.NET Core Contracts

.NET Core
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for .NET Core skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited .NET Core over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 280 230 208
Rank change year-on-year -50 -22 -49
Contract jobs citing .NET Core 368 704 1,271
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.85% 1.18% 1.43%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.15% 5.05% 5.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 533 1,043
10th Percentile £363 £413 £388
25th Percentile £463 £475 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £700 £695 £679
90th Percentile £750 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +6.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 21
10th Percentile £47.61 £46.40 -
25th Percentile £54.85 £48.50 £48.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £55.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -8.33% +71.43%
75th Percentile £85.00 £57.50 £62.15
90th Percentile £87.00 £65.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +45.45% +4.76% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

.NET Core is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,876 13,931 24,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.50% 23.29% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,162 10,182 17,689
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £660
90th Percentile £767 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 153 242
10th Percentile £20.91 £31.60 £21.10
25th Percentile £39.98 £48.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £64.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.85 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +32.65% +8.89%

.NET Core
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for .NET Core in the UK

.NET Core
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for .NET Core in the UK

.NET Core
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Core over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Core in the UK

.NET Core
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for .NET Core in the UK

.NET Core
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing .NET Core over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET Core in the UK

.NET Core
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Core within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 -22 339 £553 -7.92% 477
London -6 242 £600 -7.69% 124
Work from Home -42 104 £521 -11.09% 546
UK excluding London -30 94 £475 - 392
South West +49 38 £700 +67.16% 43
North of England -9 21 £400 -20.00% 119
South East +6 18 £470 -18.26% 92
North West -14 13 £475 -11.63% 69
Yorkshire +17 7 £300 -38.46% 38
Scotland +7 6 £375 -18.92% 19
Midlands -8 6 £538 +26.47% 62
West Midlands +17 3 £400 -14.67% 33
Wales +6 3 £350 -16.42% 22
East Midlands +1 3 £550 +29.41% 29
East of England +12 2 £475 - 44
North East +11 1 - - 16

