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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 543 | 476 | 365 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -67 | -111 | -41 |
| Contract jobs citing ASP.NET | 148 | 89 | 204 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.27% | 0.27% | 0.54% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 1.23% | 1.03% | 2.19% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 96 | 59 | 137 |
| 10th Percentile | £348 | £383 | £290 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £428 | £355 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | -9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £573 | £611 | £606 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £667 | £680 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £460 | £450 | £450 |
| % 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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 12,053 | 8,671 | 9,296 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 21.79% | 26.06% | 24.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,920 | 5,742 | 6,020 |
| 10th Percentile | £375 | £358 | £356 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £513 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.44% | -6.82% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £625 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £725 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | -2.63% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 305 | 189 | 165 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.07 | £30.20 | £25.21 |
| 25th Percentile | £50.00 | £40.75 | £43.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £50.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +30.00% | -23.08% | +10.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.00 | £65.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £90.00 | £72.60 | £74.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.47 | £55.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.67% | -15.38% | +13.04% |
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 Daily Rate Trend
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 16 October 2026.
ASP.NET Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ASP.NET.
ASP.NET Top 14 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 16 October 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 | -87 | 125 | £475 | -5.00% | 161 |
| London | -54 | 75 | £489 | -6.90% | 65 |
| UK excluding London | -71 | 53 | £460 | +2.22% | 99 |
| Work from Home | -61 | 48 | £475 | -5.00% | 91 |
| North of England | -53 | 21 | £448 | +2.87% | 22 |
| Yorkshire | -16 | 20 | £449 | - | 10 |
| South East | -54 | 10 | £426 | -5.28% | 29 |
| South West | -31 | 8 | £475 | +23.78% | 9 |
| Scotland | -24 | 5 | £438 | -23.08% | 6 |
| Midlands | -50 | 5 | £525 | -4.55% | 19 |
| East of England | -26 | 4 | £345 | -31.00% | 10 |
| West Midlands | -43 | 3 | £525 | - | 10 |
| East Midlands | -10 | 2 | £550 | - | 9 |
| North West | -50 | 1 | £340 | -21.84% | 11 |
ASP.NET Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .NET | 100.0% | 148 |
| 2 | ASP.NET Core | 39.9% | 59 |
| 3 | REST | 35.1% | 52 |
| 4 | .NET Framework | 34.5% | 51 |
| 5 | .NET Core | 32.4% | 48 |
| 6 | React | 27.0% | 40 |
| 7 | Entity Framework | 20.9% | 31 |
| 8 | ASP.NET Web API | 20.3% | 30 |
| 8 | HTML | 20.3% | 30 |
| 10 | AngularJS | 18.9% | 28 |
| 11 | RESTful | 18.2% | 27 |
| 12 | CSS | 14.9% | 22 |
| 13 | ASP.NET MVC | 14.2% | 21 |
| 13 | Web Services | 14.2% | 21 |
| 15 | JSON | 11.5% | 17 |
| 16 | Terraform | 10.8% | 16 |
| 16 | XML | 10.8% | 16 |
| 18 | WinForms | 8.1% | 12 |
| 19 | Blazor | 7.4% | 11 |
| 19 | SOAP | 7.4% | 11 |