Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for .NET skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited .NET over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 45 34
Rank change year-on-year -6 -11 +2
Contract jobs citing .NET 1,556 2,725 5,286
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.62% 4.71% 6.05%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 17.44% 20.29% 22.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,169 2,111 4,145
10th Percentile £325 £385 £383
25th Percentile £413 £438 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +4.19% +13.16%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £480 £470
% change year-on-year -6.25% +2.13% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 22 54
10th Percentile £20.77 £30.60 £20.40
25th Percentile £25.19 £45.88 £35.00
Median hourly rate £58.91 £60.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +22.45% +15.29%
75th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £87.25 £66.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.91 £55.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +7.10% +12.24% +20.99%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

.NET is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,920 13,429 23,668
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.74% 23.23% 27.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,180 9,787 17,354
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 156 243
10th Percentile £21.25 £30.38 £23.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.65
90th Percentile £74.85 £81.00 £76.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £51.50
% change year-on-year -25.78% +24.27% +14.44%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing .NET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for .NET in the UK

.NET
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for .NET in the UK

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in the UK

.NET
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for .NET in the UK

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing .NET over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for .NET in the UK

.NET
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 within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 -6 1,358 £538 -6.52% 1,326
London +3 924 £575 -11.54% 410
Work from Home -5 610 £500 -9.09% 1,074
UK excluding London -33 456 £450 -6.25% 999
North of England -37 106 £425 -10.53% 325
South East -45 102 £500 -2.91% 168
South West +12 92 £553 +5.24% 109
North West -32 67 £445 -6.32% 188
Midlands -34 57 £456 +7.35% 212
Scotland -19 46 £425 -10.53% 69
West Midlands -20 38 £494 -1.25% 128
East of England +2 36 £475 - 73
Yorkshire -19 32 £400 -17.53% 98
East Midlands -20 19 £418 +4.38% 84
Wales -13 18 £413 -23.26% 40
North East +10 7 £278 -40.00% 41
Northern Ireland +3 4 - - 19

