.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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 55 23
Rank change year-on-year -13 -32 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,216 1,842 6,499
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.66% 4.72% 7.38%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 26.16% 23.82% 37.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,013 1,366 5,576
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,625 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 8,471 7,733 17,379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.19% 19.82% 19.74%
Number of salaries quoted 6,441 5,271 14,301
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,295 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% +10.49% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.34% -11.11%

.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 31 May 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 31 May 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 +13 589 £59,500 -0.83% 117
London -14 538 £80,000 - 118
North of England -18 501 £60,000 - 103
North West -17 268 £62,500 +8.70% 61
Midlands -19 263 £55,000 - 58
South West +6 164 £55,000 +4.76% 32
East of England -2 139 £65,000 +22.64% 42
West Midlands -41 137 £55,000 +2.44% 32
East Midlands +11 126 £55,000 - 26
Yorkshire -12 122 £60,000 -7.69% 19
North East -9 111 £59,000 +7.27% 24
.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 55 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.26%) IIS
3 23 (1.04%) CMS
4 16 (0.72%) ColdFusion
5 15 (0.68%) Confluence
6 12 (0.54%) Umbraco
7 8 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.32%) Apache
8 7 (0.32%) JBoss
9 5 (0.23%) WordPress
10 4 (0.18%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.18%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.18%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.14%) nginx
12 2 (0.090%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.090%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.090%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.045%) Appian
13 1 (0.045%) CICS
Applications
1 11 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.090%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.045%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.045%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.14%) Magento
4 2 (0.090%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.090%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.090%) Shopify
5 1 (0.045%) Endur
5 1 (0.045%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.045%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.045%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.045%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 1,005 (45.35%) Azure
2 328 (14.80%) AWS
3 306 (13.81%) Azure DevOps
4 250 (11.28%) SaaS
5 139 (6.27%) Power Platform
6 137 (6.18%) GitHub
7 129 (5.82%) Serverless
8 111 (5.01%) Azure Logic Apps
9 81 (3.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 80 (3.61%) Azure Functions
11 79 (3.56%) Power Automate
12 76 (3.43%) PowerApps
13 70 (3.16%) Azure Service Bus
14 69 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
15 66 (2.98%) GitHub Copilot
16 62 (2.80%) Azure AI
17 54 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
18 53 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
19 50 (2.26%) Azure AKS
20 47 (2.12%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.03%) Internet
2 9 (0.41%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.36%) Firewall
3 8 (0.36%) WinSCP
4 5 (0.23%) DHCP
4 5 (0.23%) DNS
4 5 (0.23%) LTE
5 4 (0.18%) Intranet
5 4 (0.18%) LAN
5 4 (0.18%) WAN
6 3 (0.14%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
6 3 (0.14%) RS-232
7 1 (0.045%) AMQP
7 1 (0.045%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.045%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.045%) Modbus
7 1 (0.045%) MPLS
7 1 (0.045%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.045%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 452 (20.40%) SQL Server
2 228 (10.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 181 (8.17%) MongoDB
4 91 (4.11%) Power BI
5 74 (3.34%) NoSQL
6 57 (2.57%) Elasticsearch
7 51 (2.30%) MySQL
8 45 (2.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 44 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
10 40 (1.81%) Relational Database
11 32 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (0.68%) Redis
13 12 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.54%) DB2
14 11 (0.50%) GIS
15 8 (0.36%) DynamoDB
16 7 (0.32%) Data Lake
17 5 (0.23%) Big Data
18 4 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
18 4 (0.18%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 143 (6.45%) Git
2 52 (2.35%) JIRA
3 37 (1.67%) Postman
3 37 (1.67%) Visual Studio
4 36 (1.62%) Selenium
5 23 (1.04%) SoapUI
5 23 (1.04%) Team Foundation Server
6 22 (0.99%) WebDriver
7 16 (0.72%) SpecFlow
8 14 (0.63%) Jenkins
8 14 (0.63%) TeamCity
9 13 (0.59%) GitLab
10 12 (0.54%) NUnit
11 10 (0.45%) Claude Code
11 10 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 8 (0.36%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.32%) Cypress.io
14 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
15 6 (0.27%) TestRail
General
1 365 (16.47%) Finance
2 340 (15.34%) Social Skills
3 94 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (2.80%) Public Sector
5 52 (2.35%) Retail
6 48 (2.17%) Banking
7 44 (1.99%) Law
8 37 (1.67%) Manufacturing
9 36 (1.62%) Legal
10 32 (1.44%) Games
11 31 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (1.08%) Aerospace
12 24 (1.08%) Automotive
13 23 (1.04%) Advertising
