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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 34 21
Rank change year-on-year -45 -13 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,449 2,845 3,964
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.73% 5.90% 8.08%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.09% 27.28% 33.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,301 1,889 3,598
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,900 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
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 6,275 10,427 11,964
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.82% 21.62% 24.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4,828 6,131 10,043
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £40,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +3.08% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £108,750
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 15 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 15 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 -40 391 £80,000 +6.67% 188
North of England -29 350 £62,500 +13.64% 202
South East -36 346 £60,000 - 289
North West -20 191 £65,000 +18.18% 120
Midlands -40 189 £55,000 -4.35% 110
West Midlands -35 116 £50,000 -13.04% 45
Yorkshire -38 102 £56,250 +7.14% 51
South West -59 88 £55,000 -6.38% 89
East Midlands -49 73 £65,000 +28.08% 64
East of England -65 60 £60,000 +20.00% 102
North East -7 57 £68,500 +5.38% 31
.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 45 (3.11%) IIS
2 25 (1.73%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.24%) CMS
4 15 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.83%) Confluence
6 11 (0.76%) JBoss
6 11 (0.76%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.55%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.21%) nginx
10 3 (0.21%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.069%) Apache
12 1 (0.069%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.069%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.069%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.069%) Kentico
12 1 (0.069%) SAS
12 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.62%) 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 (0.069%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 50 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.21%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.14%) ION Anvil
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.069%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.069%) Endur
4 1 (0.069%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.069%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.069%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.069%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 781 (53.90%) Azure
2 313 (21.60%) AWS
3 238 (16.43%) Azure DevOps
4 204 (14.08%) SaaS
5 120 (8.28%) Power Platform
6 109 (7.52%) GitHub
7 107 (7.38%) Serverless
8 81 (5.59%) GCP
9 66 (4.55%) Power Automate
10 57 (3.93%) Azure Functions
11 56 (3.86%) Azure Logic Apps
11 56 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
12 54 (3.73%) Azure Service Bus
13 52 (3.59%) PowerApps
14 42 (2.90%) Entra ID
15 41 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
16 39 (2.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 29 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
18 26 (1.79%) Azure AKS
19 24 (1.66%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.97%) DNS
2 12 (0.83%) DHCP
2 12 (0.83%) Internet
3 10 (0.69%) Firewall
4 9 (0.62%) VoIP
4 9 (0.62%) VPN
5 8 (0.55%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.55%) WinSCP
6 4 (0.28%) HTTP
6 4 (0.28%) SAN
7 3 (0.21%) Intranet
8 2 (0.14%) LAN
8 2 (0.14%) NAS
8 2 (0.14%) SSL
8 2 (0.14%) VLAN
8 2 (0.14%) WAN
9 1 (0.069%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.069%) IPv6
9 1 (0.069%) LTE
9 1 (0.069%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 394 (27.19%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.66%) NoSQL
3 70 (4.83%) MongoDB
4 66 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
5 55 (3.80%) MySQL
6 49 (3.38%) Relational Database
7 48 (3.31%) Power BI
8 44 (3.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 43 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
10 41 (2.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 23 (1.59%) DynamoDB
12 22 (1.52%) Redis
13 18 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
15 9 (0.62%) Tableau
16 6 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
17 5 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
17 5 (0.35%) RDBMS
18 3 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
18 3 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 137 (9.45%) Git
2 68 (4.69%) JIRA
3 50 (3.45%) Selenium
4 44 (3.04%) Postman
5 42 (2.90%) Team Foundation Server
6 40 (2.76%) Visual Studio
7 35 (2.42%) SoapUI
8 32 (2.21%) WebDriver
9 24 (1.66%) Jenkins
10 22 (1.52%) TeamCity
11 17 (1.17%) Octopus Deploy
12 10 (0.69%) SpecFlow
13 8 (0.55%) GitLab
13 8 (0.55%) Storybook
14 7 (0.48%) MSTest
14 7 (0.48%) NUnit
15 6 (0.41%) git-flow
16 5 (0.35%) Bitbucket
17 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
17 4 (0.28%) LabVIEW
General
1 342 (23.60%) Social Skills
2 262 (18.08%) Finance
3 64 (4.42%) Law
4 55 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (3.11%) Banking
6 44 (3.04%) Public Sector
7 30 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (2.07%) Legal
8 28 (1.93%) Retail
9 20 (1.38%) Marketing
10 18 (1.24%) Games
11 17 (1.17%) Billing
11 17 (1.17%) Front Office
12 16 (1.10%) Aviation
13 14 (0.97%) Manufacturing
14 11 (0.76%) Back Office
14 11 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (0.69%) Automotive
