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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 57 23
Rank change year-on-year +5 -34 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,520 1,898 6,400
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.91% 4.47% 7.03%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 27.63% 23.85% 36.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,294 1,413 5,369
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £36,250
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 £78,438 £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 9,119 7,959 17,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.52% 18.75% 19.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,986 5,399 14,190
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,810 £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 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -9.43%

.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 7 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 7 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 +21 659 £57,500 - 216
North of England -2 573 £59,000 -1.67% 211
London -23 545 £80,000 - 231
Midlands +9 319 £55,000 - 108
North West -1 291 £60,000 +3.00% 102
South West +17 204 £55,000 +4.76% 64
East of England +25 194 £65,000 +23.81% 88
West Midlands -20 166 £56,250 +2.27% 52
East Midlands +31 153 £55,000 - 56
North East +3 144 £57,500 +9.52% 42
Yorkshire +3 138 £57,500 -13.21% 69
.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 62 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.19%) IIS
3 28 (1.11%) CMS
4 20 (0.79%) Confluence
5 16 (0.63%) ColdFusion
6 15 (0.60%) Umbraco
7 8 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
7 8 (0.32%) WordPress
8 7 (0.28%) Apache
8 7 (0.28%) nginx
9 6 (0.24%) JBoss
10 5 (0.20%) NServiceBus
10 5 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.16%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.16%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.12%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.12%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.12%) Kentico
12 3 (0.12%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 8 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.040%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.12%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
3 3 (0.12%) Shopify
4 2 (0.079%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.079%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.079%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.040%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.040%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.040%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,329 (52.74%) Azure
2 413 (16.39%) Azure DevOps
3 403 (15.99%) AWS
4 222 (8.81%) SaaS
5 219 (8.69%) GitHub
6 166 (6.59%) Power Platform
7 163 (6.47%) Azure AI
8 150 (5.95%) GitHub Copilot
9 133 (5.28%) Serverless
10 118 (4.68%) Azure Logic Apps
11 111 (4.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 102 (4.05%) Power Automate
13 97 (3.85%) PowerApps
14 90 (3.57%) Azure Service Bus
15 83 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
16 82 (3.25%) Azure Functions
17 63 (2.50%) GCP
18 58 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
19 56 (2.22%) Azure Monitor
20 55 (2.18%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 89 (3.53%) Internet
2 9 (0.36%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.32%) Firewall
3 8 (0.32%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.20%) DHCP
4 5 (0.20%) DNS
4 5 (0.20%) LAN
4 5 (0.20%) LTE
4 5 (0.20%) WAN
5 4 (0.16%) Intranet
6 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.12%) RS-232
7 2 (0.079%) HTTP
7 2 (0.079%) Modbus
7 2 (0.079%) WinSCP
8 1 (0.040%) Network Security
8 1 (0.040%) SSL
8 1 (0.040%) VLAN
8 1 (0.040%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.040%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 496 (19.68%) Azure SQL Database
2 472 (18.73%) SQL Server
3 425 (16.87%) MongoDB
4 157 (6.23%) Elasticsearch
5 108 (4.29%) Power BI
6 62 (2.46%) NoSQL
7 58 (2.30%) MySQL
8 41 (1.63%) Relational Database
9 39 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
10 38 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 34 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 21 (0.83%) Redis
13 13 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (0.48%) Db2
15 11 (0.44%) GIS
15 11 (0.44%) NonStop SQL
16 8 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
17 7 (0.28%) Big Data
17 7 (0.28%) Metadata
18 6 (0.24%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 150 (5.95%) Git
2 44 (1.75%) JIRA
3 26 (1.03%) Visual Studio
4 22 (0.87%) Postman
5 20 (0.79%) Jenkins
6 19 (0.75%) GitLab
6 19 (0.75%) Selenium
7 16 (0.63%) SpecFlow
8 14 (0.56%) Claude Code
9 13 (0.52%) NUnit
10 10 (0.40%) TeamCity
11 9 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 8 (0.32%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
12 8 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
13 7 (0.28%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.28%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.28%) WebDriver
14 6 (0.24%) SoapUI
14 6 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 393 (15.60%) Finance
2 353 (14.01%) Social Skills
3 101 (4.01%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (3.21%) Retail
5 67 (2.66%) Public Sector
6 60 (2.38%) Advertising
7 56 (2.22%) Games
8 52 (2.06%) Marketing
9 48 (1.90%) Manufacturing
10 47 (1.87%) Law
11 46 (1.83%) Legal
12 41 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 39 (1.55%) Banking
14 34 (1.35%) Aerospace
