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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 50 24
Rank change year-on-year -26 -26 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,818 1,896 6,188
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.39% 5.12% 7.55%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.73% 24.40% 36.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,629 1,612 5,450
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,688 £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 £95,000 £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 7,661 7,772 16,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.07% 20.97% 20.62%
Number of salaries quoted 5,785 5,903 14,114
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
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 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -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 16 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 16 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 -29 478 £82,500 +6.45% 196
South East -22 452 £60,000 - 173
North of England -19 419 £65,000 +16.07% 162
North West -7 220 £65,000 +18.18% 90
Midlands -45 214 £55,000 - 69
South West -9 140 £55,000 -8.33% 67
Yorkshire -31 126 £60,000 +7.14% 44
West Midlands -44 111 £51,250 -10.87% 34
East Midlands -29 103 £65,000 +23.81% 35
East of England -43 92 £65,000 +30.00% 56
North East -15 73 £70,000 +21.74% 29
.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 45 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.49%) IIS
3 20 (1.10%) CMS
4 13 (0.72%) JBoss
4 13 (0.72%) Umbraco
5 12 (0.66%) WebSphere
6 9 (0.50%) ColdFusion
6 9 (0.50%) Confluence
6 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.28%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.17%) Apache
9 3 (0.17%) nginx
10 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.055%) CICS
11 1 (0.055%) Drupal
11 1 (0.055%) SAS
11 1 (0.055%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.055%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.055%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.17%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.055%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 27 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.17%) Magento
3 1 (0.055%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.055%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.055%) Endur
3 1 (0.055%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.055%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.055%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.055%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.055%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 784 (43.12%) Azure
2 282 (15.51%) AWS
3 240 (13.20%) SaaS
4 220 (12.10%) Azure DevOps
5 139 (7.65%) Power Platform
6 114 (6.27%) Serverless
7 104 (5.72%) GitHub
8 96 (5.28%) Azure Logic Apps
9 71 (3.91%) PowerApps
10 69 (3.80%) Power Automate
11 63 (3.47%) Azure Functions
12 57 (3.14%) Azure Service Bus
12 57 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
13 53 (2.92%) GCP
14 46 (2.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 45 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
16 42 (2.31%) Azure AKS
17 36 (1.98%) Azure Monitor
18 35 (1.93%) GitHub Actions
19 27 (1.49%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.99%) Internet
2 10 (0.55%) Firewall
3 8 (0.44%) WinSCP
4 6 (0.33%) Intranet
5 5 (0.28%) DNS
6 4 (0.22%) DHCP
6 4 (0.22%) LTE
7 3 (0.17%) VoIP
7 3 (0.17%) VPN
8 2 (0.11%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.11%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.055%) AMQP
9 1 (0.055%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.055%) FIX Connectivity
9 1 (0.055%) HTTP
9 1 (0.055%) Modbus
9 1 (0.055%) MPLS
9 1 (0.055%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 417 (22.94%) SQL Server
2 80 (4.40%) Azure SQL Database
2 80 (4.40%) Power BI
3 77 (4.24%) NoSQL
4 48 (2.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 42 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (2.20%) MongoDB
7 39 (2.15%) Relational Database
7 39 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 38 (2.09%) MySQL
9 17 (0.94%) DynamoDB
9 17 (0.94%) Redis
10 13 (0.72%) DB2
10 13 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.33%) GIS
12 5 (0.28%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 124 (6.82%) Git
2 50 (2.75%) JIRA
3 49 (2.70%) Selenium
4 41 (2.26%) Visual Studio
5 37 (2.04%) Postman
6 29 (1.60%) Team Foundation Server
7 25 (1.38%) SoapUI
8 24 (1.32%) WebDriver
9 18 (0.99%) SpecFlow
10 17 (0.94%) Jenkins
11 16 (0.88%) TeamCity
12 13 (0.72%) Octopus Deploy
13 11 (0.61%) NUnit
14 10 (0.55%) Cypress.io
15 8 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 6 (0.33%) JMeter
17 5 (0.28%) Bitbucket
17 5 (0.28%) LabVIEW
18 4 (0.22%) Appium
18 4 (0.22%) MSTest
General
1 330 (18.15%) Social Skills
2 299 (16.45%) Finance
3 84 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (3.25%) Law
5 58 (3.19%) Public Sector
6 53 (2.92%) Banking
7 33 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 28 (1.54%) Retail
9 26 (1.43%) Legal
10 22 (1.21%) Games
11 18 (0.99%) Marketing
12 16 (0.88%) Front Office
13 15 (0.83%) Manufacturing
14 14 (0.77%) Aviation
15 11 (0.61%) Aerospace
16 10 (0.55%) Back Office
16 10 (0.55%) Tech for Good
17 9 (0.50%) Automotive
17 9 (0.50%) Electronics
17 9 (0.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,018 (56.00%) Developer
