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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 303 298 240
Rank change year-on-year -5 -58 +44
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 295 492 1,094
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.69% 0.86% 1.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.31% 3.71% 4.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 390 831
10th Percentile £325 £400 £375
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £544 £530
Median % change year-on-year -12.64% +2.59% +12.77%
75th Percentile £575 £688 £650
90th Percentile £688 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £488 £460
% change year-on-year -7.69% +5.98% +8.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 19
10th Percentile - £49.50 £48.50
25th Percentile £75.00 £52.74 £48.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £70.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +30.84% +25.88%
75th Percentile £86.25 £85.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £88.50 - £65.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £70.00 £51.50
% change year-on-year +14.29% +35.92% +14.44%

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 8,906 13,255 23,828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.94% 23.15% 26.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,185 9,676 17,493
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 144 238
10th Percentile £21.25 £25.75 £22.35
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.71
90th Percentile £74.46 £80.25 £76.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

.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 20 May 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 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 Framework within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England +13 265 £475 -10.59% 377
London +54 185 £500 -16.67% 97
Work from Home -10 109 £478 -4.35% 358
UK excluding London -67 79 £450 -7.69% 316
North of England +7 30 £450 -5.26% 100
North West +3 23 £475 - 53
South East -4 14 £450 -14.29% 59
East of England +14 13 £550 +15.79% 20
South West -11 9 £638 +15.91% 35
Midlands -13 9 £425 - 68
Yorkshire +10 6 £400 -20.00% 37
West Midlands +9 6 £488 +2.63% 49
Scotland +15 3 £375 -11.76% 20
East Midlands -1 3 £307 -27.81% 19
Wales +13 2 - - 12
North East +12 1 £375 - 12