15 25 (0.99%) Automotive
16 21 (0.83%) Electronics
17 13 (0.52%) Legal Technology
18 12 (0.48%) Back Office
19 11 (0.44%) Front Office
19 11 (0.44%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 1,558 (61.83%) Developer
2 933 (37.02%) .NET Developer
3 481 (19.09%) Senior
4 412 (16.35%) Software Engineer
5 332 (13.17%) Software Developer
6 273 (10.83%) Lead
7 231 (9.17%) Senior Developer
8 207 (8.21%) C# Developer
9 182 (7.22%) Full-Stack Developer
10 178 (7.06%) .NET Software Engineer
11 166 (6.59%) C# .NET Developer
12 156 (6.19%) Senior Software Engineer
13 152 (6.03%) C# Software Engineer
14 136 (5.40%) Lead Developer
15 128 (5.08%) .NET Software Developer
16 110 (4.37%) Senior .NET Developer
17 100 (3.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 87 (3.45%) Architect
19 79 (3.13%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
20 77 (3.06%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 788 (31.27%) .NET Core
2 718 (28.49%) ASP.NET
3 560 (22.22%) ASP.NET Core
4 429 (17.02%) React
5 362 (14.37%) CSS
6 360 (14.29%) HTML
7 315 (12.50%) AngularJS
8 277 (10.99%) Blazor
9 269 (10.67%) RESTful
10 268 (10.63%) Entity Framework
11 258 (10.24%) Vue
12 257 (10.20%) .NET Framework
13 244 (9.68%) Node.js
14 205 (8.13%) ASP.NET Web API
15 189 (7.50%) REST
16 147 (5.83%) ML.NET
17 110 (4.37%) LINQ
18 67 (2.66%) JSON
19 64 (2.54%) jQuery
20 54 (2.14%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 157 (6.23%) Cloud Native
2 148 (5.87%) Greenfield Project
3 97 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
4 88 (3.49%) Product Ownership
5 83 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
6 74 (2.94%) Mobile App
7 56 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
8 33 (1.31%) Hedge funds
9 26 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
9 26 (1.03%) Legacy Code
10 23 (0.91%) AI Agents
11 22 (0.87%) Low-Code
12 21 (0.83%) Digital TV
12 21 (0.83%) Onboarding
13 20 (0.79%) Management Information System
14 18 (0.71%) iPhone
15 17 (0.67%) Algorithms
15 17 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
16 16 (0.63%) Client/Server
16 16 (0.63%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 84 (3.33%) Windows
2 34 (1.35%) Android
3 27 (1.07%) Linux
3 27 (1.07%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.48%) VMS
5 9 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.079%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.079%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.040%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 922 (36.59%) Full-Stack Development
2 834 (33.10%) Agile
3 657 (26.07%) Software Engineering
4 626 (24.84%) CI/CD
5 625 (24.80%) DevOps
6 446 (17.70%) Microservices
7 396 (15.71%) AI
8 290 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
9 246 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 229 (9.09%) Mentoring
11 210 (8.33%) Machine Learning
12 198 (7.86%) SDLC
13 184 (7.30%) Test Automation
14 172 (6.83%) Scrum
14 172 (6.83%) TDD
15 171 (6.79%) Multithreading
16 147 (5.83%) Technical Leadership
17 136 (5.40%) Business Intelligence
17 136 (5.40%) Clean Code
18 135 (5.36%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 1,895 (75.20%) C#
2 996 (39.52%) SQL
3 564 (22.38%) JavaScript
4 372 (14.76%) TypeScript
5 209 (8.29%) Python
6 152 (6.03%) Java
7 85 (3.37%) C++
8 84 (3.33%) PowerShell
9 58 (2.30%) PHP
10 52 (2.06%) T-SQL
11 46 (1.83%) VB.NET
12 43 (1.71%) Bicep
13 28 (1.11%) C
14 22 (0.87%) Bash
15 20 (0.79%) VB
16 15 (0.60%) PL/SQL
17 14 (0.56%) Apex Code
18 11 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
19 10 (0.40%) Go
20 9 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 210 (8.33%) Degree
2 95 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 86 (3.41%) Security Cleared
4 66 (2.62%) SC Cleared
5 22 (0.87%) Azure Certification
6 19 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (0.40%) AWS Certification
8 8 (0.32%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.20%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.20%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.16%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.12%) MBA
12 3 (0.12%) PhD
13 2 (0.079%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.079%) CSQA
13 2 (0.079%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (5.40%) QA
2 62 (2.46%) Accessibility
3 21 (0.83%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.75%) GDPR
5 15 (0.60%) WCAG
6 10 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.32%) ISO 9001
7 8 (0.32%) SLA
8 5 (0.20%) NCSC
9 4 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.079%) ITGC
11 2 (0.079%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 311 (12.34%) Docker
2 17 (0.67%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.52%) Firmware
4 7 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 296 (11.75%) Kubernetes
2 113 (4.48%) Terraform
3 14 (0.56%) Grafana
4 9 (0.36%) Ansible
4 9 (0.36%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.12%) Kibana
6 2 (0.079%) MIIS
7 1 (0.040%) Consul
7 1 (0.040%) MOM
7 1 (0.040%) Packer
7 1 (0.040%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.040%) Puppet
Vendors
1 856 (33.97%) Microsoft
2 62 (2.46%) Google
3 54 (2.14%) Facebook
4 35 (1.39%) Oracle
5 29 (1.15%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.11%) Adobe
6 28 (1.11%) OpenAI
7 21 (0.83%) YouTube
8 18 (0.71%) Xamarin
9 16 (0.63%) ServiceNow
10 12 (0.48%) Databricks
10 12 (0.48%) iManage
11 11 (0.44%) Apple
11 11 (0.44%) MuleSoft
11 11 (0.44%) Sony
11 11 (0.44%) Yahoo!
12 10 (0.40%) Intapp
13 8 (0.32%) Aderant
13 8 (0.32%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (0.32%) VMware