.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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 28 25
Rank change year-on-year -55 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,380 3,471 3,482
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.85% 6.12% 7.79%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 22.25% 28.66% 29.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,213 2,380 3,136
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £63,500 £60,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +5.83% -6.25% +6.67%

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 6,201 12,111 11,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.80% 21.36% 26.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,744 7,334 9,790
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,867 £110,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £66,056
% change year-on-year +3.85% -1.60% +1.62%

.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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 2025. 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 -34 413 £80,000 +3.23% 178
North of England -38 325 £60,000 +9.09% 245
South East -52 296 £60,000 - 280
Midlands -57 165 £57,500 +4.55% 116
North West -36 160 £65,000 +18.18% 149
Yorkshire -38 118 £55,000 +4.76% 62
West Midlands -48 108 £55,000 - 63
South West -64 80 £55,000 - 75
East of England -63 73 £60,000 +20.00% 79
East Midlands -53 57 £66,000 +32.00% 51
North East -20 47 £50,000 -16.67% 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 55 (3.99%) IIS
2 35 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.88%) CMS
4 19 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.16%) Confluence
6 9 (0.65%) JBoss
6 9 (0.65%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.58%) Umbraco
8 7 (0.51%) nginx
9 6 (0.43%) BizTalk Server
10 5 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.22%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
13 1 (0.072%) Apache Airflow
13 1 (0.072%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.072%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.072%) Kentico
13 1 (0.072%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.072%) SAS
13 1 (0.072%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.29%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.22%) S-PLUS
4 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.072%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.072%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 55 (3.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 4 (0.29%) Infor CloudSuite
4 3 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.14%) ION Anvil
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.072%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.072%) Endur
6 1 (0.072%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.072%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.072%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.072%) Sage 1000
6 1 (0.072%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 821 (59.49%) Azure
2 333 (24.13%) AWS
3 237 (17.17%) Azure DevOps
4 177 (12.83%) SaaS
5 127 (9.20%) Power Platform
6 104 (7.54%) Serverless
7 101 (7.32%) GitHub
8 87 (6.30%) GCP
9 75 (5.43%) Power Automate
10 67 (4.86%) Azure Service Bus
11 62 (4.49%) Azure Logic Apps
11 62 (4.49%) Dynamics 365
12 57 (4.13%) PowerApps
13 54 (3.91%) Azure Functions
14 49 (3.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 42 (3.04%) Entra ID
16 41 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
17 37 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
18 27 (1.96%) Azure App Service
19 26 (1.88%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.01%) DNS
2 12 (0.87%) DHCP
2 12 (0.87%) VoIP
3 11 (0.80%) Internet
3 11 (0.80%) TCP/IP
4 10 (0.72%) Firewall
5 9 (0.65%) VPN
6 7 (0.51%) SAN
7 5 (0.36%) Ethernet
7 5 (0.36%) HTTP
7 5 (0.36%) LAN
7 5 (0.36%) SSL
7 5 (0.36%) WAN
7 5 (0.36%) WPA
8 4 (0.29%) Modbus
8 4 (0.29%) MQTT
9 3 (0.22%) Intranet
10 2 (0.14%) NAS
10 2 (0.14%) VLAN
10 2 (0.14%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 409 (29.64%) SQL Server
2 81 (5.87%) MongoDB
3 76 (5.51%) NoSQL
4 71 (5.14%) Azure SQL Database
5 63 (4.57%) MySQL
6 54 (3.91%) Relational Database
7 49 (3.55%) Power BI
8 48 (3.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 44 (3.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 39 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
11 27 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
12 25 (1.81%) DynamoDB
13 24 (1.74%) Redis
14 11 (0.80%) RDBMS
15 10 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
16 9 (0.65%) Tableau
17 7 (0.51%) NonStop SQL
18 6 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
18 6 (0.43%) Crystal Reports
18 6 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 149 (10.80%) Git
2 64 (4.64%) JIRA
3 35 (2.54%) Selenium
3 35 (2.54%) Team Foundation Server
4 30 (2.17%) Postman
5 29 (2.10%) Visual Studio
6 26 (1.88%) Jenkins
7 23 (1.67%) Octopus Deploy
8 21 (1.52%) TeamCity
9 20 (1.45%) SoapUI
10 19 (1.38%) WebDriver
11 13 (0.94%) GitLab
12 12 (0.87%) Storybook
13 10 (0.72%) NUnit
13 10 (0.72%) SpecFlow
14 9 (0.65%) MSTest
15 6 (0.43%) git-flow
16 5 (0.36%) Bitbucket
16 5 (0.36%) MSBuild
17 4 (0.29%) Artifactory
General
1 358 (25.94%) Social Skills
2 252 (18.26%) Finance
3 74 (5.36%) Law
4 53 (3.84%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (3.04%) Banking
5 42 (3.04%) Retail
6 39 (2.83%) Public Sector
7 38 (2.75%) Legal
8 25 (1.81%) Front Office
9 24 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (1.67%) Manufacturing
11 22 (1.59%) Marketing
12 21 (1.52%) Back Office
12 21 (1.52%) Billing
13 17 (1.23%) Games
14 13 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (0.80%) Automotive
15 11 (0.80%) Aviation
15 11 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (0.65%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 779 (56.45%) Developer
2 295 (21.38%) Senior
3 294 (21.30%) .NET Developer
4 181 (13.12%) Software Developer
5 173 (12.54%) Lead
6 171 (12.39%) C# Developer
7 166 (12.03%) Software Engineer
8 160 (11.59%) Senior Developer
9 137 (9.93%) Full-Stack Developer
10 66 (4.78%) C# .NET Developer
11 60 (4.35%) .NET Software Developer
12 59 (4.28%) .NET Software Engineer
13 56 (4.06%) Lead Developer
14 54 (3.91%) Senior Software Engineer
15 51 (3.70%) Senior .NET Developer
16 50 (3.62%) Architect
17 46 (3.33%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
18 45 (3.26%) Analyst
19 44 (3.19%) Engineering Manager
20 40 (2.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 331 (23.99%) .NET Core
2 309 (22.39%) React
3 264 (19.13%) ASP.NET
4 245 (17.75%) .NET Framework
5 207 (15.00%) HTML
6 196 (14.20%) CSS
7 190 (13.77%) AngularJS
8 139 (10.07%) RESTful
9 125 (9.06%) Entity Framework
10 118 (8.55%) REST
11 97 (7.03%) Blazor
12 85 (6.16%) ASP.NET MVC
12 85 (6.16%) Node.js
13 81 (5.87%) Vue
14 74 (5.36%) ASP.NET Web API
15 59 (4.28%) ASP.NET Core
16 52 (3.77%) HTML5
17 46 (3.33%) Web Services
18 44 (3.19%) SOAP
19 36 (2.61%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 150 (10.87%) Cloud Native
2 76 (5.51%) Product Ownership
3 54 (3.91%) Distributed Systems
4 46 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
5 45 (3.26%) Mobile App
6 41 (2.97%) Onboarding
7 36 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
8 33 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
9 27 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
10 24 (1.74%) Virtual Team
11 19 (1.38%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 15 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (1.01%) Client/Server
14 14 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
15 13 (0.94%) Algorithms
15 13 (0.94%) Clustering
16 12 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
16 12 (0.87%) Fixed Income
16 12 (0.87%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 81 (5.87%) Windows
2 28 (2.03%) Linux
3 26 (1.88%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.81%) Apple iOS
5 24 (1.74%) Android
6 11 (0.80%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.51%) VMS
7 7 (0.51%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.22%) Unix
9 1 (0.072%) Fedora
9 1 (0.072%) Solaris
9 1 (0.072%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 606 (43.91%) Agile
2 449 (32.54%) DevOps
3 427 (30.94%) CI/CD
4 394 (28.55%) Software Engineering
5 352 (25.51%) Full-Stack Development
6 292 (21.16%) Problem-Solving
7 286 (20.72%) Microservices
8 247 (17.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 191 (13.84%) Mentoring
10 160 (11.59%) MVC
11 150 (10.87%) Scrum
12 148 (10.72%) User Experience
13 142 (10.29%) Clean Code
14 139 (10.07%) AI
15 126 (9.13%) SDLC
16 119 (8.62%) TDD
17 118 (8.55%) Computer Science
18 115 (8.33%) Test Automation
19 113 (8.19%) Containerisation
20 110 (7.97%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,027 (74.42%) C#
2 478 (34.64%) SQL
3 415 (30.07%) JavaScript
4 237 (17.17%) TypeScript
5 159 (11.52%) Java
6 127 (9.20%) Python
7 60 (4.35%) PowerShell
8 40 (2.90%) PHP
8 40 (2.90%) T-SQL
9 38 (2.75%) C++
10 36 (2.61%) VB.NET
11 31 (2.25%) Bicep
12 22 (1.59%) Bash
13 16 (1.16%) Rust
14 15 (1.09%) Go
15 9 (0.65%) XAML
16 8 (0.58%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.51%) Apex Code
17 7 (0.51%) VB
18 5 (0.36%) Swift
Qualifications
1 216 (15.65%) Degree
2 85 (6.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (2.54%) Security Cleared
4 30 (2.17%) SC Cleared
5 29 (2.10%) ISTQB
6 19 (1.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (1.30%) Master's Degree
8 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (0.87%) AWS Certification
11 11 (0.80%) Azure Certification
12 10 (0.72%) HND
12 10 (0.72%) ISEB
13 9 (0.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 7 (0.51%) AWS Certified Developer
15 6 (0.43%) HNC
16 5 (0.36%) DBS Check
17 4 (0.29%) Chartered Engineer
17 4 (0.29%) MCSE
18 3 (0.22%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (6.52%) QA
2 35 (2.54%) Accessibility
3 18 (1.30%) GDPR
4 11 (0.80%) WCAG
5 5 (0.36%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.29%) GRC
6 4 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.22%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.22%) HL7
7 3 (0.22%) SLA
8 2 (0.14%) ITGC
8 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.072%) COBIT
9 1 (0.072%) SOC 2
System Software
1 164 (11.88%) Docker
2 30 (2.17%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.14%) vSphere
7 1 (0.072%) HDFS
7 1 (0.072%) Squid
Systems Management
1 117 (8.48%) Kubernetes
2 98 (7.10%) Terraform
3 16 (1.16%) Grafana
4 11 (0.80%) Ansible
5 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.29%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.14%) Argo
7 2 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.072%) Control-M
8 1 (0.072%) Kibana
Vendors
1 350 (25.36%) Microsoft
2 35 (2.54%) Oracle
3 29 (2.10%) Salesforce
4 19 (1.38%) Xamarin
5 18 (1.30%) Google
6 16 (1.16%) Databricks
7 15 (1.09%) Guidewire
7 15 (1.09%) MuleSoft
8 14 (1.01%) Sage
9 12 (0.87%) VMware
10 11 (0.80%) New Relic
10 11 (0.80%) Telerik
11 9 (0.65%) Apple
11 9 (0.65%) DevExpress
12 7 (0.51%) Adobe
12 7 (0.51%) Facebook
12 7 (0.51%) Freshdesk
12 7 (0.51%) OpenAI
12 7 (0.51%) Syncfusion
12 7 (0.51%) YouTube