.NET Contracts in England

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring .NET skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited .NET over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 47 36
Rank change year-on-year -3 -11 +2
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,378 2,098 4,215
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.67% 4.46% 6.01%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 17.59% 19.69% 22.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,047 1,628 3,363
10th Percentile £350 £385 £396
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £561 £550
% change year-on-year -6.46% +2.05% +12.82%
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 £50.00 £49.99
Median % change year-on-year +17.81% +0.03% +17.61%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £82.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £58.91 £51.49 £49.74
% change year-on-year +14.41% +3.50% +24.36%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

.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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,836 10,653 18,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.89% 22.65% 26.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,490 7,931 14,067
10th Percentile £350 £394 £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 £798 £775
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 136 204
10th Percentile £22.73 £32.88 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £49.75 £65.00 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +22.07% +17.03%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £76.89
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -23.08% +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 12 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 12 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 12 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 +6 948 £575 -8.73% 347
North of England -44 102 £434 -8.63% 346
South East -47 97 £500 -1.96% 216
South West +7 91 £590 +7.27% 90
Midlands -25 64 £463 +8.82% 219
North West -30 63 £445 -6.32% 205
West Midlands -10 42 £488 -2.50% 127
East of England +2 37 £475 +5.56% 97
Yorkshire -26 33 £420 -11.63% 93
East Midlands -19 24 £418 +5.03% 92
North East +5 6 £375 -14.29% 52
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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 46 (3.34%) IIS
2 44 (3.19%) CMS
3 40 (2.90%) SharePoint
4 33 (2.39%) Confluence
5 29 (2.10%) Umbraco
6 9 (0.65%) BizTalk Server
7 7 (0.51%) Apache
7 7 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.36%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.36%) Drupal
8 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.29%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.22%) nginx
10 3 (0.22%) WordPress
11 2 (0.15%) Jadu
11 2 (0.15%) WildFly
12 1 (0.073%) Appian
12 1 (0.073%) Ethereum
12 1 (0.073%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 47 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.073%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.073%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.073%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.073%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 44 (3.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (1.52%) Endur
3 7 (0.51%) NEC Housing
3 7 (0.51%) 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 (0.073%) Aareon QL
6 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.073%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.073%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.073%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.073%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 715 (51.89%) Azure
2 329 (23.88%) Azure DevOps
3 214 (15.53%) AWS
4 122 (8.85%) Azure Service Bus
5 92 (6.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 81 (5.88%) Entra ID
7 75 (5.44%) Serverless
8 72 (5.22%) Power Platform
9 60 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
10 58 (4.21%) GCP
11 53 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
12 50 (3.63%) Azure Functions
