.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 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 37 23
Rank change year-on-year -40 -14 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,563 2,457 5,257
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.54% 5.77% 7.87%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.12% 25.94% 34.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,404 1,722 4,786
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,125
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,250
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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

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 6,759 9,472 15,156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.98% 22.23% 22.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,178 5,949 12,866
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,225 £60,675
% change year-on-year -1.85% +9.15% -10.11%

.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 27 February 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 27 February 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 -30 437 £80,000 +6.67% 199
South East -32 384 £60,000 - 190
North of England -34 350 £65,000 +18.18% 145
Midlands -34 203 £52,500 -8.70% 57
North West -31 188 £65,000 +18.18% 88
West Midlands -41 113 £50,000 -13.04% 35
Yorkshire -42 106 £60,000 +13.21% 41
South West -36 103 £55,000 -8.33% 62
East Midlands -33 90 £60,000 +14.29% 22
East of England -68 61 £60,000 +20.00% 46
North East -6 56 £70,000 +16.67% 20
.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 42 (2.69%) IIS
2 24 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.02%) CMS
4 13 (0.83%) JBoss
4 13 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.83%) WebSphere
5 7 (0.45%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.32%) Confluence
6 5 (0.32%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.19%) nginx
8 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.064%) Apache
9 1 (0.064%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.064%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.064%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.064%) Kentico
9 1 (0.064%) SAS
9 1 (0.064%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.19%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.064%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 43 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.13%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.064%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.064%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.064%) Endur
3 1 (0.064%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.064%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 757 (48.43%) Azure
2 286 (18.30%) AWS
3 230 (14.72%) Azure DevOps
4 223 (14.27%) SaaS
5 122 (7.81%) Power Platform
6 103 (6.59%) GitHub
7 102 (6.53%) Serverless
8 68 (4.35%) GCP
9 59 (3.77%) Azure Functions
9 59 (3.77%) Azure Logic Apps
10 56 (3.58%) Dynamics 365
11 54 (3.45%) Power Automate
12 48 (3.07%) PowerApps
13 46 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
14 41 (2.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 39 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
16 36 (2.30%) Entra ID
17 32 (2.05%) Azure AKS
18 27 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
19 25 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.96%) Internet
2 11 (0.70%) DNS
3 10 (0.64%) DHCP
3 10 (0.64%) Firewall
4 8 (0.51%) WinSCP
5 6 (0.38%) VPN
6 5 (0.32%) VoIP
7 4 (0.26%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.19%) HTTP
8 3 (0.19%) Intranet
8 3 (0.19%) LTE
9 2 (0.13%) NAS
9 2 (0.13%) SAN
9 2 (0.13%) VLAN
10 1 (0.064%) AMQP
10 1 (0.064%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.064%) Hyperconnected
10 1 (0.064%) IPv6
10 1 (0.064%) MPLS
10 1 (0.064%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 398 (25.46%) SQL Server
2 79 (5.05%) NoSQL
3 52 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 52 (3.33%) MongoDB
4 51 (3.26%) Power BI
5 49 (3.13%) Relational Database
6 44 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 43 (2.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 41 (2.62%) MySQL
9 39 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
10 21 (1.34%) DynamoDB
11 20 (1.28%) Redis
12 12 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.45%) DB2
15 6 (0.38%) Tableau
16 4 (0.26%) BusinessObjects
17 3 (0.19%) GIS
17 3 (0.19%) NonStop SQL
17 3 (0.19%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 130 (8.32%) Git
2 47 (3.01%) JIRA
3 46 (2.94%) Selenium
4 40 (2.56%) Visual Studio
5 33 (2.11%) Postman
6 31 (1.98%) Team Foundation Server
7 27 (1.73%) WebDriver
8 26 (1.66%) SoapUI
9 19 (1.22%) TeamCity
10 18 (1.15%) Jenkins
11 16 (1.02%) Octopus Deploy
11 16 (1.02%) SpecFlow
12 8 (0.51%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 7 (0.45%) LabVIEW
14 6 (0.38%) git-flow
14 6 (0.38%) GitLab
14 6 (0.38%) NUnit
15 4 (0.26%) MSTest
15 4 (0.26%) Storybook
General
1 331 (21.18%) Social Skills
2 283 (18.11%) Finance
3 69 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (4.41%) Law
4 54 (3.45%) Banking
5 51 (3.26%) Public Sector
6 37 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (1.86%) Legal
8 20 (1.28%) Games
8 20 (1.28%) Marketing
9 19 (1.22%) Retail
10 17 (1.09%) Front Office
10 17 (1.09%) Manufacturing
11 16 (1.02%) Aviation
12 11 (0.70%) Electronics
