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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 35 22
Rank change year-on-year -43 -13 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,529 2,666 5,260
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.65% 5.87% 7.96%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.45% 26.66% 34.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,373 1,761 4,818
10th Percentile £40,260 £41,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £46,050
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 £62,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.58% - -

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 6,521 10,000 15,189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.31% 22.04% 22.98%
Number of salaries quoted 5,002 5,932 12,943
10th Percentile £36,250 £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% -9.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £111,250 £101,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.52% +5.60% -7.41%

.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 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 9 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 -28 424 £80,000 +3.23% 199
South East -35 375 £60,000 - 191
North of England -42 342 £65,000 +13.04% 174
Midlands -43 200 £52,500 -8.70% 75
North West -25 183 £65,000 +13.04% 114
West Midlands -35 115 £50,000 -13.04% 32
Yorkshire -50 101 £55,000 +3.77% 35
South West -49 100 £55,000 -8.33% 69
East Midlands -38 85 £65,000 +26.21% 43
East of England -64 64 £60,000 +20.00% 53
North East -8 58 £70,000 +7.69% 26
.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 44 (2.88%) IIS
2 23 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.05%) CMS
4 14 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (0.85%) JBoss
5 13 (0.85%) WebSphere
6 9 (0.59%) Confluence
7 7 (0.46%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.26%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.20%) nginx
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.065%) Apache
10 1 (0.065%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.065%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.065%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.065%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.065%) Kentico
10 1 (0.065%) SAS
10 1 (0.065%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.20%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.065%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.065%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 44 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.13%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.065%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.065%) Endur
3 1 (0.065%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.065%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 791 (51.73%) Azure
2 310 (20.27%) AWS
3 245 (16.02%) Azure DevOps
4 221 (14.45%) SaaS
5 122 (7.98%) Power Platform
6 111 (7.26%) GitHub
7 103 (6.74%) Serverless
8 84 (5.49%) GCP
9 60 (3.92%) Power Automate
10 59 (3.86%) Azure Functions
11 58 (3.79%) Azure Logic Apps
12 52 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
13 50 (3.27%) PowerApps
14 49 (3.20%) Azure Service Bus
15 41 (2.68%) Entra ID
15 41 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
16 40 (2.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 29 (1.90%) Azure AKS
18 28 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
19 24 (1.57%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.85%) Internet
2 12 (0.78%) DNS
3 11 (0.72%) DHCP
4 10 (0.65%) Firewall
5 8 (0.52%) VPN
5 8 (0.52%) WinSCP
6 6 (0.39%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.39%) VoIP
7 4 (0.26%) HTTP
8 3 (0.20%) Intranet
9 2 (0.13%) LTE
9 2 (0.13%) NAS
9 2 (0.13%) SAN
9 2 (0.13%) VLAN
10 1 (0.065%) AMQP
10 1 (0.065%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.065%) FIX Connectivity
10 1 (0.065%) IPv6
10 1 (0.065%) MPLS
10 1 (0.065%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 398 (26.03%) SQL Server
2 80 (5.23%) NoSQL
3 65 (4.25%) MongoDB
4 64 (4.19%) Azure SQL Database
5 52 (3.40%) Power BI
6 47 (3.07%) MySQL
6 47 (3.07%) Relational Database
7 42 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (2.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 37 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 22 (1.44%) DynamoDB
11 19 (1.24%) Redis
12 18 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.59%) Tableau
15 6 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
16 5 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
17 4 (0.26%) RDBMS
18 3 (0.20%) DB2
18 3 (0.20%) GIS
Development Applications
1 135 (8.83%) Git
2 56 (3.66%) JIRA
3 43 (2.81%) Selenium
4 41 (2.68%) Visual Studio
5 35 (2.29%) Postman
6 34 (2.22%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (1.83%) SoapUI
8 27 (1.77%) WebDriver
9 21 (1.37%) TeamCity
10 20 (1.31%) Jenkins
11 16 (1.05%) Octopus Deploy
12 13 (0.85%) SpecFlow
13 7 (0.46%) GitLab
13 7 (0.46%) Storybook
14 6 (0.39%) git-flow
14 6 (0.39%) LabVIEW
14 6 (0.39%) NUnit
14 6 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 5 (0.33%) Bitbucket
15 5 (0.33%) MSTest
General
1 344 (22.50%) Social Skills
2 293 (19.16%) Finance
3 66 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (4.12%) Law
5 53 (3.47%) Banking
6 49 (3.20%) Public Sector
7 34 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (1.57%) Legal
9 21 (1.37%) Retail
10 20 (1.31%) Marketing
11 18 (1.18%) Front Office
12 17 (1.11%) Games
13 16 (1.05%) Aviation
13 16 (1.05%) Manufacturing
14 12 (0.78%) Billing
