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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 62 25
Rank change year-on-year +10 -37 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,676 1,790 4,654
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.84% 4.10% 6.43%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 27.76% 23.72% 34.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,367 1,337 3,655
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £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 9,641 7,546 13,607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.21% 17.27% 18.81%
Number of salaries quoted 7,196 5,023 10,180
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,125 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,938
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 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%

.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 15 August 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 15 August 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 +38 691 £57,500 - 223
North of England +2 625 £57,500 -4.17% 196
London -28 556 £80,000 - 615
Midlands +18 338 £56,250 +2.27% 107
North West -3 282 £60,000 - 104
South West +19 221 £52,500 - 59
East of England +31 220 £65,000 +30.00% 76
West Midlands -4 180 £60,000 +4.35% 50
North East +5 172 £56,500 +31.40% 41
Yorkshire +17 171 £55,000 -10.20% 54
East Midlands +41 158 £55,000 - 57
.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 69 (2.58%) SharePoint
2 40 (1.49%) IIS
3 32 (1.20%) CMS
4 24 (0.90%) Confluence
5 16 (0.60%) ColdFusion
6 15 (0.56%) Umbraco
7 9 (0.34%) WordPress
8 8 (0.30%) nginx
8 8 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.26%) Apache
10 5 (0.19%) EPiServer
10 5 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.15%) CICS
11 4 (0.15%) Headless CMS
11 4 (0.15%) NServiceBus
12 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.11%) GeoServer
12 3 (0.11%) JBoss
12 3 (0.11%) Kentico
12 3 (0.11%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 9 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.30%) Chatbot
2 8 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.037%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.037%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.34%) Elite 3E
3 5 (0.19%) Shopify
4 4 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.15%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.11%) Magento
5 3 (0.11%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.11%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.075%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.075%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.075%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.037%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.037%) Eikon
7 1 (0.037%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.037%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.037%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 1,420 (53.06%) Azure
2 455 (17.00%) Azure DevOps
3 454 (16.97%) AWS
4 250 (9.34%) GitHub
5 207 (7.74%) SaaS
6 191 (7.14%) Power Platform
7 173 (6.46%) Azure AI
8 167 (6.24%) GitHub Copilot
9 139 (5.19%) Serverless
10 118 (4.41%) Power Automate
11 115 (4.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 111 (4.15%) Azure Logic Apps
13 103 (3.85%) Azure Service Bus
14 100 (3.74%) PowerApps
15 92 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
16 82 (3.06%) Azure Functions
17 76 (2.84%) GCP
18 70 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
19 57 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
20 53 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 93 (3.48%) Internet
2 9 (0.34%) HTTP
2 9 (0.34%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.30%) Firewall
4 7 (0.26%) Hyperconnected
5 6 (0.22%) SNMP
6 5 (0.19%) DHCP
6 5 (0.19%) DNS
6 5 (0.19%) LAN
6 5 (0.19%) WAN
7 4 (0.15%) Intranet
8 3 (0.11%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.11%) Modbus
8 3 (0.11%) RS-232
9 2 (0.075%) LTE
10 1 (0.037%) Network Security
10 1 (0.037%) Profibus
10 1 (0.037%) VLAN
10 1 (0.037%) WinSCP
10 1 (0.037%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 565 (21.11%) SQL Server
2 497 (18.57%) Azure SQL Database
3 426 (15.92%) MongoDB
4 163 (6.09%) Elasticsearch
5 115 (4.30%) Power BI
6 83 (3.10%) MySQL
7 78 (2.91%) Relational Database
8 72 (2.69%) NoSQL
9 57 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
10 36 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 33 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 30 (1.12%) Redis
13 21 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (0.45%) DynamoDB
14 12 (0.45%) GIS
15 11 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
15 11 (0.41%) Db2
15 11 (0.41%) NonStop SQL
16 10 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
16 10 (0.37%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 205 (7.66%) Git
2 48 (1.79%) JIRA
3 36 (1.35%) Jenkins
4 30 (1.12%) Visual Studio
5 29 (1.08%) NUnit
6 27 (1.01%) Claude Code
6 27 (1.01%) Selenium
7 24 (0.90%) GitLab
8 23 (0.86%) Postman
9 15 (0.56%) TeamCity
10 11 (0.41%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
11 10 (0.37%) Cypress.io
12 9 (0.34%) SpecFlow
13 8 (0.30%) Jasmine
13 8 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
13 8 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 7 (0.26%) Moq
14 7 (0.26%) MSI
General
1 431 (16.11%) Social Skills
2 395 (14.76%) Finance
3 135 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (3.48%) Retail
5 87 (3.25%) Public Sector
6 75 (2.80%) Law
7 72 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 65 (2.43%) Legal
