.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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 44 28
Rank change year-on-year 0 -16 +13
Contract jobs citing .NET 598 1,153 2,907
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.08% 4.83% 6.59%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.19% 19.28% 22.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 915 2,284
10th Percentile £318 £375 £380
25th Percentile £413 £415 £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 £560 £544
% change year-on-year -6.25% +2.99% +12.11%
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% +4.29%
75th Percentile £63.75 £85.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £64.25 - £70.00
UK median hourly rate £58.91 £52.97 £49.50
% change year-on-year +11.20% +7.01% +26.11%

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 3,693 5,980 13,113
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.17% 25.05% 29.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,597 4,483 9,739
10th Percentile £345 £390 £400
25th Percentile £431 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.33% -2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £650
90th Percentile £800 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 79 110
10th Percentile £23.88 £25.10 £22.45
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 £66.64
90th Percentile £72.50 £79.05 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £48.97 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -24.67% +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 9 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 9 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 (4.35%) CMS
2 20 (3.34%) Umbraco
3 9 (1.51%) IIS
4 6 (1.00%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.84%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.84%) Confluence
6 4 (0.67%) Apache
6 4 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.67%) WordPress
7 3 (0.50%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (0.50%) Kentico
7 3 (0.50%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.50%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.33%) WebLogic
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 (3.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.51%) Endur
3 2 (0.33%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.33%) Shopify
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 338 (56.52%) Azure
2 130 (21.74%) Azure DevOps
3 79 (13.21%) AWS
4 47 (7.86%) Azure Service Bus
5 43 (7.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 37 (6.19%) Power Platform
7 35 (5.85%) Serverless
8 34 (5.69%) Entra ID
9 31 (5.18%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (4.35%) Azure Functions
11 25 (4.18%) PaaS
12 20 (3.34%) Azure Logic Apps
13 19 (3.18%) PowerApps
14 17 (2.84%) Azure API Management
15 15 (2.51%) Azure Monitor
15 15 (2.51%) SaaS
16 13 (2.17%) GCP
16 13 (2.17%) IaaS
16 13 (2.17%) Power Automate
17 11 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.51%) DNS
2 8 (1.34%) Network Security
3 4 (0.67%) DHCP
3 4 (0.67%) VPN
4 3 (0.50%) Firewall
4 3 (0.50%) HTTP
4 3 (0.50%) Intranet
5 2 (0.33%) SSL
5 2 (0.33%) 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
1 173 (28.93%) SQL Server
2 24 (4.01%) Azure SQL Database
2 24 (4.01%) Relational Database
3 23 (3.85%) MySQL
4 17 (2.84%) Power BI
5 16 (2.68%) NoSQL
6 15 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.67%) MongoDB
8 10 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.34%) GIS
9 8 (1.34%) Redis
10 7 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (1.00%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.84%) DB2
12 5 (0.84%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.84%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.67%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 65 (10.87%) Git
2 36 (6.02%) Visual Studio
3 21 (3.51%) SpecFlow
4 17 (2.84%) Selenium
5 13 (2.17%) Team Foundation Server
6 12 (2.01%) Jenkins
6 12 (2.01%) Postman
7 11 (1.84%) JIRA
7 11 (1.84%) TeamCity
8 8 (1.34%) WebDriver
9 7 (1.17%) Cypress.io
9 7 (1.17%) NUnit
9 7 (1.17%) Visual Studio Team System
10 6 (1.00%) Cucumber
10 6 (1.00%) Subversion
11 5 (0.84%) Moq
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
1 122 (20.40%) Finance
2 107 (17.89%) Social Skills
3 78 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 34 (5.69%) Front Office
5 28 (4.68%) Banking
6 23 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (2.51%) Back Office
8 13 (2.17%) Investment Banking
9 11 (1.84%) Law
9 11 (1.84%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.67%) Local Government
11 9 (1.51%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.17%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.17%) Marketing
12 7 (1.17%) Tech for Good
13 6 (1.00%) Electronics
14 5 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 400 (66.89%) Developer
2 155 (25.92%) .NET Developer
3 100 (16.72%) Senior
4 99 (16.56%) C# Developer
5 75 (12.54%) Senior Developer
