.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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 271 238 197
Rank change year-on-year -33 -41 -33
Contract jobs citing .NET Core 370 656 1,249
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 1.13% 1.43%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.15% 4.88% 5.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 489 1,037
10th Percentile £363 £413 £400
25th Percentile £450 £480 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £688
90th Percentile £758 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 19
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% +66.67%
75th Percentile £85.00 £57.50 £62.88
90th Percentile £87.00 £65.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £55.00 £57.75
% change year-on-year +45.45% -4.76% +60.42%

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 8,920 13,429 23,668
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.74% 23.23% 27.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,180 9,787 17,354
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 156 243
10th Percentile £21.25 £30.38 £23.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.65
90th Percentile £74.85 £81.00 £76.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £51.50
% change year-on-year -25.78% +24.27% +14.44%

.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 11 May 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 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET Core in the UK

.NET Core
Top 15 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 11 May 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 -23 340 £550 -8.33% 394
London +10 250 £575 -11.54% 107
Work from Home -30 109 £500 -13.04% 485
UK excluding London -31 94 £475 - 333
South West +39 37 £700 +64.71% 32
North of England -4 20 £408 -22.38% 116
South East +6 18 £470 -14.55% 49
North West -10 13 £475 -12.64% 71
Scotland +22 7 £348 -25.87% 21
Yorkshire +15 7 £300 -39.24% 32
Midlands -1 6 £538 +26.47% 65
Wales +11 4 £350 -16.42% 24
East Midlands +4 3 £550 +29.41% 29
West Midlands +3 3 £400 -14.67% 36
East of England +7 2 £475 - 27

