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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 57 23
Rank change year-on-year -13 -34 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,187 1,753 6,405
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.64% 4.62% 7.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 26.16% 23.58% 37.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,986 1,283 5,525
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,875 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 8,359 7,435 17,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.08% 19.58% 19.83%
Number of salaries quoted 6,361 5,069 14,220
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,698 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,367 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% +10.61% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,253 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -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 27 May 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 May 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 +14 585 £59,500 -0.83% 142
London -15 537 £82,500 +3.13% 204
North of England -12 489 £60,000 - 150
Midlands -15 263 £55,000 +2.44% 74
North West -13 262 £62,500 +8.70% 94
South West +9 161 £55,000 - 46
West Midlands -43 138 £55,000 +2.44% 35
East of England -6 131 £66,250 +26.19% 46
East Midlands +6 125 £55,000 - 39
Yorkshire -9 121 £60,000 -7.69% 28
North East -4 106 £60,000 +6.67% 30
.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 54 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.33%) IIS
3 23 (1.05%) CMS
4 16 (0.73%) ColdFusion
5 15 (0.69%) Confluence
6 12 (0.55%) Umbraco
7 8 (0.37%) JBoss
7 8 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.32%) Apache
9 5 (0.23%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.23%) WordPress
10 4 (0.18%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.18%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.091%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.091%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.091%) nginx
12 2 (0.091%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.046%) CICS
13 1 (0.046%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.091%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.046%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.046%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.14%) Magento
3 2 (0.091%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.091%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.046%) Endur
4 1 (0.046%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.046%) ION Anvil
4 1 (0.046%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.046%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.046%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 982 (44.90%) Azure
2 323 (14.77%) AWS
3 298 (13.63%) Azure DevOps
4 251 (11.48%) SaaS
5 137 (6.26%) Power Platform
6 136 (6.22%) GitHub
7 127 (5.81%) Serverless
8 111 (5.08%) Azure Logic Apps
9 77 (3.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 77 (3.52%) Azure Functions
10 76 (3.48%) Power Automate
11 75 (3.43%) PowerApps
12 69 (3.16%) Azure Service Bus
13 65 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
14 62 (2.83%) GitHub Copilot
15 57 (2.61%) Azure AI
16 54 (2.47%) Azure Monitor
17 50 (2.29%) Azure AKS
17 50 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
18 48 (2.19%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.87%) Internet
2 8 (0.37%) Firewall
2 8 (0.37%) TCP/IP
2 8 (0.37%) WinSCP
3 5 (0.23%) LTE
4 4 (0.18%) DHCP
4 4 (0.18%) DNS
4 4 (0.18%) Intranet
5 3 (0.14%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
5 3 (0.14%) LAN
5 3 (0.14%) RS-232
5 3 (0.14%) WAN
6 1 (0.046%) AMQP
6 1 (0.046%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.046%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.046%) Modbus
6 1 (0.046%) MPLS
6 1 (0.046%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.046%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 448 (20.48%) SQL Server
2 215 (9.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 171 (7.82%) MongoDB
4 90 (4.12%) Power BI
5 72 (3.29%) NoSQL
6 52 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
7 49 (2.24%) MySQL
8 47 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
9 46 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 39 (1.78%) Relational Database
11 34 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (0.69%) Redis
13 12 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.55%) DB2
14 11 (0.50%) GIS
15 10 (0.46%) DynamoDB
16 6 (0.27%) Data Lake
17 5 (0.23%) Big Data
18 4 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
18 4 (0.18%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 142 (6.49%) Git
2 53 (2.42%) JIRA
3 39 (1.78%) Postman
4 38 (1.74%) Selenium
5 37 (1.69%) Visual Studio
6 25 (1.14%) SoapUI
6 25 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
7 24 (1.10%) WebDriver
8 15 (0.69%) SpecFlow
8 15 (0.69%) TeamCity
9 14 (0.64%) Jenkins
10 13 (0.59%) GitLab
11 12 (0.55%) NUnit
12 11 (0.50%) Octopus Deploy
13 10 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 9 (0.41%) Claude Code
15 7 (0.32%) Cucumber
15 7 (0.32%) Cypress.io
15 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
16 6 (0.27%) TestRail
General
1 359 (16.42%) Finance
2 336 (15.36%) Social Skills
3 92 (4.21%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (2.79%) Public Sector
5 51 (2.33%) Retail
6 49 (2.24%) Banking
7 44 (2.01%) Law
8 36 (1.65%) Manufacturing
9 35 (1.60%) Legal
10 30 (1.37%) Games
10 30 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 24 (1.10%) Automotive
12 23 (1.05%) Aerospace
