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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 49 24
Rank change year-on-year -28 -25 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,728 1,930 6,017
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.45% 5.28% 7.70%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.55% 24.37% 36.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,542 1,655 5,353
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £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 £78,750 £75,000
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% -3.23%

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 7,338 7,920 16,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.42% 21.67% 21.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5,578 5,948 13,883
10th Percentile £37,100 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,345 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +10.58% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,212 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.83% +10.35% -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 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 1 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 -28 467 £82,500 +10.00% 218
South East -28 418 £60,000 - 174
North of England -32 400 £65,000 +13.04% 164
Midlands -29 208 £55,000 - 87
North West -33 208 £65,000 +13.04% 89
South West -1 129 £55,000 -8.33% 64
Yorkshire -29 123 £60,000 +9.09% 48
West Midlands -40 109 £50,000 -16.67% 50
East Midlands -29 99 £60,000 +14.29% 37
East of England -53 83 £63,750 +27.50% 63
North East -14 69 £70,000 +21.74% 33
.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 37 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.79%) IIS
3 19 (1.10%) CMS
4 13 (0.75%) JBoss
4 13 (0.75%) WebSphere
5 12 (0.69%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.46%) Confluence
8 5 (0.29%) NServiceBus
9 4 (0.23%) ColdFusion
9 4 (0.23%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.17%) nginx
11 2 (0.12%) Apache
11 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.058%) CICS
12 1 (0.058%) Drupal
12 1 (0.058%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.058%) SAS
12 1 (0.058%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.058%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.17%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.058%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 31 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.12%) Magento
3 1 (0.058%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.058%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.058%) Endur
3 1 (0.058%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.058%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.058%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.058%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 761 (44.04%) Azure
2 281 (16.26%) AWS
3 230 (13.31%) SaaS
4 215 (12.44%) Azure DevOps
5 135 (7.81%) Power Platform
6 107 (6.19%) Serverless
7 105 (6.08%) GitHub
8 83 (4.80%) Azure Logic Apps
9 65 (3.76%) PowerApps
10 62 (3.59%) Power Automate
11 61 (3.53%) Azure Functions
12 57 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
13 56 (3.24%) GCP
14 50 (2.89%) Azure Service Bus
15 46 (2.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 39 (2.26%) Azure AKS
16 39 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
17 36 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
18 31 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
19 27 (1.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.04%) Internet
2 10 (0.58%) Firewall
3 8 (0.46%) WinSCP
4 5 (0.29%) DNS
5 4 (0.23%) DHCP
5 4 (0.23%) Intranet
6 3 (0.17%) LTE
6 3 (0.17%) VoIP
6 3 (0.17%) VPN
7 2 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.12%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.058%) AMQP
8 1 (0.058%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.058%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.058%) HTTP
8 1 (0.058%) Modbus
8 1 (0.058%) MPLS
8 1 (0.058%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 414 (23.96%) SQL Server
2 81 (4.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 77 (4.46%) NoSQL
4 75 (4.34%) Power BI
5 50 (2.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 46 (2.66%) MongoDB
7 45 (2.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 43 (2.49%) Relational Database
9 41 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
10 39 (2.26%) MySQL
11 18 (1.04%) DynamoDB
11 18 (1.04%) Redis
12 15 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (0.75%) DB2
14 6 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.35%) GIS
15 5 (0.29%) Data Lake
16 4 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
16 4 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (0.23%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 124 (7.18%) Git
2 48 (2.78%) Selenium
3 45 (2.60%) JIRA
4 44 (2.55%) Visual Studio
5 32 (1.85%) Postman
6 27 (1.56%) Team Foundation Server
7 24 (1.39%) WebDriver
8 22 (1.27%) SoapUI
9 19 (1.10%) TeamCity
10 18 (1.04%) Jenkins
11 17 (0.98%) SpecFlow
12 13 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
13 12 (0.69%) NUnit
14 10 (0.58%) Cypress.io
15 8 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 7 (0.41%) LabVIEW
17 5 (0.29%) Bitbucket
17 5 (0.29%) JMeter
18 4 (0.23%) Appium
18 4 (0.23%) MSTest
General
1 335 (19.39%) Social Skills
2 291 (16.84%) Finance
3 82 (4.75%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (3.59%) Law
5 61 (3.53%) Public Sector
6 58 (3.36%) Banking
7 39 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (1.39%) Games
9 23 (1.33%) Retail
10 22 (1.27%) Legal
10 22 (1.27%) Marketing
11 16 (0.93%) Front Office
12 15 (0.87%) Manufacturing
13 14 (0.81%) Aviation
