.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 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 40 24
Rank change year-on-year -38 -16 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,664 2,233 5,711
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.54% 5.71% 7.70%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.40% 25.58% 35.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,479 1,729 5,159
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

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 7,110 8,729 16,069
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.84% 22.30% 21.67%
Number of salaries quoted 5,429 6,031 13,579
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,296 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% +10.49% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -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 14 March 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 14 March 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 -22 448 £82,000 +9.33% 227
South East -32 409 £60,000 - 190
North of England -33 386 £65,000 +18.18% 147
North West -28 206 £65,000 +18.18% 80
Midlands -40 205 £52,500 -8.70% 82
Yorkshire -34 120 £60,000 - 44
South West -20 116 £55,000 -8.33% 66
West Midlands -41 110 £50,000 -14.16% 48
East Midlands -35 95 £60,000 +14.29% 34
East of England -55 70 £60,000 +20.00% 52
North East -9 60 £70,000 +16.67% 26
.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 38 (2.28%) IIS
2 28 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.20%) CMS
4 13 (0.78%) JBoss
4 13 (0.78%) WebSphere
5 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.66%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.30%) Confluence
7 5 (0.30%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.12%) ColdFusion
9 2 (0.12%) nginx
10 1 (0.060%) Apache
10 1 (0.060%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.060%) Kentico
10 1 (0.060%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.060%) SAS
10 1 (0.060%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.18%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.060%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.060%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 34 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.12%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.060%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.060%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.060%) Endur
3 1 (0.060%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.060%) Magento
3 1 (0.060%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.060%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 764 (45.91%) Azure
2 276 (16.59%) AWS
3 229 (13.76%) SaaS
4 223 (13.40%) Azure DevOps
5 130 (7.81%) Power Platform
6 108 (6.49%) Serverless
7 106 (6.37%) GitHub
8 70 (4.21%) Azure Logic Apps
9 62 (3.73%) Azure Functions
10 59 (3.55%) GCP
10 59 (3.55%) PowerApps
11 57 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
12 56 (3.37%) Power Automate
13 49 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
14 45 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 36 (2.16%) Azure AKS
15 36 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
16 32 (1.92%) Entra ID
17 31 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
18 27 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.96%) Internet
2 10 (0.60%) Firewall
3 8 (0.48%) DNS
3 8 (0.48%) WinSCP
4 7 (0.42%) DHCP
5 5 (0.30%) VPN
6 4 (0.24%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.24%) VoIP
7 3 (0.18%) HTTP
7 3 (0.18%) LTE
8 2 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.12%) Intranet
9 1 (0.060%) AMQP
9 1 (0.060%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.060%) FIX Connectivity
9 1 (0.060%) IPv6
9 1 (0.060%) Modbus
9 1 (0.060%) MPLS
9 1 (0.060%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 420 (25.24%) SQL Server
2 81 (4.87%) NoSQL
3 70 (4.21%) Azure SQL Database
4 63 (3.79%) Power BI
5 57 (3.43%) MongoDB
6 49 (2.94%) Relational Database
6 49 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 46 (2.76%) MySQL
8 45 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 42 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.20%) DynamoDB
11 19 (1.14%) Redis
12 15 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (0.66%) DB2
14 10 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
15 5 (0.30%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.30%) GIS
15 5 (0.30%) Tableau
16 3 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
16 3 (0.18%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 134 (8.05%) Git
2 50 (3.00%) JIRA
3 49 (2.94%) Selenium
4 43 (2.58%) Visual Studio
5 35 (2.10%) Postman
6 30 (1.80%) Team Foundation Server
7 27 (1.62%) WebDriver
8 25 (1.50%) SoapUI
9 22 (1.32%) TeamCity
10 20 (1.20%) Jenkins
11 17 (1.02%) SpecFlow
12 16 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
13 10 (0.60%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.60%) NUnit
14 8 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 7 (0.42%) LabVIEW
16 5 (0.30%) git-flow
16 5 (0.30%) GitLab
17 4 (0.24%) Appium
17 4 (0.24%) MSTest
General
1 339 (20.37%) Social Skills
2 292 (17.55%) Finance
3 76 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (4.09%) Law
5 56 (3.37%) Public Sector
6 55 (3.31%) Banking
7 39 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (1.56%) Marketing
9 23 (1.38%) Legal
10 22 (1.32%) Games
10 22 (1.32%) Retail
11 17 (1.02%) Front Office
11 17 (1.02%) Manufacturing
12 15 (0.90%) Aviation
