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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 37 23
Rank change year-on-year -39 -14 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,641 2,441 5,573
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.57% 5.87% 7.79%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.57% 26.04% 35.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,465 1,783 5,067
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -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 6,961 9,375 15,834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.89% 22.53% 22.14%
Number of salaries quoted 5,315 6,161 13,429
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,274 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +10.46% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £111,250 £101,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -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 7 March 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 7 March 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 -22 454 £80,000 +6.67% 228
South East -35 402 £60,000 - 203
North of England -30 375 £65,000 +18.18% 164
Midlands -34 207 £52,500 -8.70% 84
North West -29 199 £65,000 +18.18% 94
Yorkshire -36 120 £60,000 +13.21% 45
West Midlands -44 114 £50,000 -13.04% 51
South West -25 113 £55,000 -8.33% 84
East Midlands -29 93 £60,000 +15.38% 32
East of England -59 62 £60,000 +20.00% 53
North East -5 56 £70,000 +16.67% 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 42 (2.56%) IIS
2 26 (1.58%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.04%) CMS
4 13 (0.79%) JBoss
4 13 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.79%) WebSphere
5 9 (0.55%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.30%) Confluence
6 5 (0.30%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.18%) nginx
8 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.061%) Apache
9 1 (0.061%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.061%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.061%) Kentico
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.061%) SAS
9 1 (0.061%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.18%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.061%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 38 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.12%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.061%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.061%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.061%) Endur
3 1 (0.061%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.061%) Magento
3 1 (0.061%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.061%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 768 (46.80%) Azure
2 289 (17.61%) AWS
3 231 (14.08%) SaaS
4 228 (13.89%) Azure DevOps
5 122 (7.43%) Power Platform
6 106 (6.46%) Serverless
7 104 (6.34%) GitHub
8 65 (3.96%) GCP
9 62 (3.78%) Azure Logic Apps
10 59 (3.60%) Azure Functions
11 57 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
12 52 (3.17%) PowerApps
13 51 (3.11%) Power Automate
14 49 (2.99%) Azure Service Bus
15 44 (2.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 39 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
17 36 (2.19%) Azure AKS
17 36 (2.19%) Entra ID
18 30 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
19 25 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.98%) Internet
2 11 (0.67%) DNS
3 10 (0.61%) DHCP
3 10 (0.61%) Firewall
4 8 (0.49%) WinSCP
5 6 (0.37%) VPN
6 5 (0.30%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.30%) VoIP
7 3 (0.18%) HTTP
7 3 (0.18%) LTE
8 2 (0.12%) Intranet
8 2 (0.12%) NAS
8 2 (0.12%) SAN
8 2 (0.12%) VLAN
9 1 (0.061%) AMQP
9 1 (0.061%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.061%) FIX Connectivity
9 1 (0.061%) Modbus
9 1 (0.061%) MPLS
9 1 (0.061%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 413 (25.17%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.00%) NoSQL
3 56 (3.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 54 (3.29%) Power BI
5 52 (3.17%) MongoDB
6 49 (2.99%) Relational Database
7 48 (2.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 45 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 44 (2.68%) MySQL
10 40 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
11 20 (1.22%) DynamoDB
11 20 (1.22%) Redis
12 13 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.55%) DB2
15 5 (0.30%) GIS
15 5 (0.30%) Tableau
16 4 (0.24%) Data Lake
17 3 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
17 3 (0.18%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 135 (8.23%) Git
2 49 (2.99%) JIRA
3 48 (2.93%) Selenium
4 40 (2.44%) Visual Studio
5 35 (2.13%) Postman
6 31 (1.89%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (1.71%) WebDriver
8 26 (1.58%) SoapUI
9 21 (1.28%) Jenkins
9 21 (1.28%) TeamCity
10 18 (1.10%) SpecFlow
11 16 (0.98%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (0.55%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 7 (0.43%) LabVIEW
15 6 (0.37%) git-flow
15 6 (0.37%) GitLab
15 6 (0.37%) NUnit
16 4 (0.24%) MSTest
16 4 (0.24%) Storybook
General
1 336 (20.48%) Social Skills
2 287 (17.49%) Finance
3 75 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (4.20%) Law
5 55 (3.35%) Public Sector
6 54 (3.29%) Banking
7 39 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 27 (1.65%) Legal
9 22 (1.34%) Marketing
10 20 (1.22%) Games
11 18 (1.10%) Manufacturing
11 18 (1.10%) Retail
12 17 (1.04%) Front Office
13 16 (0.98%) Aviation
