.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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 48 24
Rank change year-on-year -28 -24 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,791 1,921 6,116
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.43% 5.26% 7.61%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.73% 24.48% 36.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,603 1,643 5,427
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,469 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +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 7,547 7,846 16,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.25% 21.47% 20.89%
Number of salaries quoted 5,718 5,962 14,042
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,296 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% +10.49% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -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 9 April 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 9 April 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
London -28 476 £82,500 +10.00% 218
South East -20 438 £60,000 - 174
North of England -32 416 £65,000 +13.04% 164
North West -31 216 £65,000 +13.04% 89
Midlands -39 213 £55,000 - 87
South West +2 135 £55,000 -8.33% 64
Yorkshire -36 126 £60,000 +7.14% 48
West Midlands -48 113 £51,250 -10.87% 50
East Midlands -30 100 £62,000 +18.10% 37
East of England -46 89 £65,000 +30.00% 63
North East -10 74 £70,000 +21.74% 33
.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 41 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.62%) IIS
3 21 (1.17%) CMS
4 13 (0.73%) JBoss
4 13 (0.73%) Umbraco
4 13 (0.73%) WebSphere
5 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.50%) Confluence
7 7 (0.39%) ColdFusion
8 5 (0.28%) NServiceBus
9 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.17%) Apache
10 3 (0.17%) nginx
11 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.056%) CICS
12 1 (0.056%) Drupal
12 1 (0.056%) SAS
12 1 (0.056%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.056%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.056%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.17%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.056%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 30 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.11%) Magento
3 1 (0.056%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.056%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.056%) Endur
3 1 (0.056%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.056%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.056%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.056%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.056%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 782 (43.66%) Azure
2 281 (15.69%) AWS
3 240 (13.40%) SaaS
4 226 (12.62%) Azure DevOps
5 139 (7.76%) Power Platform
6 109 (6.09%) Serverless
7 107 (5.97%) GitHub
8 90 (5.03%) Azure Logic Apps
9 69 (3.85%) PowerApps
10 67 (3.74%) Power Automate
11 61 (3.41%) Azure Functions
12 59 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
13 57 (3.18%) GCP
14 53 (2.96%) Azure Service Bus
15 45 (2.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 43 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
17 41 (2.29%) Azure AKS
18 37 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
19 33 (1.84%) Azure Monitor
20 26 (1.45%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.95%) Internet
2 10 (0.56%) Firewall
3 8 (0.45%) WinSCP
4 5 (0.28%) DNS
5 4 (0.22%) DHCP
5 4 (0.22%) Intranet
6 3 (0.17%) LTE
6 3 (0.17%) VoIP
6 3 (0.17%) VPN
7 2 (0.11%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.11%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.056%) AMQP
8 1 (0.056%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.056%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.056%) HTTP
8 1 (0.056%) Modbus
8 1 (0.056%) MPLS
8 1 (0.056%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 422 (23.56%) SQL Server
2 79 (4.41%) Power BI
3 77 (4.30%) Azure SQL Database
3 77 (4.30%) NoSQL
4 49 (2.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 43 (2.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 41 (2.29%) MongoDB
6 41 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
6 41 (2.29%) Relational Database
7 38 (2.12%) MySQL
8 18 (1.01%) Redis
9 17 (0.95%) DynamoDB
10 13 (0.73%) DB2
10 13 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.34%) GIS
12 5 (0.28%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 121 (6.76%) Git
2 49 (2.74%) Selenium
3 48 (2.68%) JIRA
4 43 (2.40%) Visual Studio
5 35 (1.95%) Postman
6 28 (1.56%) Team Foundation Server
7 24 (1.34%) SoapUI
7 24 (1.34%) WebDriver
8 19 (1.06%) SpecFlow
9 18 (1.01%) Jenkins
9 18 (1.01%) TeamCity
10 14 (0.78%) Octopus Deploy
11 12 (0.67%) NUnit
12 10 (0.56%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 6 (0.34%) Bitbucket
14 6 (0.34%) JMeter
14 6 (0.34%) LabVIEW
15 5 (0.28%) MSTest
16 4 (0.22%) TestRail
General
1 334 (18.65%) Social Skills
2 297 (16.58%) Finance
3 85 (4.75%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (3.29%) Law
4 59 (3.29%) Public Sector
5 55 (3.07%) Banking
6 36 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (1.51%) Retail
8 23 (1.28%) Games
8 23 (1.28%) Legal
9 19 (1.06%) Marketing
10 16 (0.89%) Front Office
11 15 (0.84%) Aviation
11 15 (0.84%) Manufacturing
12 11 (0.61%) Aerospace
13 10 (0.56%) Automotive
13 10 (0.56%) Electronics
13 10 (0.56%) Tech for Good
14 9 (0.50%) Military
14 9 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 995 (55.56%) Developer
