ASP.NET Contract Job Trends

Microsoft ASP.NET
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ASP.NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 511 428 351
Rank change year-on-year -83 -77 -8
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET 151 125 249
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.39% 0.58%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.46% 1.71% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 98 187
10th Percentile £358 £399 £313
25th Percentile £424 £463 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £558 £483
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +15.70% -8.10%
75th Percentile £600 £775 £619
90th Percentile £693 £825 £702
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £405
% change year-on-year - +17.28% -14.74%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

ASP.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 10,322 7,330 9,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.52% 22.59% 21.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,766 4,948 6,332
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £761 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 159 280
10th Percentile £30.00 £29.21 £22.73
25th Percentile £50.00 £38.52 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.00 £55.63
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% +0.67% -14.42%
75th Percentile £74.26 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.20 £74.04
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -6.72%

ASP.NET
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ASP.NET job vacancy trend in the UK

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ASP.NET over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ASP.NET in the UK

ASP.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

ASP.NET
Top 13 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASP.NET within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 -83 124 £500 -20.00% 207
UK excluding London -59 69 £475 - 169
London -67 62 £540 -22.93% 57
Work from Home -53 51 £525 - 179
North of England -64 16 £450 -16.28% 44
Yorkshire -38 15 £450 - 14
South East -56 15 £475 +2.70% 58
East of England -14 12 £600 +20.00% 25
Scotland -3 9 £368 -24.62% 2
South West -27 9 £500 +30.29% 13
Midlands -54 8 £525 +67.73% 19
West Midlands -59 8 £525 -19.23% 13
North West -54 1 £450 -16.28% 23

