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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 37 23
Rank change year-on-year -40 -14 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,582 2,445 5,283
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.56% 5.75% 7.87%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.27% 25.96% 34.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,420 1,719 4,812
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,125
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,250
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 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

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 6,799 9,420 15,217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.00% 22.16% 22.67%
Number of salaries quoted 5,209 5,935 12,924
10th Percentile £37,450 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,225 £61,000
% change year-on-year -1.85% +8.57% -9.63%

.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 28 February 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 28 February 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 -28 444 £80,000 +6.67% 197
South East -34 389 £60,000 - 189
North of England -33 355 £65,000 +15.56% 147
Midlands -33 204 £52,500 -8.70% 56
North West -29 190 £65,000 +18.18% 85
West Midlands -39 113 £50,000 -13.04% 34
Yorkshire -36 110 £60,000 +13.21% 45
South West -36 104 £55,000 -8.33% 62
East Midlands -34 91 £60,000 +14.29% 22
East of England -66 62 £60,000 +20.00% 47
North East -7 55 £70,000 +16.67% 21
.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 42 (2.65%) IIS
2 24 (1.52%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.07%) CMS
4 13 (0.82%) JBoss
4 13 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.82%) WebSphere
5 8 (0.51%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.32%) Confluence
6 5 (0.32%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.19%) nginx
8 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.063%) Apache
9 1 (0.063%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.063%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.063%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.063%) Kentico
9 1 (0.063%) SAS
9 1 (0.063%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.19%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.063%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 43 (2.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.13%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.063%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.063%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.063%) Endur
3 1 (0.063%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.063%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 762 (48.17%) Azure
2 290 (18.33%) AWS
3 230 (14.54%) Azure DevOps
4 226 (14.29%) SaaS
5 123 (7.77%) Power Platform
6 104 (6.57%) GitHub
7 102 (6.45%) Serverless
8 70 (4.42%) GCP
9 59 (3.73%) Azure Functions
9 59 (3.73%) Azure Logic Apps
10 56 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
11 54 (3.41%) Power Automate
12 48 (3.03%) PowerApps
13 47 (2.97%) Azure Service Bus
14 42 (2.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 39 (2.47%) GitHub Actions
16 35 (2.21%) Entra ID
17 32 (2.02%) Azure AKS
18 27 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
19 26 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.95%) Internet
2 11 (0.70%) DNS
3 10 (0.63%) DHCP
3 10 (0.63%) Firewall
4 8 (0.51%) WinSCP
5 6 (0.38%) VPN
6 5 (0.32%) VoIP
7 4 (0.25%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.19%) HTTP
8 3 (0.19%) Intranet
8 3 (0.19%) LTE
9 2 (0.13%) NAS
9 2 (0.13%) SAN
9 2 (0.13%) VLAN
10 1 (0.063%) AMQP
10 1 (0.063%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.063%) FIX Connectivity
10 1 (0.063%) IPv6
10 1 (0.063%) MPLS
10 1 (0.063%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 398 (25.16%) SQL Server
2 80 (5.06%) NoSQL
3 54 (3.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 52 (3.29%) MongoDB
4 52 (3.29%) Power BI
5 49 (3.10%) Relational Database
6 44 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 43 (2.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 41 (2.59%) MySQL
9 38 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
10 21 (1.33%) DynamoDB
11 20 (1.26%) Redis
12 12 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
14 8 (0.51%) DB2
15 6 (0.38%) Tableau
16 4 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
17 3 (0.19%) GIS
17 3 (0.19%) NonStop SQL
17 3 (0.19%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 130 (8.22%) Git
2 48 (3.03%) Selenium
3 47 (2.97%) JIRA
4 40 (2.53%) Visual Studio
5 34 (2.15%) Postman
6 31 (1.96%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (1.77%) WebDriver
8 26 (1.64%) SoapUI
9 19 (1.20%) TeamCity
10 18 (1.14%) Jenkins
11 17 (1.07%) SpecFlow
12 16 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
13 9 (0.57%) Cypress.io
14 8 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 7 (0.44%) LabVIEW
16 6 (0.38%) git-flow
16 6 (0.38%) GitLab
16 6 (0.38%) NUnit
17 4 (0.25%) MSTest
17 4 (0.25%) Storybook
General
1 333 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 285 (18.02%) Finance
3 71 (4.49%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (4.36%) Law
5 54 (3.41%) Banking
6 50 (3.16%) Public Sector
7 38 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (1.83%) Legal
9 21 (1.33%) Marketing
10 20 (1.26%) Games
11 19 (1.20%) Retail
12 17 (1.07%) Front Office
12 17 (1.07%) Manufacturing
