.NET Contracts in England

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 47 36
Rank change year-on-year -5 -11 0
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,357 2,115 4,267
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.68% 4.46% 6.05%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 17.69% 19.63% 22.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,033 1,655 3,395
10th Percentile £350 £385 £388
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £560 £538
% change year-on-year -6.25% +4.19% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 41
10th Percentile £20.77 £31.20 £20.25
25th Percentile £22.75 £37.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £58.91 £52.97 £49.99
Median % change year-on-year +11.20% +5.97% +11.70%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £82.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £58.91 £53.99 £49.74
% change year-on-year +9.11% +8.53% +22.82%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

.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 England 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 7,669 10,777 18,799
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.78% 22.70% 26.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,415 8,025 14,137
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £800 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 130 199
10th Percentile £22.53 £30.68 £24.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +22.64% +12.47%
75th Percentile £66.94 £75.00 £67.75
90th Percentile £74.95 £80.25 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -26.92% +23.81% +16.67%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for .NET in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for .NET in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for .NET in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing .NET in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
London +7 924 £575 -8.73% 390
North of England -37 106 £436 -8.21% 303
South West +16 96 £585 +6.36% 101
South East -50 94 £490 -4.16% 185
North West -30 63 £445 -6.32% 175
Midlands -29 61 £450 +4.65% 211
West Midlands -18 40 £481 -3.75% 125
East of England 0 36 £475 +4.11% 75
Yorkshire -17 36 £420 -11.63% 86
East Midlands -20 23 £410 -0.61% 86
North East +9 7 £375 -14.29% 46
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UK

.NET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 44 (3.24%) CMS
1 44 (3.24%) IIS
2 36 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 34 (2.51%) Confluence
4 30 (2.21%) Umbraco
5 11 (0.81%) BizTalk Server
6 7 (0.52%) Apache
7 5 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.37%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.37%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.37%) Drupal
7 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.37%) WordPress
8 4 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.22%) nginx
10 2 (0.15%) Jadu
10 2 (0.15%) WildFly
11 1 (0.074%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.074%) Ethereum
11 1 (0.074%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 40 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.074%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.074%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.074%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.074%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 35 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.33%) Endur
3 7 (0.52%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (0.44%) Aladdin
4 6 (0.44%) SimCorp Dimension
5 3 (0.22%) Magento
5 3 (0.22%) Maximo
6 1 (0.074%) Aareon QL
6 1 (0.074%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.074%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.074%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.074%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.074%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.074%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 701 (51.66%) Azure
2 322 (23.73%) Azure DevOps
3 215 (15.84%) AWS
4 121 (8.92%) Azure Service Bus
5 90 (6.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 82 (6.04%) Entra ID
7 73 (5.38%) Serverless
8 68 (5.01%) Power Platform
9 56 (4.13%) GCP
