.NET Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 55 38
Rank change year-on-year -37 -17 -3
Contract jobs citing .NET 452 921 1,652
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.23% 4.00% 5.43%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.88% 21.91% 27.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 722 1,196
10th Percentile £292 £360 £360
25th Percentile £350 £410 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +1.05% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £586 £538
90th Percentile £675 £675 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £560 £538
% change year-on-year -6.25% +4.19% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 10 43
10th Percentile £20.77 £22.50 £20.35
25th Percentile £25.19 £48.88 £35.00
Median hourly rate £59.45 £55.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.10% +12.24% +21.74%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £61.70
90th Percentile £85.00 £87.31 £68.00
UK median hourly rate £58.91 £60.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -1.83% +22.45% +20.99%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

.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 advertised in the UK excluding London with 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 3,256 4,203 6,055
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.05% 18.27% 19.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,129 3,144 4,310
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.64%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £586
90th Percentile £691 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 87 146
10th Percentile £21.96 £22.20 £20.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.25
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +29.35% +11.67%
75th Percentile £65.94 £74.13 £65.51
90th Percentile £74.85 £79.19 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing .NET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for .NET in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing .NET in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for .NET in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing .NET in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for .NET in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing .NET in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
North of England -42 107 £425 -10.53% 336
South East -44 98 £500 -4.76% 183
South West +14 92 £553 +5.24% 108
North West -36 68 £445 -6.32% 192
Midlands -27 59 £463 +8.82% 215
Scotland -28 43 £394 -17.11% 70
West Midlands -4 38 £494 -1.25% 125
East of England +2 36 £475 +8.57% 65
Yorkshire -22 32 £400 -16.67% 102
East Midlands -22 21 £425 +6.25% 90
Wales -12 18 £413 -24.14% 37
North East +5 7 £278 -40.00% 46
Northern Ireland +2 4 - - 18
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UK

.NET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 32 (7.08%) Confluence
2 20 (4.42%) SharePoint
2 20 (4.42%) Umbraco
3 17 (3.76%) CMS
4 16 (3.54%) IIS
5 5 (1.11%) Drupal
6 4 (0.88%) Apache
7 3 (0.66%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.44%) EPiServer
8 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.22%) Jadu
9 1 (0.22%) Kentico
9 1 (0.22%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.22%) Site Server
9 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.22%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 8 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.66%) Magento
2 3 (0.66%) Maximo
2 3 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.22%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 207 (45.80%) Azure
2 101 (22.35%) Azure DevOps
3 58 (12.83%) AWS
4 29 (6.42%) Power Platform
5 21 (4.65%) Power Automate
6 20 (4.42%) Serverless
7 18 (3.98%) PaaS
7 18 (3.98%) SaaS
8 17 (3.76%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (3.32%) PowerApps
10 13 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (2.65%) Azure Functions
11 12 (2.65%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (1.99%) Azure AKS
12 9 (1.99%) IaaS
13 8 (1.77%) Azure API Management
14 7 (1.55%) Azure App Service
14 7 (1.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 6 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
16 5 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.21%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.33%) VPN
3 5 (1.11%) DNS
3 5 (1.11%) HTTP
3 5 (1.11%) SSL
4 4 (0.88%) DHCP
4 4 (0.88%) Network Security
4 4 (0.88%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.66%) LAN
5 3 (0.66%) WAN
6 2 (0.44%) MQTT
6 2 (0.44%) SAN
7 1 (0.22%) 2G
7 1 (0.22%) 5G
7 1 (0.22%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.22%) Firewall
7 1 (0.22%) Internet
7 1 (0.22%) RS-232
7 1 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (19.69%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.32%) Power BI
3 13 (2.88%) Relational Database
4 11 (2.43%) MySQL
4 11 (2.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (1.55%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.11%) SQLite
9 4 (0.88%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.88%) DB2
9 4 (0.88%) Redis
10 3 (0.66%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (0.66%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.44%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.44%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.44%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 57 (12.61%) Git
2 49 (10.84%) Visual Studio
3 47 (10.40%) Jenkins
4 39 (8.63%) JIRA
5 31 (6.86%) Bitbucket
6 24 (5.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 14 (3.10%) NUnit
8 12 (2.65%) Selenium
9 9 (1.99%) Postman
10 7 (1.55%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (1.55%) TeamCity
11 5 (1.11%) Checkstyle
11 5 (1.11%) Maven
11 5 (1.11%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.88%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.88%) Fiddler
