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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 49 24
Rank change year-on-year -28 -25 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,856 1,915 6,230
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.37% 5.11% 7.53%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.92% 24.99% 36.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,669 1,590 5,428
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,375 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £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 7,760 7,662 16,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.92% 20.46% 20.46%
Number of salaries quoted 5,868 5,885 14,104
10th Percentile £38,025 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,268 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% +10.45% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,064
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 23 April 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 23 April 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 -26 489 £82,500 +6.45% 187
South East -21 467 £60,000 - 168
North of England -11 419 £63,000 +9.57% 137
North West -9 220 £65,000 +13.04% 80
Midlands -46 216 £55,000 - 68
South West -3 146 £55,000 -8.33% 45
Yorkshire -35 126 £60,000 - 30
West Midlands -53 112 £52,500 -8.70% 31
East Midlands -28 104 £65,000 +23.81% 36
East of England -53 97 £66,250 +26.19% 51
North East -22 73 £70,000 +21.74% 28
.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 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.45%) IIS
3 20 (1.08%) CMS
4 13 (0.70%) JBoss
4 13 (0.70%) Umbraco
5 12 (0.65%) ColdFusion
6 11 (0.59%) WebSphere
7 9 (0.48%) Confluence
8 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.27%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.22%) Apache
10 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
11 3 (0.16%) nginx
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.054%) CICS
13 1 (0.054%) SAS
13 1 (0.054%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.054%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.054%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.054%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 26 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.16%) Magento
3 1 (0.054%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.054%) Endur
3 1 (0.054%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.054%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.054%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.054%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.054%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 790 (42.56%) Azure
2 282 (15.19%) AWS
3 244 (13.15%) SaaS
4 223 (12.02%) Azure DevOps
5 141 (7.60%) Power Platform
6 111 (5.98%) Serverless
7 100 (5.39%) GitHub
8 98 (5.28%) Azure Logic Apps
9 76 (4.09%) PowerApps
10 74 (3.99%) Power Automate
11 61 (3.29%) Azure Functions
12 59 (3.18%) Azure Service Bus
13 56 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
14 52 (2.80%) GCP
15 51 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
16 45 (2.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 44 (2.37%) Azure AKS
18 37 (1.99%) Azure Monitor
19 34 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
20 29 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.02%) Internet
2 8 (0.43%) Firewall
2 8 (0.43%) WinSCP
3 6 (0.32%) Intranet
4 4 (0.22%) DNS
4 4 (0.22%) LTE
5 3 (0.16%) DHCP
6 2 (0.11%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.11%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.11%) VoIP
6 2 (0.11%) VPN
7 1 (0.054%) AMQP
7 1 (0.054%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.054%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.054%) HTTP
7 1 (0.054%) Modbus
7 1 (0.054%) MPLS
7 1 (0.054%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 420 (22.63%) SQL Server
2 87 (4.69%) Power BI
3 86 (4.63%) Azure SQL Database
4 77 (4.15%) NoSQL
5 46 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 40 (2.16%) MongoDB
6 40 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
7 39 (2.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 36 (1.94%) MySQL
9 34 (1.83%) Relational Database
10 16 (0.86%) DynamoDB
10 16 (0.86%) Redis
11 14 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (0.65%) DB2
13 6 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.32%) GIS
14 5 (0.27%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
15 4 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 124 (6.68%) Git
2 52 (2.80%) JIRA
3 46 (2.48%) Selenium
4 41 (2.21%) Visual Studio
5 36 (1.94%) Postman
6 29 (1.56%) Team Foundation Server
7 25 (1.35%) SoapUI
8 24 (1.29%) WebDriver
9 17 (0.92%) SpecFlow
10 16 (0.86%) Jenkins
11 15 (0.81%) TeamCity
12 12 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
13 11 (0.59%) Cypress.io
13 11 (0.59%) NUnit
14 8 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 6 (0.32%) JMeter
15 6 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
16 5 (0.27%) Bitbucket
16 5 (0.27%) LabVIEW
16 5 (0.27%) TestRail
General
1 329 (17.73%) Social Skills
2 301 (16.22%) Finance
3 84 (4.53%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (3.13%) Law
5 55 (2.96%) Public Sector
6 53 (2.86%) Banking
7 30 (1.62%) Retail
8 29 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 27 (1.45%) Legal
10 22 (1.19%) Games
11 16 (0.86%) Marketing
12 15 (0.81%) Front Office
12 15 (0.81%) Manufacturing
13 14 (0.75%) Aviation
14 11 (0.59%) Aerospace
14 11 (0.59%) Automotive
15 9 (0.48%) Back Office
15 9 (0.48%) Military
15 9 (0.48%) Tech for Good