ASP.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 15 (9.93%) SharePoint
2 14 (9.27%) IIS
3 13 (8.61%) CMS
4 8 (5.30%) Confluence
4 8 (5.30%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (2.65%) Umbraco
6 2 (1.32%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 7 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.66%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.66%) OpenText MBPM
1 1 (0.66%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (0.66%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 86 (56.95%) Azure
2 35 (23.18%) AWS
3 31 (20.53%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (13.91%) GitHub
5 13 (8.61%) Power Platform
6 10 (6.62%) Azure AKS
6 10 (6.62%) Serverless
7 9 (5.96%) Entra ID
7 9 (5.96%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (5.30%) Azure Functions
9 7 (4.64%) Azure Key Vault
9 7 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (4.64%) Power Automate
9 7 (4.64%) PowerApps
10 6 (3.97%) Azure App Service
10 6 (3.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 6 (3.97%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (3.31%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (3.31%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.97%) Intranet
2 5 (3.31%) HTTP
3 4 (2.65%) 3GPP
3 4 (2.65%) RTCP
3 4 (2.65%) RTP
3 4 (2.65%) XCAP
4 2 (1.32%) DHCP
4 2 (1.32%) DNS
4 2 (1.32%) Internet
4 2 (1.32%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.66%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (49.67%) SQL Server
2 17 (11.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 15 (9.93%) NoSQL
4 12 (7.95%) Relational Database
5 10 (6.62%) MS Access
6 7 (4.64%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (4.64%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (3.97%) MongoDB
7 6 (3.97%) Power BI
8 5 (3.31%) Redis
9 4 (2.65%) EDRMS
9 4 (2.65%) Metadata
10 3 (1.99%) DocumentDB
11 2 (1.32%) ClickHouse
11 2 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (1.32%) GIS
11 2 (1.32%) Oracle Database
11 2 (1.32%) RDBMS
11 2 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (1.32%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (17.88%) Git
2 16 (10.60%) Jenkins
3 13 (8.61%) Visual Studio
4 11 (7.28%) JIRA
5 8 (5.30%) Bitbucket
5 8 (5.30%) NUnit
5 8 (5.30%) TeamCity
6 7 (4.64%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (3.31%) GitLab
8 4 (2.65%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (2.65%) webpack
9 3 (1.99%) git-flow
9 3 (1.99%) MSBuild
9 3 (1.99%) MSTest
9 3 (1.99%) Postman
9 3 (1.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (1.32%) Artifactory
10 2 (1.32%) Jasmine
10 2 (1.32%) JMeter
10 2 (1.32%) Moq
General
1 40 (26.49%) Social Skills
2 27 (17.88%) Finance
3 18 (11.92%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.26%) Banking
5 16 (10.60%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.65%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.99%) Front Office
7 3 (1.99%) Retail
8 2 (1.32%) Automotive
8 2 (1.32%) Back Office
8 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.32%) Police
9 1 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.66%) Law
9 1 (0.66%) Legal
9 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.66%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 102 (67.55%) Developer
2 53 (35.10%) .NET Developer
3 28 (18.54%) C# Developer
4 20 (13.25%) Senior
5 19 (12.58%) C# .NET Developer
6 17 (11.26%) Full-Stack Developer
7 14 (9.27%) Software Developer
8 13 (8.61%) Senior Developer
9 12 (7.95%) Lead
10 11 (7.28%) Architect
11 7 (4.64%) ASP.NET Developer
11 7 (4.64%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
12 6 (3.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 6 (3.97%) React Developer
12 6 (3.97%) Senior .NET Developer
12 6 (3.97%) Software Engineer
12 6 (3.97%) Technical Architect
12 6 (3.97%) Technical Leader
13 5 (3.31%) C# ASP.NET Developer
13 5 (3.31%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (100.00%) .NET
2 66 (43.71%) ASP.NET Core
3 55 (36.42%) .NET Framework
4 51 (33.77%) React
5 43 (28.48%) HTML
6 42 (27.81%) .NET Core
7 37 (24.50%) CSS
8 36 (23.84%) REST
9 35 (23.18%) Entity Framework
10 34 (22.52%) ASP.NET Web API
10 34 (22.52%) RESTful
11 26 (17.22%) AngularJS
12 20 (13.25%) Node.js
12 20 (13.25%) XML
13 18 (11.92%) ASP.NET MVC
14 17 (11.26%) JSON
15 14 (9.27%) jQuery
16 13 (8.61%) WCF
16 13 (8.61%) Web Services
17 11 (7.28%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.58%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (7.95%) Cloud Native
3 11 (7.28%) Product Ownership
4 10 (6.62%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (4.64%) Legacy Code
6 6 (3.97%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (3.97%) Replication
7 5 (3.31%) AI Agents
7 5 (3.31%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.32%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (1.32%) Fixed Income
9 2 (1.32%) Media Streaming
9 2 (1.32%) NHS
9 2 (1.32%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.32%) PKI
10 1 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.66%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.60%) Windows
2 6 (3.97%) Linux
3 3 (1.99%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (49.67%) CI/CD
2 72 (47.68%) DevOps
3 71 (47.02%) Agile
4 35 (23.18%) Microservices
5 33 (21.85%) Full-Stack Development
6 28 (18.54%) MVC
6 28 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (18.54%) Test Automation
7 23 (15.23%) Scrum
7 23 (15.23%) User Experience
8 20 (13.25%) Software Engineering
9 19 (12.58%) Front End Development
9 19 (12.58%) SOLID
10 18 (11.92%) Code Quality
11 17 (11.26%) Containerisation
11 17 (11.26%) Unit Testing
12 16 (10.60%) Migration
13 15 (9.93%) Infrastructure as Code
13 15 (9.93%) Refactoring
13 15 (9.93%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 137 (90.73%) C#
2 67 (44.37%) SQL
3 47 (31.13%) JavaScript
4 27 (17.88%) TypeScript
5 21 (13.91%) PL/SQL
5 21 (13.91%) T-SQL
6 16 (10.60%) Python
7 10 (6.62%) VB.NET
8 9 (5.96%) PowerShell
8 9 (5.96%) VBA
9 8 (5.30%) XPath
10 7 (4.64%) Bicep
10 7 (4.64%) VBScript
11 5 (3.31%) Java
12 2 (1.32%) Bash
12 2 (1.32%) Ruby
13 1 (0.66%) C++
13 1 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 31 (20.53%) Security Cleared
2 21 (13.91%) SC Cleared
3 12 (7.95%) Degree
4 9 (5.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.65%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.32%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.66%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (16.56%) QA
2 11 (7.28%) Accessibility
3 7 (4.64%) WCAG
4 2 (1.32%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.66%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.66%) GDPR
5 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 46 (30.46%) Docker
2 7 (4.64%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (18.54%) Kubernetes
2 21 (13.91%) Terraform
3 5 (3.31%) Ansible
4 2 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (23.84%) Microsoft
2 29 (19.21%) Oracle
3 16 (10.60%) Sitecore
4 5 (3.31%) Google
5 4 (2.65%) Centrify
5 4 (2.65%) CyberArk
6 3 (1.99%) Databricks
7 2 (1.32%) Adobe
7 2 (1.32%) Cisco
7 2 (1.32%) VMware
8 1 (0.66%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.66%) Telerik