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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 62 25
Rank change year-on-year +11 -37 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,672 1,826 4,648
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.86% 4.17% 6.44%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 27.71% 23.71% 34.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,370 1,366 3,682
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,703 £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 9,642 7,703 13,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.32% 17.60% 18.76%
Number of salaries quoted 7,236 5,153 10,260
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £111,375
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.87% -8.15%

.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 9 August 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 9 August 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 +31 688 £57,500 - 186
North of England +3 627 £57,500 -4.17% 159
London -27 562 £80,000 - 371
Midlands +15 336 £55,000 - 89
North West -3 286 £60,000 - 90
East of England +22 219 £63,750 +21.43% 59
South West +27 216 £52,500 - 42
West Midlands -14 180 £60,000 +4.35% 41
Yorkshire +16 171 £55,000 -13.73% 38
North East +5 170 £55,750 +28.16% 33
East Midlands +40 156 £55,000 - 48
.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 69 (2.58%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.42%) IIS
3 32 (1.20%) CMS
4 24 (0.90%) Confluence
5 16 (0.60%) ColdFusion
6 15 (0.56%) Umbraco
7 9 (0.34%) WordPress
8 8 (0.30%) nginx
8 8 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.26%) Apache
10 5 (0.19%) EPiServer
10 5 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.15%) CICS
11 4 (0.15%) Headless CMS
11 4 (0.15%) NServiceBus
12 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.11%) DNN
12 3 (0.11%) GeoServer
12 3 (0.11%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.11%) JBoss
Applications
1 9 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.037%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.037%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.30%) Elite 3E
3 5 (0.19%) Shopify
4 4 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.15%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.11%) Magento
5 3 (0.11%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.075%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.075%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.075%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.075%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.037%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.037%) Eikon
7 1 (0.037%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.037%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.037%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 1,403 (52.51%) Azure
2 446 (16.69%) AWS
3 443 (16.58%) Azure DevOps
4 245 (9.17%) GitHub
5 208 (7.78%) SaaS
6 189 (7.07%) Power Platform
7 170 (6.36%) Azure AI
8 163 (6.10%) GitHub Copilot
9 138 (5.16%) Serverless
10 117 (4.38%) Power Automate
11 112 (4.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 111 (4.15%) Azure Logic Apps
13 100 (3.74%) PowerApps
14 98 (3.67%) Azure Service Bus
15 90 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
16 81 (3.03%) Azure Functions
17 76 (2.84%) GCP
18 71 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
19 57 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
20 52 (1.95%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 92 (3.44%) Internet
2 9 (0.34%) HTTP
2 9 (0.34%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.30%) Firewall
4 7 (0.26%) Hyperconnected
5 6 (0.22%) SNMP
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
8 3 (0.11%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.11%) LTE
8 3 (0.11%) Modbus
8 3 (0.11%) RS-232
9 1 (0.037%) Network Security
9 1 (0.037%) Profibus
9 1 (0.037%) VLAN
9 1 (0.037%) WinSCP
9 1 (0.037%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 555 (20.77%) SQL Server
2 497 (18.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 426 (15.94%) MongoDB
4 161 (6.03%) Elasticsearch
5 116 (4.34%) Power BI
6 81 (3.03%) MySQL
7 73 (2.73%) Relational Database
8 71 (2.66%) NoSQL
9 54 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
10 39 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 35 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 29 (1.09%) Redis
13 21 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
14 13 (0.49%) Db2
15 12 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
15 12 (0.45%) DynamoDB
15 12 (0.45%) GIS
16 11 (0.41%) NonStop SQL
17 10 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
17 10 (0.37%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 196 (7.34%) Git
2 47 (1.76%) JIRA
3 34 (1.27%) Jenkins
4 30 (1.12%) Selenium
5 28 (1.05%) Visual Studio
6 27 (1.01%) Claude Code
7 26 (0.97%) NUnit
8 25 (0.94%) Postman
9 24 (0.90%) GitLab
10 12 (0.45%) Cypress.io
10 12 (0.45%) TeamCity
11 11 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
12 10 (0.37%) Bitbucket
12 10 (0.37%) SpecFlow
13 8 (0.30%) Jasmine
13 8 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
13 8 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (0.26%) Moq
14 7 (0.26%) MSI
14 7 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
General
1 423 (15.83%) Social Skills
2 394 (14.75%) Finance
3 129 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (3.41%) Retail
5 82 (3.07%) Public Sector
6 72 (2.69%) Law
7 69 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 62 (2.32%) Advertising
8 62 (2.32%) Legal
9 61 (2.28%) Games
10 57 (2.13%) Marketing
