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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 58 24
Rank change year-on-year +6 -34 +1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,515 1,911 6,182
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.90% 4.44% 6.88%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 27.41% 23.84% 35.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,287 1,422 5,156
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £91,250
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 9,175 8,016 17,389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.58% 18.61% 19.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,013 5,440 13,888
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £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 £102,875
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -9.09%

.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 July 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 July 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 +27 656 £57,500 - 173
North of England -2 564 £59,500 -0.83% 188
London -23 549 £80,000 - 215
Midlands +11 322 £55,000 - 75
North West -2 281 £60,000 +1.69% 102
South West +13 206 £55,000 +4.76% 61
East of England +22 192 £65,000 +23.81% 69
West Midlands -17 167 £57,500 +4.55% 43
East Midlands +29 155 £55,000 - 32
North East +2 144 £57,500 +9.52% 37
Yorkshire -2 139 £57,500 -11.54% 51
.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 64 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.19%) IIS
3 28 (1.11%) CMS
4 20 (0.80%) Confluence
5 16 (0.64%) ColdFusion
6 15 (0.60%) Umbraco
7 8 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
7 8 (0.32%) WordPress
8 7 (0.28%) Apache
8 7 (0.28%) nginx
9 6 (0.24%) JBoss
10 5 (0.20%) NServiceBus
10 5 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.16%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.16%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.12%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.12%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.12%) Kentico
12 3 (0.12%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 8 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.040%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
3 3 (0.12%) Shopify
4 2 (0.080%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.080%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.080%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.040%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.040%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.040%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,322 (52.56%) Azure
2 409 (16.26%) Azure DevOps
3 406 (16.14%) AWS
4 221 (8.79%) GitHub
5 219 (8.71%) SaaS
6 170 (6.76%) Power Platform
7 161 (6.40%) Azure AI
8 150 (5.96%) GitHub Copilot
9 138 (5.49%) Serverless
10 122 (4.85%) Azure Logic Apps
11 111 (4.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 104 (4.14%) Power Automate
13 97 (3.86%) PowerApps
14 92 (3.66%) Azure Service Bus
15 84 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
16 83 (3.30%) Azure Functions
17 62 (2.47%) GCP
18 59 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
19 54 (2.15%) Azure AKS
19 54 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 90 (3.58%) Internet
2 9 (0.36%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.32%) Firewall
4 7 (0.28%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.20%) DHCP
5 5 (0.20%) DNS
5 5 (0.20%) LAN
5 5 (0.20%) LTE
5 5 (0.20%) WAN
6 4 (0.16%) Intranet
7 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.12%) RS-232
8 2 (0.080%) HTTP
8 2 (0.080%) Modbus
8 2 (0.080%) WinSCP
9 1 (0.040%) AMQP
9 1 (0.040%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.040%) Network Security
9 1 (0.040%) SSL
9 1 (0.040%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 491 (19.52%) Azure SQL Database
2 471 (18.73%) SQL Server
3 421 (16.74%) MongoDB
4 156 (6.20%) Elasticsearch
5 108 (4.29%) Power BI
6 64 (2.54%) NoSQL
7 58 (2.31%) MySQL
8 41 (1.63%) Relational Database
9 39 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
10 37 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 34 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 21 (0.83%) Redis
13 15 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (0.48%) Db2
15 11 (0.44%) GIS
15 11 (0.44%) NonStop SQL
16 8 (0.32%) Big Data
16 8 (0.32%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
17 7 (0.28%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 150 (5.96%) Git
2 44 (1.75%) JIRA
3 25 (0.99%) Visual Studio
4 22 (0.87%) Postman
5 20 (0.80%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.80%) Selenium
6 19 (0.76%) GitLab
7 16 (0.64%) SpecFlow
8 15 (0.60%) Claude Code
9 14 (0.56%) NUnit
10 9 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 9 (0.36%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.32%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
12 7 (0.28%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.28%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
12 7 (0.28%) WebDriver
13 6 (0.24%) Moq
13 6 (0.24%) SoapUI
General
1 394 (15.67%) Finance
2 358 (14.23%) Social Skills
3 102 (4.06%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (3.22%) Retail
5 67 (2.66%) Public Sector
6 60 (2.39%) Advertising
7 56 (2.23%) Games
8 52 (2.07%) Marketing
9 48 (1.91%) Law
10 47 (1.87%) Manufacturing
11 46 (1.83%) Legal
12 41 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 39 (1.55%) Banking
14 34 (1.35%) Aerospace
15 25 (0.99%) Automotive
16 21 (0.83%) Electronics
