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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 33 23
Rank change year-on-year -46 -10 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,413 2,884 3,707
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.72% 5.90% 7.96%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 22.81% 27.51% 32.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 1,929 3,344
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -0.83% +0.83%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
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 6,194 10,482 11,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.92% 21.45% 24.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4,762 6,174 9,671
10th Percentile £35,854 £40,004 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,863 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

.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 4 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 4 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 -36 394 £80,000 +6.67% 220
South East -38 333 £60,000 - 289
North of England -31 331 £62,500 +13.64% 258
Midlands -44 185 £55,000 -4.35% 179
North West -30 170 £65,000 +18.18% 141
West Midlands -30 121 £50,000 -13.04% 83
Yorkshire -35 107 £60,000 +14.29% 90
South West -57 85 £55,000 -6.38% 100
East Midlands -49 64 £65,000 +30.00% 88
East of England -67 58 £60,000 +20.00% 124
North East -8 54 £66,250 +1.92% 27
.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 (3.26%) IIS
2 28 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.42%) CMS
4 17 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (0.92%) Confluence
6 10 (0.71%) JBoss
6 10 (0.71%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.57%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.21%) nginx
9 3 (0.21%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.071%) Apache
11 1 (0.071%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.071%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.071%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.071%) Kentico
11 1 (0.071%) SAS
11 1 (0.071%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.21%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.14%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.071%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 49 (3.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.28%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.14%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.14%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.14%) ION Anvil
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.071%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.071%) Endur
4 1 (0.071%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.071%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 775 (54.85%) Azure
2 312 (22.08%) AWS
3 232 (16.42%) Azure DevOps
4 188 (13.31%) SaaS
5 122 (8.63%) Power Platform
6 104 (7.36%) GitHub
7 102 (7.22%) Serverless
8 78 (5.52%) GCP
9 67 (4.74%) Power Automate
10 55 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
11 54 (3.82%) Azure Logic Apps
12 53 (3.75%) Azure Functions
13 52 (3.68%) Azure Service Bus
13 52 (3.68%) PowerApps
14 44 (3.11%) Entra ID
15 39 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
16 35 (2.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 31 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
18 25 (1.77%) Azure AKS
18 25 (1.77%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.06%) DNS
2 13 (0.92%) DHCP
3 11 (0.78%) Firewall
4 10 (0.71%) Internet
4 10 (0.71%) TCP/IP
4 10 (0.71%) VoIP
5 9 (0.64%) VPN
6 7 (0.50%) WinSCP
7 5 (0.35%) HTTP
7 5 (0.35%) SAN
8 3 (0.21%) Intranet
8 3 (0.21%) LAN
8 3 (0.21%) SSL
8 3 (0.21%) WAN
9 2 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.14%) FIX Connectivity
9 2 (0.14%) NAS
9 2 (0.14%) VLAN
10 1 (0.071%) IPv6
10 1 (0.071%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 392 (27.74%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.80%) NoSQL
3 69 (4.88%) MongoDB
4 64 (4.53%) Azure SQL Database
5 58 (4.10%) MySQL
6 49 (3.47%) Relational Database
7 48 (3.40%) Power BI
8 46 (3.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 45 (3.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 44 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
11 23 (1.63%) DynamoDB
12 22 (1.56%) Redis
13 19 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
15 9 (0.64%) Tableau
16 7 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
17 6 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
18 5 (0.35%) RDBMS
19 4 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
20 3 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 141 (9.98%) Git
2 71 (5.02%) JIRA
3 51 (3.61%) Selenium
4 43 (3.04%) Postman
4 43 (3.04%) Team Foundation Server
5 38 (2.69%) Visual Studio
6 35 (2.48%) SoapUI
7 33 (2.34%) WebDriver
8 24 (1.70%) Jenkins
9 21 (1.49%) TeamCity
10 17 (1.20%) Octopus Deploy
11 10 (0.71%) GitLab
11 10 (0.71%) Storybook
12 9 (0.64%) NUnit
12 9 (0.64%) SpecFlow
13 8 (0.57%) MSTest
14 6 (0.42%) git-flow
15 5 (0.35%) Bitbucket
16 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
17 3 (0.21%) JMeter
General
1 350 (24.77%) Social Skills
2 264 (18.68%) Finance
3 66 (4.67%) Law
4 57 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (3.04%) Public Sector
6 42 (2.97%) Banking
7 35 (2.48%) Legal
8 30 (2.12%) Retail
9 27 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (1.42%) Marketing
11 18 (1.27%) Billing
11 18 (1.27%) Front Office
11 18 (1.27%) Games
12 15 (1.06%) Aviation
13 13 (0.92%) Back Office
13 13 (0.92%) Manufacturing
14 12 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (0.78%) Automotive
16 9 (0.64%) Publishing
