.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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 57 21
Rank change year-on-year +4 -36 +5
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,402 1,849 6,842
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.84% 4.61% 7.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 27.03% 23.69% 37.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,185 1,372 5,779
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,893 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £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 8,888 7,806 18,296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.51% 19.47% 19.37%
Number of salaries quoted 6,789 5,269 14,726
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,978 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,340 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.02% +10.57% -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 24 June 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 24 June 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 +22 618 £57,500 - 136
London -23 549 £80,000 - 138
North of England -1 546 £60,000 - 115
Midlands +6 301 £55,000 - 57
North West +1 284 £60,000 +6.67% 59
South West +10 191 £55,000 +4.76% 37
East of England +13 174 £65,000 +23.81% 39
West Midlands -20 154 £57,500 +7.10% 34
East Midlands +26 147 £55,000 - 23
North East +4 134 £58,250 +5.91% 30
Yorkshire -3 128 £57,500 -11.54% 28
.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 59 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.12%) CMS
2 27 (1.12%) IIS
3 18 (0.75%) Confluence
4 16 (0.67%) ColdFusion
5 14 (0.58%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.29%) WordPress
8 6 (0.25%) Apache
8 6 (0.25%) JBoss
9 5 (0.21%) nginx
9 5 (0.21%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.17%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.083%) EPiServer
12 2 (0.083%) Kentico
12 2 (0.083%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 8 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.083%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.083%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
3 3 (0.12%) Shopify
4 2 (0.083%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.083%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.083%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.042%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.042%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.042%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,195 (49.75%) Azure
2 367 (15.28%) AWS
3 364 (15.15%) Azure DevOps
4 230 (9.58%) SaaS
5 183 (7.62%) GitHub
6 155 (6.45%) Power Platform
7 126 (5.25%) Serverless
8 121 (5.04%) Azure AI
9 114 (4.75%) GitHub Copilot
10 112 (4.66%) Azure Logic Apps
11 100 (4.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 94 (3.91%) Power Automate
13 89 (3.71%) PowerApps
14 81 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
15 79 (3.29%) Azure Functions
16 76 (3.16%) Azure Service Bus
17 56 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
17 56 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
18 54 (2.25%) GCP
19 53 (2.21%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 75 (3.12%) Internet
2 9 (0.37%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.33%) Firewall
3 8 (0.33%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.21%) DHCP
4 5 (0.21%) DNS
4 5 (0.21%) LAN
4 5 (0.21%) LTE
4 5 (0.21%) WAN
5 4 (0.17%) Intranet
6 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.12%) RS-232
6 3 (0.12%) WinSCP
7 2 (0.083%) Modbus
8 1 (0.042%) AMQP
8 1 (0.042%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.042%) HTTP
8 1 (0.042%) Profibus
8 1 (0.042%) SSL
8 1 (0.042%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 464 (19.32%) SQL Server
2 381 (15.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 321 (13.36%) MongoDB
4 116 (4.83%) Elasticsearch
5 99 (4.12%) Power BI
6 63 (2.62%) NoSQL
7 56 (2.33%) MySQL
8 40 (1.67%) Relational Database
9 39 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
10 37 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 32 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 20 (0.83%) Redis
13 13 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (0.50%) Db2
15 11 (0.46%) GIS
16 7 (0.29%) Geospatial Data
16 7 (0.29%) NonStop SQL
17 6 (0.25%) Big Data
18 5 (0.21%) DynamoDB
18 5 (0.21%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 144 (6.00%) Git
2 46 (1.92%) JIRA
3 32 (1.33%) Visual Studio
4 27 (1.12%) Postman
5 25 (1.04%) Selenium
6 17 (0.71%) GitLab
6 17 (0.71%) Jenkins
7 16 (0.67%) SpecFlow
8 13 (0.54%) Claude Code
8 13 (0.54%) NUnit
9 12 (0.50%) TeamCity
9 12 (0.50%) WebDriver
10 11 (0.46%) SoapUI
10 11 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
11 9 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 8 (0.33%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
13 7 (0.29%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.25%) JMeter
General
1 377 (15.70%) Finance
2 336 (13.99%) Social Skills
3 98 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (2.96%) Retail
5 65 (2.71%) Public Sector
6 46 (1.92%) Games
7 45 (1.87%) Advertising
7 45 (1.87%) Manufacturing
8 44 (1.83%) Banking
8 44 (1.83%) Law
9 42 (1.75%) Legal
10 40 (1.67%) Marketing
11 37 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 29 (1.21%) Aerospace
13 24 (1.00%) Automotive
14 20 (0.83%) Electronics
15 12 (0.50%) Back Office
15 12 (0.50%) Legal Technology
