Microsoft .NET Framework
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for .NET Framework skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited .NET Framework over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 175 211 186
Rank change year-on-year +36 -25 -50
Permanent jobs citing .NET Framework 1,640 1,865 3,336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.66% 1.80% 2.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.79% 5.96% 5.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,455 1,409 1,984
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +10.53%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

.NET Framework is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,058 31,283 63,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.37% 30.13% 40.47%
Number of salaries quoted 15,741 19,277 30,292
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,600 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

.NET Framework
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing .NET Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Framework over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for .NET Framework in the UK

.NET Framework
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 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 +47 1,452 £57,500 - 294
UK excluding London +20 1,281 £55,000 +4.76% 245
Work from Home +49 935 £55,000 - 316
North of England +47 330 £60,000 +14.29% 69
South East 0 329 £57,500 +0.88% 41
London -1 305 £70,000 -3.45% 74
South West +8 180 £57,500 +11.65% 28
Midlands +22 165 £55,000 - 54
North West +58 160 £55,000 +4.76% 38
East of England +43 139 £47,500 -9.52% 22
Yorkshire +47 135 £60,000 +14.29% 28
West Midlands +44 107 £55,000 - 33
Scotland -47 97 £61,500 +17.14% 21
East Midlands -11 58 £55,000 - 21
North East +4 35 £55,000 - 4
Northern Ireland +14 28 £51,500 -1.90% 4
Wales -3 13 £45,000 - 8

.NET Framework
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
1 121 (7.38%) CMS
2 71 (4.33%) Umbraco
3 58 (3.54%) IIS
4 46 (2.80%) Sitecore CMS
5 42 (2.56%) Kentico
6 39 (2.38%) SharePoint
7 35 (2.13%) Headless CMS
8 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
9 12 (0.73%) EPiServer
10 10 (0.61%) Apache
11 9 (0.55%) Confluence
12 7 (0.43%) Apache Solr
12 7 (0.43%) Mendix
13 6 (0.37%) DNN
13 6 (0.37%) Immediacy CMS
13 6 (0.37%) Sitefinity
14 4 (0.24%) SharePoint 2013
15 3 (0.18%) SharePoint 2010
16 2 (0.12%) Liferay
16 2 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.85%) Photoshop
3 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.12%) S-PLUS
5 1 (0.061%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.061%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 27 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
1 27 (1.65%) SDL Web 8
2 9 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.24%) Visualfiles
4 3 (0.18%) Maximo
4 3 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.18%) Shopify
5 2 (0.12%) Magento
5 2 (0.12%) nopCommerce
6 1 (0.061%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.061%) Endur
6 1 (0.061%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.061%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.061%) Sage 50
6 1 (0.061%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 1,103 (67.26%) Azure
2 419 (25.55%) AWS
3 333 (20.30%) Azure DevOps
4 86 (5.24%) Power Platform
5 61 (3.72%) Serverless
6 46 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
6 46 (2.80%) SaaS
7 43 (2.62%) Azure Functions
8 40 (2.44%) GitHub
9 39 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
10 38 (2.32%) Google Play
11 35 (2.13%) Kontent
12 34 (2.07%) PowerApps
13 32 (1.95%) Power Automate
14 27 (1.65%) PaaS
15 24 (1.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 20 (1.22%) Azure App Service
