.NET Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 42 28
Rank change year-on-year -1 -14 +12
Contract jobs citing .NET 591 1,175 2,917
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.06% 4.85% 6.56%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.25% 19.40% 22.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 935 2,287
10th Percentile £321 £375 £380
25th Percentile £413 £418 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £631
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £560 £540
% change year-on-year -6.25% +3.70% +12.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 30
10th Percentile - £29.25 £20.23
25th Percentile £20.77 £38.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £47.84
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +30.66% +6.89%
75th Percentile £63.75 £85.00 £61.93
90th Percentile £64.25 - £69.38
UK median hourly rate £58.91 £53.99 £49.74
% change year-on-year +9.11% +8.53% +26.73%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

.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 WFH option and 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 3,636 6,056 13,209
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 24.98% 24.99% 29.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,563 4,543 9,818
10th Percentile £341 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £450 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% -1.82% +10.50%
75th Percentile £650 £658 £650
90th Percentile £800 £750 £743
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 77 110
10th Percentile £23.88 £24.45 £22.50
25th Percentile - £46.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +19.05% +16.67%
75th Percentile £61.50 £75.00 £66.64
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.10 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -26.92% +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

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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 3 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 3 June 2024.

.NET hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 (4.40%) CMS
2 20 (3.38%) Umbraco
3 9 (1.52%) IIS
4 5 (0.85%) ArcGIS
4 5 (0.85%) Confluence
4 5 (0.85%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.85%) WordPress
5 4 (0.68%) Apache
5 4 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.51%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (0.51%) Kentico
6 3 (0.51%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.51%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.34%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.17%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.17%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.17%) GemFire
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (2.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.52%) Endur
3 2 (0.34%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.34%) Shopify
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.17%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 333 (56.35%) Azure
2 131 (22.17%) Azure DevOps
3 77 (13.03%) AWS
4 47 (7.95%) Azure Service Bus
5 42 (7.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 37 (6.26%) Entra ID
7 35 (5.92%) Power Platform
8 33 (5.58%) Serverless
9 27 (4.57%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (4.40%) PaaS
11 24 (4.06%) Azure Functions
12 20 (3.38%) Azure Logic Apps
13 17 (2.88%) Azure API Management
13 17 (2.88%) PowerApps
14 15 (2.54%) Azure Monitor
14 15 (2.54%) SaaS
15 14 (2.37%) IaaS
16 13 (2.20%) Power Automate
17 12 (2.03%) GCP
18 11 (1.86%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.52%) DNS
2 7 (1.18%) Network Security
3 4 (0.68%) DHCP
3 4 (0.68%) Intranet
3 4 (0.68%) VPN
4 3 (0.51%) HTTP
5 2 (0.34%) Firewall
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%) MPLS
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
1 161 (27.24%) SQL Server
2 25 (4.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 22 (3.72%) MySQL
4 21 (3.55%) Relational Database
5 17 (2.88%) Power BI
6 16 (2.71%) NoSQL
7 14 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.52%) MongoDB
11 8 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (1.35%) GIS
11 8 (1.35%) Redis
12 6 (1.02%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.85%) DB2
13 5 (0.85%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.85%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.68%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 64 (10.83%) Git
2 35 (5.92%) Visual Studio
3 23 (3.89%) SpecFlow
4 16 (2.71%) Selenium
5 14 (2.37%) Team Foundation Server
6 13 (2.20%) Jenkins
7 12 (2.03%) Postman
8 11 (1.86%) JIRA
8 11 (1.86%) TeamCity
9 8 (1.35%) WebDriver
10 7 (1.18%) Cypress.io
10 7 (1.18%) Moq
10 7 (1.18%) NUnit
11 6 (1.02%) Cucumber
11 6 (1.02%) Subversion
12 5 (0.85%) MSI
12 5 (0.85%) WiX
13 4 (0.68%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.68%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.68%) SoapUI
General
1 119 (20.14%) Finance
2 105 (17.77%) Social Skills
3 78 (13.20%) Public Sector
4 34 (5.75%) Front Office
5 28 (4.74%) Banking
6 22 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (2.54%) Back Office
8 13 (2.20%) Investment Banking
9 11 (1.86%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.69%) Law
10 10 (1.69%) Local Government
