.NET Contract Job Trends in West Lothian

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring .NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 6 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing .NET 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Lothian 3.85% 6.67% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 20.00% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £538 £525 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £506 £450 £438
% change year-on-year +12.50% +2.86% -2.78%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Lothian

.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 in West Lothian.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 5 1 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian 19.23% 6.67% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 15
10th Percentile - - £461
25th Percentile £513 £475 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +13.40%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £584
90th Percentile - - £590
Scotland median daily rate £500 £458 £480
% change year-on-year +9.17% -4.58% +1.05%

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Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing .NET relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

.NET job vacancy trend in West Lothian

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Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing .NET.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing .NET

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Hourly Rate Trend in West Lothian

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing .NET.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing .NET

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Contract Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 15 February 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
Livingston - 1 £525 - 3
.NET
Scotland

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) C# Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++