.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 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 194 160
Rank change year-on-year +92 -34 -81
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 2,540 1,999 3,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.58% 1.92% 2.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.73% 2.10% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,435 1,798 3,077
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 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £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 93,044 95,188 149,713
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 66,821 59,863 85,291
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% - +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 29 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 29 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 +99 2,380 £60,000 - 381
UK excluding London +85 2,003 £55,000 - 284
Work from Home +50 1,431 £55,000 -8.33% 343
North of England +100 586 £55,000 - 89
South East +58 569 £57,500 - 54
London +45 493 £70,000 -6.67% 121
North West +77 317 £51,750 -5.91% 55
Midlands +115 262 £50,000 -4.76% 57
South West +31 248 £55,000 +10.00% 35
East of England +85 219 £60,000 +9.09% 21
Yorkshire +94 177 £55,000 - 23
West Midlands +100 140 £52,500 -7.08% 31
East Midlands +51 125 £50,000 -4.76% 26
North East +56 92 £60,000 +33.33% 13
Scotland -52 59 £55,000 +4.76% 12
Wales +17 36 £55,000 +22.22% 16
Northern Ireland +15 26 £45,000 +5.88% 4
Channel Islands - 1 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 2,540 (100.00%) .NET
2 2,205 (86.81%) C#
3 1,760 (69.29%) Azure
4 1,512 (59.53%) JavaScript
5 1,406 (55.35%) Agile
6 1,393 (54.84%) Full Stack Development
7 1,230 (48.43%) ASP.NET
8 1,182 (46.54%) SQL Server
9 1,170 (46.06%) .NET Core
10 1,056 (41.57%) AngularJS
11 1,055 (41.54%) MVC
12 967 (38.07%) Microsoft
13 892 (35.12%) ASP.NET Web API
14 851 (33.50%) Microservices
15 848 (33.39%) .NET Framework
16 798 (31.42%) ASP.NET MVC
17 766 (30.16%) Entity Framework
18 752 (29.61%) HTML
19 715 (28.15%) SQL
20 671 (26.42%) React
21 577 (22.72%) TDD
22 546 (21.50%) CSS
23 524 (20.63%) TypeScript
24 522 (20.55%) AWS
25 502 (19.76%) Vue
26 466 (18.35%) HTML5
27 413 (16.26%) DevOps
28 391 (15.39%) BDD
29 389 (15.31%) RESTful
30 370 (14.57%) 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 (4.06%) CMS
2 73 (2.87%) Umbraco
3 70 (2.76%) IIS
4 50 (1.97%) Kentico
5 45 (1.77%) Sitecore CMS
6 40 (1.57%) 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 1,760 (69.29%) Azure
2 522 (20.55%) AWS
3 244 (9.61%) Azure DevOps
4 120 (4.72%) GCP
5 64 (2.52%) SaaS
6 60 (2.36%) GitHub
7 50 (1.97%) Serverless
8 38 (1.50%) Google Play
9 35 (1.38%) Kontent
10 31 (1.22%) Azure Service Bus
11 24 (0.94%) 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 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
19 8 (0.31%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 153 (6.02%) Internet
2 16 (0.63%) Hyperconnected
3 11 (0.43%) Broadband
3 11 (0.43%) Mobile Broadband
4 10 (0.39%) DNS
5 8 (0.31%) Network Security
6 5 (0.20%) HTTP
6 5 (0.20%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.16%) SSL
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 1,182 (46.54%) SQL Server
2 266 (10.47%) MongoDB
3 226 (8.90%) Elasticsearch
4 172 (6.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 76 (2.99%) NoSQL
6 69 (2.72%) Redis
7 47 (1.85%) MySQL
8 45 (1.77%) Relational Database
9 26 (1.02%) 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%) Couchbase
17 3 (0.12%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 180 (7.09%) Visual Studio
2 156 (6.14%) Git
3 50 (1.97%) NUnit
4 40 (1.57%) JIRA
5 35 (1.38%) Team Foundation Server
6 30 (1.18%) Visual Studio Code
7 29 (1.14%) Octopus Deploy
8 26 (1.02%) Postman
9 22 (0.87%) TeamCity
10 16 (0.63%) Selenium
11 15 (0.59%) MSTest
12 14 (0.55%) Jenkins
13 9 (0.35%) Jasmine
14 8 (0.31%) 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 (14.17%) Finance
2 247 (9.72%) Social Skills
3 111 (4.37%) Games
4 108 (4.25%) Front Office
5 91 (3.58%) Marketing
