.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 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 38 23
Rank change year-on-year -41 -15 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,593 2,339 5,464
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.55% 5.71% 7.84%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.37% 25.83% 35.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,432 1,679 4,973
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,800
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

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 6,815 9,055 15,553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.92% 22.10% 22.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5,222 5,837 13,183
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £111,250 £102,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,225 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.85% +10.38% -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 3 March 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 3 March 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 -26 444 £80,000 +6.67% 220
South East -36 390 £60,000 - 240
North of England -36 363 £65,000 +18.18% 186
Midlands -38 205 £52,500 -8.70% 75
North West -22 194 £65,000 +18.18% 109
West Midlands -34 114 £50,000 -13.04% 41
Yorkshire -36 113 £60,000 +13.21% 55
South West -37 106 £55,000 -8.33% 91
East Midlands -29 91 £60,000 +15.38% 32
East of England -66 61 £60,000 +20.00% 74
North East -7 56 £70,000 +16.67% 26
.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 42 (2.64%) IIS
2 24 (1.51%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.00%) CMS
4 13 (0.82%) JBoss
4 13 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.82%) WebSphere
5 8 (0.50%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.31%) Confluence
6 5 (0.31%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.19%) nginx
8 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.063%) Apache
9 1 (0.063%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.063%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.063%) Kentico
9 1 (0.063%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.063%) SAS
9 1 (0.063%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.19%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.063%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 43 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.13%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.063%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.063%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.063%) Endur
3 1 (0.063%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.063%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 761 (47.77%) Azure
2 287 (18.02%) AWS
3 229 (14.38%) Azure DevOps
3 229 (14.38%) SaaS
4 122 (7.66%) Power Platform
5 103 (6.47%) GitHub
5 103 (6.47%) Serverless
6 70 (4.39%) GCP
7 60 (3.77%) Azure Logic Apps
8 59 (3.70%) Azure Functions
9 56 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
10 53 (3.33%) Power Automate
11 48 (3.01%) PowerApps
12 47 (2.95%) Azure Service Bus
13 43 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 39 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
15 36 (2.26%) Entra ID
16 34 (2.13%) Azure AKS
17 27 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
18 26 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.00%) Internet
2 11 (0.69%) DNS
3 10 (0.63%) DHCP
3 10 (0.63%) Firewall
4 8 (0.50%) WinSCP
5 6 (0.38%) VPN
6 5 (0.31%) VoIP
7 4 (0.25%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.19%) HTTP
8 3 (0.19%) LTE
9 2 (0.13%) Intranet
9 2 (0.13%) NAS
9 2 (0.13%) SAN
9 2 (0.13%) VLAN
10 1 (0.063%) AMQP
10 1 (0.063%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.063%) Hyperconnected
10 1 (0.063%) IPv6
10 1 (0.063%) MPLS
10 1 (0.063%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 402 (25.24%) SQL Server
2 80 (5.02%) NoSQL
3 54 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
4 51 (3.20%) MongoDB
4 51 (3.20%) Power BI
5 48 (3.01%) Relational Database
6 44 (2.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 44 (2.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 42 (2.64%) MySQL
8 38 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
9 20 (1.26%) DynamoDB
9 20 (1.26%) Redis
10 12 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.50%) DB2
13 5 (0.31%) Tableau
14 3 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
14 3 (0.19%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.19%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 130 (8.16%) Git
2 48 (3.01%) Selenium
3 47 (2.95%) JIRA
4 40 (2.51%) Visual Studio
5 35 (2.20%) Postman
6 31 (1.95%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (1.76%) WebDriver
8 26 (1.63%) SoapUI
9 19 (1.19%) TeamCity
10 18 (1.13%) Jenkins
10 18 (1.13%) SpecFlow
11 16 (1.00%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (0.56%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 7 (0.44%) LabVIEW
15 6 (0.38%) git-flow
15 6 (0.38%) GitLab
15 6 (0.38%) NUnit
16 4 (0.25%) MSTest
17 3 (0.19%) Cucumber
General
1 332 (20.84%) Social Skills
2 284 (17.83%) Finance
3 71 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (4.33%) Law
5 53 (3.33%) Banking
6 50 (3.14%) Public Sector
7 37 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (1.82%) Legal
9 21 (1.32%) Marketing
10 20 (1.26%) Games
11 18 (1.13%) Retail
12 17 (1.07%) Front Office
12 17 (1.07%) Manufacturing
13 16 (1.00%) Aviation
14 11 (0.69%) Electronics