16 11 (0.46%) Front Office
17 9 (0.37%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1,442 (60.03%) Developer
2 811 (33.76%) .NET Developer
3 486 (20.23%) Senior
4 407 (16.94%) Software Engineer
5 341 (14.20%) Software Developer
6 254 (10.57%) Lead
7 238 (9.91%) Senior Developer
8 206 (8.58%) C# Developer
9 185 (7.70%) .NET Software Engineer
9 185 (7.70%) Full-Stack Developer
10 165 (6.87%) C# .NET Developer
11 156 (6.49%) Senior Software Engineer
12 151 (6.29%) C# Software Engineer
13 131 (5.45%) .NET Software Developer
14 127 (5.29%) Lead Developer
15 108 (4.50%) Senior .NET Developer
16 104 (4.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 86 (3.58%) Architect
18 79 (3.29%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 74 (3.08%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 694 (28.89%) .NET Core
2 602 (25.06%) ASP.NET
3 440 (18.32%) ASP.NET Core
4 380 (15.82%) React
5 321 (13.36%) HTML
6 319 (13.28%) CSS
7 273 (11.37%) AngularJS
8 240 (9.99%) .NET Framework
9 228 (9.49%) Blazor
10 227 (9.45%) RESTful
11 226 (9.41%) Entity Framework
12 217 (9.03%) Vue
13 200 (8.33%) Node.js
14 181 (7.54%) REST
15 165 (6.87%) ASP.NET Web API
16 109 (4.54%) ML.NET
17 83 (3.46%) LINQ
18 62 (2.58%) jQuery
19 61 (2.54%) JSON
20 50 (2.08%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 151 (6.29%) Cloud Native
2 123 (5.12%) Greenfield Project
3 90 (3.75%) Distributed Systems
4 84 (3.50%) Product Ownership
5 72 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
5 72 (3.00%) Mobile App
6 57 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
7 33 (1.37%) Hedge funds
8 26 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
8 26 (1.08%) Legacy Code
9 21 (0.87%) Low-Code
10 20 (0.83%) AI Agents
10 20 (0.83%) Onboarding
11 17 (0.71%) Algorithms
11 17 (0.71%) Digital TV
11 17 (0.71%) Management Information System
11 17 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (0.67%) Sports Betting
13 15 (0.62%) Social Network
14 14 (0.58%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 82 (3.41%) Windows
2 30 (1.25%) Android
3 25 (1.04%) Linux
3 25 (1.04%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.50%) VMS
5 9 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.083%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.083%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.042%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 809 (33.68%) Full-Stack Development
2 734 (30.56%) Agile
3 650 (27.06%) Software Engineering
4 573 (23.86%) CI/CD
5 568 (23.65%) DevOps
6 388 (16.15%) Microservices
7 358 (14.90%) AI
8 282 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
9 243 (10.12%) Continuous Improvement
10 215 (8.95%) Mentoring
11 196 (8.16%) SDLC
12 178 (7.41%) Test Automation
13 172 (7.16%) Machine Learning
14 153 (6.37%) Scrum
15 150 (6.24%) TDD
16 140 (5.83%) Technical Leadership
17 134 (5.58%) Clean Code
17 134 (5.58%) Containerisation
17 134 (5.58%) Multithreading
18 126 (5.25%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 1,767 (73.56%) C#
2 883 (36.76%) SQL
3 509 (21.19%) JavaScript
4 331 (13.78%) TypeScript
5 203 (8.45%) Python
6 145 (6.04%) Java
7 82 (3.41%) PowerShell
8 80 (3.33%) C++
9 57 (2.37%) PHP
10 50 (2.08%) T-SQL
11 44 (1.83%) VB.NET
12 41 (1.71%) Bicep
13 24 (1.00%) C
14 21 (0.87%) Bash
15 20 (0.83%) VB
16 15 (0.62%) Apex Code
16 15 (0.62%) PL/SQL
17 11 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
18 10 (0.42%) Go
19 9 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 210 (8.74%) Degree
2 90 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 85 (3.54%) Security Cleared
4 66 (2.75%) SC Cleared
5 24 (1.00%) Azure Certification
6 21 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (0.42%) AWS Certification
8 9 (0.37%) ISTQB
9 7 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (0.29%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.25%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 5 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.21%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.12%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.12%) PhD
14 2 (0.083%) CSQA
14 2 (0.083%) MBA
14 2 (0.083%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (5.33%) QA
2 61 (2.54%) Accessibility
3 16 (0.67%) Data Quality
3 16 (0.67%) GDPR
4 15 (0.62%) WCAG
5 8 (0.33%) ISO 9001
5 8 (0.33%) SLA
6 7 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.17%) NCSC
7 4 (0.17%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.083%) ITGC
9 2 (0.083%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 263 (10.95%) Docker
2 16 (0.67%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.50%) Firmware
4 7 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 253 (10.53%) Kubernetes
2 111 (4.62%) Terraform
3 14 (0.58%) Grafana
4 7 (0.29%) Ansible
5 6 (0.25%) Kibana
5 6 (0.25%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.083%) MIIS
7 1 (0.042%) Consul
7 1 (0.042%) MOM
7 1 (0.042%) Packer
7 1 (0.042%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.042%) Puppet
Vendors
1 713 (29.68%) Microsoft
2 46 (1.92%) Google
3 40 (1.67%) Facebook
4 34 (1.42%) Oracle
5 30 (1.25%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.17%) OpenAI
7 27 (1.12%) Adobe
8 19 (0.79%) Xamarin
9 16 (0.67%) ServiceNow
9 16 (0.67%) YouTube
10 13 (0.54%) Databricks
11 11 (0.46%) MuleSoft
12 9 (0.37%) iManage
13 8 (0.33%) Apple
13 8 (0.33%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (0.33%) Sony
13 8 (0.33%) VMware
13 8 (0.33%) Yahoo!
14 7 (0.29%) IBM
14 7 (0.29%) Intapp