.NET Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring .NET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 56 31
Rank change year-on-year -10 -25 -2
Contract jobs citing .NET 81 75 122
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.79% 4.35% 5.73%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.84% 15.63% 21.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 63 88
10th Percentile £430 £404 £400
25th Percentile £513 £424 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.48% +4.21% -7.73%
75th Percentile £668 £682 £675
90th Percentile £875 £756 £829
Central London median daily rate £572 £625 £590
% change year-on-year -8.48% +5.98% -9.27%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
City of London

.NET falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 546 480 564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.53% 27.86% 26.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 332 354
10th Percentile £413 £400 £413
25th Percentile £475 £465 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £593 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% -1.25% -2.44%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £708
90th Percentile £763 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.13% -0.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £36.73 £63.75 -
25th Percentile £37.44 £67.50 £36.75
Median hourly rate £39.75 £75.00 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.00% +94.81% -23.00%
75th Percentile £41.94 £82.50 £40.25
90th Percentile £42.58 £86.25 -
Central London median hourly rate £52.25 £62.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year -16.40% +62.34% -23.00%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing .NET relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

.NET job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing .NET.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing .NET

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing .NET.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing .NET

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.17%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.70%) IIS
3 2 (2.47%) CMS
3 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (2.47%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.23%) MQSeries
Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (9.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.47%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 35 (43.21%) Azure
2 18 (22.22%) Power Platform
3 13 (16.05%) Serverless
4 12 (14.81%) AWS
5 11 (13.58%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (12.35%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (11.11%) Azure Functions
7 9 (11.11%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (9.88%) Azure Service Bus
8 8 (9.88%) GitHub
8 8 (9.88%) SaaS
9 7 (8.64%) Power Automate
9 7 (8.64%) PowerApps
10 5 (6.17%) Amazon SQS
11 4 (4.94%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (4.94%) Entra ID
12 3 (3.70%) Azure API Management
12 3 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 2 (2.47%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (2.47%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.17%) DNS
1 5 (6.17%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.70%) VLAN
2 3 (3.70%) VPN
3 2 (2.47%) DHCP
3 2 (2.47%) Firewall
3 2 (2.47%) Internet
3 2 (2.47%) Intranet
3 2 (2.47%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.23%) LAN
4 1 (1.23%) Multicast
4 1 (1.23%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (27.16%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.64%) Oracle Database
3 6 (7.41%) Power BI
3 6 (7.41%) Relational Database
4 3 (3.70%) ClickHouse
4 3 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.47%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.47%) RDBMS
5 2 (2.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.47%) SQLPlus
6 1 (1.23%) Big Data
6 1 (1.23%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (13.58%) Git
2 9 (11.11%) Visual Studio
3 8 (9.88%) Jenkins
4 7 (8.64%) Artifactory
5 5 (6.17%) Bitbucket
6 4 (4.94%) GitLab
6 4 (4.94%) JIRA
7 3 (3.70%) eggPlant
7 3 (3.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (3.70%) TeamCity
7 3 (3.70%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (2.47%) Fiddler
8 2 (2.47%) JMeter
8 2 (2.47%) LoadRunner
8 2 (2.47%) MSI
8 2 (2.47%) Postman
8 2 (2.47%) SoapUI
8 2 (2.47%) SonarQube
9 1 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (1.23%) SOAtest
General
1 27 (33.33%) Finance
2 24 (29.63%) Banking
2 24 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 17 (20.99%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.88%) Front Office
5 4 (4.94%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.94%) Marketing