16 8 (0.43%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1,037 (55.87%) Developer
2 450 (24.25%) Senior
3 445 (23.98%) .NET Developer
4 332 (17.89%) Software Engineer
5 306 (16.49%) Software Developer
6 231 (12.45%) Lead
7 225 (12.12%) Senior Developer
8 213 (11.48%) C# Developer
9 170 (9.16%) Full-Stack Developer
10 155 (8.35%) .NET Software Engineer
11 147 (7.92%) C# .NET Developer
12 133 (7.17%) Senior Software Engineer
13 103 (5.55%) .NET Software Developer
14 97 (5.23%) Senior .NET Developer
15 92 (4.96%) Lead Developer
16 89 (4.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 88 (4.74%) C# Software Engineer
18 82 (4.42%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 77 (4.15%) Architect
20 65 (3.50%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 418 (22.52%) .NET Core
2 276 (14.87%) ASP.NET
3 259 (13.95%) React
4 209 (11.26%) .NET Framework
5 206 (11.10%) HTML
6 181 (9.75%) CSS
7 142 (7.65%) REST
8 130 (7.00%) AngularJS
9 124 (6.68%) RESTful
10 98 (5.28%) ASP.NET Core
11 95 (5.12%) Blazor
11 95 (5.12%) Node.js
12 91 (4.90%) Entity Framework
13 78 (4.20%) Vue
14 56 (3.02%) SOAP
15 42 (2.26%) ASP.NET Web API
16 41 (2.21%) ASP.NET MVC
17 40 (2.16%) Playwright
18 39 (2.10%) JSON
19 35 (1.89%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 151 (8.14%) Cloud Native
2 73 (3.93%) Mobile App
3 65 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
3 65 (3.50%) Product Ownership
4 55 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
5 48 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
6 30 (1.62%) Hedge funds
7 27 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
8 24 (1.29%) Legacy Applications
9 21 (1.13%) Low-Code
10 19 (1.02%) Legacy Code
10 19 (1.02%) Virtual Team
11 17 (0.92%) Management Information System
11 17 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 14 (0.75%) Algorithms
12 14 (0.75%) Sports Betting
13 13 (0.70%) PropTech
14 12 (0.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 12 (0.65%) Onboarding
15 11 (0.59%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 83 (4.47%) Windows
2 28 (1.51%) Linux
3 24 (1.29%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.02%) Android
5 18 (0.97%) VMS
6 16 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.16%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.16%) Unix
8 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.054%) Solaris
9 1 (0.054%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 553 (29.80%) Software Engineering
2 506 (27.26%) Agile
3 432 (23.28%) Full-Stack Development
4 399 (21.50%) DevOps
5 392 (21.12%) CI/CD
6 265 (14.28%) Microservices
7 240 (12.93%) Problem-Solving
8 218 (11.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 175 (9.43%) Mentoring
10 161 (8.67%) AI
10 161 (8.67%) Test Automation
11 148 (7.97%) SDLC
12 135 (7.27%) Clean Code
13 130 (7.00%) Containerisation
14 129 (6.95%) Technical Leadership
15 122 (6.57%) Scrum
16 110 (5.93%) MVC
17 107 (5.77%) User Experience
18 98 (5.28%) Business Intelligence
19 97 (5.23%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1,265 (68.16%) C#
2 559 (30.12%) SQL
3 380 (20.47%) JavaScript
4 211 (11.37%) TypeScript
5 168 (9.05%) Java
6 157 (8.46%) Python
7 72 (3.88%) PowerShell
8 47 (2.53%) C++
9 44 (2.37%) PHP
10 36 (1.94%) T-SQL
11 35 (1.89%) Bicep
12 32 (1.72%) VB.NET
13 19 (1.02%) Apex Code
14 17 (0.92%) C
15 15 (0.81%) Bash
15 15 (0.81%) VB
16 13 (0.70%) Go
17 12 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
17 12 (0.65%) PL/SQL
17 12 (0.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 185 (9.97%) Degree
2 79 (4.26%) Security Cleared
3 65 (3.50%) SC Cleared
4 55 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (1.35%) ISTQB
6 18 (0.97%) AWS Certification
6 18 (0.97%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 16 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (0.81%) Azure Certification
9 11 (0.59%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (0.32%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.22%) ISEB
12 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.16%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (5.60%) QA
2 49 (2.64%) Accessibility
3 15 (0.81%) Data Quality
4 14 (0.75%) GDPR
5 13 (0.70%) WCAG
6 9 (0.48%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.38%) SLA
8 5 (0.27%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.11%) ITGC
12 1 (0.054%) NCSC
12 1 (0.054%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 152 (8.19%) Docker
2 13 (0.70%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.43%) Firmware
4 4 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.054%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.054%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 137 (7.38%) Kubernetes
2 91 (4.90%) Terraform
3 15 (0.81%) Grafana
4 10 (0.54%) Ansible
5 7 (0.38%) Kibana
6 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.11%) MIIS
7 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.054%) CASB
8 1 (0.054%) Consul
8 1 (0.054%) Control-M
8 1 (0.054%) Packer
8 1 (0.054%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.054%) Puppet
Vendors
1 335 (18.05%) Microsoft
2 27 (1.45%) Salesforce
3 26 (1.40%) Adobe
4 25 (1.35%) Xamarin
5 20 (1.08%) Oracle
6 19 (1.02%) Google
7 16 (0.86%) MuleSoft
7 16 (0.86%) ServiceNow
8 10 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (0.38%) Databricks
9 7 (0.38%) iManage
9 7 (0.38%) New Relic
9 7 (0.38%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.32%) Sage
10 6 (0.32%) Telerik
10 6 (0.32%) VMware
11 5 (0.27%) Dynatrace
11 5 (0.27%) IBM
11 5 (0.27%) Intapp
12 4 (0.22%) AppDynamics