.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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 97 22
Rank change year-on-year +42 -75 -3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 165 51 305
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.46% 2.17% 8.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 36.03% 19.92% 50.16%
Number of salaries quoted 154 46 165
10th Percentile £41,625 £39,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,813 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,250 £77,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.51% +5.83% -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 458 256 608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 6.84% 10.88% 16.24%
Number of salaries quoted 332 149 325
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,250 £34,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%

.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 9 October 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 9 October 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 +33 89 £65,000 +18.18% 38
Leicestershire -12 37 £55,000 - 8
Derbyshire +7 21 £50,000 -14.89% 6
Lincolnshire - 12 £50,000 - 18
Northamptonshire -12 5 £70,000 +59.09% 7
.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 2 (1.21%) CMS
1 2 (1.21%) Umbraco
2 1 (0.61%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.61%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 76 (46.06%) Azure
2 59 (35.76%) AWS
3 25 (15.15%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (6.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 8 (4.85%) GitHub
5 8 (4.85%) SaaS
6 6 (3.64%) GitHub Copilot
7 3 (1.82%) Azure AI
7 3 (1.82%) SonarCloud
8 2 (1.21%) IaaS
8 2 (1.21%) PaaS
9 1 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.61%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.61%) GCP
9 1 (0.61%) npm
9 1 (0.61%) NuGet
9 1 (0.61%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.61%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.64%) Internet
2 2 (1.21%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.61%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.61%) Modbus
3 1 (0.61%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (16.36%) Azure SQL Database
2 22 (13.33%) MongoDB
3 21 (12.73%) SQL Server
4 18 (10.91%) NoSQL
5 9 (5.45%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (3.03%) NonStop SQL
7 4 (2.42%) MySQL
8 2 (1.21%) Redis
9 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (6.06%) Git
2 4 (2.42%) Subversion
3 1 (0.61%) JIRA
3 1 (0.61%) NUnit
3 1 (0.61%) Postman
General
1 14 (8.48%) Manufacturing
2 11 (6.67%) Finance
3 6 (3.64%) Social Skills
4 5 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.82%) Retail
7 2 (1.21%) Polish Language
8 1 (0.61%) Advertising
8 1 (0.61%) Legal
8 1 (0.61%) Local Government
8 1 (0.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 93 (56.36%) Developer
2 48 (29.09%) Software Engineer
3 40 (24.24%) .NET Developer
4 38 (23.03%) Software Developer
5 35 (21.21%) Senior
6 24 (14.55%) Senior Software Engineer
7 23 (13.94%) Lead
8 21 (12.73%) Full-Stack Developer
9 17 (10.30%) Lead Developer
9 17 (10.30%) Lead Software Developer
10 8 (4.85%) Senior Developer
11 7 (4.24%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
12 5 (3.03%) .NET Software Developer
12 5 (3.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 4 (2.42%) .NET Architect
13 4 (2.42%) DevOps Engineer
13 4 (2.42%) Integration Engineer
13 4 (2.42%) Senior .NET Developer
13 4 (2.42%) Software Architect
13 4 (2.42%) Software Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (24.85%) .NET Core
1 41 (24.85%) ASP.NET
2 36 (21.82%) ASP.NET Core
3 24 (14.55%) CSS
3 24 (14.55%) HTML
4 23 (13.94%) AngularJS
4 23 (13.94%) Entity Framework
5 16 (9.70%) Blazor
6 15 (9.09%) LINQ
7 14 (8.48%) React
8 13 (7.88%) ASP.NET Web API
9 11 (6.67%) .NET Framework
9 11 (6.67%) Node.js
10 9 (5.45%) REST
11 8 (4.85%) RESTful
12 6 (3.64%) RabbitMQ
13 5 (3.03%) Django
13 5 (3.03%) Vue
14 4 (2.42%) Terraform
15 3 (1.82%) MassTransit
Miscellaneous
1 23 (13.94%) Greenfield Project
2 15 (9.09%) AI Agents
3 8 (4.85%) Product Ownership
4 7 (4.24%) Robotics
5 6 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.42%) Legacy Code
7 3 (1.82%) Digital TV
7 3 (1.82%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.82%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.21%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.21%) Tandem
9 1 (0.61%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.61%) IoT
9 1 (0.61%) Replication
9 1 (0.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.24%) Linux
2 3 (1.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (39.39%) Full-Stack Development
2 49 (29.70%) Software Engineering
3 41 (24.85%) Agile
4 35 (21.21%) CI/CD
5 27 (16.36%) DevOps
6 22 (13.33%) Microservices
7 18 (10.91%) Logistics
8 16 (9.70%) ERP
9 15 (9.09%) AI
9 15 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (7.88%) Mentoring
11 12 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (6.67%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
12 11 (6.67%) MVC
13 9 (5.45%) SDLC
13 9 (5.45%) Technical Leadership
14 7 (4.24%) Containerisation
15 6 (3.64%) LLM
15 6 (3.64%) Machine Learning
15 6 (3.64%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 145 (87.88%) C#
2 39 (23.64%) SQL
3 28 (16.97%) JavaScript
4 10 (6.06%) TypeScript
5 7 (4.24%) Python
6 5 (3.03%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.82%) Bash
7 3 (1.82%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.21%) Java
8 2 (1.21%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.61%) C++
9 1 (0.61%) R
9 1 (0.61%) RPG
Qualifications
1 2 (1.21%) Degree
2 1 (0.61%) ISEB
2 1 (0.61%) ISTQB
2 1 (0.61%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 15 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (7.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.61%) MOM
Vendors
1 39 (23.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.82%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (1.82%) OpenAI
3 2 (1.21%) Google
3 2 (1.21%) IFS
3 2 (1.21%) Veracode
4 1 (0.61%) DevExpress
4 1 (0.61%) Sage
4 1 (0.61%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.61%) Wonderware