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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 61 24
Rank change year-on-year +10 -37 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,591 1,868 4,972
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.87% 4.30% 6.55%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 27.62% 23.93% 34.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,324 1,404 4,037
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £37,500
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 £80,000 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
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 9,382 7,805 14,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.40% 17.97% 18.71%
Number of salaries quoted 7,133 5,251 11,015
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -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 29 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 29 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 +24 675 £57,500 - 161
North of England +1 603 £57,500 -4.17% 152
London -29 559 £80,000 - 240
Midlands +10 323 £55,000 - 86
North West -3 281 £60,000 - 86
South West +16 206 £52,500 - 44
East of England +20 204 £65,000 +23.81% 61
West Midlands -17 173 £60,000 +4.35% 43
Yorkshire +22 163 £56,250 -13.46% 33
North East +3 159 £55,750 +29.65% 35
East Midlands +32 150 £55,000 - 43
.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 68 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.27%) IIS
3 31 (1.20%) CMS
4 23 (0.89%) Confluence
5 16 (0.62%) ColdFusion
6 15 (0.58%) Umbraco
7 8 (0.31%) nginx
7 8 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
7 8 (0.31%) WordPress
8 7 (0.27%) Apache
9 5 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.15%) EPiServer
10 4 (0.15%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.15%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.15%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.12%) DNN
11 3 (0.12%) Immediacy CMS
11 3 (0.12%) JBoss
11 3 (0.12%) Kentico
Applications
1 8 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.23%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.077%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.039%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.039%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.23%) Elite 3E
3 5 (0.19%) Shopify
4 4 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.12%) Magento
5 3 (0.12%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.077%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.077%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.077%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.077%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.039%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.039%) Eikon
7 1 (0.039%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.039%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.039%) RMDS
7 1 (0.039%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 1,362 (52.57%) Azure
2 425 (16.40%) AWS
3 422 (16.29%) Azure DevOps
4 227 (8.76%) GitHub
5 207 (7.99%) SaaS
6 181 (6.99%) Power Platform
7 165 (6.37%) Azure AI
8 156 (6.02%) GitHub Copilot
9 134 (5.17%) Serverless
10 114 (4.40%) Power Automate
11 112 (4.32%) Azure Logic Apps
12 109 (4.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 100 (3.86%) PowerApps
14 94 (3.63%) Azure Service Bus
15 89 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
16 77 (2.97%) Azure Functions
17 69 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
18 63 (2.43%) GCP
19 55 (2.12%) Azure Monitor
20 54 (2.08%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 91 (3.51%) Internet
2 9 (0.35%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.31%) Firewall
4 7 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
5 6 (0.23%) HTTP
6 5 (0.19%) DHCP
6 5 (0.19%) DNS
6 5 (0.19%) LAN
6 5 (0.19%) WAN
7 4 (0.15%) Intranet
7 4 (0.15%) LTE
7 4 (0.15%) SNMP
8 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.12%) RS-232
9 2 (0.077%) Modbus
10 1 (0.039%) Network Security
10 1 (0.039%) Profibus
10 1 (0.039%) VLAN
10 1 (0.039%) WinSCP
10 1 (0.039%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 517 (19.95%) SQL Server
2 492 (18.99%) Azure SQL Database
3 423 (16.33%) MongoDB
4 159 (6.14%) Elasticsearch
5 113 (4.36%) Power BI
6 67 (2.59%) MySQL
7 66 (2.55%) NoSQL
8 53 (2.05%) Relational Database
9 45 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
10 38 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 36 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 26 (1.00%) Redis
13 20 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (0.46%) Db2
14 12 (0.46%) DynamoDB
14 12 (0.46%) GIS
15 11 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
16 10 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
17 9 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
18 8 (0.31%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 169 (6.52%) Git
2 46 (1.78%) JIRA
3 29 (1.12%) Selenium
4 27 (1.04%) Jenkins
5 26 (1.00%) Visual Studio
6 22 (0.85%) Postman
7 21 (0.81%) Claude Code
7 21 (0.81%) NUnit
8 19 (0.73%) GitLab
9 12 (0.46%) SpecFlow
10 10 (0.39%) TeamCity
11 9 (0.35%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.31%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
13 7 (0.27%) Jasmine
13 7 (0.27%) Moq
13 7 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
13 7 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
14 6 (0.23%) MSI
14 6 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 389 (15.01%) Finance
2 387 (14.94%) Social Skills
3 115 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (3.28%) Retail
5 70 (2.70%) Public Sector