5 4 (4.94%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.47%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.23%) Advertising
7 1 (1.23%) Back Office
7 1 (1.23%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.23%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.23%) Legal
7 1 (1.23%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 42 (51.85%) Developer
2 15 (18.52%) C# Developer
2 15 (18.52%) Senior
3 10 (12.35%) Senior Developer
4 8 (9.88%) .NET Developer
4 8 (9.88%) Lead
5 6 (7.41%) Architect
5 6 (7.41%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 6 (7.41%) Senior C# Developer
5 6 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (6.17%) Applications Support
6 5 (6.17%) Azure Developer
7 4 (4.94%) Applications Engineer
7 4 (4.94%) Applications Support Engineer
7 4 (4.94%) AWS Engineer
7 4 (4.94%) Full-Stack Developer
7 4 (4.94%) Support Engineer
8 3 (3.70%) Applications Tester
8 3 (3.70%) Junior
8 3 (3.70%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (19.75%) REST
2 14 (17.28%) .NET Framework
3 10 (12.35%) .NET Core
4 9 (11.11%) Web Services
4 9 (11.11%) XML
5 8 (9.88%) SOAP
6 7 (8.64%) ASP.NET
7 6 (7.41%) AngularJS
7 6 (7.41%) Kafka
8 5 (6.17%) ASP.NET Web API
8 5 (6.17%) HTML
8 5 (6.17%) React
9 4 (4.94%) HTML5 Canvas
9 4 (4.94%) Terraform
10 3 (3.70%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (3.70%) ASP.NET Web Forms
10 3 (3.70%) CSS
10 3 (3.70%) JSON
10 3 (3.70%) Middleware
10 3 (3.70%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.99%) Cloud Native
2 8 (9.88%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (6.17%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (6.17%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (4.94%) Distributed Applications
4 4 (4.94%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.94%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.70%) AI Agents
5 3 (3.70%) Distributed Architecture
5 3 (3.70%) Equities
5 3 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (3.70%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.23%) IoT
7 1 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.23%) Legacy Code
7 1 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (17.28%) Linux
1 14 (17.28%) Windows
2 9 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.64%) Unix
4 1 (1.23%) Android
4 1 (1.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (39.51%) CI/CD
2 31 (38.27%) DevOps
3 23 (28.40%) Agile
4 18 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (18.52%) Software Engineering
5 15 (18.52%) Test Automation
6 13 (16.05%) Full-Stack Development
6 13 (16.05%) SDLC
7 12 (14.81%) Microservices
7 12 (14.81%) Risk Management
7 12 (14.81%) Root Cause Analysis
7 12 (14.81%) Unit Testing
8 10 (12.35%) Event-Driven
8 10 (12.35%) Software Testing
8 10 (12.35%) User Acceptance Testing
9 9 (11.11%) Migration
9 9 (11.11%) Scrum
10 8 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (9.88%) CRM
10 8 (9.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (72.84%) C#
2 37 (45.68%) SQL
3 27 (33.33%) Python
4 16 (19.75%) JavaScript
5 11 (13.58%) Java
5 11 (13.58%) TypeScript
6 9 (11.11%) PL/SQL
6 9 (11.11%) PowerShell
7 5 (6.17%) C++
8 4 (4.94%) Bash
8 4 (4.94%) T-SQL
9 2 (2.47%) C
9 2 (2.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (2.47%) Korn
9 2 (2.47%) ProC
9 2 (2.47%) VB.NET
10 1 (1.23%) Bicep
10 1 (1.23%) CodeQL
10 1 (1.23%) Kotlin
10 1 (1.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (17.28%) Security Cleared
2 9 (11.11%) Degree
3 7 (8.64%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.47%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.23%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.23%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.23%) ISEB
6 1 (1.23%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.58%) QA
2 2 (2.47%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.23%) GDPR
3 1 (1.23%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (1.23%) PSD2
3 1 (1.23%) SEPA
3 1 (1.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (3.70%) Docker
2 2 (2.47%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.94%) ITRS Geneos
1 4 (4.94%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.70%) Grafana
3 2 (2.47%) Ansible
3 2 (2.47%) HP Fortify
3 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.23%) Control-M
4 1 (1.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 23 (28.40%) Microsoft
2 20 (24.69%) Oracle
3 5 (6.17%) SAP
4 4 (4.94%) Citrix
4 4 (4.94%) IBM
4 4 (4.94%) ION Trading
4 4 (4.94%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.94%) Sitecore
4 4 (4.94%) Splunk
5 3 (3.70%) Databricks
5 3 (3.70%) Dynatrace
6 2 (2.47%) Adyen
6 2 (2.47%) Google
6 2 (2.47%) UiPath
7 1 (1.23%) Calypso
7 1 (1.23%) Cisco
7 1 (1.23%) F5
7 1 (1.23%) Foundry
7 1 (1.23%) Murex
7 1 (1.23%) VMware