11 55 (2.06%) Manufacturing
12 30 (1.12%) Aerospace
13 29 (1.09%) Banking
14 25 (0.94%) Automotive
15 20 (0.75%) Electronics
16 15 (0.56%) Legal Technology
17 14 (0.52%) Front Office
18 13 (0.49%) Back Office
18 13 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,624 (60.78%) Developer
2 962 (36.00%) .NET Developer
3 497 (18.60%) Senior
4 414 (15.49%) Software Engineer
5 335 (12.54%) Software Developer
6 310 (11.60%) Lead
7 259 (9.69%) Senior Developer
8 213 (7.97%) C# Developer
9 191 (7.15%) Full-Stack Developer
10 164 (6.14%) C# .NET Developer
11 163 (6.10%) .NET Software Engineer
12 157 (5.88%) C# Software Engineer
13 147 (5.50%) Senior Software Engineer
14 144 (5.39%) Lead Developer
15 128 (4.79%) .NET Software Developer
16 117 (4.38%) Senior .NET Developer
17 113 (4.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 93 (3.48%) Web Developer
19 92 (3.44%) Architect
20 83 (3.11%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 804 (30.09%) .NET Core
2 766 (28.67%) ASP.NET
3 582 (21.78%) ASP.NET Core
4 452 (16.92%) React
5 388 (14.52%) HTML
6 384 (14.37%) CSS
7 336 (12.57%) AngularJS
8 298 (11.15%) Entity Framework
9 294 (11.00%) Blazor
10 292 (10.93%) .NET Framework
11 291 (10.89%) RESTful
12 266 (9.96%) Vue
13 257 (9.62%) Node.js
14 222 (8.31%) ASP.NET Web API
15 220 (8.23%) REST
16 145 (5.43%) ML.NET
17 109 (4.08%) LINQ
18 83 (3.11%) JSON
19 74 (2.77%) jQuery
20 62 (2.32%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 181 (6.77%) Cloud Native
2 156 (5.84%) Greenfield Project
3 133 (4.98%) Enterprise Software
4 122 (4.57%) Distributed Systems
5 97 (3.63%) Product Ownership
6 71 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
7 65 (2.43%) Mobile App
8 39 (1.46%) Legacy Applications
9 34 (1.27%) AI Agents
10 32 (1.20%) Legacy Code
11 31 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
12 30 (1.12%) Onboarding
13 29 (1.09%) Management Information System
14 28 (1.05%) Hedge funds
15 20 (0.75%) Digital TV
15 20 (0.75%) Low-Code
16 17 (0.64%) iPhone
17 16 (0.60%) Algorithms
17 16 (0.60%) Client/Server
18 14 (0.52%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 108 (4.04%) Windows
2 36 (1.35%) Linux
3 33 (1.24%) Windows Server
4 30 (1.12%) Android
5 8 (0.30%) VMS
6 4 (0.15%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.075%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.037%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.037%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 948 (35.48%) Full-Stack Development
2 875 (32.75%) Agile
3 697 (26.09%) Software Engineering
4 690 (25.82%) DevOps
5 677 (25.34%) CI/CD
6 473 (17.70%) Microservices
7 427 (15.98%) AI
8 354 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
9 279 (10.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 257 (9.62%) Mentoring
11 224 (8.38%) SDLC
12 207 (7.75%) Machine Learning
13 203 (7.60%) Test Automation
14 189 (7.07%) Scrum
15 174 (6.51%) Multithreading
16 170 (6.36%) TDD
17 168 (6.29%) Technical Leadership
18 163 (6.10%) Infrastructure as Code
19 155 (5.80%) Clean Code
20 153 (5.73%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2,023 (75.71%) C#
2 1,015 (37.99%) SQL
3 603 (22.57%) JavaScript
4 386 (14.45%) TypeScript
5 228 (8.53%) Python
6 169 (6.32%) Java
7 89 (3.33%) C++
8 82 (3.07%) PowerShell
9 65 (2.43%) PHP
10 62 (2.32%) T-SQL
10 62 (2.32%) VB.NET
11 45 (1.68%) Bicep
12 29 (1.09%) C
13 24 (0.90%) Bash
14 23 (0.86%) Go
15 19 (0.71%) VB
16 13 (0.49%) PL/SQL
17 12 (0.45%) VBA
18 11 (0.41%) COBOL
19 10 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 243 (9.09%) Degree
2 114 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 106 (3.97%) Security Cleared
4 84 (3.14%) SC Cleared
5 20 (0.75%) Azure Certification
6 18 (0.67%) AWS Certification
7 17 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (0.56%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.26%) AWS Certified Developer
11 6 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.19%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.15%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.15%) MBA
14 3 (0.11%) ICAEW
14 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.11%) OCP
14 3 (0.11%) Oracle Certification
14 3 (0.11%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (5.91%) QA
2 69 (2.58%) Accessibility
3 22 (0.82%) Data Quality
4 21 (0.79%) GDPR
5 17 (0.64%) WCAG
6 9 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.30%) NCSC
8 5 (0.19%) SLA
9 4 (0.15%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.11%) NIST
11 2 (0.075%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.075%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.075%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.037%) ITGC
System Software
1 338 (12.65%) Docker
2 16 (0.60%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.37%) Firmware
4 8 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.22%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 311 (11.64%) Kubernetes
2 132 (4.94%) Terraform
3 14 (0.52%) Grafana
3 14 (0.52%) Prometheus
4 12 (0.45%) Ansible
5 2 (0.075%) MIIS
6 1 (0.037%) Argo
6 1 (0.037%) Consul
6 1 (0.037%) Control-M
6 1 (0.037%) MOM
6 1 (0.037%) Packer
6 1 (0.037%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.037%) Puppet
Vendors
1 942 (35.25%) Microsoft
2 73 (2.73%) Google
3 55 (2.06%) Facebook
4 43 (1.61%) Oracle
5 34 (1.27%) OpenAI
6 29 (1.09%) Adobe
7 25 (0.94%) Salesforce
8 21 (0.79%) YouTube
9 15 (0.56%) Databricks
9 15 (0.56%) iManage
10 13 (0.49%) Intapp
10 13 (0.49%) ServiceNow
10 13 (0.49%) Xamarin
11 11 (0.41%) Apple
11 11 (0.41%) Sony
11 11 (0.41%) Yahoo!
12 10 (0.37%) Aderant
13 9 (0.34%) SAP
13 9 (0.34%) VMware
14 8 (0.30%) Sage