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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 51 23
Rank change year-on-year -22 -28 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,056 1,972 6,299
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.54% 5.04% 7.49%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 25.54% 25.57% 37.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,860 1,482 5,450
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 £100,000 £97,500 £93,250
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 8,049 7,712 16,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.94% 19.69% 20.20%
Number of salaries quoted 6,103 5,707 14,142
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £66,268 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% +10.45% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -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 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 10 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 +3 542 £60,000 - 164
London -21 524 £82,500 +6.45% 224
North of England -33 455 £60,000 +4.35% 156
North West -20 242 £61,250 +6.52% 88
Midlands -28 236 £55,000 +2.44% 72
South West +1 156 £55,000 - 38
East of England -6 127 £67,500 +28.57% 57
Yorkshire -31 123 £60,000 +3.45% 36
West Midlands -49 120 £55,000 - 36
East Midlands -1 116 £64,500 +22.86% 36
North East -12 90 £62,500 +13.64% 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 51 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.22%) IIS
3 21 (1.02%) CMS
4 15 (0.73%) ColdFusion
5 13 (0.63%) Umbraco
6 12 (0.58%) Confluence
7 11 (0.54%) JBoss
8 9 (0.44%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.29%) Apache
10 4 (0.19%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.19%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.15%) nginx
11 3 (0.15%) WordPress
12 2 (0.097%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.097%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.097%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.049%) CICS
13 1 (0.049%) SAS
13 1 (0.049%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.097%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.097%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.049%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.15%) Magento
3 1 (0.049%) Endur
3 1 (0.049%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.049%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.049%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.049%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.049%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.049%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 901 (43.82%) Azure
2 304 (14.79%) AWS
3 263 (12.79%) Azure DevOps
4 254 (12.35%) SaaS
5 136 (6.61%) Power Platform
6 117 (5.69%) GitHub
7 116 (5.64%) Serverless
8 106 (5.16%) Azure Logic Apps
9 74 (3.60%) Power Automate
9 74 (3.60%) PowerApps
10 67 (3.26%) Azure Functions
11 63 (3.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 63 (3.06%) Azure Service Bus
12 56 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
13 52 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
14 48 (2.33%) GCP
15 47 (2.29%) Azure AKS
15 47 (2.29%) GitHub Copilot
16 46 (2.24%) Azure Monitor
17 44 (2.14%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.41%) Internet
2 8 (0.39%) WinSCP
3 6 (0.29%) Firewall
3 6 (0.29%) Intranet
4 4 (0.19%) LTE
5 3 (0.15%) DNS
5 3 (0.15%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.097%) DHCP
6 2 (0.097%) Hyperconnected
7 1 (0.049%) AMQP
7 1 (0.049%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.049%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.049%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.049%) Modbus
7 1 (0.049%) MPLS
7 1 (0.049%) RS-232
7 1 (0.049%) VoIP
7 1 (0.049%) VPN
7 1 (0.049%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 425 (20.67%) SQL Server
2 175 (8.51%) Azure SQL Database
3 128 (6.23%) MongoDB
4 90 (4.38%) Power BI
5 75 (3.65%) NoSQL
6 46 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
6 46 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 42 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
8 39 (1.90%) MySQL
8 39 (1.90%) Relational Database
9 35 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (0.73%) Redis
11 12 (0.58%) DB2
12 11 (0.54%) DynamoDB
13 9 (0.44%) GIS
14 8 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
15 7 (0.34%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
16 5 (0.24%) Metadata
17 4 (0.19%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 131 (6.37%) Git
2 53 (2.58%) JIRA
3 41 (1.99%) Selenium
4 38 (1.85%) Visual Studio
5 37 (1.80%) Postman
6 27 (1.31%) Team Foundation Server
7 25 (1.22%) SoapUI
8 24 (1.17%) WebDriver
9 18 (0.88%) Jenkins
10 15 (0.73%) SpecFlow
10 15 (0.73%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.58%) NUnit
11 12 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (0.44%) Cypress.io
12 9 (0.44%) GitLab
12 9 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 7 (0.34%) Claude Code
13 7 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.29%) MSTest
14 6 (0.29%) TestRail
General
1 334 (16.25%) Finance
2 325 (15.81%) Social Skills
3 92 (4.47%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (2.58%) Banking
5 51 (2.48%) Public Sector
6 49 (2.38%) Law
7 44 (2.14%) Retail
8 33 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 32 (1.56%) Legal
10 30 (1.46%) Games
11 27 (1.31%) Manufacturing
12 22 (1.07%) Automotive
13 21 (1.02%) Aerospace
14 19 (0.92%) Marketing
15 18 (0.88%) Advertising
16 16 (0.78%) Electronics
17 14 (0.68%) Aviation
18 13 (0.63%) Front Office
19 12 (0.58%) Back Office
20 8 (0.39%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,188 (57.78%) Developer
2 579 (28.16%) .NET Developer
3 464 (22.57%) Senior
4 354 (17.22%) Software Engineer
5 331 (16.10%) Software Developer
6 237 (11.53%) Lead
6 237 (11.53%) Senior Developer
7 218 (10.60%) C# Developer
8 183 (8.90%) Full-Stack Developer
9 169 (8.22%) .NET Software Engineer
10 159 (7.73%) C# .NET Developer
11 138 (6.71%) Senior Software Engineer
12 121 (5.89%) .NET Software Developer
13 115 (5.59%) C# Software Engineer
14 104 (5.06%) Senior .NET Developer
15 97 (4.72%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 95 (4.62%) Lead Developer
17 82 (3.99%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
18 81 (3.94%) Architect
19 69 (3.36%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 506 (24.61%) .NET Core
2 376 (18.29%) ASP.NET
3 293 (14.25%) React
4 243 (11.82%) HTML
5 223 (10.85%) CSS
6 218 (10.60%) .NET Framework
7 196 (9.53%) ASP.NET Core
8 161 (7.83%) AngularJS
9 155 (7.54%) RESTful
10 148 (7.20%) REST
11 138 (6.71%) Entity Framework
12 133 (6.47%) Blazor
13 125 (6.08%) Node.js
14 114 (5.54%) Vue
15 79 (3.84%) ASP.NET Web API
16 55 (2.68%) SOAP
17 45 (2.19%) jQuery
17 45 (2.19%) JSON
18 40 (1.95%) Playwright
19 39 (1.90%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 149 (7.25%) Cloud Native
2 78 (3.79%) Greenfield Project
3 75 (3.65%) Mobile App
4 68 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
5 65 (3.16%) Product Ownership
6 48 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
7 38 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
8 32 (1.56%) Hedge funds
9 22 (1.07%) Legacy Applications
9 22 (1.07%) Legacy Code
10 21 (1.02%) Low-Code
11 18 (0.88%) Virtual Team
12 17 (0.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 16 (0.78%) Algorithms
13 16 (0.78%) Management Information System
14 15 (0.73%) Sports Betting
15 14 (0.68%) PropTech
16 12 (0.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 11 (0.54%) Fixed Income
18 10 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 78 (3.79%) Windows
2 26 (1.26%) Linux
3 23 (1.12%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.92%) Android
5 17 (0.83%) VMS
6 11 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.15%) Unix
8 2 (0.097%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.049%) Solaris
9 1 (0.049%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.049%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 585 (28.45%) Software Engineering
2 571 (27.77%) Agile
3 552 (26.85%) Full-Stack Development
4 450 (21.89%) CI/CD
5 438 (21.30%) DevOps
6 294 (14.30%) Microservices
7 240 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
8 227 (11.04%) AI
9 224 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 185 (9.00%) Mentoring
11 169 (8.22%) Test Automation
12 167 (8.12%) SDLC
13 133 (6.47%) Containerisation
14 132 (6.42%) Clean Code
15 130 (6.32%) Scrum
16 126 (6.13%) Technical Leadership
17 115 (5.59%) TDD
18 109 (5.30%) User Experience
19 108 (5.25%) MVC
20 104 (5.06%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1,426 (69.36%) C#
2 666 (32.39%) SQL
3 408 (19.84%) JavaScript
4 246 (11.96%) TypeScript
5 183 (8.90%) Python
6 161 (7.83%) Java
7 77 (3.75%) PowerShell
8 60 (2.92%) C++
9 47 (2.29%) PHP
10 35 (1.70%) Bicep
11 34 (1.65%) T-SQL
11 34 (1.65%) VB.NET
12 19 (0.92%) VB
13 18 (0.88%) Apex Code
13 18 (0.88%) Bash
13 18 (0.88%) C
14 13 (0.63%) Go
14 13 (0.63%) PL/SQL
14 13 (0.63%) VBA
15 12 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 197 (9.58%) Degree
2 80 (3.89%) Security Cleared
3 66 (3.21%) SC Cleared
4 64 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.12%) ISTQB
6 20 (0.97%) Azure Certification
7 19 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (0.88%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 15 (0.73%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
11 7 (0.34%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.19%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.19%) PhD
15 3 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.15%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.15%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (4.62%) QA
2 49 (2.38%) Accessibility
3 18 (0.88%) GDPR
4 16 (0.78%) Data Quality
5 13 (0.63%) WCAG
6 9 (0.44%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.34%) SLA
8 5 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.24%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.097%) ITGC
11 1 (0.049%) NCSC
11 1 (0.049%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 178 (8.66%) Docker
2 12 (0.58%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.44%) Firmware
4 4 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.049%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.049%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 169 (8.22%) Kubernetes
2 101 (4.91%) Terraform
3 15 (0.73%) Grafana
4 8 (0.39%) Ansible
5 7 (0.34%) Kibana
6 2 (0.097%) MIIS
6 2 (0.097%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.049%) CASB
7 1 (0.049%) Consul
7 1 (0.049%) Control-M
7 1 (0.049%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.049%) Packer
7 1 (0.049%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.049%) Puppet
Vendors
1 439 (21.35%) Microsoft
2 28 (1.36%) Adobe
3 26 (1.26%) Google
3 26 (1.26%) Oracle
3 26 (1.26%) Salesforce
4 21 (1.02%) Xamarin
5 16 (0.78%) ServiceNow
6 15 (0.73%) MuleSoft
6 15 (0.73%) OpenAI
7 14 (0.68%) Facebook
8 11 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.44%) Databricks
10 8 (0.39%) iManage
11 7 (0.34%) IBM
12 6 (0.29%) Intapp
12 6 (0.29%) YouTube
13 5 (0.24%) Apple
13 5 (0.24%) DevExpress
13 5 (0.24%) Sage
13 5 (0.24%) VMware