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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 36 23
Rank change year-on-year -43 -13 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,561 2,579 5,200
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.59% 5.86% 7.87%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.28% 26.35% 34.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,401 1,753 4,750
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,300 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,656
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +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 6,706 9,786 15,033
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.13% 22.24% 22.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,157 6,004 12,778
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -8.78%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £108,750 £111,950 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,206 £61,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +7.65% -8.89%

.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 19 February 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 19 February 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 -29 433 £80,000 +6.67% 190
South East -35 383 £60,000 - 205
North of England -42 356 £65,000 +13.04% 164
Midlands -43 202 £52,500 -8.70% 71
North West -30 190 £65,000 +13.04% 108
West Midlands -39 117 £50,000 -13.04% 37
Yorkshire -36 108 £60,000 +13.21% 30
South West -54 97 £55,000 -8.33% 68
East Midlands -38 85 £65,000 +25.00% 34
East of England -68 65 £60,000 +20.00% 47
North East -7 58 £70,000 +12.00% 28
.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 45 (2.88%) IIS
2 25 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.02%) CMS
4 14 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (0.83%) JBoss
5 13 (0.83%) WebSphere
6 7 (0.45%) Umbraco
7 6 (0.38%) Confluence
8 4 (0.26%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.19%) nginx
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.064%) Apache
11 1 (0.064%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.064%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.064%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.064%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.064%) Kentico
11 1 (0.064%) SAS
11 1 (0.064%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.19%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.064%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 45 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.13%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.064%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.064%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.064%) Endur
3 1 (0.064%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 777 (49.78%) Azure
2 300 (19.22%) AWS
3 243 (15.57%) Azure DevOps
4 223 (14.29%) SaaS
5 125 (8.01%) Power Platform
6 108 (6.92%) GitHub
7 103 (6.60%) Serverless
8 75 (4.80%) GCP
9 61 (3.91%) Power Automate
10 60 (3.84%) Azure Functions
11 58 (3.72%) Azure Logic Apps
12 56 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
13 51 (3.27%) PowerApps
14 47 (3.01%) Azure Service Bus
15 41 (2.63%) Entra ID
16 40 (2.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 39 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
18 30 (1.92%) Azure AKS
19 28 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
20 25 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.90%) Internet
2 12 (0.77%) DNS
3 11 (0.70%) DHCP
4 10 (0.64%) Firewall
5 8 (0.51%) VPN
5 8 (0.51%) WinSCP
6 6 (0.38%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.38%) VoIP
7 4 (0.26%) HTTP
8 3 (0.19%) Intranet
8 3 (0.19%) LTE
9 2 (0.13%) NAS
9 2 (0.13%) SAN
9 2 (0.13%) VLAN
10 1 (0.064%) AMQP
10 1 (0.064%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.064%) FIX Connectivity
10 1 (0.064%) IPv6
10 1 (0.064%) MPLS
10 1 (0.064%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 399 (25.56%) SQL Server
2 80 (5.12%) NoSQL
3 58 (3.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 58 (3.72%) MongoDB
4 54 (3.46%) Power BI
5 46 (2.95%) Relational Database
6 45 (2.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 43 (2.75%) MySQL
7 43 (2.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 42 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
9 21 (1.35%) DynamoDB
10 20 (1.28%) Redis
11 15 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.51%) Tableau
14 7 (0.45%) DB2
15 5 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
16 4 (0.26%) NonStop SQL
16 4 (0.26%) RDBMS
17 3 (0.19%) GIS
Development Applications
1 136 (8.71%) Git
2 50 (3.20%) JIRA
3 46 (2.95%) Selenium
4 41 (2.63%) Visual Studio
5 37 (2.37%) Postman
6 32 (2.05%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (1.79%) SoapUI
7 28 (1.79%) WebDriver
8 20 (1.28%) TeamCity
9 19 (1.22%) Jenkins
10 16 (1.02%) Octopus Deploy
11 14 (0.90%) SpecFlow
12 7 (0.45%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.45%) LabVIEW
12 7 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 7 (0.45%) Storybook
13 6 (0.38%) git-flow
13 6 (0.38%) GitLab
13 6 (0.38%) NUnit
14 5 (0.32%) MSTest
General
1 342 (21.91%) Social Skills
2 297 (19.03%) Finance
3 68 (4.36%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (4.36%) Law
4 52 (3.33%) Banking
5 50 (3.20%) Public Sector
6 36 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (1.79%) Legal
8 21 (1.35%) Marketing
9 20 (1.28%) Games
9 20 (1.28%) Retail
10 17 (1.09%) Manufacturing
11 16 (1.02%) Aviation
11 16 (1.02%) Front Office
12 11 (0.70%) Electronics
