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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 35 22
Rank change year-on-year -44 -13 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,494 2,763 4,847
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.68% 5.85% 8.04%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.27% 26.73% 34.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,339 1,805 4,418
10th Percentile £40,290 £42,200 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £63,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -

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 6,420 10,335 14,210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.53% 21.88% 23.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,893 6,069 12,060
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £38,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -9.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

.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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -36 404 £80,000 +6.67% 220
South East -34 356 £60,000 - 298
North of England -36 344 £65,000 +13.04% 194
Midlands -44 201 £52,500 -8.70% 110
North West -23 187 £65,000 +16.85% 120
West Midlands -30 119 £50,000 -13.04% 43
Yorkshire -47 99 £55,000 - 49
South West -44 97 £55,000 -8.33% 87
East Midlands -41 82 £65,000 +23.81% 67
East of England -66 63 £60,000 +20.00% 100
North East -14 58 £70,000 +7.69% 25
.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 46 (3.08%) IIS
2 25 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.20%) CMS
4 15 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (0.87%) JBoss
5 13 (0.87%) WebSphere
6 12 (0.80%) Confluence
7 8 (0.54%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.27%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.20%) nginx
10 1 (0.067%) Apache
10 1 (0.067%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.067%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.067%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.067%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.067%) Kentico
10 1 (0.067%) SAS
10 1 (0.067%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.20%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.067%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.067%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 50 (3.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.13%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.067%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.067%) Endur
3 1 (0.067%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.067%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.067%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.067%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 788 (52.74%) Azure
2 311 (20.82%) AWS
3 245 (16.40%) Azure DevOps
4 220 (14.73%) SaaS
5 124 (8.30%) Power Platform
6 112 (7.50%) GitHub
7 106 (7.10%) Serverless
8 84 (5.62%) GCP
9 64 (4.28%) Power Automate
10 60 (4.02%) Azure Functions
11 58 (3.88%) Azure Logic Apps
12 56 (3.75%) Dynamics 365
13 54 (3.61%) PowerApps
14 52 (3.48%) Azure Service Bus
15 43 (2.88%) Entra ID
15 43 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
16 41 (2.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 28 (1.87%) Azure AKS
17 28 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
18 24 (1.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.87%) DNS
2 12 (0.80%) DHCP
2 12 (0.80%) Internet
3 10 (0.67%) Firewall
4 9 (0.60%) VPN
5 8 (0.54%) WinSCP
6 7 (0.47%) VoIP
7 6 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.27%) HTTP
9 3 (0.20%) Intranet
10 2 (0.13%) NAS
10 2 (0.13%) SAN
10 2 (0.13%) VLAN
11 1 (0.067%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.067%) FIX Connectivity
11 1 (0.067%) Hyperconnected
11 1 (0.067%) IPv6
11 1 (0.067%) LTE
11 1 (0.067%) MPLS
11 1 (0.067%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 398 (26.64%) SQL Server
2 79 (5.29%) NoSQL
3 67 (4.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 67 (4.48%) MongoDB
4 52 (3.48%) MySQL
5 50 (3.35%) Power BI
6 46 (3.08%) Relational Database
7 42 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
8 41 (2.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 37 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 23 (1.54%) DynamoDB
11 20 (1.34%) Redis
12 18 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.60%) Tableau
15 6 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
16 5 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
17 4 (0.27%) MariaDB
17 4 (0.27%) RDBMS
18 3 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 136 (9.10%) Git
2 66 (4.42%) JIRA
3 46 (3.08%) Selenium
4 42 (2.81%) Visual Studio
5 40 (2.68%) Postman
6 38 (2.54%) Team Foundation Server
7 32 (2.14%) SoapUI
8 29 (1.94%) WebDriver
9 22 (1.47%) TeamCity
10 20 (1.34%) Jenkins
11 17 (1.14%) Octopus Deploy
12 13 (0.87%) SpecFlow
13 9 (0.60%) GitLab
14 8 (0.54%) Storybook
15 6 (0.40%) git-flow
15 6 (0.40%) LabVIEW
16 5 (0.33%) Bitbucket
16 5 (0.33%) MSTest
16 5 (0.33%) NUnit
16 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 347 (23.23%) Social Skills
2 280 (18.74%) Finance
3 65 (4.35%) Law
4 63 (4.22%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (3.35%) Banking
6 44 (2.95%) Public Sector
7 32 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (1.74%) Legal
9 24 (1.61%) Retail
10 20 (1.34%) Marketing
11 19 (1.27%) Front Office
12 17 (1.14%) Games
12 17 (1.14%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.00%) Aviation
14 14 (0.94%) Billing
15 11 (0.74%) Back Office
15 11 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (0.67%) Electronics
