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

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 40 23
Rank change year-on-year -38 -17 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,633 2,357 5,652
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.56% 5.78% 7.76%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.63% 25.78% 35.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,457 1,750 5,133
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £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 6,912 9,143 16,024
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.85% 22.43% 21.99%
Number of salaries quoted 5,279 6,089 13,574
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
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 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -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 8 March 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 8 March 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 -23 451 £80,000 +6.67% 231
South East -35 400 £60,000 - 194
North of England -30 376 £65,000 +18.18% 155
Midlands -36 204 £52,500 -8.70% 72
North West -31 199 £65,000 +18.18% 94
Yorkshire -29 121 £60,000 +9.09% 38
West Midlands -46 112 £50,000 -15.25% 45
South West -26 111 £55,000 -8.33% 75
East Midlands -26 92 £60,000 +14.29% 26
East of England -64 63 £60,000 +20.00% 48
North East -6 56 £70,000 +16.67% 27
.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 41 (2.51%) IIS
2 26 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.98%) CMS
4 13 (0.80%) JBoss
4 13 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.80%) WebSphere
5 9 (0.55%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.31%) Confluence
6 5 (0.31%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.18%) nginx
8 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.061%) Apache
9 1 (0.061%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.061%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.061%) Kentico
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.061%) SAS
9 1 (0.061%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.18%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.061%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.061%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 36 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.12%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.061%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.061%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.061%) Endur
3 1 (0.061%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.061%) Magento
3 1 (0.061%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.061%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 758 (46.42%) Azure
2 285 (17.45%) AWS
3 232 (14.21%) SaaS
4 224 (13.72%) Azure DevOps
5 122 (7.47%) Power Platform
6 105 (6.43%) Serverless
7 103 (6.31%) GitHub
8 64 (3.92%) GCP
9 62 (3.80%) Azure Logic Apps
10 59 (3.61%) Azure Functions
11 55 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
12 52 (3.18%) PowerApps
13 51 (3.12%) Power Automate
14 48 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
15 43 (2.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 38 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
17 35 (2.14%) Azure AKS
18 34 (2.08%) Entra ID
19 29 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
20 25 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.92%) Internet
2 10 (0.61%) DNS
2 10 (0.61%) Firewall
3 9 (0.55%) DHCP
4 8 (0.49%) WinSCP
5 6 (0.37%) VPN
6 5 (0.31%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.31%) VoIP
7 3 (0.18%) HTTP
7 3 (0.18%) LTE
8 2 (0.12%) Intranet
9 1 (0.061%) AMQP
9 1 (0.061%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.061%) FIX Connectivity
9 1 (0.061%) Hyperconnected
9 1 (0.061%) IPv6
9 1 (0.061%) Modbus
9 1 (0.061%) NAS
9 1 (0.061%) VLAN
9 1 (0.061%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 411 (25.17%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.02%) NoSQL
3 56 (3.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 54 (3.31%) Power BI
5 52 (3.18%) MongoDB
6 49 (3.00%) Relational Database
7 46 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 45 (2.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 44 (2.69%) MySQL
10 40 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
11 20 (1.22%) DynamoDB
11 20 (1.22%) Redis
12 13 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.55%) DB2
15 5 (0.31%) GIS
15 5 (0.31%) Tableau
16 4 (0.24%) Data Lake
17 3 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
17 3 (0.18%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 135 (8.27%) Git
2 49 (3.00%) JIRA
3 48 (2.94%) Selenium
4 40 (2.45%) Visual Studio
5 35 (2.14%) Postman
6 31 (1.90%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (1.71%) WebDriver
8 26 (1.59%) SoapUI
9 21 (1.29%) Jenkins
9 21 (1.29%) TeamCity
10 18 (1.10%) SpecFlow
11 16 (0.98%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (0.55%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 7 (0.43%) LabVIEW
15 6 (0.37%) git-flow
15 6 (0.37%) GitLab
15 6 (0.37%) NUnit
16 4 (0.24%) MSTest
16 4 (0.24%) Storybook
General
1 336 (20.58%) Social Skills
2 287 (17.58%) Finance
3 74 (4.53%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (4.04%) Law
5 55 (3.37%) Public Sector
6 54 (3.31%) Banking
7 39 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (1.59%) Legal
9 22 (1.35%) Marketing
10 20 (1.22%) Games
11 18 (1.10%) Manufacturing
11 18 (1.10%) Retail
12 17 (1.04%) Front Office
