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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 55 23
Rank change year-on-year -10 -32 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,185 1,830 6,551
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.64% 4.70% 7.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 25.88% 23.70% 37.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,982 1,357 5,604
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £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 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 8,442 7,720 17,469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.21% 19.83% 19.50%
Number of salaries quoted 6,402 5,225 14,335
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,295 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% +10.49% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.34% -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 4 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 4 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 +15 580 £57,500 -2.13% 160
London -16 531 £80,000 - 239
North of England -22 490 £60,000 - 191
North West -13 262 £62,500 +8.70% 116
Midlands -20 260 £55,000 - 88
South West +3 163 £55,000 +4.76% 53
East of England -8 138 £65,000 +23.81% 60
West Midlands -38 136 £57,500 +7.10% 44
East Midlands +9 124 £55,000 - 44
Yorkshire -17 119 £60,000 -7.69% 42
North East -4 109 £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 55 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.19%) IIS
3 22 (1.01%) CMS
4 16 (0.73%) ColdFusion
5 15 (0.69%) Confluence
6 12 (0.55%) Umbraco
7 8 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.32%) Apache
8 7 (0.32%) JBoss
9 5 (0.23%) WordPress
10 4 (0.18%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.18%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.18%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.092%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.092%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.092%) nginx
12 2 (0.092%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.046%) Appian
13 1 (0.046%) CICS
Applications
1 11 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.092%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.046%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.046%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 18 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.14%) Magento
4 2 (0.092%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.092%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.092%) Shopify
5 1 (0.046%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.046%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.046%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 990 (45.31%) Azure
2 321 (14.69%) AWS
3 299 (13.68%) Azure DevOps
4 241 (11.03%) SaaS
5 135 (6.18%) Power Platform
6 133 (6.09%) GitHub
7 126 (5.77%) Serverless
8 108 (4.94%) Azure Logic Apps
9 79 (3.62%) Power Automate
10 78 (3.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 77 (3.52%) Azure Functions
12 75 (3.43%) PowerApps
13 71 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
14 67 (3.07%) Azure Service Bus
15 65 (2.97%) GitHub Copilot
16 62 (2.84%) Azure AI
17 54 (2.47%) Azure Monitor
18 52 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
19 50 (2.29%) Azure AKS
20 47 (2.15%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.11%) Internet
2 10 (0.46%) TCP/IP
3 9 (0.41%) Firewall
4 6 (0.27%) DHCP
4 6 (0.27%) DNS
4 6 (0.27%) WinSCP
5 5 (0.23%) LAN
5 5 (0.23%) LTE
5 5 (0.23%) WAN
6 4 (0.18%) Intranet
7 3 (0.14%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
7 3 (0.14%) RS-232
8 1 (0.046%) AMQP
8 1 (0.046%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.046%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.046%) Modbus
8 1 (0.046%) MPLS
8 1 (0.046%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.046%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 442 (20.23%) SQL Server
2 228 (10.43%) Azure SQL Database
3 179 (8.19%) MongoDB
4 89 (4.07%) Power BI
5 69 (3.16%) NoSQL
6 57 (2.61%) Elasticsearch
7 50 (2.29%) MySQL
8 43 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 42 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
10 38 (1.74%) Relational Database
11 29 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (0.55%) DB2
12 12 (0.55%) Redis
13 11 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (0.50%) GIS
14 8 (0.37%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.32%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.23%) Big Data
17 4 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
17 4 (0.18%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 135 (6.18%) Git
2 51 (2.33%) JIRA
3 35 (1.60%) Postman
3 35 (1.60%) Selenium
3 35 (1.60%) Visual Studio
4 21 (0.96%) SoapUI
4 21 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
4 21 (0.96%) WebDriver
5 16 (0.73%) SpecFlow
6 13 (0.59%) GitLab
6 13 (0.59%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.59%) TeamCity
7 11 (0.50%) NUnit
8 10 (0.46%) Claude Code
8 10 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
9 9 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 8 (0.37%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.32%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (0.27%) TestRail
General
1 365 (16.70%) Finance
2 334 (15.29%) Social Skills
3 93 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (2.79%) Public Sector
5 51 (2.33%) Retail
6 47 (2.15%) Banking
7 44 (2.01%) Law
8 37 (1.69%) Legal
9 36 (1.65%) Manufacturing
10 32 (1.46%) Games
11 31 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (1.10%) Aerospace
12 24 (1.10%) Automotive
