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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 43 24
Rank change year-on-year -35 -19 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,663 2,189 5,748
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.52% 5.66% 7.71%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.46% 25.50% 35.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,477 1,735 5,192
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

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 7,090 8,583 16,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.74% 22.19% 21.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5,405 6,082 13,609
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,296 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% +10.49% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £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 16 March 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 16 March 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 -33 447 £81,500 +8.67% 207
South East -26 408 £60,000 - 184
North of England -31 386 £65,000 +18.18% 144
Midlands -37 206 £53,094 -7.66% 77
North West -30 204 £65,000 +18.18% 76
Yorkshire -40 121 £60,000 - 45
South West -17 116 £55,000 -8.33% 61
West Midlands -46 110 £50,000 -13.04% 44
East Midlands -35 96 £60,000 +14.29% 33
East of England -54 70 £60,000 +20.00% 53
North East -15 61 £70,000 +19.15% 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 38 (2.29%) IIS
2 28 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.20%) CMS
4 13 (0.78%) JBoss
4 13 (0.78%) WebSphere
5 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.66%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.30%) Confluence
7 5 (0.30%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.12%) ColdFusion
9 2 (0.12%) nginx
10 1 (0.060%) Apache
10 1 (0.060%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.060%) Kentico
10 1 (0.060%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.060%) SAS
10 1 (0.060%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.18%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.060%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 34 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.060%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.060%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.060%) Endur
3 1 (0.060%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.060%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.060%) Magento
3 1 (0.060%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.060%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 757 (45.52%) Azure
2 270 (16.24%) AWS
3 227 (13.65%) SaaS
4 222 (13.35%) Azure DevOps
5 130 (7.82%) Power Platform
6 108 (6.49%) Serverless
7 106 (6.37%) GitHub
8 70 (4.21%) Azure Logic Apps
9 62 (3.73%) Azure Functions
10 59 (3.55%) PowerApps
11 57 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
12 56 (3.37%) Power Automate
13 54 (3.25%) GCP
14 49 (2.95%) Azure Service Bus
15 45 (2.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 36 (2.16%) Azure AKS
16 36 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
17 32 (1.92%) Entra ID
18 31 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
19 27 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.96%) Internet
2 10 (0.60%) Firewall
3 8 (0.48%) DNS
3 8 (0.48%) WinSCP
4 7 (0.42%) DHCP
5 5 (0.30%) VPN
6 4 (0.24%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.24%) VoIP
7 3 (0.18%) HTTP
7 3 (0.18%) LTE
8 2 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.12%) Intranet
9 1 (0.060%) AMQP
9 1 (0.060%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.060%) FIX Connectivity
9 1 (0.060%) IPv6
9 1 (0.060%) Modbus
9 1 (0.060%) MPLS
9 1 (0.060%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 418 (25.14%) SQL Server
2 80 (4.81%) NoSQL
3 70 (4.21%) Azure SQL Database
4 64 (3.85%) Power BI
5 56 (3.37%) MongoDB
6 49 (2.95%) Relational Database
6 49 (2.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 46 (2.77%) MySQL
8 45 (2.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 42 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.20%) DynamoDB
11 19 (1.14%) Redis
12 15 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (0.66%) DB2
14 10 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
15 5 (0.30%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.30%) GIS
15 5 (0.30%) Tableau
16 4 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
17 3 (0.18%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 133 (8.00%) Git
2 50 (3.01%) JIRA
3 49 (2.95%) Selenium
4 43 (2.59%) Visual Studio
5 35 (2.10%) Postman
6 30 (1.80%) Team Foundation Server
7 27 (1.62%) WebDriver
8 25 (1.50%) SoapUI
9 22 (1.32%) TeamCity
10 20 (1.20%) Jenkins
11 17 (1.02%) SpecFlow
12 16 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
13 10 (0.60%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.60%) NUnit
14 8 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 7 (0.42%) LabVIEW
16 5 (0.30%) git-flow
16 5 (0.30%) GitLab
17 4 (0.24%) Appium
17 4 (0.24%) Storybook
General
1 334 (20.08%) Social Skills
2 288 (17.32%) Finance
3 76 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (4.03%) Law
5 56 (3.37%) Public Sector
6 54 (3.25%) Banking
7 39 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (1.56%) Marketing
9 23 (1.38%) Games
9 23 (1.38%) Legal
10 21 (1.26%) Retail
11 16 (0.96%) Front Office
12 15 (0.90%) Manufacturing
13 14 (0.84%) Aviation
14 12 (0.72%) Tech for Good
15 11 (0.66%) Electronics
