.NET Developer
UK

The median .NET Developer salary in the UK is £58,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 198 162
Rank change year-on-year +94 -36 -83
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 2,532 1,999 3,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.58% 1.91% 2.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.73% 2.09% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,429 1,799 3,057
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,400 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

.NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured .NET Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for .NET Developer in the UK

.NET Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing .NET Developer.

Salary trend for .NET Developer in the UK

.NET Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Developer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for .NET Developer in the UK

.NET Developer
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +104 2,373 £60,000 - 425
UK excluding London +84 1,997 £55,000 - 339
Work from Home +53 1,426 £55,000 -8.33% 394
North of England +108 584 £55,000 +2.33% 103
South East +61 568 £57,500 - 82
London +37 492 £70,000 -6.67% 114
North West +86 317 £51,750 -5.91% 57
Midlands +110 262 £50,000 -5.66% 62
South West +36 245 £55,000 +10.00% 38
East of England +83 219 £60,000 +9.09% 32
Yorkshire +94 175 £55,000 +2.33% 32
West Midlands +93 140 £52,500 -6.67% 33
East Midlands +50 125 £50,000 -4.76% 29
North East +55 92 £60,000 +33.33% 17
Scotland -65 59 £55,000 +4.76% 13
Wales +20 36 £55,000 +22.22% 18
Northern Ireland +15 26 £45,000 +5.88% 5
Channel Islands - 1 £57,500 -

.NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, .NET Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring .NET Developer in the job title.

1 2,532 (100.00%) .NET
2 2,199 (86.85%) C#
3 1,753 (69.23%) Azure
4 1,509 (59.60%) JavaScript
5 1,403 (55.41%) Agile
6 1,387 (54.78%) Full Stack Development
7 1,227 (48.46%) ASP.NET
8 1,179 (46.56%) SQL Server
9 1,169 (46.17%) .NET Core
10 1,055 (41.67%) AngularJS
11 1,053 (41.59%) MVC
12 966 (38.15%) Microsoft
13 889 (35.11%) ASP.NET Web API
14 847 (33.45%) Microservices
15 844 (33.33%) .NET Framework
16 797 (31.48%) ASP.NET MVC
17 762 (30.09%) Entity Framework
18 750 (29.62%) HTML
19 714 (28.20%) SQL
20 670 (26.46%) React
21 576 (22.75%) TDD
22 544 (21.48%) CSS
23 524 (20.70%) TypeScript
24 522 (20.62%) AWS
25 502 (19.83%) Vue
26 466 (18.40%) HTML5
27 412 (16.27%) DevOps
28 390 (15.40%) BDD
29 388 (15.32%) RESTful
30 370 (14.61%) Scrum

