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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 35 22
Rank change year-on-year -44 -13 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,472 2,811 4,522
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.70% 5.87% 8.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.15% 27.15% 34.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,319 1,854 4,119
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £39,788
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -3.03%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -

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 6,358 10,353 13,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.67% 21.64% 23.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,864 6,088 11,216
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £39,748
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -5.55%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £63,802
% change year-on-year - +1.88% -5.48%

.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 22 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 22 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 -37 397 £80,000 +6.67% 212
North of England -31 352 £65,000 +16.85% 232
South East -34 349 £60,000 - 328
North West -20 193 £65,000 +18.18% 140
Midlands -43 193 £55,000 -4.35% 121
West Midlands -35 116 £50,000 -13.04% 44
Yorkshire -44 100 £55,000 +3.77% 62
South West -49 93 £55,000 -8.33% 120
East Midlands -41 77 £65,000 +23.81% 76
East of England -70 62 £60,000 +20.00% 121
North East -8 59 £70,000 +3.70% 30
.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 (3.13%) IIS
2 24 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.22%) CMS
4 15 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (0.88%) Confluence
6 12 (0.82%) JBoss
6 12 (0.82%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.54%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
10 3 (0.20%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.068%) Apache
12 1 (0.068%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.068%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.068%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.068%) Kentico
12 1 (0.068%) SAS
12 1 (0.068%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.20%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.14%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.068%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 50 (3.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.14%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.14%) ION Anvil
2 2 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.068%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.068%) Endur
3 1 (0.068%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.068%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.068%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 781 (53.06%) Azure
2 314 (21.33%) AWS
3 244 (16.58%) Azure DevOps
4 210 (14.27%) SaaS
5 124 (8.42%) Power Platform
6 112 (7.61%) GitHub
7 109 (7.40%) Serverless
8 81 (5.50%) GCP
9 65 (4.42%) Power Automate
10 58 (3.94%) Azure Functions
10 58 (3.94%) Azure Logic Apps
11 56 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
12 54 (3.67%) PowerApps
13 53 (3.60%) Azure Service Bus
14 43 (2.92%) Entra ID
15 42 (2.85%) GitHub Actions
16 40 (2.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 29 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
18 26 (1.77%) Azure AKS
19 24 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.88%) DNS
2 12 (0.82%) DHCP
2 12 (0.82%) Internet
3 10 (0.68%) Firewall
4 9 (0.61%) VPN
5 8 (0.54%) VoIP
5 8 (0.54%) WinSCP
6 7 (0.48%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.27%) HTTP
8 3 (0.20%) Intranet
8 3 (0.20%) SAN
9 2 (0.14%) NAS
9 2 (0.14%) VLAN
10 1 (0.068%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.068%) FIX Connectivity
10 1 (0.068%) Hyperconnected
10 1 (0.068%) LTE
10 1 (0.068%) MPLS
10 1 (0.068%) SSL
10 1 (0.068%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 391 (26.56%) SQL Server
2 81 (5.50%) NoSQL
3 69 (4.69%) MongoDB
4 67 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
5 54 (3.67%) MySQL
6 50 (3.40%) Power BI
7 47 (3.19%) Relational Database
8 43 (2.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 41 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
10 39 (2.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 23 (1.56%) DynamoDB
12 21 (1.43%) Redis
13 18 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
15 9 (0.61%) Tableau
16 6 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
17 5 (0.34%) NonStop SQL
17 5 (0.34%) RDBMS
18 3 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
18 3 (0.20%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 137 (9.31%) Git
2 68 (4.62%) JIRA
3 48 (3.26%) Selenium
4 42 (2.85%) Postman
4 42 (2.85%) Visual Studio
5 39 (2.65%) Team Foundation Server
6 33 (2.24%) SoapUI
7 30 (2.04%) WebDriver
8 22 (1.49%) TeamCity
9 21 (1.43%) Jenkins
10 17 (1.15%) Octopus Deploy
11 13 (0.88%) SpecFlow
12 8 (0.54%) GitLab
12 8 (0.54%) Storybook
13 6 (0.41%) git-flow
14 5 (0.34%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.34%) LabVIEW
14 5 (0.34%) MSTest
14 5 (0.34%) NUnit
15 4 (0.27%) Cypress.io
General
1 347 (23.57%) Social Skills
2 270 (18.34%) Finance
3 66 (4.48%) Law
4 57 (3.87%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (3.13%) Banking
6 43 (2.92%) Public Sector
7 31 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 28 (1.90%) Legal
9 27 (1.83%) Retail
10 20 (1.36%) Marketing
11 18 (1.22%) Games
12 16 (1.09%) Billing
12 16 (1.09%) Front Office