14 11 (0.67%) Electronics
14 11 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (0.67%) Tech for Good
15 9 (0.55%) Aerospace
15 9 (0.55%) Military
15 9 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 885 (53.93%) Developer
2 388 (23.64%) Senior
3 367 (22.36%) .NET Developer
4 295 (17.98%) Software Engineer
5 273 (16.64%) Software Developer
6 193 (11.76%) C# Developer
7 192 (11.70%) Lead
8 177 (10.79%) Senior Developer
9 167 (10.18%) Full-Stack Developer
10 138 (8.41%) .NET Software Engineer
11 116 (7.07%) Senior Software Engineer
12 108 (6.58%) C# .NET Developer
13 97 (5.91%) .NET Software Developer
14 82 (5.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 79 (4.81%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 74 (4.51%) Senior .NET Developer
17 73 (4.45%) Lead Developer
18 62 (3.78%) C# Software Engineer
19 52 (3.17%) Applications Developer
19 52 (3.17%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 383 (23.34%) .NET Core
2 295 (17.98%) React
3 238 (14.50%) ASP.NET
4 218 (13.28%) .NET Framework
5 197 (12.00%) HTML
6 168 (10.24%) CSS
7 148 (9.02%) AngularJS
8 141 (8.59%) REST
9 107 (6.52%) RESTful
10 94 (5.73%) Entity Framework
11 91 (5.55%) Blazor
12 77 (4.69%) Node.js
13 67 (4.08%) ASP.NET Core
14 64 (3.90%) Vue
15 63 (3.84%) SOAP
16 50 (3.05%) ASP.NET MVC
17 45 (2.74%) ASP.NET Web API
18 39 (2.38%) HTML5
19 37 (2.25%) Middleware
20 35 (2.13%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 142 (8.65%) Cloud Native
2 64 (3.90%) Mobile App
2 64 (3.90%) Product Ownership
3 54 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
4 51 (3.11%) Distributed Systems
5 48 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
6 29 (1.77%) Virtual Team
7 25 (1.52%) Hedge funds
8 22 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
10 16 (0.98%) AI Agents
11 15 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 15 (0.91%) Onboarding
12 14 (0.85%) Algorithms
12 14 (0.85%) Low-Code
12 14 (0.85%) Management Information System
12 14 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 13 (0.79%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 89 (5.42%) Windows
2 26 (1.58%) Android
3 25 (1.52%) Apple iOS
3 25 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.46%) Linux
5 16 (0.98%) VMS
6 9 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.30%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.18%) Unix
9 1 (0.061%) Fedora
9 1 (0.061%) Solaris
9 1 (0.061%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 542 (33.03%) Agile
2 522 (31.81%) Software Engineering
3 407 (24.80%) DevOps
4 402 (24.50%) Full-Stack Development
5 398 (24.25%) CI/CD
6 268 (16.33%) Microservices
7 267 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
8 213 (12.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 175 (10.66%) Mentoring
10 157 (9.57%) AI
11 137 (8.35%) Scrum
12 135 (8.23%) SDLC
13 132 (8.04%) Clean Code
14 126 (7.68%) Containerisation
15 117 (7.13%) Test Automation
16 115 (7.01%) MVC
17 114 (6.95%) User Experience
18 103 (6.28%) Computer Science
19 100 (6.09%) TDD
20 98 (5.97%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1,125 (68.56%) C#
2 507 (30.90%) SQL
3 385 (23.46%) JavaScript
4 212 (12.92%) TypeScript
5 161 (9.81%) Java
6 138 (8.41%) Python
7 62 (3.78%) PowerShell
8 36 (2.19%) C++
9 32 (1.95%) T-SQL
10 28 (1.71%) VB.NET
11 25 (1.52%) PHP
12 23 (1.40%) Bicep
13 19 (1.16%) Apex Code
14 15 (0.91%) C
15 13 (0.79%) Bash
16 11 (0.67%) Go
16 11 (0.67%) Rust
17 10 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
18 8 (0.49%) PL/SQL
19 6 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 200 (12.19%) Degree
2 56 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
2 56 (3.41%) Security Cleared
3 46 (2.80%) SC Cleared
4 30 (1.83%) ISTQB
5 23 (1.40%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 18 (1.10%) AWS Certification
7 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (0.67%) AWS Certified Developer
8 11 (0.67%) Azure Certification
9 10 (0.61%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.49%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.43%) ISEB
11 7 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.18%) MCSE
14 3 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (6.64%) QA
2 44 (2.68%) Accessibility
3 14 (0.85%) GDPR
4 13 (0.79%) WCAG
5 9 (0.55%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.49%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.43%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.43%) SLA
8 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.12%) GRC
10 1 (0.061%) ITGC
System Software
1 157 (9.57%) Docker
2 25 (1.52%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.30%) Firmware
4 4 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.12%) vSphere
6 1 (0.061%) Squid
Systems Management
1 127 (7.74%) Kubernetes
2 92 (5.61%) Terraform
3 14 (0.85%) Grafana
4 11 (0.67%) Ansible
5 8 (0.49%) Kibana
5 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.12%) Argo
6 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.061%) CASB
7 1 (0.061%) Control-M
Vendors
1 279 (17.00%) Microsoft
2 33 (2.01%) Salesforce
3 29 (1.77%) Xamarin
4 19 (1.16%) Google
4 19 (1.16%) MuleSoft
5 15 (0.91%) Oracle
6 13 (0.79%) Sage
7 10 (0.61%) New Relic
7 10 (0.61%) ServiceNow
8 9 (0.55%) Telerik
9 8 (0.49%) Adobe
9 8 (0.49%) Databricks
10 7 (0.43%) Apple
10 7 (0.43%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (0.37%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.37%) VMware
12 5 (0.30%) Freshdesk
12 5 (0.30%) SAP
12 5 (0.30%) Syncfusion
12 5 (0.30%) Zoho