17 9 (0.60%) Publishing
17 9 (0.60%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 816 (54.62%) Developer
2 341 (22.82%) Senior
3 332 (22.22%) .NET Developer
4 231 (15.46%) Software Developer
5 229 (15.33%) Software Engineer
6 180 (12.05%) Lead
7 164 (10.98%) C# Developer
8 158 (10.58%) Senior Developer
9 150 (10.04%) Full-Stack Developer
10 98 (6.56%) .NET Software Engineer
11 95 (6.36%) Senior Software Engineer
12 80 (5.35%) .NET Software Developer
13 78 (5.22%) C# .NET Developer
14 69 (4.62%) Lead Developer
14 69 (4.62%) Senior .NET Developer
15 67 (4.48%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 65 (4.35%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
17 57 (3.82%) Analyst
18 48 (3.21%) C# Software Engineer
19 45 (3.01%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 364 (24.36%) .NET Core
2 304 (20.35%) React
3 247 (16.53%) ASP.NET
4 216 (14.46%) .NET Framework
5 194 (12.99%) HTML
6 164 (10.98%) CSS
7 160 (10.71%) AngularJS
8 125 (8.37%) REST
9 114 (7.63%) RESTful
10 98 (6.56%) Entity Framework
11 92 (6.16%) Blazor
12 69 (4.62%) ASP.NET MVC
12 69 (4.62%) Vue
13 68 (4.55%) ASP.NET Core
14 67 (4.48%) Node.js
15 61 (4.08%) SOAP
16 55 (3.68%) ASP.NET Web API
17 43 (2.88%) HTML5
18 39 (2.61%) WPF
19 33 (2.21%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 142 (9.50%) Cloud Native
2 75 (5.02%) Product Ownership
3 64 (4.28%) Mobile App
4 51 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
5 50 (3.35%) Distributed Systems
6 40 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
7 31 (2.07%) Virtual Team
8 26 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
9 23 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
10 22 (1.47%) Onboarding
11 21 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
12 18 (1.20%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 18 (1.20%) Hedge funds
13 13 (0.87%) Algorithms
13 13 (0.87%) Client/Server
13 13 (0.87%) DataPower
13 13 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
14 10 (0.67%) IoT
14 10 (0.67%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 81 (5.42%) Windows
2 29 (1.94%) Linux
3 28 (1.87%) Android
4 27 (1.81%) Apple iOS
5 25 (1.67%) Windows Server
6 11 (0.74%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.60%) VMS
8 7 (0.47%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.20%) Unix
10 1 (0.067%) Fedora
10 1 (0.067%) Solaris
10 1 (0.067%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 581 (38.89%) Agile
2 453 (30.32%) Software Engineering
3 413 (27.64%) DevOps
4 407 (27.24%) CI/CD
5 369 (24.70%) Full-Stack Development
6 283 (18.94%) Problem-Solving
7 275 (18.41%) Microservices
8 216 (14.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 172 (11.51%) Mentoring
10 159 (10.64%) AI
11 140 (9.37%) Scrum
12 130 (8.70%) SDLC
13 127 (8.50%) Clean Code
13 127 (8.50%) MVC
14 122 (8.17%) User Experience
15 115 (7.70%) Containerisation
16 113 (7.56%) Computer Science
16 113 (7.56%) TDD
17 109 (7.30%) Test Automation
18 104 (6.96%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,049 (70.21%) C#
2 496 (33.20%) SQL
3 382 (25.57%) JavaScript
4 222 (14.86%) TypeScript
5 155 (10.37%) Java
6 119 (7.97%) Python
7 63 (4.22%) PowerShell
8 38 (2.54%) C++
9 35 (2.34%) PHP
10 34 (2.28%) T-SQL
11 27 (1.81%) VB.NET
12 26 (1.74%) Bicep
13 17 (1.14%) Bash
14 13 (0.87%) C
14 13 (0.87%) Rust
15 10 (0.67%) Apex Code
16 8 (0.54%) XAML
17 7 (0.47%) Go
17 7 (0.47%) VB
18 5 (0.33%) Swift
Qualifications
1 210 (14.06%) Degree
2 72 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 44 (2.95%) Security Cleared
4 38 (2.54%) ISTQB
4 38 (2.54%) SC Cleared
5 29 (1.94%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 18 (1.20%) AWS Certification
7 16 (1.07%) Master's Degree
8 15 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (0.87%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.74%) AWS Certified Developer
11 9 (0.60%) ISEB
12 8 (0.54%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 6 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.27%) MCSE
15 3 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.20%) MCSA
15 3 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
16 2 (0.13%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (6.29%) QA
2 46 (3.08%) Accessibility
3 16 (1.07%) WCAG
4 15 (1.00%) GDPR
5 7 (0.47%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.27%) GRC
6 4 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.20%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.20%) SLA
8 2 (0.13%) HL7
9 1 (0.067%) ITGC
9 1 (0.067%) SOC 2
System Software
1 148 (9.91%) Docker
2 27 (1.81%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.27%) Firmware
3 4 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.13%) vSphere
5 1 (0.067%) HDFS
5 1 (0.067%) Squid
Systems Management
1 115 (7.70%) Kubernetes
2 101 (6.76%) Terraform
3 16 (1.07%) Grafana
4 11 (0.74%) Ansible
5 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.54%) Kibana
7 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.13%) Argo
8 2 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.067%) CASB
9 1 (0.067%) Control-M
9 1 (0.067%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 288 (19.28%) Microsoft
2 29 (1.94%) Salesforce
3 27 (1.81%) Xamarin
4 24 (1.61%) Oracle
5 18 (1.20%) Google
6 16 (1.07%) MuleSoft
7 12 (0.80%) Sage
8 11 (0.74%) Telerik
9 10 (0.67%) New Relic
10 9 (0.60%) Apple
10 9 (0.60%) Databricks
11 8 (0.54%) Guidewire
12 7 (0.47%) Adobe
12 7 (0.47%) Datto
12 7 (0.47%) Dynatrace
12 7 (0.47%) Freshdesk
12 7 (0.47%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.47%) Syncfusion
13 6 (0.40%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (0.40%) VMware