (1.00%) 3GPP
3 10 (0.83%) RTP
4 9 (0.75%) HTTP
5 8 (0.66%) Firewall
5 8 (0.66%) NAS
5 8 (0.66%) SAN
5 8 (0.66%) Wireshark
6 6 (0.50%) Intranet
6 6 (0.50%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.33%) Network Security
7 4 (0.33%) RTCP
7 4 (0.33%) XCAP
8 3 (0.25%) DHCP
8 3 (0.25%) DNS
8 3 (0.25%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.25%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.17%) LAN
9 2 (0.17%) Multicast
9 2 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 272 (22.57%) SQL Server
2 72 (5.98%) Relational Database
3 58 (4.81%) Power BI
4 53 (4.40%) Oracle Database
5 48 (3.98%) NoSQL
6 44 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
7 42 (3.49%) Azure SQL Database
8 22 (1.83%) MongoDB
8 22 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 21 (1.74%) DynamoDB
9 21 (1.74%) MySQL
10 17 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (1.24%) Amazon Aurora
11 15 (1.24%) Metadata
12 13 (1.08%) Redis
13 12 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
14 10 (0.83%) Pinecone
14 10 (0.83%) Weaviate
15 8 (0.66%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 145 (12.03%) Git
2 70 (5.81%) JIRA
3 57 (4.73%) Visual Studio
4 31 (2.57%) Jenkins
5 25 (2.07%) Claude Code
6 22 (1.83%) NUnit
7 21 (1.74%) TeamCity
8 18 (1.49%) MSTest
9 16 (1.33%) GitLab
9 16 (1.33%) Selenium
10 12 (1.00%) SpecFlow
11 11 (0.91%) JMeter
12 10 (0.83%) Cucumber
12 10 (0.83%) MSI
12 10 (0.83%) Postman
13 9 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (0.66%) Gatling
15 7 (0.58%) Bitbucket
15 7 (0.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 7 (0.58%) webpack
General
1 269 (22.32%) Finance
2 256 (21.24%) Social Skills
3 124 (10.29%) Banking
4 107 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
5 94 (7.80%) Public Sector
6 52 (4.32%) Front Office
7 43 (3.57%) Investment Banking
8 21 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (1.41%) Legal
10 16 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (1.16%) Financial Institution
12 11 (0.91%) Retail
13 9 (0.75%) Back Office
13 9 (0.75%) Billing
13 9 (0.75%) Police
13 9 (0.75%) Telecoms
14 8 (0.66%) Manufacturing
14 8 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.50%) Aviation
15 6 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 602 (49.96%) Developer
2 238 (19.75%) .NET Developer
3 195 (16.18%) Senior
4 174 (14.44%) C# Developer
5 135 (11.20%) Architect
6 122 (10.12%) Lead
7 113 (9.38%) Software Engineer
8 103 (8.55%) Senior Developer
9 79 (6.56%) Full-Stack Developer
10 76 (6.31%) Software Developer
10 76 (6.31%) Solutions Architect
11 73 (6.06%) C# .NET Developer
12 60 (4.98%) Azure Developer
13 48 (3.98%) Senior .NET Developer
14 38 (3.15%) .NET Software Developer
15 37 (3.07%) AWS Engineer
16 35 (2.90%) .NET Software Engineer
16 35 (2.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 35 (2.90%) Azure Engineer
16 35 (2.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (19.59%) .NET Framework
2 200 (16.60%) REST
3 196 (16.27%) React
4 156 (12.95%) .NET Core
5 139 (11.54%) ASP.NET
6 138 (11.45%) RESTful
7 120 (9.96%) AngularJS
8 102 (8.46%) HTML
9 89 (7.39%) CSS
10 65 (5.39%) Entity Framework
11 63 (5.23%) ASP.NET Core
12 56 (4.65%) Node.js
13 54 (4.48%) Web Services
14 51 (4.23%) XML
15 43 (3.57%) ASP.NET Web API
16 42 (3.49%) SOAP
17 41 (3.40%) OAuth
18 40 (3.32%) WinForms
18 40 (3.32%) WPF
19 39 (3.24%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 146 (12.12%) Cloud Native
2 75 (6.22%) Legacy Systems
3 64 (5.31%) Product Ownership
4 63 (5.23%) Distributed Systems
5 57 (4.73%) AI Agents
6 49 (4.07%) Enterprise Software
7 30 (2.49%) Onboarding
8 29 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
9 24 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
10 19 (1.58%) Fixed Income
11 17 (1.41%) Legacy Code
12 16 (1.33%) Data Structures
13 15 (1.24%) Derivative
14 14 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 14 (1.16%) Low-Code
