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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 50 24
Rank change year-on-year -28 -26 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,901 1,841 6,252
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.37% 4.87% 7.49%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 24.44% 24.67% 36.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,706 1,525 5,419
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £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 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +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 7,777 7,463 16,960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.71% 19.75% 20.32%
Number of salaries quoted 5,875 5,758 14,132
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,487 £51,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,249 £66,254 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% +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 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -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 2 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 2 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
London -23 501 £82,500 +6.45% 235
South East -15 490 £60,000 - 172
North of England -14 424 £62,500 +8.70% 148
North West 0 230 £62,750 +9.13% 88
Midlands -39 218 £55,000 +2.44% 61
South West -10 146 £55,000 -8.33% 41
Yorkshire -37 124 £60,000 - 35
East Midlands -19 109 £65,000 +23.81% 29
West Midlands -47 109 £52,500 -8.70% 32
East of England -25 105 £67,500 +28.57% 53
North East -20 70 £67,500 +22.73% 25
.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 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.26%) IIS
3 18 (0.95%) CMS
4 14 (0.74%) ColdFusion
5 13 (0.68%) Umbraco
6 12 (0.63%) JBoss
7 11 (0.58%) Confluence
8 10 (0.53%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.21%) Apache
10 4 (0.21%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.21%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.16%) nginx
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.053%) Appian
13 1 (0.053%) CICS
13 1 (0.053%) Drupal
13 1 (0.053%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.053%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.11%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.053%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.053%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.16%) Magento
3 1 (0.053%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.053%) Endur
3 1 (0.053%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.053%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.053%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.053%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.053%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.053%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 789 (41.50%) Azure
2 276 (14.52%) AWS
3 247 (12.99%) SaaS
4 223 (11.73%) Azure DevOps
5 138 (7.26%) Power Platform
6 109 (5.73%) Serverless
7 100 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
8 90 (4.73%) GitHub
9 72 (3.79%) Power Automate
9 72 (3.79%) PowerApps
10 62 (3.26%) Azure Functions
11 59 (3.10%) Azure Service Bus
12 55 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
13 51 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
14 48 (2.52%) GCP
15 47 (2.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 44 (2.31%) Azure AKS
17 41 (2.16%) Azure Monitor
18 32 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
19 29 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.05%) Internet
2 8 (0.42%) WinSCP
3 7 (0.37%) Firewall
4 6 (0.32%) Intranet
5 4 (0.21%) DNS
5 4 (0.21%) LTE
6 3 (0.16%) DHCP
7 2 (0.11%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.11%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.11%) VoIP
7 2 (0.11%) VPN
8 1 (0.053%) AMQP
8 1 (0.053%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.053%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.053%) HTTP
8 1 (0.053%) Modbus
8 1 (0.053%) MPLS
8 1 (0.053%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 417 (21.94%) SQL Server
2 91 (4.79%) Azure SQL Database
2 91 (4.79%) Power BI
3 75 (3.95%) NoSQL
4 46 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 43 (2.26%) MongoDB
6 41 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
7 38 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 34 (1.79%) MySQL
9 33 (1.74%) Relational Database
10 15 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
11 14 (0.74%) Redis
12 12 (0.63%) DB2
12 12 (0.63%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.37%) GIS
14 5 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.26%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.26%) Metadata
15 4 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 117 (6.15%) Git
2 53 (2.79%) JIRA
3 42 (2.21%) Selenium
4 39 (2.05%) Visual Studio
5 35 (1.84%) Postman
6 28 (1.47%) Team Foundation Server
7 25 (1.32%) SoapUI
8 24 (1.26%) WebDriver
9 15 (0.79%) Jenkins
9 15 (0.79%) SpecFlow
9 15 (0.79%) TeamCity
10 12 (0.63%) NUnit
10 12 (0.63%) Octopus Deploy
11 10 (0.53%) Cypress.io
12 9 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 7 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.32%) JMeter
14 6 (0.32%) Moq
14 6 (0.32%) TestRail
15 5 (0.26%) LabVIEW
General
1 315 (16.57%) Social Skills
2 311 (16.36%) Finance
3 90 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (2.74%) Banking
5 51 (2.68%) Public Sector
6 50 (2.63%) Law
7 37 (1.95%) Retail
8 32 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 27 (1.42%) Legal
10 21 (1.10%) Games
