.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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 47 36
Rank change year-on-year -6 -11 -2
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,350 2,201 4,325
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.71% 4.60% 6.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 17.93% 20.12% 22.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,032 1,718 3,436
10th Percentile £338 £388 £386
25th Percentile £425 £450 £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 £563 £540
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.17% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 44
10th Percentile £20.77 £25.50 £20.25
25th Percentile £29.13 £36.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £59.45 £52.97 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% +8.10% +10.11%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £62.18
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £69.63
UK median hourly rate £58.91 £53.99 £49.00
% change year-on-year +9.11% +10.17% +21.74%

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 7,528 10,941 18,867
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.67% 22.86% 26.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,353 8,120 14,168
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -2.61% +15.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £788 £788 £769
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 128 211
10th Percentile £22.50 £25.75 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +28.71% +6.88%
75th Percentile £66.25 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.80 £80.48 £77.00
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 England

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

Job vacancy trend for .NET in England

.NET
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 23 May 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 23 May 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 23 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
London +4 916 £575 -11.54% 395
North of England -35 107 £432 -9.05% 346
South East -47 95 £500 -2.44% 206
South West +14 93 £580 +5.45% 104
North West -28 67 £445 -6.32% 190
Midlands -18 64 £445 +4.71% 223
West Midlands -10 40 £475 -5.00% 132
East of England +3 35 £475 +5.56% 68
Yorkshire -16 33 £404 -16.75% 113
East Midlands -16 26 £405 -4.71% 91
North East +8 7 £375 -14.29% 49
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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 (3.26%) CMS
2 43 (3.19%) IIS
3 35 (2.59%) SharePoint
4 32 (2.37%) Confluence
5 30 (2.22%) Umbraco
6 11 (0.81%) BizTalk Server
7 7 (0.52%) Apache
8 6 (0.44%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.44%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.44%) WordPress
9 5 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.37%) Drupal
9 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.15%) Jadu
11 2 (0.15%) nginx
12 1 (0.074%) Appian
12 1 (0.074%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.074%) Ethereum
12 1 (0.074%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 37 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.04%) 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 32 (2.37%) 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
1 691 (51.19%) Azure
2 327 (24.22%) Azure DevOps
3 216 (16.00%) AWS
4 118 (8.74%) Azure Service Bus
5 90 (6.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 80 (5.93%) Entra ID
7 75 (5.56%) Serverless
8 66 (4.89%) Power Platform
9 56 (4.15%) Azure Monitor
10 53 (3.93%) Azure Functions
10 53 (3.93%) GCP
11 47 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
12 45 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
13 42 (3.11%) PaaS
14 39 (2.89%) Power Automate
15 36 (2.67%) PowerApps
16 30 (2.22%) GitHub
17 27 (2.00%) Azure API Management
17 27 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
18 25 (1.85%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.70%) Internet
2 15 (1.11%) DNS
2 15 (1.11%) TCP/IP
3 13 (0.96%) HTTP
3 13 (0.96%) Network Security
4 12 (0.89%) VPN
5 10 (0.74%) Firewall
6 8 (0.59%) FTP
7 5 (0.37%) DHCP
7 5 (0.37%) Intranet
7 5 (0.37%) SSL
7 5 (0.37%) Wireshark
8 4 (0.30%) SSH
9 3 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.15%) AMQP
10 2 (0.15%) BIG-IP
10 2 (0.15%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (0.15%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.15%) MQTT
10 2 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 407 (30.15%) SQL Server
2 63 (4.67%) NoSQL
3 48 (3.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 41 (3.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 36 (2.67%) Relational Database
6 32 (2.37%) Power BI
7 31 (2.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 30 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
9 26 (1.93%) Oracle Database
10 24 (1.78%) Redis
11 22 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
11 22 (1.63%) MongoDB
12 20 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
13 16 (1.19%) MySQL
14 13 (0.96%) Big Data
15 12 (0.89%) DynamoDB
16 11 (0.81%) Data Lake
17 9 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
17 9 (0.67%) GIS
18 7 (0.52%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 176 (13.04%) Git
2 91 (6.74%) Visual Studio
3 69 (5.11%) Jenkins
4 56 (4.15%) SpecFlow
5 55 (4.07%) TeamCity
6 50 (3.70%) JIRA
7 48 (3.56%) Selenium
8 34 (2.52%) Bitbucket
8 34 (2.52%) NUnit
9 29 (2.15%) Postman
10 26 (1.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 23 (1.70%) Cucumber
11 23 (1.70%) WebDriver
12 19 (1.41%) Moq
13 17 (1.26%) Team Foundation Server
14 14 (1.04%) Cypress.io
15 12 (0.89%) Octopus Deploy
15 12 (0.89%) SoapUI
15 12 (0.89%) SonarQube