16 9 (0.64%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 783 (55.41%) Developer
2 315 (22.29%) Senior
3 311 (22.01%) .NET Developer
4 212 (15.00%) Software Developer
5 192 (13.59%) Software Engineer
6 178 (12.60%) Lead
7 166 (11.75%) Senior Developer
8 159 (11.25%) C# Developer
9 144 (10.19%) Full-Stack Developer
10 74 (5.24%) .NET Software Engineer
11 72 (5.10%) .NET Software Developer
12 68 (4.81%) C# .NET Developer
13 67 (4.74%) Senior Software Engineer
14 63 (4.46%) Senior .NET Developer
15 58 (4.10%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 58 (4.10%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 58 (4.10%) Lead Developer
16 54 (3.82%) Analyst
17 46 (3.26%) Senior Software Developer
18 42 (2.97%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 333 (23.57%) .NET Core
2 302 (21.37%) React
3 249 (17.62%) ASP.NET
4 229 (16.21%) .NET Framework
5 201 (14.23%) HTML
6 174 (12.31%) AngularJS
7 166 (11.75%) CSS
8 125 (8.85%) RESTful
9 113 (8.00%) REST
10 107 (7.57%) Entity Framework
11 95 (6.72%) Blazor
12 75 (5.31%) ASP.NET MVC
12 75 (5.31%) Vue
13 72 (5.10%) Node.js
14 65 (4.60%) ASP.NET Web API
15 61 (4.32%) ASP.NET Core
16 57 (4.03%) SOAP
17 44 (3.11%) HTML5
18 36 (2.55%) Web Services
19 35 (2.48%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 147 (10.40%) Cloud Native
2 74 (5.24%) Product Ownership
3 57 (4.03%) Mobile App
4 49 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
5 47 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
6 36 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
7 29 (2.05%) Onboarding
8 27 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
8 27 (1.91%) Virtual Team
9 25 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (1.27%) AI Agents
11 18 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 14 (0.99%) Client/Server
12 14 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
13 12 (0.85%) Hedge funds
14 11 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (0.71%) Algorithms
15 10 (0.71%) DataPower
15 10 (0.71%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 78 (5.52%) Windows
2 27 (1.91%) Windows Server
3 26 (1.84%) Linux
4 24 (1.70%) Android
4 24 (1.70%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.78%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.50%) VMS
6 7 (0.50%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.28%) Unix
8 2 (0.14%) Solaris
8 2 (0.14%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.071%) Fedora
9 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 580 (41.05%) Agile
2 412 (29.16%) DevOps
3 404 (28.59%) Software Engineering
4 403 (28.52%) CI/CD
5 357 (25.27%) Full-Stack Development
6 283 (20.03%) Problem-Solving
7 270 (19.11%) Microservices
8 227 (16.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 182 (12.88%) Mentoring
10 155 (10.97%) Scrum
11 146 (10.33%) AI
12 136 (9.62%) MVC
13 135 (9.55%) Clean Code
14 128 (9.06%) User Experience
15 126 (8.92%) SDLC
16 112 (7.93%) Computer Science
17 111 (7.86%) TDD
18 106 (7.50%) Containerisation
18 106 (7.50%) Test Automation
19 99 (7.01%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,011 (71.55%) C#
2 469 (33.19%) SQL
3 385 (27.25%) JavaScript
4 226 (15.99%) TypeScript
5 158 (11.18%) Java
6 111 (7.86%) Python
7 59 (4.18%) PowerShell
8 37 (2.62%) T-SQL
9 33 (2.34%) C++
9 33 (2.34%) VB.NET
10 32 (2.26%) PHP
11 25 (1.77%) Bicep
12 18 (1.27%) Bash
13 13 (0.92%) Rust
14 8 (0.57%) Go
14 8 (0.57%) XAML
15 7 (0.50%) Apex Code
16 6 (0.42%) C
16 6 (0.42%) VB
17 5 (0.35%) Swift
Qualifications
1 214 (15.15%) Degree
2 74 (5.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 43 (3.04%) ISTQB
4 39 (2.76%) Security Cleared
5 34 (2.41%) SC Cleared
6 33 (2.34%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 17 (1.20%) AWS Certification
7 17 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.13%) Master's Degree
9 13 (0.92%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.78%) AWS Certified Developer
11 10 (0.71%) ISEB
12 9 (0.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 8 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.42%) HND
15 5 (0.35%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.35%) MCSE
16 4 (0.28%) MCSA
17 3 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
18 2 (0.14%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (6.65%) QA
2 40 (2.83%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.06%) GDPR
3 15 (1.06%) WCAG
4 4 (0.28%) GRC
5 3 (0.21%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.21%) HL7
5 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.21%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.21%) SLA
6 1 (0.071%) COBIT
6 1 (0.071%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.071%) SOC 2
System Software
1 139 (9.84%) Docker
2 29 (2.05%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.14%) vSphere
5 1 (0.071%) Firmware
5 1 (0.071%) HDFS
5 1 (0.071%) Squid
5 1 (0.071%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 105 (7.43%) Kubernetes
2 96 (6.79%) Terraform
3 16 (1.13%) Grafana
4 10 (0.71%) Ansible
4 10 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.35%) Kibana
5 5 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.14%) Argo
6 2 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.071%) CASB
7 1 (0.071%) Control-M
7 1 (0.071%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 304 (21.51%) Microsoft
2 27 (1.91%) Salesforce
3 25 (1.77%) Xamarin
4 24 (1.70%) Oracle
5 17 (1.20%) Google
6 13 (0.92%) MuleSoft
6 13 (0.92%) Sage
7 12 (0.85%) Guidewire
8 11 (0.78%) Databricks
8 11 (0.78%) Telerik
9 10 (0.71%) New Relic
10 9 (0.64%) Apple
11 7 (0.50%) Adobe
11 7 (0.50%) Datto
11 7 (0.50%) DevExpress
11 7 (0.50%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.50%) Freshdesk
11 7 (0.50%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.50%) Syncfusion
12 6 (0.42%) OpenAI