.NET Developer Contracts

.NET Developer
UK

The median .NET Developer daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 176 140
Rank change year-on-year -61 -36 +3
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 423 834 1,736
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.99% 1.46% 1.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.54% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 686 1,460
10th Percentile £306 £363 £363
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £628 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 6
10th Percentile - £33.60 £44.63
25th Percentile - £40.50 £50.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £49.00 £58.83
Median % change year-on-year +32.65% -16.70% +73.01%
75th Percentile - £53.75 £63.24
90th Percentile - £68.50 £63.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £62.15
% change year-on-year +23.81% -15.53% +82.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,468 54,175 84,246
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.61% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,716 37,826 59,224
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.20% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,504 2,051
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.82
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +4.19%

.NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured .NET Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for .NET Developer in the UK

.NET Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing .NET Developer.

Daily rate trend for .NET Developer in the UK

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Developer over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Developer in the UK

.NET Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing .NET Developer.

Hourly rate trend for .NET Developer in the UK

.NET Developer
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer 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 -60 355 £500 -2.44% 490
London -4 246 £588 +4.44% 156
Work from Home -50 163 £450 -5.26% 424
UK excluding London -90 127 £375 -16.67% 381
North of England -55 42 £375 -21.05% 140
North West -41 25 £375 -21.05% 70
South East +11 22 £470 +7.43% 83
Scotland +32 17 £375 -21.05% 16
Midlands -9 17 £350 -4.76% 74
Yorkshire -8 14 £350 -28.21% 44
South West -16 11 £350 -36.36% 36
East Midlands +8 10 £338 +0.75% 30
East of England +9 9 £350 +3.70% 18
Wales +12 8 £425 - 18
West Midlands +4 7 £375 -11.76% 44
North East +5 3 £413 -5.71% 29
Northern Ireland +1 2 - - 5

.NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, .NET Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring .NET Developer in the job title.

1 423 (100.00%) .NET
2 335 (79.20%) C#
3 209 (49.41%) Azure
4 138 (32.62%) SQL
5 133 (31.44%) DevOps
6 131 (30.97%) SQL Server
7 117 (27.66%) Full Stack Development
8 114 (26.95%) Agile
8 114 (26.95%) .NET Core
9 111 (26.24%) Finance
10 99 (23.40%) JavaScript
10 99 (23.40%) React
11 88 (20.80%) .NET Framework
12 84 (19.86%) ASP.NET
13 82 (19.39%) AWS
14 79 (18.68%) AngularJS
15 71 (16.78%) Azure DevOps
16 61 (14.42%) Microsoft
17 58 (13.71%) Software Engineering
18 55 (13.00%) Microservices
19 54 (12.77%) Social Skills
20 53 (12.53%) TDD
20 53 (12.53%) MVC
21 48 (11.35%) Problem-Solving
21 48 (11.35%) TypeScript
22 47 (11.11%) QA
22 47 (11.11%) Oracle
23 46 (10.87%) CI/CD
24 43 (10.17%) HTML
25 42 (9.93%) CSS

