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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 34 22
Rank change year-on-year -46 -12 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,427 2,838 4,003
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.73% 5.90% 8.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.17% 27.38% 33.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,279 1,883 3,636
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -

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 6,158 10,364 12,112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.79% 21.55% 24.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,735 6,085 10,182
10th Percentile £36,100 £41,250 £40,059
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,348 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £109,875
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

.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 12 January 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 12 January 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 -38 387 £80,000 +6.67% 200
North of England -28 345 £62,500 +13.64% 242
South East -38 340 £60,000 - 365
Midlands -40 187 £55,000 -4.35% 132
North West -18 185 £65,000 +18.18% 128
West Midlands -31 116 £50,000 -13.04% 51
Yorkshire -39 102 £55,000 +4.76% 67
South West -56 84 £55,000 -6.38% 119
East Midlands -40 71 £65,000 +30.00% 78
East of England -69 59 £60,000 +20.00% 167
North East -5 58 £68,500 +5.38% 47
.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 (3.15%) IIS
2 25 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.26%) CMS
4 15 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.84%) Confluence
6 11 (0.77%) JBoss
6 11 (0.77%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.56%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.21%) nginx
10 3 (0.21%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.070%) Apache
12 1 (0.070%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.070%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.070%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.070%) Kentico
12 1 (0.070%) SAS
12 1 (0.070%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.21%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.14%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.070%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 50 (3.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.21%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.14%) ION Anvil
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.070%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.070%) Endur
4 1 (0.070%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.070%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.070%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.070%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 769 (53.89%) Azure
2 310 (21.72%) AWS
3 231 (16.19%) Azure DevOps
4 198 (13.88%) SaaS
5 118 (8.27%) Power Platform
6 107 (7.50%) GitHub
7 99 (6.94%) Serverless
8 78 (5.47%) GCP
9 65 (4.56%) Power Automate
10 55 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
11 51 (3.57%) PowerApps
12 50 (3.50%) Azure Functions
12 50 (3.50%) Azure Logic Apps
13 48 (3.36%) Azure Service Bus
14 40 (2.80%) Entra ID
14 40 (2.80%) GitHub Actions
15 35 (2.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 29 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
17 25 (1.75%) Azure AKS
18 23 (1.61%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.98%) DNS
2 12 (0.84%) DHCP
3 11 (0.77%) Internet
4 10 (0.70%) Firewall
4 10 (0.70%) VoIP
5 9 (0.63%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.63%) VPN
6 7 (0.49%) WinSCP
7 5 (0.35%) SAN
8 4 (0.28%) HTTP
9 3 (0.21%) Intranet
9 3 (0.21%) LAN
9 3 (0.21%) SSL
9 3 (0.21%) WAN
10 2 (0.14%) NAS
10 2 (0.14%) VLAN
11 1 (0.070%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.070%) FIX Connectivity
11 1 (0.070%) Hyperconnected
11 1 (0.070%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 389 (27.26%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.75%) NoSQL
3 76 (5.33%) MongoDB
4 71 (4.98%) Azure SQL Database
5 55 (3.85%) MySQL
6 48 (3.36%) Power BI
6 48 (3.36%) Relational Database
7 44 (3.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 43 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
9 42 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 23 (1.61%) DynamoDB
11 22 (1.54%) Redis
12 21 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.63%) Tableau
15 6 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
15 6 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
16 5 (0.35%) RDBMS
17 3 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
17 3 (0.21%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 136 (9.53%) Git
2 69 (4.84%) JIRA
3 50 (3.50%) Selenium
4 44 (3.08%) Postman
5 42 (2.94%) Team Foundation Server
6 40 (2.80%) Visual Studio
7 35 (2.45%) SoapUI
8 32 (2.24%) WebDriver
9 24 (1.68%) Jenkins
10 22 (1.54%) TeamCity
11 18 (1.26%) Octopus Deploy
12 10 (0.70%) SpecFlow
13 9 (0.63%) Storybook
14 8 (0.56%) GitLab
15 7 (0.49%) MSTest
15 7 (0.49%) NUnit
16 6 (0.42%) git-flow
17 5 (0.35%) Bitbucket
18 4 (0.28%) Artifactory
18 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
General
1 340 (23.83%) Social Skills
2 260 (18.22%) Finance
3 63 (4.41%) Law
4 54 (3.78%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (3.01%) Banking
6 42 (2.94%) Public Sector
7 30 (2.10%) Legal
8 28 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 28 (1.96%) Retail
9 20 (1.40%) Marketing
10 18 (1.26%) Games
11 17 (1.19%) Billing
12 16 (1.12%) Aviation
12 16 (1.12%) Front Office
13 15 (1.05%) Manufacturing
14 13 (0.91%) Back Office
