.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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 33 25
Rank change year-on-year -48 -8 0
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,406 2,948 3,527
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.70% 5.92% 7.81%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 22.62% 27.51% 31.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,253 1,989 3,183
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £47,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,004
% change year-on-year +4.17% -3.23% +3.34%

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 6,217 10,715 11,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.96% 21.52% 24.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,782 6,381 9,454
10th Percentile £35,854 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,863 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £111,250 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

.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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025. 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 -38 389 £80,000 +6.67% 433
South East -44 334 £60,000 - 680
North of England -35 330 £60,000 +9.09% 701
Midlands -42 183 £57,500 +2.22% 466
North West -30 170 £65,000 +18.18% 388
West Midlands -26 120 £52,500 -8.70% 222
Yorkshire -32 108 £56,250 +7.14% 238
South West -65 82 £54,750 -4.78% 263
East Midlands -52 63 £65,000 +30.00% 217
East of England -69 60 £60,000 +20.00% 358
North East -11 52 £52,500 -19.23% 75
.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 49 (3.49%) IIS
2 28 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.56%) CMS
4 17 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (0.92%) Confluence
6 10 (0.71%) JBoss
6 10 (0.71%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.57%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.28%) nginx
10 3 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.21%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.071%) Apache
12 1 (0.071%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.071%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.071%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.071%) Kentico
12 1 (0.071%) SAS
12 1 (0.071%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.21%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (0.14%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.071%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.071%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 49 (3.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.36%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 3 (0.21%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.14%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.14%) ION Anvil
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.071%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.071%) Endur
5 1 (0.071%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.071%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 783 (55.69%) Azure
2 321 (22.83%) AWS
3 235 (16.71%) Azure DevOps
4 186 (13.23%) SaaS
5 123 (8.75%) Power Platform
6 106 (7.54%) GitHub
7 102 (7.25%) Serverless
8 80 (5.69%) GCP
9 67 (4.77%) Power Automate
10 57 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
11 54 (3.84%) Azure Service Bus
12 53 (3.77%) Azure Logic Apps
13 52 (3.70%) PowerApps
14 50 (3.56%) Azure Functions
15 43 (3.06%) Entra ID
16 40 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
17 37 (2.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 32 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
19 25 (1.78%) Azure AKS
20 24 (1.71%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.07%) DNS
2 13 (0.92%) DHCP
3 11 (0.78%) Firewall
3 11 (0.78%) Internet
3 11 (0.78%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.78%) VoIP
4 9 (0.64%) VPN
5 6 (0.43%) SAN
5 6 (0.43%) WinSCP
6 5 (0.36%) HTTP
7 4 (0.28%) LAN
7 4 (0.28%) SSL
7 4 (0.28%) WAN
8 3 (0.21%) Intranet
9 2 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.14%) FIX Connectivity
9 2 (0.14%) NAS
9 2 (0.14%) VLAN
10 1 (0.071%) IPv6
10 1 (0.071%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 395 (28.09%) SQL Server
2 83 (5.90%) NoSQL
3 69 (4.91%) MongoDB
4 64 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
5 58 (4.13%) MySQL
6 49 (3.49%) Relational Database
7 48 (3.41%) Power BI
8 47 (3.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 45 (3.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 44 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
11 26 (1.85%) DynamoDB
12 22 (1.56%) Redis
13 20 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
15 9 (0.64%) Tableau
16 7 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
17 6 (0.43%) NonStop SQL
18 5 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
18 5 (0.36%) RDBMS
19 4 (0.28%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 145 (10.31%) Git
2 70 (4.98%) JIRA
3 50 (3.56%) Selenium
4 44 (3.13%) Team Foundation Server
5 42 (2.99%) Postman
6 36 (2.56%) Visual Studio
7 34 (2.42%) SoapUI
8 32 (2.28%) WebDriver
9 24 (1.71%) Jenkins
10 21 (1.49%) TeamCity
11 19 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
12 12 (0.85%) Storybook
13 11 (0.78%) GitLab
14 9 (0.64%) NUnit
14 9 (0.64%) SpecFlow
15 8 (0.57%) MSTest
16 6 (0.43%) git-flow
17 5 (0.36%) Bitbucket
18 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
19 3 (0.21%) JMeter
General
1 352 (25.04%) Social Skills
2 260 (18.49%) Finance
3 71 (5.05%) Law
4 58 (4.13%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (3.13%) Public Sector
6 41 (2.92%) Banking
7 35 (2.49%) Legal
8 33 (2.35%) Retail
9 28 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (1.42%) Marketing
11 18 (1.28%) Billing
11 18 (1.28%) Front Office
11 18 (1.28%) Games
12 14 (1.00%) Aviation
12 14 (1.00%) Manufacturing
