.NET Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 44 44 28
Rank change year-on-year 0 -16 +14
Contract jobs citing .NET 595 1,144 2,883
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.03% 4.79% 6.57%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.98% 19.15% 22.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 908 2,263
10th Percentile £313 £375 £381
25th Percentile £413 £416 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% +13.89%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £561 £550
% change year-on-year -6.46% +2.05% +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 29
10th Percentile - £29.25 £20.20
25th Percentile £20.77 £38.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £46.67
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +33.92% +3.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £85.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £64.25 - £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
Work from Home

.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 with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,723 5,975 13,044
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.23% 25.03% 29.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,616 4,481 9,688
10th Percentile £350 £388 £400
25th Percentile £431 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £825 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 79 111
10th Percentile £23.88 £25.10 £22.50
25th Percentile - £48.13 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £64.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.81% +21.90% +16.67%
75th Percentile £61.50 £73.75 £67.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £79.05 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -23.08% +23.81% +16.67%

.NET
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing .NET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

.NET trend for jobs with a WFH option

.NET
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing .NET.

.NET daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing .NET over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

.NET daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing .NET.

.NET hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing .NET over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

.NET hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

.NET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 26 (4.37%) CMS
2 20 (3.36%) Umbraco
3 9 (1.51%) IIS
4 6 (1.01%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.84%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.67%) Apache
6 4 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.67%) Confluence
7 3 (0.50%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (0.50%) Kentico
7 3 (0.50%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.50%) WordPress
8 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.34%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.34%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.17%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.17%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.17%) GemFire
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 21 (3.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.51%) Endur
3 2 (0.34%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.34%) Shopify
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 340 (57.14%) Azure
2 130 (21.85%) Azure DevOps
3 77 (12.94%) AWS
4 48 (8.07%) Azure Service Bus
5 46 (7.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 37 (6.22%) Power Platform
7 35 (5.88%) Serverless
8 34 (5.71%) Entra ID
9 31 (5.21%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (4.20%) Azure Functions
10 25 (4.20%) PaaS
11 19 (3.19%) PowerApps
12 18 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
13 16 (2.69%) Azure Monitor
14 15 (2.52%) Azure API Management
15 14 (2.35%) GCP
16 13 (2.18%) IaaS
16 13 (2.18%) Power Automate
16 13 (2.18%) SaaS
17 11 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.51%) DNS
2 8 (1.34%) Network Security
3 4 (0.67%) DHCP
4 3 (0.50%) Firewall
4 3 (0.50%) HTTP
4 3 (0.50%) VPN
5 2 (0.34%) Intranet
5 2 (0.34%) SSL
5 2 (0.34%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.17%) BGP
6 1 (0.17%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.17%) FTP
6 1 (0.17%) Internet
6 1 (0.17%) LAN
6 1 (0.17%) MQTT
6 1 (0.17%) OSPF
6 1 (0.17%) RS-232
6 1 (0.17%) VLAN
6 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (28.91%) SQL Server
2 25 (4.20%) Azure SQL Database
3 24 (4.03%) Relational Database
4 23 (3.87%) MySQL
5 17 (2.86%) Power BI
6 15 (2.52%) NoSQL
7 14 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (1.68%) MongoDB
10 9 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (1.34%) Redis
12 7 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (1.01%) Data Lake
13 6 (1.01%) GIS
14 5 (0.84%) DB2
14 5 (0.84%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.84%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.67%) OLTP
15 4 (0.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 67 (11.26%) Git
2 35 (5.88%) Visual Studio
3 22 (3.70%) SpecFlow
4 17 (2.86%) Selenium
5 13 (2.18%) Team Foundation Server
6 12 (2.02%) Jenkins
6 12 (2.02%) Postman
7 11 (1.85%) JIRA
7 11 (1.85%) TeamCity
8 8 (1.34%) NUnit
8 8 (1.34%) WebDriver
9 7 (1.18%) Cypress.io
9 7 (1.18%) Visual Studio Team System
10 6 (1.01%) Cucumber
10 6 (1.01%) Moq
10 6 (1.01%) Subversion
11 5 (0.84%) MSI
11 5 (0.84%) WiX
12 4 (0.67%) SoapUI
12 4 (0.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 123 (20.67%) Finance
2 105 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 78 (13.11%) Public Sector
