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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 60 25
Rank change year-on-year +8 -35 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,554 1,883 5,176
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.86% 4.35% 6.60%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 27.43% 23.89% 34.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,304 1,414 4,233
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £37,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £45,000
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 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £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 9,312 7,882 14,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.43% 18.20% 18.88%
Number of salaries quoted 7,093 5,329 11,571
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -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 25 July 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 25 July 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 +23 672 £57,500 - 136
North of England +1 587 £57,500 -4.17% 120
London -28 551 £80,000 - 206
Midlands +6 321 £55,000 - 59
North West -4 274 £60,000 +1.69% 55
South West +13 201 £52,500 - 37
East of England +27 199 £65,000 +23.81% 48
West Midlands -15 172 £60,000 +9.09% 27
North East +3 157 £55,750 +17.37% 34
Yorkshire +14 156 £57,500 -11.54% 34
East Midlands +24 149 £55,000 - 32
.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 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.33%) IIS
3 30 (1.17%) CMS
4 21 (0.82%) Confluence
5 16 (0.63%) ColdFusion
6 15 (0.59%) Umbraco
7 8 (0.31%) nginx
7 8 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
7 8 (0.31%) WordPress
8 7 (0.27%) Apache
9 5 (0.20%) NServiceBus
9 5 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.16%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.16%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.12%) DNN
11 3 (0.12%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.12%) Immediacy CMS
11 3 (0.12%) Kentico
11 3 (0.12%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 8 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.23%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.039%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.20%) Elite 3E
2 5 (0.20%) Shopify
3 4 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.12%) Magento
5 2 (0.078%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.078%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.078%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.078%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.078%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.039%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.039%) Eikon
6 1 (0.039%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.039%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.039%) RMDS
6 1 (0.039%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 1,349 (52.82%) Azure
2 417 (16.33%) Azure DevOps
3 414 (16.21%) AWS
4 226 (8.85%) GitHub
5 202 (7.91%) SaaS
6 177 (6.93%) Power Platform
7 164 (6.42%) Azure AI
8 155 (6.07%) GitHub Copilot
9 133 (5.21%) Serverless
10 113 (4.42%) Azure Logic Apps
11 111 (4.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 111 (4.35%) Power Automate
12 100 (3.92%) PowerApps
13 94 (3.68%) Azure Service Bus
14 88 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
15 77 (3.01%) Azure Functions
16 66 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
17 64 (2.51%) GCP
18 55 (2.15%) Azure AKS
18 55 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 91 (3.56%) Internet
2 9 (0.35%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.31%) Firewall
4 7 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.20%) DHCP
5 5 (0.20%) DNS
5 5 (0.20%) LAN
5 5 (0.20%) WAN
6 4 (0.16%) HTTP
6 4 (0.16%) Intranet
6 4 (0.16%) LTE
7 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.12%) RS-232
8 2 (0.078%) Modbus
8 2 (0.078%) SNMP
9 1 (0.039%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.039%) Network Security
9 1 (0.039%) SSL
9 1 (0.039%) VLAN
9 1 (0.039%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 501 (19.62%) SQL Server
2 491 (19.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 421 (16.48%) MongoDB
4 159 (6.23%) Elasticsearch
5 111 (4.35%) Power BI
6 66 (2.58%) MySQL
7 64 (2.51%) NoSQL
8 51 (2.00%) Relational Database
9 44 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
10 37 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 35 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 24 (0.94%) Redis
13 17 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (0.43%) Db2
14 11 (0.43%) DynamoDB
14 11 (0.43%) GIS
14 11 (0.43%) NonStop SQL
15 10 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
16 8 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
16 8 (0.31%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 165 (6.46%) Git
2 43 (1.68%) JIRA
3 26 (1.02%) Selenium
3 26 (1.02%) Visual Studio
4 24 (0.94%) Jenkins
5 22 (0.86%) Postman
6 21 (0.82%) Claude Code
7 20 (0.78%) GitLab
7 20 (0.78%) NUnit
8 12 (0.47%) SpecFlow
9 10 (0.39%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.31%) Bitbucket
10 8 (0.31%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
11 7 (0.27%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.27%) Moq
11 7 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
11 7 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (0.23%) Jasmine
12 6 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 382 (14.96%) Finance
2 376 (14.72%) Social Skills
3 113 (4.42%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (3.33%) Retail
5 71 (2.78%) Public Sector