14 11 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (0.63%) Tech for Good
16 9 (0.56%) Aerospace
16 9 (0.56%) Military
16 9 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 864 (54.24%) Developer
2 377 (23.67%) Senior
3 359 (22.54%) .NET Developer
4 282 (17.70%) Software Engineer
5 268 (16.82%) Software Developer
6 187 (11.74%) Lead
7 184 (11.55%) C# Developer
8 172 (10.80%) Senior Developer
9 163 (10.23%) Full-Stack Developer
10 134 (8.41%) .NET Software Engineer
11 115 (7.22%) Senior Software Engineer
12 102 (6.40%) C# .NET Developer
13 95 (5.96%) .NET Software Developer
14 80 (5.02%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 79 (4.96%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 73 (4.58%) Senior .NET Developer
17 72 (4.52%) Lead Developer
18 60 (3.77%) C# Software Engineer
19 51 (3.20%) Analyst
20 50 (3.14%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 375 (23.54%) .NET Core
2 292 (18.33%) React
3 232 (14.56%) ASP.NET
4 210 (13.18%) .NET Framework
5 196 (12.30%) HTML
6 167 (10.48%) CSS
7 149 (9.35%) AngularJS
8 136 (8.54%) REST
9 107 (6.72%) RESTful
10 91 (5.71%) Entity Framework
11 89 (5.59%) Blazor
12 69 (4.33%) Node.js
13 65 (4.08%) Vue
14 64 (4.02%) ASP.NET Core
15 60 (3.77%) SOAP
16 48 (3.01%) ASP.NET MVC
17 44 (2.76%) ASP.NET Web API
18 39 (2.45%) HTML5
19 36 (2.26%) Middleware
20 34 (2.13%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 140 (8.79%) Cloud Native
2 71 (4.46%) Product Ownership
3 62 (3.89%) Mobile App
4 52 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
5 50 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
6 45 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
7 29 (1.82%) Virtual Team
8 25 (1.57%) Hedge funds
9 21 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 18 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
12 17 (1.07%) AI Agents
13 15 (0.94%) Onboarding
13 15 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
14 14 (0.88%) Algorithms
14 14 (0.88%) Low-Code
14 14 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 13 (0.82%) Client/Server
15 13 (0.82%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 85 (5.34%) Windows
2 26 (1.63%) Android
3 25 (1.57%) Apple iOS
4 24 (1.51%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.44%) Linux
6 16 (1.00%) VMS
7 9 (0.56%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.31%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.19%) Unix
10 1 (0.063%) Fedora
10 1 (0.063%) Solaris
10 1 (0.063%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 544 (34.15%) Agile
2 512 (32.14%) Software Engineering
3 403 (25.30%) DevOps
4 390 (24.48%) Full-Stack Development
5 387 (24.29%) CI/CD
6 268 (16.82%) Problem-Solving
7 264 (16.57%) Microservices
8 210 (13.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 176 (11.05%) Mentoring
10 160 (10.04%) AI
11 136 (8.54%) SDLC
12 133 (8.35%) Scrum
13 127 (7.97%) Clean Code
14 124 (7.78%) Containerisation
15 116 (7.28%) Test Automation
16 113 (7.09%) MVC
17 112 (7.03%) User Experience
18 101 (6.34%) Computer Science
19 95 (5.96%) TDD
20 94 (5.90%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1,096 (68.80%) C#
2 489 (30.70%) SQL
3 381 (23.92%) JavaScript
4 213 (13.37%) TypeScript
5 156 (9.79%) Java
6 132 (8.29%) Python
7 62 (3.89%) PowerShell
8 34 (2.13%) C++
9 30 (1.88%) T-SQL
10 28 (1.76%) VB.NET
11 23 (1.44%) PHP
12 22 (1.38%) Bicep
13 18 (1.13%) Apex Code
14 15 (0.94%) C
15 12 (0.75%) Bash
16 11 (0.69%) Rust
17 10 (0.63%) Go
17 10 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
18 7 (0.44%) PL/SQL
19 6 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 198 (12.43%) Degree
2 56 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 53 (3.33%) Security Cleared
4 44 (2.76%) SC Cleared
5 30 (1.88%) ISTQB
6 23 (1.44%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (1.13%) AWS Certification
8 13 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (0.75%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.69%) AWS Certified Developer
10 11 (0.69%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.50%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.44%) ISEB
12 7 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.19%) MCSE
15 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (6.78%) QA
2 44 (2.76%) Accessibility
3 14 (0.88%) GDPR
4 13 (0.82%) WCAG
5 9 (0.56%) ISO 9001
6 7 (0.44%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.44%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.38%) SLA
8 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.13%) GRC
10 1 (0.063%) ITGC
System Software
1 154 (9.67%) Docker
2 24 (1.51%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.31%) Firmware
4 4 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.13%) vSphere
6 1 (0.063%) Squid
Systems Management
1 126 (7.91%) Kubernetes
2 89 (5.59%) Terraform
3 14 (0.88%) Grafana
4 11 (0.69%) Ansible
5 8 (0.50%) Kibana
5 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.13%) Argo
6 2 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.063%) CASB
7 1 (0.063%) Control-M
Vendors
1 273 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 32 (2.01%) Salesforce
3 29 (1.82%) Xamarin
4 18 (1.13%) Google
4 18 (1.13%) MuleSoft
5 16 (1.00%) Oracle
6 12 (0.75%) Sage
7 10 (0.63%) New Relic
7 10 (0.63%) ServiceNow
8 9 (0.56%) Telerik
9 8 (0.50%) Databricks
10 7 (0.44%) Adobe
10 7 (0.44%) Apple
10 7 (0.44%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.38%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (0.38%) VMware
12 5 (0.31%) Freshdesk
12 5 (0.31%) SAP
12 5 (0.31%) Syncfusion
12 5 (0.31%) Zoho