.NET Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for .NET skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited .NET over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 39 28
Rank change year-on-year -6 -11 +8
Contract jobs citing .NET 608 1,363 2,912
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.01% 5.34% 6.53%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.79% 21.11% 22.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 1,069 2,245
10th Percentile £313 £375 £370
25th Percentile £406 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £688 £625
90th Percentile £700 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £520 £560 £538
% change year-on-year -7.14% +4.19% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 39
10th Percentile - £22.50 £20.25
25th Percentile £20.77 £40.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £41.64 £65.00 £46.67
Median % change year-on-year -35.95% +39.28% +4.29%
75th Percentile £63.75 £85.00 £55.50
90th Percentile £64.38 - £62.15
UK median hourly rate £58.91 £60.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -1.83% +23.08% +20.37%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

.NET 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 WFH option and 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 3,622 6,458 13,219
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 23.90% 25.29% 29.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,541 4,803 9,764
10th Percentile £331 £394 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £549
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.55% +13.09%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £638
90th Percentile £775 £750 £726
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 80 120
10th Percentile £28.00 £22.50 £21.00
25th Percentile - £43.60 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +27.55% +8.89%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £61.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £46.84 £65.00 £49.75
% change year-on-year -27.94% +30.65% +10.56%

.NET
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing .NET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

.NET trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing .NET.

.NET daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing .NET over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

.NET daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing .NET.

.NET hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing .NET over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