.NET
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 51 (3.28%) IIS
2 47 (3.02%) CMS
3 44 (2.83%) SharePoint
4 35 (2.25%) Confluence
5 32 (2.06%) Umbraco
6 13 (0.84%) BizTalk Server
7 11 (0.71%) Apache
8 6 (0.39%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.39%) WordPress
9 5 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.32%) Drupal
9 5 (0.32%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.26%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.26%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.19%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.19%) Kentico
11 3 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
12 2 (0.13%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 38 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.13%) Sketch
6 1 (0.064%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.064%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.064%) InVision
6 1 (0.064%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 42 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.90%) Endur
3 8 (0.51%) NEC Housing
4 7 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
5 6 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (0.32%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.32%) SimCorp Dimension
7 3 (0.19%) Magento
7 3 (0.19%) Maximo
8 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.13%) SAP GTS
8 2 (0.13%) Shopify
9 1 (0.064%) Aareon QL
9 1 (0.064%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.064%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
9 1 (0.064%) MIS ActiveH
9 1 (0.064%) OPENHousing
9 1 (0.064%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 794 (51.03%) Azure
2 368 (23.65%) Azure DevOps
3 234 (15.04%) AWS
4 120 (7.71%) Azure Service Bus
5 96 (6.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 86 (5.53%) Serverless
7 81 (5.21%) Entra ID
7 81 (5.21%) Power Platform
8 60 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
9 57 (3.66%) Azure Functions
10 55 (3.53%) Azure Monitor
10 55 (3.53%) GCP
11 51 (3.28%) PaaS
12 47 (3.02%) Azure Logic Apps
13 45 (2.89%) PowerApps
14 38 (2.44%) Power Automate
15 34 (2.19%) GitHub
16 32 (2.06%) SaaS
17 30 (1.93%) Azure API Management
18 29 (1.86%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.48%) Internet
2 18 (1.16%) DNS
3 15 (0.96%) TCP/IP
4 14 (0.90%) VPN
5 13 (0.84%) HTTP
5 13 (0.84%) Network Security
6 9 (0.58%) FTP
7 8 (0.51%) Firewall
8 6 (0.39%) DHCP
9 5 (0.32%) Intranet
9 5 (0.32%) SSL
10 4 (0.26%) SSH
10 4 (0.26%) WAN
10 4 (0.26%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.19%) BIG-IP
11 3 (0.19%) LAN
11 3 (0.19%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.19%) Wireless
12 2 (0.13%) AMQP
12 2 (0.13%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 440 (28.28%) SQL Server
2 66 (4.24%) NoSQL
3 51 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 51 (3.28%) Relational Database
4 47 (3.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 38 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 34 (2.19%) Power BI
7 33 (2.12%) MySQL
8 28 (1.80%) Oracle Database
9 27 (1.74%) MongoDB
10 26 (1.67%) Redis
11 23 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
12 18 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
13 15 (0.96%) Data Lake
14 14 (0.90%) DynamoDB
15 12 (0.77%) Big Data
16 9 (0.58%) GIS
17 8 (0.51%) DB2
17 8 (0.51%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 196 (12.60%) Git
2 99 (6.36%) Visual Studio
3 76 (4.88%) Jenkins
4 62 (3.98%) TeamCity
5 61 (3.92%) JIRA
6 57 (3.66%) SpecFlow
7 55 (3.53%) Selenium
8 40 (2.57%) NUnit
9 35 (2.25%) Bitbucket
10 31 (1.99%) Postman
11 30 (1.93%) Cucumber
12 27 (1.74%) WebDriver
13 25 (1.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 20 (1.29%) Moq
15 19 (1.22%) Team Foundation Server
16 16 (1.03%) Cypress.io
17 13 (0.84%) Octopus Deploy
17 13 (0.84%) REST Assured
17 13 (0.84%) SonarQube
17 13 (0.84%) Subversion
General
1 284 (18.25%) Finance
2 275 (17.67%) Social Skills
3 149 (9.58%) Public Sector
4 102 (6.56%) Front Office
5 97 (6.23%) Banking
6 95 (6.11%) Analytical Skills
7 60 (3.86%) Back Office
8 47 (3.02%) Investment Banking
9 31 (1.99%) Local Government
10 19 (1.22%) Manufacturing
10 19 (1.22%) Marketing
11 18 (1.16%) Aerospace
12 16 (1.03%) Retail
13 14 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (0.90%) Telecoms
14 13 (0.84%) Law
15 11 (0.71%) Electronics
15 11 (0.71%) Financial Institution
15 11 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 959 (61.63%) Developer
2 438 (28.15%) .NET Developer
3 253 (16.26%) Senior
4 243 (15.62%) C# Developer
5 166 (10.67%) Senior Developer
6 137 (8.80%) Full Stack Developer
7 130 (8.35%) Software Engineer
8 118 (7.58%) C# .NET Developer
9 106 (6.81%) Architect
9 106 (6.81%) Lead
10 96 (6.17%) Software Developer
11 92 (5.91%) Azure Developer
12 60 (3.86%) .NET Software Engineer
12 60 (3.86%) Full Stack .NET Developer
13 52 (3.34%) Azure Engineer
14 51 (3.28%) DevOps Engineer
14 51 (3.28%) Senior .NET Developer
15 46 (2.96%) Analyst
16 45 (2.89%) React Developer
17 43 (2.76%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 370 (23.78%) .NET Core
2 294 (18.89%) .NET Framework
