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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 61 25
Rank change year-on-year +10 -36 0
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,659 1,776 4,504
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.74% 4.05% 6.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 24.80% 22.06% 30.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,348 1,326 3,362
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
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 £97,500 £102,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 10,723 8,049 14,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.03% 18.35% 20.79%
Number of salaries quoted 7,974 5,390 10,428
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £39,380
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £68,525 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% +5.42% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +3.85% -3.70%

.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 August 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 August 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 +38 705 £60,000 +4.35% 164
North of England +3 616 £57,500 -4.17% 145
London -25 538 £80,000 - 358
Midlands +21 346 £58,250 +5.91% 95
North West -13 270 £60,000 - 88
East of England +33 219 £65,000 +26.83% 61
South West +9 209 £55,000 +4.76% 58
North East +4 184 £57,000 +34.12% 25
West Midlands -3 183 £60,000 +9.09% 44
East Midlands +42 163 £55,000 - 50
Yorkshire +6 162 £55,000 -8.33% 34
.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 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 44 (1.65%) IIS
3 31 (1.17%) CMS
4 24 (0.90%) Confluence
5 16 (0.60%) ColdFusion
6 14 (0.53%) Umbraco
7 9 (0.34%) WordPress
8 8 (0.30%) nginx
8 8 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.26%) Apache
10 5 (0.19%) CICS
10 5 (0.19%) EPiServer
10 5 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.15%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.11%) GeoServer
12 3 (0.11%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.11%) Kentico
12 3 (0.11%) NServiceBus
12 3 (0.11%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 10 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.038%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.038%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.49%) Elite 3E
3 5 (0.19%) Shopify
4 4 (0.15%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
5 3 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.11%) Magento
5 3 (0.11%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.11%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.075%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.075%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.038%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.038%) Eikon
7 1 (0.038%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.038%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.038%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.038%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 1,403 (52.76%) Azure
2 466 (17.53%) Azure DevOps
3 464 (17.45%) AWS
4 251 (9.44%) GitHub
5 200 (7.52%) SaaS
6 192 (7.22%) Power Platform
7 171 (6.43%) Azure AI
8 166 (6.24%) GitHub Copilot
9 139 (5.23%) Serverless
10 123 (4.63%) Power Automate
11 111 (4.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 106 (3.99%) Azure Logic Apps
13 105 (3.95%) PowerApps
14 101 (3.80%) Azure Service Bus
15 99 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
16 78 (2.93%) Azure Functions
17 76 (2.86%) GCP
18 68 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
19 55 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
19 55 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 94 (3.54%) Internet
2 12 (0.45%) Firewall
3 9 (0.34%) HTTP
3 9 (0.34%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.26%) Hyperconnected
5 6 (0.23%) SNMP
6 5 (0.19%) DHCP
6 5 (0.19%) DNS
6 5 (0.19%) LAN
6 5 (0.19%) VLAN
6 5 (0.19%) WAN
7 4 (0.15%) Intranet
7 4 (0.15%) Wireless
8 3 (0.11%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.11%) Modbus
8 3 (0.11%) RS-232
9 2 (0.075%) LTE
10 1 (0.038%) Profibus
10 1 (0.038%) SSL
10 1 (0.038%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 559 (21.02%) SQL Server
2 496 (18.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 426 (16.02%) MongoDB
4 164 (6.17%) Elasticsearch
5 117 (4.40%) Power BI
6 81 (3.05%) Relational Database
7 80 (3.01%) MySQL
8 74 (2.78%) NoSQL
9 65 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
10 32 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 30 (1.13%) Redis
12 27 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 22 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (0.45%) DynamoDB
14 12 (0.45%) GIS
15 11 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
15 11 (0.41%) NonStop SQL
16 10 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
16 10 (0.38%) SQLite
17 9 (0.34%) Db2
Development Applications
1 211 (7.94%) Git
2 48 (1.81%) JIRA
3 39 (1.47%) Jenkins
4 32 (1.20%) Visual Studio
5 31 (1.17%) Claude Code
6 29 (1.09%) NUnit
7 25 (0.94%) GitLab
8 23 (0.86%) Selenium
9 21 (0.79%) Postman
10 16 (0.60%) TeamCity
11 13 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
12 12 (0.45%) Bitbucket
13 10 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
14 9 (0.34%) Cypress.io
15 8 (0.30%) Jasmine
15 8 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
16 7 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 7 (0.26%) Moq
16 7 (0.26%) MSI
16 7 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 432 (16.25%) Social Skills
2 395 (14.86%) Finance
3 145 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (3.46%) Public Sector
