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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 45 24
Rank change year-on-year -33 -21 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,689 2,101 5,865
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.49% 5.54% 7.71%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.58% 25.06% 35.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,500 1,701 5,264
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £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 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -3.42%

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 7,162 8,384 16,296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.58% 22.09% 21.43%
Number of salaries quoted 5,455 6,012 13,733
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,295 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% +10.49% -11.76%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £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 22 March 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 22 March 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 -30 450 £82,500 +10.00% 237
South East -30 412 £60,000 - 180
North of England -32 401 £65,000 +18.18% 156
North West -29 209 £65,000 +18.18% 86
Midlands -39 207 £55,000 - 94
Yorkshire -29 126 £60,000 +9.09% 48
South West -12 118 £55,000 -8.33% 66
West Midlands -44 110 £50,000 -14.16% 53
East Midlands -30 97 £60,000 +14.29% 41
East of England -56 74 £60,000 +20.00% 66
North East -13 66 £69,250 +15.42% 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 34 (2.01%) IIS
2 31 (1.84%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.12%) CMS
4 13 (0.77%) JBoss
4 13 (0.77%) WebSphere
5 11 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.65%) Umbraco
6 7 (0.41%) Confluence
7 5 (0.30%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.24%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.18%) nginx
10 2 (0.12%) Apache
10 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.12%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.059%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.059%) Drupal
11 1 (0.059%) Kentico
11 1 (0.059%) SAS
11 1 (0.059%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.059%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.18%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.059%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 33 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.12%) Magento
3 1 (0.059%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.059%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.059%) Endur
3 1 (0.059%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.059%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.059%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.059%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 760 (45.00%) Azure
2 281 (16.64%) AWS
3 227 (13.44%) SaaS
4 218 (12.91%) Azure DevOps
5 132 (7.82%) Power Platform
6 111 (6.57%) Serverless
7 107 (6.34%) GitHub
8 72 (4.26%) Azure Logic Apps
9 63 (3.73%) Azure Functions
10 61 (3.61%) PowerApps
11 59 (3.49%) Power Automate
12 57 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
13 54 (3.20%) GCP
14 50 (2.96%) Azure Service Bus
15 45 (2.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 37 (2.19%) Azure AKS
16 37 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
17 34 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
18 30 (1.78%) Entra ID
19 28 (1.66%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.01%) Internet
2 10 (0.59%) Firewall
3 8 (0.47%) WinSCP
4 7 (0.41%) DNS
5 6 (0.36%) DHCP
6 5 (0.30%) VPN
7 4 (0.24%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.24%) VoIP
8 3 (0.18%) LTE
9 2 (0.12%) HTTP
9 2 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
9 2 (0.12%) Intranet
10 1 (0.059%) AMQP
10 1 (0.059%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.059%) FIX Connectivity
10 1 (0.059%) Modbus
10 1 (0.059%) MPLS
10 1 (0.059%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 419 (24.81%) SQL Server
2 81 (4.80%) NoSQL
3 75 (4.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 69 (4.09%) Power BI
5 51 (3.02%) MongoDB
5 51 (3.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 46 (2.72%) Relational Database
6 46 (2.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 41 (2.43%) MySQL
7 41 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
8 20 (1.18%) DynamoDB
9 19 (1.12%) Redis
10 16 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
11 12 (0.71%) DB2
12 7 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.36%) GIS
14 5 (0.30%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
15 4 (0.24%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 129 (7.64%) Git
2 50 (2.96%) JIRA
3 49 (2.90%) Selenium
4 45 (2.66%) Visual Studio
5 35 (2.07%) Postman
6 29 (1.72%) Team Foundation Server
7 26 (1.54%) WebDriver
8 24 (1.42%) SoapUI
9 22 (1.30%) TeamCity
10 21 (1.24%) Jenkins
11 18 (1.07%) SpecFlow
12 16 (0.95%) Octopus Deploy
13 11 (0.65%) NUnit
14 10 (0.59%) Cypress.io
15 8 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 7 (0.41%) LabVIEW
17 5 (0.30%) git-flow
17 5 (0.30%) GitLab
17 5 (0.30%) JMeter
18 4 (0.24%) Appium
General
1 333 (19.72%) Social Skills
2 291 (17.23%) Finance
3 82 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (3.79%) Law
5 61 (3.61%) Public Sector
6 57 (3.37%) Banking
7 39 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (1.36%) Marketing
9 22 (1.30%) Games
9 22 (1.30%) Legal
9 22 (1.30%) Retail
10 17 (1.01%) Front Office
11 15 (0.89%) Manufacturing
12 14 (0.83%) Aviation
13 12 (0.71%) Electronics
13 12 (0.71%) Tech for Good
