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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 60 25
Rank change year-on-year +9 -35 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,532 1,902 5,427
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.85% 4.39% 6.64%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 27.45% 24.02% 34.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,294 1,426 4,463
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £36,600
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 £80,000 £82,500 £72,875
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
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 9,223 7,920 15,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.38% 18.28% 18.99%
Number of salaries quoted 7,076 5,356 12,188
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
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 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £105,375
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -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 22 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 22 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 +21 667 £57,500 - 150
North of England +5 582 £58,250 -2.92% 136
London -27 542 £80,000 - 214
Midlands +5 324 £55,000 - 67
North West -3 276 £60,000 +1.69% 66
South West +10 198 £52,500 - 41
East of England +28 196 £65,000 +23.81% 58
West Midlands -10 172 £59,000 +7.27% 28
North East 0 154 £56,500 +13.00% 37
East Midlands +27 152 £55,000 - 39
Yorkshire +8 152 £57,500 -11.54% 36
.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 66 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.30%) IIS
3 30 (1.18%) CMS
4 20 (0.79%) Confluence
5 16 (0.63%) ColdFusion
6 15 (0.59%) Umbraco
7 8 (0.32%) nginx
7 8 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
7 8 (0.32%) WordPress
8 7 (0.28%) Apache
9 5 (0.20%) NServiceBus
9 5 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.16%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.16%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.16%) JBoss
11 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.12%) DNN
11 3 (0.12%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.12%) Immediacy CMS
11 3 (0.12%) Kentico
Applications
1 8 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.20%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.039%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.20%) Shopify
3 4 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.12%) Magento
5 2 (0.079%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.079%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.079%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.079%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.079%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.039%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.039%) Eikon
6 1 (0.039%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.039%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.039%) RMDS
6 1 (0.039%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 1,333 (52.65%) Azure
2 403 (15.92%) AWS
3 402 (15.88%) Azure DevOps
4 219 (8.65%) GitHub
5 209 (8.25%) SaaS
6 169 (6.67%) Power Platform
7 164 (6.48%) Azure AI
8 153 (6.04%) GitHub Copilot
9 133 (5.25%) Serverless
10 114 (4.50%) Azure Logic Apps
11 108 (4.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 106 (4.19%) Power Automate
13 98 (3.87%) PowerApps
14 90 (3.55%) Azure Service Bus
15 87 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
16 77 (3.04%) Azure Functions
17 63 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
18 60 (2.37%) GCP
19 54 (2.13%) Azure AKS
19 54 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 91 (3.59%) Internet
2 9 (0.36%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.32%) Firewall
4 7 (0.28%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.20%) DHCP
5 5 (0.20%) DNS
5 5 (0.20%) LAN
5 5 (0.20%) WAN
6 4 (0.16%) Intranet
6 4 (0.16%) LTE
7 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.12%) RS-232
8 2 (0.079%) HTTP
8 2 (0.079%) Modbus
8 2 (0.079%) SNMP
9 1 (0.039%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.039%) Network Security
9 1 (0.039%) SSL
9 1 (0.039%) VLAN
9 1 (0.039%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 491 (19.39%) Azure SQL Database
2 487 (19.23%) SQL Server
3 421 (16.63%) MongoDB
4 158 (6.24%) Elasticsearch
5 107 (4.23%) Power BI
6 64 (2.53%) NoSQL
7 60 (2.37%) MySQL
8 44 (1.74%) Relational Database
9 39 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
10 35 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 33 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 23 (0.91%) Redis
13 17 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (0.43%) Db2
14 11 (0.43%) DynamoDB
14 11 (0.43%) GIS
14 11 (0.43%) NonStop SQL
15 9 (0.36%) Big Data
15 9 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
16 8 (0.32%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 154 (6.08%) Git
2 42 (1.66%) JIRA
3 26 (1.03%) Visual Studio
4 24 (0.95%) Selenium
5 21 (0.83%) Postman
6 20 (0.79%) Claude Code
6 20 (0.79%) Jenkins
7 18 (0.71%) GitLab
8 16 (0.63%) NUnit
9 12 (0.47%) SpecFlow
10 8 (0.32%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
11 7 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.28%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.28%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.28%) Moq
11 7 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
11 7 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (0.24%) MSTest
12 6 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 385 (15.21%) Finance
2 362 (14.30%) Social Skills
3 107 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (3.36%) Retail
