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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 51 24
Rank change year-on-year -27 -27 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,895 1,843 6,252
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.37% 4.87% 7.49%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 24.36% 24.68% 36.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,700 1,528 5,419
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £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 £96,625 £93,750
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 7,779 7,468 16,968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.73% 19.74% 20.33%
Number of salaries quoted 5,877 5,762 14,133
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,254 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.88% +10.42% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,064
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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -29 499 £82,500 +8.20% 218
South East -12 487 £60,000 - 166
North of England -13 421 £62,750 +9.13% 140
North West -2 225 £65,000 +13.04% 80
Midlands -37 219 £55,000 +2.44% 67
South West -8 147 £55,000 -8.33% 49
Yorkshire -36 125 £60,000 - 36
West Midlands -51 110 £52,500 -8.70% 33
East Midlands -17 109 £65,000 +23.81% 34
East of England -34 104 £67,500 +28.57% 54
North East -17 71 £67,500 +22.73% 24
.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 53 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.32%) IIS
3 17 (0.90%) CMS
4 14 (0.74%) ColdFusion
5 12 (0.63%) JBoss
5 12 (0.63%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.53%) WebSphere
7 9 (0.47%) Confluence
8 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.21%) Apache
9 4 (0.21%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.21%) NServiceBus
10 3 (0.16%) nginx
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.053%) CICS
12 1 (0.053%) SAS
12 1 (0.053%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.053%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.053%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.11%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.053%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 23 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.16%) Magento
3 1 (0.053%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.053%) Endur
3 1 (0.053%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.053%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.053%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.053%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.053%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.053%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 789 (41.64%) Azure
2 277 (14.62%) AWS
3 248 (13.09%) SaaS
4 224 (11.82%) Azure DevOps
5 139 (7.34%) Power Platform
6 108 (5.70%) Serverless
7 101 (5.33%) Azure Logic Apps
8 91 (4.80%) GitHub
9 74 (3.91%) Power Automate
9 74 (3.91%) PowerApps
10 61 (3.22%) Azure Functions
11 59 (3.11%) Azure Service Bus
12 55 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
13 52 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
14 48 (2.53%) GCP
15 47 (2.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 43 (2.27%) Azure AKS
17 39 (2.06%) Azure Monitor
18 32 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
19 30 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.06%) Internet
2 8 (0.42%) WinSCP
3 7 (0.37%) Firewall
4 6 (0.32%) Intranet
5 4 (0.21%) DNS
5 4 (0.21%) LTE
6 3 (0.16%) DHCP
7 2 (0.11%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.11%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.11%) VoIP
7 2 (0.11%) VPN
8 1 (0.053%) AMQP
8 1 (0.053%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.053%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.053%) HTTP
8 1 (0.053%) Modbus
8 1 (0.053%) MPLS
8 1 (0.053%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 412 (21.74%) SQL Server
2 90 (4.75%) Power BI
3 88 (4.64%) Azure SQL Database
4 76 (4.01%) NoSQL
5 47 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 39 (2.06%) MongoDB
6 39 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 38 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
8 34 (1.79%) MySQL
9 33 (1.74%) Relational Database
10 15 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
11 14 (0.74%) Redis
12 12 (0.63%) DB2
12 12 (0.63%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.37%) GIS
14 5 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.26%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.26%) Metadata
15 4 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 117 (6.17%) Git
2 51 (2.69%) JIRA
3 43 (2.27%) Selenium
4 38 (2.01%) Visual Studio
5 35 (1.85%) Postman
6 28 (1.48%) Team Foundation Server
7 25 (1.32%) SoapUI
8 24 (1.27%) WebDriver
9 16 (0.84%) SpecFlow
10 15 (0.79%) Jenkins
10 15 (0.79%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.63%) Octopus Deploy
12 11 (0.58%) NUnit
13 10 (0.53%) Cypress.io
14 9 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 7 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
16 6 (0.32%) JMeter
16 6 (0.32%) TestRail
17 5 (0.26%) Bitbucket
17 5 (0.26%) LabVIEW
General
1 313 (16.52%) Social Skills
2 309 (16.31%) Finance
3 90 (4.75%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (2.80%) Banking
5 52 (2.74%) Law
6 51 (2.69%) Public Sector
7 36 (1.90%) Retail
8 31 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 27 (1.42%) Legal
10 21 (1.11%) Games
11 20 (1.06%) Manufacturing