13 13 (0.92%) Back Office
14 12 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (0.78%) Automotive
16 9 (0.64%) Publishing
16 9 (0.64%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 785 (55.83%) Developer
2 310 (22.05%) .NET Developer
2 310 (22.05%) Senior
3 206 (14.65%) Software Developer
4 189 (13.44%) Software Engineer
5 176 (12.52%) Lead
6 164 (11.66%) Senior Developer
7 162 (11.52%) C# Developer
8 140 (9.96%) Full-Stack Developer
9 70 (4.98%) .NET Software Developer
9 70 (4.98%) .NET Software Engineer
10 66 (4.69%) C# .NET Developer
11 64 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
12 62 (4.41%) Senior .NET Developer
13 56 (3.98%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
13 56 (3.98%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 56 (3.98%) Lead Developer
14 53 (3.77%) Analyst
15 43 (3.06%) Senior Software Developer
16 42 (2.99%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 328 (23.33%) .NET Core
2 308 (21.91%) React
3 252 (17.92%) ASP.NET
4 230 (16.36%) .NET Framework
5 204 (14.51%) HTML
6 174 (12.38%) AngularJS
7 170 (12.09%) CSS
8 129 (9.17%) RESTful
9 115 (8.18%) REST
10 109 (7.75%) Entity Framework
11 95 (6.76%) Blazor
12 77 (5.48%) ASP.NET MVC
13 76 (5.41%) Vue
14 73 (5.19%) Node.js
15 66 (4.69%) ASP.NET Web API
16 64 (4.55%) ASP.NET Core
17 57 (4.05%) SOAP
18 45 (3.20%) HTML5
19 39 (2.77%) Web Services
20 33 (2.35%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 151 (10.74%) Cloud Native
2 74 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 57 (4.05%) Mobile App
4 51 (3.63%) Distributed Systems
5 48 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
6 38 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
7 30 (2.13%) Onboarding
8 27 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
9 25 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
9 25 (1.78%) Virtual Team
10 18 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 18 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (1.21%) AI Agents
12 14 (1.00%) Client/Server
12 14 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
13 12 (0.85%) Hedge funds
14 11 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (0.71%) Clustering
15 10 (0.71%) DataPower
15 10 (0.71%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 78 (5.55%) Windows
2 27 (1.92%) Linux
2 27 (1.92%) Windows Server
3 25 (1.78%) Android
3 25 (1.78%) Apple iOS
4 11 (0.78%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.50%) VMS
5 7 (0.50%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.28%) Unix
7 2 (0.14%) Solaris
7 2 (0.14%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.071%) Fedora
8 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 586 (41.68%) Agile
2 422 (30.01%) DevOps
3 412 (29.30%) CI/CD
4 400 (28.45%) Software Engineering
5 352 (25.04%) Full-Stack Development
6 285 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
7 270 (19.20%) Microservices
8 230 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 185 (13.16%) Mentoring
10 155 (11.02%) Scrum
11 142 (10.10%) AI
12 139 (9.89%) Clean Code
12 139 (9.89%) MVC
13 130 (9.25%) User Experience
14 123 (8.75%) SDLC
15 113 (8.04%) Computer Science
16 110 (7.82%) TDD
17 106 (7.54%) Containerisation
18 105 (7.47%) Test Automation
19 102 (7.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,009 (71.76%) C#
2 478 (34.00%) SQL
3 392 (27.88%) JavaScript
4 230 (16.36%) TypeScript
5 158 (11.24%) Java
6 117 (8.32%) Python
7 58 (4.13%) PowerShell
8 38 (2.70%) T-SQL
9 34 (2.42%) VB.NET
10 33 (2.35%) C++
11 32 (2.28%) PHP
12 26 (1.85%) Bicep
13 18 (1.28%) Bash
14 13 (0.92%) Rust
15 11 (0.78%) Go
16 8 (0.57%) Apex Code
16 8 (0.57%) XAML
17 6 (0.43%) C
17 6 (0.43%) VB
18 5 (0.36%) Swift
Qualifications
1 218 (15.50%) Degree
2 75 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (2.99%) ISTQB
4 38 (2.70%) Security Cleared
5 33 (2.35%) SC Cleared
6 32 (2.28%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 17 (1.21%) AWS Certification
7 17 (1.21%) Master's Degree
8 16 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.78%) AWS Certified Developer
11 10 (0.71%) ISEB
12 9 (0.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 8 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.43%) HND
15 5 (0.36%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.36%) MCSE
16 4 (0.28%) MCSA
17 3 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
18 2 (0.14%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (6.61%) QA
2 40 (2.84%) Accessibility
3 17 (1.21%) GDPR
4 14 (1.00%) WCAG
5 4 (0.28%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.28%) GRC
6 3 (0.21%) HL7
6 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.21%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.21%) SLA
7 1 (0.071%) COBIT
7 1 (0.071%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.071%) SOC 2
System Software
1 145 (10.31%) Docker
2 30 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.14%) vSphere
5 1 (0.071%) Firmware
5 1 (0.071%) HDFS
5 1 (0.071%) Squid
Systems Management
1 104 (7.40%) Kubernetes
2 98 (6.97%) Terraform
3 15 (1.07%) Grafana
4 10 (0.71%) Ansible
4 10 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.43%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.21%) Kibana
7 2 (0.14%) Argo
7 2 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.071%) CASB
8 1 (0.071%) Control-M
8 1 (0.071%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 309 (21.98%) Microsoft
2 28 (1.99%) Salesforce
3 25 (1.78%) Xamarin
4 24 (1.71%) Oracle
5 17 (1.21%) Google
6 14 (1.00%) MuleSoft
7 13 (0.92%) Sage
8 12 (0.85%) Databricks
8 12 (0.85%) Guidewire
9 11 (0.78%) Telerik
10 10 (0.71%) New Relic
11 9 (0.64%) Apple
12 8 (0.57%) Adobe
12 8 (0.57%) DevExpress
13 7 (0.50%) Datto
13 7 (0.50%) Dynatrace
13 7 (0.50%) Freshdesk
13 7 (0.50%) OpenAI
13 7 (0.50%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.50%) Syncfusion