.NET Framework Contracts

Microsoft .NET Framework
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for .NET Framework skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited .NET Framework over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 326 287 240
Rank change year-on-year -39 -47 +50
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 292 552 1,094
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 0.92% 1.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.26% 3.98% 4.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 432 825
10th Percentile £325 £400 £363
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +2.33% +15.59%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £650
90th Percentile £675 £806 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £460
% change year-on-year -10.00% +8.70% +8.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 23
10th Percentile - £52.50 £30.55
25th Percentile £75.00 £57.74 £48.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £80.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year - +63.27% +20.99%
75th Percentile £86.25 £85.00 £62.43
90th Percentile £88.50 £87.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £70.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +14.29% +42.86% +14.62%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

.NET Framework 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 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 8,961 13,886 24,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.56% 23.27% 27.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,218 10,139 17,680
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £661
90th Percentile £769 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +15.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 153 241
10th Percentile £21.25 £31.60 £22.50
25th Percentile £40.00 £48.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -25.78% +30.61% +8.89%

.NET Framework
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing .NET Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing .NET Framework.

Daily rate trend for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Framework over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing .NET Framework.

Hourly rate trend for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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
England -15 267 £475 -13.64% 342
London +41 191 £500 -20.00% 91
Work from Home -24 111 £475 -9.52% 355
UK excluding London -80 71 £450 -10.00% 276
North of England +2 31 £450 -14.29% 77
North West +7 22 £475 - 39
South East -12 15 £438 -16.67% 50
East of England +13 9 £550 +15.79% 28
South West -10 9 £625 +13.64% 35
Yorkshire +14 8 £350 -33.33% 32
Midlands -7 7 £400 -5.88% 56
West Midlands +13 6 £425 -10.53% 34
North East +19 1 £375 - 7
East Midlands +3 1 £189 -58.08% 22
Scotland -2 1 £375 -11.76% 18

.NET Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 27 (9.25%) IIS
2 17 (5.82%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.05%) CMS
4 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.03%) Confluence
5 3 (1.03%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.68%) Apache
6 2 (0.68%) Jadu
7 1 (0.34%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.34%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 31 (10.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 19 (6.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.03%) Maximo
3 2 (0.68%) Endur
3 2 (0.68%) Shopify
4 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 173 (59.25%) Azure
2 104 (35.62%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (10.27%) Entra ID
4 29 (9.93%) AWS
5 20 (6.85%) Power Platform
6 19 (6.51%) Serverless
7 17 (5.82%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (5.48%) Azure Service Bus
9 15 (5.14%) Azure Functions
10 12 (4.11%) PowerApps
11 10 (3.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 10 (3.42%) Azure Key Vault
11 10 (3.42%) GitHub
11 10 (3.42%) Power Automate
12 7 (2.40%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (2.40%) PaaS
13 5 (1.71%) Azure API Management
13 5 (1.71%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.48%) Internet
2 6 (2.05%) HTTP
3 4 (1.37%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.37%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.68%) FTP
5 1 (0.34%) DHCP
5 1 (0.34%) DNS
5 1 (0.34%) Skype
5 1 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.34%) SSL
5 1 (0.34%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.34%) VPN
5 1 (0.34%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (49.66%) SQL Server
2 29 (9.93%) Oracle Database
3 14 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (4.45%) Relational Database
5 11 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (3.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 9 (3.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (2.74%) NoSQL
9 7 (2.40%) MySQL
9 7 (2.40%) Power BI
10 5 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.71%) SQLite
11 4 (1.37%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.37%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.37%) Redis
12 3 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.68%) Big Data
13 2 (0.68%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.68%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.68%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 54 (18.49%) Git
2 36 (12.33%) SpecFlow
3 30 (10.27%) Selenium
4 28 (9.59%) Visual Studio
5 23 (7.88%) WebDriver
6 16 (5.48%) NUnit
7 14 (4.79%) Cucumber
7 14 (4.79%) Postman
7 14 (4.79%) TeamCity
8 12 (4.11%) JIRA
8 12 (4.11%) SoapUI
9 11 (3.77%) REST Assured
10 10 (3.42%) Appium
10 10 (3.42%) Moq
11 9 (3.08%) eggPlant
11 9 (3.08%) JUnit
11 9 (3.08%) SOAtest
11 9 (3.08%) TestNG
12 8 (2.74%) SonarQube
13 7 (2.40%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 70 (23.97%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.12%) Finance
3 31 (10.62%) Public Sector
4 28 (9.59%) Banking
5 19 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.42%) Investment Banking
7 7 (2.40%) Front Office
8 6 (2.05%) Back Office
8 6 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.37%) Local Government
9 4 (1.37%) Retail
10 3 (1.03%) Marketing
11 2 (0.68%) Electronics
11 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.34%) Aviation
12 1 (0.34%) Billing
12 1 (0.34%) Legal
12 1 (0.34%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 198 (67.81%) Developer
2 97 (33.22%) .NET Developer
3 76 (26.03%) C# Developer
4 65 (22.26%) Senior
5 45 (15.41%) Senior Developer
6 41 (14.04%) Software Developer
7 35 (11.99%) C# .NET Developer
8 30 (10.27%) Azure Developer
9 28 (9.59%) Software Engineer
10 26 (8.90%) Senior Software Developer
11 23 (7.88%) Full Stack Developer
12 20 (6.85%) Architect
13 12 (4.11%) Analyst
13 12 (4.11%) Lead
13 12 (4.11%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (3.77%) Full Stack .NET Developer
14 11 (3.77%) Senior .NET Developer
14 11 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
14 11 (3.77%) Senior Test Analyst
14 11 (3.77%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 292 (100.00%) .NET
2 71 (24.32%) AngularJS
3 70 (23.97%) Entity Framework
4 63 (21.58%) .NET Core
5 59 (20.21%) XML
6 54 (18.49%) ASP.NET
7 43 (14.73%) React
8 39 (13.36%) HTML
9 31 (10.62%) CSS
9 31 (10.62%) WCF
10 27 (9.25%) REST
10 27 (9.25%) Web Services
11 24 (8.22%) ASP.NET Web API
12 21 (7.19%) JSON
13 18 (6.16%) Blazor
14 17 (5.82%) RESTful
15 15 (5.14%) WPF
16 14 (4.79%) jQuery
17 13 (4.45%) ASP.NET MVC
17 13 (4.45%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.22%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.42%) Cloud Native
3 8 (2.74%) Derivative
3 8 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.05%) Replication
5 5 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.37%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.37%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 4 (1.37%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.37%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.37%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.03%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.03%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.03%) N-Tier
8 2 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.68%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.68%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 33 (11.30%) Windows
2 5 (1.71%) Linux
3 2 (0.68%) Android
3 2 (0.68%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.68%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (50.00%) DevOps
2 143 (48.97%) Agile
3 81 (27.74%) CI/CD
4 71 (24.32%) Scrum
5 58 (19.86%) Test Automation
6 53 (18.15%) Software Engineering
7 46 (15.75%) MVC
8 40 (13.70%) SDLC
9 37 (12.67%) TDD
10 36 (12.33%) Full Stack Development
10 36 (12.33%) Microservices
10 36 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (10.96%) Continuous Integration
12 31 (10.62%) BDD
13 29 (9.93%) B2C
13 29 (9.93%) Design Patterns
13 29 (9.93%) OO
14 26 (8.90%) Unit Testing
15 24 (8.22%) Software Testing
16 21 (7.19%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 256 (87.67%) C#
2 106 (36.30%) SQL
3 72 (24.66%) PowerShell
4 69 (23.63%) JavaScript
5 33 (11.30%) PL/SQL
5 33 (11.30%) VBA
6 28 (9.59%) T-SQL
7 27 (9.25%) VB
8 26 (8.90%) VB.NET
9 21 (7.19%) Java
10 16 (5.48%) Python
11 12 (4.11%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.37%) C++
12 4 (1.37%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.68%) Bash
13 2 (0.68%) Bicep
13 2 (0.68%) C
13 2 (0.68%) PHP
14 1 (0.34%) R
14 1 (0.34%) XAML
Qualifications
1 36 (12.33%) Security Cleared
2 30 (10.27%) Degree
3 28 (9.59%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.05%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.03%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.68%) HND
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (13.01%) QA
2 4 (1.37%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.68%) WCAG
4 1 (0.34%) EMIR
4 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.34%) MiFID
4 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 34 (11.64%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.74%) Docker
3 3 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.68%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (3.08%) Terraform
2 5 (1.71%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.71%) SCOM
2 5 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.03%) Ansible
4 2 (0.68%) PowerCLI
4 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.68%) Puppet
4 2 (0.68%) SCOrch
5 1 (0.34%) Kibana
5 1 (0.34%) logstash
5 1 (0.34%) OPNET
5 1 (0.34%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.34%) WSUS
Vendors
1 117 (40.07%) Microsoft
2 59 (20.21%) Oracle
3 21 (7.19%) Citrix
4 10 (3.42%) SAP
5 4 (1.37%) F5
5 4 (1.37%) Nintex
6 3 (1.03%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.03%) Google
6 3 (1.03%) IBM
6 3 (1.03%) Pega
6 3 (1.03%) Sitecore
6 3 (1.03%) VMware
7 2 (0.68%) OpenLink
7 2 (0.68%) Optimizely
7 2 (0.68%) TIBCO
7 2 (0.68%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.34%) Databricks
8 1 (0.34%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.34%) Splunk
8 1 (0.34%) Veeam