.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 28 (9.49%) IIS
2 18 (6.10%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.03%) CMS
4 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.02%) Confluence
5 3 (1.02%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.68%) Apache
6 2 (0.68%) Jadu
7 1 (0.34%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.34%) Umbraco
Applications
1 26 (8.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.34%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 17 (5.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.02%) Maximo
3 2 (0.68%) Endur
3 2 (0.68%) Shopify
4 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 189 (64.07%) Azure
2 107 (36.27%) Azure DevOps
3 34 (11.53%) AWS
4 29 (9.83%) Entra ID
5 21 (7.12%) Power Platform
6 19 (6.44%) Azure Service Bus
7 16 (5.42%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (5.08%) Serverless
9 13 (4.41%) Power Automate
9 13 (4.41%) PowerApps
10 12 (4.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 12 (4.07%) Azure Functions
11 10 (3.39%) GitHub
12 9 (3.05%) Azure Key Vault
13 8 (2.71%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (2.37%) PaaS
15 5 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
16 4 (1.36%) Azure API Management
16 4 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
17 3 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.10%) Internet
2 6 (2.03%) HTTP
3 5 (1.69%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.69%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.68%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (47.12%) SQL Server
2 21 (7.12%) Oracle Database
3 14 (4.75%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (4.07%) Relational Database
5 11 (3.73%) MySQL
6 10 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (3.39%) Power BI
7 9 (3.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (2.71%) NoSQL
8 8 (2.71%) Redis
8 8 (2.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.69%) SQLite
10 4 (1.36%) RDBMS
11 3 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.68%) Big Data
12 2 (0.68%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.68%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.68%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 54 (18.31%) Git
2 36 (12.20%) SpecFlow
3 32 (10.85%) Visual Studio
4 29 (9.83%) Selenium
5 23 (7.80%) WebDriver
6 14 (4.75%) Cucumber
6 14 (4.75%) NUnit
7 13 (4.41%) Postman
7 13 (4.41%) TeamCity
8 11 (3.73%) REST Assured
8 11 (3.73%) SoapUI
9 10 (3.39%) Appium
9 10 (3.39%) JIRA
10 9 (3.05%) eggPlant
10 9 (3.05%) JUnit
10 9 (3.05%) Moq
10 9 (3.05%) SOAtest
10 9 (3.05%) TestNG
11 8 (2.71%) SonarQube
11 8 (2.71%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 79 (26.78%) Social Skills
2 41 (13.90%) Finance
3 30 (10.17%) Public Sector
4 25 (8.47%) Banking
5 22 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.73%) Front Office
6 11 (3.73%) Investment Banking
7 6 (2.03%) Back Office
7 6 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.36%) Local Government
8 4 (1.36%) Retail
9 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.34%) Advertising
10 1 (0.34%) Aviation
10 1 (0.34%) Billing
10 1 (0.34%) Law
10 1 (0.34%) Legal
10 1 (0.34%) Marketing
10 1 (0.34%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 203 (68.81%) Developer
2 88 (29.83%) .NET Developer
3 73 (24.75%) C# Developer
4 65 (22.03%) Senior
5 46 (15.59%) Software Developer
6 45 (15.25%) Senior Developer
7 30 (10.17%) Azure Developer
8 29 (9.83%) Software Engineer
9 28 (9.49%) C# .NET Developer
9 28 (9.49%) Senior Software Developer
10 26 (8.81%) Full Stack Developer
11 21 (7.12%) Architect
12 13 (4.41%) Full Stack .NET Developer
13 12 (4.07%) Analyst
13 12 (4.07%) Lead
13 12 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (3.73%) C# WPF Developer
14 11 (3.73%) Senior Analyst
14 11 (3.73%) Senior Test Analyst
14 11 (3.73%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 295 (100.00%) .NET
2 71 (24.07%) Entity Framework
3 70 (23.73%) AngularJS
4 64 (21.69%) XML
5 63 (21.36%) .NET Core
6 50 (16.95%) ASP.NET
7 45 (15.25%) React
8 40 (13.56%) HTML
9 32 (10.85%) CSS
9 32 (10.85%) WCF
10 30 (10.17%) Web Services
11 26 (8.81%) REST
12 23 (7.80%) ASP.NET Web API
13 20 (6.78%) JSON
13 20 (6.78%) RESTful
14 19 (6.44%) Blazor
15 16 (5.42%) WPF
16 14 (4.75%) jQuery
17 12 (4.07%) HTML5
17 12 (4.07%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.81%) Product Ownership
2 9 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (2.71%) Cloud Native
3 8 (2.71%) Derivative
4 7 (2.37%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.03%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.03%) Replication
6 5 (1.69%) Algorithms
6 5 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.69%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.36%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 4 (1.36%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.36%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.02%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.02%) N-Tier
9 2 (0.68%) Equity Derivative
9 2 (0.68%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.68%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 35 (11.86%) Windows
2 6 (2.03%) Linux
3 3 (1.02%) Android
4 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (51.86%) DevOps
2 147 (49.83%) Agile
3 82 (27.80%) CI/CD
4 70 (23.73%) Scrum
5 58 (19.66%) Test Automation
6 52 (17.63%) Software Engineering
7 44 (14.92%) MVC
8 39 (13.22%) Full Stack Development
8 39 (13.22%) SDLC
9 38 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (11.86%) Microservices
11 33 (11.19%) OO
11 33 (11.19%) TDD
12 31 (10.51%) BDD
13 30 (10.17%) Design Patterns
14 29 (9.83%) B2C
14 29 (9.83%) Continuous Integration
15 24 (8.14%) Software Testing
15 24 (8.14%) Unit Testing
16 20 (6.78%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 261 (88.47%) C#
2 102 (34.58%) SQL
3 75 (25.42%) PowerShell
4 67 (22.71%) JavaScript
5 27 (9.15%) PL/SQL
5 27 (9.15%) VBA
6 23 (7.80%) T-SQL
7 21 (7.12%) Java
7 21 (7.12%) VB
8 18 (6.10%) VB.NET
9 17 (5.76%) Python
10 13 (4.41%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.36%) C++
11 4 (1.36%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.68%) Bash
12 2 (0.68%) C
12 2 (0.68%) PHP
13 1 (0.34%) Bicep
13 1 (0.34%) R
13 1 (0.34%) XAML
Qualifications
1 37 (12.54%) Security Cleared
2 34 (11.53%) Degree
3 29 (9.83%) SC Cleared
4 15 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.69%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.69%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.68%) HND
8 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.34%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.53%) QA
2 3 (1.02%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (11.19%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.71%) Docker
3 3 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.68%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (2.71%) Terraform
2 6 (2.03%) SCOM
2 6 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (1.69%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.02%) Ansible
4 3 (1.02%) PowerCLI
5 2 (0.68%) OPNET
5 2 (0.68%) SCOrch
6 1 (0.34%) Kibana
6 1 (0.34%) logstash
6 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 124 (42.03%) Microsoft
2 52 (17.63%) Oracle
3 16 (5.42%) Citrix
4 8 (2.71%) SAP
5 6 (2.03%) Xamarin
6 5 (1.69%) F5
7 4 (1.36%) Google
7 4 (1.36%) IBM
7 4 (1.36%) Nintex
8 3 (1.02%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.02%) Pega
8 3 (1.02%) Sitecore
8 3 (1.02%) VMware
9 2 (0.68%) Cisco
9 2 (0.68%) OpenLink
9 2 (0.68%) Optimizely
9 2 (0.68%) TIBCO
10 1 (0.34%) Adobe
10 1 (0.34%) Databricks