.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 (7.30%) Confluence
2 25 (6.76%) CMS
3 9 (2.43%) BizTalk Server
4 6 (1.62%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.81%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.81%) IIS
5 3 (0.81%) Kentico
5 3 (0.81%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.54%) Apache
6 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.54%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.27%) EPiServer
Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 7 (1.89%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.27%) Aareon QL
2 1 (0.27%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (0.27%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 223 (60.27%) Azure
2 130 (35.14%) Azure DevOps
3 85 (22.97%) AWS
4 76 (20.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 76 (20.54%) Azure Service Bus
5 40 (10.81%) Azure Monitor
6 39 (10.54%) Serverless
7 36 (9.73%) Entra ID
8 27 (7.30%) GCP
9 24 (6.49%) Azure Functions
10 21 (5.68%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (5.14%) Azure Pipelines
12 17 (4.59%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (3.51%) GitHub
13 13 (3.51%) NuGet
13 13 (3.51%) PaaS
14 10 (2.70%) Azure AKS
14 10 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (2.70%) Azure Storage
15 9 (2.43%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.89%) FTP
2 6 (1.62%) HTTP
3 2 (0.54%) DHCP
3 2 (0.54%) DNS
3 2 (0.54%) Firewall
3 2 (0.54%) SSL
3 2 (0.54%) VPN
4 1 (0.27%) Internet
4 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (40.27%) SQL Server
2 31 (8.38%) NoSQL
3 26 (7.03%) Azure SQL Database
4 19 (5.14%) Redis
5 16 (4.32%) MongoDB
5 16 (4.32%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.89%) MySQL
7 7 (1.89%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.35%) SQLite
10 4 (1.08%) Big Data
11 3 (0.81%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.81%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.81%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.54%) RavenDB
13 1 (0.27%) InterSystems Cache
13 1 (0.27%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 79 (21.35%) Git
2 34 (9.19%) JIRA
3 28 (7.57%) Bitbucket
4 27 (7.30%) TeamCity
5 26 (7.03%) Jenkins
6 24 (6.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 21 (5.68%) NUnit
8 12 (3.24%) Cucumber
8 12 (3.24%) Selenium
9 11 (2.97%) Moq
10 10 (2.70%) SpecFlow
10 10 (2.70%) Visual Studio
11 9 (2.43%) Octopus Deploy
12 8 (2.16%) Jasmine
12 8 (2.16%) SonarQube
13 5 (1.35%) Checkstyle
14 4 (1.08%) JMeter
14 4 (1.08%) webpack
15 3 (0.81%) Postman
15 3 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 65 (17.57%) Social Skills
2 60 (16.22%) Finance
3 39 (10.54%) Back Office
4 37 (10.00%) Front Office
5 36 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (8.65%) Public Sector
7 18 (4.86%) Aerospace
7 18 (4.86%) Banking
8 8 (2.16%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.16%) Local Government
8 8 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.35%) Automotive
11 3 (0.81%) Law
12 2 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.54%) Games
12 2 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.27%) Aviation
13 1 (0.27%) Legal
13 1 (0.27%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 265 (71.62%) Developer
2 123 (33.24%) .NET Developer
3 76 (20.54%) Senior
4 71 (19.19%) C# Developer
5 64 (17.30%) Senior Developer
6 51 (13.78%) Software Engineer
7 40 (10.81%) Backend Developer
7 40 (10.81%) C# .NET Developer
8 36 (9.73%) Full Stack Developer
9 35 (9.46%) Lead
10 29 (7.84%) Senior Backend Developer
11 27 (7.30%) .NET Software Engineer
11 27 (7.30%) Azure Developer
12 21 (5.68%) Architect
12 21 (5.68%) Finance Manager
13 19 (5.14%) .NET Software Developer
14 18 (4.86%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 17 (4.59%) AWS Developer
15 17 (4.59%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 17 (4.59%) Full Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 370 (100.00%) .NET
2 115 (31.08%) React
3 69 (18.65%) ASP.NET
4 62 (16.76%) .NET Framework
5 61 (16.49%) CSS
6 57 (15.41%) AngularJS
7 52 (14.05%) HTML
8 43 (11.62%) XML
9 33 (8.92%) REST
10 31 (8.38%) Blazor
10 31 (8.38%) RESTful
11 27 (7.30%) ASP.NET Web API
11 27 (7.30%) jQuery
12 26 (7.03%) ASP.NET Core
12 26 (7.03%) Entity Framework
13 24 (6.49%) Kafka
14 22 (5.95%) YAML
15 19 (5.14%) ASP.NET MVC
16 15 (4.05%) Redux
17 14 (3.78%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.65%) Product Ownership
2 27 (7.30%) Greenfield Project
3 26 (7.03%) Fixed Income
4 21 (5.68%) Equities
4 21 (5.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 20 (5.41%) Hedge funds
6 17 (4.59%) Cloud Native
7 15 (4.05%) Derivative
8 13 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (2.70%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.89%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.62%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.08%) Mobile Payment
13 4 (1.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 3 (0.81%) Contactless
14 3 (0.81%) N-Tier
15 2 (0.54%) Public Cloud
15 2 (0.54%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.38%) Linux
2 15 (4.05%) Windows
3 4 (1.08%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.54%) VMS
5 1 (0.27%) Android
5 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (49.73%) Agile
2 175 (47.30%) DevOps
3 115 (31.08%) OO
4 113 (30.54%) CI/CD
5 109 (29.46%) TDD
6 80 (21.62%) Software Engineering
7 74 (20.00%) Microservices
8 71 (19.19%) Full Stack Development
9 60 (16.22%) OOD
10 58 (15.68%) MVC
11 57 (15.41%) Scrum
12 55 (14.86%) Clean Code
13 54 (14.59%) API Management
14 49 (13.24%) Continuous Integration
14 49 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
15 42 (11.35%) Test Automation
16 35 (9.46%) B2C
17 34 (9.19%) OOP
18 33 (8.92%) Deployment Automation
19 31 (8.38%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 286 (77.30%) C#
2 114 (30.81%) JavaScript
3 107 (28.92%) SQL
4 83 (22.43%) Bicep
5 71 (19.19%) TypeScript
6 70 (18.92%) PowerShell
7 60 (16.22%) Python
8 22 (5.95%) T-SQL
9 20 (5.41%) C++
9 20 (5.41%) PL/SQL
10 9 (2.43%) Go
10 9 (2.43%) Java
11 7 (1.89%) Bash
12 3 (0.81%) C
12 3 (0.81%) Perl
13 2 (0.54%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.27%) R
14 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 43 (11.62%) Security Cleared
2 33 (8.92%) SC Cleared
3 20 (5.41%) Degree
4 14 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.16%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.62%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.81%) 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 26 (7.03%) Accessibility
1 26 (7.03%) WCAG
2 24 (6.49%) QA
3 5 (1.35%) MiFID
4 4 (1.08%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.27%) GDPR
6 1 (0.27%) HL7
System Software
1 74 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 30 (8.11%) Docker
3 4 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.54%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.54%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.54%) vSphere
5 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 39 (10.54%) Kubernetes
2 34 (9.19%) Terraform
3 23 (6.22%) Ansible
3 23 (6.22%) PowerCLI
4 7 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.54%) Puppet
6 1 (0.27%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 112 (30.27%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.30%) Oracle
3 24 (6.49%) Atlassian
4 22 (5.95%) Dell
4 22 (5.95%) HP
5 11 (2.97%) TIBCO
6 9 (2.43%) MuleSoft
7 7 (1.89%) NEC
8 5 (1.35%) SAP
9 4 (1.08%) Optimizely
9 4 (1.08%) VMware
10 3 (0.81%) Xamarin
11 2 (0.54%) Adobe
11 2 (0.54%) Salesforce
12 1 (0.27%) Aareon
12 1 (0.27%) Capita
12 1 (0.27%) Cerner
12 1 (0.27%) Civica
12 1 (0.27%) IBM
12 1 (0.27%) Nintex