6 89 (3.50%) Advertising
7 84 (3.31%) Retail
8 57 (2.24%) Analytical Skills
9 46 (1.81%) Back Office
10 45 (1.77%) 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 (0.94%) Aerospace
13 24 (0.94%) Banking
13 24 (0.94%) Law
14 18 (0.71%) Automotive
15 17 (0.67%) Tech for Good
16 13 (0.51%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,540 (100.00%) .NET
2 1,230 (48.43%) ASP.NET
3 1,170 (46.06%) .NET Core
4 1,056 (41.57%) AngularJS
5 892 (35.12%) ASP.NET Web API
6 848 (33.39%) .NET Framework
7 798 (31.42%) ASP.NET MVC
8 766 (30.16%) Entity Framework
9 752 (29.61%) HTML
10 671 (26.42%) React
11 546 (21.50%) CSS
12 502 (19.76%) Vue
13 466 (18.35%) HTML5
14 389 (15.31%) RESTful
15 328 (12.91%) Blazor
16 261 (10.28%) Node.js
17 256 (10.08%) CSS3
18 209 (8.23%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 201 (7.91%) LINQ
20 142 (5.59%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 228 (8.98%) Greenfield Project
2 110 (4.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 101 (3.98%) Equities
3 101 (3.98%) Fixed Income
3 101 (3.98%) Hedge funds
4 88 (3.46%) Derivative
5 62 (2.44%) Mobile App
6 56 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
7 54 (2.13%) Social Media
7 54 (2.13%) Social Network
8 42 (1.65%) Client/Server
8 42 (1.65%) Product Ownership
9 39 (1.54%) iPhone
9 39 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
10 33 (1.30%) BBC
11 25 (0.98%) Digital TV
12 24 (0.94%) Video\Live Streaming
13 22 (0.87%) Data Structures
13 22 (0.87%) Onboarding
14 21 (0.83%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 47 (1.85%) Windows
2 46 (1.81%) 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 1,406 (55.35%) Agile
2 1,393 (54.84%) Full Stack Development
3 1,055 (41.54%) MVC
4 851 (33.50%) Microservices
5 577 (22.72%) TDD
6 413 (16.26%) DevOps
7 391 (15.39%) BDD
8 370 (14.57%) Scrum
9 291 (11.46%) Kanban
10 268 (10.55%) Multithreading
11 267 (10.51%) Software Engineering
12 206 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
13 197 (7.76%) OO
14 193 (7.60%) CI/CD
15 182 (7.17%) Design Patterns
16 172 (6.77%) Web Development
17 163 (6.42%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
18 146 (5.75%) Mentoring
19 143 (5.63%) Fintech
20 141 (5.55%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2,205 (86.81%) C#
2 1,512 (59.53%) JavaScript
3 715 (28.15%) SQL
4 524 (20.63%) TypeScript
5 87 (3.43%) VB.NET
6 83 (3.27%) Python
7 62 (2.44%) T-SQL
8 51 (2.01%) Java
9 20 (0.79%) VB
10 14 (0.55%) VBA
11 13 (0.51%) PowerShell
12 11 (0.43%) Bicep
12 11 (0.43%) MATLAB
13 9 (0.35%) C
13 9 (0.35%) XAML
14 8 (0.31%) Go
14 8 (0.31%) XPath
15 7 (0.28%) F#
15 7 (0.28%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.24%) PHP
Qualifications
1 159 (6.26%) Degree
2 76 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (1.18%) Security Cleared
4 24 (0.94%) Master's Degree
5 17 (0.67%) SC Cleared
6 16 (0.63%) Azure Certification
7 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (0.31%) AWS Certification
8 8 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
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 (5.24%) QA
2 13 (0.51%) 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 (5.08%) Docker
2 8 (0.31%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.079%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.039%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.039%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 93 (3.66%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.81%) Terraform
3 8 (0.31%) MIIS
4 5 (0.20%) Control-M
4 5 (0.20%) Grafana
4 5 (0.20%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.039%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 967 (38.07%) Microsoft
2 87 (3.43%) Google
3 85 (3.35%) Facebook
4 56 (2.20%) Sitecore
5 36 (1.42%) Optimizely
6 33 (1.30%) Apple
6 33 (1.30%) Sony
6 33 (1.30%) Yahoo!
7 28 (1.10%) Xamarin
8 23 (0.91%) YouTube
9 14 (0.55%) SAP
10 8 (0.31%) Oracle
11 7 (0.28%) UiPath
11 7 (0.28%) Zoho
12 6 (0.24%) Alterian
13 5 (0.20%) Splunk
13 5 (0.20%) SYSPRO
14 4 (0.16%) Databricks
14 4 (0.16%) Twitter
15 3 (0.12%) Atlassian