13 44 (3.19%) PaaS
14 41 (2.98%) Power Automate
15 40 (2.90%) PowerApps
16 38 (2.76%) Azure Logic Apps
17 30 (2.18%) GitHub
18 29 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
19 27 (1.96%) Azure App Service
20 25 (1.81%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.89%) Internet
2 15 (1.09%) Network Security
3 13 (0.94%) DNS
3 13 (0.94%) Firewall
3 13 (0.94%) TCP/IP
4 11 (0.80%) HTTP
4 11 (0.80%) VPN
5 8 (0.58%) FTP
6 5 (0.36%) DHCP
6 5 (0.36%) SSL
6 5 (0.36%) Wireshark
7 4 (0.29%) Intranet
8 3 (0.22%) AMQP
8 3 (0.22%) SSH
8 3 (0.22%) Wireless
9 2 (0.15%) BIG-IP
9 2 (0.15%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.15%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.15%) MQTT
9 2 (0.15%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 434 (31.49%) SQL Server
2 64 (4.64%) NoSQL
3 53 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 41 (2.98%) Oracle Database
4 41 (2.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 39 (2.83%) Relational Database
6 36 (2.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 35 (2.54%) Power BI
8 33 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
9 30 (2.18%) Redis
10 25 (1.81%) MongoDB
11 23 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
12 18 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
13 14 (1.02%) MySQL
14 12 (0.87%) Data Lake
15 11 (0.80%) Big Data
16 10 (0.73%) DynamoDB
17 7 (0.51%) OLTP
17 7 (0.51%) RDBMS
18 6 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 175 (12.70%) Git
2 96 (6.97%) Visual Studio
3 65 (4.72%) Jenkins
4 56 (4.06%) SpecFlow
5 54 (3.92%) TeamCity
6 51 (3.70%) JIRA
7 49 (3.56%) Selenium
8 33 (2.39%) Bitbucket
8 33 (2.39%) NUnit
9 29 (2.10%) Postman
10 23 (1.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 23 (1.67%) Cucumber
10 23 (1.67%) WebDriver
11 17 (1.23%) Moq
12 15 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
12 15 (1.09%) Visual Studio Team System
13 13 (0.94%) Cypress.io
14 12 (0.87%) Octopus Deploy
14 12 (0.87%) SoapUI
15 11 (0.80%) Appium
General
1 257 (18.65%) Finance
2 240 (17.42%) Social Skills
3 107 (7.76%) Public Sector
4 102 (7.40%) Front Office
5 99 (7.18%) Banking
6 89 (6.46%) Analytical Skills
7 59 (4.28%) Back Office
8 50 (3.63%) Investment Banking
9 29 (2.10%) Local Government
10 18 (1.31%) Aerospace
11 16 (1.16%) Retail
12 14 (1.02%) Manufacturing
13 13 (0.94%) Marketing
14 12 (0.87%) Law
14 12 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (0.73%) Financial Institution
16 9 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.58%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.51%) Electronics
19 6 (0.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 847 (61.47%) Developer
2 353 (25.62%) .NET Developer
3 234 (16.98%) Senior
4 221 (16.04%) C# Developer
5 158 (11.47%) Senior Developer
6 131 (9.51%) Software Engineer
7 126 (9.14%) Full Stack Developer
8 102 (7.40%) Lead
9 101 (7.33%) C# .NET Developer
10 92 (6.68%) Software Developer
11 88 (6.39%) Architect
12 75 (5.44%) Azure Developer
13 55 (3.99%) .NET Software Engineer
14 54 (3.92%) Full Stack .NET Developer
15 46 (3.34%) Azure Engineer
16 42 (3.05%) Backend Developer
17 41 (2.98%) Analyst
18 39 (2.83%) Senior Software Developer
19 38 (2.76%) DevOps Engineer
19 38 (2.76%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 332 (24.09%) .NET Core
2 297 (21.55%) .NET Framework
3 222 (16.11%) ASP.NET
4 204 (14.80%) React
5 181 (13.13%) AngularJS
6 160 (11.61%) HTML
7 144 (10.45%) CSS
8 133 (9.65%) XML
9 93 (6.75%) REST
10 76 (5.52%) Entity Framework
11 71 (5.15%) RESTful
12 69 (5.01%) Web Services
13 63 (4.57%) WCF
14 57 (4.14%) Blazor
15 56 (4.06%) ASP.NET Core
16 49 (3.56%) ASP.NET Web API
17 47 (3.41%) Kafka
18 45 (3.27%) JSON
19 42 (3.05%) WPF
20 40 (2.90%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 80 (5.81%) Product Ownership
2 45 (3.27%) Fixed Income
3 41 (2.98%) Derivative
4 40 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
5 37 (2.69%) Hedge funds
6 34 (2.47%) Equities
7 31 (2.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 29 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
9 28 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