10 21 (1.10%) Manufacturing
11 20 (1.05%) Automotive
12 17 (0.89%) Aerospace
13 15 (0.79%) Marketing
14 14 (0.74%) Aviation
14 14 (0.74%) Front Office
15 13 (0.68%) Electronics
16 11 (0.58%) Back Office
17 9 (0.47%) Advertising
18 8 (0.42%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,062 (55.87%) Developer
2 471 (24.78%) .NET Developer
3 457 (24.04%) Senior
4 345 (18.15%) Software Engineer
5 319 (16.78%) Software Developer
6 231 (12.15%) Lead
7 230 (12.10%) Senior Developer
8 214 (11.26%) C# Developer
9 176 (9.26%) Full-Stack Developer
10 164 (8.63%) .NET Software Engineer
11 152 (8.00%) C# .NET Developer
12 137 (7.21%) Senior Software Engineer
13 113 (5.94%) .NET Software Developer
14 101 (5.31%) C# Software Engineer
14 101 (5.31%) Senior .NET Developer
15 94 (4.94%) Lead Developer
16 91 (4.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 82 (4.31%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
18 81 (4.26%) Architect
19 67 (3.52%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 418 (21.99%) .NET Core
2 277 (14.57%) ASP.NET
3 257 (13.52%) React
4 206 (10.84%) .NET Framework
5 205 (10.78%) HTML
6 182 (9.57%) CSS
7 140 (7.36%) REST
8 126 (6.63%) AngularJS
9 123 (6.47%) RESTful
10 102 (5.37%) ASP.NET Core
11 100 (5.26%) Blazor
12 98 (5.16%) Node.js
13 94 (4.94%) Entity Framework
14 81 (4.26%) Vue
15 56 (2.95%) SOAP
16 42 (2.21%) JSON
17 41 (2.16%) jQuery
18 40 (2.10%) ASP.NET Web API
18 40 (2.10%) Playwright
19 37 (1.95%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 148 (7.79%) Cloud Native
2 69 (3.63%) Mobile App
3 63 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
4 62 (3.26%) Product Ownership
5 58 (3.05%) Greenfield Project
6 49 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
7 30 (1.58%) Hedge funds
8 28 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
9 23 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
10 21 (1.10%) Low-Code
11 20 (1.05%) Legacy Code
12 19 (1.00%) Virtual Team
13 17 (0.89%) Management Information System
13 17 (0.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 15 (0.79%) Algorithms
15 14 (0.74%) PropTech
15 14 (0.74%) Sports Betting
16 12 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 11 (0.58%) Fixed Income
17 11 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 78 (4.10%) Windows
2 26 (1.37%) Linux
3 23 (1.21%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.89%) VMS
5 15 (0.79%) Android
6 11 (0.58%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.16%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.16%) Unix
8 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.053%) Solaris
9 1 (0.053%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 565 (29.72%) Software Engineering
2 494 (25.99%) Agile
3 442 (23.25%) Full-Stack Development
4 403 (21.20%) CI/CD
5 394 (20.73%) DevOps
6 258 (13.57%) Microservices
7 232 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
8 216 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 174 (9.15%) Mentoring
10 171 (9.00%) AI
11 161 (8.47%) Test Automation
12 150 (7.89%) SDLC
13 131 (6.89%) Clean Code
14 130 (6.84%) Containerisation
15 126 (6.63%) Technical Leadership
16 117 (6.15%) Scrum
17 109 (5.73%) MVC
18 108 (5.68%) User Experience
19 103 (5.42%) Business Intelligence
20 101 (5.31%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1,288 (67.75%) C#
2 571 (30.04%) SQL
3 368 (19.36%) JavaScript
4 212 (11.15%) TypeScript
5 164 (8.63%) Python
6 160 (8.42%) Java
7 75 (3.95%) PowerShell
8 55 (2.89%) C++
9 46 (2.42%) PHP
10 34 (1.79%) T-SQL
10 34 (1.79%) VB.NET
11 33 (1.74%) Bicep
12 18 (0.95%) Apex Code
12 18 (0.95%) VB
13 17 (0.89%) C
14 16 (0.84%) Bash
15 13 (0.68%) Go
15 13 (0.68%) PL/SQL
15 13 (0.68%) VBA
16 12 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 186 (9.78%) Degree
2 79 (4.16%) Security Cleared
3 65 (3.42%) SC Cleared
4 59 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.21%) ISTQB
6 19 (1.00%) Azure Certification
7 18 (0.95%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (0.84%) AWS Certification
9 9 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
10 7 (0.37%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.16%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.16%) PhD
15 2 (0.11%) CSQA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (4.94%) QA
2 49 (2.58%) Accessibility
3 17 (0.89%) Data Quality
4 16 (0.84%) GDPR
5 13 (0.68%) WCAG
6 9 (0.47%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.37%) SLA
8 5 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.11%) ITGC
12 1 (0.053%) NCSC
12 1 (0.053%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 147 (7.73%) Docker
2 13 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.42%) Firmware
4 4 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 139 (7.31%) Kubernetes
2 91 (4.79%) Terraform
3 15 (0.79%) Grafana
4 8 (0.42%) Ansible
5 7 (0.37%) Kibana
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.11%) MIIS
6 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.053%) CASB
7 1 (0.053%) Consul
7 1 (0.053%) Control-M
7 1 (0.053%) Packer
7 1 (0.053%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.053%) Puppet
Vendors
1 338 (17.78%) Microsoft
2 28 (1.47%) Adobe
3 25 (1.32%) Salesforce
4 23 (1.21%) Oracle
5 21 (1.10%) Xamarin
6 19 (1.00%) Google
7 16 (0.84%) ServiceNow
8 15 (0.79%) MuleSoft
9 11 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
10 10 (0.53%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.37%) Databricks
11 7 (0.37%) iManage
12 5 (0.26%) DevExpress
12 5 (0.26%) Facebook
12 5 (0.26%) IBM
12 5 (0.26%) Intapp
12 5 (0.26%) New Relic
12 5 (0.26%) Sage
12 5 (0.26%) VMware
13 4 (0.21%) Apple