.NET Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 103 (4.07%) CMS
2 73 (2.88%) Umbraco
3 70 (2.76%) IIS
4 50 (1.97%) Kentico
5 45 (1.78%) Sitecore CMS
6 40 (1.58%) Headless CMS
7 21 (0.83%) SharePoint
8 12 (0.47%) EPiServer
9 7 (0.28%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.24%) DNN
10 6 (0.24%) Immediacy CMS
10 6 (0.24%) Sitefinity
11 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
12 3 (0.12%) Confluence
12 3 (0.12%) SharePoint 2010
12 3 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
13 2 (0.079%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.079%) WordPress
14 1 (0.039%) Apache Airflow
14 1 (0.039%) concrete5
Applications
1 32 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.079%) S-PLUS
5 1 (0.039%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.039%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.039%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 16 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
2 7 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.12%) Maximo
5 1 (0.039%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.039%) Endur
5 1 (0.039%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.039%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.039%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,753 (69.23%) Azure
2 522 (20.62%) AWS
3 244 (9.64%) Azure DevOps
4 120 (4.74%) GCP
5 64 (2.53%) SaaS
6 60 (2.37%) GitHub
7 50 (1.97%) Serverless
8 37 (1.46%) Google Play
9 35 (1.38%) Kontent
10 31 (1.22%) Azure Service Bus
11 24 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
12 22 (0.87%) Power Platform
13 16 (0.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 14 (0.55%) PaaS
15 13 (0.51%) Azure Functions
16 12 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (0.47%) WhatsApp
17 10 (0.39%) Entra ID
18 9 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
19 8 (0.32%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 153 (6.04%) Internet
2 16 (0.63%) Hyperconnected
3 11 (0.43%) Broadband
3 11 (0.43%) Mobile Broadband
4 10 (0.39%) DNS
5 8 (0.32%) Network Security
6 5 (0.20%) HTTP
7 4 (0.16%) SSL
7 4 (0.16%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.079%) LAN
8 2 (0.079%) VPN
8 2 (0.079%) WAN
9 1 (0.039%) CTI
9 1 (0.039%) FTP
9 1 (0.039%) Intranet
9 1 (0.039%) MQTT
9 1 (0.039%) SMTP
9 1 (0.039%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,179 (46.56%) SQL Server
2 266 (10.51%) MongoDB
3 226 (8.93%) Elasticsearch
4 172 (6.79%) Azure SQL Database
5 76 (3.00%) NoSQL
6 69 (2.73%) Redis
7 47 (1.86%) MySQL
8 44 (1.74%) Relational Database
9 26 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (0.79%) NonStop SQL
11 15 (0.59%) DynamoDB
12 14 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 13 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
14 7 (0.28%) Big Data
15 5 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
15 5 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
16 4 (0.16%) DocumentDB
17 3 (0.12%) GIS
17 3 (0.12%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 180 (7.11%) Visual Studio
2 156 (6.16%) Git
3 50 (1.97%) NUnit
4 40 (1.58%) JIRA
5 35 (1.38%) Team Foundation Server
6 30 (1.18%) Visual Studio Code
7 29 (1.15%) Octopus Deploy
8 26 (1.03%) Postman
9 22 (0.87%) TeamCity
10 16 (0.63%) Selenium
11 15 (0.59%) MSTest
12 14 (0.55%) Jenkins
13 9 (0.36%) Jasmine
14 8 (0.32%) MSBuild
15 6 (0.24%) IntelliJ
15 6 (0.24%) SonarQube
16 5 (0.20%) FitNesse
16 5 (0.20%) Moq
16 5 (0.20%) SpecFlow
16 5 (0.20%) WebDriver
General
1 360 (14.22%) Finance
2 245 (9.68%) Social Skills
3 111 (4.38%) Games
4 108 (4.27%) Front Office
5 91 (3.59%) Marketing
6 89 (3.52%) Advertising
7 84 (3.32%) Retail
8 57 (2.25%) Analytical Skills
9 46 (1.82%) Back Office
10 45 (1.78%) Manufacturing
11 35 (1.38%) Music Industry
11 35 (1.38%) Public Sector
12 30 (1.18%) Legal
12 30 (1.18%) Telecoms
13 24 (0.95%) Aerospace
13 24 (0.95%) Banking
13 24 (0.95%) Law
14 18 (0.71%) Automotive
15 17 (0.67%) Tech for Good
16 13 (0.51%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,532 (100.00%) .NET
2 1,227 (48.46%) ASP.NET
