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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 58 23
Rank change year-on-year +7 -35 +1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,505 1,899 6,313
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.90% 4.47% 7.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 27.44% 23.81% 36.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,279 1,413 5,285
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £36,350
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,125 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £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 9,130 7,976 17,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.55% 18.75% 19.46%
Number of salaries quoted 6,992 5,409 14,010
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -9.43%

.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 8 July 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 8 July 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 +24 658 £57,500 - 165
North of England -2 562 £59,500 -0.83% 144
London -19 542 £80,000 - 213
Midlands +4 319 £55,000 - 67
North West -5 281 £60,000 +1.69% 70
South West +22 204 £55,000 +4.76% 44
East of England +20 194 £65,000 +23.81% 54
West Midlands -11 166 £56,250 +2.27% 34
East Midlands +26 153 £55,000 - 33
North East +4 143 £57,000 +8.57% 32
Yorkshire +3 138 £57,500 -11.54% 44
.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 63 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.20%) IIS
3 28 (1.12%) CMS
4 20 (0.80%) Confluence
5 16 (0.64%) ColdFusion
6 15 (0.60%) Umbraco
7 8 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
7 8 (0.32%) WordPress
8 7 (0.28%) Apache
8 7 (0.28%) nginx
9 6 (0.24%) JBoss
10 5 (0.20%) NServiceBus
10 5 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.16%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.16%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.12%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.12%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.12%) Kentico
12 3 (0.12%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 8 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.040%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
3 3 (0.12%) Shopify
4 2 (0.080%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.080%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.080%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.040%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.040%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.040%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,321 (52.73%) Azure
2 411 (16.41%) Azure DevOps
3 403 (16.09%) AWS
4 220 (8.78%) GitHub
5 218 (8.70%) SaaS
6 167 (6.67%) Power Platform
7 163 (6.51%) Azure AI
8 150 (5.99%) GitHub Copilot
9 133 (5.31%) Serverless
10 118 (4.71%) Azure Logic Apps
11 111 (4.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 102 (4.07%) Power Automate
13 97 (3.87%) PowerApps
14 90 (3.59%) Azure Service Bus
15 84 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
16 81 (3.23%) Azure Functions
17 62 (2.48%) GCP
18 59 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
19 55 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
20 54 (2.16%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 90 (3.59%) Internet
2 9 (0.36%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.32%) Firewall
3 8 (0.32%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.20%) DHCP
4 5 (0.20%) DNS
4 5 (0.20%) LAN
4 5 (0.20%) LTE
4 5 (0.20%) WAN
5 4 (0.16%) Intranet
6 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.12%) RS-232
7 2 (0.080%) HTTP
7 2 (0.080%) Modbus
7 2 (0.080%) WinSCP
8 1 (0.040%) AMQP
8 1 (0.040%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.040%) Network Security
8 1 (0.040%) SSL
8 1 (0.040%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 495 (19.76%) Azure SQL Database
2 466 (18.60%) SQL Server
3 425 (16.97%) MongoDB
4 157 (6.27%) Elasticsearch
5 108 (4.31%) Power BI
6 62 (2.48%) NoSQL
7 58 (2.32%) MySQL
8 41 (1.64%) Relational Database
9 39 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
10 37 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 34 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 21 (0.84%) Redis
13 14 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (0.48%) Db2
15 11 (0.44%) GIS
15 11 (0.44%) NonStop SQL
16 8 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
17 7 (0.28%) Big Data
17 7 (0.28%) DynamoDB
17 7 (0.28%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 150 (5.99%) Git
2 44 (1.76%) JIRA
3 26 (1.04%) Visual Studio
4 22 (0.88%) Postman
5 20 (0.80%) Jenkins
6 19 (0.76%) GitLab
6 19 (0.76%) Selenium
7 16 (0.64%) SpecFlow
8 14 (0.56%) Claude Code
9 13 (0.52%) NUnit
10 9 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 9 (0.36%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.32%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
12 7 (0.28%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.28%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
12 7 (0.28%) WebDriver
13 6 (0.24%) Moq
13 6 (0.24%) SoapUI
General
1 393 (15.69%) Finance
2 354 (14.13%) Social Skills
3 101 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (3.23%) Retail
5 67 (2.67%) Public Sector
6 60 (2.40%) Advertising
7 56 (2.24%) Games
8 52 (2.08%) Marketing
9 47 (1.88%) Law
9 47 (1.88%) Manufacturing
10 46 (1.84%) Legal
11 41 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 39 (1.56%) Banking
13 34 (1.36%) Aerospace
14 25 (1.00%) Automotive
15 21 (0.84%) Electronics