2 445 (24.48%) Senior
3 438 (24.09%) .NET Developer
4 321 (17.66%) Software Engineer
5 295 (16.23%) Software Developer
6 226 (12.43%) Lead
7 220 (12.10%) Senior Developer
8 218 (11.99%) C# Developer
9 173 (9.52%) Full-Stack Developer
10 149 (8.20%) .NET Software Engineer
11 147 (8.09%) C# .NET Developer
12 130 (7.15%) Senior Software Engineer
13 103 (5.67%) .NET Software Developer
14 94 (5.17%) Senior .NET Developer
15 91 (5.01%) Lead Developer
16 86 (4.73%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 84 (4.62%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
18 78 (4.29%) C# Software Engineer
19 73 (4.02%) Architect
20 65 (3.58%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 411 (22.61%) .NET Core
2 276 (15.18%) ASP.NET
3 267 (14.69%) React
4 210 (11.55%) .NET Framework
4 210 (11.55%) HTML
5 184 (10.12%) CSS
6 146 (8.03%) REST
7 132 (7.26%) AngularJS
8 122 (6.71%) RESTful
9 101 (5.56%) ASP.NET Core
10 96 (5.28%) Blazor
11 94 (5.17%) Node.js
12 90 (4.95%) Entity Framework
13 75 (4.13%) Vue
14 59 (3.25%) SOAP
15 41 (2.26%) ASP.NET MVC
15 41 (2.26%) ASP.NET Web API
16 37 (2.04%) Middleware
16 37 (2.04%) Playwright
17 35 (1.93%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 152 (8.36%) Cloud Native
2 74 (4.07%) Mobile App
3 64 (3.52%) Product Ownership
4 58 (3.19%) Distributed Systems
5 51 (2.81%) Greenfield Project
6 50 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (1.71%) Hedge funds
8 26 (1.43%) Legacy Applications
9 25 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
10 22 (1.21%) Low-Code
11 21 (1.16%) Virtual Team
12 18 (0.99%) Legacy Code
13 17 (0.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 16 (0.88%) Management Information System
15 14 (0.77%) Algorithms
15 14 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 14 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
15 14 (0.77%) Sports Betting
16 13 (0.72%) PropTech
17 12 (0.66%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 83 (4.57%) Windows
2 27 (1.49%) Linux
3 24 (1.32%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.10%) Android
5 18 (0.99%) VMS
6 17 (0.94%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.17%) Unix
8 3 (0.17%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.055%) Solaris
9 1 (0.055%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 544 (29.92%) Software Engineering
2 507 (27.89%) Agile
3 426 (23.43%) Full-Stack Development
4 395 (21.73%) DevOps
5 381 (20.96%) CI/CD
6 265 (14.58%) Microservices
7 239 (13.15%) Problem-Solving
8 219 (12.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 171 (9.41%) Mentoring
10 153 (8.42%) Test Automation
11 151 (8.31%) AI
12 149 (8.20%) SDLC
13 136 (7.48%) Clean Code
14 126 (6.93%) Containerisation
15 123 (6.77%) Scrum
16 122 (6.71%) Technical Leadership
17 111 (6.11%) MVC
18 110 (6.05%) User Experience
19 98 (5.39%) TDD
20 90 (4.95%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1,244 (68.43%) C#
2 548 (30.14%) SQL
3 383 (21.07%) JavaScript
4 205 (11.28%) TypeScript
5 171 (9.41%) Java
6 150 (8.25%) Python
7 68 (3.74%) PowerShell
8 48 (2.64%) C++
9 39 (2.15%) PHP
10 36 (1.98%) Bicep
11 32 (1.76%) T-SQL
11 32 (1.76%) VB.NET
12 20 (1.10%) Apex Code
13 17 (0.94%) C
14 15 (0.83%) VB
15 14 (0.77%) Bash
16 13 (0.72%) Go
17 12 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
17 12 (0.66%) PL/SQL
18 11 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 180 (9.90%) Degree
2 76 (4.18%) Security Cleared
3 63 (3.47%) SC Cleared
4 49 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (1.43%) ISTQB
6 18 (0.99%) AWS Certification
6 18 (0.99%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 16 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (0.77%) Azure Certification
9 11 (0.61%) AWS Certified Developer
10 8 (0.44%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 6 (0.33%) ISEB
12 6 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.22%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (5.56%) QA
2 48 (2.64%) Accessibility
3 14 (0.77%) GDPR
4 13 (0.72%) WCAG
5 12 (0.66%) Data Quality
6 9 (0.50%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.39%) SLA
8 5 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.11%) ITGC
12 1 (0.055%) NCSC
12 1 (0.055%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 148 (8.14%) Docker
2 14 (0.77%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.44%) Firmware
4 4 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.055%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.055%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 132 (7.26%) Kubernetes
2 92 (5.06%) Terraform
3 15 (0.83%) Grafana
4 10 (0.55%) Ansible
5 7 (0.39%) Kibana
6 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.11%) MIIS
7 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.055%) CASB
8 1 (0.055%) Consul
8 1 (0.055%) Control-M
8 1 (0.055%) Packer
8 1 (0.055%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.055%) Puppet
Vendors
1 320 (17.60%) Microsoft
2 28 (1.54%) Salesforce
3 26 (1.43%) Xamarin
4 20 (1.10%) Adobe
4 20 (1.10%) Google
5 17 (0.94%) MuleSoft
6 16 (0.88%) Oracle
7 14 (0.77%) ServiceNow
8 10 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.50%) New Relic
10 7 (0.39%) Databricks
10 7 (0.39%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.39%) Sage
11 6 (0.33%) Telerik
11 6 (0.33%) VMware
12 5 (0.28%) Apple
12 5 (0.28%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.28%) IBM
12 5 (0.28%) iManage
12 5 (0.28%) Intapp