11 9 (1.52%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.18%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.18%) Marketing
12 7 (1.18%) Tech for Good
13 6 (1.02%) Electronics
14 5 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (0.51%) Legal
Job Titles
1 397 (67.17%) Developer
2 155 (26.23%) .NET Developer
3 102 (17.26%) C# Developer
4 92 (15.57%) Senior
5 72 (12.18%) Full Stack Developer
6 68 (11.51%) Senior Developer
7 55 (9.31%) Azure Developer
8 46 (7.78%) Software Developer
9 43 (7.28%) Architect
10 41 (6.94%) C# .NET Developer
11 40 (6.77%) Lead
12 25 (4.23%) Full Stack .NET Developer
13 22 (3.72%) Software Engineer
13 22 (3.72%) Technical Architect
14 21 (3.55%) Senior C# Developer
15 20 (3.38%) Lead Developer
15 20 (3.38%) React Developer
16 18 (3.05%) Analyst
17 17 (2.88%) Angular Developer
18 16 (2.71%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (18.10%) .NET Framework
2 106 (17.94%) .NET Core
3 101 (17.09%) ASP.NET
4 81 (13.71%) React
5 80 (13.54%) AngularJS
6 69 (11.68%) CSS
7 66 (11.17%) HTML
8 54 (9.14%) REST
9 52 (8.80%) XML
10 46 (7.78%) Entity Framework
11 42 (7.11%) Web Services
12 30 (5.08%) RESTful
13 27 (4.57%) jQuery
14 25 (4.23%) ASP.NET Core
15 24 (4.06%) Vue
16 22 (3.72%) ASP.NET Web API
16 22 (3.72%) Node.js
17 21 (3.55%) WCF
18 20 (3.38%) ASP.NET MVC
19 19 (3.21%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.58%) Product Ownership
2 20 (3.38%) Mobile App
3 16 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (2.71%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (2.37%) Derivative
5 9 (1.52%) Algorithms
5 9 (1.52%) Equities
5 9 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
5 9 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (1.35%) Hedge funds
7 7 (1.18%) Client/Server
7 7 (1.18%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.18%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.18%) Fixed Income
7 7 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.18%) Reinsurance
8 6 (1.02%) Public Cloud
9 5 (0.85%) Onboarding
9 5 (0.85%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 49 (8.29%) Windows
2 19 (3.21%) Linux
3 17 (2.88%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.20%) Android
5 12 (2.03%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.68%) Unix
7 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (32.15%) DevOps
2 175 (29.61%) Agile
3 103 (17.43%) Full Stack Development
4 85 (14.38%) CI/CD
5 78 (13.20%) MVC
6 68 (11.51%) Microservices
7 65 (11.00%) Software Engineering
8 63 (10.66%) Problem-Solving
9 62 (10.49%) TDD
10 58 (9.81%) OO
11 56 (9.48%) Scrum
12 51 (8.63%) Test Automation
13 41 (6.94%) Design Patterns
13 41 (6.94%) SOLID
14 40 (6.77%) Unit Testing
15 39 (6.60%) Migration
16 36 (6.09%) SDLC
17 34 (5.75%) Computer Science
18 30 (5.08%) API Management
18 30 (5.08%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 413 (69.88%) C#
2 170 (28.76%) SQL
3 122 (20.64%) JavaScript
4 74 (12.52%) PowerShell
5 47 (7.95%) Java
6 44 (7.45%) Python
7 42 (7.11%) TypeScript
8 36 (6.09%) Bicep
9 30 (5.08%) C++
10 18 (3.05%) T-SQL
10 18 (3.05%) VB.NET
11 13 (2.20%) Ruby
11 13 (2.20%) VBA
12 12 (2.03%) C
13 10 (1.69%) VB
14 8 (1.35%) PL/SQL
15 6 (1.02%) PHP
16 4 (0.68%) F#
16 4 (0.68%) Go
17 3 (0.51%) Bash
Qualifications
1 51 (8.63%) Security Cleared
2 49 (8.29%) Degree
3 39 (6.60%) SC Cleared
4 17 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.85%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.51%) HNC
10 2 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.34%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.34%) CISSP
10 2 (0.34%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.34%) SANS
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 (5.41%) QA
2 24 (4.06%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.69%) WCAG
4 3 (0.51%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.51%) GDPR
4 3 (0.51%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.34%) GRC
5 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.34%) SLA
6 1 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.17%) HL7
6 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 46 (7.78%) Active Directory
2 31 (5.25%) Docker
3 11 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.85%) vSphere
6 4 (0.68%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.34%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.17%) GridGain
8 1 (0.17%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 32 (5.41%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.08%) Terraform
3 12 (2.03%) Ansible
4 5 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.68%) BladeLogic
5 4 (0.68%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.51%) PowerCLI
7 2 (0.34%) Puppet
7 2 (0.34%) SCOM
7 2 (0.34%) WSUS
8 1 (0.17%) Kibana
8 1 (0.17%) logstash
8 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.17%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 135 (22.84%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.92%) Oracle
3 15 (2.54%) SAP
3 15 (2.54%) Xamarin
4 9 (1.52%) Databricks
4 9 (1.52%) MuleSoft
4 9 (1.52%) OpenLink
5 7 (1.18%) VMware
6 6 (1.02%) Sitecore
7 5 (0.85%) Citrix
7 5 (0.85%) Google
7 5 (0.85%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.68%) Altiris
8 4 (0.68%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.51%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.51%) Dell
9 3 (0.51%) HP
9 3 (0.51%) OutSystems
10 2 (0.34%) Adobe
10 2 (0.34%) Infragistics