2 437 (24.40%) Senior
3 419 (23.39%) .NET Developer
4 315 (17.59%) Software Engineer
5 292 (16.30%) Software Developer
6 222 (12.40%) Lead
7 216 (12.06%) C# Developer
8 212 (11.84%) Senior Developer
9 176 (9.83%) Full-Stack Developer
10 147 (8.21%) .NET Software Engineer
11 141 (7.87%) C# .NET Developer
12 126 (7.04%) Senior Software Engineer
13 102 (5.70%) .NET Software Developer
14 88 (4.91%) Lead Developer
15 86 (4.80%) Senior .NET Developer
16 85 (4.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 84 (4.69%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
18 75 (4.19%) C# Software Engineer
19 71 (3.96%) Architect
20 65 (3.63%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 412 (23.00%) .NET Core
2 280 (15.63%) ASP.NET
3 273 (15.24%) React
4 215 (12.00%) .NET Framework
5 209 (11.67%) HTML
6 184 (10.27%) CSS
7 145 (8.10%) REST
8 134 (7.48%) AngularJS
9 121 (6.76%) RESTful
10 100 (5.58%) ASP.NET Core
11 95 (5.30%) Blazor
12 92 (5.14%) Entity Framework
13 91 (5.08%) Node.js
14 76 (4.24%) Vue
15 59 (3.29%) SOAP
16 42 (2.35%) ASP.NET MVC
17 40 (2.23%) ASP.NET Web API
18 38 (2.12%) Middleware
18 38 (2.12%) Playwright
19 34 (1.90%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 149 (8.32%) Cloud Native
2 71 (3.96%) Mobile App
3 62 (3.46%) Product Ownership
4 57 (3.18%) Distributed Systems
5 53 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
6 52 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
7 30 (1.68%) Hedge funds
8 26 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
9 25 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
10 23 (1.28%) Virtual Team
11 19 (1.06%) Low-Code
12 18 (1.01%) Legacy Code
13 17 (0.95%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 16 (0.89%) Management Information System
15 15 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
16 14 (0.78%) Algorithms
16 14 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 13 (0.73%) DataPower
17 13 (0.73%) Sports Betting
18 12 (0.67%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 86 (4.80%) Windows
2 27 (1.51%) Linux
3 23 (1.28%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.12%) Android
5 18 (1.01%) Apple iOS
5 18 (1.01%) VMS
6 4 (0.22%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.17%) Unix
7 3 (0.17%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.056%) Solaris
8 1 (0.056%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 538 (30.04%) Software Engineering
2 509 (28.42%) Agile
3 430 (24.01%) Full-Stack Development
4 402 (22.45%) DevOps
5 384 (21.44%) CI/CD
6 271 (15.13%) Microservices
7 248 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
8 217 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 166 (9.27%) Mentoring
10 153 (8.54%) AI
11 149 (8.32%) SDLC
12 147 (8.21%) Test Automation
13 136 (7.59%) Clean Code
14 125 (6.98%) Containerisation
15 121 (6.76%) Scrum
16 116 (6.48%) Technical Leadership
17 114 (6.37%) User Experience
18 113 (6.31%) MVC
19 96 (5.36%) TDD
20 95 (5.30%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1,232 (68.79%) C#
2 550 (30.71%) SQL
3 382 (21.33%) JavaScript
4 202 (11.28%) TypeScript
5 168 (9.38%) Java
6 146 (8.15%) Python
7 65 (3.63%) PowerShell
8 48 (2.68%) C++
9 35 (1.95%) PHP
10 34 (1.90%) Bicep
10 34 (1.90%) T-SQL
11 30 (1.68%) VB.NET
12 20 (1.12%) Apex Code
13 17 (0.95%) C
14 14 (0.78%) Go
15 13 (0.73%) Bash
16 12 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
16 12 (0.67%) PL/SQL
17 11 (0.61%) VB
17 11 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 185 (10.33%) Degree
2 69 (3.85%) Security Cleared
3 57 (3.18%) SC Cleared
4 51 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (1.51%) ISTQB
6 18 (1.01%) AWS Certification
6 18 (1.01%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 14 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (0.73%) Azure Certification
9 11 (0.61%) AWS Certified Developer
10 8 (0.45%) DBS Check
10 8 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 7 (0.39%) ISEB
12 6 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.28%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (5.64%) QA
2 47 (2.62%) Accessibility
3 13 (0.73%) GDPR
3 13 (0.73%) WCAG
4 11 (0.61%) Data Quality
5 9 (0.50%) ISO 9001
6 7 (0.39%) SLA
7 5 (0.28%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.11%) ITGC
11 1 (0.056%) NCSC
11 1 (0.056%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 154 (8.60%) Docker
2 13 (0.73%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.45%) Firmware
4 4 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.056%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.056%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 134 (7.48%) Kubernetes
2 93 (5.19%) Terraform
3 15 (0.84%) Grafana
4 11 (0.61%) Ansible
5 7 (0.39%) Kibana
6 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.11%) MIIS
7 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.056%) Argo
8 1 (0.056%) CASB
8 1 (0.056%) Consul
8 1 (0.056%) Control-M
8 1 (0.056%) Packer
8 1 (0.056%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.056%) Puppet
Vendors
1 314 (17.53%) Microsoft
2 30 (1.68%) Salesforce
3 27 (1.51%) Xamarin
4 21 (1.17%) Google
5 17 (0.95%) MuleSoft
6 16 (0.89%) Adobe
7 14 (0.78%) Oracle
7 14 (0.78%) ServiceNow
8 10 (0.56%) CrowdStrike
8 10 (0.56%) Sage
9 9 (0.50%) New Relic
10 7 (0.39%) Databricks
10 7 (0.39%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.34%) Telerik
11 6 (0.34%) VMware
12 5 (0.28%) Apple
12 5 (0.28%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.28%) IBM
12 5 (0.28%) iManage
12 5 (0.28%) Intapp