.NET Developer Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

.NET Developer
England > West Midlands

The median .NET Developer daily rate in the West Midlands is £495, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 104 99
Rank change year-on-year -17 -5 +48
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 7 8 22
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.37% 0.43% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.46% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 16
10th Percentile £329 £371 £356
25th Percentile £400 £453 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £509
90th Percentile £568 £580 £663
England median daily rate £475 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,707 1,744 1,932
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.37% 92.91% 94.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,101 1,097 1,323
10th Percentile £250 £213 £222
25th Percentile £388 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £612 £600
90th Percentile £683 £708 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 60 65
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.58 £15.17
25th Percentile £15.67 £14.18 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.80 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.39% -5.24% +29.80%
75th Percentile £36.00 £32.26 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £48.88 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +62.04%

.NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '.NET Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

.NET Developer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Developer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Developer in the West Midlands

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands

.NET Developer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
Coventry -7 2 £391 -17.63% 2
Shropshire - 2 £525 - 3
Birmingham -8 1 £400 -20.00% 7
Warwickshire - 1 - -
Herefordshire - 1 £575 - 1
.NET Developer
England

.NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, .NET Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring .NET Developer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (71.43%) Azure
3 4 (57.14%) C#
3 4 (57.14%) DevOps
3 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
3 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (42.86%) .NET Framework
4 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
4 3 (42.86%) Entity Framework
4 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
4 3 (42.86%) MVC
4 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
5 2 (28.57%) .NET Core
5 2 (28.57%) Agile
5 2 (28.57%) Clean Code
5 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
5 2 (28.57%) Docker
5 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) QA
5 2 (28.57%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (28.57%) RESTful
5 2 (28.57%) Secure Coding
5 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Serverless
5 2 (28.57%) SQL
5 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
6 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
6 1 (14.29%) Analytics
6 1 (14.29%) AngularJS

.NET Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Serverless
3 1 (14.29%) Azure API Management
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Event Grid
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Functions
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) NoSQL
2 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) NUnit
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (42.86%) .NET Framework
2 3 (42.86%) Entity Framework
3 2 (28.57%) .NET Core
3 2 (28.57%) Razor View Engine
3 2 (28.57%) RESTful
4 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
4 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
4 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 1 (14.29%) CSS
4 1 (14.29%) HTML
4 1 (14.29%) LINQ
4 1 (14.29%) React
4 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) DevOps
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
2 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
2 3 (42.86%) MVC
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Clean Code
3 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
3 2 (28.57%) Secure Coding
4 1 (14.29%) API Management
4 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (14.29%) Kanban
4 1 (14.29%) Log Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Sprint Retrospective
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C#
1 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
3 1 (14.29%) Go
3 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Docker
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft