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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 57 21
Rank change year-on-year +5 -36 +5
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,351 1,861 6,899
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.81% 4.68% 7.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 26.91% 23.82% 37.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,137 1,381 5,827
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £90,000
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 8,737 7,812 18,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.46% 19.64% 19.31%
Number of salaries quoted 6,666 5,253 14,823
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,838 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
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 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,268 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.91% +10.45% -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 19 June 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 19 June 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 +21 609 £57,500 - 130
London -26 544 £80,000 - 153
North of England -3 532 £60,000 - 115
Midlands +6 299 £55,000 - 61
North West -2 278 £62,500 +13.64% 61
South West +14 183 £55,000 +4.76% 40
East of England +10 162 £65,000 +23.81% 42
West Midlands -15 154 £55,000 +2.44% 37
East Midlands +22 145 £55,000 - 24
North East +6 128 £59,000 +7.27% 30
Yorkshire -12 126 £57,500 -11.54% 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 61 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.06%) CMS
2 25 (1.06%) IIS
3 18 (0.77%) Confluence
4 16 (0.68%) ColdFusion
5 13 (0.55%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.34%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.30%) Apache
7 7 (0.30%) JBoss
8 6 (0.26%) WordPress
9 5 (0.21%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.17%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.17%) nginx
10 4 (0.17%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.043%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.043%) Kentico
12 1 (0.043%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 8 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.085%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.085%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.13%) Magento
4 2 (0.085%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.085%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.085%) Shopify
4 2 (0.085%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.043%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.043%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.043%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,136 (48.32%) Azure
2 350 (14.89%) AWS
3 348 (14.80%) Azure DevOps
4 237 (10.08%) SaaS
5 169 (7.19%) GitHub
6 149 (6.34%) Power Platform
7 126 (5.36%) Serverless
8 112 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
9 108 (4.59%) Azure AI
10 100 (4.25%) GitHub Copilot
11 93 (3.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 90 (3.83%) Power Automate
13 86 (3.66%) PowerApps
14 80 (3.40%) Azure Functions
15 79 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
16 76 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
17 54 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
18 52 (2.21%) Azure AKS
18 52 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
19 49 (2.08%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 69 (2.93%) Internet
2 9 (0.38%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.34%) Firewall
4 7 (0.30%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.21%) DHCP
5 5 (0.21%) DNS
5 5 (0.21%) LAN
5 5 (0.21%) LTE
5 5 (0.21%) WAN
6 4 (0.17%) Intranet
7 3 (0.13%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.13%) RS-232
7 3 (0.13%) WinSCP
8 2 (0.085%) Modbus
9 1 (0.043%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.043%) HTTP
9 1 (0.043%) MPLS
9 1 (0.043%) Profibus
9 1 (0.043%) SSL
9 1 (0.043%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 454 (19.31%) SQL Server
2 342 (14.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 286 (12.17%) MongoDB
4 100 (4.25%) Elasticsearch
5 94 (4.00%) Power BI
6 63 (2.68%) NoSQL
7 55 (2.34%) MySQL
8 39 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
8 39 (1.66%) Relational Database
9 38 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 31 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 18 (0.77%) Redis
12 12 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (0.51%) Db2
13 11 (0.47%) GIS
14 7 (0.30%) Geospatial Data
15 6 (0.26%) Big Data
15 6 (0.26%) NonStop SQL
16 5 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
16 5 (0.21%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 136 (5.78%) Git
2 48 (2.04%) JIRA
3 32 (1.36%) Visual Studio
4 28 (1.19%) Postman
4 28 (1.19%) Selenium
5 16 (0.68%) GitLab
5 16 (0.68%) SpecFlow
6 15 (0.64%) Jenkins
7 14 (0.60%) WebDriver
8 13 (0.55%) NUnit
8 13 (0.55%) SoapUI
8 13 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
8 13 (0.55%) TeamCity
9 11 (0.47%) Claude Code
10 9 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 8 (0.34%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
12 7 (0.30%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (0.26%) JMeter
General
1 373 (15.87%) Finance
2 325 (13.82%) Social Skills
3 96 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (2.89%) Retail
5 63 (2.68%) Public Sector
6 45 (1.91%) Banking
7 44 (1.87%) Law
8 42 (1.79%) Legal
8 42 (1.79%) Manufacturing
9 40 (1.70%) Advertising
9 40 (1.70%) Games
10 37 (1.57%) Marketing
11 34 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 28 (1.19%) Aerospace
