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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 47 24
Rank change year-on-year -30 -23 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,754 1,935 6,052
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.45% 5.29% 7.63%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.60% 24.58% 36.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,568 1,654 5,383
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +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 7,433 7,873 16,683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.40% 21.53% 21.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,650 5,972 13,977
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,350 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +10.58% -11.76%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,209 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.83% +10.35% -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 4 April 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 April 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 -28 472 £82,500 +10.00% 218
South East -21 423 £60,000 - 174
North of England -34 409 £65,000 +18.18% 164
North West -35 213 £65,000 +18.18% 89
Midlands -37 211 £55,000 - 87
South West +2 131 £55,000 -8.33% 64
Yorkshire -32 124 £60,000 +9.09% 48
West Midlands -42 111 £50,000 -14.16% 50
East Midlands -25 100 £60,000 +14.29% 37
East of England -50 85 £63,750 +27.50% 63
North East -8 72 £67,500 +17.39% 33
.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 37 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.65%) IIS
3 20 (1.14%) CMS
4 13 (0.74%) JBoss
4 13 (0.74%) Umbraco
4 13 (0.74%) WebSphere
5 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.46%) Confluence
7 5 (0.29%) ColdFusion
7 5 (0.29%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.23%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.17%) nginx
10 2 (0.11%) Apache
10 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.057%) CICS
11 1 (0.057%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.057%) SAS
11 1 (0.057%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.057%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.057%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.17%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.057%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 31 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.11%) Magento
3 1 (0.057%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.057%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.057%) Endur
3 1 (0.057%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.057%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.057%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.057%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.057%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 776 (44.24%) Azure
2 284 (16.19%) AWS
3 233 (13.28%) SaaS
4 217 (12.37%) Azure DevOps
5 136 (7.75%) Power Platform
6 111 (6.33%) Serverless
7 106 (6.04%) GitHub
8 87 (4.96%) Azure Logic Apps
9 65 (3.71%) PowerApps
10 63 (3.59%) Power Automate
11 62 (3.53%) Azure Functions
12 58 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
13 57 (3.25%) GCP
14 52 (2.96%) Azure Service Bus
15 47 (2.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 41 (2.34%) Azure AKS
16 41 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
17 37 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
18 33 (1.88%) Azure Monitor
19 27 (1.54%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.03%) Internet
2 10 (0.57%) Firewall
3 8 (0.46%) WinSCP
4 5 (0.29%) DNS
5 4 (0.23%) DHCP
5 4 (0.23%) Intranet
6 3 (0.17%) LTE
6 3 (0.17%) VoIP
6 3 (0.17%) VPN
7 2 (0.11%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.11%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.057%) AMQP
8 1 (0.057%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.057%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.057%) HTTP
8 1 (0.057%) Modbus
8 1 (0.057%) MPLS
8 1 (0.057%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 415 (23.66%) SQL Server
2 81 (4.62%) Azure SQL Database
3 77 (4.39%) NoSQL
4 76 (4.33%) Power BI
5 49 (2.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 46 (2.62%) MongoDB
7 43 (2.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 40 (2.28%) Relational Database
9 39 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
10 38 (2.17%) MySQL
11 19 (1.08%) Redis
12 18 (1.03%) DynamoDB
13 15 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
14 13 (0.74%) DB2
15 6 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.34%) GIS
16 5 (0.29%) Data Lake
17 4 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
17 4 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
17 4 (0.23%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 124 (7.07%) Git
2 49 (2.79%) Selenium
3 47 (2.68%) JIRA
4 44 (2.51%) Visual Studio
5 35 (2.00%) Postman
6 28 (1.60%) Team Foundation Server
7 25 (1.43%) WebDriver
8 24 (1.37%) SoapUI
9 19 (1.08%) SpecFlow
9 19 (1.08%) TeamCity
10 18 (1.03%) Jenkins
11 13 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
12 12 (0.68%) NUnit
13 10 (0.57%) Cypress.io
14 8 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 7 (0.40%) LabVIEW
16 6 (0.34%) JMeter
17 5 (0.29%) Bitbucket
18 4 (0.23%) Appium
18 4 (0.23%) MSTest
General
1 336 (19.16%) Social Skills
2 294 (16.76%) Finance
3 80 (4.56%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (3.53%) Law
5 59 (3.36%) Public Sector
6 57 (3.25%) Banking
7 37 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (1.43%) Retail
9 24 (1.37%) Games
9 24 (1.37%) Legal
10 20 (1.14%) Marketing
11 16 (0.91%) Front Office
12 15 (0.86%) Manufacturing
13 14 (0.80%) Aviation
