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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 57 23
Rank change year-on-year +5 -34 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,461 1,876 6,602
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.87% 4.55% 7.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 27.39% 23.83% 36.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,240 1,394 5,549
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,825 £37,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £78,750 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
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 8,985 7,874 17,965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.47% 19.11% 19.42%
Number of salaries quoted 6,873 5,320 14,424
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,989 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,575 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -10.49%

.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 July 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 July 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 +20 636 £57,500 - 166
North of England -1 562 £60,000 - 172
London -23 546 £80,000 - 229
Midlands +8 312 £55,000 - 86
North West -4 287 £60,000 +4.35% 80
South West +13 197 £55,000 +4.76% 44
East of England +19 185 £65,000 +23.81% 60
West Midlands -24 160 £57,500 +4.55% 45
East Midlands +30 152 £55,000 - 41
North East 0 142 £57,500 +6.98% 41
Yorkshire -9 133 £57,500 -14.81% 54
.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 61 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.14%) CMS
2 28 (1.14%) IIS
3 20 (0.81%) Confluence
4 16 (0.65%) ColdFusion
5 15 (0.61%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
6 8 (0.33%) WordPress
7 6 (0.24%) Apache
7 6 (0.24%) JBoss
7 6 (0.24%) nginx
8 5 (0.20%) NServiceBus
8 5 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.16%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.16%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.12%) EPiServer
10 3 (0.12%) Immediacy CMS
10 3 (0.12%) Kentico
10 3 (0.12%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 8 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.12%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.041%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
3 3 (0.12%) Shopify
4 2 (0.081%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.081%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.081%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.081%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.081%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.041%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.041%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.041%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.041%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,272 (51.69%) Azure
2 392 (15.93%) Azure DevOps
3 386 (15.68%) AWS
4 226 (9.18%) SaaS
5 201 (8.17%) GitHub
6 160 (6.50%) Power Platform
7 145 (5.89%) Azure AI
8 133 (5.40%) GitHub Copilot
9 128 (5.20%) Serverless
10 115 (4.67%) Azure Logic Apps
11 106 (4.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 99 (4.02%) Power Automate
13 94 (3.82%) PowerApps
14 83 (3.37%) Azure Service Bus
15 82 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
16 81 (3.29%) Azure Functions
17 59 (2.40%) GCP
18 57 (2.32%) Azure Monitor
18 57 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
19 53 (2.15%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 83 (3.37%) Internet
2 9 (0.37%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.33%) Firewall
3 8 (0.33%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.20%) DHCP
4 5 (0.20%) DNS
4 5 (0.20%) LAN
4 5 (0.20%) LTE
4 5 (0.20%) WAN
5 4 (0.16%) Intranet
6 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.12%) RS-232
6 3 (0.12%) WinSCP
7 2 (0.081%) HTTP
7 2 (0.081%) Modbus
8 1 (0.041%) AMQP
8 1 (0.041%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.041%) Network Security
8 1 (0.041%) SSL
8 1 (0.041%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 464 (18.85%) SQL Server
2 446 (18.12%) Azure SQL Database
3 380 (15.44%) MongoDB
4 140 (5.69%) Elasticsearch
5 105 (4.27%) Power BI
6 62 (2.52%) NoSQL
7 56 (2.28%) MySQL
8 42 (1.71%) Relational Database
9 39 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
9 39 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 34 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 21 (0.85%) Redis
12 13 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.49%) Db2
14 11 (0.45%) GIS
15 9 (0.37%) NonStop SQL
16 8 (0.33%) Geospatial Data
17 6 (0.24%) Big Data
17 6 (0.24%) DynamoDB
17 6 (0.24%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 148 (6.01%) Git
2 44 (1.79%) JIRA
3 28 (1.14%) Visual Studio
4 23 (0.93%) Postman
5 20 (0.81%) Selenium
6 19 (0.77%) Jenkins
7 18 (0.73%) GitLab
8 16 (0.65%) SpecFlow
9 13 (0.53%) Claude Code
9 13 (0.53%) NUnit
10 11 (0.45%) TeamCity
11 9 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 8 (0.33%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
12 8 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
12 8 (0.33%) WebDriver
13 7 (0.28%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.28%) SoapUI
13 7 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
14 6 (0.24%) JMeter
General
1 388 (15.77%) Finance
2 345 (14.02%) Social Skills
3 99 (4.02%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (3.09%) Retail
5 64 (2.60%) Public Sector
6 53 (2.15%) Advertising
7 50 (2.03%) Games
8 47 (1.91%) Manufacturing
9 46 (1.87%) Marketing
10 45 (1.83%) Law
11 44 (1.79%) Legal
12 42 (1.71%) Banking