9 62 (2.32%) Advertising
10 58 (2.17%) Games
11 56 (2.09%) Marketing
12 54 (2.02%) Manufacturing
13 29 (1.08%) Banking
14 28 (1.05%) Aerospace
15 25 (0.93%) Automotive
16 19 (0.71%) Electronics
17 16 (0.60%) Legal Technology
18 15 (0.56%) Front Office
19 14 (0.52%) Back Office
20 13 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,628 (60.84%) Developer
2 957 (35.76%) .NET Developer
3 500 (18.68%) Senior
4 414 (15.47%) Software Engineer
5 333 (12.44%) Software Developer
6 313 (11.70%) Lead
7 262 (9.79%) Senior Developer
8 213 (7.96%) C# Developer
9 191 (7.14%) Full-Stack Developer
10 161 (6.02%) C# .NET Developer
11 157 (5.87%) .NET Software Engineer
12 156 (5.83%) C# Software Engineer
13 151 (5.64%) Senior Software Engineer
14 148 (5.53%) Lead Developer
15 127 (4.75%) .NET Software Developer
16 116 (4.33%) Senior .NET Developer
17 110 (4.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 95 (3.55%) Web Developer
19 91 (3.40%) Architect
20 79 (2.95%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 808 (30.19%) .NET Core
2 770 (28.77%) ASP.NET
3 584 (21.82%) ASP.NET Core
4 456 (17.04%) React
5 388 (14.50%) HTML
6 384 (14.35%) CSS
7 334 (12.48%) AngularJS
8 305 (11.40%) Entity Framework
9 299 (11.17%) Blazor
10 298 (11.14%) .NET Framework
11 289 (10.80%) RESTful
12 266 (9.94%) Vue
13 260 (9.72%) Node.js
14 227 (8.48%) REST
15 221 (8.26%) ASP.NET Web API
16 145 (5.42%) ML.NET
17 109 (4.07%) LINQ
18 82 (3.06%) JSON
19 74 (2.77%) jQuery
20 62 (2.32%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 182 (6.80%) Cloud Native
2 152 (5.68%) Greenfield Project
3 136 (5.08%) Enterprise Software
4 125 (4.67%) Distributed Systems
5 99 (3.70%) Product Ownership
6 69 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
7 67 (2.50%) Mobile App
8 40 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
9 36 (1.35%) AI Agents
10 35 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
11 32 (1.20%) Legacy Code
12 31 (1.16%) Onboarding
13 30 (1.12%) Management Information System
14 26 (0.97%) Hedge funds
15 22 (0.82%) Low-Code
16 20 (0.75%) Digital TV
17 18 (0.67%) Algorithms
18 17 (0.64%) iPhone
19 16 (0.60%) Client/Server
19 16 (0.60%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 108 (4.04%) Windows
2 37 (1.38%) Linux
3 33 (1.23%) Windows Server
4 30 (1.12%) Android
5 6 (0.22%) VMS
6 4 (0.15%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.075%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.037%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.037%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 942 (35.20%) Full-Stack Development
2 878 (32.81%) Agile
3 706 (26.38%) Software Engineering
4 702 (26.23%) DevOps
5 690 (25.78%) CI/CD
6 475 (17.75%) Microservices
7 432 (16.14%) AI
8 368 (13.75%) Problem-Solving
9 285 (10.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 270 (10.09%) Mentoring
11 224 (8.37%) SDLC
12 211 (7.88%) Machine Learning
13 201 (7.51%) Test Automation
14 190 (7.10%) Scrum
15 178 (6.65%) Technical Leadership
16 174 (6.50%) Multithreading
17 169 (6.32%) TDD
18 167 (6.24%) Infrastructure as Code
19 157 (5.87%) Clean Code
20 153 (5.72%) OO
Programming Languages
1 2,031 (75.90%) C#
2 1,016 (37.97%) SQL
3 600 (22.42%) JavaScript
4 380 (14.20%) TypeScript
5 232 (8.67%) Python
6 168 (6.28%) Java
7 87 (3.25%) C++
8 81 (3.03%) PowerShell
9 67 (2.50%) PHP
10 63 (2.35%) T-SQL
11 61 (2.28%) VB.NET
12 44 (1.64%) Bicep
13 28 (1.05%) C
14 25 (0.93%) Bash
15 22 (0.82%) Go
16 19 (0.71%) VB
17 14 (0.52%) VBA
18 12 (0.45%) COBOL
19 11 (0.41%) PL/SQL
20 10 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 246 (9.19%) Degree
2 117 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 108 (4.04%) Security Cleared
4 87 (3.25%) SC Cleared
5 23 (0.86%) Azure Certification
6 18 (0.67%) AWS Certification
7 16 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (0.56%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.26%) AWS Certified Developer
11 6 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.19%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.19%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.15%) MBA
14 3 (0.11%) ICAEW
14 3 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.11%) OCP
14 3 (0.11%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (6.09%) QA
2 71 (2.65%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.71%) Data Quality
4 18 (0.67%) GDPR
5 17 (0.64%) WCAG
6 9 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.30%) NCSC
8 5 (0.19%) SLA
9 3 (0.11%) NIST
10 2 (0.075%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.037%) ITGC
11 1 (0.037%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.037%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 338 (12.63%) Docker
2 16 (0.60%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.34%) Firmware
4 8 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.22%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 309 (11.55%) Kubernetes
2 134 (5.01%) Terraform
3 15 (0.56%) Grafana
3 15 (0.56%) Prometheus
4 13 (0.49%) Ansible
5 2 (0.075%) MIIS
6 1 (0.037%) Argo
6 1 (0.037%) Consul
6 1 (0.037%) Control-M
6 1 (0.037%) MOM
6 1 (0.037%) Packer
6 1 (0.037%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.037%) Puppet
Vendors
1 948 (35.43%) Microsoft
2 74 (2.77%) Google
3 55 (2.06%) Facebook
4 43 (1.61%) Oracle
5 37 (1.38%) OpenAI
6 29 (1.08%) Adobe
7 24 (0.90%) Salesforce
8 21 (0.78%) YouTube
9 15 (0.56%) Databricks
9 15 (0.56%) iManage
10 13 (0.49%) Intapp
11 12 (0.45%) ServiceNow
11 12 (0.45%) Xamarin
12 11 (0.41%) Apple
12 11 (0.41%) Sony
12 11 (0.41%) Yahoo!
13 10 (0.37%) Aderant
14 9 (0.34%) Sage
14 9 (0.34%) SAP
14 9 (0.34%) VMware