.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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 55 23
Rank change year-on-year -1 -32 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,249 1,850 6,700
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.75% 4.71% 7.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 26.47% 23.71% 37.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,039 1,374 5,678
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,825 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £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 8,496 7,804 17,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.40% 19.87% 19.23%
Number of salaries quoted 6,453 5,237 14,525
10th Percentile £40,625 £38,795 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,367 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% +10.61% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,253 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +15 594 £57,500 - 140
London -16 536 £80,000 - 162
North of England -4 513 £60,000 - 137
North West -2 274 £62,500 +13.64% 80
Midlands -3 268 £55,000 - 72
South West +15 170 £55,000 +4.76% 46
East of England +2 146 £65,000 +26.83% 55
West Midlands -28 139 £55,000 +2.44% 38
East Midlands +14 129 £55,000 - 34
Yorkshire -15 121 £60,000 -7.69% 27
North East 0 118 £59,000 +7.27% 31
.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 55 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.16%) IIS
3 22 (0.98%) CMS
4 16 (0.71%) ColdFusion
4 16 (0.71%) Confluence
5 12 (0.53%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.31%) Apache
7 7 (0.31%) JBoss
8 6 (0.27%) WordPress
9 5 (0.22%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.18%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.18%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.13%) nginx
12 2 (0.089%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.089%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.089%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.044%) Appian
13 1 (0.044%) CICS
Applications
1 11 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.089%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.089%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.13%) Magento
4 2 (0.089%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.089%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.089%) Shopify
5 1 (0.044%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.044%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.044%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.044%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.044%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,044 (46.42%) Azure
2 325 (14.45%) AWS
3 309 (13.74%) Azure DevOps
4 242 (10.76%) SaaS
5 143 (6.36%) GitHub
6 137 (6.09%) Power Platform
7 126 (5.60%) Serverless
8 108 (4.80%) Azure Logic Apps
9 83 (3.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 81 (3.60%) Power Automate
11 78 (3.47%) Azure Functions
12 77 (3.42%) Azure AI
12 77 (3.42%) GitHub Copilot
12 77 (3.42%) PowerApps
13 74 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
14 70 (3.11%) Azure Service Bus
15 53 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
16 51 (2.27%) Azure AKS
16 51 (2.27%) Azure Monitor
17 49 (2.18%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 57 (2.53%) Internet
2 10 (0.44%) TCP/IP
3 9 (0.40%) Firewall
4 6 (0.27%) DHCP
4 6 (0.27%) DNS
5 5 (0.22%) LAN
5 5 (0.22%) LTE
5 5 (0.22%) WAN
6 4 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
6 4 (0.18%) Intranet
6 4 (0.18%) WinSCP
7 3 (0.13%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.13%) RS-232
8 1 (0.044%) AMQP
8 1 (0.044%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.044%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.044%) Modbus
8 1 (0.044%) MPLS
8 1 (0.044%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.044%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 448 (19.92%) SQL Server
2 264 (11.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 213 (9.47%) MongoDB
4 90 (4.00%) Power BI
5 70 (3.11%) Elasticsearch
6 66 (2.93%) NoSQL
7 54 (2.40%) MySQL
8 40 (1.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 39 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
10 38 (1.69%) Relational Database
11 28 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (0.67%) Redis
13 12 (0.53%) Db2
14 11 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (0.49%) GIS
15 7 (0.31%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.27%) DynamoDB
17 5 (0.22%) Big Data
17 5 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
18 4 (0.18%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 132 (5.87%) Git
2 52 (2.31%) JIRA
3 34 (1.51%) Visual Studio
4 33 (1.47%) Postman
4 33 (1.47%) Selenium
5 19 (0.84%) SoapUI
5 19 (0.84%) Team Foundation Server
5 19 (0.84%) WebDriver
6 16 (0.71%) SpecFlow
7 14 (0.62%) GitLab
8 13 (0.58%) Jenkins
8 13 (0.58%) TeamCity
9 11 (0.49%) NUnit
10 10 (0.44%) Claude Code
11 8 (0.36%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
11 8 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 7 (0.31%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (0.27%) TestRail
General
1 373 (16.59%) Finance
2 330 (14.67%) Social Skills
3 93 (4.14%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (2.76%) Public Sector
5 61 (2.71%) Retail
6 47 (2.09%) Banking
7 43 (1.91%) Law
8 39 (1.73%) Legal
9 36 (1.60%) Manufacturing
10 35 (1.56%) Games
11 31 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 28 (1.24%) Advertising
13 27 (1.20%) Marketing
14 25 (1.11%) Aerospace
15 24 (1.07%) Automotive
16 20 (0.89%) Electronics
