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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 56 23
Rank change year-on-year +2 -33 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,291 1,855 6,762
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.78% 4.70% 7.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 26.59% 23.80% 37.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,076 1,375 5,702
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
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 8,616 7,795 18,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.44% 19.76% 19.27%
Number of salaries quoted 6,560 5,233 14,586
10th Percentile £40,750 £38,750 £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 13 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 13 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 +17 608 £57,500 - 130
London -19 546 £80,000 - 158
North of England -2 512 £60,000 +1.69% 123
Midlands -1 276 £55,000 - 61
North West +1 272 £62,500 +13.64% 68
South West +10 174 £55,000 +4.76% 48
East of England +12 154 £65,000 +30.00% 45
West Midlands -27 142 £55,000 +2.44% 36
East Midlands +22 134 £55,000 - 25
Yorkshire -12 123 £60,000 -7.69% 22
North East +2 117 £59,000 +7.27% 34
.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 58 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.18%) IIS
3 25 (1.09%) CMS
4 16 (0.70%) ColdFusion
4 16 (0.70%) Confluence
5 13 (0.57%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.31%) Apache
7 7 (0.31%) JBoss
8 6 (0.26%) WordPress
9 5 (0.22%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.17%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.17%) nginx
10 4 (0.17%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.087%) Microsoft Exchange
13 1 (0.044%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.044%) CICS
Applications
1 9 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.087%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.087%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.13%) Magento
4 2 (0.087%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.087%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.087%) 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 1,083 (47.27%) Azure
2 335 (14.62%) AWS
3 324 (14.14%) Azure DevOps
4 240 (10.48%) SaaS
5 153 (6.68%) GitHub
6 142 (6.20%) Power Platform
7 128 (5.59%) Serverless
8 111 (4.85%) Azure Logic Apps
9 91 (3.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 88 (3.84%) Azure AI
11 86 (3.75%) GitHub Copilot
12 83 (3.62%) Power Automate
13 80 (3.49%) Azure Functions
14 79 (3.45%) PowerApps
15 75 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
16 74 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
17 54 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
18 52 (2.27%) Azure AKS
18 52 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
19 48 (2.10%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 60 (2.62%) Internet
2 10 (0.44%) TCP/IP
3 9 (0.39%) Firewall
4 6 (0.26%) DHCP
4 6 (0.26%) DNS
4 6 (0.26%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.22%) LAN
5 5 (0.22%) LTE
5 5 (0.22%) WAN
6 4 (0.17%) Intranet
6 4 (0.17%) WinSCP
7 3 (0.13%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.13%) RS-232
8 2 (0.087%) Modbus
9 1 (0.044%) AMQP
9 1 (0.044%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.044%) FIX Connectivity
9 1 (0.044%) MPLS
9 1 (0.044%) Profibus
9 1 (0.044%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 451 (19.69%) SQL Server
2 300 (13.09%) Azure SQL Database
3 244 (10.65%) MongoDB
4 91 (3.97%) Power BI
5 87 (3.80%) Elasticsearch
6 66 (2.88%) NoSQL
7 54 (2.36%) MySQL
8 41 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 39 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
9 39 (1.70%) Relational Database
10 29 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (0.65%) Redis
12 12 (0.52%) Db2
13 11 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (0.48%) GIS
14 6 (0.26%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.26%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.22%) Big Data
15 5 (0.22%) Crystal Reports
15 5 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 137 (5.98%) Git
2 49 (2.14%) JIRA
3 33 (1.44%) Visual Studio
4 30 (1.31%) Postman
4 30 (1.31%) Selenium
5 16 (0.70%) SoapUI
5 16 (0.70%) SpecFlow
5 16 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
5 16 (0.70%) WebDriver
6 14 (0.61%) GitLab
7 13 (0.57%) Jenkins
7 13 (0.57%) TeamCity
8 12 (0.52%) Claude Code
8 12 (0.52%) NUnit
9 9 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
9 9 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 8 (0.35%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.31%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (0.26%) TestRail
General
1 379 (16.54%) Finance
2 328 (14.32%) Social Skills
3 94 (4.10%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (2.71%) Retail
5 59 (2.58%) Public Sector
6 47 (2.05%) Banking
7 42 (1.83%) Law
8 40 (1.75%) Manufacturing
9 39 (1.70%) Legal
10 38 (1.66%) Games
11 33 (1.44%) Marketing
12 32 (1.40%) Advertising
13 31 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 26 (1.13%) Aerospace
15 23 (1.00%) Automotive
16 20 (0.87%) Electronics
17 12 (0.52%) Back Office
18 11 (0.48%) Legal Technology
19 10 (0.44%) Aviation
19 10 (0.44%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1,342 (58.58%) Developer
