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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 74 25
Rank change year-on-year +12 -49 0
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,625 1,590 3,917
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.51% 3.71% 6.16%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 24.31% 21.59% 27.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,243 1,191 2,629
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% +5.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 10,796 7,363 14,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.33% 17.18% 22.09%
Number of salaries quoted 7,750 4,867 8,714
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -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 15 October 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 15 October 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 +37 675 £60,000 - 68
North of England +2 607 £57,500 -4.17% 95
London -31 536 £80,000 - 94
Midlands +39 383 £60,000 +9.09% 60
North West -26 259 £60,000 -7.69% 35
West Midlands +8 212 £58,750 +6.82% 35
East of England +17 211 £60,000 +9.09% 27
North East +10 188 £56,500 +29.89% 23
South West -2 187 £55,000 +4.76% 36
East Midlands +49 171 £60,000 +9.09% 25
Yorkshire +7 160 £55,000 -8.33% 42
.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 64 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 47 (1.79%) IIS
3 28 (1.07%) CMS
3 28 (1.07%) Confluence
4 12 (0.46%) Umbraco
5 10 (0.38%) nginx
6 8 (0.30%) Apache
6 8 (0.30%) ColdFusion
6 8 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
6 8 (0.30%) WordPress
7 7 (0.27%) CICS
7 7 (0.27%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.19%) EPiServer
8 5 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.15%) Kentico
9 4 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.11%) Immediacy CMS
10 3 (0.11%) NServiceBus
10 3 (0.11%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 10 (0.38%) Chatbot
1 10 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.038%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.038%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.65%) Elite 3E
3 6 (0.23%) SAP Business One
3 6 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.15%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.15%) Sage 200
4 4 (0.15%) Shopify
5 3 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.11%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.076%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.076%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.076%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.038%) Actimize
7 1 (0.038%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.038%) Eikon
7 1 (0.038%) Endur
7 1 (0.038%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.038%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.038%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 1,337 (50.93%) Azure
2 477 (18.17%) AWS
3 465 (17.71%) Azure DevOps
4 270 (10.29%) GitHub
5 185 (7.05%) Power Platform
6 174 (6.63%) Azure AI
6 174 (6.63%) SaaS
7 169 (6.44%) GitHub Copilot
8 153 (5.83%) Serverless
9 122 (4.65%) Power Automate
10 110 (4.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 101 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
12 99 (3.77%) PowerApps
13 92 (3.50%) Azure Service Bus
14 83 (3.16%) Azure Functions
15 75 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
16 72 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
16 72 (2.74%) GCP
17 63 (2.40%) GitHub Actions
18 48 (1.83%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 93 (3.54%) Internet
2 21 (0.80%) Firewall
3 14 (0.53%) VLAN
4 12 (0.46%) Wireless
5 10 (0.38%) HTTP
5 10 (0.38%) TCP/IP
6 7 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
7 6 (0.23%) DNS
7 6 (0.23%) SNMP
8 5 (0.19%) DHCP
8 5 (0.19%) LAN
8 5 (0.19%) WAN
9 3 (0.11%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.11%) Intranet
9 3 (0.11%) OpenVPN
9 3 (0.11%) RS-232
9 3 (0.11%) VPN
10 2 (0.076%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.076%) LTE
10 2 (0.076%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 573 (21.83%) SQL Server
2 470 (17.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 419 (15.96%) MongoDB
4 159 (6.06%) Elasticsearch
5 102 (3.89%) Relational Database
6 97 (3.70%) Power BI
7 81 (3.09%) NoSQL
8 80 (3.05%) MySQL
9 76 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
10 34 (1.30%) Redis
11 26 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
11 26 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 17 (0.65%) Spark SQL
12 17 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (0.57%) DynamoDB
14 13 (0.50%) Big Data
15 11 (0.42%) GIS
15 11 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
15 11 (0.42%) SQLite
16 10 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 220 (8.38%) Git
2 48 (1.83%) JIRA
3 47 (1.79%) Jenkins
4 46 (1.75%) Claude Code
5 38 (1.45%) Visual Studio
6 32 (1.22%) GitLab
7 28 (1.07%) NUnit
8 18 (0.69%) Selenium
9 17 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
10 16 (0.61%) TeamCity
11 15 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
11 15 (0.57%) Postman
12 10 (0.38%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.30%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.30%) Cucumber
13 8 (0.30%) Moq
14 7 (0.27%) MSI
14 7 (0.27%) Snyk
15 6 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 6 (0.23%) Mocha
General
1 481 (18.32%) Social Skills
2 392 (14.93%) Finance
3 165 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (4.27%) Public Sector
5 83 (3.16%) Retail
6 76 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 70 (2.67%) Law
8 67 (2.55%) Manufacturing
9 66 (2.51%) Games
10 61 (2.32%) Legal
11 59 (2.25%) Advertising
12 52 (1.98%) Marketing
13 30 (1.14%) Aerospace