17 19 (1.16%) NuGet
18 18 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
19 15 (0.91%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 48 (2.93%) Internet
2 19 (1.16%) TCP/IP
3 16 (0.98%) Hyperconnected
4 13 (0.79%) Modbus
5 10 (0.61%) DNS
5 10 (0.61%) Network Security
6 6 (0.37%) RS-232
7 4 (0.24%) HTTP
7 4 (0.24%) RS-485
7 4 (0.24%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.18%) SSL
9 1 (0.061%) FTP
9 1 (0.061%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 897 (54.70%) SQL Server
2 249 (15.18%) MongoDB
3 230 (14.02%) Elasticsearch
4 53 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 50 (3.05%) Power BI
6 44 (2.68%) NoSQL
7 39 (2.38%) Relational Database
8 33 (2.01%) MySQL
8 33 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 26 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
10 23 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 22 (1.34%) Redis
12 21 (1.28%) SQLite
13 13 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 11 (0.67%) MS Access
15 10 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
16 9 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
17 5 (0.30%) Big Data
18 4 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
19 3 (0.18%) GIS
Development Applications
1 300 (18.29%) Git
2 206 (12.56%) Visual Studio
3 106 (6.46%) JIRA
4 82 (5.00%) NUnit
5 68 (4.15%) TeamCity
6 57 (3.48%) Moq
7 34 (2.07%) Octopus Deploy
7 34 (2.07%) Postman
7 34 (2.07%) SpecFlow
8 32 (1.95%) Jenkins
8 32 (1.95%) Team Foundation Server
9 30 (1.83%) GitLab
10 26 (1.59%) Selenium
11 19 (1.16%) Bitbucket
11 19 (1.16%) Visual Studio Code
12 18 (1.10%) MSTest
12 18 (1.10%) Subversion
13 17 (1.04%) git-flow
14 14 (0.85%) Sourcetree
15 12 (0.73%) SonarQube
General
1 298 (18.17%) Social Skills
2 218 (13.29%) Finance
3 90 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (4.15%) Retail
5 59 (3.60%) Marketing
6 46 (2.80%) Law
7 45 (2.74%) Manufacturing
8 42 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 32 (1.95%) Games
10 28 (1.71%) Aerospace
11 27 (1.65%) Banking
11 27 (1.65%) Legal
12 22 (1.34%) Electronics
12 22 (1.34%) Public Sector
13 18 (1.10%) Back Office
14 17 (1.04%) Telecoms
15 15 (0.91%) Publishing
16 13 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
17 12 (0.73%) Automotive
18 11 (0.67%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 1,301 (79.33%) Developer
2 849 (51.77%) .NET Developer
3 366 (22.32%) C# Developer
4 358 (21.83%) Senior
5 289 (17.62%) C# .NET Developer
6 242 (14.76%) Senior Developer
7 217 (13.23%) Software Developer
8 168 (10.24%) Software Engineer
9 146 (8.90%) Full Stack Developer
10 139 (8.48%) Senior .NET Developer
11 105 (6.40%) Senior C# Developer
12 95 (5.79%) Applications Developer
13 89 (5.43%) Lead
14 84 (5.12%) .NET Software Developer
15 80 (4.88%) Senior Software Engineer
16 75 (4.57%) Senior Software Developer
17 69 (4.21%) C# Software Developer
18 66 (4.02%) .NET Applications Developer
19 65 (3.96%) Senior C# .NET Developer
20 59 (3.60%) C# Application Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,640 (100.00%) .NET
2 931 (56.77%) Entity Framework
3 833 (50.79%) ASP.NET
4 809 (49.33%) .NET Core
5 680 (41.46%) AngularJS
6 645 (39.33%) ASP.NET Web API
7 576 (35.12%) ASP.NET MVC
8 489 (29.82%) React
9 420 (25.61%) HTML
10 419 (25.55%) CSS
11 304 (18.54%) Vue
12 270 (16.46%) Node.js
13 209 (12.74%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 207 (12.62%) RESTful
15 162 (9.88%) jQuery
16 141 (8.60%) Web Services
17 119 (7.26%) REST
18 108 (6.59%) XML
19 100 (6.10%) WPF
20 86 (5.24%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 107 (6.52%) Greenfield Project
2 83 (5.06%) Mobile App
3 54 (3.29%) Social Media
4 50 (3.05%) Social Network