.NET Core
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 27 (7.34%) Confluence
2 22 (5.98%) CMS
3 9 (2.45%) BizTalk Server
4 6 (1.63%) NServiceBus
4 6 (1.63%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.82%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.82%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.82%) IIS
5 3 (0.82%) Kentico
5 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.82%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.54%) Apache
6 2 (0.54%) EPiServer
Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 7 (1.90%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.27%) Aareon QL
2 1 (0.27%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (0.27%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 219 (59.51%) Azure
2 119 (32.34%) Azure DevOps
3 81 (22.01%) AWS
4 73 (19.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 68 (18.48%) Azure Service Bus
6 41 (11.14%) Serverless
7 39 (10.60%) Azure Monitor
8 28 (7.61%) Entra ID
9 25 (6.79%) Azure Functions
9 25 (6.79%) GCP
10 21 (5.71%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (5.16%) Azure Pipelines
12 18 (4.89%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (3.53%) GitHub
13 13 (3.53%) NuGet
13 13 (3.53%) PaaS
14 11 (2.99%) Azure AKS
14 11 (2.99%) Azure Storage
15 10 (2.72%) Azure API Management
15 10 (2.72%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.90%) FTP
1 7 (1.90%) HTTP
2 3 (0.82%) DHCP
2 3 (0.82%) DNS
2 3 (0.82%) VPN
3 2 (0.54%) Firewall
3 2 (0.54%) SSL
4 1 (0.27%) CTI
4 1 (0.27%) Internet
4 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (38.04%) SQL Server
2 32 (8.70%) NoSQL
3 26 (7.07%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (4.08%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (2.99%) Redis
8 7 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.36%) MySQL
9 5 (1.36%) SQLite
10 4 (1.09%) Big Data
10 4 (1.09%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.82%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.82%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.82%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.54%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.54%) RavenDB
13 1 (0.27%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 78 (21.20%) Git
2 34 (9.24%) JIRA
3 30 (8.15%) TeamCity
4 28 (7.61%) Bitbucket
4 28 (7.61%) NUnit
5 26 (7.07%) Jenkins
6 24 (6.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 16 (4.35%) SpecFlow
8 14 (3.80%) Selenium
9 13 (3.53%) Moq
10 12 (3.26%) Cucumber
10 12 (3.26%) Visual Studio
11 11 (2.99%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (2.45%) Jasmine
13 8 (2.17%) SonarQube
14 5 (1.36%) Checkstyle
14 5 (1.36%) Postman
15 4 (1.09%) JMeter
15 4 (1.09%) webpack
16 3 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 70 (19.02%) Social Skills
2 68 (18.48%) Finance
3 40 (10.87%) Back Office
4 38 (10.33%) Front Office
5 34 (9.24%) Public Sector
6 32 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (5.71%) Banking
8 18 (4.89%) Aerospace
9 8 (2.17%) Investment Banking
9 8 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.90%) Local Government
11 5 (1.36%) Automotive
11 5 (1.36%) Law
12 3 (0.82%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.82%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.54%) Electronics
13 2 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.54%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 271 (73.64%) Developer
2 134 (36.41%) .NET Developer
3 74 (20.11%) C# Developer
4 70 (19.02%) Senior
5 59 (16.03%) Senior Developer
6 44 (11.96%) C# .NET Developer
6 44 (11.96%) Software Engineer
7 39 (10.60%) Full Stack Developer
8 33 (8.97%) Backend Developer
9 29 (7.88%) Lead
10 23 (6.25%) .NET Software Engineer
10 23 (6.25%) Azure Developer
10 23 (6.25%) Senior Backend Developer
11 22 (5.98%) Finance Manager
12 20 (5.43%) .NET Software Developer
13 19 (5.16%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 18 (4.89%) AWS Developer
14 18 (4.89%) Full Stack .NET Developer
14 18 (4.89%) Software Developer
15 17 (4.62%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 368 (100.00%) .NET
2 102 (27.72%) React
3 65 (17.66%) ASP.NET
4 61 (16.58%) .NET Framework
4 61 (16.58%) AngularJS
5 48 (13.04%) CSS
6 43 (11.68%) HTML
7 35 (9.51%) XML
8 33 (8.97%) REST
9 32 (8.70%) Blazor
10 30 (8.15%) ASP.NET Web API
10 30 (8.15%) RESTful
11 29 (7.88%) Entity Framework
12 28 (7.61%) jQuery
13 26 (7.07%) YAML
14 24 (6.52%) Kafka
15 20 (5.43%) ASP.NET MVC
16 19 (5.16%) ASP.NET Core
17 15 (4.08%) JSON
17 15 (4.08%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.61%) Greenfield Project
2 27 (7.34%) Fixed Income
2 27 (7.34%) Product Ownership
3 22 (5.98%) Equities
3 22 (5.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 21 (5.71%) Hedge funds
5 17 (4.62%) Cloud Native
6 15 (4.08%) Derivative
7 13 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.63%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (1.09%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.09%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.82%) Contactless
11 3 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.82%) N-Tier
12 2 (0.54%) PKI
12 2 (0.54%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.54%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.42%) Linux
2 17 (4.62%) Windows
3 5 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.54%) VMS
5 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (46.74%) Agile
2 165 (44.84%) DevOps
3 113 (30.71%) CI/CD
4 112 (30.43%) OO
5 109 (29.62%) TDD
6 80 (21.74%) Microservices
7 76 (20.65%) Software Engineering
8 74 (20.11%) Full Stack Development
9 60 (16.30%) MVC
10 57 (15.49%) OOD
11 53 (14.40%) API Management
12 52 (14.13%) Continuous Integration
12 52 (14.13%) Scrum
13 51 (13.86%) Clean Code
14 44 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
15 41 (11.14%) Test Automation
16 33 (8.97%) Deployment Automation
16 33 (8.97%) OOP
17 31 (8.42%) Front End Development
18 30 (8.15%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 285 (77.45%) C#
2 108 (29.35%) SQL
3 106 (28.80%) JavaScript
4 73 (19.84%) Bicep
5 62 (16.85%) PowerShell
6 61 (16.58%) Python
7 58 (15.76%) TypeScript
8 21 (5.71%) C++
8 21 (5.71%) PL/SQL
8 21 (5.71%) T-SQL
9 10 (2.72%) Java
10 9 (2.45%) Go
11 7 (1.90%) Bash
12 3 (0.82%) C
12 3 (0.82%) Perl
13 2 (0.54%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.27%) R
14 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 46 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 35 (9.51%) SC Cleared
3 18 (4.89%) Degree
4 11 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.17%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.36%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.82%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.54%) HND
9 1 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.34%) Accessibility
2 26 (7.07%) WCAG
3 21 (5.71%) QA
4 5 (1.36%) MiFID
5 4 (1.09%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.27%) GDPR
7 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
System Software
1 66 (17.93%) Active Directory
2 28 (7.61%) Docker
3 4 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.82%) Terminal Services
4 3 (0.82%) vSphere
5 2 (0.54%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 39 (10.60%) Terraform
2 37 (10.05%) Kubernetes
3 23 (6.25%) Ansible
3 23 (6.25%) PowerCLI
4 5 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.54%) Puppet
6 1 (0.27%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 107 (29.08%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.61%) Oracle
3 24 (6.52%) Atlassian
4 22 (5.98%) Dell
4 22 (5.98%) HP
5 12 (3.26%) TIBCO
6 9 (2.45%) MuleSoft
7 7 (1.90%) NEC
7 7 (1.90%) SAP
8 5 (1.36%) Optimizely
8 5 (1.36%) VMware
9 2 (0.54%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.27%) Aareon
10 1 (0.27%) Capita
10 1 (0.27%) Cerner
10 1 (0.27%) Civica
10 1 (0.27%) Google
10 1 (0.27%) IBM
10 1 (0.27%) Nintex