6 60 (2.32%) Advertising
7 59 (2.28%) Law
8 57 (2.20%) Legal
9 55 (2.12%) Games
10 54 (2.08%) Marketing
11 53 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 52 (2.01%) Manufacturing
13 30 (1.16%) Aerospace
13 30 (1.16%) Banking
14 25 (0.96%) Automotive
15 19 (0.73%) Electronics
16 14 (0.54%) Legal Technology
17 13 (0.50%) Back Office
18 12 (0.46%) Front Office
19 11 (0.42%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 1,587 (61.25%) Developer
2 941 (36.32%) .NET Developer
3 487 (18.80%) Senior
4 414 (15.98%) Software Engineer
5 328 (12.66%) Software Developer
6 286 (11.04%) Lead
7 248 (9.57%) Senior Developer
8 210 (8.10%) C# Developer
9 192 (7.41%) Full-Stack Developer
10 169 (6.52%) .NET Software Engineer
11 165 (6.37%) C# .NET Developer
12 153 (5.91%) C# Software Engineer
13 149 (5.75%) Senior Software Engineer
14 138 (5.33%) Lead Developer
15 125 (4.82%) .NET Software Developer
16 114 (4.40%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 114 (4.40%) Senior .NET Developer
17 90 (3.47%) Architect
18 88 (3.40%) Web Developer
19 86 (3.32%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 773 (29.83%) .NET Core
2 745 (28.75%) ASP.NET
3 572 (22.08%) ASP.NET Core
4 433 (16.71%) React
5 372 (14.36%) HTML
6 370 (14.28%) CSS
7 324 (12.50%) AngularJS
8 287 (11.08%) Blazor
9 284 (10.96%) Entity Framework
10 279 (10.77%) .NET Framework
11 277 (10.69%) RESTful
12 260 (10.03%) Vue
13 248 (9.57%) Node.js
14 216 (8.34%) ASP.NET Web API
15 209 (8.07%) REST
16 143 (5.52%) ML.NET
17 110 (4.25%) LINQ
18 83 (3.20%) JSON
19 68 (2.62%) jQuery
20 56 (2.16%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 163 (6.29%) Cloud Native
2 153 (5.91%) Greenfield Project
3 118 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
4 116 (4.48%) Distributed Systems
5 91 (3.51%) Product Ownership
6 65 (2.51%) Mobile App
7 63 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
8 33 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
9 30 (1.16%) Legacy Code
10 29 (1.12%) AI Agents
10 29 (1.12%) Hedge funds
11 27 (1.04%) Management Information System
12 26 (1.00%) Onboarding
13 24 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (0.77%) Digital TV
15 19 (0.73%) Low-Code
16 17 (0.66%) iPhone
17 16 (0.62%) Algorithms
17 16 (0.62%) Client/Server
18 14 (0.54%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 102 (3.94%) Windows
2 33 (1.27%) Windows Server
3 32 (1.24%) Linux
4 30 (1.16%) Android
5 10 (0.39%) VMS
6 6 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.077%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.039%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 939 (36.24%) Full-Stack Development
2 845 (32.61%) Agile
3 668 (25.78%) Software Engineering
4 652 (25.16%) DevOps
5 640 (24.70%) CI/CD
6 461 (17.79%) Microservices
7 418 (16.13%) AI
8 328 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
9 257 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
10 246 (9.49%) Mentoring
11 208 (8.03%) SDLC
12 206 (7.95%) Machine Learning
13 187 (7.22%) Test Automation
14 180 (6.95%) Scrum
15 171 (6.60%) Multithreading
16 168 (6.48%) TDD
17 160 (6.18%) Technical Leadership
18 151 (5.83%) Infrastructure as Code
19 143 (5.52%) User Experience
20 142 (5.48%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 1,964 (75.80%) C#
2 994 (38.36%) SQL
3 583 (22.50%) JavaScript
4 377 (14.55%) TypeScript
5 224 (8.65%) Python
6 159 (6.14%) Java
7 87 (3.36%) C++
8 82 (3.16%) PowerShell
9 62 (2.39%) PHP
10 59 (2.28%) T-SQL
11 53 (2.05%) VB.NET
12 44 (1.70%) Bicep
13 26 (1.00%) C
14 23 (0.89%) Bash
15 18 (0.69%) VB
16 17 (0.66%) Go
17 14 (0.54%) PL/SQL
18 12 (0.46%) Apex Code
19 11 (0.42%) VBA
20 9 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 224 (8.65%) Degree
2 108 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 90 (3.47%) Security Cleared
4 70 (2.70%) SC Cleared
5 19 (0.73%) Azure Certification
6 17 (0.66%) AWS Certification
6 17 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (0.42%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
8 7 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.19%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (0.15%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.15%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.15%) MBA
11 3 (0.12%) PhD
11 3 (0.12%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.077%) CSQA
12 2 (0.077%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (5.52%) QA
2 65 (2.51%) Accessibility
3 22 (0.85%) Data Quality
4 20 (0.77%) GDPR
5 15 (0.58%) WCAG
6 9 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.27%) NCSC
7 7 (0.27%) SLA
8 4 (0.15%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.077%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.077%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.039%) ITGC
11 1 (0.039%) NIST
System Software
1 318 (12.27%) Docker
2 14 (0.54%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.39%) Firmware
4 8 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 300 (11.58%) Kubernetes
2 123 (4.75%) Terraform
3 12 (0.46%) Grafana
3 12 (0.46%) Prometheus
4 11 (0.42%) Ansible
5 2 (0.077%) MIIS
6 1 (0.039%) Consul
6 1 (0.039%) Control-M
6 1 (0.039%) MOM
6 1 (0.039%) Packer
6 1 (0.039%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.039%) Puppet
Vendors
1 907 (35.01%) Microsoft
2 69 (2.66%) Google
3 54 (2.08%) Facebook
4 36 (1.39%) Oracle
5 32 (1.24%) OpenAI
6 29 (1.12%) Adobe
7 27 (1.04%) Salesforce
8 21 (0.81%) YouTube
9 16 (0.62%) Xamarin
10 14 (0.54%) Databricks
10 14 (0.54%) iManage
10 14 (0.54%) ServiceNow
11 12 (0.46%) Intapp
12 11 (0.42%) Apple
12 11 (0.42%) Sony
12 11 (0.42%) Yahoo!
13 9 (0.35%) Aderant
13 9 (0.35%) VMware
14 8 (0.31%) MuleSoft
14 8 (0.31%) Splunk