.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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 33 26
Rank change year-on-year -50 -7 -2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,392 3,012 3,319
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.69% 5.96% 7.72%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 22.46% 27.53% 29.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,237 2,048 2,980
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £63,000 £60,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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 6,197 10,942 11,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.96% 21.66% 25.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4,776 6,574 9,315
10th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% -
75th Percentile £85,700 £86,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,158
% change year-on-year - -0.24% -1.28%

.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 21 December 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 21 December 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 -41 387 £80,000 +3.23% 172
North of England -34 337 £60,000 +9.09% 153
South East -44 320 £60,000 - 205
Midlands -55 174 £57,500 - 65
North West -28 170 £65,000 +15.56% 95
Yorkshire -30 115 £57,500 +9.52% 31
West Midlands -33 113 £55,000 -4.35% 27
South West -60 82 £55,000 -4.35% 43
East of England -72 64 £60,000 +20.00% 41
East Midlands -53 61 £65,000 +25.00% 38
North East -14 52 £50,000 -23.08% 28
.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 52 (3.74%) IIS
2 30 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.65%) CMS
4 17 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (1.01%) Confluence
6 10 (0.72%) JBoss
6 10 (0.72%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.57%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.36%) nginx
8 5 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.22%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.072%) Apache
12 1 (0.072%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.072%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.072%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.072%) Kentico
12 1 (0.072%) SAS
12 1 (0.072%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.29%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.22%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
4 2 (0.14%) S-PLUS
5 1 (0.072%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.072%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 50 (3.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.36%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 3 (0.22%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.14%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.14%) ION Anvil
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.072%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.072%) Endur
5 1 (0.072%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.072%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.072%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 796 (57.18%) Azure
2 330 (23.71%) AWS
3 237 (17.03%) Azure DevOps
4 182 (13.07%) SaaS
5 123 (8.84%) Power Platform
6 103 (7.40%) GitHub
7 102 (7.33%) Serverless
8 87 (6.25%) GCP
9 71 (5.10%) Power Automate
10 60 (4.31%) Dynamics 365
11 58 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
12 55 (3.95%) Azure Service Bus
13 53 (3.81%) PowerApps
14 49 (3.52%) Azure Functions
15 45 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
16 43 (3.09%) Entra ID
17 40 (2.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 35 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
19 25 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
20 24 (1.72%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.08%) DNS
2 13 (0.93%) DHCP
3 12 (0.86%) Firewall
3 12 (0.86%) Internet
3 12 (0.86%) TCP/IP
3 12 (0.86%) VoIP
4 9 (0.65%) VPN
5 7 (0.50%) SAN
6 5 (0.36%) HTTP
6 5 (0.36%) LAN
6 5 (0.36%) SSL
6 5 (0.36%) WAN
6 5 (0.36%) WinSCP
7 3 (0.22%) Intranet
8 2 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.14%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.14%) NAS
8 2 (0.14%) VLAN
8 2 (0.14%) WPA
9 1 (0.072%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 394 (28.30%) SQL Server
2 83 (5.96%) NoSQL
3 71 (5.10%) MongoDB
4 65 (4.67%) Azure SQL Database
5 60 (4.31%) MySQL
6 49 (3.52%) Relational Database
7 48 (3.45%) Power BI
7 48 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 44 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
9 43 (3.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 28 (2.01%) DynamoDB
11 22 (1.58%) Redis
12 21 (1.51%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.65%) Tableau
15 7 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
16 6 (0.43%) NonStop SQL
17 5 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
17 5 (0.36%) RDBMS
18 4 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 152 (10.92%) Git
2 70 (5.03%) JIRA
3 43 (3.09%) Selenium
4 41 (2.95%) Team Foundation Server
5 38 (2.73%) Postman
6 30 (2.16%) Visual Studio
7 29 (2.08%) SoapUI
8 27 (1.94%) WebDriver
9 25 (1.80%) Jenkins
10 20 (1.44%) Octopus Deploy
10 20 (1.44%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.86%) Storybook
12 11 (0.79%) GitLab
13 9 (0.65%) NUnit
13 9 (0.65%) SpecFlow
14 8 (0.57%) MSTest
15 6 (0.43%) git-flow
16 5 (0.36%) Bitbucket
17 4 (0.29%) Cypress.io
18 3 (0.22%) MSBuild
General
1 357 (25.65%) Social Skills
2 255 (18.32%) Finance
3 75 (5.39%) Law
4 57 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (3.02%) Public Sector
6 41 (2.95%) Banking
7 36 (2.59%) Retail
8 35 (2.51%) Legal
9 27 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (1.51%) Front Office
11 20 (1.44%) Marketing
12 19 (1.36%) Billing
13 18 (1.29%) Games
14 15 (1.08%) Manufacturing
15 14 (1.01%) Back Office
16 13 (0.93%) Aviation
16 13 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