14 11 (0.64%) Electronics
14 11 (0.64%) Tech for Good
15 10 (0.58%) Aerospace
15 10 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.52%) Automotive
16 9 (0.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 949 (54.92%) Developer
2 422 (24.42%) Senior
3 397 (22.97%) .NET Developer
4 305 (17.65%) Software Engineer
5 278 (16.09%) Software Developer
6 210 (12.15%) Lead
7 204 (11.81%) Senior Developer
8 202 (11.69%) C# Developer
9 174 (10.07%) Full-Stack Developer
10 142 (8.22%) .NET Software Engineer
11 125 (7.23%) C# .NET Developer
12 120 (6.94%) Senior Software Engineer
13 96 (5.56%) .NET Software Developer
14 85 (4.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 84 (4.86%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 83 (4.80%) Senior .NET Developer
17 79 (4.57%) Lead Developer
18 69 (3.99%) C# Software Engineer
19 67 (3.88%) Architect
20 59 (3.41%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 408 (23.61%) .NET Core
2 288 (16.67%) React
3 269 (15.57%) ASP.NET
4 217 (12.56%) .NET Framework
5 213 (12.33%) HTML
6 187 (10.82%) CSS
7 146 (8.45%) REST
8 141 (8.16%) AngularJS
9 121 (7.00%) RESTful
10 98 (5.67%) Entity Framework
11 95 (5.50%) Blazor
12 94 (5.44%) ASP.NET Core
13 93 (5.38%) Node.js
14 76 (4.40%) Vue
15 58 (3.36%) SOAP
16 46 (2.66%) ASP.NET MVC
17 42 (2.43%) ASP.NET Web API
18 38 (2.20%) Middleware
19 36 (2.08%) HTML5
20 35 (2.03%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 145 (8.39%) Cloud Native
2 66 (3.82%) Mobile App
3 63 (3.65%) Product Ownership
4 54 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
4 54 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
5 51 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
6 28 (1.62%) Hedge funds
7 26 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
7 26 (1.50%) Legacy Applications
7 26 (1.50%) Virtual Team
8 18 (1.04%) Low-Code
9 17 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 16 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (0.93%) Legacy Code
10 16 (0.93%) Management Information System
11 15 (0.87%) Algorithms
12 14 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 13 (0.75%) DataPower
13 13 (0.75%) Sports Betting
14 12 (0.69%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 85 (4.92%) Windows
2 25 (1.45%) Linux
3 24 (1.39%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.22%) Android
5 19 (1.10%) Apple iOS
6 18 (1.04%) VMS
7 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.17%) Unix
8 3 (0.17%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.058%) Solaris
9 1 (0.058%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 528 (30.56%) Software Engineering
2 513 (29.69%) Agile
3 433 (25.06%) Full-Stack Development
4 397 (22.97%) DevOps
5 375 (21.70%) CI/CD
6 277 (16.03%) Microservices
7 248 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
8 217 (12.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 168 (9.72%) Mentoring
10 150 (8.68%) AI
11 145 (8.39%) SDLC
12 138 (7.99%) Clean Code
13 132 (7.64%) Test Automation
14 121 (7.00%) Scrum
15 120 (6.94%) Containerisation
16 116 (6.71%) MVC
16 116 (6.71%) User Experience
17 112 (6.48%) Technical Leadership
18 98 (5.67%) TDD
19 97 (5.61%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1,187 (68.69%) C#
2 541 (31.31%) SQL
3 388 (22.45%) JavaScript
4 204 (11.81%) TypeScript
5 161 (9.32%) Java
6 145 (8.39%) Python
7 62 (3.59%) PowerShell
8 44 (2.55%) C++
9 34 (1.97%) T-SQL
10 32 (1.85%) Bicep
11 31 (1.79%) PHP
12 29 (1.68%) VB.NET
13 20 (1.16%) Apex Code
14 15 (0.87%) C
14 15 (0.87%) Go
15 12 (0.69%) Bash
15 12 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
15 12 (0.69%) PL/SQL
16 9 (0.52%) VBA
17 7 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 189 (10.94%) Degree
2 66 (3.82%) Security Cleared
3 54 (3.13%) SC Cleared
4 50 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (1.50%) ISTQB
6 19 (1.10%) AWS Certification
6 19 (1.10%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 14 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (0.75%) Azure Certification
9 11 (0.64%) AWS Certified Developer
10 7 (0.41%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.41%) ISEB
10 7 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 7 (0.41%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (5.67%) QA
2 45 (2.60%) Accessibility
3 13 (0.75%) GDPR
4 12 (0.69%) WCAG
5 9 (0.52%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.46%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.41%) SLA
8 5 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.12%) ITGC
12 1 (0.058%) NCSC
12 1 (0.058%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 156 (9.03%) Docker
2 15 (0.87%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.46%) Firmware
4 4 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.058%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.058%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 133 (7.70%) Kubernetes
2 93 (5.38%) Terraform
3 15 (0.87%) Grafana
4 10 (0.58%) Ansible
5 7 (0.41%) Kibana
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.12%) MIIS
7 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.058%) Argo
8 1 (0.058%) CASB
8 1 (0.058%) Consul
8 1 (0.058%) Control-M
8 1 (0.058%) Packer
8 1 (0.058%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.058%) Puppet
Vendors
1 309 (17.88%) Microsoft
2 31 (1.79%) Salesforce
3 27 (1.56%) Xamarin
4 21 (1.22%) Google
5 17 (0.98%) MuleSoft
6 14 (0.81%) Adobe
7 13 (0.75%) Oracle
8 12 (0.69%) ServiceNow
9 11 (0.64%) Sage
10 9 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (0.52%) New Relic
11 7 (0.41%) Databricks
12 6 (0.35%) Telerik
12 6 (0.35%) VMware
13 5 (0.29%) Apple
13 5 (0.29%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.29%) Facebook
13 5 (0.29%) IBM
13 5 (0.29%) iManage
13 5 (0.29%) Intapp