4 92 (3.46%) Retail
5 74 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 72 (2.71%) Law
7 65 (2.44%) Games
8 62 (2.33%) Advertising
9 61 (2.29%) Legal
10 56 (2.11%) Marketing
11 55 (2.07%) Manufacturing
12 28 (1.05%) Aerospace
13 25 (0.94%) Banking
14 24 (0.90%) Automotive
15 19 (0.71%) Electronics
15 19 (0.71%) Front Office
16 13 (0.49%) Back Office
16 13 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (0.41%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1,598 (60.10%) Developer
2 945 (35.54%) .NET Developer
3 484 (18.20%) Senior
4 399 (15.01%) Software Engineer
5 315 (11.85%) Software Developer
6 309 (11.62%) Lead
7 253 (9.51%) Senior Developer
8 209 (7.86%) C# Developer
9 188 (7.07%) Full-Stack Developer
10 157 (5.90%) C# .NET Developer
11 154 (5.79%) C# Software Engineer
12 144 (5.42%) .NET Software Engineer
12 144 (5.42%) Lead Developer
12 144 (5.42%) Senior Software Engineer
13 117 (4.40%) .NET Software Developer
14 115 (4.32%) Senior .NET Developer
15 112 (4.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 96 (3.61%) Architect
17 91 (3.42%) Web Developer
18 78 (2.93%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 791 (29.75%) .NET Core
2 772 (29.03%) ASP.NET
3 588 (22.11%) ASP.NET Core
4 452 (17.00%) React
5 383 (14.40%) HTML
6 380 (14.29%) CSS
7 328 (12.34%) AngularJS
8 300 (11.28%) Entity Framework
9 297 (11.17%) Blazor
9 297 (11.17%) RESTful
10 287 (10.79%) .NET Framework
11 266 (10.00%) Vue
12 263 (9.89%) Node.js
13 223 (8.39%) ASP.NET Web API
14 220 (8.27%) REST
15 145 (5.45%) ML.NET
16 135 (5.08%) Terraform
17 109 (4.10%) LINQ
18 81 (3.05%) JSON
19 78 (2.93%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 182 (6.84%) Cloud Native
2 151 (5.68%) Greenfield Project
3 142 (5.34%) Enterprise Software
4 129 (4.85%) Distributed Systems
5 102 (3.84%) Product Ownership
6 71 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
7 63 (2.37%) Mobile App
8 42 (1.58%) Legacy Applications
9 41 (1.54%) AI Agents
10 40 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
11 33 (1.24%) Onboarding
12 32 (1.20%) Management Information System
13 29 (1.09%) Legacy Code
14 24 (0.90%) Hedge funds
15 22 (0.83%) Low-Code
16 20 (0.75%) Digital TV
17 19 (0.71%) Algorithms
18 18 (0.68%) Client/Server
19 17 (0.64%) Data Structures
19 17 (0.64%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 110 (4.14%) Windows
2 38 (1.43%) Linux
3 35 (1.32%) Windows Server
4 30 (1.13%) Android
5 4 (0.15%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.15%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.11%) VMS
6 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.038%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.038%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 941 (35.39%) Full-Stack Development
2 868 (32.64%) Agile
3 700 (26.33%) DevOps
4 693 (26.06%) CI/CD
5 692 (26.02%) Software Engineering
6 473 (17.79%) Microservices
7 434 (16.32%) AI
8 381 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
9 281 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
10 271 (10.19%) Mentoring
11 223 (8.39%) SDLC
12 212 (7.97%) Machine Learning
13 204 (7.67%) Test Automation
14 185 (6.96%) Scrum
15 180 (6.77%) Technical Leadership
16 174 (6.54%) Multithreading
17 173 (6.51%) Infrastructure as Code
18 167 (6.28%) TDD
19 155 (5.83%) Code Quality
20 154 (5.79%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2,023 (76.08%) C#
2 1,018 (38.29%) SQL
3 598 (22.49%) JavaScript
4 374 (14.07%) TypeScript
5 235 (8.84%) Python
6 169 (6.36%) Java
7 94 (3.54%) C++
8 78 (2.93%) PowerShell
9 67 (2.52%) PHP
10 65 (2.44%) T-SQL
10 65 (2.44%) VB.NET
11 43 (1.62%) Bicep
12 28 (1.05%) C
13 25 (0.94%) Bash
14 19 (0.71%) Go
14 19 (0.71%) VB
15 15 (0.56%) COBOL
15 15 (0.56%) VBA
16 11 (0.41%) JCL
17 9 (0.34%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 239 (8.99%) Degree
2 116 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 103 (3.87%) Security Cleared
4 83 (3.12%) SC Cleared
5 23 (0.86%) Azure Certification
6 19 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (0.68%) AWS Certification
8 16 (0.60%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.26%) AWS Certified Developer
11 6 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.19%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.19%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.15%) MBA
14 3 (0.11%) ICAEW
14 3 (0.11%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.11%) OCP
14 3 (0.11%) Oracle Certification
14 3 (0.11%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (5.98%) QA
2 72 (2.71%) Accessibility
3 25 (0.94%) Data Quality
4 18 (0.68%) GDPR
5 17 (0.64%) WCAG
6 8 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.30%) NCSC
7 3 (0.11%) NIST
8 2 (0.075%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.075%) SLA
9 1 (0.038%) Basel III
9 1 (0.038%) GRC
9 1 (0.038%) ITGC
System Software
1 334 (12.56%) Docker
2 20 (0.75%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.34%) Firmware
5 6 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 304 (11.43%) Kubernetes
2 15 (0.56%) Grafana
2 15 (0.56%) Prometheus
3 13 (0.49%) Ansible
4 2 (0.075%) MIIS
5 1 (0.038%) Argo
5 1 (0.038%) Consul
5 1 (0.038%) Control-M
5 1 (0.038%) MOM
5 1 (0.038%) Packer
5 1 (0.038%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.038%) Puppet
Vendors
1 951 (35.77%) Microsoft
2 75 (2.82%) Google
3 55 (2.07%) Facebook
4 45 (1.69%) Oracle
5 33 (1.24%) OpenAI
6 29 (1.09%) Adobe
7 21 (0.79%) YouTube
8 19 (0.71%) Salesforce
9 15 (0.56%) Databricks
10 13 (0.49%) VMware
11 12 (0.45%) iManage
11 12 (0.45%) Xamarin
12 11 (0.41%) Apple
12 11 (0.41%) Sony
12 11 (0.41%) Yahoo!
13 10 (0.38%) Intapp
13 10 (0.38%) ServiceNow
14 9 (0.34%) Sage
14 9 (0.34%) SAP
15 8 (0.30%) Splunk