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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 34 22
Rank change year-on-year -45 -12 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,440 2,881 3,742
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.74% 5.91% 7.85%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.16% 27.49% 32.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,289 1,925 3,385
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £60,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.83% -0.83% -0.82%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -

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 6,218 10,481 11,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.81% 21.50% 24.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,788 6,172 9,719
10th Percentile £35,854 £40,061 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £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 8 January 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 January 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 -32 397 £80,000 +6.67% 191
North of England -29 346 £62,500 +13.64% 226
South East -39 337 £60,000 - 326
Midlands -44 188 £57,500 - 127
North West -20 182 £65,000 +18.18% 120
West Midlands -36 120 £50,000 -13.04% 48
Yorkshire -32 107 £60,000 +14.29% 67
South West -55 87 £55,000 -6.38% 99
East Midlands -39 68 £65,000 +30.00% 77
East of England -64 59 £60,000 +20.00% 140
North East -11 57 £68,500 +5.38% 39
.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 46 (3.19%) IIS
2 27 (1.88%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.39%) CMS
4 17 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (0.90%) Confluence
6 10 (0.69%) JBoss
6 10 (0.69%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.56%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.21%) nginx
9 3 (0.21%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.069%) Apache
11 1 (0.069%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.069%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.069%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.069%) Kentico
11 1 (0.069%) SAS
11 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.21%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.14%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.069%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 49 (3.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.28%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.14%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.14%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.14%) ION Anvil
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.069%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.069%) Endur
4 1 (0.069%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.069%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 787 (54.65%) Azure
2 314 (21.81%) AWS
3 232 (16.11%) Azure DevOps
4 195 (13.54%) SaaS
5 122 (8.47%) Power Platform
6 104 (7.22%) GitHub
7 102 (7.08%) Serverless
8 80 (5.56%) GCP
9 67 (4.65%) Power Automate
10 55 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
11 53 (3.68%) Azure Functions
11 53 (3.68%) Azure Logic Apps
12 52 (3.61%) PowerApps
13 51 (3.54%) Azure Service Bus
14 42 (2.92%) Entra ID
15 39 (2.71%) GitHub Actions
16 35 (2.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 31 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
18 25 (1.74%) Azure AKS
19 24 (1.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.04%) DNS
2 13 (0.90%) DHCP
3 11 (0.76%) Firewall
4 10 (0.69%) Internet
4 10 (0.69%) TCP/IP
4 10 (0.69%) VoIP
5 9 (0.63%) VPN
6 7 (0.49%) WinSCP
7 5 (0.35%) SAN
8 4 (0.28%) HTTP
9 3 (0.21%) Intranet
9 3 (0.21%) LAN
9 3 (0.21%) SSL
9 3 (0.21%) WAN
10 2 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.14%) FIX Connectivity
10 2 (0.14%) NAS
10 2 (0.14%) VLAN
11 1 (0.069%) IPv6
11 1 (0.069%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 399 (27.71%) SQL Server
2 84 (5.83%) NoSQL
3 69 (4.79%) MongoDB
4 65 (4.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 58 (4.03%) MySQL
6 49 (3.40%) Relational Database
7 48 (3.33%) Power BI
8 47 (3.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 45 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 44 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
11 23 (1.60%) DynamoDB
12 22 (1.53%) Redis
13 19 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
15 9 (0.63%) Tableau
16 7 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
17 6 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
18 5 (0.35%) RDBMS
19 4 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
20 3 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 140 (9.72%) Git
2 71 (4.93%) JIRA
3 51 (3.54%) Selenium
4 43 (2.99%) Postman
4 43 (2.99%) Team Foundation Server
5 38 (2.64%) Visual Studio
6 35 (2.43%) SoapUI
7 33 (2.29%) WebDriver
8 24 (1.67%) Jenkins
9 22 (1.53%) TeamCity
10 18 (1.25%) Octopus Deploy
11 10 (0.69%) GitLab
11 10 (0.69%) Storybook
12 9 (0.63%) NUnit
12 9 (0.63%) SpecFlow
13 8 (0.56%) MSTest
14 6 (0.42%) git-flow
15 5 (0.35%) Bitbucket
16 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
17 3 (0.21%) JMeter
General
1 348 (24.17%) Social Skills
2 266 (18.47%) Finance
3 66 (4.58%) Law
4 56 (3.89%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (3.06%) Banking
6 43 (2.99%) Public Sector
7 34 (2.36%) Legal
8 30 (2.08%) Retail
9 27 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (1.39%) Marketing
11 18 (1.25%) Billing
11 18 (1.25%) Front Office
11 18 (1.25%) Games
12 15 (1.04%) Aviation
13 14 (0.97%) Manufacturing
14 13 (0.90%) Back Office
15 12 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (0.76%) Automotive
17 9 (0.63%) Publishing
17 9 (0.63%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 795 (55.21%) Developer
