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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 534 453 349
Rank change year-on-year -81 -104 -5
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET 145 101 220
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.31% 0.57%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.24% 1.22% 2.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 75 165
10th Percentile £357 £397 £309
25th Percentile £419 £438 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £750 £611
90th Percentile £725 £813 £670
UK excluding London median daily rate £455 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +1.11% -7.69% +2.63%

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 11,719 8,295 9,480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.80% 25.36% 24.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,711 5,600 6,428
10th Percentile £375 £354 £356
25th Percentile £431 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £635 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £504 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +6.00% -5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 183 200
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.35 £25.27
25th Percentile £45.00 £41.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -14.77% -1.83%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.80 £77.96 £74.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +22.73% -15.38% +8.33%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 -67 122 £475 -14.26% 339
London -81 70 £535 -19.25% 161
UK excluding London -67 57 £455 +1.11% 195
Work from Home -48 48 £475 -5.00% 198
Yorkshire -29 18 £449 - 14
North of England -54 18 £449 -8.88% 58
South East -48 16 £426 -5.28% 57
South West -24 8 £500 +30.29% 13
Scotland -10 6 £438 -11.39% 8
Midlands -46 5 £525 +67.73% 29
East of England -16 4 £345 -31.00% 30
West Midlands -52 3 £500 - 12
East Midlands -17 2 £550 +75.72% 17

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 (10.34%) SharePoint
2 14 (9.66%) IIS
3 8 (5.52%) Confluence
4 7 (4.83%) CMS
5 3 (2.07%) Umbraco
6 2 (1.38%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.69%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.69%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.69%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 7 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.38%) OpenText MBPM
2 2 (1.38%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (1.38%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.69%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 79 (54.48%) Azure
2 31 (21.38%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (20.69%) AWS
4 15 (10.34%) GitHub
5 13 (8.97%) Power Platform
6 9 (6.21%) Azure AKS
7 8 (5.52%) Serverless
8 7 (4.83%) Azure Functions
8 7 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (4.83%) Power Automate
8 7 (4.83%) PowerApps
9 6 (4.14%) Azure App Service
9 6 (4.14%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (4.14%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (4.14%) Entra ID
10 5 (3.45%) Azure API Management
10 5 (3.45%) Azure Key Vault
10 5 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (2.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (2.76%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.14%) Intranet
2 2 (1.38%) DHCP
2 2 (1.38%) DNS
2 2 (1.38%) Internet
2 2 (1.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (55.17%) SQL Server
2 18 (12.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (6.90%) MS Access
4 9 (6.21%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (5.52%) Relational Database
6 6 (4.14%) NoSQL
6 6 (4.14%) Power BI
7 5 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (3.45%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.76%) DocumentDB
8 4 (2.76%) EDRMS
8 4 (2.76%) Metadata
8 4 (2.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (2.07%) Oracle Database
9 3 (2.07%) Redis
10 2 (1.38%) ClickHouse
10 2 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.38%) Db2
10 2 (1.38%) RDBMS
10 2 (1.38%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (24.14%) Git
2 20 (13.79%) Jenkins
3 12 (8.28%) JIRA
3 12 (8.28%) Visual Studio
4 9 (6.21%) Bitbucket
4 9 (6.21%) TeamCity
5 7 (4.83%) GitLab
5 7 (4.83%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (4.14%) NUnit
7 5 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (2.07%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (1.38%) Artifactory
9 2 (1.38%) git-flow
9 2 (1.38%) JMeter
9 2 (1.38%) MSBuild
9 2 (1.38%) Vite
9 2 (1.38%) webpack
10 1 (0.69%) Moq
10 1 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.69%) Postman
General
1 48 (33.10%) Social Skills