5 65 (2.57%) Public Sector
6 60 (2.37%) Advertising
7 55 (2.17%) Games
8 53 (2.09%) Marketing
9 52 (2.05%) Legal
10 48 (1.90%) Law
11 47 (1.86%) Manufacturing
12 45 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 34 (1.34%) Banking
14 30 (1.18%) Aerospace
15 25 (0.99%) Automotive
16 19 (0.75%) Electronics
17 14 (0.55%) Front Office
18 13 (0.51%) Back Office
18 13 (0.51%) Legal Technology
19 11 (0.43%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 1,565 (61.81%) Developer
2 931 (36.77%) .NET Developer
3 476 (18.80%) Senior
4 403 (15.92%) Software Engineer
5 321 (12.68%) Software Developer
6 280 (11.06%) Lead
7 239 (9.44%) Senior Developer
8 206 (8.14%) C# Developer
9 192 (7.58%) Full-Stack Developer
10 170 (6.71%) .NET Software Engineer
11 164 (6.48%) C# .NET Developer
12 149 (5.88%) C# Software Engineer
13 146 (5.77%) Senior Software Engineer
14 135 (5.33%) Lead Developer
15 120 (4.74%) .NET Software Developer
16 111 (4.38%) Senior .NET Developer
17 106 (4.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 89 (3.52%) Architect
19 88 (3.48%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
20 86 (3.40%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 764 (30.17%) .NET Core
2 723 (28.55%) ASP.NET
3 564 (22.27%) ASP.NET Core
4 417 (16.47%) React
5 361 (14.26%) CSS
5 361 (14.26%) HTML
6 314 (12.40%) AngularJS
7 280 (11.06%) Blazor
8 275 (10.86%) Entity Framework
9 271 (10.70%) RESTful
10 265 (10.47%) .NET Framework
11 257 (10.15%) Vue
12 247 (9.76%) Node.js
13 209 (8.25%) ASP.NET Web API
14 196 (7.74%) REST
15 143 (5.65%) ML.NET
16 110 (4.34%) LINQ
17 78 (3.08%) JSON
18 64 (2.53%) jQuery
19 51 (2.01%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 155 (6.12%) Cloud Native
2 154 (6.08%) Greenfield Project
3 105 (4.15%) Distributed Systems
4 100 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
5 90 (3.55%) Product Ownership
6 68 (2.69%) Mobile App
7 54 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
8 30 (1.18%) Hedge funds
9 29 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
10 28 (1.11%) Legacy Code
11 27 (1.07%) AI Agents
12 24 (0.95%) Onboarding
13 21 (0.83%) Management Information System
14 20 (0.79%) Digital TV
14 20 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
15 19 (0.75%) Low-Code
16 17 (0.67%) iPhone
17 16 (0.63%) Algorithms
17 16 (0.63%) Client/Server
18 14 (0.55%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 94 (3.71%) Windows
2 30 (1.18%) Android
2 30 (1.18%) Linux
2 30 (1.18%) Windows Server
3 11 (0.43%) VMS
4 6 (0.24%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.079%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.039%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 931 (36.77%) Full-Stack Development
2 827 (32.66%) Agile
3 647 (25.55%) Software Engineering
4 618 (24.41%) DevOps
5 617 (24.37%) CI/CD
6 448 (17.69%) Microservices
7 404 (15.96%) AI
8 308 (12.16%) Problem-Solving
9 246 (9.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 234 (9.24%) Mentoring
11 205 (8.10%) Machine Learning
12 203 (8.02%) SDLC
13 185 (7.31%) Test Automation
14 173 (6.83%) Scrum
15 168 (6.64%) Multithreading
16 164 (6.48%) TDD
17 154 (6.08%) Technical Leadership
18 138 (5.45%) Fintech
19 137 (5.41%) Infrastructure as Code
20 136 (5.37%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1,918 (75.75%) C#
2 983 (38.82%) SQL
3 566 (22.35%) JavaScript
4 369 (14.57%) TypeScript
5 215 (8.49%) Python
6 154 (6.08%) Java
7 87 (3.44%) C++
8 82 (3.24%) PowerShell
9 62 (2.45%) PHP
10 53 (2.09%) T-SQL
11 48 (1.90%) VB.NET
12 44 (1.74%) Bicep
13 27 (1.07%) C
14 23 (0.91%) Bash
15 18 (0.71%) VB
16 14 (0.55%) PL/SQL
17 13 (0.51%) Apex Code
18 12 (0.47%) Go
19 10 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
20 9 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 212 (8.37%) Degree
2 102 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 80 (3.16%) Security Cleared
4 62 (2.45%) SC Cleared
5 19 (0.75%) Azure Certification
6 17 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (0.59%) AWS Certification
8 10 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 9 (0.36%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
12 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.16%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.16%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.16%) MBA
14 3 (0.12%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.12%) PhD
14 3 (0.12%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.079%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.079%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (5.41%) QA
2 64 (2.53%) Accessibility
3 22 (0.87%) Data Quality
4 20 (0.79%) GDPR
5 15 (0.59%) WCAG
6 10 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.32%) SLA
8 6 (0.24%) NCSC
9 4 (0.16%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.079%) ITGC
11 2 (0.079%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 307 (12.12%) Docker
2 14 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.43%) Firmware
4 8 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 293 (11.57%) Kubernetes
2 113 (4.46%) Terraform
3 12 (0.47%) Grafana
4 11 (0.43%) Prometheus
5 9 (0.36%) Ansible
6 2 (0.079%) MIIS
7 1 (0.039%) Consul
7 1 (0.039%) Control-M
7 1 (0.039%) MOM
7 1 (0.039%) Packer
7 1 (0.039%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.039%) Puppet
Vendors
1 877 (34.64%) Microsoft
2 68 (2.69%) Google
3 54 (2.13%) Facebook
4 36 (1.42%) Oracle
5 31 (1.22%) OpenAI
6 29 (1.15%) Adobe
7 28 (1.11%) Salesforce
8 21 (0.83%) YouTube
9 18 (0.71%) Xamarin
10 14 (0.55%) ServiceNow
11 12 (0.47%) Databricks
11 12 (0.47%) iManage
12 11 (0.43%) Apple
12 11 (0.43%) Sony
12 11 (0.43%) Yahoo!
13 10 (0.39%) Intapp
14 9 (0.36%) MuleSoft
14 9 (0.36%) VMware
15 8 (0.32%) Aderant
15 8 (0.32%) Splunk