12 4 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.88%) WebDriver
12 4 (0.88%) webpack
13 3 (0.66%) Mocha
General
1 88 (19.47%) Social Skills
2 43 (9.51%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (7.30%) Public Sector
4 32 (7.08%) Finance
5 18 (3.98%) Aerospace
6 8 (1.77%) Manufacturing
7 6 (1.33%) Banking
8 5 (1.11%) Automotive
8 5 (1.11%) Retail
9 4 (0.88%) Law
9 4 (0.88%) Legal
9 4 (0.88%) Tech for Good
10 3 (0.66%) Front Office
10 3 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.44%) Advertising
11 2 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.44%) Electronics
11 2 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.44%) Marketing
11 2 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 278 (61.50%) Developer
2 126 (27.88%) .NET Developer
3 46 (10.18%) Senior
4 31 (6.86%) Architect
5 30 (6.64%) Software Developer
6 27 (5.97%) Senior Developer
7 26 (5.75%) Full Stack Developer
8 24 (5.31%) Lead
9 23 (5.09%) Software Engineer
10 21 (4.65%) C# Developer
11 17 (3.76%) Senior .NET Developer
12 16 (3.54%) Analyst
13 15 (3.32%) C# .NET Developer
14 14 (3.10%) Applications Developer
14 14 (3.10%) Azure Developer
15 13 (2.88%) Full Stack .NET Developer
15 13 (2.88%) React Developer
15 13 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
15 13 (2.88%) Umbraco Developer
16 11 (2.43%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (21.02%) .NET Core
2 78 (17.26%) .NET Framework
3 70 (15.49%) ASP.NET
4 57 (12.61%) HTML
5 51 (11.28%) CSS
6 47 (10.40%) AngularJS
7 40 (8.85%) React
8 29 (6.42%) REST
9 28 (6.19%) Blazor
9 28 (6.19%) RESTful
10 27 (5.97%) Entity Framework
10 27 (5.97%) Web Services
11 22 (4.87%) XML
12 21 (4.65%) ASP.NET MVC
13 17 (3.76%) ASP.NET Web API
13 17 (3.76%) SOAP
14 16 (3.54%) JSON
15 11 (2.43%) jQuery
15 11 (2.43%) Vue
16 10 (2.21%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.42%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.54%) Mobile App
3 15 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (2.65%) Legacy Applications
4 12 (2.65%) Public Cloud
5 7 (1.55%) Data Structures
5 7 (1.55%) IoT
5 7 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (1.55%) Wiki
6 6 (1.33%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.11%) NHS
7 5 (1.11%) PKI
7 5 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.88%) Algorithms
8 4 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (0.88%) Low-Code
8 4 (0.88%) Mainframe
9 3 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.66%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 38 (8.41%) Linux
2 28 (6.19%) Windows
3 11 (2.43%) Android
4 9 (1.99%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.77%) Unix
6 6 (1.33%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.66%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.44%) VMS
8 2 (0.44%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (31.42%) DevOps
2 138 (30.53%) Agile
3 77 (17.04%) Problem-Solving
4 70 (15.49%) CI/CD
5 65 (14.38%) MVC
6 63 (13.94%) OO
7 54 (11.95%) Full Stack Development
7 54 (11.95%) Microservices
8 40 (8.85%) Test Automation
9 39 (8.63%) Software Engineering
10 38 (8.41%) Deployment Automation
11 36 (7.96%) Scrum
12 34 (7.52%) Configuration Management
12 34 (7.52%) Continuous Integration
13 33 (7.30%) OOP
14 31 (6.86%) TDD
15 30 (6.64%) Task Automation
16 24 (5.31%) Infrastructure Automation
16 24 (5.31%) SOLID
16 24 (5.31%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 270 (59.73%) C#
2 110 (24.34%) SQL
3 88 (19.47%) JavaScript
4 63 (13.94%) PowerShell
5 49 (10.84%) Python
6 36 (7.96%) Java
7 31 (6.86%) TypeScript
8 21 (4.65%) C
9 16 (3.54%) C++
10 14 (3.10%) VB.NET
11 9 (1.99%) PHP
12 8 (1.77%) Bicep
13 7 (1.55%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.55%) Ruby
13 7 (1.55%) VBA
14 6 (1.33%) VB
15 5 (1.11%) Bash
15 5 (1.11%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.88%) VB6
16 4 (0.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 79 (17.48%) Security Cleared
2 63 (13.94%) SC Cleared
3 29 (6.42%) Degree
4 13 (2.88%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.33%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.66%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.66%) HNC
8 3 (0.66%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.44%) HND
9 2 (0.44%) ISEB
9 2 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.97%) QA
2 7 (1.55%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.33%) SLA
4 5 (1.11%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.66%) GDPR
5 3 (0.66%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.44%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.44%) HL7
7 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (5.09%) Docker
2 16 (3.54%) Active Directory
3 15 (3.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.43%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.33%) vSphere
7 3 (0.66%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.44%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 44 (9.73%) Ansible
2 25 (5.53%) PowerCLI
3 21 (4.65%) Terraform
4 19 (4.20%) Kubernetes
5 10 (2.21%) SCOM
5 10 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.11%) SCCM
6 5 (1.11%) WSUS
7 4 (0.88%) Puppet
8 2 (0.44%) OPNET
9 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.22%) Argo
9 1 (0.22%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.22%) Istio
9 1 (0.22%) linkerd
9 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.22%) SELinux
9 1 (0.22%) vRealize
Vendors
1 79 (17.48%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.75%) Atlassian
3 25 (5.53%) Oracle
4 22 (4.87%) Dell
4 22 (4.87%) HP
5 16 (3.54%) VMware
6 10 (2.21%) Xamarin
7 9 (1.99%) SAP
8 6 (1.33%) F5
8 6 (1.33%) Google
9 4 (0.88%) IBM
9 4 (0.88%) Infragistics
10 3 (0.66%) Nintex
10 3 (0.66%) OutSystems
10 3 (0.66%) Pega
11 2 (0.44%) Adobe
11 2 (0.44%) Atmel
11 2 (0.44%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.44%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.44%) Sitecore