ASP.NET Contracts

Microsoft ASP.NET
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring ASP.NET skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ASP.NET over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 382 343 304
Rank change year-on-year -39 -39 -63
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET 141 249 512
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.57% 0.86%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.12% 2.78% 3.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 196 375
10th Percentile £410 £307 £361
25th Percentile £500 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £609 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +28.16% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £809 £619 £719
90th Percentile £825 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £405 £475
% change year-on-year +23.46% -14.74% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £36.90
25th Percentile - - £53.13
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
75th Percentile - - £85.00
90th Percentile - - £87.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

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 6,644 8,946 13,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.70% 20.54% 23.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,558 6,207 10,141
10th Percentile £363 £338 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £780 £771 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 233 153
10th Percentile £27.14 £21.25 £31.60
25th Percentile £48.25 £40.00 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.87 £74.89 £80.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £64.00
% change year-on-year +36.84% -25.78% +30.61%

ASP.NET
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ASP.NET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ASP.NET in the UK

ASP.NET
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ASP.NET.

Daily rate trend for ASP.NET in the UK

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ASP.NET over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ASP.NET in the UK

ASP.NET
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ASP.NET.

Hourly rate trend for ASP.NET in the UK

ASP.NET
Top 13 Contract 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 1 May 2025. 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 -38 121 £650 +29.03% 931
London -14 91 £750 +38.57% 134
Work from Home -6 60 £675 +44.23% 553
UK excluding London +24 34 £500 +23.46% 893
South East +23 9 £488 -20.41% 221
Midlands +22 8 £475 +65.22% 184
Scotland +17 7 £500 +42.86% 45
West Midlands +15 7 £563 +114.29% 98
North of England +19 6 £370 -26.00% 205
North West +16 5 £411 -17.85% 97
East of England +29 3 £525 +50.00% 135
North East - 1 £370 - 26
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 11