2 324 (22.50%) Senior
3 318 (22.08%) .NET Developer
4 220 (15.28%) Software Developer
5 204 (14.17%) Software Engineer
6 180 (12.50%) Lead
7 167 (11.60%) Senior Developer
8 164 (11.39%) C# Developer
9 145 (10.07%) Full-Stack Developer
10 80 (5.56%) .NET Software Engineer
11 75 (5.21%) .NET Software Developer
12 74 (5.14%) Senior Software Engineer
13 73 (5.07%) C# .NET Developer
14 64 (4.44%) Senior .NET Developer
15 62 (4.31%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 62 (4.31%) Lead Developer
16 58 (4.03%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
17 55 (3.82%) Analyst
18 47 (3.26%) Senior Software Developer
19 42 (2.92%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 340 (23.61%) .NET Core
2 302 (20.97%) React
3 256 (17.78%) ASP.NET
4 231 (16.04%) .NET Framework
5 199 (13.82%) HTML
6 173 (12.01%) AngularJS
7 164 (11.39%) CSS
8 126 (8.75%) RESTful
9 112 (7.78%) REST
10 108 (7.50%) Entity Framework
11 93 (6.46%) Blazor
12 76 (5.28%) Vue
13 75 (5.21%) ASP.NET MVC
14 71 (4.93%) Node.js
15 64 (4.44%) ASP.NET Web API
16 61 (4.24%) ASP.NET Core
17 57 (3.96%) SOAP
18 44 (3.06%) HTML5
19 37 (2.57%) WPF
20 36 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 148 (10.28%) Cloud Native
2 74 (5.14%) Product Ownership
3 58 (4.03%) Mobile App
4 49 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
5 48 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
6 36 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
7 28 (1.94%) Onboarding
7 28 (1.94%) Virtual Team
8 27 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
9 25 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
10 20 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (1.25%) AI Agents
11 18 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 14 (0.97%) Client/Server
12 14 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
13 13 (0.90%) Hedge funds
14 11 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (0.69%) Algorithms
15 10 (0.69%) DataPower
15 10 (0.69%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 79 (5.49%) Windows
2 27 (1.88%) Windows Server
3 26 (1.81%) Linux
4 24 (1.67%) Android
4 24 (1.67%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.76%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.49%) VMS
6 7 (0.49%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.28%) Unix
8 2 (0.14%) Solaris
8 2 (0.14%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.069%) Fedora
9 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 583 (40.49%) Agile
2 417 (28.96%) Software Engineering
3 410 (28.47%) DevOps
4 403 (27.99%) CI/CD
5 365 (25.35%) Full-Stack Development
6 282 (19.58%) Problem-Solving
7 274 (19.03%) Microservices
8 225 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 179 (12.43%) Mentoring
10 156 (10.83%) Scrum
11 145 (10.07%) AI
12 137 (9.51%) MVC
13 135 (9.38%) Clean Code
14 126 (8.75%) SDLC
14 126 (8.75%) User Experience
15 111 (7.71%) Computer Science
15 111 (7.71%) TDD
16 108 (7.50%) Containerisation
17 104 (7.22%) Test Automation
18 99 (6.88%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,032 (71.67%) C#
2 479 (33.26%) SQL
3 383 (26.60%) JavaScript
4 227 (15.76%) TypeScript
5 157 (10.90%) Java
6 113 (7.85%) Python
7 60 (4.17%) PowerShell
8 37 (2.57%) T-SQL
9 33 (2.29%) C++
10 32 (2.22%) PHP
10 32 (2.22%) VB.NET
11 24 (1.67%) Bicep
12 18 (1.25%) Bash
13 13 (0.90%) Rust
14 8 (0.56%) Go
14 8 (0.56%) XAML
15 7 (0.49%) Apex Code
16 6 (0.42%) C
16 6 (0.42%) VB
17 5 (0.35%) Swift
Qualifications
1 212 (14.72%) Degree
2 74 (5.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 43 (2.99%) ISTQB
4 39 (2.71%) Security Cleared
5 34 (2.36%) SC Cleared
6 33 (2.29%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 17 (1.18%) AWS Certification
7 17 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.11%) Master's Degree
9 13 (0.90%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.76%) AWS Certified Developer
11 10 (0.69%) ISEB
12 9 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 7 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.35%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.35%) HND
14 5 (0.35%) MCSE
15 4 (0.28%) MCSA
16 3 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
17 2 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (6.53%) QA
2 40 (2.78%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.04%) GDPR
3 15 (1.04%) WCAG
4 4 (0.28%) GRC
5 3 (0.21%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.21%) HL7
5 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.21%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.21%) SLA
6 1 (0.069%) COBIT
6 1 (0.069%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.069%) SOC 2
System Software
1 139 (9.65%) Docker
2 28 (1.94%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.14%) vSphere
5 1 (0.069%) Firmware
5 1 (0.069%) HDFS
5 1 (0.069%) Squid
5 1 (0.069%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 105 (7.29%) Kubernetes
2 97 (6.74%) Terraform
3 17 (1.18%) Grafana
4 10 (0.69%) Ansible
4 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.42%) Kibana
6 5 (0.35%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.14%) Argo
7 2 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.069%) CASB
8 1 (0.069%) Control-M
8 1 (0.069%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 306 (21.25%) Microsoft
2 27 (1.88%) Salesforce
3 25 (1.74%) Xamarin
4 24 (1.67%) Oracle
5 17 (1.18%) Google
6 13 (0.90%) MuleSoft
6 13 (0.90%) Sage
7 12 (0.83%) Guidewire
8 11 (0.76%) Databricks
8 11 (0.76%) Telerik
9 10 (0.69%) New Relic
10 9 (0.63%) Apple
11 8 (0.56%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.49%) Adobe
12 7 (0.49%) Datto
12 7 (0.49%) DevExpress
12 7 (0.49%) Dynatrace
12 7 (0.49%) Freshdesk
12 7 (0.49%) Syncfusion
13 6 (0.42%) VMware