15 12 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (0.70%) Automotive
17 9 (0.63%) Publishing
17 9 (0.63%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 793 (55.57%) Developer
2 322 (22.56%) .NET Developer
3 321 (22.49%) Senior
4 223 (15.63%) Software Developer
5 207 (14.51%) Software Engineer
6 182 (12.75%) Lead
7 163 (11.42%) C# Developer
7 163 (11.42%) Senior Developer
8 144 (10.09%) Full-Stack Developer
9 84 (5.89%) .NET Software Engineer
10 78 (5.47%) .NET Software Developer
11 77 (5.40%) Senior Software Engineer
12 72 (5.05%) C# .NET Developer
13 66 (4.63%) Lead Developer
13 66 (4.63%) Senior .NET Developer
14 62 (4.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 58 (4.06%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 55 (3.85%) Analyst
17 46 (3.22%) Senior Software Developer
18 40 (2.80%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 346 (24.25%) .NET Core
2 303 (21.23%) React
3 254 (17.80%) ASP.NET
4 221 (15.49%) .NET Framework
5 193 (13.52%) HTML
6 171 (11.98%) AngularJS
7 158 (11.07%) CSS
8 121 (8.48%) RESTful
9 109 (7.64%) REST
10 103 (7.22%) Entity Framework
11 96 (6.73%) Blazor
12 77 (5.40%) Vue
13 75 (5.26%) ASP.NET MVC
14 70 (4.91%) Node.js
15 66 (4.63%) ASP.NET Core
16 65 (4.56%) ASP.NET Web API
17 58 (4.06%) SOAP
18 43 (3.01%) HTML5
19 37 (2.59%) WPF
20 30 (2.10%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 145 (10.16%) Cloud Native
2 74 (5.19%) Product Ownership
3 60 (4.20%) Mobile App
4 50 (3.50%) Legacy Systems
5 49 (3.43%) Distributed Systems
6 36 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
7 27 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
7 27 (1.89%) Virtual Team
8 25 (1.75%) Onboarding
9 24 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
10 20 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (1.26%) AI Agents
12 17 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 14 (0.98%) Client/Server
13 14 (0.98%) Hedge funds
13 14 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
14 11 (0.77%) DataPower
15 10 (0.70%) Algorithms
15 10 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (0.70%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 79 (5.54%) Windows
2 27 (1.89%) Windows Server
3 25 (1.75%) Android
3 25 (1.75%) Linux
4 24 (1.68%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.77%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.49%) VMS
6 7 (0.49%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.21%) Unix
8 1 (0.070%) Fedora
8 1 (0.070%) Solaris
8 1 (0.070%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 574 (40.22%) Agile
2 417 (29.22%) Software Engineering
3 402 (28.17%) DevOps
4 396 (27.75%) CI/CD
5 368 (25.79%) Full-Stack Development
6 274 (19.20%) Problem-Solving
7 273 (19.13%) Microservices
8 220 (15.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 175 (12.26%) Mentoring
10 152 (10.65%) Scrum
11 148 (10.37%) AI
12 132 (9.25%) MVC
13 131 (9.18%) Clean Code
14 129 (9.04%) SDLC
15 122 (8.55%) User Experience
16 111 (7.78%) TDD
17 108 (7.57%) Computer Science
18 106 (7.43%) Containerisation
19 98 (6.87%) Roadmaps
19 98 (6.87%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1,018 (71.34%) C#
2 480 (33.64%) SQL
3 378 (26.49%) JavaScript
4 222 (15.56%) TypeScript
5 155 (10.86%) Java
6 111 (7.78%) Python
7 58 (4.06%) PowerShell
8 35 (2.45%) T-SQL
9 31 (2.17%) PHP
10 30 (2.10%) C++
11 29 (2.03%) VB.NET
12 25 (1.75%) Bicep
13 16 (1.12%) Bash
14 13 (0.91%) Rust
15 8 (0.56%) Go
15 8 (0.56%) XAML
16 7 (0.49%) Apex Code
17 6 (0.42%) C
18 5 (0.35%) Swift
18 5 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 204 (14.30%) Degree
2 71 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (2.94%) ISTQB
4 36 (2.52%) Security Cleared
5 32 (2.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 32 (2.24%) SC Cleared
6 17 (1.19%) AWS Certification
6 17 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (1.05%) Master's Degree
8 14 (0.98%) Azure Certification
9 11 (0.77%) AWS Certified Developer
10 10 (0.70%) ISEB
11 9 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 7 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.35%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.35%) HND
14 4 (0.28%) MCSE
15 3 (0.21%) MCSA
16 2 (0.14%) HNC
16 2 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (6.17%) QA
2 40 (2.80%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.05%) WCAG
4 14 (0.98%) GDPR
5 4 (0.28%) GRC
6 3 (0.21%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.21%) HL7
6 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.21%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.14%) SLA
8 1 (0.070%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.070%) SOC 2
System Software
1 141 (9.88%) Docker
2 27 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.14%) vSphere
5 1 (0.070%) Firmware
5 1 (0.070%) HDFS
5 1 (0.070%) Squid
5 1 (0.070%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 107 (7.50%) Kubernetes
2 98 (6.87%) Terraform
3 15 (1.05%) Grafana
4 11 (0.77%) Ansible
5 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.42%) Kibana
7 4 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.14%) Argo
8 2 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.070%) CASB
9 1 (0.070%) Control-M
9 1 (0.070%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 301 (21.09%) Microsoft
2 26 (1.82%) Salesforce
3 25 (1.75%) Xamarin
4 23 (1.61%) Oracle
5 16 (1.12%) Google
6 13 (0.91%) MuleSoft
6 13 (0.91%) Sage
7 11 (0.77%) Guidewire
7 11 (0.77%) Telerik
8 10 (0.70%) Databricks
8 10 (0.70%) New Relic
9 9 (0.63%) Apple
10 7 (0.49%) Adobe
10 7 (0.49%) Datto
10 7 (0.49%) Dynatrace
10 7 (0.49%) Freshdesk
10 7 (0.49%) Syncfusion
11 6 (0.42%) DevExpress
11 6 (0.42%) ServiceNow
11 6 (0.42%) YouTube