13 24 (1.02%) Automotive
14 20 (0.85%) Electronics
15 12 (0.51%) Back Office
15 12 (0.51%) Legal Technology
16 10 (0.43%) Front Office
17 9 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,402 (59.63%) Developer
2 777 (33.05%) .NET Developer
3 486 (20.67%) Senior
4 402 (17.10%) Software Engineer
5 347 (14.76%) Software Developer
6 255 (10.85%) Lead
7 242 (10.29%) Senior Developer
8 204 (8.68%) C# Developer
9 190 (8.08%) Full-Stack Developer
10 185 (7.87%) .NET Software Engineer
11 164 (6.98%) C# .NET Developer
12 152 (6.47%) Senior Software Engineer
13 149 (6.34%) C# Software Engineer
14 133 (5.66%) .NET Software Developer
15 126 (5.36%) Lead Developer
16 111 (4.72%) Senior .NET Developer
17 107 (4.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 85 (3.62%) Architect
19 84 (3.57%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
20 73 (3.11%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 650 (27.65%) .NET Core
2 557 (23.69%) ASP.NET
3 394 (16.76%) ASP.NET Core
4 368 (15.65%) React
5 308 (13.10%) HTML
6 304 (12.93%) CSS
7 252 (10.72%) AngularJS
8 231 (9.83%) .NET Framework
9 215 (9.15%) Blazor
10 211 (8.97%) Entity Framework
10 211 (8.97%) RESTful
11 196 (8.34%) Vue
12 184 (7.83%) Node.js
13 176 (7.49%) REST
14 149 (6.34%) ASP.NET Web API
15 97 (4.13%) ML.NET
16 74 (3.15%) LINQ
17 59 (2.51%) jQuery
18 58 (2.47%) JSON
19 50 (2.13%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 148 (6.30%) Cloud Native
2 119 (5.06%) Greenfield Project
3 85 (3.62%) Distributed Systems
4 81 (3.45%) Product Ownership
5 77 (3.28%) Mobile App
6 64 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
7 56 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
8 33 (1.40%) Hedge funds
9 26 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
9 26 (1.11%) Legacy Code
10 20 (0.85%) Low-Code
11 18 (0.77%) AI Agents
11 18 (0.77%) Onboarding
12 17 (0.72%) Algorithms
12 17 (0.72%) Management Information System
13 16 (0.68%) Sports Betting
14 15 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
14 15 (0.64%) Virtual Team
15 14 (0.60%) Digital TV
15 14 (0.60%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 80 (3.40%) Windows
2 28 (1.19%) Android
3 25 (1.06%) Linux
3 25 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.51%) VMS
5 9 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.085%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.085%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.043%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 776 (33.01%) Full-Stack Development
2 699 (29.73%) Agile
3 636 (27.05%) Software Engineering
4 550 (23.39%) CI/CD
5 540 (22.97%) DevOps
6 367 (15.61%) Microservices
7 341 (14.50%) AI
8 274 (11.65%) Problem-Solving
9 240 (10.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 214 (9.10%) Mentoring
11 190 (8.08%) SDLC
12 179 (7.61%) Test Automation
13 160 (6.81%) Machine Learning
14 145 (6.17%) Scrum
15 143 (6.08%) TDD
16 141 (6.00%) Technical Leadership
17 134 (5.70%) Clean Code
18 132 (5.61%) Containerisation
19 122 (5.19%) Fintech
20 121 (5.15%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 1,709 (72.69%) C#
2 834 (35.47%) SQL
3 493 (20.97%) JavaScript
4 312 (13.27%) TypeScript
5 199 (8.46%) Python
6 146 (6.21%) Java
7 80 (3.40%) PowerShell
8 78 (3.32%) C++
9 55 (2.34%) PHP
10 45 (1.91%) T-SQL
11 43 (1.83%) VB.NET
12 40 (1.70%) Bicep
13 23 (0.98%) C
14 20 (0.85%) Bash
14 20 (0.85%) VB
15 15 (0.64%) Apex Code
15 15 (0.64%) PL/SQL
16 11 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
17 10 (0.43%) Go
18 9 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 207 (8.80%) Degree
2 87 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 84 (3.57%) Security Cleared
4 66 (2.81%) SC Cleared
5 24 (1.02%) Azure Certification
6 21 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (0.47%) ISTQB
8 10 (0.43%) AWS Certification
9 8 (0.34%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 7 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.26%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.21%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.13%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.13%) PhD
15 2 (0.085%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.085%) CSQA
15 2 (0.085%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (5.10%) QA
2 59 (2.51%) Accessibility
3 16 (0.68%) Data Quality
3 16 (0.68%) GDPR
4 15 (0.64%) WCAG
5 8 (0.34%) ISO 9001
5 8 (0.34%) SLA
6 7 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.17%) NCSC
7 4 (0.17%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.085%) ITGC
9 2 (0.085%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 243 (10.34%) Docker
2 16 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.51%) Firmware
4 8 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.21%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.085%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 234 (9.95%) Kubernetes
2 109 (4.64%) Terraform
3 13 (0.55%) Grafana
4 6 (0.26%) Ansible
4 6 (0.26%) Kibana
5 5 (0.21%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.085%) MIIS
7 1 (0.043%) CASB
7 1 (0.043%) Consul
7 1 (0.043%) MOM
7 1 (0.043%) Packer
7 1 (0.043%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.043%) Puppet
Vendors
1 659 (28.03%) Microsoft
2 42 (1.79%) Google
3 37 (1.57%) Facebook
4 34 (1.45%) Oracle
5 30 (1.28%) Salesforce
6 27 (1.15%) OpenAI
7 26 (1.11%) Adobe
8 21 (0.89%) Xamarin
9 16 (0.68%) ServiceNow
10 14 (0.60%) YouTube
11 12 (0.51%) Databricks
12 11 (0.47%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.38%) iManage
13 9 (0.38%) VMware
14 8 (0.34%) Apple
14 8 (0.34%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (0.34%) Sony
14 8 (0.34%) Yahoo!
15 7 (0.30%) IBM
15 7 (0.30%) Intapp