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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 46 24
Rank change year-on-year -30 -22 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,780 1,926 6,039
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.42% 5.27% 7.61%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.62% 24.58% 36.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,592 1,646 5,371
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,250 £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 £78,750 £75,000
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 7,536 7,836 16,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.25% 21.44% 20.96%
Number of salaries quoted 5,718 5,956 13,924
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,318 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.99% +10.53% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -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 8 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 8 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 -25 471 £82,500 +10.00% 218
South East -22 433 £60,000 - 174
North of England -34 415 £65,000 +16.07% 164
North West -36 214 £65,000 +13.04% 89
Midlands -33 213 £55,000 - 87
South West -7 135 £55,000 -8.33% 64
Yorkshire -37 125 £60,000 +7.14% 48
West Midlands -40 112 £51,250 -10.87% 50
East Midlands -34 101 £60,000 +14.29% 37
East of England -56 89 £65,000 +30.00% 63
North East -8 76 £70,000 +21.74% 33
.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 40 (2.25%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.63%) IIS
3 20 (1.12%) CMS
4 13 (0.73%) JBoss
4 13 (0.73%) WebSphere
5 12 (0.67%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.45%) Confluence
8 7 (0.39%) ColdFusion
9 5 (0.28%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
11 3 (0.17%) nginx
12 2 (0.11%) Apache
12 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.056%) CICS
13 1 (0.056%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.056%) SAS
13 1 (0.056%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.056%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.056%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.17%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.056%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 30 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.11%) Magento
3 1 (0.056%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.056%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.056%) Endur
3 1 (0.056%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.056%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.056%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.056%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.056%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 777 (43.65%) Azure
2 282 (15.84%) AWS
3 237 (13.31%) SaaS
4 221 (12.42%) Azure DevOps
5 138 (7.75%) Power Platform
6 109 (6.12%) Serverless
7 107 (6.01%) GitHub
8 90 (5.06%) Azure Logic Apps
9 68 (3.82%) PowerApps
10 67 (3.76%) Power Automate
11 61 (3.43%) Azure Functions
12 58 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
13 57 (3.20%) GCP
14 52 (2.92%) Azure Service Bus
15 46 (2.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 43 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
17 40 (2.25%) Azure AKS
18 38 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
19 33 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
20 26 (1.46%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.01%) Internet
2 10 (0.56%) Firewall
3 8 (0.45%) WinSCP
4 5 (0.28%) DNS
5 4 (0.22%) DHCP
5 4 (0.22%) Intranet
6 3 (0.17%) LTE
6 3 (0.17%) VoIP
6 3 (0.17%) VPN
7 2 (0.11%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.11%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.056%) AMQP
8 1 (0.056%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.056%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.056%) HTTP
8 1 (0.056%) Modbus
8 1 (0.056%) MPLS
8 1 (0.056%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 417 (23.43%) SQL Server
2 78 (4.38%) Power BI
3 77 (4.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 77 (4.33%) NoSQL
4 49 (2.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 43 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 41 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
7 40 (2.25%) MongoDB
7 40 (2.25%) Relational Database
8 37 (2.08%) MySQL
9 19 (1.07%) Redis
10 17 (0.96%) DynamoDB
11 13 (0.73%) DB2
11 13 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.34%) GIS
13 5 (0.28%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.22%) Crystal Reports
14 4 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 123 (6.91%) Git
2 49 (2.75%) Selenium
3 46 (2.58%) JIRA
4 42 (2.36%) Visual Studio
5 34 (1.91%) Postman
6 27 (1.52%) Team Foundation Server
7 24 (1.35%) WebDriver
8 23 (1.29%) SoapUI
9 19 (1.07%) SpecFlow
9 19 (1.07%) TeamCity
10 18 (1.01%) Jenkins
11 13 (0.73%) Octopus Deploy
12 12 (0.67%) NUnit
13 10 (0.56%) Cypress.io
14 8 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 7 (0.39%) LabVIEW
16 6 (0.34%) Bitbucket
16 6 (0.34%) JMeter
17 5 (0.28%) MSTest
18 4 (0.22%) Appium
General
1 334 (18.76%) Social Skills
2 296 (16.63%) Finance
3 83 (4.66%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (3.31%) Law
4 59 (3.31%) Public Sector
5 55 (3.09%) Banking
6 37 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (1.40%) Retail
8 24 (1.35%) Games
9 23 (1.29%) Legal
10 19 (1.07%) Marketing
11 16 (0.90%) Front Office
12 15 (0.84%) Aviation
12 15 (0.84%) Manufacturing
13 12 (0.67%) Electronics
14 11 (0.62%) Aerospace
15 10 (0.56%) Tech for Good