6 72 (12.04%) Full Stack Developer
7 53 (8.86%) Azure Developer
8 46 (7.69%) Software Developer
9 44 (7.36%) Architect
10 41 (6.86%) Lead
11 39 (6.52%) C# .NET Developer
12 25 (4.18%) Full Stack .NET Developer
13 22 (3.68%) Senior C# Developer
13 22 (3.68%) Software Engineer
14 21 (3.51%) Technical Architect
15 20 (3.34%) React Developer
16 19 (3.18%) Analyst
16 19 (3.18%) Lead Developer
17 17 (2.84%) Solutions Architect
18 16 (2.68%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (18.90%) .NET Framework
2 106 (17.73%) .NET Core
2 106 (17.73%) ASP.NET
3 83 (13.88%) React
4 79 (13.21%) AngularJS
5 72 (12.04%) HTML
6 71 (11.87%) CSS
7 56 (9.36%) XML
8 53 (8.86%) REST
9 46 (7.69%) Entity Framework
10 41 (6.86%) Web Services
11 32 (5.35%) RESTful
12 27 (4.52%) jQuery
13 25 (4.18%) ASP.NET Core
14 24 (4.01%) Vue
15 23 (3.85%) ASP.NET Web API
15 23 (3.85%) JSON
15 23 (3.85%) WCF
16 22 (3.68%) Node.js
17 20 (3.34%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.69%) Product Ownership
2 20 (3.34%) Mobile App
3 17 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (2.84%) Greenfield Project
4 12 (2.01%) Derivative
5 11 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.51%) Algorithms
6 9 (1.51%) Equities
6 9 (1.51%) Legacy Applications
7 8 (1.34%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (1.34%) Fixed Income
7 8 (1.34%) Hedge funds
8 7 (1.17%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.17%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.17%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.00%) Public Cloud
10 5 (0.84%) Onboarding
10 5 (0.84%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 50 (8.36%) Windows
2 18 (3.01%) Linux
3 17 (2.84%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.34%) Android
5 12 (2.01%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.67%) Unix
7 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (31.77%) DevOps
2 178 (29.77%) Agile
3 102 (17.06%) Full Stack Development
4 84 (14.05%) MVC
5 83 (13.88%) CI/CD
6 68 (11.37%) Microservices
7 66 (11.04%) Software Engineering
8 64 (10.70%) Problem-Solving
9 61 (10.20%) TDD
10 60 (10.03%) OO
11 59 (9.87%) Scrum
12 52 (8.70%) Test Automation
13 45 (7.53%) Unit Testing
14 42 (7.02%) Design Patterns
15 41 (6.86%) Migration
16 40 (6.69%) SOLID
17 38 (6.35%) SDLC
18 34 (5.69%) Computer Science
19 33 (5.52%) Web Development
20 31 (5.18%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 422 (70.57%) C#
2 175 (29.26%) SQL
3 126 (21.07%) JavaScript
4 72 (12.04%) PowerShell
5 49 (8.19%) Java
6 42 (7.02%) Python
7 41 (6.86%) TypeScript
8 35 (5.85%) Bicep
9 31 (5.18%) C++
10 22 (3.68%) T-SQL
10 22 (3.68%) VB.NET
11 14 (2.34%) VBA
12 13 (2.17%) C
13 12 (2.01%) Ruby
14 11 (1.84%) VB
15 8 (1.34%) PL/SQL
16 6 (1.00%) PHP
17 4 (0.67%) F#
17 4 (0.67%) Go
18 3 (0.50%) Bash
Qualifications
1 53 (8.86%) Degree
2 50 (8.36%) Security Cleared
3 38 (6.35%) SC Cleared
4 17 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.00%) 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 (0.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.33%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.33%) CISSP
10 2 (0.33%) SANS
10 2 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.17%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.52%) QA
2 23 (3.85%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.67%) WCAG
4 4 (0.67%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.50%) GDPR
5 3 (0.50%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.33%) GRC
6 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.33%) 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 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 31 (5.18%) Docker
3 11 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.84%) vSphere
6 4 (0.67%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.33%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.17%) Firmware
8 1 (0.17%) GridGain
8 1 (0.17%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 32 (5.35%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.02%) Terraform
3 11 (1.84%) Ansible
4 5 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.67%) BladeLogic
5 4 (0.67%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.33%) PowerCLI
6 2 (0.33%) Puppet
6 2 (0.33%) SCOM
6 2 (0.33%) WSUS
7 1 (0.17%) Kibana
7 1 (0.17%) logstash
7 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.17%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 142 (23.75%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.02%) Oracle
3 16 (2.68%) Xamarin
4 15 (2.51%) SAP
5 9 (1.51%) Databricks
5 9 (1.51%) OpenLink
6 8 (1.34%) MuleSoft
7 7 (1.17%) VMware
8 6 (1.00%) Sitecore
9 5 (0.84%) Citrix
9 5 (0.84%) Google
9 5 (0.84%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.67%) Altiris
10 4 (0.67%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.50%) OutSystems
12 2 (0.33%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.33%) CyberArk
12 2 (0.33%) ESRI
12 2 (0.33%) NEC
12 2 (0.33%) Optimizely