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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 54 23
Rank change year-on-year -16 -31 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,134 1,920 6,319
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.60% 4.89% 7.46%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 26.02% 24.53% 37.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,938 1,440 5,453
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,688 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,063 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £98,875 £92,500
UK median annual salary £64,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.40% +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 8,202 7,827 17,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.98% 19.93% 20.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6,203 5,497 14,124
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,561 £51,250 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,720 £66,253 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% +10.42% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,064
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 21 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 21 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 +12 575 £60,000 - 148
London -23 535 £82,500 +6.45% 185
North of England -24 478 £60,000 +4.35% 160
North West -16 253 £62,500 +8.70% 90
Midlands -23 241 £55,000 +2.44% 70
South West 0 157 £55,000 - 41
East of England -6 127 £67,500 +28.57% 55
West Midlands -57 125 £55,000 - 38
Yorkshire -19 124 £60,000 - 40
East Midlands +4 116 £57,500 +9.52% 32
North East -8 101 £60,000 +4.35% 31
.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 52 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.27%) IIS
3 21 (0.98%) CMS
4 16 (0.75%) ColdFusion
5 14 (0.66%) Confluence
6 11 (0.52%) Umbraco
7 10 (0.47%) JBoss
8 8 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.33%) WebSphere
10 6 (0.28%) Apache
11 4 (0.19%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.19%) NServiceBus
11 4 (0.19%) WordPress
12 3 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.14%) nginx
13 2 (0.094%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.094%) Microsoft Exchange
13 2 (0.094%) Sitecore CMS
14 1 (0.047%) CICS
14 1 (0.047%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.094%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.047%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.047%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.14%) Magento
3 2 (0.094%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.047%) Endur
4 1 (0.047%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.047%) ION Anvil
4 1 (0.047%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.047%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.047%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.047%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 940 (44.05%) Azure
2 317 (14.85%) AWS
3 283 (13.26%) Azure DevOps
4 252 (11.81%) SaaS
5 133 (6.23%) Power Platform
6 126 (5.90%) GitHub
7 123 (5.76%) Serverless
8 109 (5.11%) Azure Logic Apps
9 76 (3.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 74 (3.47%) Power Automate
11 73 (3.42%) Azure Functions
11 73 (3.42%) PowerApps
12 67 (3.14%) Azure Service Bus
13 61 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
14 55 (2.58%) GitHub Copilot
15 54 (2.53%) Azure AI
15 54 (2.53%) Azure Monitor
16 49 (2.30%) Azure AKS
16 49 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
17 47 (2.20%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 38 (1.78%) Internet
2 8 (0.37%) WinSCP
3 7 (0.33%) Firewall
4 6 (0.28%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.23%) LTE
6 4 (0.19%) DNS
6 4 (0.19%) Intranet
7 3 (0.14%) DHCP
7 3 (0.14%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.094%) LAN
8 2 (0.094%) RS-232
8 2 (0.094%) WAN
9 1 (0.047%) AMQP
9 1 (0.047%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.047%) FIX Connectivity
9 1 (0.047%) Modbus
9 1 (0.047%) MPLS
9 1 (0.047%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 428 (20.06%) SQL Server
2 200 (9.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 155 (7.26%) MongoDB
4 88 (4.12%) Power BI
5 70 (3.28%) NoSQL
6 48 (2.25%) MySQL
6 48 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
7 47 (2.20%) Elasticsearch
8 45 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 38 (1.78%) Relational Database
10 33 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (0.75%) Redis
12 12 (0.56%) DB2
13 10 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (0.47%) GIS
14 9 (0.42%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.28%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.23%) Big Data
17 4 (0.19%) Geospatial Data
17 4 (0.19%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 139 (6.51%) Git
2 51 (2.39%) JIRA
3 39 (1.83%) Selenium
4 38 (1.78%) Postman
5 37 (1.73%) Visual Studio
6 25 (1.17%) SoapUI
6 25 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
7 24 (1.12%) WebDriver
8 15 (0.70%) Jenkins
8 15 (0.70%) SpecFlow
8 15 (0.70%) TeamCity
9 13 (0.61%) GitLab
10 12 (0.56%) NUnit
11 11 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 8 (0.37%) Claude Code
14 7 (0.33%) Cypress.io
14 7 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
15 6 (0.28%) MSTest
15 6 (0.28%) TestRail
General
1 356 (16.68%) Finance
2 328 (15.37%) Social Skills
3 91 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (2.72%) Public Sector
5 49 (2.30%) Banking
6 47 (2.20%) Retail
7 45 (2.11%) Law
8 34 (1.59%) Legal
9 31 (1.45%) Manufacturing
10 30 (1.41%) Games
11 29 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 23 (1.08%) Automotive
13 20 (0.94%) Aerospace
14 19 (0.89%) Advertising
14 19 (0.89%) Marketing