2 736 (32.13%) .NET Developer
3 487 (21.26%) Senior
4 404 (17.63%) Software Engineer
5 339 (14.80%) Software Developer
6 247 (10.78%) Lead
7 242 (10.56%) Senior Developer
8 205 (8.95%) C# Developer
9 189 (8.25%) Full-Stack Developer
10 186 (8.12%) .NET Software Engineer
11 164 (7.16%) C# .NET Developer
12 152 (6.63%) Senior Software Engineer
13 148 (6.46%) C# Software Engineer
14 131 (5.72%) .NET Software Developer
15 119 (5.19%) Lead Developer
16 112 (4.89%) Senior .NET Developer
17 110 (4.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 87 (3.80%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 81 (3.54%) Architect
20 74 (3.23%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 603 (26.32%) .NET Core
2 509 (22.22%) ASP.NET
3 351 (15.32%) React
4 344 (15.02%) ASP.NET Core
5 288 (12.57%) HTML
6 282 (12.31%) CSS
7 236 (10.30%) AngularJS
8 229 (10.00%) .NET Framework
9 197 (8.60%) RESTful
10 194 (8.47%) Blazor
11 193 (8.42%) Entity Framework
12 183 (7.99%) Vue
13 170 (7.42%) Node.js
14 167 (7.29%) REST
15 134 (5.85%) ASP.NET Web API
16 78 (3.40%) ML.NET
17 65 (2.84%) LINQ
18 57 (2.49%) JSON
19 55 (2.40%) jQuery
20 46 (2.01%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 141 (6.15%) Cloud Native
2 105 (4.58%) Greenfield Project
3 82 (3.58%) Distributed Systems
4 77 (3.36%) Product Ownership
5 75 (3.27%) Mobile App
6 58 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
7 56 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
8 33 (1.44%) Hedge funds
9 26 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
10 24 (1.05%) Legacy Code
11 20 (0.87%) Low-Code
12 17 (0.74%) Management Information System
13 16 (0.70%) Algorithms
13 16 (0.70%) Virtual Team
14 15 (0.65%) AI Agents
14 15 (0.65%) PropTech
15 14 (0.61%) Onboarding
15 14 (0.61%) Sports Betting
16 13 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
16 13 (0.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 78 (3.40%) Windows
2 27 (1.18%) Windows Server
3 26 (1.13%) Linux
4 25 (1.09%) Android
5 12 (0.52%) VMS
6 9 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.087%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.087%) 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
1 726 (31.69%) Full-Stack Development
2 664 (28.98%) Agile
3 634 (27.67%) Software Engineering
4 525 (22.92%) CI/CD
5 511 (22.30%) DevOps
6 352 (15.36%) Microservices
7 315 (13.75%) AI
8 270 (11.79%) Problem-Solving
9 239 (10.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 212 (9.25%) Mentoring
11 183 (7.99%) SDLC
12 182 (7.94%) Test Automation
13 140 (6.11%) Machine Learning
14 139 (6.07%) Scrum
15 135 (5.89%) Technical Leadership
16 134 (5.85%) Clean Code
16 134 (5.85%) TDD
17 132 (5.76%) Containerisation
18 119 (5.19%) Fintech
19 113 (4.93%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1,652 (72.11%) C#
2 799 (34.88%) SQL
3 471 (20.56%) JavaScript
4 300 (13.09%) TypeScript
5 194 (8.47%) Python
6 147 (6.42%) Java
7 80 (3.49%) C++
7 80 (3.49%) PowerShell
8 55 (2.40%) PHP
9 45 (1.96%) VB.NET
10 43 (1.88%) T-SQL
11 36 (1.57%) Bicep
12 23 (1.00%) C
13 20 (0.87%) VB
14 19 (0.83%) Bash
15 15 (0.65%) Apex Code
15 15 (0.65%) PL/SQL
16 11 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
17 10 (0.44%) VBA
18 9 (0.39%) Go
Qualifications
1 208 (9.08%) Degree
2 85 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 82 (3.58%) Security Cleared
4 64 (2.79%) SC Cleared
5 24 (1.05%) Azure Certification
6 22 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (0.57%) ISTQB
8 10 (0.44%) AWS Certification
8 10 (0.44%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 7 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.26%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 5 (0.22%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.13%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.13%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.13%) PhD
14 2 (0.087%) CSQA
14 2 (0.087%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (5.06%) QA
2 54 (2.36%) Accessibility
3 17 (0.74%) GDPR
4 16 (0.70%) Data Quality
5 11 (0.48%) WCAG
6 8 (0.35%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.35%) SLA
7 7 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.17%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.087%) ITGC
10 2 (0.087%) NCSC
10 2 (0.087%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 222 (9.69%) Docker
2 17 (0.74%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.52%) Firmware
4 8 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.087%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 213 (9.30%) Kubernetes
2 106 (4.63%) Terraform
3 14 (0.61%) Grafana
4 7 (0.31%) Kibana
5 5 (0.22%) Ansible
5 5 (0.22%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.087%) MIIS
7 1 (0.044%) CASB
7 1 (0.044%) Consul
7 1 (0.044%) MOM
7 1 (0.044%) Packer
7 1 (0.044%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.044%) Puppet
Vendors
1 603 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 39 (1.70%) Google
3 34 (1.48%) Oracle
4 30 (1.31%) Facebook
4 30 (1.31%) Salesforce
5 26 (1.13%) Adobe
6 25 (1.09%) OpenAI
7 22 (0.96%) Xamarin
8 18 (0.79%) ServiceNow
9 11 (0.48%) Databricks
9 11 (0.48%) MuleSoft
9 11 (0.48%) YouTube
10 9 (0.39%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (0.39%) iManage
10 9 (0.39%) VMware
11 7 (0.31%) Apple
11 7 (0.31%) IBM
11 7 (0.31%) Intapp
11 7 (0.31%) Sony
11 7 (0.31%) Yahoo!