14 11 (0.63%) Electronics
15 10 (0.57%) Aerospace
15 10 (0.57%) Tech for Good
16 9 (0.51%) Automotive
16 9 (0.51%) Military
16 9 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 971 (55.36%) Developer
2 428 (24.40%) Senior
3 409 (23.32%) .NET Developer
4 308 (17.56%) Software Engineer
5 285 (16.25%) Software Developer
6 215 (12.26%) Lead
7 208 (11.86%) C# Developer
8 206 (11.74%) Senior Developer
9 176 (10.03%) Full-Stack Developer
10 143 (8.15%) .NET Software Engineer
11 133 (7.58%) C# .NET Developer
12 123 (7.01%) Senior Software Engineer
13 100 (5.70%) .NET Software Developer
14 85 (4.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 84 (4.79%) Senior .NET Developer
16 83 (4.73%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
17 82 (4.68%) Lead Developer
18 71 (4.05%) C# Software Engineer
19 65 (3.71%) Architect
20 62 (3.53%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 411 (23.43%) .NET Core
2 285 (16.25%) React
3 277 (15.79%) ASP.NET
4 219 (12.49%) .NET Framework
5 213 (12.14%) HTML
6 186 (10.60%) CSS
7 146 (8.32%) REST
8 141 (8.04%) AngularJS
9 125 (7.13%) RESTful
10 96 (5.47%) ASP.NET Core
10 96 (5.47%) Blazor
11 95 (5.42%) Entity Framework
12 93 (5.30%) Node.js
13 78 (4.45%) Vue
14 59 (3.36%) SOAP
15 48 (2.74%) ASP.NET MVC
16 43 (2.45%) ASP.NET Web API
17 38 (2.17%) HTML5
17 38 (2.17%) Middleware
18 36 (2.05%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 149 (8.49%) Cloud Native
2 68 (3.88%) Mobile App
3 62 (3.53%) Product Ownership
4 54 (3.08%) Distributed Systems
5 53 (3.02%) Greenfield Project
5 53 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
6 28 (1.60%) Hedge funds
7 26 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
7 26 (1.48%) Legacy Applications
8 24 (1.37%) Virtual Team
9 19 (1.08%) Low-Code
10 17 (0.97%) Legacy Code
10 17 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 15 (0.86%) Algorithms
11 15 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
11 15 (0.86%) Management Information System
12 14 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 13 (0.74%) DataPower
13 13 (0.74%) Sports Betting
14 12 (0.68%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 85 (4.85%) Windows
2 25 (1.43%) Linux
3 24 (1.37%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.20%) Android
5 19 (1.08%) Apple iOS
6 18 (1.03%) VMS
7 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.17%) Unix
8 3 (0.17%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.057%) Solaris
9 1 (0.057%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 530 (30.22%) Software Engineering
2 516 (29.42%) Agile
3 436 (24.86%) Full-Stack Development
4 401 (22.86%) DevOps
5 383 (21.84%) CI/CD
6 275 (15.68%) Microservices
7 248 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
8 216 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 170 (9.69%) Mentoring
10 153 (8.72%) AI
11 148 (8.44%) SDLC
12 140 (7.98%) Test Automation
13 137 (7.81%) Clean Code
14 124 (7.07%) Containerisation
15 123 (7.01%) Scrum
16 119 (6.78%) MVC
17 116 (6.61%) User Experience
18 113 (6.44%) Technical Leadership
19 101 (5.76%) TDD
20 94 (5.36%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1,205 (68.70%) C#
2 548 (31.24%) SQL
3 389 (22.18%) JavaScript
4 206 (11.74%) TypeScript
5 162 (9.24%) Java
6 146 (8.32%) Python
7 61 (3.48%) PowerShell
8 45 (2.57%) C++
9 33 (1.88%) Bicep
9 33 (1.88%) T-SQL
10 32 (1.82%) PHP
11 30 (1.71%) VB.NET
12 20 (1.14%) Apex Code
13 15 (0.86%) C
13 15 (0.86%) Go
14 12 (0.68%) Bash
14 12 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
14 12 (0.68%) PL/SQL
15 9 (0.51%) VB
15 9 (0.51%) VBA
Qualifications
1 184 (10.49%) Degree
2 64 (3.65%) Security Cleared
3 52 (2.96%) SC Cleared
4 46 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (1.54%) ISTQB
6 19 (1.08%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (1.03%) AWS Certification
8 15 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (0.74%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.63%) AWS Certified Developer
11 8 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 7 (0.40%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.40%) ISEB
13 6 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.29%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (5.76%) QA
2 46 (2.62%) Accessibility
3 13 (0.74%) GDPR
4 12 (0.68%) WCAG
5 11 (0.63%) Data Quality
6 9 (0.51%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.40%) SLA
8 5 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.11%) ITGC
12 1 (0.057%) NCSC
12 1 (0.057%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 158 (9.01%) Docker
2 15 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.46%) Firmware
4 4 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.057%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.057%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 134 (7.64%) Kubernetes
2 93 (5.30%) Terraform
3 15 (0.86%) Grafana
4 10 (0.57%) Ansible
5 7 (0.40%) Kibana
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.11%) MIIS
7 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.057%) Argo
8 1 (0.057%) CASB
8 1 (0.057%) Consul
8 1 (0.057%) Control-M
8 1 (0.057%) Packer
8 1 (0.057%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.057%) Puppet
Vendors
1 317 (18.07%) Microsoft
2 32 (1.82%) Salesforce
3 26 (1.48%) Xamarin
4 21 (1.20%) Google
5 17 (0.97%) MuleSoft
6 14 (0.80%) Adobe
6 14 (0.80%) Oracle
7 12 (0.68%) ServiceNow
8 10 (0.57%) Sage
9 9 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.51%) New Relic
10 7 (0.40%) Databricks
11 6 (0.34%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.34%) Telerik
11 6 (0.34%) VMware
12 5 (0.29%) Apple
12 5 (0.29%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.29%) IBM
12 5 (0.29%) iManage
12 5 (0.29%) Intapp