15 13 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
16 12 (1.00%) NHS
16 12 (1.00%) Virtual Team
17 10 (0.83%) Autonomous Agent
17 10 (0.83%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 111 (9.21%) Windows
2 40 (3.32%) Linux
3 39 (3.24%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.83%) Unix
5 4 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.33%) VMS
6 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.083%) AIX
7 1 (0.083%) Android
7 1 (0.083%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 504 (41.83%) CI/CD
2 485 (40.25%) DevOps
3 394 (32.70%) Agile
4 234 (19.42%) Microservices
5 209 (17.34%) Software Engineering
6 208 (17.26%) AI
7 177 (14.69%) Full-Stack Development
8 166 (13.78%) Problem-Solving
9 147 (12.20%) Test Automation
10 120 (9.96%) Scrum
11 109 (9.05%) Event-Driven
12 108 (8.96%) Containerisation
13 103 (8.55%) SDLC
14 102 (8.46%) Infrastructure as Code
15 97 (8.05%) Migration
16 87 (7.22%) Unit Testing
17 86 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
18 84 (6.97%) Mentoring
19 80 (6.64%) Continuous Improvement
20 73 (6.06%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 809 (67.14%) C#
2 411 (34.11%) SQL
3 245 (20.33%) Python
4 217 (18.01%) JavaScript
5 138 (11.45%) TypeScript
6 111 (9.21%) Java
7 83 (6.89%) T-SQL
8 68 (5.64%) PL/SQL
9 66 (5.48%) PowerShell
10 43 (3.57%) C++
11 37 (3.07%) Bicep
12 31 (2.57%) VB.NET
13 27 (2.24%) Go
14 21 (1.74%) VBA
15 15 (1.24%) VB
16 14 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
17 12 (1.00%) Bash
18 11 (0.91%) C
18 11 (0.91%) X++
19 8 (0.66%) XPath
Qualifications
1 198 (16.43%) Security Cleared
2 171 (14.19%) SC Cleared
3 103 (8.55%) Degree
4 38 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (1.83%) Azure Certification
7 17 (1.41%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.08%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (0.75%) AWS Certification
11 8 (0.66%) PhD
12 6 (0.50%) CISSP
13 5 (0.41%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.41%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 3 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
16 2 (0.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (9.54%) QA
2 30 (2.49%) Accessibility
3 21 (1.74%) GDPR
4 18 (1.49%) WCAG
5 13 (1.08%) NCSC
6 10 (0.83%) Data Quality
6 10 (0.83%) PCI DSS
7 9 (0.75%) SLA
8 5 (0.41%) ISO 20022
8 5 (0.41%) PSD2
9 4 (0.33%) DICOM
9 4 (0.33%) GRC
9 4 (0.33%) NIST
10 3 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 3 (0.25%) GMP
10 3 (0.25%) GxP
10 3 (0.25%) HL7
10 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 3 (0.25%) SEPA
11 2 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 156 (12.95%) Docker
2 30 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.25%) Firmware
5 2 (0.17%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.083%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 136 (11.29%) Terraform
2 130 (10.79%) Kubernetes
3 26 (2.16%) Ansible
4 13 (1.08%) Grafana
4 13 (1.08%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.50%) Kibana
7 5 (0.41%) Istio
8 3 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.25%) Rancher
9 2 (0.17%) Control-M
9 2 (0.17%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.17%) SCCM
9 2 (0.17%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.083%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.083%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.083%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.083%) linkerd
Vendors
1 272 (22.57%) Microsoft
2 139 (11.54%) Oracle
3 40 (3.32%) Citrix
4 32 (2.66%) OpenAI
5 22 (1.83%) Google
6 21 (1.74%) Databricks
7 20 (1.66%) Sitecore
8 18 (1.49%) ServiceNow
9 10 (0.83%) InterSystems
9 10 (0.83%) Splunk
10 9 (0.75%) Foundry
10 9 (0.75%) OpenLink
10 9 (0.75%) UiPath
10 9 (0.75%) VMware
11 7 (0.58%) SAP
12 6 (0.50%) OpenText
13 5 (0.41%) Intapp
13 5 (0.41%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.41%) Veritas
14 4 (0.33%) Centrify