.NET Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 43 38 27
Rank change year-on-year -5 -11 +9
Contract jobs citing .NET 604 1,282 2,876
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.08% 5.20% 6.54%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.64% 20.59% 22.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 1,014 2,221
10th Percentile £313 £375 £375
25th Percentile £413 £419 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £688 £625
90th Percentile £700 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £560 £538
% change year-on-year -6.25% +4.19% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 38
10th Percentile - £22.50 £20.25
25th Percentile £20.77 £40.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £46.67
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +39.28% +4.88%
75th Percentile £63.75 £85.00 £57.06
90th Percentile £64.25 - £65.60
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
Work from Home

.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 with a WFH option and 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 3,629 6,225 12,985
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 24.52% 25.26% 29.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,545 4,638 9,580
10th Percentile £339 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +12.24%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £645
90th Percentile £800 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 77 124
10th Percentile £24.45 £22.50 £21.30
25th Percentile - £45.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £65.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

.NET
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing .NET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

.NET trend for jobs with a WFH option

.NET
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing .NET.

.NET daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing .NET over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

.NET daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing .NET.

.NET hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing .NET over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

.NET hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

.NET
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 26 (4.30%) CMS
2 20 (3.31%) Umbraco
3 13 (2.15%) IIS
4 7 (1.16%) Confluence
5 6 (0.99%) Apache
5 6 (0.99%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.99%) WordPress
6 5 (0.83%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.83%) WebSphere
7 4 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.50%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (0.50%) Kentico
8 3 (0.50%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.50%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.33%) EPiServer
9 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.33%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.17%) GemFire
Applications
1 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) InVision
4 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.49%) Endur
3 2 (0.33%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.33%) SAP GTS
3 2 (0.33%) Shopify
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.17%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 326 (53.97%) Azure
2 134 (22.19%) Azure DevOps
3 79 (13.08%) AWS
4 49 (8.11%) Azure Service Bus
5 40 (6.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 36 (5.96%) Power Platform
7 35 (5.79%) Entra ID
8 32 (5.30%) Serverless
9 27 (4.47%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (4.47%) PaaS
10 23 (3.81%) Azure Functions
11 22 (3.64%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (3.31%) Azure API Management
13 17 (2.81%) Azure Monitor
14 15 (2.48%) PowerApps
14 15 (2.48%) SaaS
15 14 (2.32%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (2.15%) IaaS
17 11 (1.82%) GCP
17 11 (1.82%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.82%) DNS
2 8 (1.32%) Network Security
3 5 (0.83%) Intranet
3 5 (0.83%) VPN
4 4 (0.66%) DHCP
5 3 (0.50%) HTTP
5 3 (0.50%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.33%) Firewall
6 2 (0.33%) Internet
6 2 (0.33%) SSL
7 1 (0.17%) BGP
7 1 (0.17%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.17%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.17%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.17%) MPLS
7 1 (0.17%) MQTT
7 1 (0.17%) OSPF
7 1 (0.17%) RS-232
7 1 (0.17%) SAN
7 1 (0.17%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (26.66%) SQL Server
2 26 (4.30%) Azure SQL Database
3 22 (3.64%) MySQL
3 22 (3.64%) Relational Database
4 18 (2.98%) NoSQL
5 16 (2.65%) Power BI
6 14 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (2.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (1.49%) MongoDB
9 8 (1.32%) GIS
9 8 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (1.16%) Redis
11 6 (0.99%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.99%) DB2
11 6 (0.99%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.83%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.66%) Big Data
13 4 (0.66%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 62 (10.26%) Git
2 41 (6.79%) Visual Studio
3 22 (3.64%) SpecFlow
4 15 (2.48%) Selenium
4 15 (2.48%) Team Foundation Server
5 14 (2.32%) Jenkins
6 12 (1.99%) JIRA
6 12 (1.99%) Postman
7 11 (1.82%) TeamCity
8 8 (1.32%) Cypress.io
8 8 (1.32%) NUnit
8 8 (1.32%) WebDriver
9 7 (1.16%) Cucumber
9 7 (1.16%) Moq
10 6 (0.99%) Subversion
11 5 (0.83%) MSI
11 5 (0.83%) WiX
12 4 (0.66%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.66%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.66%) SoapUI
General
1 115 (19.04%) Finance