3 1,169 (46.17%) .NET Core
4 1,055 (41.67%) AngularJS
5 889 (35.11%) ASP.NET Web API
6 844 (33.33%) .NET Framework
7 797 (31.48%) ASP.NET MVC
8 762 (30.09%) Entity Framework
9 750 (29.62%) HTML
10 670 (26.46%) React
11 544 (21.48%) CSS
12 502 (19.83%) Vue
13 466 (18.40%) HTML5
14 388 (15.32%) RESTful
15 327 (12.91%) Blazor
16 260 (10.27%) Node.js
17 256 (10.11%) CSS3
18 208 (8.21%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 201 (7.94%) LINQ
20 142 (5.61%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 227 (8.97%) Greenfield Project
2 110 (4.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 101 (3.99%) Equities
3 101 (3.99%) Fixed Income
3 101 (3.99%) Hedge funds
4 88 (3.48%) Derivative
5 61 (2.41%) Mobile App
6 56 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
7 54 (2.13%) Social Network
8 52 (2.05%) Social Media
9 42 (1.66%) Product Ownership
10 41 (1.62%) Client/Server
11 39 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
12 38 (1.50%) iPhone
13 33 (1.30%) BBC
14 25 (0.99%) Digital TV
15 24 (0.95%) Video\Live Streaming
16 22 (0.87%) Data Structures
17 21 (0.83%) Algorithms
17 21 (0.83%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 47 (1.86%) Windows
2 45 (1.78%) Android
3 14 (0.55%) Linux
4 12 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.20%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,403 (55.41%) Agile
2 1,387 (54.78%) Full Stack Development
3 1,053 (41.59%) MVC
4 847 (33.45%) Microservices
5 576 (22.75%) TDD
6 412 (16.27%) DevOps
7 390 (15.40%) BDD
8 370 (14.61%) Scrum
9 291 (11.49%) Kanban
10 267 (10.55%) Multithreading
11 265 (10.47%) Software Engineering
12 204 (8.06%) Problem-Solving
13 197 (7.78%) OO
14 192 (7.58%) CI/CD
15 182 (7.19%) Design Patterns
16 172 (6.79%) Web Development
17 163 (6.44%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
18 145 (5.73%) Mentoring
19 142 (5.61%) Fintech
20 141 (5.57%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2,199 (86.85%) C#
2 1,509 (59.60%) JavaScript
3 714 (28.20%) SQL
4 524 (20.70%) TypeScript
5 86 (3.40%) VB.NET
6 82 (3.24%) Python
7 61 (2.41%) T-SQL
8 50 (1.97%) Java
9 19 (0.75%) VB
10 14 (0.55%) VBA
11 13 (0.51%) PowerShell
12 11 (0.43%) Bicep
12 11 (0.43%) MATLAB
13 9 (0.36%) C
13 9 (0.36%) XAML
14 8 (0.32%) XPath
15 7 (0.28%) F#
15 7 (0.28%) Go
15 7 (0.28%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.24%) PHP
Qualifications
1 159 (6.28%) Degree
2 76 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 29 (1.15%) Security Cleared
4 24 (0.95%) Master's Degree
5 17 (0.67%) SC Cleared
6 16 (0.63%) Azure Certification
7 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (0.32%) AWS Certification
8 8 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.28%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (0.12%) MCPD
10 3 (0.12%) PhD
11 2 (0.079%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.079%) HNC
12 1 (0.039%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.039%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (5.25%) QA
2 12 (0.47%) Accessibility
3 5 (0.20%) GDPR
4 4 (0.16%) SLA
5 2 (0.079%) WCAG
6 1 (0.039%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 129 (5.09%) Docker
2 8 (0.32%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.079%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.039%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.039%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 93 (3.67%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.82%) Terraform
3 8 (0.32%) MIIS
4 5 (0.20%) Control-M
5 4 (0.16%) Grafana
5 4 (0.16%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.039%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 966 (38.15%) Microsoft
2 86 (3.40%) Google
3 85 (3.36%) Facebook
4 56 (2.21%) Sitecore
5 36 (1.42%) Optimizely
6 33 (1.30%) Apple
6 33 (1.30%) Sony
6 33 (1.30%) Yahoo!
7 28 (1.11%) Xamarin
8 23 (0.91%) YouTube
9 14 (0.55%) SAP
10 8 (0.32%) Oracle
11 7 (0.28%) UiPath
11 7 (0.28%) Zoho
12 6 (0.24%) Alterian
13 5 (0.20%) SYSPRO
14 4 (0.16%) Databricks
14 4 (0.16%) Splunk
14 4 (0.16%) Twitter
15 3 (0.12%) Atlassian