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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 49 24
Rank change year-on-year -28 -25 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,811 1,908 6,149
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.39% 5.19% 7.56%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.82% 24.50% 36.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,626 1,625 5,410
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £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% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +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 7,604 7,787 16,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.03% 21.18% 20.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,762 5,920 14,013
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -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 15 April 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 15 April 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 -25 477 £82,500 +8.20% 213
South East -23 447 £60,000 - 169
North of England -32 421 £65,000 +16.07% 162
North West -26 222 £65,000 +18.18% 83
Midlands -43 214 £55,000 - 72
South West -5 139 £55,000 -8.33% 73
Yorkshire -36 126 £60,000 +7.14% 49
West Midlands -47 111 £50,000 -13.04% 34
East Midlands -30 103 £64,000 +21.90% 38
East of England -46 91 £65,000 +30.00% 59
North East -11 73 £70,000 +21.74% 35
.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 41 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.49%) IIS
3 21 (1.16%) CMS
4 13 (0.72%) Umbraco
5 12 (0.66%) JBoss
5 12 (0.66%) WebSphere
6 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.44%) ColdFusion
7 8 (0.44%) Confluence
8 5 (0.28%) NServiceBus
9 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.17%) Apache
10 3 (0.17%) nginx
11 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.055%) CICS
12 1 (0.055%) Drupal
12 1 (0.055%) SAS
12 1 (0.055%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.055%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.055%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.17%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.055%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 28 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.17%) Magento
3 1 (0.055%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.055%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.055%) Endur
3 1 (0.055%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.055%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.055%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.055%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.055%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 780 (43.07%) Azure
2 284 (15.68%) AWS
3 241 (13.31%) SaaS
4 219 (12.09%) Azure DevOps
5 135 (7.45%) Power Platform
6 111 (6.13%) Serverless
7 105 (5.80%) GitHub
8 94 (5.19%) Azure Logic Apps
9 67 (3.70%) PowerApps
10 65 (3.59%) Power Automate
11 61 (3.37%) Azure Functions
12 57 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
13 56 (3.09%) Azure Service Bus
14 53 (2.93%) GCP
15 46 (2.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 43 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
17 42 (2.32%) Azure AKS
18 36 (1.99%) GitHub Actions
19 34 (1.88%) Azure Monitor
20 26 (1.44%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.99%) Internet
2 10 (0.55%) Firewall
3 8 (0.44%) WinSCP
4 5 (0.28%) DNS
5 4 (0.22%) DHCP
5 4 (0.22%) Intranet
6 3 (0.17%) LTE
6 3 (0.17%) VoIP
6 3 (0.17%) VPN
7 2 (0.11%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.11%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.055%) AMQP
8 1 (0.055%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.055%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.055%) HTTP
8 1 (0.055%) Modbus
8 1 (0.055%) MPLS
8 1 (0.055%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 419 (23.14%) SQL Server
2 78 (4.31%) Azure SQL Database
2 78 (4.31%) Power BI
3 76 (4.20%) NoSQL
4 48 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 41 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (2.21%) MongoDB
6 40 (2.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 39 (2.15%) Relational Database
8 37 (2.04%) MySQL
9 18 (0.99%) Redis
10 17 (0.94%) DynamoDB
11 13 (0.72%) DB2
11 13 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.33%) GIS
13 5 (0.28%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 119 (6.57%) Git
2 49 (2.71%) Selenium
3 48 (2.65%) JIRA
4 41 (2.26%) Visual Studio
5 36 (1.99%) Postman
6 28 (1.55%) Team Foundation Server
7 24 (1.33%) SoapUI
7 24 (1.33%) WebDriver
8 18 (0.99%) SpecFlow
9 17 (0.94%) Jenkins
9 17 (0.94%) TeamCity
10 13 (0.72%) Octopus Deploy
11 11 (0.61%) NUnit
12 10 (0.55%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 6 (0.33%) JMeter
14 6 (0.33%) LabVIEW
15 5 (0.28%) Bitbucket
16 4 (0.22%) MSTest
16 4 (0.22%) TestRail
General
1 329 (18.17%) Social Skills
2 295 (16.29%) Finance
3 84 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (3.20%) Public Sector
5 57 (3.15%) Law
6 54 (2.98%) Banking
7 33 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (1.60%) Retail
9 25 (1.38%) Legal
10 23 (1.27%) Games
11 19 (1.05%) Marketing
12 16 (0.88%) Front Office
13 15 (0.83%) Manufacturing
14 14 (0.77%) Aviation
15 11 (0.61%) Aerospace
16 10 (0.55%) Electronics
16 10 (0.55%) Tech for Good
17 9 (0.50%) Automotive
17 9 (0.50%) Back Office
17 9 (0.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,014 (55.99%) Developer