10 51 (3.76%) Azure Monitor
11 50 (3.68%) Azure Functions
12 49 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
13 43 (3.17%) Azure Logic Apps
14 42 (3.10%) PaaS
15 39 (2.87%) Power Automate
16 36 (2.65%) PowerApps
17 29 (2.14%) GitHub
18 27 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
19 26 (1.92%) Azure App Service
20 25 (1.84%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.77%) Internet
2 14 (1.03%) Network Security
3 13 (0.96%) DNS
3 13 (0.96%) TCP/IP
4 12 (0.88%) VPN
5 11 (0.81%) HTTP
6 9 (0.66%) Firewall
7 8 (0.59%) FTP
8 5 (0.37%) DHCP
8 5 (0.37%) SSL
8 5 (0.37%) Wireshark
9 4 (0.29%) Intranet
10 3 (0.22%) AMQP
10 3 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (0.22%) SSH
11 2 (0.15%) BIG-IP
11 2 (0.15%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.15%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.15%) MQTT
11 2 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 413 (30.43%) SQL Server
2 62 (4.57%) NoSQL
3 47 (3.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 37 (2.73%) Relational Database
4 37 (2.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 34 (2.51%) Oracle Database
6 33 (2.43%) Power BI
7 32 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 30 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (2.06%) Redis
10 23 (1.69%) MongoDB
11 22 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
12 19 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
13 14 (1.03%) MySQL
14 12 (0.88%) Big Data
15 11 (0.81%) Data Lake
16 10 (0.74%) DynamoDB
17 9 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
17 9 (0.66%) GIS
18 7 (0.52%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 175 (12.90%) Git
2 89 (6.56%) Visual Studio
3 69 (5.08%) Jenkins
4 57 (4.20%) SpecFlow
5 54 (3.98%) TeamCity
6 52 (3.83%) JIRA
7 48 (3.54%) Selenium
8 36 (2.65%) Bitbucket
9 32 (2.36%) NUnit
10 29 (2.14%) Postman
11 26 (1.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 23 (1.69%) Cucumber
12 23 (1.69%) WebDriver
13 19 (1.40%) Moq
14 16 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
15 14 (1.03%) Cypress.io
16 12 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
16 12 (0.88%) SoapUI
17 11 (0.81%) Appium
17 11 (0.81%) SonarQube
General
1 252 (18.57%) Finance
2 231 (17.02%) Social Skills
3 104 (7.66%) Front Office
3 104 (7.66%) Public Sector
4 93 (6.85%) Banking
5 91 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
6 57 (4.20%) Back Office
7 48 (3.54%) Investment Banking
8 30 (2.21%) Local Government
9 18 (1.33%) Aerospace
10 16 (1.18%) Manufacturing
10 16 (1.18%) Retail
11 14 (1.03%) Marketing
12 11 (0.81%) Law
12 11 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (0.74%) Financial Institution
14 9 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (0.66%) Telecoms
15 8 (0.59%) Electronics
16 7 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 839 (61.83%) Developer
2 356 (26.23%) .NET Developer
3 226 (16.65%) Senior
4 219 (16.14%) C# Developer
5 149 (10.98%) Senior Developer
6 131 (9.65%) Software Engineer
7 124 (9.14%) Full Stack Developer
8 101 (7.44%) C# .NET Developer
9 98 (7.22%) Lead
10 94 (6.93%) Software Developer
11 85 (6.26%) Architect
12 81 (5.97%) Azure Developer
13 56 (4.13%) .NET Software Engineer
14 54 (3.98%) Full Stack .NET Developer
15 45 (3.32%) Azure Engineer
16 43 (3.17%) Backend Developer
17 40 (2.95%) DevOps Engineer
17 40 (2.95%) Senior Software Developer
18 39 (2.87%) Analyst
19 38 (2.80%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 334 (24.61%) .NET Core
2 276 (20.34%) .NET Framework
3 216 (15.92%) ASP.NET
4 198 (14.59%) React
5 184 (13.56%) AngularJS
6 148 (10.91%) HTML
7 136 (10.02%) CSS
8 129 (9.51%) XML
9 93 (6.85%) REST
10 72 (5.31%) Entity Framework
11 69 (5.08%) Web Services
12 65 (4.79%) RESTful
13 61 (4.50%) Blazor
14 59 (4.35%) ASP.NET Core
15 58 (4.27%) WCF
16 47 (3.46%) ASP.NET Web API
17 43 (3.17%) Kafka
18 40 (2.95%) JSON
19 38 (2.80%) jQuery
19 38 (2.80%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 78 (5.75%) Product Ownership
2 45 (3.32%) Derivative
3 43 (3.17%) Fixed Income
4 40 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
5 39 (2.87%) Hedge funds
6 36 (2.65%) Equities
7 32 (2.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 26 (1.92%) Cloud Native