16 9 (0.51%) Automotive
16 9 (0.51%) Military
16 9 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 987 (55.45%) Developer
2 432 (24.27%) Senior
3 416 (23.37%) .NET Developer
4 316 (17.75%) Software Engineer
5 290 (16.29%) Software Developer
6 220 (12.36%) Lead
7 216 (12.13%) C# Developer
8 210 (11.80%) Senior Developer
9 175 (9.83%) Full-Stack Developer
10 149 (8.37%) .NET Software Engineer
11 140 (7.87%) C# .NET Developer
12 125 (7.02%) Senior Software Engineer
13 102 (5.73%) .NET Software Developer
14 88 (4.94%) Lead Developer
15 86 (4.83%) Senior .NET Developer
16 85 (4.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 84 (4.72%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
18 77 (4.33%) C# Software Engineer
19 69 (3.88%) Architect
20 64 (3.60%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 410 (23.03%) .NET Core
2 277 (15.56%) ASP.NET
3 276 (15.51%) React
4 216 (12.13%) .NET Framework
5 208 (11.69%) HTML
6 184 (10.34%) CSS
7 145 (8.15%) REST
8 135 (7.58%) AngularJS
9 121 (6.80%) RESTful
10 99 (5.56%) ASP.NET Core
11 94 (5.28%) Blazor
12 91 (5.11%) Node.js
13 90 (5.06%) Entity Framework
14 74 (4.16%) Vue
15 58 (3.26%) SOAP
16 42 (2.36%) ASP.NET MVC
17 38 (2.13%) ASP.NET Web API
17 38 (2.13%) Middleware
18 37 (2.08%) Playwright
19 34 (1.91%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 148 (8.31%) Cloud Native
2 70 (3.93%) Mobile App
3 60 (3.37%) Product Ownership
4 55 (3.09%) Distributed Systems
5 53 (2.98%) Greenfield Project
5 53 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
6 30 (1.69%) Hedge funds
7 26 (1.46%) Legacy Applications
8 25 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
9 23 (1.29%) Virtual Team
10 19 (1.07%) Low-Code
11 18 (1.01%) Legacy Code
12 17 (0.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 15 (0.84%) Algorithms
13 15 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (0.84%) Management Information System
14 14 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 13 (0.73%) DataPower
15 13 (0.73%) Sports Betting
16 12 (0.67%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 86 (4.83%) Windows
2 27 (1.52%) Linux
3 23 (1.29%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.18%) Android
5 19 (1.07%) Apple iOS
6 18 (1.01%) VMS
7 4 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.17%) Unix
8 3 (0.17%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.056%) Solaris
9 1 (0.056%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 538 (30.22%) Software Engineering
2 507 (28.48%) Agile
3 428 (24.04%) Full-Stack Development
4 401 (22.53%) DevOps
5 384 (21.57%) CI/CD
6 270 (15.17%) Microservices
7 247 (13.88%) Problem-Solving
8 217 (12.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 167 (9.38%) Mentoring
10 151 (8.48%) AI
11 150 (8.43%) SDLC
12 141 (7.92%) Test Automation
13 136 (7.64%) Clean Code
14 124 (6.97%) Containerisation
15 120 (6.74%) Scrum
16 116 (6.52%) Technical Leadership
17 114 (6.40%) User Experience
18 112 (6.29%) MVC
19 97 (5.45%) Computer Science
20 96 (5.39%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1,221 (68.60%) C#
2 549 (30.84%) SQL
3 382 (21.46%) JavaScript
4 200 (11.24%) TypeScript
5 165 (9.27%) Java
6 147 (8.26%) Python
7 66 (3.71%) PowerShell
8 46 (2.58%) C++
9 35 (1.97%) PHP
10 33 (1.85%) Bicep
10 33 (1.85%) T-SQL
11 29 (1.63%) VB.NET
12 20 (1.12%) Apex Code
13 17 (0.96%) C
14 14 (0.79%) Bash
14 14 (0.79%) Go
15 12 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
15 12 (0.67%) PL/SQL
16 11 (0.62%) VB
17 9 (0.51%) VBA
Qualifications
1 186 (10.45%) Degree
2 65 (3.65%) Security Cleared
3 53 (2.98%) SC Cleared
4 51 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (1.46%) ISTQB
6 18 (1.01%) AWS Certification
6 18 (1.01%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 14 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (0.73%) Azure Certification
9 11 (0.62%) AWS Certified Developer
10 8 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 7 (0.39%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.39%) ISEB
12 6 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.28%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (5.62%) QA
2 47 (2.64%) Accessibility
3 13 (0.73%) GDPR
3 13 (0.73%) WCAG
4 11 (0.62%) Data Quality
5 9 (0.51%) ISO 9001
6 7 (0.39%) SLA
7 5 (0.28%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.11%) ITGC
11 1 (0.056%) NCSC
11 1 (0.056%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 156 (8.76%) Docker
2 14 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.45%) Firmware
4 4 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.056%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.056%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 135 (7.58%) Kubernetes
2 93 (5.22%) Terraform
3 16 (0.90%) Grafana
4 11 (0.62%) Ansible
5 7 (0.39%) Kibana
6 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.17%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.11%) MIIS
9 1 (0.056%) Argo
9 1 (0.056%) CASB
9 1 (0.056%) Consul
9 1 (0.056%) Control-M
9 1 (0.056%) Packer
9 1 (0.056%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.056%) Puppet
Vendors
1 310 (17.42%) Microsoft
2 31 (1.74%) Salesforce
3 27 (1.52%) Xamarin
4 21 (1.18%) Google
5 17 (0.96%) MuleSoft
6 16 (0.90%) Adobe
7 15 (0.84%) Oracle
8 14 (0.79%) ServiceNow
9 10 (0.56%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (0.56%) Sage
10 9 (0.51%) New Relic
11 7 (0.39%) Databricks
12 6 (0.34%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.34%) Telerik
12 6 (0.34%) VMware
13 5 (0.28%) Apple
13 5 (0.28%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.28%) IBM
13 5 (0.28%) iManage
13 5 (0.28%) Intapp