14 22 (0.99%) Marketing
15 21 (0.95%) Electronics
16 12 (0.54%) Aviation
16 12 (0.54%) Back Office
17 11 (0.50%) Front Office
18 8 (0.36%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,274 (57.49%) Developer
2 662 (29.87%) .NET Developer
3 476 (21.48%) Senior
4 394 (17.78%) Software Engineer
5 339 (15.30%) Software Developer
6 250 (11.28%) Lead
7 235 (10.60%) Senior Developer
8 209 (9.43%) C# Developer
9 196 (8.84%) Full-Stack Developer
10 186 (8.39%) .NET Software Engineer
11 166 (7.49%) C# .NET Developer
12 147 (6.63%) Senior Software Engineer
13 142 (6.41%) C# Software Engineer
14 130 (5.87%) .NET Software Developer
15 109 (4.92%) Lead Developer
16 108 (4.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 107 (4.83%) Senior .NET Developer
18 88 (3.97%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 80 (3.61%) Architect
20 75 (3.38%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 542 (24.46%) .NET Core
2 434 (19.58%) ASP.NET
3 326 (14.71%) React
4 275 (12.41%) HTML
5 266 (12.00%) ASP.NET Core
6 263 (11.87%) CSS
7 220 (9.93%) .NET Framework
8 200 (9.03%) AngularJS
9 174 (7.85%) RESTful
10 165 (7.45%) Entity Framework
11 164 (7.40%) Blazor
12 159 (7.18%) REST
13 152 (6.86%) Vue
14 144 (6.50%) Node.js
15 107 (4.83%) ASP.NET Web API
16 55 (2.48%) JSON
16 55 (2.48%) ML.NET
17 54 (2.44%) jQuery
18 50 (2.26%) LINQ
19 48 (2.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 137 (6.18%) Cloud Native
2 90 (4.06%) Greenfield Project
3 78 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
4 75 (3.38%) Mobile App
5 72 (3.25%) Product Ownership
6 53 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
7 50 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
8 34 (1.53%) Hedge funds
9 26 (1.17%) Legacy Applications
10 22 (0.99%) Legacy Code
11 21 (0.95%) Low-Code
12 17 (0.77%) Management Information System
12 17 (0.77%) Virtual Team
13 15 (0.68%) Algorithms
13 15 (0.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 14 (0.63%) PropTech
14 14 (0.63%) Sports Betting
15 13 (0.59%) Client/Server
15 13 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
16 11 (0.50%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 80 (3.61%) Windows
2 30 (1.35%) Windows Server
3 26 (1.17%) Linux
4 22 (0.99%) Android
5 13 (0.59%) VMS
6 9 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.090%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.090%) Unix
8 2 (0.090%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.045%) Solaris
9 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 648 (29.24%) Full-Stack Development
2 624 (28.16%) Software Engineering
3 620 (27.98%) Agile
4 501 (22.61%) CI/CD
5 487 (21.98%) DevOps
6 320 (14.44%) Microservices
7 281 (12.68%) AI
8 267 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
9 241 (10.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 207 (9.34%) Mentoring
11 184 (8.30%) SDLC
12 180 (8.12%) Test Automation
13 136 (6.14%) Clean Code
13 136 (6.14%) Containerisation
14 134 (6.05%) Scrum
14 134 (6.05%) Technical Leadership
15 122 (5.51%) TDD
16 117 (5.28%) Machine Learning
17 115 (5.19%) Infrastructure as Code
18 112 (5.05%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1,577 (71.16%) C#
2 740 (33.39%) SQL
3 452 (20.40%) JavaScript
4 267 (12.05%) TypeScript
5 201 (9.07%) Python
6 160 (7.22%) Java
7 85 (3.84%) PowerShell
8 76 (3.43%) C++
9 52 (2.35%) PHP
10 43 (1.94%) VB.NET
11 39 (1.76%) T-SQL
12 37 (1.67%) Bicep
13 22 (0.99%) C
14 21 (0.95%) Bash
15 20 (0.90%) VB
16 16 (0.72%) Apex Code
17 14 (0.63%) PL/SQL
18 12 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
18 12 (0.54%) VBA
19 9 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 212 (9.57%) Degree
2 86 (3.88%) Security Cleared
3 80 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 67 (3.02%) SC Cleared
5 25 (1.13%) Azure Certification
6 23 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (0.86%) ISTQB
8 16 (0.72%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 15 (0.68%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
11 6 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.23%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.23%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.14%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.14%) PhD
14 2 (0.090%) CSQA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (4.74%) QA
2 49 (2.21%) Accessibility
3 17 (0.77%) Data Quality
3 17 (0.77%) GDPR
4 11 (0.50%) WCAG
5 9 (0.41%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.36%) SLA
7 7 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.18%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.090%) ITGC
11 1 (0.045%) NCSC
11 1 (0.045%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 202 (9.12%) Docker
2 15 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.54%) Firmware
4 7 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.045%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 191 (8.62%) Kubernetes
2 113 (5.10%) Terraform
3 16 (0.72%) Grafana
4 7 (0.32%) Kibana
5 5 (0.23%) Ansible
6 4 (0.18%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.090%) MIIS
8 1 (0.045%) CASB
8 1 (0.045%) Consul
8 1 (0.045%) Packer
8 1 (0.045%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.045%) Puppet
Vendors
1 521 (23.51%) Microsoft
2 33 (1.49%) Oracle
3 32 (1.44%) Google
4 31 (1.40%) Salesforce
5 26 (1.17%) Adobe
6 22 (0.99%) OpenAI
6 22 (0.99%) Xamarin
7 19 (0.86%) Facebook
8 17 (0.77%) ServiceNow
9 12 (0.54%) MuleSoft
10 11 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
10 11 (0.50%) Databricks
11 9 (0.41%) iManage
12 8 (0.36%) IBM
12 8 (0.36%) VMware
12 8 (0.36%) YouTube
13 7 (0.32%) Intapp
14 6 (0.27%) Splunk
15 5 (0.23%) DevExpress
15 5 (0.23%) Sage