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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 58 25
Rank change year-on-year +6 -33 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,540 1,903 5,367
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.86% 4.40% 6.64%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 27.48% 24.03% 34.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,297 1,425 4,411
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £101,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £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 9,243 7,919 15,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.39% 18.30% 18.98%
Number of salaries quoted 7,075 5,348 12,046
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -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 23 July 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 23 July 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 +22 668 £57,500 - 146
North of England +5 585 £57,500 -4.17% 143
London -21 546 £80,000 - 218
Midlands +8 324 £55,000 - 70
North West -5 275 £60,000 +1.69% 71
South West +15 199 £52,500 - 40
East of England +30 197 £65,000 +26.83% 60
West Midlands -16 172 £60,000 +9.09% 32
Yorkshire +14 155 £57,500 -11.54% 34
North East 0 155 £56,500 +18.95% 41
East Midlands +28 152 £55,000 - 38
.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 67 (2.64%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.34%) IIS
3 30 (1.18%) CMS
4 21 (0.83%) Confluence
5 16 (0.63%) ColdFusion
6 15 (0.59%) Umbraco
7 8 (0.31%) nginx
7 8 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
7 8 (0.31%) WordPress
8 7 (0.28%) Apache
9 5 (0.20%) NServiceBus
9 5 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.16%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.16%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.16%) JBoss
11 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.12%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.12%) Immediacy CMS
11 3 (0.12%) Kentico
11 3 (0.12%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 8 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.20%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.039%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.20%) Shopify
3 4 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.16%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.12%) Magento
5 2 (0.079%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.079%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.079%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.079%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.079%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.039%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.039%) Eikon
6 1 (0.039%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.039%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.039%) RMDS
6 1 (0.039%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 1,337 (52.64%) Azure
2 406 (15.98%) Azure DevOps
3 403 (15.87%) AWS
4 222 (8.74%) GitHub
5 207 (8.15%) SaaS
6 173 (6.81%) Power Platform
7 164 (6.46%) Azure AI
8 155 (6.10%) GitHub Copilot
9 133 (5.24%) Serverless
10 115 (4.53%) Azure Logic Apps
11 109 (4.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 109 (4.29%) Power Automate
12 100 (3.94%) PowerApps
13 91 (3.58%) Azure Service Bus
14 87 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
15 77 (3.03%) Azure Functions
16 63 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
17 61 (2.40%) GCP
18 56 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
19 53 (2.09%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 91 (3.58%) Internet
2 9 (0.35%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.31%) Firewall
4 7 (0.28%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.20%) DHCP
5 5 (0.20%) DNS
5 5 (0.20%) LAN
5 5 (0.20%) WAN
6 4 (0.16%) Intranet
6 4 (0.16%) LTE
7 3 (0.12%) HTTP
7 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.12%) RS-232
8 2 (0.079%) Modbus
8 2 (0.079%) SNMP
9 1 (0.039%) AMQP
9 1 (0.039%) Network Security
9 1 (0.039%) Profibus
9 1 (0.039%) VLAN
9 1 (0.039%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 495 (19.49%) SQL Server
2 491 (19.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 421 (16.57%) MongoDB
4 159 (6.26%) Elasticsearch
5 110 (4.33%) Power BI
6 64 (2.52%) NoSQL
7 63 (2.48%) MySQL
8 47 (1.85%) Relational Database
9 40 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
10 36 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 35 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 23 (0.91%) Redis
13 17 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (0.43%) Db2
14 11 (0.43%) DynamoDB
14 11 (0.43%) GIS
14 11 (0.43%) NonStop SQL
15 10 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
16 8 (0.31%) Big Data
16 8 (0.31%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 158 (6.22%) Git
2 43 (1.69%) JIRA
3 26 (1.02%) Visual Studio
4 24 (0.94%) Selenium
5 21 (0.83%) Claude Code
5 21 (0.83%) Postman
6 20 (0.79%) Jenkins
7 18 (0.71%) GitLab
8 16 (0.63%) NUnit
9 12 (0.47%) SpecFlow
10 8 (0.31%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
11 7 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.28%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.28%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.28%) Moq
11 7 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
11 7 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 7 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (0.24%) WebDriver
General
1 384 (15.12%) Finance
2 368 (14.49%) Social Skills
3 110 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (3.35%) Retail
5 66 (2.60%) Public Sector