10 24 (1.74%) Cloud Native
11 20 (1.45%) Mobile App
12 17 (1.23%) Public Cloud
13 16 (1.16%) Data Structures
13 16 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
14 15 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
15 14 (1.02%) Algorithms
16 13 (0.94%) Onboarding
17 10 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
18 9 (0.65%) Market Risk
19 8 (0.58%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 122 (8.85%) Windows
2 64 (4.64%) Linux
3 31 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.38%) Android
5 14 (1.02%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.73%) Unix
7 4 (0.29%) VMS
8 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.22%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.073%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (36.28%) DevOps
2 493 (35.78%) Agile
3 267 (19.38%) CI/CD
4 226 (16.40%) Software Engineering
5 197 (14.30%) Full Stack Development
6 189 (13.72%) TDD
7 181 (13.13%) Scrum
8 175 (12.70%) Microservices
9 166 (12.05%) OO
10 157 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
11 138 (10.01%) Test Automation
12 133 (9.65%) MVC
13 90 (6.53%) Design Patterns
14 89 (6.46%) Continuous Integration
15 87 (6.31%) SDLC
16 83 (6.02%) API Management
17 76 (5.52%) Migration
17 76 (5.52%) Unit Testing
18 75 (5.44%) B2C
19 73 (5.30%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 1,045 (75.83%) C#
2 475 (34.47%) SQL
3 290 (21.04%) JavaScript
4 230 (16.69%) PowerShell
5 130 (9.43%) TypeScript
6 125 (9.07%) Python
7 121 (8.78%) Java
8 95 (6.89%) Bicep
9 81 (5.88%) T-SQL
10 70 (5.08%) PL/SQL
11 60 (4.35%) C++
12 59 (4.28%) VB.NET
13 51 (3.70%) VBA
14 39 (2.83%) VB
15 32 (2.32%) C
16 18 (1.31%) PHP
17 15 (1.09%) Ruby
18 14 (1.02%) Bash
19 10 (0.73%) Go
20 6 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 130 (9.43%) Security Cleared
2 109 (7.91%) Degree
3 100 (7.26%) SC Cleared
4 31 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.45%) DV Cleared
6 18 (1.31%) Master's Degree
7 9 (0.65%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.29%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.22%) CISA
11 3 (0.22%) CISM
11 3 (0.22%) CISSP
11 3 (0.22%) HNC
11 3 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.15%) CCNP
12 2 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.15%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (6.82%) QA
2 37 (2.69%) Accessibility
3 24 (1.74%) WCAG
4 12 (0.87%) MiFID
5 8 (0.58%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.51%) EMIR
7 6 (0.44%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.44%) SLA
8 5 (0.36%) Dodd-Frank
9 4 (0.29%) GDPR
10 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.15%) HL7
12 1 (0.073%) DICOM
12 1 (0.073%) GRC
12 1 (0.073%) ISO 15022
12 1 (0.073%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 134 (9.72%) Active Directory
2 91 (6.60%) Docker
3 15 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.80%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.58%) vSphere
7 5 (0.36%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.22%) Firmware
8 3 (0.22%) NFS
9 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.073%) GridGain
10 1 (0.073%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 105 (7.62%) Kubernetes
2 62 (4.50%) Terraform
3 60 (4.35%) Ansible
4 24 (1.74%) PowerCLI
5 18 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.87%) SCOM
7 10 (0.73%) ITRS Geneos
8 9 (0.65%) BladeLogic
9 6 (0.44%) SCCM
10 5 (0.36%) WSUS
11 4 (0.29%) Grafana
11 4 (0.29%) OPNET
11 4 (0.29%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.22%) Puppet
13 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.15%) SCOrch
14 1 (0.073%) logstash
14 1 (0.073%) SELinux
Vendors
1 347 (25.18%) Microsoft
2 132 (9.58%) Oracle
3 33 (2.39%) Citrix
4 25 (1.81%) Atlassian
5 21 (1.52%) OpenLink
6 20 (1.45%) HP
7 19 (1.38%) Dell
7 19 (1.38%) SAP
8 17 (1.23%) VMware
9 15 (1.09%) Google
10 14 (1.02%) Databricks
11 13 (0.94%) MuleSoft
12 12 (0.87%) Xamarin
13 11 (0.80%) TIBCO
14 9 (0.65%) Altiris
14 9 (0.65%) Dynatrace
14 9 (0.65%) F5
15 8 (0.58%) Virgin Media
16 7 (0.51%) NEC
16 7 (0.51%) Sitecore