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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 517 439 348
Rank change year-on-year -78 -91 +21
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET 149 113 237
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.34% 0.59%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.45% 1.52% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 90 177
10th Percentile £358 £400 £313
25th Percentile £423 £444 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £558 £488
Median % change year-on-year -11.55% +14.51% -11.36%
75th Percentile £588 £775 £619
90th Percentile £700 £825 £708
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.22% -5.26% -

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 10,290 7,432 8,735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.39% 22.57% 21.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,717 5,022 5,973
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 158 251
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.18 £22.75
25th Percentile £45.00 £38.16 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% -16.00%
75th Percentile £74.63 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.30 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £60.00 £58.30
% change year-on-year +12.50% +2.92% -0.49%

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 26 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 26 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 -83 121 £494 -20.53% 114
London -75 66 £532 -24.00% 40
UK excluding London -66 61 £460 +2.22% 88
Work from Home -45 51 £500 -4.76% 73
North of England -68 16 £450 -16.28% 19
Yorkshire -34 15 £450 - 7
South East -66 15 £475 +5.56% 32
South West -29 9 £500 +30.29% 9
Scotland -9 8 £368 -22.63% 2
East of England -19 7 £600 +20.00% 11
Midlands -47 6 £500 +59.74% 13
West Midlands -48 6 £500 - 7
North West -50 1 £450 -16.28% 8

