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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 53 23
Rank change year-on-year -18 -30 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,094 1,939 6,284
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.59% 4.99% 7.48%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 25.91% 24.70% 37.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,895 1,452 5,433
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £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% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £97,500 £93,250
UK median annual salary £63,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.60% +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 8,082 7,850 16,953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.01% 20.20% 20.18%
Number of salaries quoted 6,115 5,562 14,108
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,500 £51,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £66,230 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.35% +10.38% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,064
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 14 May 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 14 May 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 +5 564 £60,000 - 166
London -23 523 £82,500 +6.45% 226
North of England -24 466 £60,000 +4.35% 161
North West -16 248 £60,000 +4.35% 93
Midlands -43 237 £55,000 +2.44% 76
South West +8 158 £55,000 - 42
East of England -5 127 £66,250 +26.19% 58
Yorkshire -33 125 £60,000 - 40
West Midlands -49 120 £55,000 - 37
East Midlands -2 117 £64,000 +21.90% 39
North East -7 93 £60,000 +6.67% 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 52 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.29%) IIS
3 21 (1.00%) CMS
4 16 (0.76%) ColdFusion
5 14 (0.67%) Confluence
6 13 (0.62%) Umbraco
7 11 (0.53%) JBoss
8 8 (0.38%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.29%) Apache
9 6 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
10 4 (0.19%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.19%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.14%) nginx
11 3 (0.14%) WordPress
12 2 (0.096%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.096%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.096%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.048%) CICS
13 1 (0.048%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.096%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.096%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.048%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.14%) Magento
3 1 (0.048%) Endur
3 1 (0.048%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.048%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.048%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.048%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.048%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.048%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.048%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 921 (43.98%) Azure
2 308 (14.71%) AWS
3 279 (13.32%) Azure DevOps
4 254 (12.13%) SaaS
5 139 (6.64%) Power Platform
6 124 (5.92%) GitHub
7 116 (5.54%) Serverless
8 109 (5.21%) Azure Logic Apps
9 76 (3.63%) Power Automate
9 76 (3.63%) PowerApps
10 72 (3.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 69 (3.30%) Azure Functions
12 63 (3.01%) Azure Service Bus
13 59 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
14 55 (2.63%) GitHub Copilot
15 54 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
16 53 (2.53%) Azure AI
17 50 (2.39%) Azure Monitor
18 48 (2.29%) GCP
19 47 (2.24%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (1.77%) Internet
2 8 (0.38%) WinSCP
3 6 (0.29%) Firewall
3 6 (0.29%) Intranet
4 5 (0.24%) LTE
4 5 (0.24%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.14%) DNS
5 3 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.096%) DHCP
6 2 (0.096%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.048%) AMQP
7 1 (0.048%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.048%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.048%) LAN
7 1 (0.048%) Modbus
7 1 (0.048%) MPLS
7 1 (0.048%) RS-232
7 1 (0.048%) WAN
7 1 (0.048%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 423 (20.20%) SQL Server
2 198 (9.46%) Azure SQL Database
3 148 (7.07%) MongoDB
4 91 (4.35%) Power BI
5 74 (3.53%) NoSQL
6 47 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
6 47 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 46 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
8 41 (1.96%) MySQL
9 39 (1.86%) Relational Database
10 36 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 13 (0.62%) Redis
12 12 (0.57%) DB2
13 9 (0.43%) DynamoDB
13 9 (0.43%) GIS
14 8 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
15 7 (0.33%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.24%) Metadata
17 4 (0.19%) Geospatial Data
17 4 (0.19%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 139 (6.64%) Git
2 54 (2.58%) JIRA
3 40 (1.91%) Selenium
4 39 (1.86%) Visual Studio
5 37 (1.77%) Postman
6 26 (1.24%) Team Foundation Server
7 25 (1.19%) SoapUI
8 24 (1.15%) WebDriver
9 18 (0.86%) Jenkins
10 15 (0.72%) SpecFlow
10 15 (0.72%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.57%) NUnit
11 12 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
12 11 (0.53%) GitLab
13 9 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 8 (0.38%) Cypress.io
15 7 (0.33%) Claude Code
15 7 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
16 6 (0.29%) MSTest
16 6 (0.29%) TestRail
General
1 346 (16.52%) Finance
2 325 (15.52%) Social Skills
3 92 (4.39%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (2.72%) Public Sector
5 52 (2.48%) Banking
6 50 (2.39%) Law
7 45 (2.15%) Retail
8 34 (1.62%) Legal
9 33 (1.58%) Games
10 32 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 27 (1.29%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.10%) Automotive
