.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 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 27 25
Rank change year-on-year -55 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,426 3,661 3,555
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.04% 6.09% 7.84%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 22.22% 29.13% 29.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,252 2,505 3,201
10th Percentile £38,800 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,250 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.08% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +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 6,418 12,566 12,020
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.69% 20.89% 26.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4,824 7,588 9,944
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £66,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -1.52% +1.54%

.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 27 November 2025.

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 27 November 2025. 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 -43 422 £80,000 +3.23% 184
North of England -40 333 £60,000 +9.09% 138
South East -51 302 £60,000 - 245
Midlands -48 174 £57,500 +4.55% 87
North West -34 167 £65,000 +18.18% 90
Yorkshire -33 118 £55,000 +3.77% 30
West Midlands -34 114 £56,250 +2.27% 44
East of England -54 82 £57,500 +15.00% 53
South West -62 82 £52,500 -4.55% 58
East Midlands -46 60 £62,500 +25.00% 40
North East -14 48 £47,500 -17.39% 18
.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 60 (4.21%) IIS
2 39 (2.73%) SharePoint
3 30 (2.10%) CMS
4 19 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.26%) Confluence
6 12 (0.84%) Umbraco
7 8 (0.56%) JBoss
7 8 (0.56%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.42%) nginx
9 5 (0.35%) BizTalk Server
9 5 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.21%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.070%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.070%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.070%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.070%) Kentico
12 1 (0.070%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.21%) S-PLUS
4 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.070%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.070%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 63 (4.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.42%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 4 (0.28%) Infor CloudSuite
3 4 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.14%) Sage 1000
5 1 (0.070%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.070%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.070%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.070%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.070%) Magento
5 1 (0.070%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.070%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.070%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.070%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 858 (60.17%) Azure
2 352 (24.68%) AWS
3 246 (17.25%) Azure DevOps
4 171 (11.99%) SaaS
5 138 (9.68%) Power Platform
6 107 (7.50%) Serverless
7 100 (7.01%) GitHub
8 95 (6.66%) GCP
9 85 (5.96%) Power Automate
10 80 (5.61%) Dynamics 365
11 69 (4.84%) Azure Service Bus
12 66 (4.63%) Azure Logic Apps
13 65 (4.56%) PowerApps
14 56 (3.93%) Azure Functions
15 47 (3.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 42 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
17 40 (2.81%) Entra ID
18 38 (2.66%) GitHub Actions
19 28 (1.96%) Azure App Service
19 28 (1.96%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.98%) DNS
2 13 (0.91%) TCP/IP
3 12 (0.84%) DHCP
3 12 (0.84%) VoIP
4 11 (0.77%) Internet
5 10 (0.70%) Firewall
6 9 (0.63%) VPN
7 7 (0.49%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.49%) SAN
7 7 (0.49%) WPA
8 6 (0.42%) Modbus
8 6 (0.42%) MQTT
9 5 (0.35%) HTTP
9 5 (0.35%) LAN
9 5 (0.35%) SSL
9 5 (0.35%) WAN
10 3 (0.21%) Intranet
11 2 (0.14%) NAS
11 2 (0.14%) VLAN
12 1 (0.070%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 428 (30.01%) SQL Server
2 87 (6.10%) MongoDB
3 76 (5.33%) NoSQL
4 75 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 74 (5.19%) MySQL
6 61 (4.28%) Relational Database
7 56 (3.93%) Power BI
8 50 (3.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 49 (3.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 40 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
11 39 (2.73%) Elasticsearch
12 26 (1.82%) Redis
13 23 (1.61%) DynamoDB
14 16 (1.12%) RDBMS
15 10 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
15 10 (0.70%) Tableau
16 8 (0.56%) NonStop SQL
17 7 (0.49%) Oracle Database
17 7 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
18 6 (0.42%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 170 (11.92%) Git
2 69 (4.84%) JIRA
3 33 (2.31%) Visual Studio
4 32 (2.24%) Selenium
4 32 (2.24%) Team Foundation Server
5 28 (1.96%) Postman
5 28 (1.96%) TeamCity
6 27 (1.89%) Jenkins
6 27 (1.89%) Octopus Deploy
7 16 (1.12%) GitLab
7 16 (1.12%) SoapUI
7 16 (1.12%) WebDriver
8 15 (1.05%) NUnit
9 12 (0.84%) Storybook
10 11 (0.77%) SpecFlow
11 8 (0.56%) MSTest
12 7 (0.49%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.49%) MSBuild
13 6 (0.42%) git-flow
14 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 385 (27.00%) Social Skills
2 262 (18.37%) Finance
3 84 (5.89%) Law
4 65 (4.56%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (3.44%) Retail
6 47 (3.30%) Banking
7 41 (2.88%) Public Sector
8 40 (2.81%) Legal
9 29 (2.03%) Front Office
9 29 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (1.89%) Manufacturing
11 24 (1.68%) Back Office
12 22 (1.54%) Billing
12 22 (1.54%) Marketing
13 21 (1.47%) Games
