.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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 27 26
Rank change year-on-year -54 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,402 3,597 3,587
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.98% 6.06% 7.84%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 22.06% 29.02% 29.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,226 2,455 3,229
10th Percentile £39,250 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +8.33%

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 6,354 12,397 12,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.52% 20.89% 26.53%
Number of salaries quoted 4,776 7,492 10,052
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -
75th Percentile £86,750 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £66,056
% change year-on-year +3.85% -1.60% +1.62%

.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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025. 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 -31 419 £80,000 +3.23% 170
North of England -39 329 £60,000 +9.09% 148
South East -51 296 £60,000 - 245
Midlands -46 168 £60,000 +9.09% 83
North West -32 165 £65,000 +18.18% 93
Yorkshire -35 118 £53,750 +1.42% 32
West Midlands -31 110 £57,500 +4.55% 43
South West -67 81 £52,500 -4.55% 52
East of England -58 80 £58,750 +17.50% 54
East Midlands -45 58 £65,000 +30.00% 38
North East -18 46 £47,500 -20.83% 23
.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 59 (4.21%) IIS
2 37 (2.64%) SharePoint
3 29 (2.07%) CMS
4 19 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.28%) Confluence
6 11 (0.78%) Umbraco
7 9 (0.64%) JBoss
7 9 (0.64%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.43%) BizTalk Server
8 6 (0.43%) nginx
9 5 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.21%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.071%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.071%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.071%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.071%) Kentico
12 1 (0.071%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.071%) SAS
12 1 (0.071%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.29%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.21%) S-PLUS
4 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.071%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.071%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 60 (4.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 4 (0.29%) Infor CloudSuite
4 3 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.14%) Sage 1000
6 1 (0.071%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.071%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.071%) ION Anvil
6 1 (0.071%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.071%) Magento
6 1 (0.071%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.071%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 849 (60.56%) Azure
2 348 (24.82%) AWS
3 241 (17.19%) Azure DevOps
4 169 (12.05%) SaaS
5 133 (9.49%) Power Platform
6 107 (7.63%) Serverless
7 101 (7.20%) GitHub
8 92 (6.56%) GCP
9 80 (5.71%) Power Automate
10 74 (5.28%) Dynamics 365
11 68 (4.85%) Azure Service Bus
12 64 (4.56%) Azure Logic Apps
13 61 (4.35%) PowerApps
14 54 (3.85%) Azure Functions
15 47 (3.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 41 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
17 40 (2.85%) Entra ID
17 40 (2.85%) GitHub Actions
18 28 (2.00%) Azure App Service
19 26 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.00%) DNS
2 12 (0.86%) DHCP
2 12 (0.86%) TCP/IP
2 12 (0.86%) VoIP
3 11 (0.78%) Internet
4 10 (0.71%) Firewall
5 9 (0.64%) VPN
6 7 (0.50%) Ethernet
6 7 (0.50%) SAN
6 7 (0.50%) WPA
7 6 (0.43%) Modbus
7 6 (0.43%) MQTT
8 5 (0.36%) HTTP
8 5 (0.36%) LAN
8 5 (0.36%) SSL
8 5 (0.36%) WAN
9 3 (0.21%) Intranet
10 2 (0.14%) NAS
10 2 (0.14%) VLAN
11 1 (0.071%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 416 (29.67%) SQL Server
2 85 (6.06%) MongoDB
3 77 (5.49%) NoSQL
4 74 (5.28%) Azure SQL Database
5 69 (4.92%) MySQL
6 60 (4.28%) Relational Database
7 52 (3.71%) Power BI
8 47 (3.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 44 (3.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 41 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
11 35 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
12 26 (1.85%) Redis
13 25 (1.78%) DynamoDB
14 15 (1.07%) RDBMS
15 10 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
16 9 (0.64%) Tableau
17 8 (0.57%) NonStop SQL
18 7 (0.50%) Oracle Database
18 7 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
19 6 (0.43%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 166 (11.84%) Git
2 69 (4.92%) JIRA
3 34 (2.43%) Selenium
4 33 (2.35%) Team Foundation Server
5 32 (2.28%) Visual Studio
6 30 (2.14%) Postman
7 27 (1.93%) TeamCity
8 26 (1.85%) Jenkins
9 25 (1.78%) Octopus Deploy
10 18 (1.28%) SoapUI
10 18 (1.28%) WebDriver
11 14 (1.00%) GitLab
12 13 (0.93%) NUnit
13 12 (0.86%) Storybook
14 11 (0.78%) SpecFlow
15 8 (0.57%) MSTest
16 7 (0.50%) Bitbucket
17 6 (0.43%) git-flow
17 6 (0.43%) MSBuild
18 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 377 (26.89%) Social Skills
2 262 (18.69%) Finance
3 81 (5.78%) Law
4 58 (4.14%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (3.35%) Retail
6 45 (3.21%) Banking
7 40 (2.85%) Legal
8 39 (2.78%) Public Sector
9 28 (2.00%) Front Office
9 28 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (1.93%) Manufacturing
11 24 (1.71%) Back Office
12 22 (1.57%) Billing
12 22 (1.57%) Marketing
13 21 (1.50%) Games
14 13 (0.93%) Automotive
14 13 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (0.71%) Aviation
