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Hire a Freelance .NET Developer
Modern .NET is cross-platform, fast, and common in companies already running Microsoft infrastructure. Freelance .NET work splits between new ASP.NET Core services and modernising .NET Framework applications that cannot leave Windows without help.
What a freelance .NET Developer actually does
These are the engagements that come up most often. If your project does not resemble any of them, say so explicitly in your brief — it usually means you need an adjacent skill instead.
- Build ASP.NET Core web APIs and MVC applications
- Migrate .NET Framework applications to .NET 8 and cross-platform hosting
- Model data with Entity Framework Core and write safe migrations
- Integrate with Azure services, Active Directory, and Microsoft 365
- Build Blazor interfaces for internal business applications
What it costs in 2026
Hourly ranges seen across global freelance marketplaces. Use them to sanity-check a quote rather than as a target — a well-specified project frequently costs less at a higher hourly rate than a vague one does at a lower rate.
Entry level
$28/hr
Building experience. Good value on well-defined, low-risk work with review.
Mid level
$55/hr
Can own a feature end to end and will tell you when your plan is wrong.
Specialist
$110/hr
Deep experience, architecture decisions, and work where mistakes are expensive.
Fixed-price quotes are usually the better structure for work you can describe precisely. Hourly is safer when the scope will genuinely change as you learn — but agree a cap in writing either way.
Tools and technologies to expect
You do not need to understand these. You do need to see them appear naturally in a candidate's answers rather than only in their profile keywords.
Before you hire: a short checklist
Most bad freelance outcomes are decided before any work starts. These four checks catch the majority of them.
- 1 Distinguish .NET Framework from modern .NET in your brief — different skills, different people.
- 2 For Azure work, ask which services specifically, not just "Azure".
- 3 Check EF Core migration experience against production data.
- 4 Confirm they can work outside Visual Studio if your CI is on Linux.
Questions worth asking in the interview
You are not testing whether you can follow the answer. You are testing whether the answer is specific, whether it comes from experience, and whether they are comfortable saying "it depends" and explaining on what.
“What blocks a .NET Framework app from moving to .NET 8?”
“How do you avoid EF Core generating inefficient queries?”
“When is Blazor Server the wrong choice?”
“How do you handle configuration and secrets across environments?”
Warning signs
None of these are automatically disqualifying, but each one deserves a direct question before you commit money.
- Only .NET Framework in a modernisation project
- No source control discipline
- Cannot explain async/await behaviour under load
Web Development services available now
Listings currently published in this category on AMFreelance.
Frequently asked questions
Is .NET still Windows-only?
No. Modern .NET runs on Linux and in containers, and most new hosting is cheaper there. Only the old .NET Framework is Windows-bound, which is precisely why migration projects exist.
What does a .NET Framework migration cost?
A mid-sized business application is commonly $8,000–30,000, and the cost is driven almost entirely by Windows-specific dependencies rather than by the application code.
Blazor or a JavaScript front end?
Blazor for internal tools where a .NET team maintains everything. A JavaScript front end when the interface is public-facing, performance-sensitive, or must be maintained by front-end specialists.
Related skills
Projects described as needing a .NET Developer often turn out to need one of these instead, or as well.
Ready to start?
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