Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for .NET skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited .NET over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 45 35
Rank change year-on-year -8 -10 +1
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,557 2,819 5,354
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.59% 4.77% 6.03%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 17.38% 20.53% 22.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,177 2,186 4,194
10th Percentile £325 £387 £382
25th Percentile £413 £438 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £560 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +4.19% +13.16%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £674
90th Percentile £725 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £485 £470
% change year-on-year -7.22% +3.19% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 22 54
10th Percentile £20.77 £30.60 £20.25
25th Percentile £25.19 £45.88 £35.00
Median hourly rate £58.91 £60.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +23.08% +14.71%
75th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £59.38
90th Percentile £85.00 £87.25 £63.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.91 £55.00 £48.50
% change year-on-year +7.10% +13.40% +13.45%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

.NET is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,956 13,731 24,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.64% 23.25% 27.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,224 10,014 17,633
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 153 241
10th Percentile £21.25 £31.60 £22.50
25th Percentile £40.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.65% +10.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.44 £81.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year -25.78% +29.29% +10.00%

.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 May 2024.

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 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET in the UK

.NET
Top 17 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 May 2024. 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 -6 1,362 £538 -6.52% 1,403
London +3 920 £575 -10.16% 465
Work from Home -6 613 £500 -9.09% 1,136
UK excluding London -32 459 £450 -7.22% 1,034
North of England -35 109 £423 -11.05% 317
South East -40 104 £500 -2.91% 179
South West +18 91 £553 +1.84% 115
North West -30 66 £445 -6.32% 190
Midlands -29 59 £445 +4.71% 224
Scotland -35 41 £394 -17.11% 81
West Midlands -15 39 £481 -3.75% 131
East of England +1 37 £475 - 68
Yorkshire -13 35 £400 -17.53% 96
East Midlands -23 20 £410 +2.50% 93
Wales -13 19 £425 -20.93% 41
North East +11 8 £278 -41.58% 33
Northern Ireland +4 4 - - 21