13 15 (0.92%) Aviation
14 11 (0.67%) Electronics
14 11 (0.67%) Tech for Good
15 9 (0.55%) Aerospace
15 9 (0.55%) Military
15 9 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 881 (53.95%) Developer
2 387 (23.70%) Senior
3 367 (22.47%) .NET Developer
4 294 (18.00%) Software Engineer
5 272 (16.66%) Software Developer
6 192 (11.76%) C# Developer
6 192 (11.76%) Lead
7 178 (10.90%) Senior Developer
8 167 (10.23%) Full-Stack Developer
9 137 (8.39%) .NET Software Engineer
10 115 (7.04%) Senior Software Engineer
11 108 (6.61%) C# .NET Developer
12 97 (5.94%) .NET Software Developer
13 81 (4.96%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 79 (4.84%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 75 (4.59%) Senior .NET Developer
16 74 (4.53%) Lead Developer
17 60 (3.67%) C# Software Engineer
18 53 (3.25%) C# Software Developer
19 52 (3.18%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 379 (23.21%) .NET Core
2 294 (18.00%) React
3 237 (14.51%) ASP.NET
4 218 (13.35%) .NET Framework
5 196 (12.00%) HTML
6 167 (10.23%) CSS
7 146 (8.94%) AngularJS
8 140 (8.57%) REST
9 104 (6.37%) RESTful
10 95 (5.82%) Entity Framework
11 90 (5.51%) Blazor
12 78 (4.78%) Node.js
13 67 (4.10%) ASP.NET Core
14 64 (3.92%) Vue
15 63 (3.86%) SOAP
16 49 (3.00%) ASP.NET MVC
17 45 (2.76%) ASP.NET Web API
18 39 (2.39%) HTML5
19 37 (2.27%) Middleware
20 34 (2.08%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 142 (8.70%) Cloud Native
2 64 (3.92%) Mobile App
2 64 (3.92%) Product Ownership
3 54 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
4 50 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
5 48 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
6 29 (1.78%) Virtual Team
7 25 (1.53%) Hedge funds
8 22 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
10 16 (0.98%) AI Agents
11 15 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 14 (0.86%) Algorithms
12 14 (0.86%) Low-Code
12 14 (0.86%) Management Information System
12 14 (0.86%) Onboarding
12 14 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (0.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 13 (0.80%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 88 (5.39%) Windows
2 25 (1.53%) Android
3 24 (1.47%) Apple iOS
3 24 (1.47%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.41%) Linux
5 16 (0.98%) VMS
6 8 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.31%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.18%) Unix
9 1 (0.061%) Fedora
9 1 (0.061%) Solaris
9 1 (0.061%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 539 (33.01%) Agile
2 520 (31.84%) Software Engineering
3 401 (24.56%) DevOps
3 401 (24.56%) Full-Stack Development
4 392 (24.00%) CI/CD
5 266 (16.29%) Microservices
6 263 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
7 212 (12.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 173 (10.59%) Mentoring
9 153 (9.37%) AI
10 137 (8.39%) Scrum
11 131 (8.02%) Clean Code
12 130 (7.96%) SDLC
13 123 (7.53%) Containerisation
14 117 (7.16%) Test Automation
15 114 (6.98%) MVC
16 113 (6.92%) User Experience
17 102 (6.25%) Computer Science
18 98 (6.00%) TDD
18 98 (6.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1,118 (68.46%) C#
2 504 (30.86%) SQL
3 381 (23.33%) JavaScript
4 211 (12.92%) TypeScript
5 160 (9.80%) Java
6 137 (8.39%) Python
7 62 (3.80%) PowerShell
8 36 (2.20%) C++
9 32 (1.96%) T-SQL
10 28 (1.71%) VB.NET
11 25 (1.53%) PHP
12 23 (1.41%) Bicep
13 19 (1.16%) Apex Code
14 15 (0.92%) C
15 13 (0.80%) Bash
16 11 (0.67%) Go
17 10 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
17 10 (0.61%) Rust
18 8 (0.49%) PL/SQL
19 6 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 199 (12.19%) Degree
2 56 (3.43%) Security Cleared
3 55 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 46 (2.82%) SC Cleared
5 30 (1.84%) ISTQB
6 23 (1.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (1.10%) AWS Certification
8 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (0.67%) AWS Certified Developer
9 11 (0.67%) Azure Certification
10 10 (0.61%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.49%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.43%) ISEB
12 7 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (6.67%) QA
2 44 (2.69%) Accessibility
3 14 (0.86%) GDPR
4 13 (0.80%) WCAG
5 9 (0.55%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.49%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.43%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.43%) SLA
8 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.12%) GRC
10 1 (0.061%) ITGC
System Software
1 154 (9.43%) Docker
2 24 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.31%) Firmware
4 4 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.12%) vSphere
6 1 (0.061%) Squid
Systems Management
1 124 (7.59%) Kubernetes
2 90 (5.51%) Terraform
3 14 (0.86%) Grafana
4 11 (0.67%) Ansible
5 8 (0.49%) Kibana
6 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.12%) Argo
7 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.061%) CASB
8 1 (0.061%) Control-M
Vendors
1 274 (16.78%) Microsoft
2 33 (2.02%) Salesforce
3 29 (1.78%) Xamarin
4 19 (1.16%) Google
4 19 (1.16%) MuleSoft
5 15 (0.92%) Oracle
6 13 (0.80%) Sage
7 10 (0.61%) New Relic
7 10 (0.61%) ServiceNow
8 9 (0.55%) Telerik
9 8 (0.49%) Databricks
10 7 (0.43%) Adobe
10 7 (0.43%) Apple
10 7 (0.43%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (0.37%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.37%) VMware
12 5 (0.31%) Freshdesk
12 5 (0.31%) SAP
12 5 (0.31%) Syncfusion
12 5 (0.31%) Zoho