13 20 (0.96%) Aerospace
13 20 (0.96%) Marketing
14 19 (0.91%) Advertising
15 16 (0.76%) Electronics
16 13 (0.62%) Aviation
16 13 (0.62%) Front Office
17 12 (0.57%) Back Office
18 8 (0.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,210 (57.78%) Developer
2 602 (28.75%) .NET Developer
3 466 (22.25%) Senior
4 368 (17.57%) Software Engineer
5 332 (15.85%) Software Developer
6 238 (11.37%) Lead
7 236 (11.27%) Senior Developer
8 220 (10.51%) C# Developer
9 183 (8.74%) Full-Stack Developer
10 172 (8.21%) .NET Software Engineer
11 162 (7.74%) C# .NET Developer
12 142 (6.78%) Senior Software Engineer
13 126 (6.02%) .NET Software Developer
14 120 (5.73%) C# Software Engineer
15 103 (4.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 103 (4.92%) Senior .NET Developer
16 96 (4.58%) Lead Developer
17 82 (3.92%) Architect
17 82 (3.92%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
18 72 (3.44%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 526 (25.12%) .NET Core
2 397 (18.96%) ASP.NET
3 301 (14.37%) React
4 249 (11.89%) HTML
5 231 (11.03%) CSS
6 222 (10.60%) ASP.NET Core
7 212 (10.12%) .NET Framework
8 169 (8.07%) AngularJS
9 162 (7.74%) RESTful
10 150 (7.16%) REST
11 144 (6.88%) Entity Framework
12 142 (6.78%) Blazor
13 134 (6.40%) Node.js
14 125 (5.97%) Vue
15 83 (3.96%) ASP.NET Web API
16 54 (2.58%) SOAP
17 49 (2.34%) JSON
18 48 (2.29%) jQuery
19 46 (2.20%) ML.NET
20 41 (1.96%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 144 (6.88%) Cloud Native
2 85 (4.06%) Greenfield Project
3 76 (3.63%) Mobile App
4 67 (3.20%) Distributed Systems
5 64 (3.06%) Product Ownership
6 53 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
7 40 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
8 33 (1.58%) Hedge funds
9 27 (1.29%) Legacy Applications
10 22 (1.05%) Legacy Code
10 22 (1.05%) Low-Code
11 18 (0.86%) Algorithms
11 18 (0.86%) Virtual Team
12 17 (0.81%) Management Information System
12 17 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 15 (0.72%) Sports Betting
14 14 (0.67%) PropTech
15 11 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 11 (0.53%) Onboarding
16 10 (0.48%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 76 (3.63%) Windows
2 25 (1.19%) Linux
2 25 (1.19%) Windows Server
3 21 (1.00%) Android
4 16 (0.76%) VMS
5 11 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.096%) Unix
6 2 (0.096%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.048%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.048%) Solaris
7 1 (0.048%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.048%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 601 (28.70%) Software Engineering
2 584 (27.89%) Full-Stack Development
3 574 (27.41%) Agile
4 464 (22.16%) CI/CD
5 450 (21.49%) DevOps
6 297 (14.18%) Microservices
7 242 (11.56%) Problem-Solving
8 241 (11.51%) AI
9 227 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 190 (9.07%) Mentoring
11 172 (8.21%) Test Automation
12 168 (8.02%) SDLC
13 133 (6.35%) Clean Code
14 131 (6.26%) Containerisation
15 128 (6.11%) Scrum
16 126 (6.02%) Technical Leadership
17 111 (5.30%) TDD
17 111 (5.30%) User Experience
18 106 (5.06%) Business Intelligence
19 105 (5.01%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1,465 (69.96%) C#
2 691 (33.00%) SQL
3 420 (20.06%) JavaScript
4 250 (11.94%) TypeScript
5 188 (8.98%) Python
6 169 (8.07%) Java
7 78 (3.72%) PowerShell
8 67 (3.20%) C++
9 49 (2.34%) PHP
10 36 (1.72%) Bicep
11 35 (1.67%) T-SQL
12 34 (1.62%) VB.NET
13 19 (0.91%) VB
14 18 (0.86%) Bash
14 18 (0.86%) C
15 17 (0.81%) Apex Code
16 13 (0.62%) PL/SQL
16 13 (0.62%) VBA
17 12 (0.57%) Go
17 12 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 201 (9.60%) Degree
2 83 (3.96%) Security Cleared
3 68 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 65 (3.10%) SC Cleared
5 22 (1.05%) Azure Certification
5 22 (1.05%) ISTQB
6 21 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (0.86%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 15 (0.72%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.33%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (0.33%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.19%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.19%) PhD
13 3 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.14%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.096%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (4.54%) QA
2 51 (2.44%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.91%) GDPR
4 16 (0.76%) Data Quality
5 13 (0.62%) WCAG
6 9 (0.43%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.33%) SLA
8 5 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.24%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.096%) ITGC
11 1 (0.048%) NCSC
11 1 (0.048%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 187 (8.93%) Docker
2 13 (0.62%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.43%) Firmware
4 5 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.048%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.048%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.048%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 175 (8.36%) Kubernetes
2 104 (4.97%) Terraform
3 15 (0.72%) Grafana
4 7 (0.33%) Ansible
4 7 (0.33%) Kibana
5 2 (0.096%) MIIS
5 2 (0.096%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.048%) CASB
6 1 (0.048%) Consul
6 1 (0.048%) Control-M
6 1 (0.048%) Packer
6 1 (0.048%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.048%) Puppet
Vendors
1 464 (22.16%) Microsoft
2 30 (1.43%) Google
3 29 (1.38%) Adobe
4 28 (1.34%) Oracle
5 25 (1.19%) Salesforce
6 21 (1.00%) Xamarin
7 17 (0.81%) OpenAI
8 16 (0.76%) Facebook
9 15 (0.72%) ServiceNow
10 13 (0.62%) MuleSoft
11 11 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (0.43%) iManage
13 8 (0.38%) Databricks
14 7 (0.33%) Intapp
15 6 (0.29%) IBM
15 6 (0.29%) VMware
15 6 (0.29%) YouTube
16 5 (0.24%) Apple
16 5 (0.24%) DevExpress
16 5 (0.24%) Sage