16 9 (0.54%) Aerospace
16 9 (0.54%) Military
16 9 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 901 (54.18%) Developer
2 400 (24.05%) Senior
3 368 (22.13%) .NET Developer
4 296 (17.80%) Software Engineer
5 268 (16.12%) Software Developer
6 193 (11.61%) Lead
7 190 (11.43%) C# Developer
8 188 (11.30%) Senior Developer
9 171 (10.28%) Full-Stack Developer
10 136 (8.18%) .NET Software Engineer
11 117 (7.04%) Senior Software Engineer
12 108 (6.49%) C# .NET Developer
13 86 (5.17%) .NET Software Developer
14 82 (4.93%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 82 (4.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 78 (4.69%) Senior .NET Developer
16 73 (4.39%) Lead Developer
17 60 (3.61%) C# Software Engineer
18 57 (3.43%) Architect
19 55 (3.31%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 394 (23.69%) .NET Core
2 292 (17.56%) React
3 256 (15.39%) ASP.NET
4 217 (13.05%) .NET Framework
5 201 (12.09%) HTML
6 175 (10.52%) CSS
7 143 (8.60%) AngularJS
7 143 (8.60%) REST
8 117 (7.04%) RESTful
9 98 (5.89%) Entity Framework
10 91 (5.47%) Blazor
11 86 (5.17%) Node.js
12 84 (5.05%) ASP.NET Core
13 64 (3.85%) Vue
14 63 (3.79%) SOAP
15 45 (2.71%) ASP.NET MVC
16 44 (2.65%) ASP.NET Web API
17 39 (2.35%) Middleware
18 36 (2.16%) HTML5
19 34 (2.04%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 145 (8.72%) Cloud Native
2 67 (4.03%) Mobile App
3 66 (3.97%) Product Ownership
4 54 (3.25%) Legacy Systems
5 53 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
6 52 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
7 30 (1.80%) Virtual Team
8 26 (1.56%) Hedge funds
9 23 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
10 22 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
11 18 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
12 15 (0.90%) AI Agents
12 15 (0.90%) Algorithms
12 15 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 15 (0.90%) Low-Code
12 15 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 14 (0.84%) Management Information System
14 13 (0.78%) DataPower
15 12 (0.72%) Client/Server
15 12 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 84 (5.05%) Windows
2 26 (1.56%) Android
3 24 (1.44%) Apple iOS
4 23 (1.38%) Linux
5 22 (1.32%) Windows Server
6 17 (1.02%) VMS
7 6 (0.36%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.24%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.18%) Unix
10 1 (0.060%) Fedora
10 1 (0.060%) Solaris
10 1 (0.060%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 531 (31.93%) Agile
2 519 (31.21%) Software Engineering
3 417 (25.08%) Full-Stack Development
4 408 (24.53%) DevOps
5 395 (23.75%) CI/CD
6 270 (16.24%) Microservices
7 256 (15.39%) Problem-Solving
8 213 (12.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 172 (10.34%) Mentoring
10 148 (8.90%) AI
11 139 (8.36%) Clean Code
12 136 (8.18%) Scrum
13 135 (8.12%) SDLC
14 125 (7.52%) Containerisation
15 122 (7.34%) Test Automation
16 116 (6.98%) User Experience
17 112 (6.73%) MVC
18 102 (6.13%) Technical Leadership
19 97 (5.83%) Computer Science
19 97 (5.83%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1,140 (68.55%) C#
2 522 (31.39%) SQL
3 371 (22.31%) JavaScript
4 203 (12.21%) TypeScript
5 159 (9.56%) Java
6 137 (8.24%) Python
7 62 (3.73%) PowerShell
8 38 (2.29%) C++
9 34 (2.04%) T-SQL
10 30 (1.80%) VB.NET
11 27 (1.62%) PHP
12 26 (1.56%) Bicep
13 20 (1.20%) Apex Code
14 15 (0.90%) C
15 12 (0.72%) Bash
15 12 (0.72%) Go
16 11 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
16 11 (0.66%) Rust
17 10 (0.60%) PL/SQL
18 7 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 197 (11.85%) Degree
2 60 (3.61%) Security Cleared
3 51 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 50 (3.01%) SC Cleared
5 29 (1.74%) ISTQB
6 22 (1.32%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (1.08%) AWS Certification
8 14 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (0.66%) AWS Certified Developer
9 11 (0.66%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.54%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.48%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.42%) ISEB
12 7 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.18%) MCSE
15 3 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (6.43%) QA
2 45 (2.71%) Accessibility
3 15 (0.90%) GDPR
4 12 (0.72%) WCAG
5 9 (0.54%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.48%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.42%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.42%) SLA
8 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.12%) GRC
11 1 (0.060%) ITGC
System Software
1 156 (9.38%) Docker
2 22 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.36%) Firmware
4 4 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.12%) vSphere
6 1 (0.060%) Squid
Systems Management
1 131 (7.88%) Kubernetes
2 89 (5.35%) Terraform
3 14 (0.84%) Grafana
4 10 (0.60%) Ansible
5 8 (0.48%) Kibana
6 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.060%) Argo
8 1 (0.060%) CASB
8 1 (0.060%) Control-M
8 1 (0.060%) MIIS
Vendors
1 295 (17.74%) Microsoft
2 35 (2.10%) Salesforce
3 30 (1.80%) Xamarin
4 21 (1.26%) Google
5 19 (1.14%) MuleSoft
6 14 (0.84%) Sage
7 13 (0.78%) Oracle
8 11 (0.66%) ServiceNow
9 10 (0.60%) New Relic
10 9 (0.54%) Adobe
11 8 (0.48%) Databricks
12 7 (0.42%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (0.36%) Apple
13 6 (0.36%) Telerik
13 6 (0.36%) VMware
14 5 (0.30%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.30%) SAP
14 5 (0.30%) Zoho
15 4 (0.24%) AppDynamics
15 4 (0.24%) Facebook