.NET Core Contract Job Trends in Wales

.NET Core
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring .NET Core skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 42 54
Rank change year-on-year +5 +12 +6
Contract jobs citing .NET Core 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.12% 0.74% 0.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.71% 3.70% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £509 £161 -
25th Percentile £509 £161 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £161 £450
Median % change year-on-year +222.82% -64.20% +5.88%
75th Percentile £528 £161 £475
90th Percentile £529 £161 -
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £575
% change year-on-year -2.44% -10.87% +2.22%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Wales

.NET Core 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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 70 81 100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 19.66% 19.95% 20.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 49 80
10th Percentile £305 £210 £258
25th Percentile £375 £375 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £490 £444
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +10.42% -19.02%
75th Percentile £501 £550 £552
90th Percentile £644 £578 £626
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Median hourly rate £29.25 £21.12 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.51% - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -14.77% +2.67% -

.NET Core
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for .NET Core in Wales

.NET Core
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing .NET Core.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing .NET Core

.NET Core
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
South Wales +9 4 £520 +222.82% 8
.NET Core
UK

.NET Core
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Cypress.io
2 3 (75.00%) Git
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Software Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) Jest
1 4 (100.00%) Next.js
1 4 (100.00%) React
2 3 (75.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (75.00%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Case Management
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Code Quality
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Front End Development
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (75.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (25.00%) CRM
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (25.00%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (75.00%) WCAG
3 2 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft