.NET Core Contracts

.NET Core
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for .NET Core skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited .NET Core 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 276 226 203
Rank change year-on-year -50 -23 -36
Contract jobs citing .NET Core 373 706 1,280
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 1.18% 1.44%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.16% 5.08% 5.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 532 1,053
10th Percentile £363 £413 £400
25th Percentile £463 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £700 £689 £688
90th Percentile £750 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 21
10th Percentile £47.61 £46.40 -
25th Percentile £54.85 £48.50 £48.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £55.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -8.33% +71.43%
75th Percentile £85.00 £57.50 £62.15
90th Percentile £87.00 £65.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +45.45% +4.76% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

.NET Core 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 Core
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for .NET Core in the UK

.NET Core
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for .NET Core in the UK

.NET Core
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for .NET Core in the UK

.NET Core
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for .NET Core in the UK

.NET Core
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing .NET Core over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET Core in the UK

.NET Core
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Core 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 -27 343 £553 -7.92% 498
London -6 246 £600 -7.69% 142
Work from Home -49 105 £517 -10.09% 564
UK excluding London -34 94 £475 - 397
South West +39 38 £700 +67.16% 48
North of England -14 21 £400 -20.00% 122
South East 0 18 £470 -16.44% 79
North West -7 13 £475 -11.63% 70
Yorkshire +20 7 £300 -38.46% 38
Scotland +9 6 £375 -18.92% 19
Midlands -3 6 £538 +26.47% 66
West Midlands +15 3 £400 -14.67% 35
East Midlands +5 3 £550 +29.41% 31
Wales +4 3 £350 -16.42% 23
East of England +7 2 £475 - 41
North East +11 1 - - 18