17 12 (0.53%) Back Office
18 10 (0.44%) Aviation
18 10 (0.44%) Front Office
19 9 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,300 (57.80%) Developer
2 698 (31.04%) .NET Developer
3 482 (21.43%) Senior
4 402 (17.87%) Software Engineer
5 341 (15.16%) Software Developer
6 251 (11.16%) Lead
7 237 (10.54%) Senior Developer
8 202 (8.98%) C# Developer
9 191 (8.49%) Full-Stack Developer
10 186 (8.27%) .NET Software Engineer
11 162 (7.20%) C# .NET Developer
12 152 (6.76%) Senior Software Engineer
13 146 (6.49%) C# Software Engineer
14 131 (5.82%) .NET Software Developer
15 119 (5.29%) Lead Developer
16 111 (4.94%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 110 (4.89%) Senior .NET Developer
18 88 (3.91%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 81 (3.60%) Architect
20 74 (3.29%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 567 (25.21%) .NET Core
2 468 (20.81%) ASP.NET
3 335 (14.90%) React
4 303 (13.47%) ASP.NET Core
5 282 (12.54%) HTML
6 273 (12.14%) CSS
7 223 (9.92%) .NET Framework
8 220 (9.78%) AngularJS
9 185 (8.23%) RESTful
10 179 (7.96%) Entity Framework
11 175 (7.78%) Blazor
12 169 (7.51%) Vue
13 163 (7.25%) REST
14 155 (6.89%) Node.js
15 117 (5.20%) ASP.NET Web API
16 69 (3.07%) ML.NET
17 56 (2.49%) LINQ
18 55 (2.45%) JSON
19 54 (2.40%) jQuery
20 45 (2.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 142 (6.31%) Cloud Native
2 101 (4.49%) Greenfield Project
3 82 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
4 74 (3.29%) Mobile App
5 73 (3.25%) Product Ownership
6 54 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
6 54 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
7 34 (1.51%) Hedge funds
8 26 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
9 24 (1.07%) Legacy Code
10 21 (0.93%) Low-Code
11 17 (0.76%) Management Information System
12 16 (0.71%) Algorithms
12 16 (0.71%) Virtual Team
13 14 (0.62%) Onboarding
13 14 (0.62%) PropTech
13 14 (0.62%) Sports Betting
14 13 (0.58%) Client/Server
14 13 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (0.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 75 (3.33%) Windows
2 27 (1.20%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.07%) Linux
4 23 (1.02%) Android
5 12 (0.53%) VMS
6 9 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.089%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.089%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.044%) Solaris
9 1 (0.044%) Unix
9 1 (0.044%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.044%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 688 (30.59%) Full-Stack Development
2 636 (28.28%) Agile
3 632 (28.10%) Software Engineering
4 507 (22.54%) CI/CD
5 494 (21.97%) DevOps
6 331 (14.72%) Microservices
7 300 (13.34%) AI
8 266 (11.83%) Problem-Solving
9 233 (10.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 209 (9.29%) Mentoring
11 181 (8.05%) SDLC
12 179 (7.96%) Test Automation
13 135 (6.00%) Technical Leadership
14 133 (5.91%) Scrum
15 131 (5.82%) Clean Code
15 131 (5.82%) Containerisation
15 131 (5.82%) Machine Learning
16 126 (5.60%) TDD
17 117 (5.20%) Fintech
18 115 (5.11%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1,605 (71.37%) C#
2 762 (33.88%) SQL
3 458 (20.36%) JavaScript
4 281 (12.49%) TypeScript
5 197 (8.76%) Python
6 152 (6.76%) Java
7 78 (3.47%) PowerShell
8 76 (3.38%) C++
9 55 (2.45%) PHP
10 44 (1.96%) VB.NET
11 40 (1.78%) T-SQL
12 36 (1.60%) Bicep
13 21 (0.93%) C
14 20 (0.89%) VB
15 19 (0.84%) Bash
16 15 (0.67%) Apex Code
17 14 (0.62%) PL/SQL
18 12 (0.53%) VBA
19 11 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
20 9 (0.40%) Go
Qualifications
1 206 (9.16%) Degree
2 83 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 82 (3.65%) Security Cleared
4 65 (2.89%) SC Cleared
5 25 (1.11%) Azure Certification
6 22 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (0.71%) ISTQB
8 13 (0.58%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 11 (0.49%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.27%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.22%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.13%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.13%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.13%) PhD
14 2 (0.089%) CSQA
14 2 (0.089%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (4.80%) QA
2 52 (2.31%) Accessibility
3 18 (0.80%) GDPR
4 17 (0.76%) Data Quality
5 12 (0.53%) WCAG
6 8 (0.36%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.36%) SLA
7 7 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.18%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.089%) ITGC
10 2 (0.089%) NCSC
10 2 (0.089%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 208 (9.25%) Docker
2 17 (0.76%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.49%) Firmware
4 8 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.044%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 201 (8.94%) Kubernetes
2 107 (4.76%) Terraform
3 13 (0.58%) Grafana
4 7 (0.31%) Kibana
5 5 (0.22%) Ansible
6 4 (0.18%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.089%) MIIS
8 1 (0.044%) CASB
8 1 (0.044%) Consul
8 1 (0.044%) Packer
8 1 (0.044%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.044%) Puppet
Vendors
1 566 (25.17%) Microsoft
2 34 (1.51%) Google
3 33 (1.47%) Oracle
4 30 (1.33%) Salesforce
5 26 (1.16%) Adobe
6 24 (1.07%) Facebook
7 23 (1.02%) OpenAI
7 23 (1.02%) Xamarin
8 17 (0.76%) ServiceNow
9 12 (0.53%) Databricks
10 11 (0.49%) MuleSoft
11 9 (0.40%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (0.40%) iManage
11 9 (0.40%) VMware
11 9 (0.40%) YouTube
12 7 (0.31%) Intapp
13 6 (0.27%) IBM
13 6 (0.27%) Splunk
14 5 (0.22%) Apple
14 5 (0.22%) DevExpress