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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 39 23
Rank change year-on-year -37 -16 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,618 2,278 5,685
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.52% 5.77% 7.71%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.57% 25.78% 35.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,440 1,744 5,155
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £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 6,865 8,838 16,093
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.67% 22.40% 21.83%
Number of salaries quoted 5,236 6,062 13,614
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,075
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,274 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +10.46% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -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 10 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 10 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% 193
South East -35 399 £60,000 - 188
North of England -30 371 £65,000 +18.18% 154
Midlands -35 200 £52,500 -8.70% 71
North West -34 197 £65,000 +18.18% 86
Yorkshire -33 119 £60,000 +9.09% 46
South West -27 112 £55,000 -8.33% 77
West Midlands -50 108 £50,000 -14.16% 45
East Midlands -31 92 £62,000 +19.23% 26
East of England -57 64 £60,000 +20.00% 47
North East -9 55 £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 39 (2.41%) IIS
2 25 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.99%) CMS
4 13 (0.80%) JBoss
4 13 (0.80%) WebSphere
5 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.56%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.31%) Confluence
7 5 (0.31%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.19%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.12%) nginx
10 1 (0.062%) Apache
10 1 (0.062%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.062%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.062%) Kentico
10 1 (0.062%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.062%) SAS
10 1 (0.062%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.19%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.062%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.062%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 34 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.12%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.062%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.062%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.062%) Endur
3 1 (0.062%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.062%) Magento
3 1 (0.062%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.062%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 737 (45.55%) Azure
2 275 (17.00%) AWS
3 229 (14.15%) SaaS
4 216 (13.35%) Azure DevOps
5 120 (7.42%) Power Platform
6 105 (6.49%) Serverless
7 100 (6.18%) GitHub
8 64 (3.96%) Azure Logic Apps
9 60 (3.71%) GCP
10 59 (3.65%) Azure Functions
11 55 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
12 52 (3.21%) PowerApps
13 50 (3.09%) Power Automate
14 48 (2.97%) Azure Service Bus
15 43 (2.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 36 (2.22%) Azure AKS
17 35 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
18 32 (1.98%) Entra ID
19 28 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
20 25 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.99%) Internet
2 10 (0.62%) Firewall
3 9 (0.56%) DNS
4 8 (0.49%) DHCP
4 8 (0.49%) WinSCP
5 5 (0.31%) VPN
6 4 (0.25%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.25%) VoIP
7 3 (0.19%) HTTP
7 3 (0.19%) LTE
8 2 (0.12%) Intranet
9 1 (0.062%) AMQP
9 1 (0.062%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.062%) FIX Connectivity
9 1 (0.062%) Hyperconnected
9 1 (0.062%) IPv6
9 1 (0.062%) Modbus
9 1 (0.062%) NAS
9 1 (0.062%) VLAN
9 1 (0.062%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 412 (25.46%) SQL Server
2 79 (4.88%) NoSQL
3 55 (3.40%) Power BI
4 49 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
4 49 (3.03%) Relational Database
5 48 (2.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 46 (2.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 45 (2.78%) MongoDB
8 43 (2.66%) MySQL
9 40 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.24%) DynamoDB
10 20 (1.24%) Redis
11 10 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (0.62%) DB2
11 10 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.31%) GIS
12 5 (0.31%) Tableau
13 4 (0.25%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.19%) Geospatial Data
14 3 (0.19%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 131 (8.10%) Git
2 48 (2.97%) JIRA
3 47 (2.90%) Selenium
4 40 (2.47%) Visual Studio
5 34 (2.10%) Postman
6 30 (1.85%) Team Foundation Server
7 27 (1.67%) WebDriver
8 25 (1.55%) SoapUI
9 21 (1.30%) Jenkins
9 21 (1.30%) TeamCity
10 18 (1.11%) SpecFlow
11 16 (0.99%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (0.56%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 7 (0.43%) LabVIEW
15 6 (0.37%) GitLab
15 6 (0.37%) NUnit
16 5 (0.31%) git-flow
17 4 (0.25%) MSTest
17 4 (0.25%) Storybook
General
1 334 (20.64%) Social Skills
2 281 (17.37%) Finance
3 74 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (4.02%) Law
5 55 (3.40%) Banking
5 55 (3.40%) Public Sector
6 39 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (1.48%) Legal
8 22 (1.36%) Marketing
9 20 (1.24%) Games
10 18 (1.11%) Retail
11 17 (1.05%) Front Office
11 17 (1.05%) Manufacturing