8 26 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
9 23 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
10 20 (1.47%) Mobile App
11 18 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
12 17 (1.25%) Public Cloud
13 15 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
14 13 (0.96%) Algorithms
14 13 (0.96%) Data Structures
14 13 (0.96%) Onboarding
15 10 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
16 8 (0.59%) IoT
16 8 (0.59%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 117 (8.62%) Windows
2 68 (5.01%) Linux
3 30 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.25%) Android
5 14 (1.03%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.74%) Unix
7 4 (0.29%) VMS
8 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.22%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.074%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 495 (36.48%) DevOps
2 488 (35.96%) Agile
3 265 (19.53%) CI/CD
4 224 (16.51%) Software Engineering
5 196 (14.44%) Full Stack Development
6 193 (14.22%) TDD
7 176 (12.97%) Microservices
8 170 (12.53%) Scrum
9 161 (11.86%) OO
10 152 (11.20%) Problem-Solving
11 134 (9.87%) Test Automation
12 125 (9.21%) MVC
13 92 (6.78%) Continuous Integration
14 87 (6.41%) SDLC
15 83 (6.12%) API Management
16 82 (6.04%) Design Patterns
17 77 (5.67%) B2C
18 74 (5.45%) Migration
19 65 (4.79%) Deployment Automation
19 65 (4.79%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 1,013 (74.65%) C#
2 457 (33.68%) SQL
3 284 (20.93%) JavaScript
4 231 (17.02%) PowerShell
5 131 (9.65%) TypeScript
6 128 (9.43%) Python
7 119 (8.77%) Java
8 97 (7.15%) Bicep
9 69 (5.08%) T-SQL
10 68 (5.01%) PL/SQL
11 59 (4.35%) C++
12 48 (3.54%) VB.NET
13 44 (3.24%) VBA
14 33 (2.43%) VB
15 30 (2.21%) C
16 18 (1.33%) PHP
17 17 (1.25%) Ruby
18 15 (1.11%) Bash
19 12 (0.88%) Go
20 7 (0.52%) Perl
Qualifications
1 129 (9.51%) Security Cleared
2 101 (7.44%) SC Cleared
3 97 (7.15%) Degree
4 29 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.47%) DV Cleared
6 16 (1.18%) Master's Degree
7 9 (0.66%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.52%) AWS Certification
8 7 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.22%) CISA
11 3 (0.22%) CISM
11 3 (0.22%) CISSP
11 3 (0.22%) HNC
12 2 (0.15%) CCNP
12 2 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.15%) HND
13 1 (0.074%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.074%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (6.71%) QA
2 38 (2.80%) Accessibility
3 24 (1.77%) WCAG
4 11 (0.81%) MiFID
5 8 (0.59%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.44%) EMIR
6 6 (0.44%) SLA
7 5 (0.37%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.29%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.29%) GDPR
9 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.15%) HL7
11 1 (0.074%) DICOM
11 1 (0.074%) GRC
11 1 (0.074%) ISO 15022
11 1 (0.074%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 136 (10.02%) Active Directory
2 91 (6.71%) Docker
3 16 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.88%) Hyper-V
4 12 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.59%) vSphere
6 6 (0.44%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.22%) NFS
8 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.074%) Firmware
9 1 (0.074%) GridGain
9 1 (0.074%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 99 (7.30%) Kubernetes
2 63 (4.64%) Ansible
3 62 (4.57%) Terraform
4 27 (1.99%) PowerCLI
5 18 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.88%) SCOM
7 10 (0.74%) ITRS Geneos
8 9 (0.66%) BladeLogic
9 6 (0.44%) SCCM
10 5 (0.37%) WSUS
11 4 (0.29%) Grafana
11 4 (0.29%) OPNET
11 4 (0.29%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.29%) Puppet
12 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.15%) SCOrch
14 1 (0.074%) Kibana
14 1 (0.074%) logstash
14 1 (0.074%) SELinux
Vendors
1 332 (24.47%) Microsoft
2 131 (9.65%) Oracle
3 31 (2.28%) Citrix
4 28 (2.06%) Atlassian
5 24 (1.77%) SAP
6 22 (1.62%) Dell
6 22 (1.62%) HP
7 18 (1.33%) OpenLink
7 18 (1.33%) VMware
8 16 (1.18%) MuleSoft
9 15 (1.11%) Databricks
9 15 (1.11%) Google
10 10 (0.74%) TIBCO
10 10 (0.74%) Xamarin
11 9 (0.66%) Altiris
11 9 (0.66%) Dynatrace
11 9 (0.66%) F5
12 8 (0.59%) Virgin Media
13 7 (0.52%) Cisco
13 7 (0.52%) Salesforce