.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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 33 24
Rank change year-on-year -47 -9 +1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,409 2,944 3,561
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.70% 5.92% 7.81%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 22.65% 27.47% 31.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,254 1,984 3,212
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,038 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.06% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +4.17%

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 6,220 10,716 11,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.93% 21.56% 24.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,793 6,372 9,541
10th Percentile £35,854 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 29 December 2025.

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 29 December 2025. 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 -33 394 £80,000 +4.92% 472
North of England -34 331 £61,000 +10.91% 601
South East -40 330 £60,000 - 586
Midlands -44 183 £57,500 +2.22% 372
North West -32 168 £65,000 +16.85% 332
West Midlands -32 119 £52,500 -8.70% 180
Yorkshire -30 112 £57,500 +9.52% 204
South West -63 81 £54,500 -5.22% 203
East Midlands -52 64 £65,000 +30.00% 174
East of England -63 62 £60,000 +20.00% 285
North East -11 51 £50,000 -23.08% 66
.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 49 (3.48%) IIS
2 29 (2.06%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.56%) CMS
4 17 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (0.92%) Confluence
6 10 (0.71%) JBoss
6 10 (0.71%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.57%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.28%) nginx
10 3 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.21%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.071%) Apache
12 1 (0.071%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.071%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.071%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.071%) Kentico
12 1 (0.071%) SAS
12 1 (0.071%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.21%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.14%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (0.14%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.071%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.071%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 49 (3.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.35%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 3 (0.21%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.14%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.14%) ION Anvil
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.071%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.071%) Endur
5 1 (0.071%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.071%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 787 (55.86%) Azure
2 325 (23.07%) AWS
3 231 (16.39%) Azure DevOps
4 185 (13.13%) SaaS
5 123 (8.73%) Power Platform
6 104 (7.38%) GitHub
7 102 (7.24%) Serverless
8 83 (5.89%) GCP
9 68 (4.83%) Power Automate
10 57 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
11 54 (3.83%) Azure Logic Apps
12 53 (3.76%) Azure Service Bus
12 53 (3.76%) PowerApps
13 51 (3.62%) Azure Functions
14 43 (3.05%) Entra ID
15 41 (2.91%) GitHub Actions
16 37 (2.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 32 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
18 25 (1.77%) PaaS
19 24 (1.70%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.06%) DNS
2 13 (0.92%) DHCP
3 11 (0.78%) Firewall
3 11 (0.78%) Internet
3 11 (0.78%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.78%) VoIP
4 9 (0.64%) VPN
5 6 (0.43%) SAN
5 6 (0.43%) WinSCP
6 5 (0.35%) HTTP
7 4 (0.28%) LAN
7 4 (0.28%) SSL
7 4 (0.28%) WAN
8 3 (0.21%) Intranet
9 2 (0.14%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.14%) FIX Connectivity
9 2 (0.14%) NAS
9 2 (0.14%) VLAN
10 1 (0.071%) IPv6
10 1 (0.071%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 395 (28.03%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.82%) NoSQL
3 69 (4.90%) MongoDB
4 65 (4.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 61 (4.33%) MySQL
6 49 (3.48%) Relational Database
7 48 (3.41%) Power BI
8 47 (3.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 44 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
9 44 (3.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 26 (1.85%) DynamoDB
11 22 (1.56%) Redis
12 20 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.64%) Tableau
15 7 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
16 6 (0.43%) NonStop SQL
17 5 (0.35%) Crystal Reports
17 5 (0.35%) RDBMS
18 4 (0.28%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 147 (10.43%) Git
2 69 (4.90%) JIRA
3 47 (3.34%) Selenium
4 42 (2.98%) Team Foundation Server
5 40 (2.84%) Postman
6 34 (2.41%) Visual Studio
7 32 (2.27%) SoapUI
8 30 (2.13%) WebDriver
9 24 (1.70%) Jenkins
10 21 (1.49%) TeamCity
11 18 (1.28%) Octopus Deploy
12 12 (0.85%) Storybook
13 11 (0.78%) GitLab
14 9 (0.64%) NUnit
14 9 (0.64%) SpecFlow
15 8 (0.57%) MSTest
16 6 (0.43%) git-flow
17 5 (0.35%) Bitbucket
18 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
19 3 (0.21%) JMeter
General
1 355 (25.20%) Social Skills
2 262 (18.59%) Finance
3 71 (5.04%) Law
4 57 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (3.05%) Public Sector
6 42 (2.98%) Banking
7 35 (2.48%) Legal
8 33 (2.34%) Retail
9 27 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (1.42%) Front Office
10 20 (1.42%) Marketing
11 18 (1.28%) Billing
12 17 (1.21%) Games
13 14 (0.99%) Aviation
13 14 (0.99%) Manufacturing