12 15 (0.93%) Aviation
13 11 (0.68%) Electronics
13 11 (0.68%) Tech for Good
14 9 (0.56%) Aerospace
14 9 (0.56%) Military
14 9 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 869 (53.71%) Developer
2 389 (24.04%) Senior
3 353 (21.82%) .NET Developer
4 293 (18.11%) Software Engineer
5 267 (16.50%) Software Developer
6 191 (11.80%) C# Developer
7 188 (11.62%) Lead
8 181 (11.19%) Senior Developer
9 166 (10.26%) Full-Stack Developer
10 137 (8.47%) .NET Software Engineer
11 116 (7.17%) Senior Software Engineer
12 107 (6.61%) C# .NET Developer
13 91 (5.62%) .NET Software Developer
14 81 (5.01%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 79 (4.88%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 76 (4.70%) Senior .NET Developer
17 71 (4.39%) Lead Developer
18 60 (3.71%) C# Software Engineer
19 54 (3.34%) Architect
20 53 (3.28%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 372 (22.99%) .NET Core
2 289 (17.86%) React
3 231 (14.28%) ASP.NET
4 209 (12.92%) .NET Framework
5 191 (11.80%) HTML
6 165 (10.20%) CSS
7 140 (8.65%) AngularJS
8 138 (8.53%) REST
9 100 (6.18%) RESTful
10 89 (5.50%) Entity Framework
11 87 (5.38%) Blazor
12 78 (4.82%) Node.js
13 68 (4.20%) ASP.NET Core
14 62 (3.83%) SOAP
15 61 (3.77%) Vue
16 43 (2.66%) ASP.NET MVC
17 40 (2.47%) ASP.NET Web API
18 37 (2.29%) Middleware
19 35 (2.16%) HTML5
20 33 (2.04%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 141 (8.71%) Cloud Native
2 64 (3.96%) Mobile App
3 62 (3.83%) Product Ownership
4 53 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
5 50 (3.09%) Distributed Systems
6 48 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
7 29 (1.79%) Virtual Team
8 25 (1.55%) Hedge funds
9 20 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
10 19 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
12 16 (0.99%) AI Agents
13 15 (0.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 14 (0.87%) Algorithms
14 14 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 14 (0.87%) Low-Code
14 14 (0.87%) Management Information System
15 13 (0.80%) DataPower
15 13 (0.80%) Onboarding
15 13 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 86 (5.32%) Windows
2 25 (1.55%) Android
3 24 (1.48%) Apple iOS
4 23 (1.42%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.36%) Linux
6 16 (0.99%) VMS
7 7 (0.43%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.25%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.19%) Unix
10 1 (0.062%) Fedora
10 1 (0.062%) Solaris
10 1 (0.062%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 522 (32.26%) Agile
2 514 (31.77%) Software Engineering
3 394 (24.35%) DevOps
4 392 (24.23%) Full-Stack Development
5 383 (23.67%) CI/CD
6 256 (15.82%) Problem-Solving
7 255 (15.76%) Microservices
8 209 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
9 167 (10.32%) Mentoring
10 143 (8.84%) AI
11 134 (8.28%) Clean Code
12 133 (8.22%) Scrum
13 131 (8.10%) SDLC
14 123 (7.60%) Containerisation
15 117 (7.23%) Test Automation
16 111 (6.86%) User Experience
17 108 (6.67%) MVC
18 100 (6.18%) Computer Science
19 98 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
20 94 (5.81%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1,105 (68.29%) C#
2 493 (30.47%) SQL
3 367 (22.68%) JavaScript
4 198 (12.24%) TypeScript
5 157 (9.70%) Java
6 135 (8.34%) Python
7 59 (3.65%) PowerShell
8 37 (2.29%) C++
9 32 (1.98%) T-SQL
10 29 (1.79%) VB.NET
11 24 (1.48%) PHP
12 23 (1.42%) Bicep
13 20 (1.24%) Apex Code
14 15 (0.93%) C
15 12 (0.74%) Bash
15 12 (0.74%) Go
16 10 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (0.62%) Rust
17 9 (0.56%) PL/SQL
18 6 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 196 (12.11%) Degree
2 58 (3.58%) Security Cleared
3 54 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 48 (2.97%) SC Cleared
5 29 (1.79%) ISTQB
6 22 (1.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (1.11%) AWS Certification
8 14 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (0.68%) AWS Certified Developer
9 11 (0.68%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.56%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.49%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.43%) ISEB
12 7 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (6.74%) QA
2 44 (2.72%) Accessibility
3 13 (0.80%) GDPR
4 12 (0.74%) WCAG
5 9 (0.56%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.49%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.43%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.43%) SLA
8 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.12%) GRC
10 1 (0.062%) ITGC
System Software
1 149 (9.21%) Docker
2 23 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.31%) Firmware
4 4 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.12%) vSphere
6 1 (0.062%) Squid
Systems Management
1 122 (7.54%) Kubernetes
2 88 (5.44%) Terraform
3 13 (0.80%) Grafana
4 10 (0.62%) Ansible
5 8 (0.49%) Kibana
6 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.062%) Argo
7 1 (0.062%) CASB
7 1 (0.062%) Control-M
7 1 (0.062%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 268 (16.56%) Microsoft
2 34 (2.10%) Salesforce
3 29 (1.79%) Xamarin
4 19 (1.17%) Google
4 19 (1.17%) MuleSoft
5 14 (0.87%) Oracle
6 13 (0.80%) Sage
7 11 (0.68%) ServiceNow
8 10 (0.62%) New Relic
9 9 (0.56%) Telerik
10 8 (0.49%) Databricks
11 7 (0.43%) Adobe
11 7 (0.43%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (0.37%) Apple
12 6 (0.37%) VMware
13 5 (0.31%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.31%) SAP
13 5 (0.31%) Syncfusion
13 5 (0.31%) Zoho
14 4 (0.25%) AppDynamics