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 (10.07%) SharePoint
2 14 (9.40%) IIS
3 7 (4.70%) CMS
4 6 (4.03%) Confluence
5 3 (2.01%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (2.01%) Umbraco
6 2 (1.34%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 7 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.67%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.67%) OpenText MBPM
1 1 (0.67%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (0.67%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 84 (56.38%) Azure
2 30 (20.13%) AWS
3 29 (19.46%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (12.08%) GitHub
5 13 (8.72%) Power Platform
6 10 (6.71%) Azure AKS
6 10 (6.71%) Serverless
7 9 (6.04%) Entra ID
8 8 (5.37%) Azure Functions
9 7 (4.70%) Azure App Service
9 7 (4.70%) Azure Key Vault
9 7 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (4.70%) Power Automate
9 7 (4.70%) PowerApps
10 6 (4.03%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (4.03%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (3.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 5 (3.36%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (3.36%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.03%) Intranet
2 5 (3.36%) HTTP
3 4 (2.68%) 3GPP
3 4 (2.68%) RTCP
3 4 (2.68%) RTP
3 4 (2.68%) XCAP
4 2 (1.34%) DHCP
4 2 (1.34%) DNS
4 2 (1.34%) Internet
4 2 (1.34%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.67%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (51.01%) SQL Server
2 16 (10.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (6.71%) MS Access
4 9 (6.04%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (6.04%) NoSQL
5 7 (4.70%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (4.70%) Relational Database
6 6 (4.03%) Power BI
7 5 (3.36%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.68%) DocumentDB
8 4 (2.68%) EDRMS
8 4 (2.68%) Metadata
8 4 (2.68%) Redis
9 2 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.34%) Db2
9 2 (1.34%) GIS
9 2 (1.34%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.34%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.34%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (18.79%) Git
2 15 (10.07%) Jenkins
3 12 (8.05%) Visual Studio
4 9 (6.04%) JIRA
5 8 (5.37%) Bitbucket
5 8 (5.37%) NUnit
5 8 (5.37%) TeamCity
6 7 (4.70%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (3.36%) GitLab
8 4 (2.68%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (2.68%) webpack
9 3 (2.01%) git-flow
9 3 (2.01%) MSBuild
9 3 (2.01%) MSTest
9 3 (2.01%) Postman
9 3 (2.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (1.34%) Jasmine
10 2 (1.34%) JMeter
10 2 (1.34%) Moq
10 2 (1.34%) Vite
General
1 37 (24.83%) Social Skills
2 27 (18.12%) Finance
3 17 (11.41%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (11.41%) Banking
3 17 (11.41%) Public Sector
4 4 (2.68%) Investment Banking
5 3 (2.01%) Front Office
5 3 (2.01%) Retail
6 2 (1.34%) Automotive
6 2 (1.34%) Back Office
6 2 (1.34%) Local Government
6 2 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.34%) Police
7 1 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.67%) Law
7 1 (0.67%) Legal
7 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 103 (69.13%) Developer
2 58 (38.93%) .NET Developer
3 30 (20.13%) C# Developer
4 23 (15.44%) Senior
5 21 (14.09%) C# .NET Developer
6 18 (12.08%) Full-Stack Developer
7 16 (10.74%) Senior Developer
8 14 (9.40%) Lead
8 14 (9.40%) Software Developer
9 11 (7.38%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
10 10 (6.71%) Senior .NET Developer
11 8 (5.37%) ASP.NET Developer
11 8 (5.37%) React Developer
11 8 (5.37%) Technical Leader
12 7 (4.70%) Architect
12 7 (4.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 6 (4.03%) Lead Developer
13 6 (4.03%) Software Engineer
13 6 (4.03%) SQL Developer
14 5 (3.36%) SQL Server Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (100.00%) .NET
2 68 (45.64%) ASP.NET Core
3 56 (37.58%) .NET Framework
4 47 (31.54%) React
5 40 (26.85%) .NET Core
5 40 (26.85%) REST
6 38 (25.50%) Entity Framework
7 36 (24.16%) HTML
8 35 (23.49%) ASP.NET Web API
9 30 (20.13%) CSS
9 30 (20.13%) RESTful
10 22 (14.77%) AngularJS
11 21 (14.09%) XML
12 18 (12.08%) ASP.NET MVC
12 18 (12.08%) JSON
13 16 (10.74%) Web Services
14 15 (10.07%) Node.js
15 13 (8.72%) WCF
16 12 (8.05%) Next.js
17 11 (7.38%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.42%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (7.38%) Cloud Native
3 10 (6.71%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (5.37%) Product Ownership
5 7 (4.70%) Legacy Code
6 6 (4.03%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (4.03%) Replication
7 5 (3.36%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (2.68%) AI Agents
8 4 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.34%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (1.34%) Fixed Income
9 2 (1.34%) Media Streaming
9 2 (1.34%) NHS
9 2 (1.34%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.34%) PKI
10 1 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.67%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.67%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.74%) Windows
2 6 (4.03%) Linux
3 3 (2.01%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (48.99%) CI/CD
2 67 (44.97%) Agile
3 65 (43.62%) DevOps
4 36 (24.16%) Full-Stack Development
5 32 (21.48%) Microservices
6 30 (20.13%) Test Automation
7 28 (18.79%) MVC
8 25 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (13.42%) User Experience
10 19 (12.75%) Front End Development
10 19 (12.75%) Scrum
10 19 (12.75%) Software Engineering
10 19 (12.75%) SOLID
11 18 (12.08%) Code Quality
12 17 (11.41%) API Development
12 17 (11.41%) Unit Testing
13 16 (10.74%) Containerisation
13 16 (10.74%) Migration
14 15 (10.07%) Infrastructure as Code
14 15 (10.07%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 131 (87.92%) C#
2 69 (46.31%) SQL
3 50 (33.56%) JavaScript
4 29 (19.46%) TypeScript
5 21 (14.09%) PL/SQL
5 21 (14.09%) T-SQL
6 15 (10.07%) Python
7 10 (6.71%) VB.NET
8 9 (6.04%) PowerShell
8 9 (6.04%) VBA
9 8 (5.37%) XPath
10 7 (4.70%) Bicep
10 7 (4.70%) VBScript
11 5 (3.36%) Java
12 2 (1.34%) Bash
12 2 (1.34%) Ruby
13 1 (0.67%) C++
13 1 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 28 (18.79%) Security Cleared
2 20 (13.42%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.38%) Degree
4 8 (5.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.68%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.34%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.42%) QA
2 12 (8.05%) Accessibility
3 7 (4.70%) WCAG
4 2 (1.34%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.67%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.67%) GDPR
5 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 46 (30.87%) Docker
2 7 (4.70%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (18.12%) Kubernetes
2 21 (14.09%) Terraform
3 5 (3.36%) Ansible
4 2 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (29.53%) Microsoft
2 30 (20.13%) Oracle
3 10 (6.71%) Sitecore
4 4 (2.68%) Centrify
4 4 (2.68%) CyberArk
5 3 (2.01%) Databricks
5 3 (2.01%) Google
5 3 (2.01%) IBM
6 2 (1.34%) Cisco
6 2 (1.34%) VMware
7 1 (0.67%) Adobe
7 1 (0.67%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.67%) Telerik