.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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 33 26
Rank change year-on-year -48 -7 -2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,403 3,012 3,316
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.70% 5.97% 7.61%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 22.51% 27.55% 29.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,246 2,048 2,975
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +4.17%

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 6,233 10,931 11,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.98% 21.68% 25.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,792 6,565 9,248
10th Percentile £36,025 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,500
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% -2.96%
75th Percentile £85,500 £86,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.41%

.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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025. 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 -35 388 £80,000 +3.23% 317
North of England -35 336 £60,500 +10.00% 344
South East -42 330 £60,000 - 389
Midlands -51 179 £57,500 - 215
North West -29 169 £65,000 +16.85% 196
West Midlands -32 117 £55,000 -4.35% 98
Yorkshire -28 115 £57,500 +9.52% 98
South West -67 78 £55,000 -4.35% 121
East of England -70 64 £60,000 +20.00% 140
East Midlands -54 62 £65,000 +25.00% 108
North East -10 52 £50,000 -23.08% 52
.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 51 (3.64%) IIS
2 30 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.64%) CMS
4 17 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (0.93%) Confluence
6 10 (0.71%) JBoss
6 10 (0.71%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.57%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.36%) nginx
8 5 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.21%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.071%) Apache
12 1 (0.071%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.071%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.071%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.071%) Kentico
12 1 (0.071%) SAS
12 1 (0.071%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.29%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.21%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
4 2 (0.14%) S-PLUS
5 1 (0.071%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.071%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 50 (3.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.36%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 3 (0.21%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.14%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.14%) ION Anvil
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.071%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.071%) Endur
5 1 (0.071%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.071%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.071%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 797 (56.81%) Azure
2 331 (23.59%) AWS
3 239 (17.03%) Azure DevOps
4 184 (13.11%) SaaS
5 123 (8.77%) Power Platform
6 106 (7.56%) GitHub
7 102 (7.27%) Serverless
8 86 (6.13%) GCP
9 71 (5.06%) Power Automate
10 60 (4.28%) Dynamics 365
11 58 (4.13%) Azure Logic Apps
12 55 (3.92%) Azure Service Bus
13 53 (3.78%) PowerApps
14 49 (3.49%) Azure Functions
15 45 (3.21%) GitHub Actions
16 43 (3.06%) Entra ID
17 39 (2.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 35 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
19 25 (1.78%) AWS Lambda
19 25 (1.78%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.07%) DNS
2 13 (0.93%) DHCP
3 12 (0.86%) Firewall
3 12 (0.86%) Internet
3 12 (0.86%) TCP/IP
3 12 (0.86%) VoIP
4 9 (0.64%) VPN
5 7 (0.50%) SAN
6 5 (0.36%) HTTP
6 5 (0.36%) LAN
6 5 (0.36%) SSL
6 5 (0.36%) WAN
6 5 (0.36%) WinSCP
7 3 (0.21%) Intranet
8 2 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.14%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.14%) NAS
8 2 (0.14%) VLAN
8 2 (0.14%) WPA
9 1 (0.071%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 394 (28.08%) SQL Server
2 84 (5.99%) NoSQL
3 71 (5.06%) MongoDB
4 66 (4.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 60 (4.28%) MySQL
6 48 (3.42%) Power BI
6 48 (3.42%) Relational Database
6 48 (3.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 44 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
7 44 (3.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 28 (2.00%) DynamoDB
9 22 (1.57%) Redis
10 20 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.64%) Tableau
13 7 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
14 6 (0.43%) NonStop SQL
15 5 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
15 5 (0.36%) RDBMS
16 4 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 150 (10.69%) Git
2 69 (4.92%) JIRA
3 45 (3.21%) Selenium
4 41 (2.92%) Team Foundation Server
5 39 (2.78%) Postman
6 31 (2.21%) Visual Studio
7 30 (2.14%) SoapUI
8 28 (2.00%) WebDriver
9 25 (1.78%) Jenkins
10 21 (1.50%) TeamCity
11 20 (1.43%) Octopus Deploy
12 12 (0.86%) Storybook
13 11 (0.78%) GitLab
14 9 (0.64%) NUnit
14 9 (0.64%) SpecFlow
15 8 (0.57%) MSTest
16 6 (0.43%) git-flow
17 5 (0.36%) Bitbucket
18 4 (0.29%) Cypress.io
19 3 (0.21%) Artifactory
General
1 356 (25.37%) Social Skills
2 256 (18.25%) Finance
3 74 (5.27%) Law
4 57 (4.06%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (2.99%) Public Sector
6 41 (2.92%) Banking
7 35 (2.49%) Legal
7 35 (2.49%) Retail
8 27 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (1.50%) Front Office
10 20 (1.43%) Marketing
11 19 (1.35%) Billing
12 18 (1.28%) Games
13 15 (1.07%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.00%) Back Office
15 13 (0.93%) Aviation
