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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 53 23
Rank change year-on-year -17 -30 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,079 1,939 6,284
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.60% 4.99% 7.48%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 25.97% 24.70% 37.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,881 1,452 5,433
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,688 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £97,500 £93,250
UK median annual salary £63,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.80% +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 8,005 7,850 16,953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.00% 20.20% 20.18%
Number of salaries quoted 6,067 5,562 14,108
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,230 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +10.38% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,064
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 13 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 13 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
South East +5 560 £60,000 - 177
London -20 519 £82,500 +6.45% 209
North of England -25 460 £60,000 +4.35% 141
North West -17 246 £60,000 +4.35% 78
Midlands -44 236 £55,000 +2.44% 76
South West +3 158 £55,000 - 37
East of England -2 127 £66,250 +26.19% 52
Yorkshire -33 121 £60,000 - 35
West Midlands -47 119 £55,000 - 37
East Midlands -2 117 £64,000 +21.90% 39
North East -8 93 £60,000 +6.67% 29
.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 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.30%) IIS
3 21 (1.01%) CMS
4 15 (0.72%) ColdFusion
5 14 (0.67%) Confluence
6 13 (0.63%) Umbraco
7 11 (0.53%) JBoss
8 8 (0.38%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.29%) Apache
10 4 (0.19%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.19%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.14%) nginx
11 3 (0.14%) WordPress
12 2 (0.096%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.096%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.096%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.048%) CICS
13 1 (0.048%) SAS
13 1 (0.048%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.096%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.096%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.048%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.14%) Magento
3 1 (0.048%) Endur
3 1 (0.048%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.048%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.048%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.048%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.048%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.048%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 912 (43.87%) Azure
2 303 (14.57%) AWS
3 272 (13.08%) Azure DevOps
4 252 (12.12%) SaaS
5 139 (6.69%) Power Platform
6 124 (5.96%) GitHub
7 116 (5.58%) Serverless
8 107 (5.15%) Azure Logic Apps
9 76 (3.66%) Power Automate
9 76 (3.66%) PowerApps
10 69 (3.32%) Azure Functions
11 67 (3.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 63 (3.03%) Azure Service Bus
13 59 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
14 55 (2.65%) GitHub Copilot
15 54 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
16 53 (2.55%) Azure AI
17 49 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
18 47 (2.26%) Azure AKS
18 47 (2.26%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 37 (1.78%) Internet
2 8 (0.38%) WinSCP
3 6 (0.29%) Firewall
3 6 (0.29%) Intranet
4 5 (0.24%) LTE
4 5 (0.24%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.14%) DNS
5 3 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.096%) DHCP
6 2 (0.096%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.048%) AMQP
7 1 (0.048%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.048%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.048%) LAN
7 1 (0.048%) Modbus
7 1 (0.048%) MPLS
7 1 (0.048%) RS-232
7 1 (0.048%) WAN
7 1 (0.048%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 423 (20.35%) SQL Server
2 193 (9.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 148 (7.12%) MongoDB
4 91 (4.38%) Power BI
5 73 (3.51%) NoSQL
6 47 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
6 47 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 46 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
8 41 (1.97%) MySQL
9 39 (1.88%) Relational Database
10 36 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (0.58%) DB2
11 12 (0.58%) Redis
12 9 (0.43%) DynamoDB
12 9 (0.43%) GIS
13 8 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
14 7 (0.34%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.24%) Metadata
16 4 (0.19%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (0.19%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 134 (6.45%) Git
2 54 (2.60%) JIRA
3 40 (1.92%) Selenium
4 39 (1.88%) Visual Studio
5 37 (1.78%) Postman
6 26 (1.25%) Team Foundation Server
7 25 (1.20%) SoapUI
8 24 (1.15%) WebDriver
9 18 (0.87%) Jenkins
10 15 (0.72%) SpecFlow
10 15 (0.72%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.58%) NUnit
11 12 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
12 11 (0.53%) GitLab
13 9 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 8 (0.38%) Cypress.io
15 7 (0.34%) Claude Code
15 7 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
16 6 (0.29%) MSTest
16 6 (0.29%) TestRail
General
1 342 (16.45%) Finance
2 324 (15.58%) Social Skills
3 91 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (2.50%) Banking
4 52 (2.50%) Public Sector
5 50 (2.41%) Law
6 45 (2.16%) Retail
7 34 (1.64%) Legal
8 33 (1.59%) Games
9 32 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (1.30%) Manufacturing
11 23 (1.11%) Automotive
12 20 (0.96%) Aerospace
12 20 (0.96%) Marketing
13 19 (0.91%) Advertising