.NET Core
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 (7.24%) Confluence
2 22 (5.90%) CMS
3 9 (2.41%) BizTalk Server
4 6 (1.61%) NServiceBus
4 6 (1.61%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.80%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.80%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.80%) IIS
5 3 (0.80%) Kentico
5 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.80%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.54%) Apache
6 2 (0.54%) EPiServer
Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 7 (1.88%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.27%) Aareon QL
2 1 (0.27%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (0.27%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 221 (59.25%) Azure
2 120 (32.17%) Azure DevOps
3 83 (22.25%) AWS
4 74 (19.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 69 (18.50%) Azure Service Bus
6 41 (10.99%) Serverless
7 40 (10.72%) Azure Monitor
8 28 (7.51%) Entra ID
9 25 (6.70%) Azure Functions
9 25 (6.70%) GCP
10 21 (5.63%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (5.09%) Azure Pipelines
12 18 (4.83%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (3.49%) GitHub
13 13 (3.49%) NuGet
13 13 (3.49%) PaaS
14 11 (2.95%) Azure AKS
14 11 (2.95%) Azure Storage
15 10 (2.68%) Azure API Management
15 10 (2.68%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.88%) FTP
1 7 (1.88%) HTTP
2 3 (0.80%) DHCP
2 3 (0.80%) DNS
2 3 (0.80%) VPN
3 2 (0.54%) Firewall
3 2 (0.54%) SSL
4 1 (0.27%) CTI
4 1 (0.27%) Internet
4 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (38.07%) SQL Server
2 32 (8.58%) NoSQL
3 26 (6.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (4.56%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (4.02%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (2.95%) Redis
8 7 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.61%) MySQL
10 5 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (1.34%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.34%) SQLite
11 4 (1.07%) Big Data
12 3 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.80%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.80%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.80%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.54%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.54%) RavenDB
14 1 (0.27%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 79 (21.18%) Git
2 34 (9.12%) JIRA
3 30 (8.04%) TeamCity
4 28 (7.51%) Bitbucket
4 28 (7.51%) NUnit
5 26 (6.97%) Jenkins
6 24 (6.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 16 (4.29%) SpecFlow
8 14 (3.75%) Selenium
9 13 (3.49%) Moq
10 12 (3.22%) Cucumber
10 12 (3.22%) Visual Studio
11 11 (2.95%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (2.41%) Jasmine
13 8 (2.14%) SonarQube
14 5 (1.34%) Checkstyle
14 5 (1.34%) Postman
15 4 (1.07%) JMeter
15 4 (1.07%) webpack
16 3 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 71 (19.03%) Social Skills
2 68 (18.23%) Finance
3 40 (10.72%) Back Office
4 38 (10.19%) Front Office
5 34 (9.12%) Public Sector
6 33 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (5.63%) Banking
8 18 (4.83%) Aerospace
9 8 (2.14%) Investment Banking
9 8 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.88%) Local Government
11 5 (1.34%) Automotive
11 5 (1.34%) Law
12 3 (0.80%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.80%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.54%) Games
13 2 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.54%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 273 (73.19%) Developer
2 136 (36.46%) .NET Developer
3 74 (19.84%) C# Developer
4 70 (18.77%) Senior
5 59 (15.82%) Senior Developer
6 45 (12.06%) Software Engineer
7 44 (11.80%) C# .NET Developer
8 40 (10.72%) Full Stack Developer
9 33 (8.85%) Backend Developer
10 31 (8.31%) Lead
11 24 (6.43%) Azure Developer
12 23 (6.17%) .NET Software Engineer
12 23 (6.17%) Senior Backend Developer
13 22 (5.90%) Finance Manager
14 20 (5.36%) .NET Software Developer
15 19 (5.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 19 (5.09%) Full Stack .NET Developer
16 18 (4.83%) AWS Developer
16 18 (4.83%) Software Developer
17 17 (4.56%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 373 (100.00%) .NET
2 104 (27.88%) React
3 66 (17.69%) ASP.NET
4 63 (16.89%) .NET Framework
5 62 (16.62%) AngularJS
6 50 (13.40%) CSS
7 44 (11.80%) HTML
8 35 (9.38%) XML
9 33 (8.85%) REST
10 32 (8.58%) Blazor
11 30 (8.04%) ASP.NET Web API
11 30 (8.04%) Entity Framework
11 30 (8.04%) RESTful
12 28 (7.51%) jQuery
13 27 (7.24%) YAML
14 24 (6.43%) Kafka
15 20 (5.36%) ASP.NET MVC
16 19 (5.09%) ASP.NET Core
17 15 (4.02%) Redux
17 15 (4.02%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.51%) Greenfield Project
2 27 (7.24%) Fixed Income
2 27 (7.24%) Product Ownership
3 22 (5.90%) Equities
3 22 (5.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 21 (5.63%) Hedge funds
5 17 (4.56%) Cloud Native
6 15 (4.02%) Derivative
7 13 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (3.22%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.61%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (1.07%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.07%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.80%) Contactless
11 3 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.80%) N-Tier
12 2 (0.54%) PKI
12 2 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.54%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.31%) Linux
2 17 (4.56%) Windows
3 5 (1.34%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.54%) VMS
5 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (46.65%) Agile
2 166 (44.50%) DevOps
3 113 (30.29%) CI/CD
3 113 (30.29%) OO
4 110 (29.49%) TDD
5 80 (21.45%) Microservices
6 77 (20.64%) Software Engineering
7 75 (20.11%) Full Stack Development
8 60 (16.09%) MVC
9 58 (15.55%) OOD
10 54 (14.48%) API Management
11 53 (14.21%) Clean Code
12 52 (13.94%) Continuous Integration
12 52 (13.94%) Scrum
13 45 (12.06%) Problem-Solving
14 42 (11.26%) Test Automation
15 33 (8.85%) Deployment Automation
15 33 (8.85%) OOP
16 31 (8.31%) Front End Development
17 30 (8.04%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 288 (77.21%) C#
2 109 (29.22%) SQL
3 108 (28.95%) JavaScript
4 74 (19.84%) Bicep
5 62 (16.62%) PowerShell
6 61 (16.35%) Python
7 59 (15.82%) TypeScript
8 22 (5.90%) T-SQL
9 21 (5.63%) C++
9 21 (5.63%) PL/SQL
10 10 (2.68%) Java
11 9 (2.41%) Go
12 7 (1.88%) Bash
13 3 (0.80%) C
13 3 (0.80%) Perl
14 2 (0.54%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.27%) R
15 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 46 (12.33%) Security Cleared
2 35 (9.38%) SC Cleared
3 20 (5.36%) Degree
4 13 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.14%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.61%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.80%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.54%) HND
9 1 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.24%) Accessibility
2 26 (6.97%) WCAG
3 22 (5.90%) QA
4 5 (1.34%) MiFID
5 4 (1.07%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.27%) GDPR
7 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
System Software
1 67 (17.96%) Active Directory
2 28 (7.51%) Docker
3 4 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.80%) Terminal Services
4 3 (0.80%) vSphere
5 2 (0.54%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 39 (10.46%) Terraform
2 37 (9.92%) Kubernetes
3 23 (6.17%) Ansible
3 23 (6.17%) PowerCLI
4 5 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.54%) Puppet
6 1 (0.27%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 107 (28.69%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.51%) Oracle
3 24 (6.43%) Atlassian
4 22 (5.90%) Dell
4 22 (5.90%) HP
5 12 (3.22%) TIBCO
6 9 (2.41%) MuleSoft
7 7 (1.88%) NEC
7 7 (1.88%) SAP
8 5 (1.34%) Optimizely
8 5 (1.34%) VMware
9 2 (0.54%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.27%) Aareon
10 1 (0.27%) Capita
10 1 (0.27%) Cerner
10 1 (0.27%) Civica
10 1 (0.27%) Google
10 1 (0.27%) IBM
10 1 (0.27%) Nintex