16 9 (0.64%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 809 (57.70%) Developer
2 297 (21.18%) Senior
3 293 (20.90%) .NET Developer
4 179 (12.77%) Lead
5 177 (12.62%) C# Developer
6 176 (12.55%) Software Developer
7 165 (11.77%) Senior Developer
8 160 (11.41%) Software Engineer
9 149 (10.63%) Full-Stack Developer
10 67 (4.78%) C# .NET Developer
11 63 (4.49%) Lead Developer
12 57 (4.07%) .NET Software Developer
13 54 (3.85%) .NET Software Engineer
14 52 (3.71%) Senior Software Engineer
15 51 (3.64%) Architect
16 49 (3.50%) Senior .NET Developer
17 48 (3.42%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
18 45 (3.21%) Analyst
18 45 (3.21%) Engineering Manager
19 38 (2.71%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 331 (23.61%) .NET Core
2 319 (22.75%) React
3 276 (19.69%) ASP.NET
4 262 (18.69%) .NET Framework
5 221 (15.76%) HTML
6 212 (15.12%) CSS
7 203 (14.48%) AngularJS
8 150 (10.70%) RESTful
9 131 (9.34%) Entity Framework
10 120 (8.56%) REST
11 99 (7.06%) Blazor
12 91 (6.49%) Vue
13 83 (5.92%) ASP.NET MVC
13 83 (5.92%) Node.js
14 77 (5.49%) ASP.NET Web API
15 70 (4.99%) ASP.NET Core
16 62 (4.42%) HTML5
17 55 (3.92%) Web Services
18 42 (3.00%) SOAP
19 39 (2.78%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 150 (10.70%) Cloud Native
2 81 (5.78%) Product Ownership
3 54 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
4 46 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
4 46 (3.28%) Mobile App
5 43 (3.07%) Onboarding
6 35 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
7 34 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
8 28 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
9 24 (1.71%) Virtual Team
10 19 (1.36%) AI Agents
11 17 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 15 (1.07%) Client/Server
12 15 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
12 15 (1.07%) IoT
13 14 (1.00%) Clustering
13 14 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
14 13 (0.93%) Algorithms
14 13 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
15 12 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 82 (5.85%) Windows
2 28 (2.00%) Android
2 28 (2.00%) Linux
3 27 (1.93%) Apple iOS
4 25 (1.78%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.78%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.50%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.43%) VMS
8 2 (0.14%) Unix
9 1 (0.071%) Fedora
9 1 (0.071%) Solaris
9 1 (0.071%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 614 (43.79%) Agile
2 467 (33.31%) DevOps
3 446 (31.81%) CI/CD
4 383 (27.32%) Software Engineering
5 363 (25.89%) Full-Stack Development
6 309 (22.04%) Problem-Solving
7 298 (21.26%) Microservices
8 246 (17.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 203 (14.48%) Mentoring
10 164 (11.70%) MVC
11 160 (11.41%) Scrum
12 152 (10.84%) User Experience
13 147 (10.49%) Clean Code
14 142 (10.13%) AI
15 126 (8.99%) SDLC
16 123 (8.77%) Computer Science
17 120 (8.56%) TDD
18 116 (8.27%) Test Automation
19 114 (8.13%) Containerisation
20 113 (8.06%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,050 (74.89%) C#
2 505 (36.02%) SQL
3 443 (31.60%) JavaScript
4 240 (17.12%) TypeScript
5 163 (11.63%) Java
6 140 (9.99%) Python
7 58 (4.14%) PowerShell
8 45 (3.21%) T-SQL
9 43 (3.07%) VB.NET
10 42 (3.00%) PHP
11 39 (2.78%) C++
12 30 (2.14%) Bicep
13 21 (1.50%) Bash
14 16 (1.14%) Rust
15 15 (1.07%) Go
16 9 (0.64%) PL/SQL
16 9 (0.64%) XAML
17 8 (0.57%) C
18 7 (0.50%) Apex Code
18 7 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 222 (15.83%) Degree
2 90 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 36 (2.57%) Security Cleared
4 31 (2.21%) SC Cleared
5 28 (2.00%) ISTQB
6 18 (1.28%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 18 (1.28%) Master's Degree
7 17 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (0.86%) Azure Certification
9 12 (0.86%) HND
10 11 (0.78%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.71%) ISEB
12 9 (0.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 8 (0.57%) HNC
14 7 (0.50%) AWS Certified Developer
15 6 (0.43%) Chartered Engineer
16 5 (0.36%) DBS Check
17 4 (0.29%) MCSE
18 3 (0.21%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (6.63%) QA
2 37 (2.64%) Accessibility
3 20 (1.43%) GDPR
4 10 (0.71%) WCAG
5 7 (0.50%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.29%) GRC
6 4 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.21%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.21%) HL7
7 3 (0.21%) SLA
8 2 (0.14%) ITGC
9 1 (0.071%) COBIT
9 1 (0.071%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.071%) SOC 2
System Software
1 170 (12.13%) Docker
2 30 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.14%) vSphere
7 1 (0.071%) Firmware
7 1 (0.071%) HDFS
7 1 (0.071%) Squid
Systems Management
1 123 (8.77%) Kubernetes
2 99 (7.06%) Terraform
3 15 (1.07%) Grafana
4 11 (0.78%) Ansible
5 10 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.71%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.43%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.14%) Argo
7 2 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.071%) Control-M
8 1 (0.071%) Kibana
Vendors
1 374 (26.68%) Microsoft
2 39 (2.78%) Oracle
3 32 (2.28%) Salesforce
4 23 (1.64%) Xamarin
5 19 (1.36%) Google
6 16 (1.14%) Databricks
6 16 (1.14%) Guidewire
7 15 (1.07%) MuleSoft
7 15 (1.07%) Sage
8 14 (1.00%) VMware
9 12 (0.86%) DevExpress
10 11 (0.78%) Telerik
11 10 (0.71%) New Relic
12 9 (0.64%) Apple
13 7 (0.50%) Adobe
13 7 (0.50%) Facebook
13 7 (0.50%) Freshdesk
13 7 (0.50%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.50%) Syncfusion
13 7 (0.50%) YouTube