6 60 (2.36%) Advertising
7 56 (2.20%) Games
8 54 (2.13%) Legal
9 53 (2.09%) Marketing
10 51 (2.01%) Law
11 47 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 47 (1.85%) Manufacturing
12 34 (1.34%) Banking
13 31 (1.22%) Aerospace
14 25 (0.98%) Automotive
15 19 (0.75%) Electronics
16 14 (0.55%) Front Office
17 13 (0.51%) Back Office
17 13 (0.51%) Legal Technology
18 11 (0.43%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 1,568 (61.73%) Developer
2 933 (36.73%) .NET Developer
3 481 (18.94%) Senior
4 406 (15.98%) Software Engineer
5 321 (12.64%) Software Developer
6 281 (11.06%) Lead
7 243 (9.57%) Senior Developer
8 207 (8.15%) C# Developer
9 191 (7.52%) Full-Stack Developer
10 170 (6.69%) .NET Software Engineer
11 164 (6.46%) C# .NET Developer
12 150 (5.91%) C# Software Engineer
13 148 (5.83%) Senior Software Engineer
14 136 (5.35%) Lead Developer
15 120 (4.72%) .NET Software Developer
16 112 (4.41%) Senior .NET Developer
17 107 (4.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 90 (3.54%) Architect
19 88 (3.46%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
20 87 (3.43%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 770 (30.31%) .NET Core
2 727 (28.62%) ASP.NET
3 565 (22.24%) ASP.NET Core
4 421 (16.57%) React
5 364 (14.33%) CSS
5 364 (14.33%) HTML
6 315 (12.40%) AngularJS
7 281 (11.06%) Blazor
8 276 (10.87%) Entity Framework
9 271 (10.67%) RESTful
10 266 (10.47%) .NET Framework
11 257 (10.12%) Vue
12 247 (9.72%) Node.js
13 211 (8.31%) ASP.NET Web API
14 197 (7.76%) REST
15 143 (5.63%) ML.NET
16 110 (4.33%) LINQ
17 79 (3.11%) JSON
18 66 (2.60%) jQuery
19 53 (2.09%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 158 (6.22%) Cloud Native
2 154 (6.06%) Greenfield Project
3 106 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
4 101 (3.98%) Enterprise Software
5 90 (3.54%) Product Ownership
6 68 (2.68%) Mobile App
7 56 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
8 29 (1.14%) Hedge funds
8 29 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
9 28 (1.10%) Legacy Code
10 27 (1.06%) AI Agents
11 26 (1.02%) Onboarding
12 23 (0.91%) Management Information System
13 21 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (0.79%) Digital TV
15 19 (0.75%) Low-Code
16 17 (0.67%) iPhone
17 16 (0.63%) Algorithms
17 16 (0.63%) Client/Server
18 14 (0.55%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 95 (3.74%) Windows
2 30 (1.18%) Android
2 30 (1.18%) Linux
2 30 (1.18%) Windows Server
3 11 (0.43%) VMS
4 6 (0.24%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.079%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.039%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 931 (36.65%) Full-Stack Development
2 826 (32.52%) Agile
3 649 (25.55%) Software Engineering
4 622 (24.49%) DevOps
5 619 (24.37%) CI/CD
6 451 (17.76%) Microservices
7 405 (15.94%) AI
8 309 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
9 249 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 237 (9.33%) Mentoring
11 204 (8.03%) Machine Learning
12 202 (7.95%) SDLC
13 186 (7.32%) Test Automation
14 174 (6.85%) Scrum
15 169 (6.65%) Multithreading
16 164 (6.46%) TDD
17 155 (6.10%) Technical Leadership
18 141 (5.55%) Infrastructure as Code
19 138 (5.43%) Fintech
20 137 (5.39%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1,920 (75.59%) C#
2 983 (38.70%) SQL
3 569 (22.40%) JavaScript
4 371 (14.61%) TypeScript
5 216 (8.50%) Python
6 153 (6.02%) Java
7 88 (3.46%) C++
8 82 (3.23%) PowerShell
9 62 (2.44%) PHP
10 54 (2.13%) T-SQL
11 51 (2.01%) VB.NET
12 45 (1.77%) Bicep
13 27 (1.06%) C
14 23 (0.91%) Bash
15 18 (0.71%) VB
16 14 (0.55%) PL/SQL
17 13 (0.51%) Go
18 12 (0.47%) Apex Code
19 10 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
19 10 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 216 (8.50%) Degree
2 104 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 82 (3.23%) Security Cleared
4 64 (2.52%) SC Cleared
5 19 (0.75%) Azure Certification
6 17 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (0.59%) AWS Certification
8 10 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (0.39%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (0.20%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.16%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.16%) MBA
13 3 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.12%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.12%) PhD
13 3 (0.12%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.079%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (5.39%) QA
2 66 (2.60%) Accessibility
3 22 (0.87%) Data Quality
4 20 (0.79%) GDPR
5 16 (0.63%) WCAG
6 10 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.31%) SLA
8 7 (0.28%) NCSC
9 4 (0.16%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.079%) ITGC
11 2 (0.079%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 309 (12.17%) Docker
2 14 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.43%) Firmware
4 8 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 294 (11.57%) Kubernetes
2 115 (4.53%) Terraform
3 12 (0.47%) Grafana
4 11 (0.43%) Prometheus
5 9 (0.35%) Ansible
6 2 (0.079%) MIIS
7 1 (0.039%) Consul
7 1 (0.039%) Control-M
7 1 (0.039%) MOM
7 1 (0.039%) Packer
7 1 (0.039%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.039%) Puppet
Vendors
1 885 (34.84%) Microsoft
2 69 (2.72%) Google
3 54 (2.13%) Facebook
4 38 (1.50%) Oracle
5 31 (1.22%) OpenAI
6 29 (1.14%) Adobe
7 27 (1.06%) Salesforce
8 21 (0.83%) YouTube
9 18 (0.71%) Xamarin
10 14 (0.55%) ServiceNow
11 12 (0.47%) Databricks
11 12 (0.47%) iManage
12 11 (0.43%) Apple
12 11 (0.43%) Sony
12 11 (0.43%) Yahoo!
13 10 (0.39%) Intapp
14 9 (0.35%) VMware
15 8 (0.31%) Aderant
15 8 (0.31%) MuleSoft
15 8 (0.31%) Splunk