4 34 (5.71%) Front Office
5 28 (4.71%) Banking
6 23 (3.87%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (2.52%) Back Office
8 13 (2.18%) Investment Banking
9 11 (1.85%) Law
9 11 (1.85%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.68%) Local Government
11 9 (1.51%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.18%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.18%) Marketing
12 7 (1.18%) Tech for Good
13 6 (1.01%) Electronics
14 5 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 397 (66.72%) Developer
2 154 (25.88%) .NET Developer
3 102 (17.14%) Senior
4 99 (16.64%) C# Developer
5 77 (12.94%) Senior Developer
6 72 (12.10%) Full Stack Developer
7 50 (8.40%) Azure Developer
8 46 (7.73%) Software Developer
9 44 (7.39%) Architect
10 42 (7.06%) Lead
11 39 (6.55%) C# .NET Developer
12 25 (4.20%) Full Stack .NET Developer
13 22 (3.70%) Senior C# Developer
13 22 (3.70%) Software Engineer
14 21 (3.53%) Technical Architect
15 20 (3.36%) React Developer
16 19 (3.19%) Analyst
17 18 (3.03%) Lead Developer
18 17 (2.86%) Senior .NET Developer
18 17 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (19.16%) .NET Framework
2 107 (17.98%) .NET Core
3 106 (17.82%) ASP.NET
4 83 (13.95%) React
5 79 (13.28%) AngularJS
6 71 (11.93%) CSS
6 71 (11.93%) HTML
7 55 (9.24%) XML
8 51 (8.57%) REST
9 46 (7.73%) Entity Framework
10 41 (6.89%) Web Services
11 33 (5.55%) RESTful
12 27 (4.54%) jQuery
13 25 (4.20%) ASP.NET Core
14 24 (4.03%) Vue
15 23 (3.87%) ASP.NET Web API
15 23 (3.87%) WCF
16 22 (3.70%) JSON
17 21 (3.53%) Node.js
18 19 (3.19%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.55%) Product Ownership
2 20 (3.36%) Mobile App
3 17 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
4 12 (2.02%) Derivative
4 12 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.68%) Algorithms
6 9 (1.51%) Data Structures
6 9 (1.51%) Equities
6 9 (1.51%) Legacy Applications
7 8 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (1.34%) Fixed Income
7 8 (1.34%) Hedge funds
8 7 (1.18%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.18%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.18%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.01%) Public Cloud
10 5 (0.84%) Web 2.0
10 5 (0.84%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 50 (8.40%) Windows
2 17 (2.86%) Windows Server
3 16 (2.69%) Linux
4 14 (2.35%) Android
5 12 (2.02%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.67%) Unix
7 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (31.60%) DevOps
2 179 (30.08%) Agile
3 103 (17.31%) Full Stack Development
4 83 (13.95%) CI/CD
4 83 (13.95%) MVC
5 70 (11.76%) Microservices
6 65 (10.92%) Software Engineering
7 63 (10.59%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (10.25%) OO
8 61 (10.25%) Scrum
8 61 (10.25%) TDD
9 53 (8.91%) Test Automation
10 47 (7.90%) Unit Testing
11 44 (7.39%) Design Patterns
12 42 (7.06%) SOLID
13 40 (6.72%) Migration
14 38 (6.39%) SDLC
15 33 (5.55%) Computer Science
16 32 (5.38%) Web Development
17 31 (5.21%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 425 (71.43%) C#
2 173 (29.08%) SQL
3 124 (20.84%) JavaScript
4 70 (11.76%) PowerShell
5 48 (8.07%) Java
6 41 (6.89%) Python
7 40 (6.72%) TypeScript
8 35 (5.88%) Bicep
9 30 (5.04%) C++
10 22 (3.70%) T-SQL
10 22 (3.70%) VB.NET
11 15 (2.52%) VBA
12 13 (2.18%) C
13 12 (2.02%) VB
14 11 (1.85%) Ruby
15 8 (1.34%) PL/SQL
16 6 (1.01%) PHP
17 4 (0.67%) F#
17 4 (0.67%) Go
18 3 (0.50%) Bash
Qualifications
1 52 (8.74%) Degree
2 50 (8.40%) Security Cleared
3 37 (6.22%) SC Cleared
4 17 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.84%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.50%) HNC
9 3 (0.50%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.34%) CISSP
10 2 (0.34%) SANS
10 2 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.17%) ISEB
11 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.38%) QA
2 23 (3.87%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.68%) WCAG
4 4 (0.67%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.50%) GDPR
5 3 (0.50%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.34%) GRC
6 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.34%) SLA
7 1 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.17%) HL7
7 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 46 (7.73%) Active Directory
2 33 (5.55%) Docker
3 11 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.84%) vSphere
6 4 (0.67%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.34%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.17%) Firmware
8 1 (0.17%) GridGain
8 1 (0.17%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 36 (6.05%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.04%) Terraform
3 10 (1.68%) Ansible
4 5 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.67%) BladeLogic
5 4 (0.67%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.34%) Puppet
6 2 (0.34%) SCOM
6 2 (0.34%) WSUS
7 1 (0.17%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.17%) Kibana
7 1 (0.17%) logstash
7 1 (0.17%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.17%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 142 (23.87%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.71%) Oracle
3 16 (2.69%) Xamarin
4 12 (2.02%) SAP
5 9 (1.51%) Databricks
5 9 (1.51%) OpenLink
6 8 (1.34%) MuleSoft
7 7 (1.18%) Sitecore
7 7 (1.18%) VMware
8 5 (0.84%) Citrix
8 5 (0.84%) Google
8 5 (0.84%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.67%) Altiris
9 4 (0.67%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.50%) OutSystems
11 2 (0.34%) Adobe
11 2 (0.34%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.34%) Infragistics
11 2 (0.34%) NEC
11 2 (0.34%) Optimizely