2 440 (24.30%) Senior
3 434 (23.96%) .NET Developer
4 320 (17.67%) Software Engineer
5 295 (16.29%) Software Developer
6 225 (12.42%) Lead
7 219 (12.09%) C# Developer
8 215 (11.87%) Senior Developer
9 174 (9.61%) Full-Stack Developer
10 150 (8.28%) .NET Software Engineer
11 146 (8.06%) C# .NET Developer
12 129 (7.12%) Senior Software Engineer
13 103 (5.69%) .NET Software Developer
14 92 (5.08%) Senior .NET Developer
15 91 (5.02%) Lead Developer
16 85 (4.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 83 (4.58%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
18 79 (4.36%) C# Software Engineer
19 72 (3.98%) Architect
20 65 (3.59%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 412 (22.75%) .NET Core
2 278 (15.35%) ASP.NET
3 264 (14.58%) React
4 208 (11.49%) .NET Framework
4 208 (11.49%) HTML
5 183 (10.10%) CSS
6 145 (8.01%) REST
7 133 (7.34%) AngularJS
8 121 (6.68%) RESTful
9 99 (5.47%) ASP.NET Core
10 95 (5.25%) Blazor
11 92 (5.08%) Node.js
12 90 (4.97%) Entity Framework
13 75 (4.14%) Vue
14 58 (3.20%) SOAP
15 42 (2.32%) ASP.NET MVC
16 41 (2.26%) ASP.NET Web API
17 37 (2.04%) Middleware
17 37 (2.04%) Playwright
18 34 (1.88%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 153 (8.45%) Cloud Native
2 72 (3.98%) Mobile App
3 62 (3.42%) Product Ownership
4 57 (3.15%) Distributed Systems
5 52 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
5 52 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (1.71%) Hedge funds
7 26 (1.44%) Legacy Applications
8 25 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (1.16%) Low-Code
9 21 (1.16%) Virtual Team
10 18 (0.99%) Legacy Code
11 17 (0.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 16 (0.88%) Management Information System
13 15 (0.83%) Algorithms
14 14 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 14 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (0.77%) Sports Betting
15 12 (0.66%) Onboarding
15 12 (0.66%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 83 (4.58%) Windows
2 27 (1.49%) Linux
3 23 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.05%) Android
5 18 (0.99%) VMS
6 17 (0.94%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.17%) Unix
8 3 (0.17%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.055%) Solaris
9 1 (0.055%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 542 (29.93%) Software Engineering
2 504 (27.83%) Agile
3 426 (23.52%) Full-Stack Development
4 395 (21.81%) DevOps
5 379 (20.93%) CI/CD
6 265 (14.63%) Microservices
7 243 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
8 216 (11.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 167 (9.22%) Mentoring
10 151 (8.34%) AI
11 150 (8.28%) SDLC
12 149 (8.23%) Test Automation
13 134 (7.40%) Clean Code
14 126 (6.96%) Containerisation
15 121 (6.68%) Scrum
16 118 (6.52%) Technical Leadership
17 111 (6.13%) MVC
18 108 (5.96%) User Experience
19 98 (5.41%) TDD
20 93 (5.14%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1,239 (68.42%) C#
2 547 (30.20%) SQL
3 380 (20.98%) JavaScript
4 200 (11.04%) TypeScript
5 169 (9.33%) Java
6 148 (8.17%) Python
7 66 (3.64%) PowerShell
8 48 (2.65%) C++
9 38 (2.10%) PHP
10 34 (1.88%) Bicep
11 33 (1.82%) T-SQL
12 31 (1.71%) VB.NET
13 20 (1.10%) Apex Code
14 17 (0.94%) C
15 14 (0.77%) Bash
15 14 (0.77%) VB
16 13 (0.72%) Go
17 12 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
17 12 (0.66%) PL/SQL
18 11 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 184 (10.16%) Degree
2 74 (4.09%) Security Cleared
3 62 (3.42%) SC Cleared
4 50 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (1.44%) ISTQB
6 18 (0.99%) AWS Certification
6 18 (0.99%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 15 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (0.77%) Azure Certification
9 11 (0.61%) AWS Certified Developer
10 8 (0.44%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 6 (0.33%) ISEB
12 6 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.22%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (5.58%) QA
2 48 (2.65%) Accessibility
3 14 (0.77%) GDPR
4 13 (0.72%) WCAG
5 12 (0.66%) Data Quality
6 9 (0.50%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.39%) SLA
8 5 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.11%) ITGC
12 1 (0.055%) NCSC
12 1 (0.055%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 151 (8.34%) Docker
2 12 (0.66%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.44%) Firmware
4 4 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.055%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.055%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 134 (7.40%) Kubernetes
2 91 (5.02%) Terraform
3 15 (0.83%) Grafana
4 10 (0.55%) Ansible
5 7 (0.39%) Kibana
6 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.11%) MIIS
7 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.055%) Argo
8 1 (0.055%) CASB
8 1 (0.055%) Consul
8 1 (0.055%) Control-M
8 1 (0.055%) Packer
8 1 (0.055%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.055%) Puppet
Vendors
1 315 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 30 (1.66%) Salesforce
3 25 (1.38%) Xamarin
4 20 (1.10%) Google
5 18 (0.99%) Adobe
6 17 (0.94%) MuleSoft
7 15 (0.83%) Oracle
8 14 (0.77%) ServiceNow
9 10 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (0.50%) New Relic
11 8 (0.44%) Sage
12 7 (0.39%) Databricks
12 7 (0.39%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.33%) Telerik
13 6 (0.33%) VMware
14 5 (0.28%) Apple
14 5 (0.28%) Dynatrace
14 5 (0.28%) IBM
14 5 (0.28%) iManage
14 5 (0.28%) Intapp