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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 58 23
Rank change year-on-year +4 -35 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,387 1,859 6,636
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.83% 4.62% 7.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 26.95% 23.82% 36.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,169 1,379 5,584
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,365 £37,500
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 £80,000 £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 8,856 7,806 18,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.48% 19.40% 19.37%
Number of salaries quoted 6,760 5,274 14,494
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £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 £66,350 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.03% +10.58% -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 26 June 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 26 June 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 +20 609 £57,500 - 150
London -21 550 £80,000 - 167
North of England 0 547 £60,000 - 120
Midlands +7 298 £55,000 - 62
North West +1 282 £60,000 +4.35% 60
South West +7 187 £55,000 +4.76% 39
East of England +12 173 £65,000 +23.22% 43
West Midlands -20 152 £59,000 +8.66% 35
East Midlands +27 146 £55,000 - 27
North East 0 137 £59,000 +9.77% 28
Yorkshire -3 128 £57,500 -14.81% 35
.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 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.13%) CMS
2 27 (1.13%) IIS
3 19 (0.80%) Confluence
4 16 (0.67%) ColdFusion
5 14 (0.59%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.34%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.29%) WordPress
8 6 (0.25%) Apache
8 6 (0.25%) JBoss
9 5 (0.21%) nginx
9 5 (0.21%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.17%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.13%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.084%) DNN
12 2 (0.084%) Kentico
12 2 (0.084%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 8 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.084%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.084%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.13%) Magento
3 3 (0.13%) Shopify
4 2 (0.084%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.084%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.084%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.084%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.084%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.042%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.042%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.042%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.042%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,200 (50.27%) Azure
2 369 (15.46%) AWS
3 367 (15.37%) Azure DevOps
4 228 (9.55%) SaaS
5 184 (7.71%) GitHub
6 158 (6.62%) Power Platform
7 128 (5.36%) Serverless
8 122 (5.11%) Azure AI
9 115 (4.82%) Azure Logic Apps
10 114 (4.78%) GitHub Copilot
11 100 (4.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 97 (4.06%) Power Automate
13 92 (3.85%) PowerApps
14 80 (3.35%) Azure Functions
14 80 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
15 79 (3.31%) Azure Service Bus
16 56 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
17 55 (2.30%) GCP
18 54 (2.26%) Azure AKS
18 54 (2.26%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 75 (3.14%) Internet
2 9 (0.38%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.34%) Firewall
3 8 (0.34%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.21%) DHCP
4 5 (0.21%) DNS
4 5 (0.21%) LAN
4 5 (0.21%) LTE
4 5 (0.21%) WAN
5 4 (0.17%) Intranet
5 4 (0.17%) WinSCP
6 3 (0.13%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.13%) RS-232
7 2 (0.084%) HTTP
7 2 (0.084%) Modbus
8 1 (0.042%) AMQP
8 1 (0.042%) Profibus
8 1 (0.042%) VLAN
8 1 (0.042%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.042%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 466 (19.52%) SQL Server
2 382 (16.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 320 (13.41%) MongoDB
4 117 (4.90%) Elasticsearch
5 102 (4.27%) Power BI
6 63 (2.64%) NoSQL
7 56 (2.35%) MySQL
8 41 (1.72%) Relational Database
9 40 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 39 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
11 34 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 20 (0.84%) Redis
13 13 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (0.50%) Db2
15 11 (0.46%) GIS
16 7 (0.29%) Geospatial Data
16 7 (0.29%) NonStop SQL
17 6 (0.25%) Big Data
17 6 (0.25%) DynamoDB
17 6 (0.25%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 146 (6.12%) Git
2 46 (1.93%) JIRA
3 30 (1.26%) Visual Studio
4 26 (1.09%) Postman
5 24 (1.01%) Selenium
6 19 (0.80%) Jenkins
7 18 (0.75%) GitLab
8 16 (0.67%) SpecFlow
9 13 (0.54%) Claude Code
9 13 (0.54%) NUnit
10 12 (0.50%) TeamCity
11 11 (0.46%) WebDriver
12 10 (0.42%) SoapUI
12 10 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
13 9 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 8 (0.34%) Cucumber
14 8 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
15 7 (0.29%) Cypress.io
16 6 (0.25%) Moq
General
1 379 (15.88%) Finance
2 341 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 98 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (2.97%) Retail
5 64 (2.68%) Public Sector
6 46 (1.93%) Games
6 46 (1.93%) Law
7 45 (1.89%) Advertising
7 45 (1.89%) Manufacturing
8 44 (1.84%) Banking
8 44 (1.84%) Legal
9 40 (1.68%) Marketing
10 37 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 29 (1.21%) Aerospace
12 24 (1.01%) Automotive