16 11 (0.81%) Appium
General
1 247 (18.30%) Finance
2 229 (16.96%) Social Skills
3 102 (7.56%) Front Office
3 102 (7.56%) Public Sector
4 92 (6.81%) Banking
5 91 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
6 58 (4.30%) Back Office
7 47 (3.48%) Investment Banking
8 30 (2.22%) Local Government
9 18 (1.33%) Aerospace
10 17 (1.26%) Manufacturing
11 16 (1.19%) Retail
12 15 (1.11%) Marketing
13 12 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (0.81%) Law
15 10 (0.74%) Financial Institution
15 10 (0.74%) Telecoms
16 9 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (0.67%) Electronics
17 8 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 832 (61.63%) Developer
2 353 (26.15%) .NET Developer
3 224 (16.59%) Senior
4 215 (15.93%) C# Developer
5 147 (10.89%) Senior Developer
6 129 (9.56%) Software Engineer
7 119 (8.81%) Full Stack Developer
8 101 (7.48%) C# .NET Developer
9 97 (7.19%) Lead
10 94 (6.96%) Software Developer
11 82 (6.07%) Architect
11 82 (6.07%) Azure Developer
12 56 (4.15%) .NET Software Engineer
13 51 (3.78%) Full Stack .NET Developer
14 48 (3.56%) Azure Engineer
15 43 (3.19%) Backend Developer
15 43 (3.19%) DevOps Engineer
16 41 (3.04%) Senior Software Developer
17 39 (2.89%) .NET Software Developer
18 38 (2.81%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 332 (24.59%) .NET Core
2 266 (19.70%) .NET Framework
3 217 (16.07%) ASP.NET
4 197 (14.59%) React
5 181 (13.41%) AngularJS
6 149 (11.04%) HTML
7 136 (10.07%) CSS
8 132 (9.78%) XML
9 96 (7.11%) REST
10 71 (5.26%) Web Services
11 70 (5.19%) Entity Framework
12 64 (4.74%) RESTful
13 61 (4.52%) ASP.NET Core
14 60 (4.44%) Blazor
15 57 (4.22%) WCF
16 47 (3.48%) ASP.NET Web API
17 44 (3.26%) JSON
18 42 (3.11%) Kafka
19 40 (2.96%) ASP.NET MVC
20 39 (2.89%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 75 (5.56%) Product Ownership
2 46 (3.41%) Derivative
3 44 (3.26%) Fixed Income
4 40 (2.96%) Hedge funds
5 38 (2.81%) Equities
5 38 (2.81%) Greenfield Project
6 33 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 28 (2.07%) Cloud Native
8 27 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (1.48%) Mobile App
9 20 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (1.11%) Public Cloud
12 14 (1.04%) Algorithms
13 13 (0.96%) Data Structures
14 12 (0.89%) Onboarding
15 11 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
16 8 (0.59%) IoT
16 8 (0.59%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 113 (8.37%) Windows
2 67 (4.96%) Linux
3 30 (2.22%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.26%) Android
5 14 (1.04%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.74%) Unix
7 4 (0.30%) VMS
8 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.22%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.074%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 498 (36.89%) DevOps
2 483 (35.78%) Agile
3 265 (19.63%) CI/CD
4 221 (16.37%) Software Engineering
5 194 (14.37%) Full Stack Development
6 191 (14.15%) TDD
7 174 (12.89%) Microservices
8 168 (12.44%) Scrum
9 166 (12.30%) OO
10 153 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
11 132 (9.78%) Test Automation
12 130 (9.63%) MVC
13 93 (6.89%) Continuous Integration
14 85 (6.30%) API Management
14 85 (6.30%) SDLC
15 81 (6.00%) Design Patterns
16 79 (5.85%) Migration
17 78 (5.78%) B2C
18 67 (4.96%) SOLID
19 66 (4.89%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 1,007 (74.59%) C#
2 459 (34.00%) SQL
3 286 (21.19%) JavaScript
4 231 (17.11%) PowerShell
5 129 (9.56%) Python
5 129 (9.56%) TypeScript
6 118 (8.74%) Java
7 99 (7.33%) Bicep
8 67 (4.96%) T-SQL
9 65 (4.81%) PL/SQL
10 59 (4.37%) C++
11 44 (3.26%) VB.NET
12 43 (3.19%) VBA
13 30 (2.22%) VB
14 29 (2.15%) C
15 19 (1.41%) Ruby
16 18 (1.33%) PHP
17 16 (1.19%) Bash
18 12 (0.89%) Go
19 9 (0.67%) Perl
Qualifications
1 124 (9.19%) Security Cleared
2 97 (7.19%) Degree
3 96 (7.11%) SC Cleared
4 29 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.48%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.11%) Master's Degree
7 9 (0.67%) 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%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (6.67%) QA
2 40 (2.96%) Accessibility
3 25 (1.85%) 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 (0.30%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.30%) GDPR
9 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.15%) HL7
10 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.074%) DICOM
11 1 (0.074%) ISO 15022
11 1 (0.074%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 138 (10.22%) Active Directory
2 86 (6.37%) Docker
3 14 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.96%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.59%) vSphere
7 4 (0.30%) NFS
7 4 (0.30%) VMware NSX
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 90 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 61 (4.52%) Ansible
3 58 (4.30%) Terraform
4 25 (1.85%) PowerCLI
5 18 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.89%) SCOM
7 10 (0.74%) ITRS Geneos
8 9 (0.67%) BladeLogic
9 6 (0.44%) SCCM
10 5 (0.37%) WSUS
11 4 (0.30%) Puppet
12 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.22%) Grafana
12 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
13 2 (0.15%) OPNET
13 2 (0.15%) SCOrch
14 1 (0.074%) Kibana
14 1 (0.074%) logstash
14 1 (0.074%) SELinux
Vendors
1 327 (24.22%) Microsoft
2 123 (9.11%) Oracle
3 29 (2.15%) Citrix
4 26 (1.93%) Atlassian
5 25 (1.85%) SAP
6 22 (1.63%) Dell
6 22 (1.63%) HP
7 18 (1.33%) OpenLink
8 16 (1.19%) Databricks
8 16 (1.19%) VMware
9 15 (1.11%) MuleSoft
10 13 (0.96%) Google
11 11 (0.81%) Xamarin
12 10 (0.74%) TIBCO
13 9 (0.67%) Altiris
13 9 (0.67%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.67%) F5
14 8 (0.59%) Salesforce
15 7 (0.52%) NEC
15 7 (0.52%) Virgin Media