15 11 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (0.65%) Electronics
17 9 (0.59%) Publishing
17 9 (0.59%) Tech for Good
18 8 (0.52%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 833 (54.48%) Developer
2 346 (22.63%) Senior
3 339 (22.17%) .NET Developer
4 249 (16.29%) Software Engineer
5 247 (16.15%) Software Developer
6 180 (11.77%) Lead
7 172 (11.25%) C# Developer
8 154 (10.07%) Senior Developer
9 153 (10.01%) Full-Stack Developer
10 111 (7.26%) .NET Software Engineer
11 104 (6.80%) Senior Software Engineer
12 87 (5.69%) .NET Software Developer
13 82 (5.36%) C# .NET Developer
14 74 (4.84%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 69 (4.51%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 67 (4.38%) Lead Developer
17 66 (4.32%) Senior .NET Developer
18 55 (3.60%) Analyst
19 52 (3.40%) C# Software Engineer
20 45 (2.94%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 369 (24.13%) .NET Core
2 305 (19.95%) React
3 248 (16.22%) ASP.NET
4 219 (14.32%) .NET Framework
5 191 (12.49%) HTML
6 163 (10.66%) CSS
7 160 (10.46%) AngularJS
8 131 (8.57%) REST
9 110 (7.19%) RESTful
10 99 (6.47%) Entity Framework
11 91 (5.95%) Blazor
12 70 (4.58%) Node.js
12 70 (4.58%) Vue
13 68 (4.45%) ASP.NET Core
14 66 (4.32%) ASP.NET MVC
15 58 (3.79%) SOAP
16 55 (3.60%) ASP.NET Web API
17 40 (2.62%) HTML5
18 39 (2.55%) WPF
19 36 (2.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 139 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 76 (4.97%) Product Ownership
3 62 (4.05%) Mobile App
4 49 (3.20%) Distributed Systems
5 48 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
6 39 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
7 31 (2.03%) Virtual Team
8 23 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (1.24%) Hedge funds
11 18 (1.18%) AI Agents
11 18 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 18 (1.18%) Onboarding
12 14 (0.92%) Algorithms
13 13 (0.85%) Client/Server
13 13 (0.85%) DataPower
13 13 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
14 12 (0.78%) Low-Code
15 11 (0.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 83 (5.43%) Windows
2 29 (1.90%) Android
3 28 (1.83%) Apple iOS
3 28 (1.83%) Linux
4 24 (1.57%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.72%) VMS
6 10 (0.65%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.39%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.20%) Unix
9 1 (0.065%) Fedora
9 1 (0.065%) Solaris
9 1 (0.065%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 576 (37.67%) Agile
2 478 (31.26%) Software Engineering
3 407 (26.62%) DevOps
4 394 (25.77%) CI/CD
5 378 (24.72%) Full-Stack Development
6 282 (18.44%) Problem-Solving
7 275 (17.99%) Microservices
8 207 (13.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 172 (11.25%) Mentoring
10 166 (10.86%) AI
11 138 (9.03%) Scrum
12 130 (8.50%) SDLC
13 127 (8.31%) Clean Code
13 127 (8.31%) MVC
14 122 (7.98%) User Experience
15 115 (7.52%) Containerisation
16 112 (7.33%) Test Automation
17 111 (7.26%) Computer Science
18 107 (7.00%) TDD
19 101 (6.61%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,057 (69.13%) C#
2 499 (32.64%) SQL
3 394 (25.77%) JavaScript
4 221 (14.45%) TypeScript
5 158 (10.33%) Java
6 133 (8.70%) Python
7 64 (4.19%) PowerShell
8 39 (2.55%) C++
9 34 (2.22%) PHP
10 33 (2.16%) T-SQL
11 26 (1.70%) Bicep
11 26 (1.70%) VB.NET
12 15 (0.98%) Bash
13 14 (0.92%) Apex Code
14 13 (0.85%) C
14 13 (0.85%) Rust
15 8 (0.52%) XAML
16 6 (0.39%) Go
16 6 (0.39%) VB
17 5 (0.33%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 209 (13.67%) Degree
2 69 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 47 (3.07%) Security Cleared
4 41 (2.68%) SC Cleared
5 34 (2.22%) ISTQB
6 25 (1.64%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (1.18%) AWS Certification
8 15 (0.98%) Master's Degree
9 14 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (0.85%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.72%) AWS Certified Developer
12 9 (0.59%) ISEB
13 8 (0.52%) DBS Check
13 8 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.26%) MCSE
16 3 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 3 (0.20%) MCSA
16 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (6.34%) QA
2 46 (3.01%) Accessibility
3 15 (0.98%) WCAG
4 13 (0.85%) GDPR
5 7 (0.46%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.26%) GRC
6 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.26%) SLA
7 3 (0.20%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.065%) ITGC
8 1 (0.065%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.065%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 148 (9.68%) Docker
2 26 (1.70%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.26%) Firmware
3 4 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.13%) vSphere
5 1 (0.065%) HDFS
5 1 (0.065%) Squid
Systems Management
1 119 (7.78%) Kubernetes
2 97 (6.34%) Terraform
3 14 (0.92%) Grafana
4 11 (0.72%) Ansible
5 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.52%) Kibana
7 2 (0.13%) Argo
7 2 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.13%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.065%) CASB
8 1 (0.065%) Control-M
Vendors
1 289 (18.90%) Microsoft
2 33 (2.16%) Salesforce
3 28 (1.83%) Xamarin
4 22 (1.44%) Oracle
5 20 (1.31%) Google
6 19 (1.24%) MuleSoft
7 12 (0.78%) Sage
8 11 (0.72%) Telerik
9 10 (0.65%) New Relic
10 9 (0.59%) Databricks
11 8 (0.52%) Apple
12 7 (0.46%) Adobe
12 7 (0.46%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.46%) Syncfusion
13 6 (0.39%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (0.39%) Datto
13 6 (0.39%) Freshdesk
13 6 (0.39%) Guidewire
13 6 (0.39%) VMware
14 5 (0.33%) YouTube