.NET Framework Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft .NET Framework
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring .NET Framework skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited .NET Framework over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 235 221
Rank change year-on-year -19 -14 0
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 50 110 291
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.50% 0.72% 1.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.95% 3.00% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 82 241
10th Percentile £400 £306 -
25th Percentile £441 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £478 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.90% +6.06%
75th Percentile £604 £575 £713
90th Percentile £750 £673 £788
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £550
% change year-on-year - -13.64% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £55.50
25th Percentile - - £68.75
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
75th Percentile - - £85.00
90th Percentile - - £86.00
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £80.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -66.25% - +63.27%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

.NET Framework 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,564 3,665 6,520
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.89% 23.88% 25.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,870 2,555 4,857
10th Percentile £365 £331 £395
25th Percentile £425 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -0.46%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £663
90th Percentile £825 £775 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 93 80
10th Percentile £52.50 £28.00 £22.50
25th Percentile £61.25 - £42.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -32.02% +29.08%
75th Percentile £70.25 £62.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £93.75 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

.NET Framework
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing .NET Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

.NET Framework trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing .NET Framework.

.NET Framework daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing .NET Framework over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

.NET Framework daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing .NET Framework.

.NET Framework hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

.NET Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (6.00%) IIS
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.00%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) InfoPath
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Aladdin
1 2 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (60.00%) Azure
2 13 (26.00%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (22.00%) AWS
4 9 (18.00%) Serverless
5 8 (16.00%) Azure Functions
6 6 (12.00%) GCP
7 5 (10.00%) Azure Event Grid
7 5 (10.00%) Azure Service Bus
7 5 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (8.00%) Entra ID
9 3 (6.00%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (4.00%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (4.00%) Power Automate
10 2 (4.00%) Power Platform
10 2 (4.00%) PowerApps
11 1 (2.00%) AWS Fargate
11 1 (2.00%) GitHub
11 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (2.00%) NuGet
11 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) Firewall
1 2 (4.00%) HTTP
1 2 (4.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (12.00%) MongoDB
2 6 (12.00%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (10.00%) MySQL
3 5 (10.00%) Relational Database
4 4 (8.00%) Redis
5 2 (4.00%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (4.00%) NoSQL
5 2 (4.00%) Oracle Database
5 2 (4.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (2.00%) Informix
6 1 (2.00%) Power BI
6 1 (2.00%) RDBMS
6 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (18.00%) Git
2 4 (8.00%) Visual Studio
3 2 (4.00%) JIRA
3 2 (4.00%) NUnit
4 1 (2.00%) Bitbucket
4 1 (2.00%) gulp
4 1 (2.00%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (2.00%) Postman
4 1 (2.00%) ReSharper
4 1 (2.00%) Selenium
4 1 (2.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 17 (34.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.00%) Public Sector
3 7 (14.00%) Finance
4 6 (12.00%) Front Office
5 3 (6.00%) Banking
6 2 (4.00%) German Language
6 2 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Billing
7 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.00%) French Language
7 1 (2.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 35 (70.00%) Developer
2 28 (56.00%) .NET Developer
3 13 (26.00%) C# Developer
4 10 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
5 7 (14.00%) Senior
6 5 (10.00%) Architect
7 4 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (6.00%) Angular Developer
8 3 (6.00%) Full-Stack Developer
8 3 (6.00%) Lead
8 3 (6.00%) Senior .NET Developer
8 3 (6.00%) Senior C# .NET Developer
8 3 (6.00%) Senior C# Developer
8 3 (6.00%) Senior Developer
8 3 (6.00%) SOA Developer
9 2 (4.00%) Enterprise Architect
9 2 (4.00%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
9 2 (4.00%) Lead .NET Developer
9 2 (4.00%) Lead Developer
9 2 (4.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (100.00%) .NET
2 19 (38.00%) Entity Framework
3 16 (32.00%) .NET Core
4 13 (26.00%) AngularJS
5 12 (24.00%) RESTful
6 11 (22.00%) HTML
7 10 (20.00%) CSS
8 9 (18.00%) ASP.NET
8 9 (18.00%) ASP.NET Web API
8 9 (18.00%) React
9 7 (14.00%) ASP.NET MVC
9 7 (14.00%) WCF
10 5 (10.00%) Akka.NET
10 5 (10.00%) Reactive Extensions
10 5 (10.00%) WPF
11 4 (8.00%) LINQ
11 4 (8.00%) OAuth
11 4 (8.00%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (8.00%) YAML
12 3 (6.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Fixed Income
2 6 (12.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.00%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.00%) N-Tier
4 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (60.00%) Agile
2 23 (46.00%) DevOps
3 17 (34.00%) CI/CD
4 12 (24.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 12 (24.00%) TDD
5 11 (22.00%) Microservices
5 11 (22.00%) MVC
6 10 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (18.00%) Design Patterns
7 9 (18.00%) Scrum
7 9 (18.00%) Test Automation
8 8 (16.00%) Computer Science
8 8 (16.00%) Software Engineering
9 7 (14.00%) Containerisation
9 7 (14.00%) Sprint Planning
10 6 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (10.00%) Kanban
11 5 (10.00%) OOP
11 5 (10.00%) SOA
11 5 (10.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 42 (84.00%) C#
2 18 (36.00%) SQL
3 15 (30.00%) JavaScript
4 5 (10.00%) F#
5 4 (8.00%) T-SQL
5 4 (8.00%) TypeScript
6 3 (6.00%) PL/SQL
7 1 (2.00%) Java
7 1 (2.00%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.00%) RPG
7 1 (2.00%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 6 (12.00%) Degree
2 5 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 5 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.00%) MCAD
4 1 (2.00%) MCPD
4 1 (2.00%) MCSD
4 1 (2.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.00%) HL7
System Software
1 8 (16.00%) Docker
2 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (18.00%) Kubernetes
2 6 (12.00%) Terraform
3 1 (2.00%) MIIS
Vendors
1 17 (34.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.00%) Oracle
3 2 (4.00%) Murex
4 1 (2.00%) Google
4 1 (2.00%) IBM
4 1 (2.00%) Splunk
4 1 (2.00%) Telerik