.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 52 (3.34%) IIS
2 48 (3.08%) CMS
3 43 (2.76%) SharePoint
4 36 (2.31%) Confluence
5 32 (2.06%) Umbraco
6 13 (0.83%) BizTalk Server
7 10 (0.64%) Apache
8 6 (0.39%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.39%) NServiceBus
8 6 (0.39%) WordPress
9 5 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.32%) Drupal
9 5 (0.32%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.26%) EPiServer
10 4 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.26%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.19%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.19%) Kentico
11 3 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 39 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.13%) Sketch
6 1 (0.064%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.064%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.064%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.064%) InVision
6 1 (0.064%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 41 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.90%) Endur
3 8 (0.51%) NEC Housing
4 6 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.26%) Magento
6 3 (0.19%) Maximo
7 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.13%) SAP GTS
7 2 (0.13%) Shopify
8 1 (0.064%) Aareon QL
8 1 (0.064%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.064%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.064%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.064%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.064%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.064%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.064%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 779 (50.03%) Azure
2 355 (22.80%) Azure DevOps
3 230 (14.77%) AWS
4 115 (7.39%) Azure Service Bus
5 94 (6.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 87 (5.59%) Serverless
7 80 (5.14%) Power Platform
8 78 (5.01%) Entra ID
9 58 (3.73%) Azure Functions
9 58 (3.73%) Dynamics 365
10 54 (3.47%) Azure Monitor
10 54 (3.47%) GCP
11 49 (3.15%) PaaS
12 46 (2.95%) Azure Logic Apps
13 44 (2.83%) PowerApps
14 37 (2.38%) Power Automate
15 33 (2.12%) GitHub
16 31 (1.99%) Azure API Management
17 29 (1.86%) AWS Lambda
17 29 (1.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.35%) Internet
2 19 (1.22%) DNS
3 16 (1.03%) TCP/IP
4 14 (0.90%) HTTP
5 13 (0.83%) VPN
6 12 (0.77%) Network Security
7 9 (0.58%) FTP
8 8 (0.51%) Firewall
9 6 (0.39%) DHCP
10 5 (0.32%) Intranet
10 5 (0.32%) SSL
11 4 (0.26%) SSH
11 4 (0.26%) WAN
11 4 (0.26%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.19%) BIG-IP
12 3 (0.19%) LAN
12 3 (0.19%) SAN
12 3 (0.19%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (0.19%) Wireless
13 2 (0.13%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 437 (28.07%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.30%) NoSQL
3 51 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 48 (3.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 46 (2.95%) Relational Database
6 38 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
7 37 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 33 (2.12%) Power BI
9 32 (2.06%) MySQL
10 30 (1.93%) Oracle Database
11 28 (1.80%) MongoDB
12 23 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
12 23 (1.48%) Redis
13 18 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
14 16 (1.03%) Data Lake
15 13 (0.83%) DynamoDB
16 11 (0.71%) Big Data
17 9 (0.58%) GIS
18 8 (0.51%) DB2
19 7 (0.45%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 186 (11.95%) Git
2 90 (5.78%) Visual Studio
3 76 (4.88%) Jenkins
4 63 (4.05%) TeamCity
5 62 (3.98%) SpecFlow
6 61 (3.92%) JIRA
7 57 (3.66%) Selenium
8 45 (2.89%) NUnit
9 34 (2.18%) Bitbucket
10 31 (1.99%) Cucumber
11 30 (1.93%) Postman
12 27 (1.73%) WebDriver
13 25 (1.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 20 (1.28%) Moq
15 19 (1.22%) Team Foundation Server
16 16 (1.03%) Cypress.io
17 14 (0.90%) Octopus Deploy
18 13 (0.83%) REST Assured
18 13 (0.83%) SonarQube
18 13 (0.83%) Subversion
General
1 295 (18.95%) Finance
2 272 (17.47%) Social Skills
3 153 (9.83%) Public Sector
4 102 (6.55%) Banking
5 99 (6.36%) Front Office
6 92 (5.91%) Analytical Skills
7 61 (3.92%) Back Office
8 49 (3.15%) Investment Banking
9 32 (2.06%) Local Government
10 21 (1.35%) Manufacturing
10 21 (1.35%) Marketing
11 18 (1.16%) Aerospace
12 17 (1.09%) Retail
13 16 (1.03%) Telecoms
14 15 (0.96%) Law
15 14 (0.90%) Electronics
16 13 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
17 12 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 11 (0.71%) Financial Institution
19 10 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 971 (62.36%) Developer
2 446 (28.64%) .NET Developer
3 256 (16.44%) Senior
4 252 (16.18%) C# Developer
5 169 (10.85%) Senior Developer
6 137 (8.80%) Full Stack Developer
7 127 (8.16%) Software Engineer
8 121 (7.77%) C# .NET Developer
9 104 (6.68%) Architect
9 104 (6.68%) Lead
10 98 (6.29%) Software Developer
11 93 (5.97%) Azure Developer
12 61 (3.92%) .NET Software Engineer
13 60 (3.85%) Full Stack .NET Developer
14 55 (3.53%) Senior .NET Developer
15 51 (3.28%) Azure Engineer