14 13 (0.92%) Back Office
14 13 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (0.78%) Automotive
16 9 (0.64%) Publishing
17 8 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 788 (55.93%) Developer
2 315 (22.36%) Senior
3 309 (21.93%) .NET Developer
4 204 (14.48%) Software Developer
5 192 (13.63%) Software Engineer
6 179 (12.70%) Lead
7 166 (11.78%) Senior Developer
8 164 (11.64%) C# Developer
9 142 (10.08%) Full-Stack Developer
10 71 (5.04%) .NET Software Engineer
11 70 (4.97%) .NET Software Developer
12 66 (4.68%) C# .NET Developer
12 66 (4.68%) Senior Software Engineer
13 62 (4.40%) Senior .NET Developer
14 57 (4.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 56 (3.97%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 56 (3.97%) Lead Developer
16 52 (3.69%) Analyst
17 42 (2.98%) Engineering Manager
18 41 (2.91%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 329 (23.35%) .NET Core
2 310 (22.00%) React
3 254 (18.03%) ASP.NET
4 231 (16.39%) .NET Framework
5 203 (14.41%) HTML
6 176 (12.49%) AngularJS
7 174 (12.35%) CSS
8 130 (9.23%) RESTful
9 113 (8.02%) REST
10 110 (7.81%) Entity Framework
11 94 (6.67%) Blazor
12 77 (5.46%) ASP.NET MVC
13 76 (5.39%) Vue
14 75 (5.32%) Node.js
15 66 (4.68%) ASP.NET Web API
16 65 (4.61%) ASP.NET Core
17 54 (3.83%) SOAP
18 45 (3.19%) HTML5
19 40 (2.84%) Web Services
20 33 (2.34%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 153 (10.86%) Cloud Native
2 74 (5.25%) Product Ownership
3 56 (3.97%) Mobile App
4 52 (3.69%) Distributed Systems
5 46 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
6 38 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
7 30 (2.13%) Onboarding
8 27 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
8 27 (1.92%) Virtual Team
9 25 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 18 (1.28%) AI Agents
12 17 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
13 14 (0.99%) Client/Server
13 14 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
14 12 (0.85%) Hedge funds
15 11 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
15 11 (0.78%) Fixed Income
16 10 (0.71%) Clustering
16 10 (0.71%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 78 (5.54%) Windows
2 27 (1.92%) Linux
2 27 (1.92%) Windows Server
3 25 (1.77%) Android
3 25 (1.77%) Apple iOS
4 11 (0.78%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.50%) VMS
5 7 (0.50%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.28%) Unix
7 2 (0.14%) Solaris
7 2 (0.14%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.071%) Fedora
8 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 587 (41.66%) Agile
2 420 (29.81%) DevOps
3 411 (29.17%) CI/CD
4 402 (28.53%) Software Engineering
5 358 (25.41%) Full-Stack Development
6 285 (20.23%) Problem-Solving
7 272 (19.30%) Microservices
8 226 (16.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 184 (13.06%) Mentoring
10 153 (10.86%) Scrum
11 142 (10.08%) MVC
12 141 (10.01%) AI
13 138 (9.79%) Clean Code
14 132 (9.37%) User Experience
15 121 (8.59%) SDLC
16 116 (8.23%) Computer Science
17 109 (7.74%) TDD
18 108 (7.67%) Containerisation
19 106 (7.52%) Test Automation
20 102 (7.24%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,013 (71.89%) C#
2 477 (33.85%) SQL
3 395 (28.03%) JavaScript
4 234 (16.61%) TypeScript
5 159 (11.28%) Java
6 116 (8.23%) Python
7 58 (4.12%) PowerShell
8 38 (2.70%) T-SQL
9 36 (2.56%) C++
10 34 (2.41%) PHP
10 34 (2.41%) VB.NET
11 27 (1.92%) Bicep
12 19 (1.35%) Bash
13 14 (0.99%) Rust
14 11 (0.78%) Go
15 8 (0.57%) XAML
16 7 (0.50%) Apex Code
17 6 (0.43%) C
17 6 (0.43%) VB
18 5 (0.35%) Swift
Qualifications
1 217 (15.40%) Degree
2 78 (5.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (2.84%) ISTQB
4 37 (2.63%) Security Cleared
5 32 (2.27%) SC Cleared
6 30 (2.13%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 17 (1.21%) AWS Certification
7 17 (1.21%) Master's Degree
8 16 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.78%) AWS Certified Developer
11 10 (0.71%) ISEB
12 9 (0.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 8 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.43%) HND
15 5 (0.35%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.35%) MCSE
16 4 (0.28%) MCSA
17 3 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
18 2 (0.14%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (6.46%) QA
2 38 (2.70%) Accessibility
3 17 (1.21%) GDPR
4 13 (0.92%) WCAG
5 4 (0.28%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.28%) GRC
6 3 (0.21%) HL7
6 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.21%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.21%) SLA
7 1 (0.071%) COBIT
7 1 (0.071%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.071%) SOC 2
System Software
1 149 (10.57%) Docker
2 30 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.14%) vSphere
5 1 (0.071%) Firmware
5 1 (0.071%) HDFS
5 1 (0.071%) Squid
Systems Management
1 106 (7.52%) Kubernetes
2 98 (6.96%) Terraform
3 15 (1.06%) Grafana
4 10 (0.71%) Ansible
4 10 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.43%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.21%) Kibana
7 2 (0.14%) Argo
7 2 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.071%) CASB
8 1 (0.071%) Control-M
8 1 (0.071%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 312 (22.14%) Microsoft
2 27 (1.92%) Salesforce
3 25 (1.77%) Xamarin
4 24 (1.70%) Oracle
5 17 (1.21%) Google
6 13 (0.92%) MuleSoft
6 13 (0.92%) Sage
7 12 (0.85%) Databricks
7 12 (0.85%) Guidewire
8 11 (0.78%) Telerik
9 10 (0.71%) New Relic
10 9 (0.64%) Apple
11 8 (0.57%) Adobe
11 8 (0.57%) DevExpress
12 7 (0.50%) Datto
12 7 (0.50%) Dynatrace
12 7 (0.50%) Freshdesk
12 7 (0.50%) OpenAI
12 7 (0.50%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.50%) Syncfusion