5 49 (2.99%) Product Ownership
6 48 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
7 38 (2.32%) Cloud Native
7 38 (2.32%) iPhone
8 36 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
9 33 (2.01%) BBC
10 29 (1.77%) Management Information System
11 28 (1.71%) Legacy Code
12 26 (1.59%) Data Structures
13 20 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
14 19 (1.16%) Low-Code
15 18 (1.10%) Robotics
16 16 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
16 16 (0.98%) Virtual Team
17 15 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
18 13 (0.79%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 98 (5.98%) Windows
2 56 (3.41%) Android
3 30 (1.83%) Linux
4 13 (0.79%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.67%) Ubuntu
5 11 (0.67%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.37%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.061%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 879 (53.60%) Agile
2 792 (48.29%) MVC
3 710 (43.29%) Full Stack Development
4 598 (36.46%) Microservices
5 467 (28.48%) DevOps
6 428 (26.10%) Scrum
7 347 (21.16%) TDD
8 282 (17.20%) Software Engineering
9 248 (15.12%) Kanban
10 238 (14.51%) BDD
11 230 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
12 209 (12.74%) OO
13 207 (12.62%) CI/CD
14 158 (9.63%) SDLC
15 140 (8.54%) Unit Testing
16 137 (8.35%) Computer Science
17 134 (8.17%) Web Development
18 127 (7.74%) Design Patterns
19 119 (7.26%) Mentoring
20 108 (6.59%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 1,497 (91.28%) C#
2 981 (59.82%) JavaScript
3 566 (34.51%) SQL
4 399 (24.33%) TypeScript
5 139 (8.48%) T-SQL
6 77 (4.70%) C++
7 67 (4.09%) Java
7 67 (4.09%) Python
8 63 (3.84%) PowerShell
9 44 (2.68%) VB.NET
10 39 (2.38%) C
11 24 (1.46%) XPath
12 21 (1.28%) XAML
13 14 (0.85%) VB
14 13 (0.79%) VBA
15 11 (0.67%) MATLAB
16 9 (0.55%) Bicep
17 7 (0.43%) PHP
18 6 (0.37%) Go
19 5 (0.30%) X++
Qualifications
1 208 (12.68%) Degree
2 87 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 47 (2.87%) Security Cleared
4 24 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (1.46%) SC Cleared
5 15 (0.91%) Azure Certification
6 8 (0.49%) AWS Certification
6 8 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
7 7 (0.43%) HNC
8 6 (0.37%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.37%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (0.24%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.18%) MCPD
11 3 (0.18%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.061%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (6.46%) QA
2 25 (1.52%) Accessibility
3 9 (0.55%) GDPR
3 9 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.37%) SLA
5 4 (0.24%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.24%) WCAG
6 3 (0.18%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.18%) ISO 9000
7 2 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.061%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.061%) EMIR
8 1 (0.061%) MiFID
System Software
1 116 (7.07%) Docker
2 6 (0.37%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.24%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 59 (3.60%) Kubernetes
2 31 (1.89%) Terraform
3 10 (0.61%) MIIS
4 9 (0.55%) Ansible
5 6 (0.37%) Progress Chef
6 5 (0.30%) Control-M
7 3 (0.18%) Grafana
8 1 (0.061%) Kibana
Vendors
1 731 (44.57%) Microsoft
2 98 (5.98%) Google
3 46 (2.80%) Sitecore
4 39 (2.38%) Apple
5 35 (2.13%) Optimizely
6 33 (2.01%) Facebook
6 33 (2.01%) Sony
6 33 (2.01%) Yahoo!
7 21 (1.28%) Xamarin
8 16 (0.98%) Oracle
9 14 (0.85%) Adobe
9 14 (0.85%) Cognizant
9 14 (0.85%) SAP
10 13 (0.79%) DevExpress
11 11 (0.67%) Automation Anywhere
11 11 (0.67%) Blue Prism
11 11 (0.67%) UiPath
12 9 (0.55%) Databricks
13 6 (0.37%) Alterian
13 6 (0.37%) Salesforce