.NET hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 26 (4.28%) CMS
2 20 (3.29%) Umbraco
3 16 (2.63%) IIS
4 8 (1.32%) Confluence
4 8 (1.32%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.99%) Apache
5 6 (0.99%) WordPress
6 5 (0.82%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.82%) NServiceBus
6 5 (0.82%) WebSphere
7 4 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.49%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (0.49%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.49%) Kentico
8 3 (0.49%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.49%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.33%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.16%) GemFire
Applications
1 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.16%) InVision
5 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.15%) Endur
3 2 (0.33%) SAP GTS
3 2 (0.33%) Shopify
4 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.16%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.16%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 322 (52.96%) Azure
2 134 (22.04%) Azure DevOps
3 77 (12.66%) AWS
4 47 (7.73%) Azure Service Bus
5 38 (6.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 37 (6.09%) Power Platform
7 33 (5.43%) Serverless
8 32 (5.26%) Entra ID
9 26 (4.28%) PaaS
10 25 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
11 24 (3.95%) Azure Functions
12 22 (3.62%) Azure Logic Apps
13 20 (3.29%) Azure API Management
14 17 (2.80%) Azure Monitor
15 16 (2.63%) PowerApps
16 14 (2.30%) Azure Data Factory
17 13 (2.14%) SaaS
18 12 (1.97%) IaaS
19 11 (1.81%) Power Automate
20 10 (1.64%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.97%) DNS
2 8 (1.32%) Network Security
3 5 (0.82%) Intranet
3 5 (0.82%) VPN
4 4 (0.66%) DHCP
4 4 (0.66%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.49%) FTP
5 3 (0.49%) HTTP
6 2 (0.33%) Internet
6 2 (0.33%) SAN
6 2 (0.33%) SSL
7 1 (0.16%) BGP
7 1 (0.16%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.16%) Firewall
7 1 (0.16%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.16%) LAN
7 1 (0.16%) MPLS
7 1 (0.16%) OSPF
7 1 (0.16%) VLAN
7 1 (0.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (27.30%) SQL Server
2 26 (4.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 22 (3.62%) MySQL
4 21 (3.45%) Relational Database
5 18 (2.96%) NoSQL
6 16 (2.63%) Power BI
7 14 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (1.48%) MongoDB
10 8 (1.32%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.32%) GIS
10 8 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.99%) DB2
11 6 (0.99%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.99%) Redis
12 5 (0.82%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.66%) Big Data
13 4 (0.66%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 60 (9.87%) Git
2 39 (6.41%) Visual Studio
3 26 (4.28%) SpecFlow
4 14 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 14 (2.30%) JIRA
4 14 (2.30%) Selenium
5 13 (2.14%) NUnit
6 12 (1.97%) Team Foundation Server
7 11 (1.81%) Postman
7 11 (1.81%) TeamCity
8 8 (1.32%) Cypress.io
8 8 (1.32%) WebDriver
9 7 (1.15%) Cucumber
9 7 (1.15%) Moq
10 6 (0.99%) Subversion
11 5 (0.82%) MSI
11 5 (0.82%) WiX
12 4 (0.66%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.66%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.66%) SoapUI
General
1 122 (20.07%) Finance
2 104 (17.11%) Social Skills
3 82 (13.49%) Public Sector
4 33 (5.43%) Banking
5 31 (5.10%) Front Office
6 17 (2.80%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (2.63%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.47%) Back Office
9 14 (2.30%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.97%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.64%) Law
11 10 (1.64%) Local Government
11 10 (1.64%) Marketing
12 9 (1.48%) Electronics
13 7 (1.15%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.15%) Tech for Good
14 5 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (0.49%) Legal
Job Titles
1 414 (68.09%) Developer
2 176 (28.95%) .NET Developer
3 109 (17.93%) C# Developer
4 99 (16.28%) Senior
5 76 (12.50%) Senior Developer
6 66 (10.86%) Full Stack Developer
7 58 (9.54%) Azure Developer
8 48 (7.89%) C# .NET Developer
9 46 (7.57%) Software Developer
10 43 (7.07%) Architect
11 38 (6.25%) Lead
12 25 (4.11%) Full Stack .NET Developer
13 23 (3.78%) Software Engineer
14 22 (3.62%) Lead Developer
15 21 (3.45%) React Developer
15 21 (3.45%) Senior C# Developer
16 20 (3.29%) Senior .NET Developer
17 19 (3.13%) Analyst
17 19 (3.13%) Angular Developer
17 19 (3.13%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (18.09%) .NET Framework
2 109 (17.93%) .NET Core
2 109 (17.93%) ASP.NET
3 87 (14.31%) AngularJS
4 78 (12.83%) React
5 68 (11.18%) CSS
6 63 (10.36%) HTML
7 56 (9.21%) XML
8 55 (9.05%) REST
9 46 (7.57%) Entity Framework
10 41 (6.74%) Web Services
11 26 (4.28%) jQuery
12 25 (4.11%) ASP.NET Core
13 24 (3.95%) JSON
13 24 (3.95%) RESTful
13 24 (3.95%) Vue
14 23 (3.78%) Node.js
15 22 (3.62%) ASP.NET MVC
15 22 (3.62%) ASP.NET Web API
16 21 (3.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.59%) Product Ownership
2 16 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
3 14 (2.30%) Derivative
4 13 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (1.97%) Mobile App
6 11 (1.81%) Cloud Native
7 9 (1.48%) Legacy Applications
7 9 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.32%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.32%) Equities
8 8 (1.32%) Hedge funds
9 7 (1.15%) Client/Server
9 7 (1.15%) Fixed Income
10 6 (0.99%) Data Structures
10 6 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (0.99%) Public Cloud
10 6 (0.99%) Reinsurance
10 6 (0.99%) Wiki
11 5 (0.82%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 48 (7.89%) Windows
2 22 (3.62%) Linux
3 18 (2.96%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.14%) Android
5 11 (1.81%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.49%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.33%) Unix
7 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.16%) Debian
8 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (31.41%) DevOps
2 177 (29.11%) Agile
3 99 (16.28%) Full Stack Development
4 94 (15.46%) CI/CD
5 81 (13.32%) MVC
6 68 (11.18%) Microservices
7 66 (10.86%) Software Engineering
8 63 (10.36%) TDD
9 61 (10.03%) Scrum
10 60 (9.87%) Problem-Solving
11 59 (9.70%) OO
12 47 (7.73%) Test Automation
13 44 (7.24%) SOLID
14 42 (6.91%) Design Patterns
14 42 (6.91%) Migration
14 42 (6.91%) Unit Testing
15 37 (6.09%) SDLC
16 36 (5.92%) Clean Code
17 32 (5.26%) User Experience
18 31 (5.10%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 426 (70.07%) C#
2 170 (27.96%) SQL
3 119 (19.57%) JavaScript
4 78 (12.83%) PowerShell
5 48 (7.89%) Java
5 48 (7.89%) Python
6 40 (6.58%) TypeScript
7 35 (5.76%) Bicep
8 27 (4.44%) C++
9 25 (4.11%) VB.NET
10 19 (3.13%) T-SQL
11 15 (2.47%) VBA
12 14 (2.30%) Ruby
13 9 (1.48%) C
13 9 (1.48%) PL/SQL
14 7 (1.15%) VB
15 6 (0.99%) PHP
16 4 (0.66%) Bash
16 4 (0.66%) F#
16 4 (0.66%) Go
Qualifications
1 54 (8.88%) Security Cleared
2 48 (7.89%) Degree
3 40 (6.58%) SC Cleared
4 18 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.66%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.49%) CISSP
7 3 (0.49%) HNC
7 3 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.49%) SANS
8 2 (0.33%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.33%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.33%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.33%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.16%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.16%) ISEB
9 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.77%) QA
2 24 (3.95%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.64%) WCAG
4 3 (0.49%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.49%) GDPR
4 3 (0.49%) GRC
4 3 (0.49%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.33%) SLA
6 1 (0.16%) HL7
6 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.16%) MiFID
System Software
1 44 (7.24%) Active Directory
2 28 (4.61%) Docker
3 12 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.82%) vSphere
6 4 (0.66%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.33%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.16%) GridGain
8 1 (0.16%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 34 (5.59%) Terraform
2 24 (3.95%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.14%) Ansible
4 6 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.66%) BladeLogic
5 4 (0.66%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.49%) PowerCLI
7 2 (0.33%) Puppet
7 2 (0.33%) SCOM
7 2 (0.33%) WSUS
8 1 (0.16%) Kibana
8 1 (0.16%) logstash
8 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.16%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 135 (22.20%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.09%) Oracle
3 19 (3.13%) SAP
4 9 (1.48%) Xamarin
5 8 (1.32%) Databricks
5 8 (1.32%) VMware
6 7 (1.15%) MuleSoft
6 7 (1.15%) OpenLink
6 7 (1.15%) Salesforce
7 6 (0.99%) Sitecore
8 5 (0.82%) Citrix
8 5 (0.82%) Google
9 4 (0.66%) Altiris
9 4 (0.66%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.49%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.49%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.49%) Dell
10 3 (0.49%) HP
10 3 (0.49%) Optimizely
10 3 (0.49%) UiPath