14 9 (0.53%) Aerospace
14 9 (0.53%) Military
14 9 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 911 (53.94%) Developer
2 411 (24.33%) Senior
3 373 (22.08%) .NET Developer
4 303 (17.94%) Software Engineer
5 274 (16.22%) Software Developer
6 202 (11.96%) Lead
7 192 (11.37%) Senior Developer
8 191 (11.31%) C# Developer
9 172 (10.18%) Full-Stack Developer
10 139 (8.23%) .NET Software Engineer
11 119 (7.05%) Senior Software Engineer
12 112 (6.63%) C# .NET Developer
13 90 (5.33%) .NET Software Developer
14 83 (4.91%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 83 (4.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 78 (4.62%) Senior .NET Developer
16 75 (4.44%) Lead Developer
17 64 (3.79%) C# Software Engineer
18 61 (3.61%) Architect
19 57 (3.37%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 400 (23.68%) .NET Core
2 295 (17.47%) React
3 260 (15.39%) ASP.NET
4 220 (13.03%) .NET Framework
5 207 (12.26%) HTML
6 182 (10.78%) CSS
7 144 (8.53%) REST
8 141 (8.35%) AngularJS
9 117 (6.93%) RESTful
10 99 (5.86%) Entity Framework
11 93 (5.51%) Node.js
12 92 (5.45%) Blazor
13 89 (5.27%) ASP.NET Core
14 67 (3.97%) Vue
15 62 (3.67%) SOAP
16 45 (2.66%) ASP.NET MVC
16 45 (2.66%) ASP.NET Web API
17 39 (2.31%) Middleware
18 35 (2.07%) HTML5
19 32 (1.89%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 146 (8.64%) Cloud Native
2 66 (3.91%) Mobile App
3 64 (3.79%) Product Ownership
4 56 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
5 52 (3.08%) Greenfield Project
6 51 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
7 30 (1.78%) Virtual Team
8 27 (1.60%) Hedge funds
9 24 (1.42%) Legacy Applications
10 23 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
11 20 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
12 16 (0.95%) Low-Code
12 16 (0.95%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 15 (0.89%) Algorithms
13 15 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 15 (0.89%) Management Information System
14 13 (0.77%) AI Agents
14 13 (0.77%) DataPower
15 12 (0.71%) Legacy Code
15 12 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 87 (5.15%) Windows
2 25 (1.48%) Linux
3 24 (1.42%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.36%) Android
5 21 (1.24%) Apple iOS
6 18 (1.07%) VMS
7 6 (0.36%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.24%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.18%) Unix
10 1 (0.059%) Fedora
10 1 (0.059%) Solaris
10 1 (0.059%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 524 (31.02%) Agile
1 524 (31.02%) Software Engineering
2 422 (24.99%) Full-Stack Development
3 404 (23.92%) DevOps
4 392 (23.21%) CI/CD
5 275 (16.28%) Microservices
6 254 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
7 215 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 174 (10.30%) Mentoring
9 149 (8.82%) AI
10 142 (8.41%) SDLC
11 139 (8.23%) Clean Code
12 131 (7.76%) Scrum
13 129 (7.64%) Containerisation
14 128 (7.58%) Test Automation
15 119 (7.05%) User Experience
16 113 (6.69%) MVC
17 105 (6.22%) Technical Leadership
18 101 (5.98%) TDD
19 96 (5.68%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1,156 (68.44%) C#
2 527 (31.20%) SQL
3 377 (22.32%) JavaScript
4 204 (12.08%) TypeScript
5 162 (9.59%) Java
6 143 (8.47%) Python
7 63 (3.73%) PowerShell
8 41 (2.43%) C++
9 33 (1.95%) T-SQL
10 30 (1.78%) VB.NET
11 27 (1.60%) Bicep
11 27 (1.60%) PHP
12 21 (1.24%) Apex Code
13 16 (0.95%) C
14 14 (0.83%) Bash
15 13 (0.77%) Go
16 12 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
16 12 (0.71%) PL/SQL
17 9 (0.53%) Rust
18 7 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 191 (11.31%) Degree
2 61 (3.61%) Security Cleared
3 50 (2.96%) SC Cleared
4 49 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (1.66%) ISTQB
6 21 (1.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 19 (1.12%) AWS Certification
8 14 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (0.71%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.65%) AWS Certified Developer
11 8 (0.47%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.47%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.41%) ISEB
12 7 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (6.10%) QA
2 46 (2.72%) Accessibility
3 14 (0.83%) GDPR
4 12 (0.71%) WCAG
5 9 (0.53%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.47%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.41%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.41%) SLA
8 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.12%) ITGC
11 1 (0.059%) GRC
11 1 (0.059%) NCSC
11 1 (0.059%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 160 (9.47%) Docker
2 21 (1.24%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.36%) Firmware
4 4 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.12%) vSphere
6 1 (0.059%) Squid
Systems Management
1 134 (7.93%) Kubernetes
2 93 (5.51%) Terraform
3 15 (0.89%) Grafana
4 11 (0.65%) Ansible
5 8 (0.47%) Kibana
6 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.12%) MIIS
7 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.059%) Argo
8 1 (0.059%) CASB
8 1 (0.059%) Consul
8 1 (0.059%) Control-M
8 1 (0.059%) Packer
8 1 (0.059%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.059%) Puppet
Vendors
1 303 (17.94%) Microsoft
2 35 (2.07%) Salesforce
3 28 (1.66%) Xamarin
4 22 (1.30%) Google
5 19 (1.12%) MuleSoft
6 13 (0.77%) Sage
7 12 (0.71%) Oracle
8 11 (0.65%) Adobe
8 11 (0.65%) ServiceNow
9 10 (0.59%) New Relic
10 9 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
11 8 (0.47%) Databricks
12 7 (0.41%) Apple
13 6 (0.36%) Telerik
13 6 (0.36%) VMware
14 5 (0.30%) Dynatrace
14 5 (0.30%) Facebook
14 5 (0.30%) OpenAI
15 4 (0.24%) Datto
15 4 (0.24%) Intapp