Entity Framework Contract Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft Entity Framework
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Entity Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 130 119
Rank change year-on-year -51 -11 +16
Contract jobs citing Entity Framework 2 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.050% 0.14% 0.083%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.28% 0.61% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £438 -
25th Percentile - £469 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £530 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +8.72% +2.63%
75th Percentile - £582 £494
90th Percentile - £608 -
England median daily rate £494 £600 £567
% change year-on-year -17.71% +5.82% -0.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £46.80 - -
England median hourly rate £46.80 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North West

Entity Framework 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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 709 492 418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 17.61% 22.19% 17.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 378 256
10th Percentile £400 £325 £325
25th Percentile £430 £375 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £447 £475
Median % change year-on-year +17.45% -5.89% -9.52%
75th Percentile £630 £538 £575
90th Percentile £700 £678 £663
England median daily rate £535 £518 £550
% change year-on-year +3.38% -5.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 4 7
10th Percentile £57.50 £27.20 £42.11
25th Percentile £62.50 £29.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £75.00 £51.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% +7.37% +2.86%
75th Percentile £77.00 £76.81 £73.00
90th Percentile £89.50 £89.08 £79.70
England median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +20.37% -16.92% +10.94%

Entity Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Entity Framework relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Entity Framework job vacancy trend in the North West

Entity Framework
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Entity Framework.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Entity Framework

Entity Framework
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Entity Framework.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Entity Framework

Entity Framework
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Entity Framework within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 October 2026. 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
Lancashire - 2 - - 3
Entity Framework
England

Entity Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Rational Robot
1 2 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio Coded UI
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Software Developer
2 1 (50.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (50.00%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) COM
1 2 (100.00%) WinForms
1 2 (100.00%) WPF
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) XSD
1 2 (100.00%) XSLT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) SOLID
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle