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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 69 26
Rank change year-on-year +16 -43 0
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,611 1,649 4,344
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.59% 3.82% 6.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 24.46% 21.59% 29.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,296 1,233 3,029
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
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 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £104,400 £91,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.76%

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 10,676 7,639 14,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.61% 17.70% 21.32%
Number of salaries quoted 7,826 5,045 9,616
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £69,384 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.71% +6.74% -3.70%

.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 September 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 September 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 +44 684 £60,000 - 316
North of England +1 599 £56,500 -5.83% 364
London -27 543 £80,000 - 957
Midlands +34 352 £60,000 +9.09% 192
North West -13 263 £60,000 -4.00% 210
East of England +32 215 £60,000 +14.29% 118
South West +2 194 £55,000 +5.77% 96
West Midlands +2 188 £58,750 +6.82% 106
North East +7 181 £57,000 +31.41% 68
East Midlands +44 164 £60,000 +9.09% 86
Yorkshire +11 155 £55,000 -8.33% 89
.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 68 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 47 (1.80%) IIS
3 28 (1.07%) CMS
4 24 (0.92%) Confluence
5 14 (0.54%) ColdFusion
5 14 (0.54%) Umbraco
6 9 (0.34%) Apache
6 9 (0.34%) WordPress
7 8 (0.31%) nginx
7 8 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (0.19%) CICS
8 5 (0.19%) EPiServer
8 5 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.15%) Headless CMS
9 4 (0.15%) Kentico
10 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.11%) Immediacy CMS
10 3 (0.11%) JBoss
10 3 (0.11%) NServiceBus
10 3 (0.11%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 10 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.34%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.077%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.038%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.038%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.54%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.15%) NEC Housing
3 4 (0.15%) Shopify
4 3 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.11%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.11%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.077%) Magento
5 2 (0.077%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.077%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.038%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.038%) Eikon
6 1 (0.038%) Endur
6 1 (0.038%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.038%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.038%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.038%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 1,378 (52.78%) Azure
2 474 (18.15%) AWS
3 461 (17.66%) Azure DevOps
4 252 (9.65%) GitHub
5 191 (7.32%) Power Platform
6 188 (7.20%) SaaS
7 168 (6.43%) Azure AI
8 164 (6.28%) GitHub Copilot
9 151 (5.78%) Serverless
10 126 (4.83%) Power Automate
11 113 (4.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 104 (3.98%) PowerApps
13 102 (3.91%) Azure Service Bus
14 101 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
15 99 (3.79%) Azure Logic Apps
16 82 (3.14%) Azure Functions
17 75 (2.87%) GCP
18 68 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
19 56 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
20 53 (2.03%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 93 (3.56%) Internet
2 17 (0.65%) Firewall
3 10 (0.38%) VLAN
4 9 (0.34%) HTTP
4 9 (0.34%) Wireless
5 8 (0.31%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.23%) Hyperconnected
6 6 (0.23%) SNMP
7 5 (0.19%) DHCP
7 5 (0.19%) DNS
7 5 (0.19%) Intranet
7 5 (0.19%) LAN
7 5 (0.19%) WAN
8 3 (0.11%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.11%) RS-232
9 2 (0.077%) LTE
9 2 (0.077%) Modbus
10 1 (0.038%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.038%) Network Security
10 1 (0.038%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 560 (21.45%) SQL Server
2 481 (18.42%) Azure SQL Database
3 415 (15.89%) MongoDB
4 159 (6.09%) Elasticsearch
5 112 (4.29%) Power BI
6 91 (3.49%) Relational Database
7 78 (2.99%) NoSQL
8 77 (2.95%) MySQL
9 63 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
10 33 (1.26%) Redis
11 30 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 23 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
13 19 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (0.65%) Spark SQL
15 12 (0.46%) Big Data
15 12 (0.46%) DynamoDB
15 12 (0.46%) GIS
16 11 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
16 11 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
16 11 (0.42%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 213 (8.16%) Git
2 46 (1.76%) JIRA
3 38 (1.46%) Jenkins
4 36 (1.38%) Claude Code
5 33 (1.26%) Visual Studio
6 27 (1.03%) NUnit
7 25 (0.96%) GitLab
8 21 (0.80%) Selenium
9 19 (0.73%) Postman
10 15 (0.57%) TeamCity
11 14 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
12 11 (0.42%) Bitbucket
12 11 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
13 8 (0.31%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
14 7 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 7 (0.27%) Moq
14 7 (0.27%) MSI
14 7 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
15 6 (0.23%) Mocha
General
1 442 (16.93%) Social Skills
2 386 (14.78%) Finance
3 149 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (3.91%) Public Sector
5 92 (3.52%) Retail
6 74 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 67 (2.57%) Law
8 66 (2.53%) Games
9 63 (2.41%) Legal
10 59 (2.26%) Advertising
11 56 (2.14%) Manufacturing
12 52 (1.99%) Marketing
13 28 (1.07%) Aerospace
14 26 (1.00%) Banking
15 24 (0.92%) Automotive
16 22 (0.84%) Front Office
17 19 (0.73%) Electronics
18 13 (0.50%) Back Office
18 13 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
18 13 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,562 (59.82%) Developer
2 935 (35.81%) .NET Developer
3 472 (18.08%) Senior
4 387 (14.82%) Software Engineer
5 300 (11.49%) Lead
6 291 (11.15%) Software Developer
7 248 (9.50%) Senior Developer
8 212 (8.12%) C# Developer
9 187 (7.16%) Full-Stack Developer
10 161 (6.17%) C# .NET Developer
11 152 (5.82%) C# Software Engineer
12 146 (5.59%) Senior Software Engineer
13 143 (5.48%) .NET Software Engineer
14 141 (5.40%) Lead Developer
15 122 (4.67%) Senior .NET Developer
16 111 (4.25%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 108 (4.14%) .NET Software Developer
18 89 (3.41%) Web Developer
19 87 (3.33%) Architect
20 79 (3.03%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 773 (29.61%) .NET Core
2 752 (28.80%) ASP.NET
3 578 (22.14%) ASP.NET Core
4 455 (17.43%) React
5 385 (14.75%) HTML
6 382 (14.63%) CSS
7 332 (12.72%) AngularJS
8 297 (11.37%) Entity Framework
9 295 (11.30%) RESTful
10 292 (11.18%) Blazor
11 284 (10.88%) .NET Framework
12 264 (10.11%) Vue
13 243 (9.31%) Node.js
14 225 (8.62%) REST
15 218 (8.35%) ASP.NET Web API
16 138 (5.29%) ML.NET
17 134 (5.13%) Terraform
18 107 (4.10%) LINQ
19 88 (3.37%) jQuery
20 82 (3.14%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 178 (6.82%) Cloud Native
2 148 (5.67%) Greenfield Project
3 144 (5.52%) Enterprise Software
4 133 (5.09%) Distributed Systems
5 102 (3.91%) Product Ownership
6 70 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
7 63 (2.41%) Mobile App
8 46 (1.76%) AI Agents
8 46 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
9 43 (1.65%) Legacy Applications
10 37 (1.42%) Onboarding
11 34 (1.30%) Management Information System
12 26 (1.00%) Legacy Code
13 24 (0.92%) Algorithms
13 24 (0.92%) Low-Code
14 23 (0.88%) Hedge funds
15 22 (0.84%) Data Structures
16 19 (0.73%) Digital TV
17 18 (0.69%) IoT
18 17 (0.65%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 114 (4.37%) Windows
2 39 (1.49%) Windows Server
3 35 (1.34%) Linux
4 30 (1.15%) Android
5 6 (0.23%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.11%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.077%) VMS
8 1 (0.038%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.038%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 927 (35.50%) Full-Stack Development
2 852 (32.63%) Agile
3 696 (26.66%) CI/CD
4 685 (26.24%) DevOps
5 676 (25.89%) Software Engineering
6 456 (17.46%) Microservices
7 442 (16.93%) AI
8 386 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
9 281 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 278 (10.65%) Mentoring
11 220 (8.43%) SDLC
12 208 (7.97%) Test Automation
13 202 (7.74%) Machine Learning
14 179 (6.86%) Technical Leadership
15 176 (6.74%) Scrum
16 169 (6.47%) Infrastructure as Code
17 168 (6.43%) Multithreading
18 159 (6.09%) TDD
19 156 (5.97%) Business Intelligence
19 156 (5.97%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 2,023 (77.48%) C#
2 1,005 (38.49%) SQL
3 607 (23.25%) JavaScript
4 368 (14.09%) TypeScript
5 232 (8.89%) Python
6 171 (6.55%) Java
7 102 (3.91%) C++
8 70 (2.68%) PowerShell
9 65 (2.49%) VB.NET
10 63 (2.41%) T-SQL
11 60 (2.30%) PHP
12 44 (1.69%) Bicep
13 28 (1.07%) C
14 23 (0.88%) Bash
15 19 (0.73%) VB
15 19 (0.73%) VBA
16 17 (0.65%) COBOL
16 17 (0.65%) Go
17 13 (0.50%) JCL
18 11 (0.42%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 239 (9.15%) Degree
2 119 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 98 (3.75%) Security Cleared
4 78 (2.99%) SC Cleared
5 25 (0.96%) Azure Certification
6 21 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (0.69%) AWS Certification
7 18 (0.69%) Master's Degree
8 11 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.23%) PhD
11 5 (0.19%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.19%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.15%) MBA
13 3 (0.11%) ICAEW
13 3 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.11%) OCP
13 3 (0.11%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (6.01%) QA
2 70 (2.68%) Accessibility
3 39 (1.49%) Data Quality
4 17 (0.65%) WCAG
5 16 (0.61%) GDPR
6 8 (0.31%) NCSC
7 7 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.11%) NIST
9 2 (0.077%) Basel III
9 2 (0.077%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.038%) GRC
10 1 (0.038%) ITGC
10 1 (0.038%) PMO
10 1 (0.038%) SLA
System Software
1 319 (12.22%) Docker
2 24 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 17 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.31%) Firmware
5 6 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.038%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 292 (11.18%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.54%) Prometheus
3 13 (0.50%) Ansible
3 13 (0.50%) Grafana
4 2 (0.077%) Bosun
4 2 (0.077%) Control-M
4 2 (0.077%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.038%) Argo
5 1 (0.038%) Consul
5 1 (0.038%) MIIS
5 1 (0.038%) MOM
5 1 (0.038%) Packer
5 1 (0.038%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.038%) Puppet
Vendors
1 935 (35.81%) Microsoft
2 72 (2.76%) Google
3 53 (2.03%) Facebook
4 46 (1.76%) Oracle
5 33 (1.26%) OpenAI
6 25 (0.96%) Adobe
7 21 (0.80%) YouTube
8 18 (0.69%) VMware
9 15 (0.57%) Databricks
9 15 (0.57%) Salesforce
10 12 (0.46%) iManage
11 11 (0.42%) Apple
11 11 (0.42%) Intapp
11 11 (0.42%) ServiceNow
11 11 (0.42%) Sony
11 11 (0.42%) Xamarin
11 11 (0.42%) Yahoo!
12 9 (0.34%) DevExpress
12 9 (0.34%) SAP
12 9 (0.34%) Splunk