12 16 (1.09%) Manufacturing
13 14 (0.95%) Aviation
14 11 (0.75%) Back Office
14 11 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (0.61%) Electronics
15 9 (0.61%) Publishing
15 9 (0.61%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 806 (54.76%) Developer
2 337 (22.89%) Senior
3 327 (22.21%) .NET Developer
4 230 (15.63%) Software Developer
5 226 (15.35%) Software Engineer
6 180 (12.23%) Lead
7 162 (11.01%) Senior Developer
8 159 (10.80%) C# Developer
9 146 (9.92%) Full-Stack Developer
10 96 (6.52%) .NET Software Engineer
11 91 (6.18%) Senior Software Engineer
12 80 (5.43%) .NET Software Developer
13 74 (5.03%) C# .NET Developer
14 69 (4.69%) Lead Developer
14 69 (4.69%) Senior .NET Developer
15 64 (4.35%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 60 (4.08%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
17 58 (3.94%) Analyst
18 47 (3.19%) C# Software Engineer
19 46 (3.13%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 353 (23.98%) .NET Core
2 307 (20.86%) React
3 252 (17.12%) ASP.NET
4 216 (14.67%) .NET Framework
5 193 (13.11%) HTML
6 162 (11.01%) AngularJS
6 162 (11.01%) CSS
7 121 (8.22%) REST
8 120 (8.15%) RESTful
9 98 (6.66%) Entity Framework
10 95 (6.45%) Blazor
11 73 (4.96%) Vue
12 70 (4.76%) ASP.NET MVC
13 68 (4.62%) ASP.NET Core
14 65 (4.42%) Node.js
15 60 (4.08%) SOAP
16 55 (3.74%) ASP.NET Web API
17 43 (2.92%) HTML5
18 40 (2.72%) WPF
19 32 (2.17%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 146 (9.92%) Cloud Native
2 76 (5.16%) Product Ownership
3 63 (4.28%) Mobile App
4 51 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
4 51 (3.46%) Legacy Systems
5 37 (2.51%) Greenfield Project
6 30 (2.04%) Virtual Team
7 26 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
8 24 (1.63%) Onboarding
8 24 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (1.22%) AI Agents
10 18 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 16 (1.09%) Hedge funds
12 14 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
13 13 (0.88%) Client/Server
14 12 (0.82%) Algorithms
14 12 (0.82%) DataPower
15 10 (0.68%) Low-Code
16 9 (0.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 80 (5.43%) Windows
2 27 (1.83%) Android
2 27 (1.83%) Linux
3 26 (1.77%) Apple iOS
3 26 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.75%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.54%) VMS
6 7 (0.48%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.20%) Unix
8 1 (0.068%) Fedora
8 1 (0.068%) Solaris
8 1 (0.068%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 583 (39.61%) Agile
2 441 (29.96%) Software Engineering
3 417 (28.33%) DevOps
4 409 (27.79%) CI/CD
5 364 (24.73%) Full-Stack Development
6 281 (19.09%) Microservices
7 277 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
8 218 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 175 (11.89%) Mentoring
10 156 (10.60%) AI
11 144 (9.78%) Scrum
12 131 (8.90%) Clean Code
13 130 (8.83%) MVC
14 126 (8.56%) SDLC
15 122 (8.29%) User Experience
16 115 (7.81%) TDD
17 112 (7.61%) Containerisation
18 110 (7.47%) Computer Science
19 102 (6.93%) Test Automation
20 101 (6.86%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,042 (70.79%) C#
2 492 (33.42%) SQL
3 379 (25.75%) JavaScript
4 220 (14.95%) TypeScript
5 154 (10.46%) Java
6 115 (7.81%) Python
7 59 (4.01%) PowerShell
8 35 (2.38%) C++
8 35 (2.38%) T-SQL
9 33 (2.24%) PHP
10 28 (1.90%) VB.NET
11 25 (1.70%) Bicep
12 15 (1.02%) Bash
13 13 (0.88%) Rust
14 10 (0.68%) C
15 9 (0.61%) Apex Code
16 8 (0.54%) XAML
17 7 (0.48%) Go
17 7 (0.48%) VB
18 5 (0.34%) Swift
Qualifications
1 209 (14.20%) Degree
2 72 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 43 (2.92%) Security Cleared
4 39 (2.65%) ISTQB
5 36 (2.45%) SC Cleared
6 30 (2.04%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (1.22%) AWS Certification
8 15 (1.02%) Master's Degree
8 15 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (0.88%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.75%) AWS Certified Developer
11 9 (0.61%) ISEB
12 8 (0.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 7 (0.48%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.27%) MCSE
16 3 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 3 (0.20%) HND
16 3 (0.20%) MCSA
16 3 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (6.25%) QA
2 44 (2.99%) Accessibility
3 16 (1.09%) WCAG
4 14 (0.95%) GDPR
5 5 (0.34%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.27%) GRC
7 3 (0.20%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.14%) HL7
8 2 (0.14%) SLA
9 1 (0.068%) SOC 2
System Software
1 148 (10.05%) Docker
2 27 (1.83%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.20%) Firmware
5 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.14%) vSphere
6 1 (0.068%) HDFS
6 1 (0.068%) Squid
Systems Management
1 113 (7.68%) Kubernetes
2 101 (6.86%) Terraform
3 16 (1.09%) Grafana
4 11 (0.75%) Ansible
5 10 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.54%) Kibana
7 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.14%) Argo
8 2 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.068%) CASB
9 1 (0.068%) Control-M
9 1 (0.068%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 292 (19.84%) Microsoft
2 27 (1.83%) Salesforce
3 25 (1.70%) Xamarin
4 24 (1.63%) Oracle
5 17 (1.15%) Google
6 15 (1.02%) MuleSoft
7 12 (0.82%) Sage
8 11 (0.75%) Telerik
9 10 (0.68%) Guidewire
9 10 (0.68%) New Relic
10 9 (0.61%) Apple
10 9 (0.61%) Databricks
11 7 (0.48%) Adobe
11 7 (0.48%) Datto
11 7 (0.48%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.48%) Freshdesk
11 7 (0.48%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.48%) Syncfusion
12 6 (0.41%) VMware
13 5 (0.34%) IBM