17 13 (0.52%) Legal Technology
18 12 (0.48%) Back Office
19 11 (0.44%) Front Office
19 11 (0.44%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 1,550 (61.63%) Developer
2 926 (36.82%) .NET Developer
3 480 (19.09%) Senior
4 409 (16.26%) Software Engineer
5 324 (12.88%) Software Developer
6 273 (10.85%) Lead
7 231 (9.18%) Senior Developer
8 204 (8.11%) C# Developer
9 186 (7.40%) Full-Stack Developer
10 175 (6.96%) .NET Software Engineer
11 164 (6.52%) C# .NET Developer
12 156 (6.20%) Senior Software Engineer
13 152 (6.04%) C# Software Engineer
14 132 (5.25%) Lead Developer
15 124 (4.93%) .NET Software Developer
16 110 (4.37%) Senior .NET Developer
17 98 (3.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 90 (3.58%) Architect
19 81 (3.22%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 81 (3.22%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 776 (30.85%) .NET Core
2 713 (28.35%) ASP.NET
3 558 (22.19%) ASP.NET Core
4 424 (16.86%) React
5 363 (14.43%) CSS
6 361 (14.35%) HTML
7 315 (12.52%) AngularJS
8 276 (10.97%) Blazor
9 272 (10.82%) Entity Framework
10 269 (10.70%) RESTful
11 259 (10.30%) .NET Framework
12 257 (10.22%) Vue
13 245 (9.74%) Node.js
14 205 (8.15%) ASP.NET Web API
15 192 (7.63%) REST
16 144 (5.73%) ML.NET
17 110 (4.37%) LINQ
18 72 (2.86%) JSON
19 65 (2.58%) jQuery
20 52 (2.07%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 158 (6.28%) Cloud Native
2 150 (5.96%) Greenfield Project
3 98 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
4 91 (3.62%) Product Ownership
5 86 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
6 73 (2.90%) Mobile App
7 56 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
8 32 (1.27%) Hedge funds
9 27 (1.07%) Legacy Applications
10 26 (1.03%) Legacy Code
11 25 (0.99%) AI Agents
12 22 (0.87%) Low-Code
12 22 (0.87%) Onboarding
13 20 (0.80%) Digital TV
13 20 (0.80%) Management Information System
14 17 (0.68%) Algorithms
14 17 (0.68%) iPhone
14 17 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
15 16 (0.64%) Client/Server
16 15 (0.60%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 85 (3.38%) Windows
2 33 (1.31%) Android
3 28 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 27 (1.07%) Linux
5 12 (0.48%) VMS
6 9 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.080%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.080%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.040%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 918 (36.50%) Full-Stack Development
2 834 (33.16%) Agile
3 657 (26.12%) Software Engineering
4 628 (24.97%) CI/CD
5 621 (24.69%) DevOps
6 446 (17.73%) Microservices
7 398 (15.83%) AI
8 292 (11.61%) Problem-Solving
9 245 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 233 (9.26%) Mentoring
11 208 (8.27%) Machine Learning
12 199 (7.91%) SDLC
13 189 (7.51%) Test Automation
14 172 (6.84%) TDD
15 171 (6.80%) Scrum
16 169 (6.72%) Multithreading
17 152 (6.04%) Technical Leadership
18 136 (5.41%) Business Intelligence
18 136 (5.41%) Fintech
18 136 (5.41%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1,891 (75.19%) C#
2 986 (39.20%) SQL
3 565 (22.47%) JavaScript
4 371 (14.75%) TypeScript
5 211 (8.39%) Python
6 154 (6.12%) Java
7 84 (3.34%) C++
8 83 (3.30%) PowerShell
9 59 (2.35%) PHP
10 52 (2.07%) T-SQL
11 46 (1.83%) VB.NET
12 42 (1.67%) Bicep
13 28 (1.11%) C
14 22 (0.87%) Bash
15 20 (0.80%) VB
16 15 (0.60%) PL/SQL
17 14 (0.56%) Apex Code
18 11 (0.44%) Go
18 11 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
19 9 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 212 (8.43%) Degree
2 97 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 85 (3.38%) Security Cleared
4 65 (2.58%) SC Cleared
5 21 (0.83%) Azure Certification
6 18 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (0.52%) AWS Certification
8 8 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (0.32%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.20%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.20%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.16%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.16%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.12%) MBA
12 3 (0.12%) PhD
13 2 (0.080%) CSQA
13 2 (0.080%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (5.45%) QA
2 64 (2.54%) Accessibility
3 21 (0.83%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.76%) GDPR
5 15 (0.60%) WCAG
6 10 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.32%) ISO 9001
7 8 (0.32%) SLA
8 5 (0.20%) NCSC
9 4 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.080%) ITGC
11 2 (0.080%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 309 (12.29%) Docker
2 17 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.52%) Firmware
4 8 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 293 (11.65%) Kubernetes
2 111 (4.41%) Terraform
3 13 (0.52%) Grafana
4 9 (0.36%) Ansible
4 9 (0.36%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.080%) Kibana
5 2 (0.080%) MIIS
6 1 (0.040%) Consul
6 1 (0.040%) MOM
6 1 (0.040%) Packer
6 1 (0.040%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.040%) Puppet
Vendors
1 857 (34.08%) Microsoft
2 64 (2.54%) Google
3 54 (2.15%) Facebook
4 35 (1.39%) Oracle
5 29 (1.15%) OpenAI
5 29 (1.15%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.11%) Adobe
7 21 (0.83%) YouTube
8 18 (0.72%) Xamarin
9 15 (0.60%) ServiceNow
10 12 (0.48%) Databricks
10 12 (0.48%) iManage
11 11 (0.44%) Apple
11 11 (0.44%) MuleSoft
11 11 (0.44%) Sony
11 11 (0.44%) Yahoo!
12 10 (0.40%) Intapp
13 9 (0.36%) VMware
14 8 (0.32%) Aderant
14 8 (0.32%) CrowdStrike