.NET Job Trends in England

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring .NET skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 52 22
Rank change year-on-year -20 -30 +5
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,083 1,961 6,302
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.59% 5.02% 7.48%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 25.89% 25.28% 37.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,885 1,473 5,450
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,688 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £99,500 £97,500 £93,250
UK median annual salary £64,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.40% +4.17% -4.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

.NET falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,047 7,756 17,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.00% 19.84% 20.19%
Number of salaries quoted 6,107 5,650 14,146
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,884 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,028
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,254 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.11%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing .NET relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

.NET job vacancy trend in England

.NET
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET

.NET
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET in England

.NET
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the England region over the 6 months to 12 May 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +6 562 £60,000 - 177
London -18 517 £82,500 +6.45% 219
North of England -24 461 £60,000 +4.35% 145
North West -22 245 £60,000 +4.35% 80
Midlands -39 239 £55,000 +2.44% 73
South West +3 158 £55,000 - 38
East of England -1 130 £65,000 +23.81% 56
Yorkshire -29 124 £60,000 +3.45% 34
West Midlands -47 120 £55,000 +1.21% 35
East Midlands +3 119 £64,000 +21.90% 38
North East -8 92 £60,000 +6.67% 32
.NET
UK

.NET
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 53 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.25%) IIS
3 21 (1.01%) CMS
4 15 (0.72%) ColdFusion
5 13 (0.62%) Confluence
5 13 (0.62%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.48%) JBoss
7 8 (0.38%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.29%) Apache
9 4 (0.19%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.19%) NServiceBus
10 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.14%) nginx
10 3 (0.14%) WordPress
11 2 (0.096%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.096%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.096%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.048%) Appian
12 1 (0.048%) Drupal
12 1 (0.048%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 12 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.096%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.096%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.048%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.14%) Magento
3 1 (0.048%) Endur
3 1 (0.048%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.048%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.048%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.048%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.048%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.048%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 920 (44.17%) Azure
2 309 (14.83%) AWS
3 274 (13.15%) Azure DevOps
4 253 (12.15%) SaaS
5 139 (6.67%) Power Platform
6 128 (6.14%) GitHub
7 117 (5.62%) Serverless
8 106 (5.09%) Azure Logic Apps
9 76 (3.65%) Power Automate
9 76 (3.65%) PowerApps
10 68 (3.26%) Azure Functions
11 67 (3.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 62 (2.98%) Azure Service Bus
13 60 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
14 55 (2.64%) GitHub Copilot
15 53 (2.54%) Azure AI
15 53 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
16 48 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
17 47 (2.26%) GCP
18 46 (2.21%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.73%) Internet
2 8 (0.38%) WinSCP
3 7 (0.34%) Firewall
4 6 (0.29%) Intranet
5 5 (0.24%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.19%) DNS
6 4 (0.19%) LTE
7 3 (0.14%) DHCP
7 3 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.096%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.048%) AMQP
9 1 (0.048%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.048%) LAN
9 1 (0.048%) Modbus
9 1 (0.048%) MPLS
9 1 (0.048%) RS-232
9 1 (0.048%) VoIP
9 1 (0.048%) VPN
9 1 (0.048%) WAN
9 1 (0.048%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 428 (20.55%) SQL Server
2 192 (9.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 147 (7.06%) MongoDB
4 91 (4.37%) Power BI
5 74 (3.55%) NoSQL
6 49 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
7 47 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
8 46 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 41 (1.97%) MySQL
10 39 (1.87%) Relational Database
11 35 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (0.72%) Redis
13 12 (0.58%) DB2
14 11 (0.53%) DynamoDB
15 9 (0.43%) GIS
16 8 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
17 7 (0.34%) Data Lake
18 5 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
18 5 (0.24%) Metadata
19 4 (0.19%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 134 (6.43%) Git
2 53 (2.54%) JIRA
3 40 (1.92%) Selenium
4 39 (1.87%) Visual Studio
5 37 (1.78%) Postman
6 26 (1.25%) Team Foundation Server
7 25 (1.20%) SoapUI
8 24 (1.15%) WebDriver
9 19 (0.91%) Jenkins
10 15 (0.72%) SpecFlow
10 15 (0.72%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.58%) NUnit
11 12 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
12 11 (0.53%) GitLab
13 9 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 8 (0.38%) Cypress.io
15 7 (0.34%) Claude Code
15 7 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
16 6 (0.29%) MSTest
16 6 (0.29%) TestRail
General
1 336 (16.13%) Finance
2 327 (15.70%) Social Skills
3 92 (4.42%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (2.50%) Banking
5 51 (2.45%) Public Sector