16 13 (0.52%) Legal Technology
17 12 (0.48%) Back Office
18 11 (0.44%) Front Office
18 11 (0.44%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 1,552 (61.96%) Developer
2 928 (37.05%) .NET Developer
3 474 (18.92%) Senior
4 404 (16.13%) Software Engineer
5 325 (12.97%) Software Developer
6 271 (10.82%) Lead
7 229 (9.14%) Senior Developer
8 203 (8.10%) C# Developer
9 184 (7.35%) Full-Stack Developer
10 173 (6.91%) .NET Software Engineer
11 163 (6.51%) C# .NET Developer
12 152 (6.07%) Senior Software Engineer
13 150 (5.99%) C# Software Engineer
14 133 (5.31%) Lead Developer
15 125 (4.99%) .NET Software Developer
16 109 (4.35%) Senior .NET Developer
17 98 (3.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 88 (3.51%) Architect
19 79 (3.15%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 79 (3.15%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 780 (31.14%) .NET Core
2 713 (28.46%) ASP.NET
3 561 (22.40%) ASP.NET Core
4 427 (17.05%) React
5 363 (14.49%) CSS
6 361 (14.41%) HTML
7 315 (12.57%) AngularJS
8 277 (11.06%) Blazor
9 269 (10.74%) Entity Framework
10 268 (10.70%) RESTful
11 257 (10.26%) Vue
12 255 (10.18%) .NET Framework
13 244 (9.74%) Node.js
14 206 (8.22%) ASP.NET Web API
15 190 (7.58%) REST
16 147 (5.87%) ML.NET
17 110 (4.39%) LINQ
18 68 (2.71%) JSON
19 65 (2.59%) jQuery
20 52 (2.08%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 157 (6.27%) Cloud Native
2 149 (5.95%) Greenfield Project
3 98 (3.91%) Distributed Systems
4 88 (3.51%) Product Ownership
5 83 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
6 73 (2.91%) Mobile App
7 55 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
8 32 (1.28%) Hedge funds
9 26 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
9 26 (1.04%) Legacy Code
10 23 (0.92%) AI Agents
11 22 (0.88%) Low-Code
12 21 (0.84%) Digital TV
12 21 (0.84%) Onboarding
13 20 (0.80%) Management Information System
14 18 (0.72%) iPhone
15 17 (0.68%) Algorithms
15 17 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
16 16 (0.64%) Client/Server
16 16 (0.64%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 83 (3.31%) Windows
2 34 (1.36%) Android
3 27 (1.08%) Linux
3 27 (1.08%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.48%) VMS
5 9 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.080%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.080%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.040%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 920 (36.73%) Full-Stack Development
2 831 (33.17%) Agile
3 649 (25.91%) Software Engineering
4 625 (24.95%) CI/CD
5 622 (24.83%) DevOps
6 445 (17.76%) Microservices
7 397 (15.85%) AI
8 289 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
9 247 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 230 (9.18%) Mentoring
11 210 (8.38%) Machine Learning
12 199 (7.94%) SDLC
13 184 (7.35%) Test Automation
14 172 (6.87%) TDD
15 171 (6.83%) Multithreading
15 171 (6.83%) Scrum
16 148 (5.91%) Technical Leadership
17 136 (5.43%) Business Intelligence
18 134 (5.35%) Fintech
18 134 (5.35%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1,883 (75.17%) C#
2 989 (39.48%) SQL
3 565 (22.55%) JavaScript
4 371 (14.81%) TypeScript
5 208 (8.30%) Python
6 153 (6.11%) Java
7 85 (3.39%) C++
8 83 (3.31%) PowerShell
9 59 (2.36%) PHP
10 52 (2.08%) T-SQL
11 46 (1.84%) VB.NET
12 43 (1.72%) Bicep
13 28 (1.12%) C
14 22 (0.88%) Bash
15 20 (0.80%) VB
16 15 (0.60%) PL/SQL
17 14 (0.56%) Apex Code
18 11 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
19 10 (0.40%) Go
20 9 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 211 (8.42%) Degree
2 96 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 85 (3.39%) Security Cleared
4 65 (2.59%) SC Cleared
5 22 (0.88%) Azure Certification
6 19 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (0.44%) AWS Certification
8 8 (0.32%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.20%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.20%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.16%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.12%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.12%) MBA
13 3 (0.12%) PhD
14 2 (0.080%) CSQA
14 2 (0.080%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (5.43%) QA
2 63 (2.51%) Accessibility
3 21 (0.84%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.76%) GDPR
5 15 (0.60%) WCAG
6 10 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.32%) ISO 9001
7 8 (0.32%) SLA
8 5 (0.20%) NCSC
9 4 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.080%) ITGC
11 2 (0.080%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 311 (12.42%) Docker
2 17 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.52%) Firmware
4 7 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 295 (11.78%) Kubernetes
2 112 (4.47%) Terraform
3 13 (0.52%) Grafana
4 9 (0.36%) Ansible
4 9 (0.36%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.080%) Kibana
5 2 (0.080%) MIIS
6 1 (0.040%) Consul
6 1 (0.040%) MOM
6 1 (0.040%) Packer
6 1 (0.040%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.040%) Puppet
Vendors
1 856 (34.17%) Microsoft
2 63 (2.51%) Google
3 54 (2.16%) Facebook
4 35 (1.40%) Oracle
5 29 (1.16%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.12%) Adobe
6 28 (1.12%) OpenAI
7 21 (0.84%) YouTube
8 18 (0.72%) Xamarin
9 15 (0.60%) ServiceNow
10 12 (0.48%) Databricks
10 12 (0.48%) iManage
11 11 (0.44%) Apple
11 11 (0.44%) MuleSoft
11 11 (0.44%) Sony
11 11 (0.44%) Yahoo!
12 10 (0.40%) Intapp
13 8 (0.32%) Aderant
13 8 (0.32%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (0.32%) VMware