14 26 (0.99%) Front Office
15 24 (0.91%) Automotive
15 24 (0.91%) Banking
16 19 (0.72%) Electronics
17 16 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.53%) Legal Technology
19 13 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,486 (56.61%) Developer
2 907 (34.55%) .NET Developer
3 490 (18.67%) Senior
4 397 (15.12%) Software Engineer
5 279 (10.63%) Lead
6 271 (10.32%) Software Developer
7 253 (9.64%) Senior Developer
8 188 (7.16%) C# Developer
9 180 (6.86%) Full-Stack Developer
10 154 (5.87%) C# Software Engineer
11 149 (5.68%) Senior Software Engineer
12 143 (5.45%) .NET Software Engineer
13 138 (5.26%) C# .NET Developer
14 126 (4.80%) Senior .NET Developer
15 124 (4.72%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 120 (4.57%) Lead Developer
17 105 (4.00%) Architect
18 93 (3.54%) .NET Software Developer
19 74 (2.82%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
20 72 (2.74%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 738 (28.11%) .NET Core
2 733 (27.92%) ASP.NET
3 570 (21.71%) ASP.NET Core
4 471 (17.94%) React
5 360 (13.71%) HTML
6 358 (13.64%) CSS
7 339 (12.91%) AngularJS
8 297 (11.31%) Entity Framework
9 295 (11.24%) RESTful
10 291 (11.09%) Blazor
11 281 (10.70%) .NET Framework
12 255 (9.71%) Node.js
13 250 (9.52%) REST
13 250 (9.52%) Vue
14 221 (8.42%) ASP.NET Web API
15 138 (5.26%) ML.NET
16 135 (5.14%) Terraform
17 110 (4.19%) LINQ
18 92 (3.50%) jQuery
19 74 (2.82%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 183 (6.97%) Cloud Native
2 165 (6.29%) Enterprise Software
3 152 (5.79%) Greenfield Project
4 143 (5.45%) Distributed Systems
5 108 (4.11%) Product Ownership
6 73 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
7 55 (2.10%) AI Agents
8 54 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
9 51 (1.94%) Legacy Applications
9 51 (1.94%) Mobile App
10 36 (1.37%) Onboarding
11 34 (1.30%) Management Information System
12 27 (1.03%) Algorithms
13 23 (0.88%) Data Structures
13 23 (0.88%) Legacy Code
14 22 (0.84%) Hedge funds
14 22 (0.84%) IoT
15 19 (0.72%) Digital TV
16 18 (0.69%) Mainframe
16 18 (0.69%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 118 (4.50%) Windows
2 39 (1.49%) Windows Server
3 37 (1.41%) Linux
4 29 (1.10%) Android
5 10 (0.38%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.11%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.11%) Unix
6 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.076%) Solaris
8 1 (0.038%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 915 (34.86%) Full-Stack Development
2 851 (32.42%) Agile
3 738 (28.11%) CI/CD
4 707 (26.93%) DevOps
5 687 (26.17%) Software Engineering
6 471 (17.94%) AI
7 457 (17.41%) Microservices
8 421 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
9 288 (10.97%) Mentoring
10 281 (10.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 229 (8.72%) SDLC
12 222 (8.46%) Test Automation
13 209 (7.96%) Technical Leadership
14 198 (7.54%) Machine Learning
15 178 (6.78%) Infrastructure as Code
16 170 (6.48%) Scrum
17 167 (6.36%) Multithreading
18 166 (6.32%) Code Quality
19 158 (6.02%) Event-Driven
20 156 (5.94%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 2,064 (78.63%) C#
2 990 (37.71%) SQL
3 599 (22.82%) JavaScript
4 364 (13.87%) TypeScript
5 237 (9.03%) Python
6 165 (6.29%) Java
7 97 (3.70%) C++
8 71 (2.70%) T-SQL
9 70 (2.67%) VB.NET
10 61 (2.32%) PowerShell
11 50 (1.90%) PHP
12 42 (1.60%) Bicep
13 25 (0.95%) C
14 22 (0.84%) COBOL
15 19 (0.72%) Bash
16 18 (0.69%) Go
16 18 (0.69%) JCL
16 18 (0.69%) VB
17 16 (0.61%) VBA
18 10 (0.38%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 238 (9.07%) Degree
2 119 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 99 (3.77%) Security Cleared
4 77 (2.93%) SC Cleared
5 25 (0.95%) Azure Certification
6 23 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (0.76%) Master's Degree
8 16 (0.61%) AWS Certification
9 10 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.30%) PhD
11 7 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
12 6 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 6 (0.23%) Numerate Degree
13 4 (0.15%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.15%) MBA
14 3 (0.11%) ICAEW
14 3 (0.11%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.11%) OCP
14 3 (0.11%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (6.06%) QA
2 65 (2.48%) Accessibility
3 40 (1.52%) Data Quality
4 16 (0.61%) WCAG
5 14 (0.53%) GDPR
6 8 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.27%) NCSC
8 3 (0.11%) NIST
9 2 (0.076%) Basel III
9 2 (0.076%) PMO
10 1 (0.038%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.038%) GAMP
10 1 (0.038%) GMP
10 1 (0.038%) GRC
10 1 (0.038%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.038%) SLA
System Software
1 328 (12.50%) Docker
2 31 (1.18%) Active Directory
3 20 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.27%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.23%) Firmware
6 2 (0.076%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.038%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 289 (11.01%) Kubernetes
2 15 (0.57%) Grafana
3 13 (0.50%) Prometheus
4 11 (0.42%) Ansible
5 3 (0.11%) Kibana
6 2 (0.076%) Bosun
6 2 (0.076%) Control-M
6 2 (0.076%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.038%) Argo
7 1 (0.038%) MOM
7 1 (0.038%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.038%) SCCM
Vendors
1 953 (36.30%) Microsoft
2 71 (2.70%) Google
3 53 (2.02%) Oracle
4 52 (1.98%) Facebook
5 36 (1.37%) OpenAI
6 21 (0.80%) YouTube
7 20 (0.76%) VMware
8 18 (0.69%) Salesforce
9 17 (0.65%) Adobe
10 15 (0.57%) Databricks
11 14 (0.53%) iManage
11 14 (0.53%) Intapp
12 13 (0.50%) SAP
13 11 (0.42%) Aderant
13 11 (0.42%) Apple
13 11 (0.42%) Broadcom
14 10 (0.38%) Sony
14 10 (0.38%) Yahoo!
15 8 (0.30%) Red Hat
15 8 (0.30%) Xamarin