6 50 (2.40%) Law
7 45 (2.16%) Retail
8 34 (1.63%) Legal
9 33 (1.58%) Games
10 32 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 27 (1.30%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.10%) Automotive
13 20 (0.96%) Aerospace
13 20 (0.96%) Marketing
14 19 (0.91%) Advertising
15 16 (0.77%) Electronics
16 14 (0.67%) Aviation
17 13 (0.62%) Front Office
18 11 (0.53%) Back Office
19 8 (0.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,212 (58.19%) Developer
2 601 (28.85%) .NET Developer
3 460 (22.08%) Senior
4 355 (17.04%) Software Engineer
5 334 (16.03%) Software Developer
6 240 (11.52%) Lead
7 238 (11.43%) Senior Developer
8 219 (10.51%) C# Developer
9 185 (8.88%) Full-Stack Developer
10 169 (8.11%) .NET Software Engineer
11 159 (7.63%) C# .NET Developer
12 136 (6.53%) Senior Software Engineer
13 124 (5.95%) .NET Software Developer
14 116 (5.57%) C# Software Engineer
15 103 (4.94%) Senior .NET Developer
16 100 (4.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 97 (4.66%) Lead Developer
18 82 (3.94%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 80 (3.84%) Architect
20 70 (3.36%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 522 (25.06%) .NET Core
2 396 (19.01%) ASP.NET
3 301 (14.45%) React
4 248 (11.91%) HTML
5 230 (11.04%) CSS
6 222 (10.66%) ASP.NET Core
7 214 (10.27%) .NET Framework
8 169 (8.11%) AngularJS
9 160 (7.68%) RESTful
10 146 (7.01%) REST
11 144 (6.91%) Entity Framework
12 141 (6.77%) Blazor
13 132 (6.34%) Node.js
14 123 (5.90%) Vue
15 83 (3.98%) ASP.NET Web API
16 53 (2.54%) SOAP
17 47 (2.26%) jQuery
18 46 (2.21%) JSON
18 46 (2.21%) ML.NET
19 40 (1.92%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 147 (7.06%) Cloud Native
2 84 (4.03%) Greenfield Project
3 77 (3.70%) Mobile App
4 66 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
5 64 (3.07%) Product Ownership
6 48 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
7 38 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
8 32 (1.54%) Hedge funds
9 22 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
9 22 (1.06%) Legacy Code
9 22 (1.06%) Low-Code
10 18 (0.86%) Virtual Team
11 17 (0.82%) Management Information System
11 17 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 16 (0.77%) Algorithms
13 15 (0.72%) Sports Betting
14 14 (0.67%) PropTech
15 11 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 11 (0.53%) Onboarding
16 10 (0.48%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 78 (3.74%) Windows
2 25 (1.20%) Linux
2 25 (1.20%) Windows Server
3 21 (1.01%) Android
4 17 (0.82%) VMS
5 11 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.096%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.096%) Unix
6 2 (0.096%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.096%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.048%) Solaris
7 1 (0.048%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 591 (28.37%) Software Engineering
2 579 (27.80%) Full-Stack Development
3 577 (27.70%) Agile
4 458 (21.99%) CI/CD
5 447 (21.46%) DevOps
6 291 (13.97%) Microservices
7 241 (11.57%) Problem-Solving
8 240 (11.52%) AI
9 226 (10.85%) Continuous Improvement
10 185 (8.88%) Mentoring
11 169 (8.11%) Test Automation
12 167 (8.02%) SDLC
13 132 (6.34%) Clean Code
14 130 (6.24%) Containerisation
15 128 (6.14%) Scrum
16 125 (6.00%) Technical Leadership
17 111 (5.33%) TDD
18 109 (5.23%) User Experience
19 105 (5.04%) Business Intelligence
20 104 (4.99%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1,455 (69.85%) C#
2 683 (32.79%) SQL
3 412 (19.78%) JavaScript
4 251 (12.05%) TypeScript
5 184 (8.83%) Python
6 159 (7.63%) Java
7 78 (3.74%) PowerShell
8 60 (2.88%) C++
9 47 (2.26%) PHP
10 35 (1.68%) Bicep
11 34 (1.63%) T-SQL
12 33 (1.58%) VB.NET
13 18 (0.86%) Bash
13 18 (0.86%) C
13 18 (0.86%) VB
14 17 (0.82%) Apex Code
15 13 (0.62%) PL/SQL
15 13 (0.62%) VBA
16 12 (0.58%) Go
16 12 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 197 (9.46%) Degree
2 78 (3.74%) Security Cleared
3 65 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 64 (3.07%) SC Cleared
5 22 (1.06%) ISTQB
6 21 (1.01%) Azure Certification
6 21 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (0.86%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 15 (0.72%) AWS Certification
9 8 (0.38%) AWS Certified Developer
10 7 (0.34%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.19%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.19%) PhD
14 3 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.14%) DV Cleared
15 2 (0.096%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (4.51%) QA
2 49 (2.35%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.91%) GDPR
4 16 (0.77%) Data Quality
5 13 (0.62%) WCAG
6 9 (0.43%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.34%) SLA
8 5 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.24%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.096%) ITGC
11 1 (0.048%) NCSC
11 1 (0.048%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 187 (8.98%) Docker
2 13 (0.62%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.43%) Firmware
4 5 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.048%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.048%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.048%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 173 (8.31%) Kubernetes
2 101 (4.85%) Terraform
3 15 (0.72%) Grafana
4 8 (0.38%) Ansible
5 7 (0.34%) Kibana
6 2 (0.096%) MIIS
6 2 (0.096%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.048%) CASB
7 1 (0.048%) Consul
7 1 (0.048%) Control-M
7 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.048%) Packer
7 1 (0.048%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.048%) Puppet
Vendors
1 459 (22.04%) Microsoft
2 30 (1.44%) Google
3 28 (1.34%) Adobe
4 27 (1.30%) Oracle
5 25 (1.20%) Salesforce
6 21 (1.01%) Xamarin
7 17 (0.82%) OpenAI
8 16 (0.77%) Facebook
9 15 (0.72%) ServiceNow
10 13 (0.62%) MuleSoft
11 11 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (0.43%) iManage
13 8 (0.38%) Databricks
14 7 (0.34%) Intapp
15 6 (0.29%) Apple
15 6 (0.29%) IBM
15 6 (0.29%) VMware
15 6 (0.29%) YouTube
16 5 (0.24%) Aderant
16 5 (0.24%) Sage