13 38 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 32 (1.30%) Aerospace
15 25 (1.02%) Automotive
16 20 (0.81%) Electronics
17 12 (0.49%) Back Office
17 12 (0.49%) Legal Technology
18 11 (0.45%) Front Office
19 9 (0.37%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 1,502 (61.03%) Developer
2 876 (35.60%) .NET Developer
3 479 (19.46%) Senior
4 409 (16.62%) Software Engineer
5 336 (13.65%) Software Developer
6 265 (10.77%) Lead
7 230 (9.35%) Senior Developer
8 205 (8.33%) C# Developer
9 183 (7.44%) Full-Stack Developer
10 181 (7.35%) .NET Software Engineer
11 165 (6.70%) C# .NET Developer
12 157 (6.38%) Senior Software Engineer
13 153 (6.22%) C# Software Engineer
14 133 (5.40%) Lead Developer
15 129 (5.24%) .NET Software Developer
16 108 (4.39%) Senior .NET Developer
17 100 (4.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 88 (3.58%) Architect
19 78 (3.17%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
20 74 (3.01%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 749 (30.43%) .NET Core
2 665 (27.02%) ASP.NET
3 508 (20.64%) ASP.NET Core
4 405 (16.46%) React
5 342 (13.90%) CSS
6 341 (13.86%) HTML
7 297 (12.07%) AngularJS
8 255 (10.36%) Blazor
9 250 (10.16%) RESTful
10 249 (10.12%) Entity Framework
11 247 (10.04%) .NET Framework
12 240 (9.75%) Vue
13 222 (9.02%) Node.js
14 188 (7.64%) ASP.NET Web API
14 188 (7.64%) REST
15 131 (5.32%) ML.NET
16 98 (3.98%) LINQ
17 64 (2.60%) jQuery
18 62 (2.52%) JSON
19 53 (2.15%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 154 (6.26%) Cloud Native
2 138 (5.61%) Greenfield Project
3 93 (3.78%) Distributed Systems
4 86 (3.49%) Product Ownership
5 79 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
6 73 (2.97%) Mobile App
7 57 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
8 33 (1.34%) Hedge funds
9 26 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
9 26 (1.06%) Legacy Code
10 22 (0.89%) Low-Code
11 21 (0.85%) AI Agents
11 21 (0.85%) Onboarding
12 20 (0.81%) Digital TV
13 18 (0.73%) Management Information System
14 17 (0.69%) Algorithms
14 17 (0.69%) iPhone
14 17 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
15 16 (0.65%) Client/Server
15 16 (0.65%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 84 (3.41%) Windows
2 33 (1.34%) Android
3 26 (1.06%) Linux
3 26 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.49%) VMS
5 9 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.081%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.081%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.041%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 873 (35.47%) Full-Stack Development
2 782 (31.78%) Agile
3 650 (26.41%) Software Engineering
4 599 (24.34%) CI/CD
5 597 (24.26%) DevOps
6 418 (16.98%) Microservices
7 381 (15.48%) AI
8 286 (11.62%) Problem-Solving
9 240 (9.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 217 (8.82%) Mentoring
11 197 (8.00%) SDLC
12 194 (7.88%) Machine Learning
13 179 (7.27%) Test Automation
14 162 (6.58%) Scrum
14 162 (6.58%) TDD
15 156 (6.34%) Multithreading
16 143 (5.81%) Technical Leadership
17 134 (5.44%) Clean Code
18 131 (5.32%) Business Intelligence
18 131 (5.32%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 1,833 (74.48%) C#
2 943 (38.32%) SQL
3 535 (21.74%) JavaScript
4 356 (14.47%) TypeScript
5 204 (8.29%) Python
6 144 (5.85%) Java
7 84 (3.41%) PowerShell
8 82 (3.33%) C++
9 58 (2.36%) PHP
10 51 (2.07%) T-SQL
11 45 (1.83%) VB.NET
12 43 (1.75%) Bicep
13 24 (0.98%) C
14 21 (0.85%) Bash
15 20 (0.81%) VB
16 15 (0.61%) PL/SQL
17 14 (0.57%) Apex Code
18 11 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
19 10 (0.41%) Go
20 9 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 206 (8.37%) Degree
2 93 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 85 (3.45%) Security Cleared
4 65 (2.64%) SC Cleared
5 23 (0.93%) Azure Certification
6 20 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (0.41%) AWS Certification
8 8 (0.33%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.20%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.20%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.12%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.12%) MBA
12 3 (0.12%) PhD
13 2 (0.081%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.081%) CSQA
13 2 (0.081%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (5.28%) QA
2 61 (2.48%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.77%) Data Quality
4 18 (0.73%) GDPR
5 14 (0.57%) WCAG
6 9 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.33%) ISO 9001
7 8 (0.33%) SLA
8 5 (0.20%) NCSC
9 4 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.081%) ITGC
11 2 (0.081%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 287 (11.66%) Docker
2 17 (0.69%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.49%) Firmware
4 7 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 273 (11.09%) Kubernetes
2 111 (4.51%) Terraform
3 14 (0.57%) Grafana
4 8 (0.33%) Ansible
5 7 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.20%) Kibana
7 2 (0.081%) MIIS
8 1 (0.041%) Consul
8 1 (0.041%) MOM
8 1 (0.041%) Packer
8 1 (0.041%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.041%) Puppet
Vendors
1 790 (32.10%) Microsoft
2 55 (2.23%) Google
3 48 (1.95%) Facebook
4 34 (1.38%) Oracle
5 29 (1.18%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.14%) Adobe
6 28 (1.14%) OpenAI
7 19 (0.77%) YouTube
8 18 (0.73%) Xamarin
9 16 (0.65%) ServiceNow
10 12 (0.49%) Databricks
11 11 (0.45%) iManage
12 10 (0.41%) Apple
12 10 (0.41%) MuleSoft
12 10 (0.41%) Sony
12 10 (0.41%) Yahoo!
13 9 (0.37%) Intapp
14 8 (0.33%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (0.33%) VMware
15 7 (0.28%) IBM