2 104 (17.22%) Social Skills
3 77 (12.75%) Public Sector
4 34 (5.63%) Front Office
5 28 (4.64%) Banking
6 19 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (2.48%) Back Office
8 13 (2.15%) Investment Banking
9 11 (1.82%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.66%) Law
10 10 (1.66%) Local Government
11 9 (1.49%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.16%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.16%) Marketing
12 7 (1.16%) Tech for Good
13 6 (0.99%) Electronics
13 6 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 403 (66.72%) Developer
2 163 (26.99%) .NET Developer
3 104 (17.22%) C# Developer
4 95 (15.73%) Senior
5 71 (11.75%) Senior Developer
6 67 (11.09%) Full Stack Developer
7 56 (9.27%) Azure Developer
8 47 (7.78%) Software Developer
9 46 (7.62%) Architect
10 44 (7.28%) C# .NET Developer
11 39 (6.46%) Lead
12 24 (3.97%) Full Stack .NET Developer
13 22 (3.64%) Software Engineer
14 21 (3.48%) Lead Developer
14 21 (3.48%) Senior C# Developer
14 21 (3.48%) Technical Architect
15 20 (3.31%) Analyst
16 19 (3.15%) React Developer
17 17 (2.81%) Angular Developer
17 17 (2.81%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (18.05%) .NET Framework
2 106 (17.55%) .NET Core
3 101 (16.72%) ASP.NET
4 80 (13.25%) AngularJS
5 77 (12.75%) React
6 68 (11.26%) CSS
7 65 (10.76%) HTML
8 56 (9.27%) XML
9 55 (9.11%) REST
10 45 (7.45%) Entity Framework
11 43 (7.12%) Web Services
12 28 (4.64%) RESTful
13 27 (4.47%) jQuery
14 25 (4.14%) ASP.NET Core
15 24 (3.97%) Node.js
15 24 (3.97%) Vue
16 23 (3.81%) ASP.NET Web API
17 21 (3.48%) ASP.NET MVC
17 21 (3.48%) JSON
18 20 (3.31%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.30%) Product Ownership
2 18 (2.98%) Mobile App
3 16 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (2.32%) Derivative
6 10 (1.66%) Algorithms
7 9 (1.49%) Cloud Native
7 9 (1.49%) Equities
8 8 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.32%) Hedge funds
8 8 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.16%) Client/Server
9 7 (1.16%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.16%) Fixed Income
9 7 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (0.99%) Public Cloud
10 6 (0.99%) Reinsurance
11 5 (0.83%) Onboarding
11 5 (0.83%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 47 (7.78%) Windows
2 20 (3.31%) Linux
3 17 (2.81%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.15%) Android
5 11 (1.82%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.66%) Unix
7 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (31.62%) DevOps
2 180 (29.80%) Agile
3 99 (16.39%) Full Stack Development
4 87 (14.40%) CI/CD
5 80 (13.25%) MVC
6 69 (11.42%) Microservices
7 66 (10.93%) Software Engineering
8 64 (10.60%) Problem-Solving
9 61 (10.10%) TDD
10 60 (9.93%) Scrum
11 59 (9.77%) OO
12 52 (8.61%) Test Automation
13 43 (7.12%) Design Patterns
13 43 (7.12%) Migration
13 43 (7.12%) SOLID
14 41 (6.79%) Unit Testing
15 38 (6.29%) SDLC
16 35 (5.79%) Computer Science
17 31 (5.13%) User Experience
17 31 (5.13%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 422 (69.87%) C#
2 177 (29.30%) SQL
3 123 (20.36%) JavaScript
4 77 (12.75%) PowerShell
5 50 (8.28%) Java
6 47 (7.78%) Python
7 40 (6.62%) TypeScript
8 36 (5.96%) Bicep
9 29 (4.80%) C++
10 20 (3.31%) VB.NET
11 19 (3.15%) T-SQL
12 14 (2.32%) Ruby
12 14 (2.32%) VBA
13 12 (1.99%) C
14 9 (1.49%) VB
15 8 (1.32%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.99%) PHP
17 4 (0.66%) Bash
17 4 (0.66%) F#
17 4 (0.66%) Go
Qualifications
1 53 (8.77%) Security Cleared
2 52 (8.61%) Degree
3 40 (6.62%) SC Cleared
4 18 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (0.83%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.50%) CISSP
8 3 (0.50%) HNC
8 3 (0.50%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.50%) SANS
9 2 (0.33%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.33%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.33%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.17%) ISEB
10 1 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.30%) QA
2 24 (3.97%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.66%) WCAG
4 3 (0.50%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.50%) GDPR
4 3 (0.50%) GRC
4 3 (0.50%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.33%) SLA
6 1 (0.17%) HL7
6 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 45 (7.45%) Active Directory
2 32 (5.30%) Docker
3 11 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.83%) vSphere
6 4 (0.66%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.33%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.17%) GridGain
8 1 (0.17%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 30 (4.97%) Kubernetes
2 28 (4.64%) Terraform
3 13 (2.15%) Ansible
4 5 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.66%) BladeLogic
5 4 (0.66%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.50%) PowerCLI
7 2 (0.33%) Puppet
7 2 (0.33%) SCOM
7 2 (0.33%) WSUS
8 1 (0.17%) Kibana
8 1 (0.17%) logstash
8 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.17%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 139 (23.01%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.13%) Oracle
3 17 (2.81%) SAP
4 13 (2.15%) Xamarin
5 10 (1.66%) Databricks
6 9 (1.49%) OpenLink
7 8 (1.32%) MuleSoft
8 7 (1.16%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.16%) VMware
9 6 (0.99%) Sitecore
10 5 (0.83%) Citrix
10 5 (0.83%) Google
11 4 (0.66%) Altiris
11 4 (0.66%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.50%) Adobe
12 3 (0.50%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.50%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.50%) Dell
12 3 (0.50%) HP
12 3 (0.50%) OutSystems