13 22 (1.01%) Marketing
14 21 (0.96%) Advertising
14 21 (0.96%) Electronics
15 12 (0.55%) Aviation
15 12 (0.55%) Back Office
15 12 (0.55%) Front Office
16 8 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,252 (57.25%) Developer
2 642 (29.36%) .NET Developer
3 473 (21.63%) Senior
4 395 (18.06%) Software Engineer
5 346 (15.82%) Software Developer
6 253 (11.57%) Lead
7 231 (10.56%) Senior Developer
8 210 (9.60%) C# Developer
9 192 (8.78%) Full-Stack Developer
10 187 (8.55%) .NET Software Engineer
11 166 (7.59%) C# .NET Developer
12 149 (6.81%) Senior Software Engineer
13 140 (6.40%) C# Software Engineer
14 133 (6.08%) .NET Software Developer
15 107 (4.89%) Lead Developer
16 106 (4.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 103 (4.71%) Senior .NET Developer
18 88 (4.02%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 80 (3.66%) Architect
20 76 (3.48%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 530 (24.23%) .NET Core
2 418 (19.11%) ASP.NET
3 312 (14.27%) React
4 270 (12.35%) HTML
5 256 (11.71%) CSS
6 250 (11.43%) ASP.NET Core
7 217 (9.92%) .NET Framework
8 188 (8.60%) AngularJS
9 168 (7.68%) RESTful
10 162 (7.41%) Blazor
11 157 (7.18%) Entity Framework
12 156 (7.13%) REST
13 144 (6.58%) Vue
14 137 (6.26%) Node.js
15 100 (4.57%) ASP.NET Web API
16 55 (2.51%) JSON
17 54 (2.47%) jQuery
18 50 (2.29%) ML.NET
18 50 (2.29%) SOAP
19 47 (2.15%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 142 (6.49%) Cloud Native
2 89 (4.07%) Greenfield Project
3 76 (3.48%) Distributed Systems
4 72 (3.29%) Mobile App
5 69 (3.16%) Product Ownership
6 54 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
7 47 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
8 35 (1.60%) Hedge funds
9 27 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
10 22 (1.01%) Low-Code
11 21 (0.96%) Legacy Code
12 17 (0.78%) Virtual Team
13 16 (0.73%) Management Information System
14 15 (0.69%) Algorithms
14 15 (0.69%) Sports Betting
14 15 (0.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 14 (0.64%) PropTech
16 13 (0.59%) Client/Server
17 12 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
18 11 (0.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 79 (3.61%) Windows
2 29 (1.33%) Windows Server
3 25 (1.14%) Linux
4 20 (0.91%) Android
5 14 (0.64%) VMS
6 9 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.091%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.091%) Unix
8 2 (0.091%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.046%) Solaris
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 625 (28.58%) Full-Stack Development
2 621 (28.40%) Software Engineering
3 606 (27.71%) Agile
4 492 (22.50%) CI/CD
5 479 (21.90%) DevOps
6 313 (14.31%) Microservices
7 272 (12.44%) AI
8 261 (11.93%) Problem-Solving
9 240 (10.97%) Continuous Improvement
10 203 (9.28%) Mentoring
11 178 (8.14%) Test Automation
12 177 (8.09%) SDLC
13 136 (6.22%) Clean Code
13 136 (6.22%) Containerisation
14 134 (6.13%) Technical Leadership
15 132 (6.04%) Scrum
16 118 (5.40%) TDD
17 115 (5.26%) Infrastructure as Code
18 111 (5.08%) Machine Learning
19 110 (5.03%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 1,547 (70.74%) C#
2 720 (32.92%) SQL
3 445 (20.35%) JavaScript
4 259 (11.84%) TypeScript
5 195 (8.92%) Python
6 164 (7.50%) Java
7 83 (3.80%) PowerShell
8 75 (3.43%) C++
9 49 (2.24%) PHP
10 41 (1.87%) VB.NET
11 38 (1.74%) Bicep
12 37 (1.69%) T-SQL
13 22 (1.01%) C
14 20 (0.91%) VB
15 19 (0.87%) Bash
16 16 (0.73%) Apex Code
17 14 (0.64%) PL/SQL
18 12 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
18 12 (0.55%) VBA
19 9 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 209 (9.56%) Degree
2 87 (3.98%) Security Cleared
3 76 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 68 (3.11%) SC Cleared
5 25 (1.14%) Azure Certification
6 23 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (0.96%) ISTQB
8 18 (0.82%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 16 (0.73%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.37%) AWS Certified Developer
11 6 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.23%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.23%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.14%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.14%) PhD
14 2 (0.091%) CSQA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (4.76%) QA
2 50 (2.29%) Accessibility
3 17 (0.78%) GDPR
4 16 (0.73%) Data Quality
5 11 (0.50%) WCAG
6 9 (0.41%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.32%) SLA
8 5 (0.23%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.091%) ITGC
11 1 (0.046%) NCSC
11 1 (0.046%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 198 (9.05%) Docker
2 15 (0.69%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.55%) Firmware
4 7 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.14%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.046%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 186 (8.50%) Kubernetes
2 115 (5.26%) Terraform
3 15 (0.69%) Grafana
4 7 (0.32%) Kibana
5 5 (0.23%) Ansible
6 3 (0.14%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.091%) MIIS
8 1 (0.046%) CASB
8 1 (0.046%) Consul
8 1 (0.046%) Packer
8 1 (0.046%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.046%) Puppet
Vendors
1 498 (22.77%) Microsoft
2 32 (1.46%) Oracle
3 31 (1.42%) Google
3 31 (1.42%) Salesforce
4 27 (1.23%) Adobe
5 22 (1.01%) OpenAI
6 21 (0.96%) Xamarin
7 18 (0.82%) Facebook
8 16 (0.73%) ServiceNow
9 12 (0.55%) MuleSoft
10 11 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (0.41%) Databricks
11 9 (0.41%) iManage
12 8 (0.37%) IBM
12 8 (0.37%) VMware
13 7 (0.32%) Intapp
13 7 (0.32%) YouTube
14 5 (0.23%) Aderant
14 5 (0.23%) DevExpress
14 5 (0.23%) Sage