ASP.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 11 (7.80%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.67%) GemFire
2 8 (5.67%) Oracle Coherence
3 4 (2.84%) Apache
4 3 (2.13%) Umbraco
5 2 (1.42%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (1.42%) CMS
5 2 (1.42%) IIS
5 2 (1.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.71%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.71%) Confluence
6 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.71%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (3.55%) InfoPath
2 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.71%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.42%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.71%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 58 (41.13%) Azure
2 23 (16.31%) AWS
3 18 (12.77%) Serverless
4 15 (10.64%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (7.80%) Entra ID
6 10 (7.09%) Power Platform
7 9 (6.38%) Azure Functions
7 9 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (4.96%) Azure Service Bus
8 7 (4.96%) Power Automate
8 7 (4.96%) PowerApps
9 6 (4.26%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (4.26%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (3.55%) GCP
11 3 (2.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (2.13%) GitHub
11 3 (2.13%) SaaS
12 2 (1.42%) Azure Storage
12 2 (1.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.55%) DNS
2 2 (1.42%) DHCP
2 2 (1.42%) Firewall
2 2 (1.42%) HTTP
2 2 (1.42%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (1.42%) SSL
2 2 (1.42%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.71%) Internet
3 1 (0.71%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (35.46%) SQL Server
2 26 (18.44%) Relational Database
3 16 (11.35%) NoSQL
4 8 (5.67%) Power BI
5 7 (4.96%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (3.55%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (3.55%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (3.55%) MongoDB
6 5 (3.55%) RDBMS
6 5 (3.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (2.84%) Big Data
7 4 (2.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (2.13%) ClickHouse
8 3 (2.13%) Redis
9 2 (1.42%) GIS
9 2 (1.42%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.42%) MSDE
9 2 (1.42%) MySQL
10 1 (0.71%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.71%) DTS
Development Applications
1 29 (20.57%) Git
2 17 (12.06%) Bitbucket
3 9 (6.38%) TeamCity
4 8 (5.67%) NUnit
5 6 (4.26%) Jenkins
5 6 (4.26%) SonarQube
6 5 (3.55%) Visual Studio
7 4 (2.84%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (2.13%) JIRA
8 3 (2.13%) Moq
8 3 (2.13%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (1.42%) Cypress.io
9 2 (1.42%) Postman
9 2 (1.42%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.71%) git-flow
10 1 (0.71%) Subversion
General
1 52 (36.88%) Social Skills
2 46 (32.62%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (24.11%) Finance
4 22 (15.60%) Banking
5 17 (12.06%) Front Office
6 13 (9.22%) Public Sector
7 12 (8.51%) Investment Banking
8 9 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.84%) Law
9 4 (2.84%) Legal
10 1 (0.71%) Aviation
10 1 (0.71%) Back Office
10 1 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.71%) French Language
10 1 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.71%) Police
10 1 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Retail
10 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 101 (71.63%) Developer
2 45 (31.91%) C# Developer
3 41 (29.08%) .NET Developer
4 35 (24.82%) Senior
5 29 (20.57%) Senior Developer
6 22 (15.60%) C++ Developer
6 22 (15.60%) C++/C# Developer
7 17 (12.06%) C# .NET Developer
8 16 (11.35%) Full-Stack Developer
8 16 (11.35%) Lead
9 12 (8.51%) Architect
9 12 (8.51%) Lead Developer
10 11 (7.80%) Senior .NET Developer
11 10 (7.09%) Senior C# Developer
11 10 (7.09%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (6.38%) Lead .NET Developer
13 8 (5.67%) Java Developer
13 8 (5.67%) Oracle Developer
13 8 (5.67%) Senior Java Developer
13 8 (5.67%) Senior Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (100.00%) .NET
2 58 (41.13%) .NET Core
3 43 (30.50%) HTML
4 39 (27.66%) CSS
5 37 (26.24%) .NET Framework
5 37 (26.24%) ASP.NET Core
6 36 (25.53%) Web Services
7 31 (21.99%) Kafka
8 30 (21.28%) AngularJS
8 30 (21.28%) ASP.NET MVC
9 28 (19.86%) WCF
10 24 (17.02%) ASP.NET Web API
10 24 (17.02%) React
10 24 (17.02%) RESTful
11 23 (16.31%) Entity Framework
12 22 (15.60%) Node.js
13 14 (9.93%) REST
14 11 (7.80%) HTML5
14 11 (7.80%) OAuth
15 9 (6.38%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 33 (23.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 18 (12.77%) Legacy Applications
3 12 (8.51%) Product Ownership
4 9 (6.38%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (6.38%) N-Tier
5 7 (4.96%) Market Risk
6 5 (3.55%) Algorithms
6 5 (3.55%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.55%) Enterprise Cloud
6 5 (3.55%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.84%) PKI
7 4 (2.84%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.13%) NHS
9 2 (1.42%) Clustering
9 2 (1.42%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.42%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.42%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.71%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.06%) Windows
2 8 (5.67%) Linux
3 7 (4.96%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.13%) CentOS
4 3 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.71%) Android
5 1 (0.71%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.71%) SUSE
5 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (53.19%) DevOps
2 62 (43.97%) Agile
3 42 (29.79%) MVC
4 39 (27.66%) Full-Stack Development
5 31 (21.99%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (20.57%) CI/CD
6 29 (20.57%) Scrum
7 26 (18.44%) Analytics
7 26 (18.44%) Microservices
8 24 (17.02%) OOP
9 23 (16.31%) OO
9 23 (16.31%) Software Engineering
10 17 (12.06%) Containerisation
11 16 (11.35%) Clean Code
11 16 (11.35%) SOA
11 16 (11.35%) TDD
11 16 (11.35%) Web Development
12 14 (9.93%) CRM
12 14 (9.93%) User Experience
13 13 (9.22%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 124 (87.94%) C#
2 57 (40.43%) SQL
3 56 (39.72%) JavaScript
4 29 (20.57%) C++
5 21 (14.89%) Java
6 19 (13.48%) TypeScript
7 15 (10.64%) Python
8 13 (9.22%) T-SQL
9 7 (4.96%) Ruby
10 5 (3.55%) PowerShell
10 5 (3.55%) Shell Script
11 3 (2.13%) VB
12 1 (0.71%) Bicep
12 1 (0.71%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.71%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (12.77%) Degree
2 12 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 11 (7.80%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.67%) Numerate Degree
5 6 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (3.55%) MCPD
6 5 (3.55%) MCSD
7 2 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.71%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.71%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.22%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.26%) QA
3 4 (2.84%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (1.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.71%) EMIR
5 1 (0.71%) GDPR
5 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.71%) MiFID
5 1 (0.71%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (15.60%) Docker
2 15 (10.64%) Active Directory
3 8 (5.67%) GridGain
4 6 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (2.84%) vSphere
6 3 (2.13%) vCloud
6 3 (2.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 25 (17.73%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.96%) Terraform
3 4 (2.84%) Kibana
4 2 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.71%) Ansible
5 1 (0.71%) Perfmon
5 1 (0.71%) Rancher
5 1 (0.71%) SCOM
5 1 (0.71%) VxRail
Vendors
1 38 (26.95%) Microsoft
2 29 (20.57%) Oracle
3 6 (4.26%) VMware
4 3 (2.13%) Cisco
4 3 (2.13%) Workday
5 2 (1.42%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.71%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.71%) CQG
6 1 (0.71%) Google
6 1 (0.71%) InterSystems
6 1 (0.71%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.71%) Pardot
6 1 (0.71%) Rackspace
6 1 (0.71%) Reuters
6 1 (0.71%) SAP
6 1 (0.71%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.71%) Siemens