12 11 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (0.64%) Tech for Good
14 9 (0.58%) Aerospace
14 9 (0.58%) Military
14 9 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 844 (54.00%) Developer
2 364 (23.29%) Senior
3 345 (22.07%) .NET Developer
4 273 (17.47%) Software Engineer
5 259 (16.57%) Software Developer
6 184 (11.77%) Lead
7 180 (11.52%) C# Developer
8 163 (10.43%) Senior Developer
9 161 (10.30%) Full-Stack Developer
10 129 (8.25%) .NET Software Engineer
11 112 (7.17%) Senior Software Engineer
12 95 (6.08%) C# .NET Developer
13 89 (5.69%) .NET Software Developer
14 78 (4.99%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 76 (4.86%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 70 (4.48%) Lead Developer
17 69 (4.41%) Senior .NET Developer
18 58 (3.71%) C# Software Engineer
19 52 (3.33%) Analyst
20 47 (3.01%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 369 (23.61%) .NET Core
2 292 (18.68%) React
3 230 (14.72%) ASP.NET
4 208 (13.31%) .NET Framework
5 190 (12.16%) HTML
6 161 (10.30%) CSS
7 149 (9.53%) AngularJS
8 136 (8.70%) REST
9 107 (6.85%) RESTful
10 90 (5.76%) Entity Framework
11 89 (5.69%) Blazor
12 67 (4.29%) Node.js
13 65 (4.16%) ASP.NET Core
14 63 (4.03%) Vue
15 60 (3.84%) SOAP
16 48 (3.07%) ASP.NET MVC
17 44 (2.82%) ASP.NET Web API
18 40 (2.56%) HTML5
19 36 (2.30%) Middleware
20 35 (2.24%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 137 (8.77%) Cloud Native
2 71 (4.54%) Product Ownership
3 62 (3.97%) Mobile App
4 52 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
5 48 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
6 45 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
7 30 (1.92%) Virtual Team
8 24 (1.54%) Hedge funds
9 21 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 17 (1.09%) AI Agents
12 17 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
13 16 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
14 15 (0.96%) Onboarding
15 14 (0.90%) Algorithms
15 14 (0.90%) Low-Code
16 13 (0.83%) Client/Server
16 13 (0.83%) DataPower
16 13 (0.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 84 (5.37%) Windows
2 27 (1.73%) Android
3 26 (1.66%) Apple iOS
4 24 (1.54%) Linux
4 24 (1.54%) Windows Server
5 15 (0.96%) VMS
6 9 (0.58%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.32%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.19%) Unix
9 1 (0.064%) Fedora
9 1 (0.064%) Solaris
9 1 (0.064%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 542 (34.68%) Agile
2 499 (31.93%) Software Engineering
3 402 (25.72%) DevOps
4 388 (24.82%) CI/CD
5 384 (24.57%) Full-Stack Development
6 270 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
7 263 (16.83%) Microservices
8 206 (13.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 172 (11.00%) Mentoring
10 157 (10.04%) AI
11 135 (8.64%) SDLC
12 131 (8.38%) Scrum
13 124 (7.93%) Clean Code
14 121 (7.74%) Containerisation
15 116 (7.42%) User Experience
16 113 (7.23%) Test Automation
17 110 (7.04%) MVC
18 100 (6.40%) Computer Science
19 97 (6.21%) TDD
20 91 (5.82%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1,076 (68.84%) C#
2 483 (30.90%) SQL
3 375 (23.99%) JavaScript
4 213 (13.63%) TypeScript
5 152 (9.72%) Java
6 133 (8.51%) Python
7 62 (3.97%) PowerShell
8 34 (2.18%) C++
9 31 (1.98%) T-SQL
10 29 (1.86%) VB.NET
11 22 (1.41%) Bicep
11 22 (1.41%) PHP
12 18 (1.15%) Apex Code
13 15 (0.96%) C
14 13 (0.83%) Bash
15 12 (0.77%) Rust
16 9 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
17 8 (0.51%) Go
18 6 (0.38%) PL/SQL
18 6 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 200 (12.80%) Degree
2 56 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 51 (3.26%) Security Cleared
4 42 (2.69%) SC Cleared
5 30 (1.92%) ISTQB
6 23 (1.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (1.15%) AWS Certification
8 13 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (0.77%) Azure Certification
9 12 (0.77%) Master's Degree
10 11 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
11 8 (0.51%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.45%) ISEB
12 7 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (6.72%) QA
2 45 (2.88%) Accessibility
3 15 (0.96%) GDPR
4 14 (0.90%) WCAG
5 9 (0.58%) ISO 9001
6 7 (0.45%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.45%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.38%) SLA
8 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.13%) GRC
11 1 (0.064%) ITGC
11 1 (0.064%) SOC 2
System Software
1 154 (9.85%) Docker
2 25 (1.60%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.32%) Firmware
4 4 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.13%) vSphere
6 1 (0.064%) Squid
Systems Management
1 123 (7.87%) Kubernetes
2 90 (5.76%) Terraform
3 14 (0.90%) Grafana
4 11 (0.70%) Ansible
5 8 (0.51%) Kibana
5 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.13%) Argo
6 2 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.064%) CASB
7 1 (0.064%) Control-M
Vendors
1 275 (17.59%) Microsoft
2 32 (2.05%) Salesforce
3 29 (1.86%) Xamarin
4 19 (1.22%) MuleSoft
5 18 (1.15%) Google
6 17 (1.09%) Oracle
7 12 (0.77%) Sage
8 10 (0.64%) New Relic
9 9 (0.58%) ServiceNow
9 9 (0.58%) Telerik
10 8 (0.51%) Databricks
11 7 (0.45%) Adobe
11 7 (0.45%) Apple
11 7 (0.45%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.38%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (0.38%) VMware
13 5 (0.32%) Freshdesk
13 5 (0.32%) IBM
13 5 (0.32%) SAP
13 5 (0.32%) Syncfusion