13 23 (1.05%) Advertising
14 22 (1.01%) Marketing
15 21 (0.96%) Electronics
16 12 (0.55%) Back Office
17 11 (0.50%) Aviation
18 10 (0.46%) Front Office
19 9 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,253 (57.35%) Developer
2 652 (29.84%) .NET Developer
3 471 (21.56%) Senior
4 394 (18.03%) Software Engineer
5 339 (15.51%) Software Developer
6 247 (11.30%) Lead
7 230 (10.53%) Senior Developer
8 201 (9.20%) C# Developer
9 191 (8.74%) Full-Stack Developer
10 184 (8.42%) .NET Software Engineer
11 162 (7.41%) C# .NET Developer
12 148 (6.77%) Senior Software Engineer
13 143 (6.54%) C# Software Engineer
14 128 (5.86%) .NET Software Developer
15 112 (5.13%) Lead Developer
16 107 (4.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 103 (4.71%) Senior .NET Developer
18 87 (3.98%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 80 (3.66%) Architect
20 73 (3.34%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 532 (24.35%) .NET Core
2 430 (19.68%) ASP.NET
3 321 (14.69%) React
4 268 (12.27%) HTML
5 265 (12.13%) ASP.NET Core
6 258 (11.81%) CSS
7 215 (9.84%) .NET Framework
8 201 (9.20%) AngularJS
9 172 (7.87%) RESTful
10 162 (7.41%) Blazor
10 162 (7.41%) Entity Framework
11 156 (7.14%) REST
12 152 (6.96%) Vue
13 141 (6.45%) Node.js
14 105 (4.81%) ASP.NET Web API
15 56 (2.56%) JSON
16 55 (2.52%) ML.NET
17 54 (2.47%) jQuery
18 49 (2.24%) LINQ
19 47 (2.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 136 (6.22%) Cloud Native
2 90 (4.12%) Greenfield Project
3 77 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
4 73 (3.34%) Product Ownership
5 71 (3.25%) Mobile App
6 54 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
7 50 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
8 33 (1.51%) Hedge funds
9 26 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
10 23 (1.05%) Legacy Code
11 21 (0.96%) Low-Code
12 17 (0.78%) Management Information System
13 16 (0.73%) Virtual Team
14 15 (0.69%) Algorithms
15 14 (0.64%) PropTech
15 14 (0.64%) Sports Betting
15 14 (0.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 13 (0.59%) Client/Server
16 13 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
17 11 (0.50%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 77 (3.52%) Windows
2 30 (1.37%) Windows Server
3 23 (1.05%) Linux
4 22 (1.01%) Android
5 13 (0.59%) VMS
6 9 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.092%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.092%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.046%) Solaris
9 1 (0.046%) Unix
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 642 (29.38%) Full-Stack Development
2 617 (28.24%) Software Engineering
3 605 (27.69%) Agile
4 492 (22.52%) CI/CD
5 479 (21.92%) DevOps
6 315 (14.42%) Microservices
7 281 (12.86%) AI
8 267 (12.22%) Problem-Solving
9 231 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
10 206 (9.43%) Mentoring
11 179 (8.19%) SDLC
11 179 (8.19%) Test Automation
12 133 (6.09%) Containerisation
13 132 (6.04%) Technical Leadership
14 131 (6.00%) Scrum
15 130 (5.95%) Clean Code
16 118 (5.40%) TDD
17 117 (5.35%) Machine Learning
18 114 (5.22%) Infrastructure as Code
19 111 (5.08%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 1,553 (71.08%) C#
2 731 (33.46%) SQL
3 446 (20.41%) JavaScript
4 264 (12.08%) TypeScript
5 197 (9.02%) Python
6 156 (7.14%) Java
7 82 (3.75%) PowerShell
8 76 (3.48%) C++
9 52 (2.38%) PHP
10 41 (1.88%) VB.NET
11 39 (1.78%) T-SQL
12 37 (1.69%) Bicep
13 22 (1.01%) C
14 20 (0.92%) VB
15 19 (0.87%) Bash
16 16 (0.73%) Apex Code
17 14 (0.64%) PL/SQL
18 12 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
18 12 (0.55%) VBA
19 9 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 211 (9.66%) Degree
2 85 (3.89%) Security Cleared
3 82 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 67 (3.07%) SC Cleared
5 25 (1.14%) Azure Certification
6 23 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (0.82%) ISTQB
8 15 (0.69%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 14 (0.64%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
11 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.23%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.23%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.14%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.14%) PhD
14 2 (0.092%) CSQA
14 2 (0.092%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (4.85%) QA
2 50 (2.29%) Accessibility
3 17 (0.78%) Data Quality
3 17 (0.78%) GDPR
4 10 (0.46%) WCAG
5 9 (0.41%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.37%) SLA
7 7 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.18%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.092%) ITGC
11 1 (0.046%) NCSC
11 1 (0.046%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 196 (8.97%) Docker
2 16 (0.73%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.55%) Firmware
4 8 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.046%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 186 (8.51%) Kubernetes
2 111 (5.08%) Terraform
3 15 (0.69%) Grafana
4 7 (0.32%) Kibana
5 5 (0.23%) Ansible
6 4 (0.18%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.092%) MIIS
8 1 (0.046%) CASB
8 1 (0.046%) Consul
8 1 (0.046%) Packer
8 1 (0.046%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.046%) Puppet
Vendors
1 517 (23.66%) Microsoft
2 33 (1.51%) Oracle
3 32 (1.46%) Google
4 31 (1.42%) Salesforce
5 26 (1.19%) Adobe
6 22 (1.01%) OpenAI
6 22 (1.01%) Xamarin
7 19 (0.87%) Facebook
8 17 (0.78%) ServiceNow
9 12 (0.55%) MuleSoft
10 11 (0.50%) Databricks
11 9 (0.41%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (0.41%) iManage
11 9 (0.41%) VMware
12 8 (0.37%) YouTube
13 7 (0.32%) IBM
13 7 (0.32%) Intapp
14 6 (0.27%) Splunk
15 5 (0.23%) DevExpress
15 5 (0.23%) Sage