16 50 (3.21%) DevOps Engineer
17 45 (2.89%) Analyst
17 45 (2.89%) React Developer
18 44 (2.83%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 378 (24.28%) .NET Core
2 292 (18.75%) .NET Framework
3 254 (16.31%) ASP.NET
4 233 (14.96%) React
5 213 (13.68%) AngularJS
6 163 (10.47%) CSS
6 163 (10.47%) HTML
7 133 (8.54%) XML
8 113 (7.26%) REST
9 81 (5.20%) Entity Framework
10 78 (5.01%) Web Services
11 75 (4.82%) ASP.NET Core
12 74 (4.75%) RESTful
13 69 (4.43%) Blazor
14 61 (3.92%) WCF
15 60 (3.85%) ASP.NET Web API
16 55 (3.53%) JSON
17 53 (3.40%) Vue
18 47 (3.02%) jQuery
19 46 (2.95%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 89 (5.72%) Product Ownership
2 48 (3.08%) Derivative
3 47 (3.02%) Fixed Income
4 45 (2.89%) Greenfield Project
4 45 (2.89%) Hedge funds
5 41 (2.63%) Equities
6 36 (2.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 32 (2.06%) Cloud Native
8 26 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
9 25 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
10 21 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
10 21 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (1.28%) Mobile App
12 17 (1.09%) Algorithms
13 16 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
14 15 (0.96%) Wiki
15 14 (0.90%) Public Cloud
16 13 (0.83%) Client/Server
16 13 (0.83%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.83%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 118 (7.58%) Windows
2 63 (4.05%) Linux
3 35 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.16%) Android
5 15 (0.96%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.45%) Unix
7 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.26%) VMS
8 3 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.064%) Debian
9 1 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 552 (35.45%) DevOps
2 530 (34.04%) Agile
3 284 (18.24%) CI/CD
4 229 (14.71%) Full Stack Development
5 228 (14.64%) Software Engineering
6 200 (12.85%) Microservices
6 200 (12.85%) TDD
7 185 (11.88%) OO
8 180 (11.56%) Scrum
9 177 (11.37%) Problem-Solving
10 163 (10.47%) MVC
11 151 (9.70%) Test Automation
12 100 (6.42%) Continuous Integration
13 94 (6.04%) SDLC
14 93 (5.97%) Migration
15 90 (5.78%) API Management
15 90 (5.78%) Design Patterns
16 83 (5.33%) SOLID
17 80 (5.14%) Clean Code
18 75 (4.82%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 1,137 (73.03%) C#
2 494 (31.73%) SQL
3 319 (20.49%) JavaScript
4 242 (15.54%) PowerShell
5 137 (8.80%) Python
5 137 (8.80%) TypeScript
6 135 (8.67%) Java
7 102 (6.55%) Bicep
8 72 (4.62%) T-SQL
9 71 (4.56%) PL/SQL
10 60 (3.85%) VB.NET
11 59 (3.79%) C++
12 49 (3.15%) VBA
13 33 (2.12%) VB
14 25 (1.61%) C
15 24 (1.54%) Ruby
16 19 (1.22%) PHP
17 15 (0.96%) Bash
18 14 (0.90%) Go
19 9 (0.58%) Perl
Qualifications
1 150 (9.63%) Security Cleared
2 117 (7.51%) SC Cleared
3 104 (6.68%) Degree
4 35 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.09%) DV Cleared
6 15 (0.96%) Master's Degree
7 14 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (0.64%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.32%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.26%) CISSP
11 4 (0.26%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.19%) HNC
12 3 (0.19%) SANS
13 2 (0.13%) HND
13 2 (0.13%) ISEB
13 2 (0.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (7.32%) QA
2 48 (3.08%) Accessibility
3 25 (1.61%) WCAG
4 9 (0.58%) MiFID
5 8 (0.51%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.39%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.39%) SLA
7 5 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
8 4 (0.26%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.26%) EMIR
8 4 (0.26%) GDPR
8 4 (0.26%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.19%) GRC
9 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.13%) HL7
11 1 (0.064%) DICOM
11 1 (0.064%) HIPAA
System Software
1 139 (8.93%) Active Directory
2 87 (5.59%) Docker
3 18 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.03%) Hyper-V
5 15 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.58%) vSphere
7 4 (0.26%) NFS
8 3 (0.19%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.064%) Firmware
9 1 (0.064%) GridGain
9 1 (0.064%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 82 (5.27%) Kubernetes
2 78 (5.01%) Terraform
3 60 (3.85%) Ansible
4 24 (1.54%) PowerCLI
5 20 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (1.03%) SCOM
7 10 (0.64%) ITRS Geneos
8 9 (0.58%) BladeLogic
8 9 (0.58%) SCCM
9 5 (0.32%) WSUS
10 4 (0.26%) Puppet
11 3 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.19%) Grafana
11 3 (0.19%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.13%) SCOrch
13 1 (0.064%) Kibana
13 1 (0.064%) logstash
13 1 (0.064%) SELinux
13 1 (0.064%) vRealize
Vendors
1 354 (22.74%) Microsoft
2 139 (8.93%) Oracle
3 38 (2.44%) SAP
4 30 (1.93%) Citrix
5 25 (1.61%) Atlassian
6 22 (1.41%) Dell
6 22 (1.41%) HP
7 20 (1.28%) VMware
8 18 (1.16%) Databricks
9 17 (1.09%) MuleSoft
10 15 (0.96%) Salesforce
11 14 (0.90%) OpenLink
12 12 (0.77%) Google
12 12 (0.77%) TIBCO
13 11 (0.71%) F5
13 11 (0.71%) Xamarin
14 9 (0.58%) Altiris
14 9 (0.58%) Dynatrace
15 8 (0.51%) Blue Prism
15 8 (0.51%) NEC