.NET Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring .NET skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 61 14
Rank change year-on-year +2 -47 +16
Permanent jobs citing .NET 119 76 428
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.62% 4.15% 10.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 35.52% 29.46% 59.61%
Number of salaries quoted 115 71 331
10th Percentile £42,500 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.90% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £69,750 £59,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East Midlands

.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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 335 258 718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 7.37% 14.08% 16.97%
Number of salaries quoted 233 193 588
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £81,800 £73,750 £71,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,268 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.91% +10.45% -11.11%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing .NET relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

.NET job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

.NET
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing .NET.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing .NET

.NET
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET in the East Midlands

.NET
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Nottinghamshire +13 46 £65,000 +4.00% 15
Leicestershire -26 35 £55,000 +3.29% 9
Derbyshire -3 17 £53,750 +19.44% 5
Northamptonshire +2 11 £60,000 +14.29% 5
Lincolnshire -16 9 £55,000 +93.83% 3
.NET
England

.NET
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 11 (9.24%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.84%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.84%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 76 (63.87%) Azure
2 35 (29.41%) AWS
3 23 (19.33%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (9.24%) npm
4 11 (9.24%) NuGet
4 11 (9.24%) SonarCloud
5 4 (3.36%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.52%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (1.68%) GCP
8 1 (0.84%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.84%) GitHub
8 1 (0.84%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.84%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.84%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.84%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.68%) Internet
2 1 (0.84%) Hyperconnected
2 1 (0.84%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (18.49%) SQL Server
2 17 (14.29%) NoSQL
3 13 (10.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (7.56%) MongoDB
5 5 (4.20%) Redis
6 4 (3.36%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.68%) NonStop SQL
7 2 (1.68%) Power BI
7 2 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.84%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.84%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 15 (12.61%) Git
2 2 (1.68%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.84%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 10 (8.40%) Finance
2 6 (5.04%) Games
3 3 (2.52%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (2.52%) Law
3 3 (2.52%) Manufacturing
3 3 (2.52%) Retail
4 2 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (1.68%) Social Skills
5 1 (0.84%) Advertising
5 1 (0.84%) Legal
5 1 (0.84%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 92 (77.31%) Developer
2 48 (40.34%) Software Developer
3 32 (26.89%) Senior
4 28 (23.53%) .NET Developer
5 24 (20.17%) C# Developer
6 16 (13.45%) Lead
7 14 (11.76%) DevOps Engineer
7 14 (11.76%) Senior Developer
8 13 (10.92%) C# .NET Developer
9 10 (8.40%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 10 (8.40%) Azure Engineer
9 10 (8.40%) React Developer
9 10 (8.40%) Senior C# Developer
10 9 (7.56%) Full-Stack Developer
10 9 (7.56%) Senior DevOps
10 9 (7.56%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 9 (7.56%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (7.56%) Software Engineer
11 7 (5.88%) Lead Developer
11 7 (5.88%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (46.22%) .NET Core
2 29 (24.37%) React
3 28 (23.53%) ASP.NET
4 18 (15.13%) Node.js
5 16 (13.45%) ASP.NET Core
6 14 (11.76%) .NET Framework
7 11 (9.24%) AngularJS
7 11 (9.24%) YAML
8 10 (8.40%) ASP.NET MVC
8 10 (8.40%) CSS
8 10 (8.40%) Entity Framework
8 10 (8.40%) HTML
9 6 (5.04%) DirectX
9 6 (5.04%) OpenGL
9 6 (5.04%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (5.04%) WPF
10 5 (4.20%) LINQ
11 4 (3.36%) ASP.NET Web API
12 3 (2.52%) Blazor
12 3 (2.52%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.56%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (6.72%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (5.04%) 3D Graphics
4 4 (3.36%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.52%) Legacy Code
6 2 (1.68%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.84%) Digital TV
7 1 (0.84%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.84%) Robotics
7 1 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.24%) Linux
1 11 (9.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (31.93%) Full-Stack Development
2 32 (26.89%) CI/CD
3 29 (24.37%) DevOps
4 18 (15.13%) MVC
4 18 (15.13%) Software Engineering
5 17 (14.29%) Microservices
6 14 (11.76%) Agile
6 14 (11.76%) DevSecOps
6 14 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
7 11 (9.24%) Logistics
7 11 (9.24%) SDLC
8 10 (8.40%) Test Automation
9 9 (7.56%) Mentoring
10 8 (6.72%) Migration
11 7 (5.88%) CAD
11 7 (5.88%) Containerisation
11 7 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (5.88%) E-Commerce
11 7 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
12 6 (5.04%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 107 (89.92%) C#
2 33 (27.73%) SQL
3 19 (15.97%) JavaScript
4 12 (10.08%) PowerShell
5 11 (9.24%) Bash
6 8 (6.72%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.84%) C++
7 1 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.84%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.84%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (0.84%) AWS Certification
1 1 (0.84%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.84%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (13.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (12.61%) Kubernetes
2 14 (11.76%) Terraform
3 2 (1.68%) Grafana
Vendors
1 20 (16.81%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.24%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (1.68%) Dynatrace
4 1 (0.84%) DevExpress
4 1 (0.84%) Sage