.NET Developer Skill Set
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 17 (4.02%) CMS
2 7 (1.65%) Umbraco
3 4 (0.95%) IIS
4 3 (0.71%) Kentico
4 3 (0.71%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.47%) Confluence
5 2 (0.47%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.24%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.24%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.24%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.71%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.47%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.47%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.47%) SAP GTS
2 2 (0.47%) SimCorp Dimension
3 1 (0.24%) Aareon QL
3 1 (0.24%) Endur
3 1 (0.24%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.24%) OPENHousing
3 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 209 (49.41%) Azure
2 82 (19.39%) AWS
3 71 (16.78%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (7.80%) GCP
5 24 (5.67%) Azure Service Bus
6 23 (5.44%) Serverless
7 15 (3.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 13 (3.07%) Azure AKS
9 10 (2.36%) Azure Functions
10 8 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
10 8 (1.89%) Entra ID
11 7 (1.65%) NuGet
12 6 (1.42%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.42%) Azure API Management
12 6 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (1.42%) GitHub
13 5 (1.18%) Azure App Service
13 5 (1.18%) Azure Machine Learning
13 5 (1.18%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.24%) HTTP
1 1 (0.24%) Internet
1 1 (0.24%) Intranet
1 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (30.97%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (3.78%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (3.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 14 (3.31%) Oracle Database
4 14 (3.31%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.36%) NoSQL
6 9 (2.13%) MySQL
7 8 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.42%) Redis
9 5 (1.18%) DynamoDB
9 5 (1.18%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.95%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.47%) DTS
12 1 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
12 1 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
12 1 (0.24%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 36 (8.51%) Git
2 15 (3.55%) Visual Studio
3 12 (2.84%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.60%) TeamCity
5 10 (2.36%) Team Foundation Server
6 8 (1.89%) JIRA
7 7 (1.65%) GitLab
7 7 (1.65%) Octopus Deploy
8 6 (1.42%) SpecFlow
9 5 (1.18%) Jasmine
10 4 (0.95%) Selenium
10 4 (0.95%) webpack
11 3 (0.71%) NUnit
12 2 (0.47%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.47%) Karma Test Runner
12 2 (0.47%) Mocha
13 1 (0.24%) git-flow
13 1 (0.24%) Hudson
13 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
13 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 111 (26.24%) Finance
2 54 (12.77%) Social Skills
3 42 (9.93%) Front Office
4 33 (7.80%) Public Sector
5 27 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (5.20%) Banking
7 13 (3.07%) Back Office
8 12 (2.84%) Investment Banking
9 7 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.65%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.18%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.95%) Law
12 3 (0.71%) Electronics
12 3 (0.71%) Local Government
12 3 (0.71%) Marketing
13 2 (0.47%) Advertising
13 2 (0.47%) Legal
13 2 (0.47%) Retail
14 1 (0.24%) Automotive
14 1 (0.24%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 423 (100.00%) .NET
2 114 (26.95%) .NET Core
3 99 (23.40%) React
4 88 (20.80%) .NET Framework
5 84 (19.86%) ASP.NET
6 79 (18.68%) AngularJS
7 43 (10.17%) HTML
8 42 (9.93%) CSS
9 36 (8.51%) Entity Framework
10 24 (5.67%) Redux
10 24 (5.67%) RESTful
11 23 (5.44%) REST
12 22 (5.20%) Blazor
12 22 (5.20%) Vue
13 21 (4.96%) ASP.NET Core
14 20 (4.73%) Web Services
15 18 (4.26%) ASP.NET Web API
16 15 (3.55%) Kafka
17 13 (3.07%) ASP.NET MVC
17 13 (3.07%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.57%) Hedge funds
2 31 (7.33%) Fixed Income
3 30 (7.09%) Equities
4 29 (6.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 26 (6.15%) Product Ownership
6 22 (5.20%) Derivative
7 17 (4.02%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (3.07%) Legacy Applications
9 8 (1.89%) Wiki
10 7 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.42%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.42%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.18%) NHS
13 4 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
14 3 (0.71%) Cloud Native
14 3 (0.71%) Data Structures
14 3 (0.71%) IoT
14 3 (0.71%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.02%) Windows
2 5 (1.18%) Linux
3 1 (0.24%) Android
3 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.24%) Unix
3 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (31.44%) DevOps
2 117 (27.66%) Full Stack Development
3 114 (26.95%) Agile
4 58 (13.71%) Software Engineering
5 55 (13.00%) Microservices
6 53 (12.53%) MVC
6 53 (12.53%) TDD
7 48 (11.35%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (10.87%) CI/CD
9 42 (9.93%) Fintech
10 36 (8.51%) Asset Management
11 34 (8.04%) User Experience
12 30 (7.09%) Unit Testing
13 29 (6.86%) Scrum
14 27 (6.38%) OO
15 26 (6.15%) Code Quality
15 26 (6.15%) Design Patterns
16 22 (5.20%) Investment Management
17 19 (4.49%) Continuous Integration
17 19 (4.49%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 335 (79.20%) C#
2 138 (32.62%) SQL
3 99 (23.40%) JavaScript
4 48 (11.35%) TypeScript
5 35 (8.27%) PL/SQL
6 32 (7.57%) PowerShell
7 22 (5.20%) T-SQL
8 20 (4.73%) VB.NET
9 15 (3.55%) Python
9 15 (3.55%) VBA
10 14 (3.31%) Bicep
11 11 (2.60%) Java
11 11 (2.60%) VB
12 4 (0.95%) C
12 4 (0.95%) C++
12 4 (0.95%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.24%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.24%) Perl
13 1 (0.24%) PHP
13 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (5.67%) Degree
2 18 (4.26%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.02%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (11.11%) QA
2 11 (2.60%) MiFID
3 9 (2.13%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.42%) EMIR
5 5 (1.18%) Dodd-Frank
6 3 (0.71%) WCAG
7 2 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.47%) GDPR
8 1 (0.24%) HL7
8 1 (0.24%) ISO 15022
8 1 (0.24%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 10 (2.36%) Active Directory
1 10 (2.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (4.26%) Kubernetes
1 18 (4.26%) Terraform
2 4 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.71%) Ansible
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 61 (14.42%) Microsoft
2 47 (11.11%) Oracle
3 9 (2.13%) Citrix
4 7 (1.65%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.18%) SAP
6 4 (0.95%) Optimizely
6 4 (0.95%) Virgin Media
6 4 (0.95%) Xamarin
7 3 (0.71%) Google
7 3 (0.71%) Murex
7 3 (0.71%) NEC
7 3 (0.71%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.47%) SimCorp
9 1 (0.24%) Adobe
9 1 (0.24%) Atmel
9 1 (0.24%) Capita
9 1 (0.24%) Civica
9 1 (0.24%) IBM
9 1 (0.24%) OpenLink
9 1 (0.24%) Splunk