15 13 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (0.86%) Automotive
17 9 (0.64%) Publishing
18 8 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 783 (55.81%) Developer
2 309 (22.02%) Senior
3 304 (21.67%) .NET Developer
4 195 (13.90%) Software Developer
5 184 (13.11%) Software Engineer
6 181 (12.90%) Lead
7 163 (11.62%) C# Developer
8 161 (11.48%) Senior Developer
9 142 (10.12%) Full-Stack Developer
10 66 (4.70%) .NET Software Developer
11 65 (4.63%) .NET Software Engineer
11 65 (4.63%) C# .NET Developer
12 63 (4.49%) Senior Software Engineer
13 59 (4.21%) Senior .NET Developer
14 57 (4.06%) Lead Developer
15 55 (3.92%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 54 (3.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 52 (3.71%) Analyst
18 43 (3.06%) Engineering Manager
19 42 (2.99%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 324 (23.09%) .NET Core
2 312 (22.24%) React
3 251 (17.89%) ASP.NET
4 230 (16.39%) .NET Framework
5 202 (14.40%) HTML
6 179 (12.76%) AngularJS
7 174 (12.40%) CSS
8 133 (9.48%) RESTful
9 111 (7.91%) Entity Framework
9 111 (7.91%) REST
10 97 (6.91%) Blazor
11 78 (5.56%) ASP.NET MVC
11 78 (5.56%) Node.js
12 77 (5.49%) Vue
13 67 (4.78%) ASP.NET Web API
14 64 (4.56%) ASP.NET Core
15 53 (3.78%) SOAP
16 45 (3.21%) HTML5
17 42 (2.99%) Web Services
18 33 (2.35%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 153 (10.91%) Cloud Native
2 74 (5.27%) Product Ownership
3 55 (3.92%) Mobile App
4 54 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
5 50 (3.56%) Legacy Systems
6 39 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
7 33 (2.35%) Onboarding
8 27 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
8 27 (1.92%) Virtual Team
9 26 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 17 (1.21%) AI Agents
11 17 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
12 14 (1.00%) Client/Server
12 14 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
13 12 (0.86%) Clustering
14 11 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
14 11 (0.78%) Fixed Income
14 11 (0.78%) Hedge funds
15 10 (0.71%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 79 (5.63%) Windows
2 29 (2.07%) Linux
3 27 (1.92%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.78%) Android
4 25 (1.78%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.78%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.57%) VMS
7 7 (0.50%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.29%) Unix
9 2 (0.14%) Solaris
9 2 (0.14%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.071%) Fedora
10 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 597 (42.55%) Agile
2 433 (30.86%) DevOps
3 423 (30.15%) CI/CD
4 402 (28.65%) Software Engineering
5 354 (25.23%) Full-Stack Development
6 285 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
7 279 (19.89%) Microservices
8 229 (16.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 188 (13.40%) Mentoring
10 155 (11.05%) Scrum
11 142 (10.12%) Clean Code
11 142 (10.12%) MVC
11 142 (10.12%) User Experience
12 139 (9.91%) AI
13 121 (8.62%) SDLC
14 116 (8.27%) Computer Science
15 111 (7.91%) Containerisation
15 111 (7.91%) Test Automation
16 109 (7.77%) TDD
17 107 (7.63%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,012 (72.13%) C#
2 480 (34.21%) SQL
3 399 (28.44%) JavaScript
4 231 (16.46%) TypeScript
5 160 (11.40%) Java
6 119 (8.48%) Python
7 60 (4.28%) PowerShell
8 39 (2.78%) T-SQL
9 36 (2.57%) VB.NET
10 35 (2.49%) C++
11 34 (2.42%) PHP
12 28 (2.00%) Bicep
13 20 (1.43%) Bash
14 14 (1.00%) Rust
15 12 (0.86%) Go
16 9 (0.64%) XAML
17 7 (0.50%) Apex Code
18 6 (0.43%) C
18 6 (0.43%) VB
19 5 (0.36%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 218 (15.54%) Degree
2 78 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 38 (2.71%) ISTQB
4 37 (2.64%) Security Cleared
5 32 (2.28%) SC Cleared
6 28 (2.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 17 (1.21%) AWS Certification
7 17 (1.21%) Master's Degree
8 15 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (0.86%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.78%) AWS Certified Developer
11 10 (0.71%) ISEB
12 9 (0.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 8 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.43%) HND
15 5 (0.36%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.36%) MCSE
16 4 (0.29%) MCSA
17 3 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
18 2 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (6.56%) QA
2 37 (2.64%) Accessibility
3 17 (1.21%) GDPR
4 12 (0.86%) WCAG
5 4 (0.29%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.29%) GRC
6 3 (0.21%) HL7
6 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.21%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.21%) SLA
7 1 (0.071%) COBIT
7 1 (0.071%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.071%) SOC 2
System Software
1 153 (10.91%) Docker
2 31 (2.21%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.14%) vSphere
6 1 (0.071%) Firmware
6 1 (0.071%) HDFS
6 1 (0.071%) Squid
Systems Management
1 109 (7.77%) Kubernetes
2 101 (7.20%) Terraform
3 16 (1.14%) Grafana
4 10 (0.71%) Ansible
4 10 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.14%) Argo
6 2 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.14%) Kibana
7 1 (0.071%) CASB
7 1 (0.071%) Control-M
7 1 (0.071%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 319 (22.74%) Microsoft
2 27 (1.92%) Salesforce
3 26 (1.85%) Oracle
4 24 (1.71%) Xamarin
5 18 (1.28%) Google
6 14 (1.00%) MuleSoft
7 13 (0.93%) Databricks
7 13 (0.93%) Guidewire
7 13 (0.93%) Sage
8 11 (0.78%) Telerik
9 10 (0.71%) New Relic
10 9 (0.64%) Apple
10 9 (0.64%) DevExpress
11 8 (0.57%) Adobe
12 7 (0.50%) Datto
12 7 (0.50%) Dynatrace
12 7 (0.50%) Freshdesk
12 7 (0.50%) OpenAI
12 7 (0.50%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.50%) Syncfusion