12 11 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (0.58%) Aerospace
13 9 (0.58%) Billing
13 9 (0.58%) Military
13 9 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 842 (53.94%) Developer
2 359 (23.00%) Senior
3 342 (21.91%) .NET Developer
4 266 (17.04%) Software Engineer
5 253 (16.21%) Software Developer
6 182 (11.66%) Lead
7 173 (11.08%) C# Developer
8 160 (10.25%) Senior Developer
9 157 (10.06%) Full-Stack Developer
10 123 (7.88%) .NET Software Engineer
11 108 (6.92%) Senior Software Engineer
12 89 (5.70%) .NET Software Developer
12 89 (5.70%) C# .NET Developer
13 76 (4.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 73 (4.68%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 68 (4.36%) Lead Developer
15 68 (4.36%) Senior .NET Developer
16 57 (3.65%) C# Software Engineer
17 55 (3.52%) Analyst
18 47 (3.01%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 368 (23.57%) .NET Core
2 301 (19.28%) React
3 235 (15.05%) ASP.NET
4 214 (13.71%) .NET Framework
5 194 (12.43%) HTML
6 167 (10.70%) CSS
7 157 (10.06%) AngularJS
8 134 (8.58%) REST
9 112 (7.17%) RESTful
10 96 (6.15%) Entity Framework
11 89 (5.70%) Blazor
12 68 (4.36%) Node.js
13 66 (4.23%) Vue
14 65 (4.16%) ASP.NET Core
15 61 (3.91%) SOAP
16 56 (3.59%) ASP.NET MVC
17 51 (3.27%) ASP.NET Web API
18 42 (2.69%) HTML5
19 37 (2.37%) Middleware
19 37 (2.37%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 139 (8.90%) Cloud Native
2 75 (4.80%) Product Ownership
3 63 (4.04%) Mobile App
4 52 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
5 49 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
6 43 (2.75%) Greenfield Project
7 28 (1.79%) Virtual Team
8 22 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (1.41%) Hedge funds
9 20 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 18 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.09%) AI Agents
11 17 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
11 17 (1.09%) Onboarding
12 14 (0.90%) Algorithms
13 13 (0.83%) Client/Server
13 13 (0.83%) DataPower
13 13 (0.83%) Low-Code
14 12 (0.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 87 (5.57%) Windows
2 29 (1.86%) Android
3 28 (1.79%) Apple iOS
4 27 (1.73%) Linux
5 24 (1.54%) Windows Server
6 13 (0.83%) VMS
7 10 (0.64%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.38%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.19%) Unix
10 1 (0.064%) Fedora
10 1 (0.064%) Solaris
10 1 (0.064%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 564 (36.13%) Agile
2 490 (31.39%) Software Engineering
3 411 (26.33%) DevOps
4 400 (25.62%) CI/CD
5 383 (24.54%) Full-Stack Development
6 279 (17.87%) Problem-Solving
7 274 (17.55%) Microservices
8 213 (13.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 177 (11.34%) Mentoring
10 161 (10.31%) AI
11 136 (8.71%) Scrum
11 136 (8.71%) SDLC
12 129 (8.26%) Clean Code
13 123 (7.88%) User Experience
14 121 (7.75%) Containerisation
15 117 (7.50%) MVC
16 114 (7.30%) Test Automation
17 109 (6.98%) Computer Science
18 105 (6.73%) TDD
19 94 (6.02%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,071 (68.61%) C#
2 495 (31.71%) SQL
3 386 (24.73%) JavaScript
4 216 (13.84%) TypeScript
5 161 (10.31%) Java
6 138 (8.84%) Python
7 65 (4.16%) PowerShell
8 40 (2.56%) C++
9 32 (2.05%) PHP
10 31 (1.99%) T-SQL
11 30 (1.92%) VB.NET
12 26 (1.67%) Bicep
13 17 (1.09%) Apex Code
14 15 (0.96%) C
15 14 (0.90%) Bash
16 12 (0.77%) Rust
17 7 (0.45%) Go
17 7 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
17 7 (0.45%) XAML
18 6 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 209 (13.39%) Degree
2 67 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 51 (3.27%) Security Cleared
4 42 (2.69%) SC Cleared
5 32 (2.05%) ISTQB
6 25 (1.60%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (1.15%) AWS Certification
8 15 (0.96%) Master's Degree
9 14 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (0.77%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
12 8 (0.51%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.45%) ISEB
13 7 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.26%) MCSE
15 4 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
16 3 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 3 (0.19%) MCSA
16 3 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (6.60%) QA
2 48 (3.07%) Accessibility
3 16 (1.02%) GDPR
3 16 (1.02%) WCAG
4 9 (0.58%) ISO 9001
5 7 (0.45%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.38%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.26%) SLA
8 3 (0.19%) GRC
8 3 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.064%) ITGC
9 1 (0.064%) SOC 2
System Software
1 154 (9.87%) Docker
2 26 (1.67%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.32%) Firmware
4 4 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.13%) vSphere
6 1 (0.064%) HDFS
6 1 (0.064%) Squid
Systems Management
1 123 (7.88%) Kubernetes
2 97 (6.21%) Terraform
3 14 (0.90%) Grafana
4 11 (0.70%) Ansible
5 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.51%) Kibana
7 2 (0.13%) Argo
7 2 (0.13%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.064%) CASB
8 1 (0.064%) Control-M
Vendors
1 290 (18.58%) Microsoft
2 32 (2.05%) Salesforce
3 29 (1.86%) Xamarin
4 19 (1.22%) MuleSoft
4 19 (1.22%) Oracle
5 18 (1.15%) Google
6 12 (0.77%) Sage
7 11 (0.70%) Telerik
8 10 (0.64%) New Relic
9 9 (0.58%) Databricks
9 9 (0.58%) ServiceNow
10 8 (0.51%) Apple
11 7 (0.45%) Adobe
11 7 (0.45%) Syncfusion
12 6 (0.38%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (0.38%) Datto
12 6 (0.38%) Freshdesk
12 6 (0.38%) VMware
13 5 (0.32%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.32%) OpenAI