13 16 (1.01%) Aviation
14 11 (0.70%) Electronics
14 11 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (0.63%) Tech for Good
16 9 (0.57%) Aerospace
16 9 (0.57%) Military
16 9 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 855 (54.05%) Developer
2 371 (23.45%) Senior
3 352 (22.25%) .NET Developer
4 278 (17.57%) Software Engineer
5 264 (16.69%) Software Developer
6 186 (11.76%) C# Developer
7 185 (11.69%) Lead
8 167 (10.56%) Senior Developer
9 164 (10.37%) Full-Stack Developer
10 132 (8.34%) .NET Software Engineer
11 113 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
12 101 (6.38%) C# .NET Developer
13 93 (5.88%) .NET Software Developer
14 80 (5.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 79 (4.99%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 70 (4.42%) Lead Developer
16 70 (4.42%) Senior .NET Developer
17 60 (3.79%) C# Software Engineer
18 53 (3.35%) Analyst
19 50 (3.16%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 372 (23.51%) .NET Core
2 294 (18.58%) React
3 231 (14.60%) ASP.NET
4 208 (13.15%) .NET Framework
5 193 (12.20%) HTML
6 164 (10.37%) CSS
7 148 (9.36%) AngularJS
8 136 (8.60%) REST
9 108 (6.83%) RESTful
10 91 (5.75%) Entity Framework
11 88 (5.56%) Blazor
12 67 (4.24%) Node.js
13 65 (4.11%) Vue
14 64 (4.05%) ASP.NET Core
15 60 (3.79%) SOAP
16 48 (3.03%) ASP.NET MVC
17 44 (2.78%) ASP.NET Web API
18 40 (2.53%) HTML5
19 36 (2.28%) Middleware
20 35 (2.21%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 139 (8.79%) Cloud Native
2 72 (4.55%) Product Ownership
3 63 (3.98%) Mobile App
4 52 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
5 50 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
6 46 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
7 30 (1.90%) Virtual Team
8 24 (1.52%) Hedge funds
9 21 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 18 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
12 17 (1.07%) AI Agents
13 16 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
14 15 (0.95%) Onboarding
15 14 (0.88%) Algorithms
15 14 (0.88%) Low-Code
16 13 (0.82%) Client/Server
16 13 (0.82%) DataPower
16 13 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 85 (5.37%) Windows
2 27 (1.71%) Android
3 26 (1.64%) Apple iOS
4 24 (1.52%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.45%) Linux
6 16 (1.01%) VMS
7 9 (0.57%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.32%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.19%) Unix
10 1 (0.063%) Fedora
10 1 (0.063%) Solaris
10 1 (0.063%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 545 (34.45%) Agile
2 507 (32.05%) Software Engineering
3 403 (25.47%) DevOps
4 388 (24.53%) CI/CD
4 388 (24.53%) Full-Stack Development
5 270 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
6 265 (16.75%) Microservices
7 210 (13.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 173 (10.94%) Mentoring
9 159 (10.05%) AI
10 138 (8.72%) SDLC
11 132 (8.34%) Scrum
12 126 (7.96%) Clean Code
13 122 (7.71%) Containerisation
14 117 (7.40%) User Experience
15 116 (7.33%) Test Automation
16 111 (7.02%) MVC
17 100 (6.32%) Computer Science
18 97 (6.13%) TDD
19 92 (5.82%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1,087 (68.71%) C#
2 488 (30.85%) SQL
3 375 (23.70%) JavaScript
4 214 (13.53%) TypeScript
5 156 (9.86%) Java
6 132 (8.34%) Python
7 62 (3.92%) PowerShell
8 34 (2.15%) C++
9 30 (1.90%) T-SQL
9 30 (1.90%) VB.NET
10 22 (1.39%) PHP
11 21 (1.33%) Bicep
12 18 (1.14%) Apex Code
13 15 (0.95%) C
14 12 (0.76%) Bash
14 12 (0.76%) Rust
15 10 (0.63%) Go
15 10 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (0.44%) PL/SQL
17 6 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 200 (12.64%) Degree
2 56 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 52 (3.29%) Security Cleared
4 43 (2.72%) SC Cleared
5 30 (1.90%) ISTQB
6 23 (1.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (1.14%) AWS Certification
8 13 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (0.76%) Azure Certification
9 12 (0.76%) Master's Degree
10 11 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
11 8 (0.51%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.44%) ISEB
12 7 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (6.76%) QA
2 45 (2.84%) Accessibility
3 15 (0.95%) GDPR
4 14 (0.88%) WCAG
5 9 (0.57%) ISO 9001
6 7 (0.44%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.44%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.38%) SLA
8 4 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.13%) GRC
11 1 (0.063%) ITGC
11 1 (0.063%) SOC 2
System Software
1 153 (9.67%) Docker
2 24 (1.52%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.32%) Firmware
4 4 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.13%) vSphere
6 1 (0.063%) Squid
Systems Management
1 124 (7.84%) Kubernetes
2 90 (5.69%) Terraform
3 14 (0.88%) Grafana
4 11 (0.70%) Ansible
5 8 (0.51%) Kibana
5 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.13%) Argo
6 2 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.063%) CASB
7 1 (0.063%) Control-M
Vendors
1 274 (17.32%) Microsoft
2 32 (2.02%) Salesforce
3 29 (1.83%) Xamarin
4 19 (1.20%) MuleSoft
5 18 (1.14%) Google
6 17 (1.07%) Oracle
7 12 (0.76%) Sage
8 10 (0.63%) New Relic
8 10 (0.63%) ServiceNow
9 9 (0.57%) Telerik
10 8 (0.51%) Databricks
11 7 (0.44%) Adobe
11 7 (0.44%) Apple
11 7 (0.44%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.38%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (0.38%) VMware
13 5 (0.32%) Freshdesk
13 5 (0.32%) IBM
13 5 (0.32%) SAP
13 5 (0.32%) Syncfusion