6 60 (2.35%) Advertising
7 56 (2.19%) Games
7 56 (2.19%) Law
8 54 (2.11%) Legal
8 54 (2.11%) Marketing
9 51 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 48 (1.88%) Manufacturing
11 31 (1.21%) Aerospace
11 31 (1.21%) Banking
12 25 (0.98%) Automotive
13 20 (0.78%) Electronics
14 13 (0.51%) Back Office
14 13 (0.51%) Legal Technology
15 12 (0.47%) Front Office
16 11 (0.43%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 1,577 (61.75%) Developer
2 938 (36.73%) .NET Developer
3 486 (19.03%) Senior
4 409 (16.01%) Software Engineer
5 325 (12.73%) Software Developer
6 283 (11.08%) Lead
7 248 (9.71%) Senior Developer
8 209 (8.18%) C# Developer
9 193 (7.56%) Full-Stack Developer
10 170 (6.66%) .NET Software Engineer
11 165 (6.46%) C# .NET Developer
12 152 (5.95%) C# Software Engineer
13 147 (5.76%) Senior Software Engineer
14 137 (5.36%) Lead Developer
15 123 (4.82%) .NET Software Developer
16 115 (4.50%) Senior .NET Developer
17 108 (4.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 89 (3.48%) Architect
18 89 (3.48%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 87 (3.41%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 774 (30.31%) .NET Core
2 734 (28.74%) ASP.NET
3 570 (22.32%) ASP.NET Core
4 429 (16.80%) React
5 368 (14.41%) CSS
5 368 (14.41%) HTML
6 319 (12.49%) AngularJS
7 285 (11.16%) Entity Framework
8 282 (11.04%) Blazor
9 276 (10.81%) .NET Framework
10 275 (10.77%) RESTful
11 258 (10.10%) Vue
12 248 (9.71%) Node.js
13 213 (8.34%) ASP.NET Web API
14 204 (7.99%) REST
15 143 (5.60%) ML.NET
16 110 (4.31%) LINQ
17 80 (3.13%) JSON
18 66 (2.58%) jQuery
19 55 (2.15%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 160 (6.26%) Cloud Native
2 152 (5.95%) Greenfield Project
3 112 (4.39%) Distributed Systems
4 106 (4.15%) Enterprise Software
5 88 (3.45%) Product Ownership
6 67 (2.62%) Mobile App
7 59 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
8 29 (1.14%) Hedge funds
8 29 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
8 29 (1.14%) Legacy Code
9 28 (1.10%) AI Agents
10 26 (1.02%) Onboarding
11 23 (0.90%) Management Information System
12 22 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (0.78%) Digital TV
14 19 (0.74%) Low-Code
15 17 (0.67%) iPhone
16 16 (0.63%) Client/Server
17 15 (0.59%) Algorithms
18 14 (0.55%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 97 (3.80%) Windows
2 30 (1.17%) Android
2 30 (1.17%) Linux
2 30 (1.17%) Windows Server
3 10 (0.39%) VMS
4 6 (0.23%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.078%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.039%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 933 (36.53%) Full-Stack Development
2 841 (32.93%) Agile
3 658 (25.76%) Software Engineering
4 639 (25.02%) DevOps
5 630 (24.67%) CI/CD
6 455 (17.82%) Microservices
7 409 (16.01%) AI
8 318 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
9 256 (10.02%) Continuous Improvement
10 241 (9.44%) Mentoring
11 205 (8.03%) SDLC
12 204 (7.99%) Machine Learning
13 190 (7.44%) Test Automation
14 179 (7.01%) Scrum
15 169 (6.62%) Multithreading
15 169 (6.62%) TDD
16 156 (6.11%) Technical Leadership
17 149 (5.83%) Infrastructure as Code
18 140 (5.48%) Clean Code
19 138 (5.40%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 1,931 (75.61%) C#
2 981 (38.41%) SQL
3 578 (22.63%) JavaScript
4 373 (14.60%) TypeScript
5 220 (8.61%) Python
6 158 (6.19%) Java
7 89 (3.48%) C++
8 82 (3.21%) PowerShell
9 62 (2.43%) PHP
10 56 (2.19%) T-SQL
11 52 (2.04%) VB.NET
12 45 (1.76%) Bicep
13 27 (1.06%) C
14 24 (0.94%) Bash
15 18 (0.70%) VB
16 14 (0.55%) Go
16 14 (0.55%) PL/SQL
17 13 (0.51%) Apex Code
18 11 (0.43%) VBA
19 9 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 221 (8.65%) Degree
2 107 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 88 (3.45%) Security Cleared
4 69 (2.70%) SC Cleared
5 19 (0.74%) Azure Certification
6 17 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (0.59%) AWS Certification
8 12 (0.47%) Master's Degree
9 10 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.23%) AWS Certified Developer
12 5 (0.20%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.16%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.16%) MBA
14 3 (0.12%) PhD
14 3 (0.12%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.078%) Numerate Degree
15 2 (0.078%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (5.56%) QA
2 65 (2.55%) Accessibility
3 22 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 21 (0.82%) GDPR
5 15 (0.59%) WCAG
6 10 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.27%) NCSC
7 7 (0.27%) SLA
8 4 (0.16%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.16%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.078%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.039%) ITGC
11 1 (0.039%) NIST
System Software
1 315 (12.33%) Docker
2 15 (0.59%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.43%) Firmware
4 8 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 299 (11.71%) Kubernetes
2 119 (4.66%) Terraform
3 13 (0.51%) Grafana
4 12 (0.47%) Prometheus
5 10 (0.39%) Ansible
6 2 (0.078%) MIIS
7 1 (0.039%) Consul
7 1 (0.039%) Control-M
7 1 (0.039%) MOM
7 1 (0.039%) Packer
7 1 (0.039%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.039%) Puppet
Vendors
1 894 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 70 (2.74%) Google
3 54 (2.11%) Facebook
4 38 (1.49%) Oracle
5 31 (1.21%) OpenAI
6 29 (1.14%) Adobe
7 28 (1.10%) Salesforce
8 21 (0.82%) YouTube
9 17 (0.67%) Xamarin
10 14 (0.55%) ServiceNow
11 13 (0.51%) Databricks
12 12 (0.47%) iManage
13 11 (0.43%) Apple
13 11 (0.43%) Sony
13 11 (0.43%) Yahoo!
14 10 (0.39%) Intapp
15 9 (0.35%) MuleSoft
15 9 (0.35%) VMware
16 8 (0.31%) Aderant
16 8 (0.31%) Splunk