13 12 (0.72%) Tech for Good
14 11 (0.66%) Electronics
15 9 (0.54%) Aerospace
15 9 (0.54%) Military
15 9 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 903 (54.27%) Developer
2 398 (23.92%) Senior
3 371 (22.30%) .NET Developer
4 296 (17.79%) Software Engineer
5 270 (16.23%) Software Developer
6 193 (11.60%) C# Developer
6 193 (11.60%) Lead
7 186 (11.18%) Senior Developer
8 171 (10.28%) Full-Stack Developer
9 137 (8.23%) .NET Software Engineer
10 117 (7.03%) Senior Software Engineer
11 108 (6.49%) C# .NET Developer
12 90 (5.41%) .NET Software Developer
13 82 (4.93%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
13 82 (4.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 77 (4.63%) Senior .NET Developer
15 73 (4.39%) Lead Developer
16 60 (3.61%) C# Software Engineer
17 56 (3.37%) Architect
18 53 (3.19%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 394 (23.68%) .NET Core
2 293 (17.61%) React
3 254 (15.26%) ASP.NET
4 217 (13.04%) .NET Framework
5 201 (12.08%) HTML
6 175 (10.52%) CSS
7 143 (8.59%) AngularJS
8 142 (8.53%) REST
9 117 (7.03%) RESTful
10 98 (5.89%) Entity Framework
11 92 (5.53%) Blazor
12 85 (5.11%) ASP.NET Core
12 85 (5.11%) Node.js
13 64 (3.85%) Vue
14 63 (3.79%) SOAP
15 44 (2.64%) ASP.NET MVC
15 44 (2.64%) ASP.NET Web API
16 39 (2.34%) Middleware
17 36 (2.16%) HTML5
18 34 (2.04%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 144 (8.65%) Cloud Native
2 67 (4.03%) Mobile App
3 66 (3.97%) Product Ownership
4 53 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
4 53 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
5 52 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
6 30 (1.80%) Virtual Team
7 26 (1.56%) Hedge funds
8 22 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
9 18 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (0.96%) AI Agents
11 15 (0.90%) Algorithms
11 15 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 15 (0.90%) Low-Code
11 15 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 14 (0.84%) Management Information System
13 13 (0.78%) DataPower
14 12 (0.72%) Client/Server
14 12 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 84 (5.05%) Windows
2 26 (1.56%) Android
3 24 (1.44%) Apple iOS
4 23 (1.38%) Linux
5 22 (1.32%) Windows Server
6 17 (1.02%) VMS
7 6 (0.36%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.24%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.18%) Unix
10 1 (0.060%) Fedora
10 1 (0.060%) Solaris
10 1 (0.060%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 535 (32.15%) Agile
2 523 (31.43%) Software Engineering
3 415 (24.94%) Full-Stack Development
4 410 (24.64%) DevOps
5 396 (23.80%) CI/CD
6 268 (16.11%) Microservices
7 259 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
8 214 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 173 (10.40%) Mentoring
10 152 (9.13%) AI
11 139 (8.35%) Clean Code
12 136 (8.17%) Scrum
12 136 (8.17%) SDLC
13 125 (7.51%) Containerisation
14 122 (7.33%) Test Automation
15 117 (7.03%) User Experience
16 111 (6.67%) MVC
17 104 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
18 97 (5.83%) Computer Science
19 96 (5.77%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1,139 (68.45%) C#
2 522 (31.37%) SQL
3 376 (22.60%) JavaScript
4 208 (12.50%) TypeScript
5 161 (9.68%) Java
6 136 (8.17%) Python
7 62 (3.73%) PowerShell
8 37 (2.22%) C++
9 34 (2.04%) T-SQL
10 30 (1.80%) VB.NET
11 27 (1.62%) PHP
12 26 (1.56%) Bicep
13 20 (1.20%) Apex Code
14 15 (0.90%) C
15 12 (0.72%) Bash
15 12 (0.72%) Go
16 11 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
16 11 (0.66%) Rust
17 10 (0.60%) PL/SQL
18 7 (0.42%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 196 (11.78%) Degree
2 59 (3.55%) Security Cleared
3 51 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 49 (2.94%) SC Cleared
5 29 (1.74%) ISTQB
6 22 (1.32%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (1.08%) AWS Certification
8 14 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (0.66%) AWS Certified Developer
9 11 (0.66%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.54%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.48%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.42%) ISEB
12 7 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (6.49%) QA
2 46 (2.76%) Accessibility
3 15 (0.90%) GDPR
4 12 (0.72%) WCAG
5 9 (0.54%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.48%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.42%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.42%) SLA
8 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (0.12%) GRC
11 1 (0.060%) ITGC
System Software
1 156 (9.38%) Docker
2 22 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.30%) Firmware
4 4 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.12%) vSphere
6 1 (0.060%) Squid
Systems Management
1 132 (7.93%) Kubernetes
2 89 (5.35%) Terraform
3 14 (0.84%) Grafana
4 10 (0.60%) Ansible
5 8 (0.48%) Kibana
6 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.060%) Argo
8 1 (0.060%) CASB
8 1 (0.060%) Control-M
8 1 (0.060%) MIIS
Vendors
1 295 (17.73%) Microsoft
2 35 (2.10%) Salesforce
3 30 (1.80%) Xamarin
4 21 (1.26%) Google
5 19 (1.14%) MuleSoft
6 14 (0.84%) Sage
7 13 (0.78%) Oracle
8 11 (0.66%) ServiceNow
9 10 (0.60%) New Relic
10 9 (0.54%) Adobe
11 8 (0.48%) Databricks
12 7 (0.42%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (0.36%) Apple
13 6 (0.36%) Telerik
13 6 (0.36%) VMware
14 5 (0.30%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.30%) SAP
14 5 (0.30%) Zoho
15 4 (0.24%) AppDynamics
15 4 (0.24%) Datto