12 17 (0.90%) Automotive
13 16 (0.84%) Aerospace
14 15 (0.79%) Front Office
14 15 (0.79%) Marketing
15 14 (0.74%) Aviation
16 12 (0.63%) Electronics
17 11 (0.58%) Back Office
18 9 (0.47%) Advertising
19 8 (0.42%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,057 (55.78%) Developer
2 464 (24.49%) .NET Developer
3 458 (24.17%) Senior
4 341 (17.99%) Software Engineer
5 315 (16.62%) Software Developer
6 231 (12.19%) Lead
6 231 (12.19%) Senior Developer
7 216 (11.40%) C# Developer
8 175 (9.23%) Full-Stack Developer
9 161 (8.50%) .NET Software Engineer
10 152 (8.02%) C# .NET Developer
11 136 (7.18%) Senior Software Engineer
12 110 (5.80%) .NET Software Developer
13 101 (5.33%) Senior .NET Developer
14 98 (5.17%) C# Software Engineer
15 93 (4.91%) Lead Developer
16 91 (4.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 83 (4.38%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
18 81 (4.27%) Architect
19 67 (3.54%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 417 (22.01%) .NET Core
2 275 (14.51%) ASP.NET
3 257 (13.56%) React
4 208 (10.98%) .NET Framework
5 205 (10.82%) HTML
6 182 (9.60%) CSS
7 141 (7.44%) REST
8 126 (6.65%) AngularJS
9 121 (6.39%) RESTful
10 100 (5.28%) Blazor
11 99 (5.22%) ASP.NET Core
12 97 (5.12%) Node.js
13 93 (4.91%) Entity Framework
14 79 (4.17%) Vue
15 56 (2.96%) SOAP
16 42 (2.22%) JSON
17 40 (2.11%) jQuery
17 40 (2.11%) Playwright
18 39 (2.06%) ASP.NET Web API
19 37 (1.95%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 148 (7.81%) Cloud Native
2 70 (3.69%) Mobile App
3 64 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
4 62 (3.27%) Product Ownership
5 56 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
6 48 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
7 30 (1.58%) Hedge funds
8 27 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
9 23 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
10 21 (1.11%) Low-Code
11 20 (1.06%) Legacy Code
12 19 (1.00%) Virtual Team
13 17 (0.90%) Management Information System
13 17 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 15 (0.79%) Algorithms
15 14 (0.74%) PropTech
15 14 (0.74%) Sports Betting
16 12 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 11 (0.58%) Fixed Income
17 11 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 79 (4.17%) Windows
2 27 (1.42%) Linux
3 23 (1.21%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.90%) VMS
5 15 (0.79%) Android
6 11 (0.58%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.16%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.16%) Unix
8 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.053%) Solaris
9 1 (0.053%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 561 (29.60%) Software Engineering
2 494 (26.07%) Agile
3 438 (23.11%) Full-Stack Development
4 399 (21.06%) CI/CD
5 395 (20.84%) DevOps
6 259 (13.67%) Microservices
7 230 (12.14%) Problem-Solving
8 215 (11.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 174 (9.18%) Mentoring
10 169 (8.92%) AI
11 162 (8.55%) Test Automation
12 150 (7.92%) SDLC
13 132 (6.97%) Clean Code
14 130 (6.86%) Containerisation
15 127 (6.70%) Technical Leadership
16 117 (6.17%) Scrum
17 108 (5.70%) User Experience
18 107 (5.65%) MVC
19 102 (5.38%) Business Intelligence
20 99 (5.22%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1,284 (67.76%) C#
2 570 (30.08%) SQL
3 368 (19.42%) JavaScript
4 208 (10.98%) TypeScript
5 162 (8.55%) Python
6 160 (8.44%) Java
7 76 (4.01%) PowerShell
8 55 (2.90%) C++
9 46 (2.43%) PHP
10 35 (1.85%) T-SQL
11 34 (1.79%) VB.NET
12 33 (1.74%) Bicep
13 18 (0.95%) Apex Code
14 17 (0.90%) C
15 16 (0.84%) Bash
15 16 (0.84%) VB
16 13 (0.69%) Go
16 13 (0.69%) PL/SQL
16 13 (0.69%) VBA
17 12 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 185 (9.76%) Degree
2 78 (4.12%) Security Cleared
3 64 (3.38%) SC Cleared
4 59 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (1.27%) ISTQB
6 18 (0.95%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 16 (0.84%) AWS Certification
7 16 (0.84%) Azure Certification
7 16 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (0.37%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.16%) ISEB
13 3 (0.16%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (5.07%) QA
2 49 (2.59%) Accessibility
3 17 (0.90%) Data Quality
4 15 (0.79%) GDPR
5 13 (0.69%) WCAG
6 9 (0.47%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.37%) SLA
8 5 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.11%) ITGC
12 1 (0.053%) NCSC
12 1 (0.053%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 147 (7.76%) Docker
2 13 (0.69%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.42%) Firmware
4 4 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 138 (7.28%) Kubernetes
2 91 (4.80%) Terraform
3 15 (0.79%) Grafana
4 8 (0.42%) Ansible
5 7 (0.37%) Kibana
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.11%) MIIS
6 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.053%) CASB
7 1 (0.053%) Consul
7 1 (0.053%) Control-M
7 1 (0.053%) Packer
7 1 (0.053%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.053%) Puppet
Vendors
1 335 (17.68%) Microsoft
2 28 (1.48%) Adobe
3 25 (1.32%) Salesforce
4 22 (1.16%) Xamarin
5 21 (1.11%) Oracle
6 19 (1.00%) Google
7 16 (0.84%) ServiceNow
8 15 (0.79%) MuleSoft
9 11 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
10 10 (0.53%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.37%) Databricks
11 7 (0.37%) iManage
12 6 (0.32%) Sage
13 5 (0.26%) DevExpress
13 5 (0.26%) IBM
13 5 (0.26%) Intapp
13 5 (0.26%) New Relic
13 5 (0.26%) VMware
14 4 (0.21%) Facebook
14 4 (0.21%) SYSPRO