Entity Framework Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Entity Framework
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Entity Framework skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Entity 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 283 296 386
Rank change year-on-year +13 +90 +12
Contract jobs citing Entity Framework 21 49 91
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.32% 0.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.82% 1.34% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 39 65
10th Percentile £415 £311 £359
25th Percentile £450 £359 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -6.86% +13.33%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £625
90th Percentile £645 £700 £691
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £510
% change year-on-year - -6.86% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £68.75
25th Percentile - - £75.00
Median hourly rate - - £82.50
75th Percentile - - £85.00
90th Percentile - - £86.25
UK median hourly rate - - £83.50
% change year-on-year - - +70.41%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Entity 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%

Entity Framework
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Entity Framework trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Entity 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 Entity Framework.

Entity Framework daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Entity Framework
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Entity Framework daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Entity 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 Entity Framework.

Entity Framework hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Entity 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 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.76%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) InfoPath
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Aladdin
2 1 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (71.43%) Azure
2 6 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (19.05%) AWS
3 4 (19.05%) Entra ID
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Functions
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (9.52%) GCP
4 2 (9.52%) Serverless
5 1 (4.76%) Azure AKS
5 1 (4.76%) Azure API Management
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Service Fabric
5 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (4.76%) Figma
5 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.76%) NuGet
5 1 (4.76%) Power Automate
5 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Firewall
1 2 (9.52%) HTTP
1 2 (9.52%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) MongoDB
1 6 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 5 (23.81%) MySQL
3 3 (14.29%) Redis
3 3 (14.29%) Relational Database
4 2 (9.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (4.76%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (4.76%) Power BI
5 1 (4.76%) RDBMS
5 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Git
2 2 (9.52%) Visual Studio
2 2 (9.52%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (4.76%) Bitbucket
3 1 (4.76%) gulp
3 1 (4.76%) Postman
3 1 (4.76%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Finance
3 3 (14.29%) Banking
3 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Billing
5 1 (4.76%) Front Office
5 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (71.43%) Developer
2 13 (61.90%) .NET Developer
3 5 (23.81%) Senior
4 2 (9.52%) Angular Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (9.52%) C# Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior .NET Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior C# .NET Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior C# Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Cloud Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Database Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Database Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.76%) SQL Developer
5 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (95.24%) .NET
2 19 (90.48%) .NET Framework
3 9 (42.86%) .NET Core
4 8 (38.10%) RESTful
5 7 (33.33%) ASP.NET
5 7 (33.33%) CSS
5 7 (33.33%) HTML
5 7 (33.33%) React
6 6 (28.57%) AngularJS
7 5 (23.81%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (23.81%) LINQ
8 4 (19.05%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (19.05%) Vue
8 4 (19.05%) WCF
9 3 (14.29%) Node.js
9 3 (14.29%) OAuth
9 3 (14.29%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (14.29%) Sass
10 2 (9.52%) OpenID
10 2 (9.52%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Fixed Income
1 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.76%) N-Tier
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (71.43%) Agile
2 10 (47.62%) DevOps
3 8 (38.10%) CI/CD
4 7 (33.33%) Microservices
4 7 (33.33%) MVC
4 7 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
5 6 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
5 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (23.81%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (23.81%) Re-Platforming
6 5 (23.81%) Scrum
7 4 (19.05%) API Development
8 3 (14.29%) Front End Development
8 3 (14.29%) SOLID
8 3 (14.29%) TDD
8 3 (14.29%) Unit Testing
9 2 (9.52%) Containerisation
9 2 (9.52%) Data Ingestion
9 2 (9.52%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 15 (71.43%) C#
2 9 (42.86%) SQL
3 8 (38.10%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.76%) Java
4 1 (4.76%) PL/SQL
4 1 (4.76%) RPG
4 1 (4.76%) RPG IV
4 1 (4.76%) T-SQL
4 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) MCPD
3 1 (4.76%) MCSD
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (4.76%) MIIS
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Murex
3 1 (4.76%) IBM
3 1 (4.76%) Splunk