16 9 (0.62%) Publishing
17 8 (0.55%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 801 (55.28%) Developer
2 327 (22.57%) Senior
3 320 (22.08%) .NET Developer
4 228 (15.73%) Software Developer
5 216 (14.91%) Software Engineer
6 182 (12.56%) Lead
7 165 (11.39%) C# Developer
7 165 (11.39%) Senior Developer
8 147 (10.14%) Full-Stack Developer
9 89 (6.14%) .NET Software Engineer
10 81 (5.59%) Senior Software Engineer
11 80 (5.52%) .NET Software Developer
12 73 (5.04%) C# .NET Developer
13 67 (4.62%) Lead Developer
13 67 (4.62%) Senior .NET Developer
14 61 (4.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 58 (4.00%) Analyst
15 58 (4.00%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 47 (3.24%) Senior Software Developer
17 42 (2.90%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 349 (24.09%) .NET Core
2 303 (20.91%) React
3 251 (17.32%) ASP.NET
4 221 (15.25%) .NET Framework
5 194 (13.39%) HTML
6 168 (11.59%) AngularJS
7 161 (11.11%) CSS
8 123 (8.49%) RESTful
9 114 (7.87%) REST
10 100 (6.90%) Entity Framework
11 97 (6.69%) Blazor
12 73 (5.04%) Vue
13 71 (4.90%) ASP.NET MVC
14 66 (4.55%) Node.js
15 65 (4.49%) ASP.NET Core
16 59 (4.07%) ASP.NET Web API
16 59 (4.07%) SOAP
17 40 (2.76%) HTML5
18 38 (2.62%) WPF
19 30 (2.07%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 145 (10.01%) Cloud Native
2 75 (5.18%) Product Ownership
3 64 (4.42%) Mobile App
4 50 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
5 49 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
6 36 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
7 28 (1.93%) Virtual Team
8 26 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
9 25 (1.73%) Onboarding
10 24 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
12 18 (1.24%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 14 (0.97%) Client/Server
13 14 (0.97%) Hedge funds
13 14 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
14 11 (0.76%) DataPower
15 10 (0.69%) Algorithms
15 10 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (0.69%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 80 (5.52%) Windows
2 27 (1.86%) Windows Server
3 26 (1.79%) Linux
4 24 (1.66%) Android
5 23 (1.59%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.76%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.48%) VMS
7 7 (0.48%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.21%) Unix
9 1 (0.069%) Fedora
9 1 (0.069%) Solaris
9 1 (0.069%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 578 (39.89%) Agile
2 428 (29.54%) Software Engineering
3 412 (28.43%) DevOps
4 408 (28.16%) CI/CD
5 364 (25.12%) Full-Stack Development
6 275 (18.98%) Problem-Solving
7 274 (18.91%) Microservices
8 224 (15.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 174 (12.01%) Mentoring
10 150 (10.35%) AI
11 149 (10.28%) Scrum
12 131 (9.04%) Clean Code
13 129 (8.90%) SDLC
14 128 (8.83%) MVC
15 122 (8.42%) User Experience
16 113 (7.80%) TDD
17 111 (7.66%) Containerisation
18 109 (7.52%) Computer Science
19 98 (6.76%) Test Automation
20 97 (6.69%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,034 (71.36%) C#
2 486 (33.54%) SQL
3 376 (25.95%) JavaScript
4 221 (15.25%) TypeScript
5 156 (10.77%) Java
6 111 (7.66%) Python
7 59 (4.07%) PowerShell
8 36 (2.48%) T-SQL
9 33 (2.28%) C++
10 32 (2.21%) PHP
11 29 (2.00%) VB.NET
12 26 (1.79%) Bicep
13 16 (1.10%) Bash
14 13 (0.90%) Rust
15 8 (0.55%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.55%) C
15 8 (0.55%) XAML
16 7 (0.48%) Go
17 5 (0.35%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.35%) Swift
Qualifications
1 206 (14.22%) Degree
2 72 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (2.90%) ISTQB
4 40 (2.76%) Security Cleared
5 35 (2.42%) SC Cleared
6 32 (2.21%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (1.24%) AWS Certification
8 17 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (1.04%) Azure Certification
9 15 (1.04%) Master's Degree
10 11 (0.76%) AWS Certified Developer
11 10 (0.69%) ISEB
12 9 (0.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 7 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.35%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.28%) HND
15 4 (0.28%) MCSE
16 3 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 3 (0.21%) MCSA
16 3 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (6.21%) QA
2 40 (2.76%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.04%) WCAG
4 14 (0.97%) GDPR
5 4 (0.28%) GRC
6 3 (0.21%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.21%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.14%) HL7
7 2 (0.14%) SLA
8 1 (0.069%) SOC 2
System Software
1 145 (10.01%) Docker
2 26 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.14%) Firmware
4 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.14%) vSphere
5 1 (0.069%) HDFS
5 1 (0.069%) Squid
5 1 (0.069%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 110 (7.59%) Kubernetes
2 100 (6.90%) Terraform
3 16 (1.10%) Grafana
4 11 (0.76%) Ansible
5 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.48%) Kibana
7 4 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.14%) Argo
8 2 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.069%) CASB
9 1 (0.069%) Control-M
9 1 (0.069%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 295 (20.36%) Microsoft
2 27 (1.86%) Salesforce
3 25 (1.73%) Xamarin
4 22 (1.52%) Oracle
5 16 (1.10%) Google
6 14 (0.97%) MuleSoft
7 12 (0.83%) Sage
8 11 (0.76%) Guidewire
8 11 (0.76%) Telerik
9 10 (0.69%) Databricks
9 10 (0.69%) New Relic
10 9 (0.62%) Apple
11 7 (0.48%) Adobe
11 7 (0.48%) Datto
11 7 (0.48%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.48%) Freshdesk
11 7 (0.48%) Syncfusion
12 6 (0.41%) DevExpress
12 6 (0.41%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.41%) VMware