15 18 (0.84%) Electronics
16 13 (0.61%) Front Office
17 12 (0.56%) Aviation
17 12 (0.56%) Back Office
18 8 (0.37%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,222 (57.26%) Developer
2 621 (29.10%) .NET Developer
3 469 (21.98%) Senior
4 387 (18.13%) Software Engineer
5 338 (15.84%) Software Developer
6 248 (11.62%) Lead
7 232 (10.87%) Senior Developer
8 218 (10.22%) C# Developer
9 191 (8.95%) Full-Stack Developer
10 187 (8.76%) .NET Software Engineer
11 169 (7.92%) C# .NET Developer
12 148 (6.94%) Senior Software Engineer
13 136 (6.37%) C# Software Engineer
14 133 (6.23%) .NET Software Developer
15 109 (5.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 104 (4.87%) Senior .NET Developer
17 102 (4.78%) Lead Developer
18 87 (4.08%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 80 (3.75%) Architect
20 76 (3.56%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 518 (24.27%) .NET Core
2 395 (18.51%) ASP.NET
3 303 (14.20%) React
4 255 (11.95%) HTML
5 239 (11.20%) CSS
6 228 (10.68%) ASP.NET Core
7 211 (9.89%) .NET Framework
8 176 (8.25%) AngularJS
9 165 (7.73%) RESTful
10 154 (7.22%) REST
11 149 (6.98%) Blazor
12 147 (6.89%) Entity Framework
13 133 (6.23%) Vue
14 132 (6.19%) Node.js
15 90 (4.22%) ASP.NET Web API
16 53 (2.48%) jQuery
17 52 (2.44%) SOAP
18 51 (2.39%) JSON
19 46 (2.16%) ML.NET
20 42 (1.97%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 145 (6.79%) Cloud Native
2 83 (3.89%) Greenfield Project
3 74 (3.47%) Mobile App
4 68 (3.19%) Distributed Systems
5 65 (3.05%) Product Ownership
6 52 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
7 41 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
8 35 (1.64%) Hedge funds
9 29 (1.36%) Legacy Applications
10 23 (1.08%) Legacy Code
11 22 (1.03%) Low-Code
12 17 (0.80%) Virtual Team
13 16 (0.75%) Algorithms
13 16 (0.75%) Management Information System
13 16 (0.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 15 (0.70%) Sports Betting
15 14 (0.66%) PropTech
16 12 (0.56%) Client/Server
16 12 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
17 10 (0.47%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 75 (3.51%) Windows
2 27 (1.27%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.12%) Linux
4 19 (0.89%) Android
5 15 (0.70%) VMS
6 9 (0.42%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.094%) Unix
7 2 (0.094%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.047%) Solaris
8 1 (0.047%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.047%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 618 (28.96%) Software Engineering
2 603 (28.26%) Full-Stack Development
3 574 (26.90%) Agile
4 474 (22.21%) CI/CD
5 458 (21.46%) DevOps
6 304 (14.25%) Microservices
7 258 (12.09%) AI
8 246 (11.53%) Problem-Solving
9 232 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 194 (9.09%) Mentoring
11 175 (8.20%) Test Automation
12 172 (8.06%) SDLC
13 134 (6.28%) Containerisation
14 133 (6.23%) Clean Code
15 129 (6.04%) Technical Leadership
16 127 (5.95%) Scrum
17 112 (5.25%) Fintech
18 111 (5.20%) TDD
19 109 (5.11%) Infrastructure as Code
19 109 (5.11%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1,497 (70.15%) C#
2 691 (32.38%) SQL
3 425 (19.92%) JavaScript
4 254 (11.90%) TypeScript
5 192 (9.00%) Python
6 166 (7.78%) Java
7 79 (3.70%) PowerShell
8 72 (3.37%) C++
9 50 (2.34%) PHP
10 36 (1.69%) Bicep
10 36 (1.69%) VB.NET
11 31 (1.45%) T-SQL
12 19 (0.89%) C
12 19 (0.89%) VB
13 18 (0.84%) Bash
14 16 (0.75%) Apex Code
15 13 (0.61%) PL/SQL
16 12 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
16 12 (0.56%) VBA
17 9 (0.42%) Go
Qualifications
1 202 (9.47%) Degree
2 82 (3.84%) Security Cleared
3 73 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 64 (3.00%) SC Cleared
5 24 (1.12%) Azure Certification
6 22 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (0.98%) ISTQB
8 18 (0.84%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 15 (0.70%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.33%) AWS Certified Developer
11 6 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.23%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.23%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.19%) PhD
14 3 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.14%) DV Cleared
15 2 (0.094%) CSQA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (4.64%) QA
2 48 (2.25%) Accessibility
3 18 (0.84%) GDPR
4 15 (0.70%) Data Quality
5 11 (0.52%) WCAG
6 9 (0.42%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.33%) SLA
8 6 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.23%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.094%) ITGC
12 1 (0.047%) NCSC
12 1 (0.047%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 195 (9.14%) Docker
2 14 (0.66%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.47%) Firmware
4 6 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.094%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.094%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.047%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 181 (8.48%) Kubernetes
2 110 (5.15%) Terraform
3 15 (0.70%) Grafana
4 7 (0.33%) Kibana
5 5 (0.23%) Ansible
6 2 (0.094%) MIIS
6 2 (0.094%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.047%) CASB
7 1 (0.047%) Consul
7 1 (0.047%) Packer
7 1 (0.047%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.047%) Puppet
Vendors
1 469 (21.98%) Microsoft
2 30 (1.41%) Google
2 30 (1.41%) Oracle
3 28 (1.31%) Adobe
3 28 (1.31%) Salesforce
4 20 (0.94%) OpenAI
4 20 (0.94%) Xamarin
5 16 (0.75%) Facebook
6 15 (0.70%) ServiceNow
7 12 (0.56%) MuleSoft
8 11 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.42%) iManage
10 8 (0.37%) Databricks
11 7 (0.33%) IBM
11 7 (0.33%) Intapp
11 7 (0.33%) VMware
12 6 (0.28%) YouTube
13 5 (0.23%) Aderant
13 5 (0.23%) DevExpress
13 5 (0.23%) Sage