13 20 (0.84%) Electronics
14 12 (0.50%) Back Office
14 12 (0.50%) Legal Technology
15 11 (0.46%) Front Office
16 9 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,432 (59.99%) Developer
2 808 (33.85%) .NET Developer
3 480 (20.11%) Senior
4 404 (16.93%) Software Engineer
5 337 (14.12%) Software Developer
6 254 (10.64%) Lead
7 235 (9.84%) Senior Developer
8 205 (8.59%) C# Developer
9 183 (7.67%) .NET Software Engineer
10 180 (7.54%) Full-Stack Developer
11 165 (6.91%) C# .NET Developer
12 154 (6.45%) Senior Software Engineer
13 151 (6.33%) C# Software Engineer
14 130 (5.45%) .NET Software Developer
15 127 (5.32%) Lead Developer
16 107 (4.48%) Senior .NET Developer
17 101 (4.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 86 (3.60%) Architect
19 77 (3.23%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
20 74 (3.10%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 690 (28.91%) .NET Core
2 603 (25.26%) ASP.NET
3 442 (18.52%) ASP.NET Core
4 381 (15.96%) React
5 320 (13.41%) HTML
6 318 (13.32%) CSS
7 273 (11.44%) AngularJS
8 241 (10.10%) .NET Framework
9 228 (9.55%) Blazor
9 228 (9.55%) RESTful
10 227 (9.51%) Entity Framework
11 217 (9.09%) Vue
12 200 (8.38%) Node.js
13 184 (7.71%) REST
14 164 (6.87%) ASP.NET Web API
15 109 (4.57%) ML.NET
16 83 (3.48%) LINQ
17 63 (2.64%) jQuery
18 61 (2.56%) JSON
19 49 (2.05%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 153 (6.41%) Cloud Native
2 123 (5.15%) Greenfield Project
3 92 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
4 85 (3.56%) Product Ownership
5 73 (3.06%) Mobile App
6 72 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
7 57 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
8 34 (1.42%) Hedge funds
9 26 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
9 26 (1.09%) Legacy Code
10 22 (0.92%) Low-Code
11 20 (0.84%) AI Agents
11 20 (0.84%) Onboarding
12 19 (0.80%) Management Information System
13 17 (0.71%) Algorithms
13 17 (0.71%) Digital TV
13 17 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
14 16 (0.67%) Sports Betting
15 15 (0.63%) Social Network
15 15 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 82 (3.44%) Windows
2 30 (1.26%) Android
3 26 (1.09%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.05%) Linux
5 12 (0.50%) VMS
6 9 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.084%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.084%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.042%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 802 (33.60%) Full-Stack Development
2 735 (30.79%) Agile
3 647 (27.11%) Software Engineering
4 578 (24.21%) CI/CD
5 572 (23.96%) DevOps
6 387 (16.21%) Microservices
7 357 (14.96%) AI
8 285 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
9 242 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 216 (9.05%) Mentoring
11 195 (8.17%) SDLC
12 179 (7.50%) Test Automation
13 172 (7.21%) Machine Learning
14 152 (6.37%) Scrum
15 150 (6.28%) TDD
16 141 (5.91%) Technical Leadership
17 135 (5.66%) Clean Code
17 135 (5.66%) Containerisation
18 134 (5.61%) Multithreading
19 126 (5.28%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1,754 (73.48%) C#
2 883 (36.99%) SQL
3 505 (21.16%) JavaScript
4 330 (13.82%) TypeScript
5 203 (8.50%) Python
6 144 (6.03%) Java
7 85 (3.56%) PowerShell
8 80 (3.35%) C++
9 57 (2.39%) PHP
10 50 (2.09%) T-SQL
11 45 (1.89%) VB.NET
12 41 (1.72%) Bicep
13 24 (1.01%) C
14 21 (0.88%) Bash
15 20 (0.84%) VB
16 15 (0.63%) Apex Code
16 15 (0.63%) PL/SQL
17 11 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
18 10 (0.42%) Go
19 9 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 210 (8.80%) Degree
2 91 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 84 (3.52%) Security Cleared
4 65 (2.72%) SC Cleared
5 23 (0.96%) Azure Certification
6 20 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (0.42%) AWS Certification
8 8 (0.34%) ISTQB
9 7 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (0.29%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.21%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.21%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 5 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.13%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.13%) PhD
13 2 (0.084%) CSQA
13 2 (0.084%) MBA
13 2 (0.084%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (5.40%) QA
2 60 (2.51%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.80%) Data Quality
4 18 (0.75%) GDPR
5 14 (0.59%) WCAG
6 9 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.34%) ISO 9001
7 8 (0.34%) SLA
8 4 (0.17%) NCSC
8 4 (0.17%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.084%) ITGC
10 2 (0.084%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 264 (11.06%) Docker
2 17 (0.71%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.50%) Firmware
4 7 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 255 (10.68%) Kubernetes
2 110 (4.61%) Terraform
3 13 (0.54%) Grafana
4 8 (0.34%) Ansible
5 6 (0.25%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.21%) Kibana
7 2 (0.084%) MIIS
8 1 (0.042%) Consul
8 1 (0.042%) MOM
8 1 (0.042%) Packer
8 1 (0.042%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.042%) Puppet
Vendors
1 716 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 46 (1.93%) Google
3 40 (1.68%) Facebook
4 34 (1.42%) Oracle
5 30 (1.26%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.17%) OpenAI
7 27 (1.13%) Adobe
8 19 (0.80%) Xamarin
9 16 (0.67%) ServiceNow
9 16 (0.67%) YouTube
10 13 (0.54%) Databricks
11 11 (0.46%) iManage
11 11 (0.46%) MuleSoft
12 9 (0.38%) Intapp
13 8 (0.34%) Apple
13 8 (0.34%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (0.34%) Sony
13 8 (0.34%) VMware
13 8 (0.34%) Yahoo!
14 7 (0.29%) IBM