14 16 (0.77%) Electronics
15 13 (0.63%) Aviation
15 13 (0.63%) Front Office
16 11 (0.53%) Back Office
17 8 (0.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,205 (57.96%) Developer
2 599 (28.81%) .NET Developer
3 459 (22.08%) Senior
4 360 (17.32%) Software Engineer
5 331 (15.92%) Software Developer
6 238 (11.45%) Lead
7 236 (11.35%) Senior Developer
8 218 (10.49%) C# Developer
9 179 (8.61%) Full-Stack Developer
10 170 (8.18%) .NET Software Engineer
11 160 (7.70%) C# .NET Developer
12 137 (6.59%) Senior Software Engineer
13 124 (5.96%) .NET Software Developer
14 118 (5.68%) C# Software Engineer
15 103 (4.95%) Senior .NET Developer
16 101 (4.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 96 (4.62%) Lead Developer
18 82 (3.94%) Architect
19 79 (3.80%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
20 70 (3.37%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 522 (25.11%) .NET Core
2 395 (19.00%) ASP.NET
3 297 (14.29%) React
4 246 (11.83%) HTML
5 228 (10.97%) CSS
6 222 (10.68%) ASP.NET Core
7 212 (10.20%) .NET Framework
8 169 (8.13%) AngularJS
9 161 (7.74%) RESTful
10 146 (7.02%) REST
11 144 (6.93%) Entity Framework
12 140 (6.73%) Blazor
13 134 (6.45%) Node.js
14 123 (5.92%) Vue
15 82 (3.94%) ASP.NET Web API
16 54 (2.60%) SOAP
17 48 (2.31%) jQuery
18 46 (2.21%) JSON
18 46 (2.21%) ML.NET
19 41 (1.97%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 144 (6.93%) Cloud Native
2 84 (4.04%) Greenfield Project
3 76 (3.66%) Mobile App
4 67 (3.22%) Distributed Systems
5 63 (3.03%) Product Ownership
6 48 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
7 39 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
8 33 (1.59%) Hedge funds
9 22 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
9 22 (1.06%) Legacy Code
9 22 (1.06%) Low-Code
10 18 (0.87%) Algorithms
10 18 (0.87%) Virtual Team
11 17 (0.82%) Management Information System
11 17 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 15 (0.72%) Sports Betting
13 14 (0.67%) PropTech
14 11 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 11 (0.53%) Onboarding
15 10 (0.48%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 76 (3.66%) Windows
2 25 (1.20%) Linux
2 25 (1.20%) Windows Server
3 21 (1.01%) Android
4 16 (0.77%) VMS
5 11 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.096%) Unix
6 2 (0.096%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.048%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.048%) Solaris
7 1 (0.048%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.048%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 592 (28.48%) Software Engineering
2 574 (27.61%) Full-Stack Development
3 573 (27.56%) Agile
4 455 (21.89%) CI/CD
5 441 (21.21%) DevOps
6 292 (14.05%) Microservices
7 242 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
8 240 (11.54%) AI
9 225 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 185 (8.90%) Mentoring
11 170 (8.18%) Test Automation
12 166 (7.98%) SDLC
13 132 (6.35%) Clean Code
14 131 (6.30%) Containerisation
15 127 (6.11%) Scrum
16 126 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
17 110 (5.29%) TDD
18 109 (5.24%) User Experience
19 106 (5.10%) Business Intelligence
20 104 (5.00%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1,454 (69.94%) C#
2 684 (32.90%) SQL
3 414 (19.91%) JavaScript
4 248 (11.93%) TypeScript
5 187 (8.99%) Python
6 163 (7.84%) Java
7 78 (3.75%) PowerShell
8 62 (2.98%) C++
9 48 (2.31%) PHP
10 36 (1.73%) Bicep
11 35 (1.68%) T-SQL
12 34 (1.64%) VB.NET
13 19 (0.91%) VB
14 18 (0.87%) Bash
14 18 (0.87%) C
15 17 (0.82%) Apex Code
16 13 (0.63%) PL/SQL
16 13 (0.63%) VBA
17 12 (0.58%) Go
17 12 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 200 (9.62%) Degree
2 83 (3.99%) Security Cleared
3 67 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 65 (3.13%) SC Cleared
5 22 (1.06%) ISTQB
6 21 (1.01%) Azure Certification
6 21 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (0.87%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 14 (0.67%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (0.34%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.19%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.19%) PhD
13 3 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.14%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.096%) CSQA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (4.47%) QA
2 49 (2.36%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.91%) GDPR
4 16 (0.77%) Data Quality
5 13 (0.63%) WCAG
6 9 (0.43%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.34%) SLA
8 5 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.24%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.096%) ITGC
11 1 (0.048%) NCSC
11 1 (0.048%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 185 (8.90%) Docker
2 13 (0.63%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.43%) Firmware
4 5 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.048%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.048%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.048%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 173 (8.32%) Kubernetes
2 104 (5.00%) Terraform
3 15 (0.72%) Grafana
4 7 (0.34%) Ansible
4 7 (0.34%) Kibana
5 2 (0.096%) MIIS
5 2 (0.096%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.048%) CASB
6 1 (0.048%) Consul
6 1 (0.048%) Control-M
6 1 (0.048%) Packer
6 1 (0.048%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.048%) Puppet
Vendors
1 463 (22.27%) Microsoft
2 30 (1.44%) Google
3 29 (1.39%) Adobe
4 27 (1.30%) Oracle
5 25 (1.20%) Salesforce
6 21 (1.01%) Xamarin
7 17 (0.82%) OpenAI
8 16 (0.77%) Facebook
9 15 (0.72%) ServiceNow
10 13 (0.63%) MuleSoft
11 11 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (0.43%) iManage
13 8 (0.38%) Databricks
14 7 (0.34%) Intapp
15 6 (0.29%) IBM
15 6 (0.29%) VMware
15 6 (0.29%) YouTube
16 5 (0.24%) Apple
16 5 (0.24%) DevExpress
16 5 (0.24%) Sage