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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 302 394
Rank change year-on-year +14 +92 -29
Contract jobs citing Entity Framework 21 50 59
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.34% 0.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.77% 1.35% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 42 41
10th Percentile £338 £313 £363
25th Percentile £441 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £511 £519 £625
90th Percentile £538 £585 £693
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £75.00
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
75th Percentile - - £85.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £80.00
% change year-on-year - - +25.79%

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 2,724 3,706 5,964
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.91% 25.31% 24.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,950 2,609 4,438
10th Percentile £356 £350 £375
25th Percentile £418 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £825 £850 £754
UK median daily rate £513 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -5.09% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 93 76
10th Percentile £25.25 £28.00 £25.75
25th Percentile £52.50 - £49.06
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -32.02% +20.48%
75th Percentile £68.00 £62.00 £74.06
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +23.81%

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 4 July 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 2 (9.52%) Umbraco
2 1 (4.76%) CMS
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 16 (76.19%) Azure
2 9 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (19.05%) AWS
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Functions
4 2 (9.52%) Copilot Studio
4 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
4 2 (9.52%) GCP
4 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (9.52%) Power Automate
4 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
4 2 (9.52%) PowerApps
4 2 (9.52%) Serverless
5 1 (4.76%) Azure AKS
5 1 (4.76%) Azure API Management
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Service Fabric
5 1 (4.76%) Figma
5 1 (4.76%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 5 (23.81%) MongoDB
3 4 (19.05%) MySQL
4 2 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (9.52%) Power BI
4 2 (9.52%) Relational Database
5 1 (4.76%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (4.76%) Redis
5 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Git
2 2 (9.52%) Visual Studio
3 1 (4.76%) gulp
3 1 (4.76%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (4.76%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 6 (28.57%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.52%) Retail
5 1 (4.76%) Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Billing
Job Titles
1 15 (71.43%) Developer
2 10 (47.62%) .NET Developer
3 2 (9.52%) Angular Developer
3 2 (9.52%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Platform Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Power Platform Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) .NET Software Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Data Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) C# Software Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Data Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Database Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Database Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) SQL Developer
4 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (95.24%) .NET
1 20 (95.24%) .NET Framework
2 6 (28.57%) .NET Core
2 6 (28.57%) AngularJS
2 6 (28.57%) ASP.NET
2 6 (28.57%) CSS
2 6 (28.57%) HTML
3 5 (23.81%) LINQ
3 5 (23.81%) RESTful
4 4 (19.05%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (19.05%) ASP.NET Web API
4 4 (19.05%) Dapper ORM
4 4 (19.05%) React
4 4 (19.05%) REST
5 3 (14.29%) Sass
5 3 (14.29%) SOAP
5 3 (14.29%) Vue
5 3 (14.29%) WCF
6 2 (9.52%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (9.52%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Fixed Income
1 3 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (9.52%) Mobile App
2 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.76%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.76%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) Agile
2 12 (57.14%) DevOps
3 10 (47.62%) CI/CD
4 7 (33.33%) Microservices
4 7 (33.33%) MVC
5 6 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (28.57%) Sprint Planning
5 6 (28.57%) TDD
6 5 (23.81%) Containerisation
6 5 (23.81%) Full-Stack Development
6 5 (23.81%) Software Engineering
7 4 (19.05%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (19.05%) API Development
7 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (19.05%) Re-Platforming
7 4 (19.05%) Scrum
8 3 (14.29%) Data Engineering
8 3 (14.29%) SOLID
8 3 (14.29%) User Experience
8 3 (14.29%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 16 (76.19%) C#
2 6 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 5 (23.81%) SQL
4 3 (14.29%) Python
5 1 (4.76%) Java
5 1 (4.76%) PL/SQL
5 1 (4.76%) RPG
5 1 (4.76%) RPG IV
5 1 (4.76%) T-SQL
5 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 6 (28.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (4.76%) MIIS
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle
2 2 (9.52%) Murex
3 1 (4.76%) IBM
3 1 (4.76%) Splunk