3 248 (15.94%) ASP.NET
4 235 (15.10%) React
5 211 (13.56%) AngularJS
6 167 (10.73%) HTML
7 163 (10.48%) CSS
8 135 (8.68%) XML
9 113 (7.26%) REST
10 83 (5.33%) Web Services
11 81 (5.21%) Entity Framework
12 74 (4.76%) ASP.NET Core
13 73 (4.69%) RESTful
14 70 (4.50%) Blazor
15 62 (3.98%) WCF
16 59 (3.79%) ASP.NET Web API
17 53 (3.41%) JSON
18 51 (3.28%) Vue
19 46 (2.96%) ASP.NET MVC
19 46 (2.96%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 92 (5.91%) Product Ownership
2 47 (3.02%) Derivative
3 46 (2.96%) Fixed Income
4 43 (2.76%) Hedge funds
5 42 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
6 41 (2.63%) Equities
7 35 (2.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 29 (1.86%) Cloud Native
8 29 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
9 27 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
10 25 (1.61%) Mobile App
11 22 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
12 21 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
13 17 (1.09%) Algorithms
14 16 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
15 15 (0.96%) Public Cloud
16 14 (0.90%) Data Structures
16 14 (0.90%) Wiki
17 13 (0.84%) Client/Server
18 12 (0.77%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 126 (8.10%) Windows
2 70 (4.50%) Linux
3 34 (2.19%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.29%) Android
5 17 (1.09%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.51%) Unix
7 4 (0.26%) VMS
8 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 564 (36.25%) DevOps
2 537 (34.51%) Agile
3 284 (18.25%) CI/CD
4 232 (14.91%) Software Engineering
5 227 (14.59%) Full Stack Development
6 203 (13.05%) TDD
7 189 (12.15%) Microservices
8 186 (11.95%) OO
9 183 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
10 182 (11.70%) Scrum
11 160 (10.28%) MVC
12 154 (9.90%) Test Automation
13 105 (6.75%) Continuous Integration
14 100 (6.43%) SDLC
15 95 (6.11%) Migration
16 92 (5.91%) Design Patterns
17 88 (5.66%) API Management
18 83 (5.33%) SOLID
19 78 (5.01%) B2C
20 77 (4.95%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1,129 (72.56%) C#
2 508 (32.65%) SQL
3 321 (20.63%) JavaScript
4 247 (15.87%) PowerShell
5 141 (9.06%) TypeScript
6 138 (8.87%) Python
7 136 (8.74%) Java
8 103 (6.62%) Bicep
9 71 (4.56%) T-SQL
10 70 (4.50%) PL/SQL
11 60 (3.86%) C++
12 55 (3.53%) VB.NET
13 48 (3.08%) VBA
14 37 (2.38%) VB
15 26 (1.67%) C
16 24 (1.54%) Ruby
17 19 (1.22%) PHP
18 15 (0.96%) Bash
19 14 (0.90%) Go
20 8 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 145 (9.32%) Security Cleared
2 114 (7.33%) SC Cleared
3 107 (6.88%) Degree
4 35 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.09%) DV Cleared
6 16 (1.03%) Master's Degree
7 12 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (0.64%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.39%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.32%) CISSP
11 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.26%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.19%) HNC
13 3 (0.19%) SANS
14 2 (0.13%) CCNP
14 2 (0.13%) HND
14 2 (0.13%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (7.58%) QA
2 49 (3.15%) Accessibility
3 26 (1.67%) WCAG
4 10 (0.64%) MiFID
5 8 (0.51%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.39%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.39%) SLA
7 5 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (0.32%) Dodd-Frank
7 5 (0.32%) EMIR
8 4 (0.26%) GDPR
8 4 (0.26%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.19%) GRC
9 3 (0.19%) HL7
9 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.064%) DICOM
11 1 (0.064%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 140 (9.00%) Active Directory
2 90 (5.78%) Docker
3 18 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.03%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.58%) vSphere
7 4 (0.26%) NFS
7 4 (0.26%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.19%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.064%) Firmware
9 1 (0.064%) GridGain
9 1 (0.064%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 86 (5.53%) Kubernetes
2 78 (5.01%) Terraform
3 61 (3.92%) Ansible
4 25 (1.61%) PowerCLI
5 20 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (1.03%) SCOM
7 10 (0.64%) ITRS Geneos
8 9 (0.58%) BladeLogic
8 9 (0.58%) SCCM
9 5 (0.32%) WSUS
10 4 (0.26%) Puppet
11 3 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.19%) Grafana
11 3 (0.19%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.19%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.13%) OPNET
12 2 (0.13%) SCOrch
13 1 (0.064%) Control-M
13 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Intune
13 1 (0.064%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 363 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 147 (9.45%) Oracle
3 38 (2.44%) SAP
4 29 (1.86%) Citrix
5 26 (1.67%) Atlassian
6 22 (1.41%) Dell
6 22 (1.41%) HP
7 20 (1.29%) VMware
8 19 (1.22%) Databricks
9 18 (1.16%) MuleSoft
10 15 (0.96%) Salesforce
10 15 (0.96%) Xamarin
11 14 (0.90%) Google
11 14 (0.90%) OpenLink
12 11 (0.71%) F5
12 11 (0.71%) TIBCO
13 9 (0.58%) Altiris
13 9 (0.58%) Dynatrace
14 8 (0.51%) NEC
15 7 (0.45%) Sitecore