14 14 (0.98%) Automotive
15 13 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (0.70%) Aviation
17 9 (0.63%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 827 (57.99%) Developer
2 304 (21.32%) Senior
3 297 (20.83%) .NET Developer
4 182 (12.76%) C# Developer
5 174 (12.20%) Lead
6 173 (12.13%) Software Developer
7 172 (12.06%) Senior Developer
8 158 (11.08%) Software Engineer
9 151 (10.59%) Full-Stack Developer
10 68 (4.77%) C# .NET Developer
11 63 (4.42%) Lead Developer
12 57 (4.00%) .NET Software Developer
13 53 (3.72%) .NET Software Engineer
13 53 (3.72%) Architect
14 52 (3.65%) Senior .NET Developer
15 51 (3.58%) Senior Software Engineer
16 49 (3.44%) Engineering Manager
17 47 (3.30%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
18 43 (3.02%) Analyst
19 40 (2.81%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 333 (23.35%) .NET Core
2 319 (22.37%) React
3 286 (20.06%) ASP.NET
4 264 (18.51%) .NET Framework
5 226 (15.85%) HTML
6 221 (15.50%) CSS
7 207 (14.52%) AngularJS
8 156 (10.94%) RESTful
9 133 (9.33%) Entity Framework
10 125 (8.77%) REST
11 97 (6.80%) Blazor
12 95 (6.66%) Vue
13 85 (5.96%) ASP.NET MVC
14 84 (5.89%) Node.js
15 77 (5.40%) ASP.NET Web API
16 71 (4.98%) ASP.NET Core
17 63 (4.42%) HTML5
18 58 (4.07%) Web Services
19 41 (2.88%) CSS3
19 41 (2.88%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 145 (10.17%) Cloud Native
2 83 (5.82%) Product Ownership
3 56 (3.93%) Distributed Systems
4 46 (3.23%) Mobile App
5 45 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
6 44 (3.09%) Onboarding
7 37 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
8 36 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
9 29 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
10 26 (1.82%) Virtual Team
11 19 (1.33%) AI Agents
12 17 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 15 (1.05%) Client/Server
13 15 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (1.05%) IoT
14 14 (0.98%) Clustering
14 14 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
14 14 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
15 13 (0.91%) Algorithms
15 13 (0.91%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 83 (5.82%) Windows
2 28 (1.96%) Android
2 28 (1.96%) Linux
3 27 (1.89%) Apple iOS
4 25 (1.75%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.77%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.49%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.42%) VMS
8 2 (0.14%) Unix
9 1 (0.070%) Fedora
9 1 (0.070%) Solaris
9 1 (0.070%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 625 (43.83%) Agile
2 476 (33.38%) DevOps
3 448 (31.42%) CI/CD
4 387 (27.14%) Software Engineering
5 368 (25.81%) Full-Stack Development
6 316 (22.16%) Problem-Solving
7 300 (21.04%) Microservices
8 247 (17.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 205 (14.38%) Mentoring
10 174 (12.20%) MVC
11 157 (11.01%) Scrum
12 154 (10.80%) User Experience
13 149 (10.45%) Clean Code
14 141 (9.89%) AI
15 132 (9.26%) SDLC
16 126 (8.84%) Computer Science
17 125 (8.77%) TDD
18 116 (8.13%) Test Automation
19 114 (7.99%) Containerisation
20 113 (7.92%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,072 (75.18%) C#
2 519 (36.40%) SQL
3 454 (31.84%) JavaScript
4 242 (16.97%) TypeScript
5 164 (11.50%) Java
6 143 (10.03%) Python
7 60 (4.21%) PowerShell
8 47 (3.30%) T-SQL
9 46 (3.23%) VB.NET
10 45 (3.16%) PHP
11 41 (2.88%) C++
12 30 (2.10%) Bicep
13 22 (1.54%) Bash
14 16 (1.12%) Rust
15 15 (1.05%) Go
16 9 (0.63%) PL/SQL
16 9 (0.63%) XAML
17 8 (0.56%) C
18 7 (0.49%) Apex Code
18 7 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 222 (15.57%) Degree
2 93 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 36 (2.52%) Security Cleared
4 31 (2.17%) SC Cleared
5 26 (1.82%) ISTQB
6 20 (1.40%) Master's Degree
7 18 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.12%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 13 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (0.84%) HND
11 11 (0.77%) Azure Certification
12 10 (0.70%) ISEB
13 9 (0.63%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 8 (0.56%) HNC
15 6 (0.42%) Chartered Engineer
16 5 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
16 5 (0.35%) DBS Check
17 4 (0.28%) MCSE
18 3 (0.21%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (6.80%) QA
2 35 (2.45%) Accessibility
3 23 (1.61%) GDPR
4 10 (0.70%) WCAG
5 7 (0.49%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.28%) GRC
7 4 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.21%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.21%) HL7
8 3 (0.21%) SLA
9 2 (0.14%) ITGC
10 1 (0.070%) COBIT
10 1 (0.070%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.070%) SOC 2
System Software
1 173 (12.13%) Docker
2 29 (2.03%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.14%) Squid
6 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.14%) vSphere
7 1 (0.070%) Firmware
7 1 (0.070%) HDFS
7 1 (0.070%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 126 (8.84%) Kubernetes
2 98 (6.87%) Terraform
3 15 (1.05%) Grafana
4 10 (0.70%) Ansible
4 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.70%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.42%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.14%) Argo
6 2 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.14%) Kibana
6 2 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.070%) Control-M
Vendors
1 380 (26.65%) Microsoft
2 41 (2.88%) Oracle
3 33 (2.31%) Salesforce
4 23 (1.61%) Xamarin
5 21 (1.47%) Google
6 17 (1.19%) Databricks
7 16 (1.12%) Guidewire
8 15 (1.05%) MuleSoft
8 15 (1.05%) Sage
9 13 (0.91%) VMware
10 12 (0.84%) DevExpress
11 11 (0.77%) New Relic
11 11 (0.77%) Telerik
12 9 (0.63%) Apple
13 7 (0.49%) Facebook
13 7 (0.49%) Freshdesk
13 7 (0.49%) OpenAI
13 7 (0.49%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.49%) Syncfusion
13 7 (0.49%) YouTube