Contract Umbraco and .NET work, remote across the UK. Most often alongside an agency team, sometimes direct with the client.
Umbraco builds
New sites and features on current Umbraco and .NET, including backoffice extensions and custom importers. Certified, and I've worked on every version from 7 to 17.
Upgrades and migrations
Umbraco 7/8 sites brought up to date, and content moved across from other CMSs. The unglamorous work that keeps a site supported and safe to change.
Support and maintenance
Fixes, features, hosting and deploys for live sites. I've looked after ten-plus at once, so a support queue alongside project work is normal for me.
Extra hands
Sold more work than your team can carry? I can pick up a project in your repo and your process, and hand back code your team can own.
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Capability
A rough map, not a wish list. I'm happy working in your stack and to your conventions.
CMS
Umbraco · Certified · v7–17
Back end
C# / .NET Core · 9 years
API design
SQL
Front end
TypeScript
SASS
Accessibility · WCAG
Infrastructure
Azure
AWS
CI/CD
VPS
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Where I've worked
Ten years across agencies and in-house teams, remote since 2023.
2026 – Now
Senior Full Stack Developer
Contracting
Umbraco and .NET contracts through agencies and direct with clients: builds, upgrades, migrations and support for live sites. Booked until November 2026.
2024 – 2026
Software Engineer
Shout Digital · Remote
Umbraco 8 upgrades and migrations from other CMSs into Umbraco, for clients in education, law, housing and finance. Ten-plus live sites supported at once, on Azure and current .NET.
2023 – 2024
Systems Developer
NetConstruct / IDHL · Remote
Umbraco 7 to 8 migrations and .NET work for property, housing and construction clients. Picked up Kentico along the way.
2019 – 2023
Web Developer
Yoyo · Tunbridge Wells
Led new-build sites from development to launch, working closely with UX and design. Became Umbraco certified.
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About
I'm Zed Barker-Flower, a certified Umbraco developer based in Kent. I've spent ten years in agencies, starting as an apprentice and working up to looking after ten-plus live sites at once, remotely for the last few.
What I'm best at is the unglamorous part: Umbraco 8 upgrades, moving content out of other CMSs, and getting old codebases back to a state a team can work in. I'm comfortable talking to clients directly, and just as happy working inside your process.
Outside work I build small tools, like Chrome extensions, Node libraries and Puppeteer scrapers, and spend too long fixing my car and motorbike.
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CV
Happy to send it. It isn't on the open web because it has my contact details on it.