17 12 (0.86%) Automotive
18 9 (0.65%) Publishing
19 8 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 775 (55.68%) Developer
2 304 (21.84%) Senior
3 298 (21.41%) .NET Developer
4 193 (13.86%) Software Developer
5 183 (13.15%) Lead
6 182 (13.07%) Software Engineer
7 164 (11.78%) C# Developer
8 159 (11.42%) Senior Developer
9 139 (9.99%) Full-Stack Developer
10 65 (4.67%) .NET Software Developer
10 65 (4.67%) C# .NET Developer
11 63 (4.53%) .NET Software Engineer
12 60 (4.31%) Senior Software Engineer
13 57 (4.09%) Lead Developer
13 57 (4.09%) Senior .NET Developer
14 53 (3.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 52 (3.74%) Analyst
15 52 (3.74%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 44 (3.16%) Architect
17 43 (3.09%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 325 (23.35%) .NET Core
2 312 (22.41%) React
3 253 (18.18%) ASP.NET
4 230 (16.52%) .NET Framework
5 203 (14.58%) HTML
6 179 (12.86%) AngularJS
7 176 (12.64%) CSS
8 134 (9.63%) RESTful
9 113 (8.12%) REST
10 110 (7.90%) Entity Framework
11 97 (6.97%) Blazor
12 79 (5.68%) Node.js
13 78 (5.60%) ASP.NET MVC
14 77 (5.53%) Vue
15 67 (4.81%) ASP.NET Web API
16 64 (4.60%) ASP.NET Core
17 52 (3.74%) SOAP
18 47 (3.38%) HTML5
19 43 (3.09%) Web Services
20 33 (2.37%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 152 (10.92%) Cloud Native
2 73 (5.24%) Product Ownership
3 53 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
4 51 (3.66%) Mobile App
5 49 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
6 39 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
7 33 (2.37%) Onboarding
8 27 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
9 26 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
9 26 (1.87%) Virtual Team
10 19 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 17 (1.22%) AI Agents
12 16 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
13 14 (1.01%) Client/Server
13 14 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
14 12 (0.86%) Clustering
15 11 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
15 11 (0.79%) Fixed Income
15 11 (0.79%) Hedge funds
16 10 (0.72%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 79 (5.68%) Windows
2 29 (2.08%) Linux
3 27 (1.94%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.80%) Android
4 25 (1.80%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.79%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.57%) VMS
7 7 (0.50%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.29%) Unix
9 2 (0.14%) Solaris
9 2 (0.14%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.072%) Fedora
10 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 600 (43.10%) Agile
2 433 (31.11%) DevOps
3 422 (30.32%) CI/CD
4 398 (28.59%) Software Engineering
5 351 (25.22%) Full-Stack Development
6 288 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
7 279 (20.04%) Microservices
8 228 (16.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 189 (13.58%) Mentoring
10 154 (11.06%) Scrum
11 144 (10.34%) MVC
12 142 (10.20%) Clean Code
13 141 (10.13%) User Experience
14 137 (9.84%) AI
15 123 (8.84%) SDLC
16 116 (8.33%) Computer Science
17 112 (8.05%) Test Automation
18 111 (7.97%) Containerisation
19 109 (7.83%) TDD
20 108 (7.76%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,010 (72.56%) C#
2 477 (34.27%) SQL
3 400 (28.74%) JavaScript
4 233 (16.74%) TypeScript
5 159 (11.42%) Java
6 119 (8.55%) Python
7 59 (4.24%) PowerShell
8 39 (2.80%) T-SQL
9 35 (2.51%) C++
9 35 (2.51%) PHP
9 35 (2.51%) VB.NET
10 28 (2.01%) Bicep
11 20 (1.44%) Bash
12 14 (1.01%) Rust
13 12 (0.86%) Go
14 9 (0.65%) XAML
15 7 (0.50%) Apex Code
16 6 (0.43%) C
16 6 (0.43%) VB
17 5 (0.36%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 218 (15.66%) Degree
2 79 (5.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 38 (2.73%) Security Cleared
4 37 (2.66%) ISTQB
5 32 (2.30%) SC Cleared
6 27 (1.94%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (1.29%) Master's Degree
8 17 (1.22%) AWS Certification
9 15 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (0.86%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.79%) AWS Certified Developer
12 10 (0.72%) ISEB
13 9 (0.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 8 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.43%) HND
16 5 (0.36%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.36%) MCSE
17 4 (0.29%) MCSA
18 3 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
19 2 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (6.61%) QA
2 36 (2.59%) Accessibility
3 18 (1.29%) GDPR
4 11 (0.79%) WCAG
5 4 (0.29%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.29%) GRC
6 3 (0.22%) HL7
6 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.22%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.22%) SLA
7 1 (0.072%) COBIT
7 1 (0.072%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.072%) SOC 2
System Software
1 155 (11.14%) Docker
2 31 (2.23%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.14%) vSphere
6 1 (0.072%) Firmware
6 1 (0.072%) HDFS
6 1 (0.072%) Squid
Systems Management
1 108 (7.76%) Kubernetes
2 100 (7.18%) Terraform
3 16 (1.15%) Grafana
4 10 (0.72%) Ansible
4 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.14%) Argo
6 2 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.14%) Kibana
7 1 (0.072%) CASB
7 1 (0.072%) Control-M
7 1 (0.072%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 321 (23.06%) Microsoft
2 27 (1.94%) Oracle
2 27 (1.94%) Salesforce
3 22 (1.58%) Xamarin
4 18 (1.29%) Google
5 14 (1.01%) MuleSoft
6 13 (0.93%) Databricks
6 13 (0.93%) Guidewire
6 13 (0.93%) Sage
7 11 (0.79%) Telerik
8 10 (0.72%) New Relic
9 9 (0.65%) Apple
9 9 (0.65%) DevExpress
10 8 (0.57%) Adobe
10 8 (0.57%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.50%) Datto
11 7 (0.50%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.50%) Freshdesk
11 7 (0.50%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.50%) Syncfusion