2 30 (20.69%) Finance
3 23 (15.86%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (15.17%) Banking
5 12 (8.28%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.52%) Front Office
6 8 (5.52%) Investment Banking
7 4 (2.76%) Back Office
8 3 (2.07%) Local Government
9 2 (1.38%) Automotive
9 2 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.38%) Retail
10 1 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.69%) Law
10 1 (0.69%) Legal
10 1 (0.69%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 101 (69.66%) Developer
2 60 (41.38%) .NET Developer
3 25 (17.24%) C# Developer
4 24 (16.55%) Senior
5 18 (12.41%) Senior Developer
6 16 (11.03%) C# .NET Developer
6 16 (11.03%) Lead
7 15 (10.34%) Full-Stack Developer
8 13 (8.97%) Senior .NET Developer
9 12 (8.28%) Software Developer
10 11 (7.59%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
11 10 (6.90%) Technical Leader
12 8 (5.52%) ASP.NET Developer
12 8 (5.52%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 7 (4.83%) Lead Developer
13 7 (4.83%) SQL Developer
14 6 (4.14%) Architect
15 5 (3.45%) C# ASP.NET Developer
15 5 (3.45%) Lead Software Developer
15 5 (3.45%) SQL Server Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (100.00%) .NET
2 60 (41.38%) ASP.NET Core
3 47 (32.41%) .NET Framework
4 43 (29.66%) REST
5 40 (27.59%) .NET Core
5 40 (27.59%) React
6 29 (20.00%) Entity Framework
7 28 (19.31%) ASP.NET Web API
7 28 (19.31%) HTML
7 28 (19.31%) RESTful
8 25 (17.24%) AngularJS
9 22 (15.17%) CSS
10 21 (14.48%) Web Services
11 20 (13.79%) Terraform
12 19 (13.10%) ASP.NET MVC
13 16 (11.03%) JSON
14 14 (9.66%) XML
15 11 (7.59%) WinForms
16 10 (6.90%) Blazor
16 10 (6.90%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.48%) Enterprise Software
2 17 (11.72%) Cloud Native
3 12 (8.28%) Product Ownership
4 10 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (4.83%) Legacy Applications
5 7 (4.83%) Legacy Code
6 6 (4.14%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (4.14%) Replication
7 5 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.07%) AI Agents
8 3 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (2.07%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.38%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.38%) Life Science
9 2 (1.38%) NHS
9 2 (1.38%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.38%) PKI
9 2 (1.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.10%) Windows
2 8 (5.52%) Linux
3 4 (2.76%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (45.52%) CI/CD
1 66 (45.52%) DevOps
2 60 (41.38%) Agile
3 33 (22.76%) Full-Stack Development
4 31 (21.38%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (18.62%) Test Automation
6 26 (17.93%) Microservices
7 25 (17.24%) MVC
8 21 (14.48%) Code Quality
9 18 (12.41%) API Development
9 18 (12.41%) Migration
9 18 (12.41%) User Experience
10 17 (11.72%) Front End Development
11 16 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (11.03%) SOLID
12 15 (10.34%) AI
12 15 (10.34%) Refactoring
13 14 (9.66%) Scrum
13 14 (9.66%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (9.66%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 126 (86.90%) C#
2 67 (46.21%) SQL
3 48 (33.10%) JavaScript
4 28 (19.31%) TypeScript
5 23 (15.86%) T-SQL
6 21 (14.48%) PL/SQL
7 15 (10.34%) Python
8 10 (6.90%) VB.NET
9 9 (6.21%) VBA
10 8 (5.52%) PowerShell
10 8 (5.52%) XPath
11 7 (4.83%) VBScript
12 5 (3.45%) Bicep
13 3 (2.07%) Bash
14 2 (1.38%) C++
14 2 (1.38%) Java
15 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.69%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.69%) R
15 1 (0.69%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 23 (15.86%) Security Cleared
2 17 (11.72%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.28%) Degree
4 7 (4.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.76%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.69%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.69%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.69%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (14.48%) QA
2 8 (5.52%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.14%) WCAG
4 2 (1.38%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 34 (23.45%) Docker
2 11 (7.59%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (17.24%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.52%) Ansible
3 2 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (33.79%) Microsoft
2 28 (19.31%) Oracle
3 6 (4.14%) Centrify
3 6 (4.14%) CyberArk
3 6 (4.14%) Sitecore
4 3 (2.07%) Databricks
4 3 (2.07%) IBM
5 2 (1.38%) Aprimo
5 2 (1.38%) Cisco
5 2 (1.38%) OneTrust
5 2 (1.38%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.38%) Optimizely
5 2 (1.38%) VMware
6 1 (0.69%) Telerik