.NET Job Trends in Leicester

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Leicestershire > Leicester

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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 10 12
Rank change year-on-year -18 +2 +19
Permanent jobs citing .NET 18 23 49
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 3.90% 14.74% 11.53%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 42.86% 58.97% 47.57%
Number of salaries quoted 18 16 46
10th Percentile - £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +23.53%
75th Percentile £69,063 £56,188 £61,250
90th Percentile £69,325 £61,250 £67,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% +23.53%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Leicester

.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 Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 42 39 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 9.09% 25.00% 24.24%
Number of salaries quoted 30 27 90
10th Percentile £42,375 £38,750 £36,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.29% -3.81% +18.37%
75th Percentile £69,063 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,500 £67,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £60,000 £50,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.40% +0.50% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

.NET job vacancy trend in Leicester

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Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing .NET.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing .NET

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Salary Histogram in Leicester

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET in Leicester over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET in Leicester

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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 7 (38.89%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (94.44%) Azure
2 8 (44.44%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (38.89%) npm
3 7 (38.89%) NuGet
3 7 (38.89%) SonarCloud
4 2 (11.11%) AWS
5 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (5.56%) GCP
5 1 (5.56%) GitHub
5 1 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (5.56%) Power Automate
5 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.56%) PowerApps
5 1 (5.56%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) NoSQL
1 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (5.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (5.56%) Games
1 1 (5.56%) Law
1 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Developer
2 8 (44.44%) Software Developer
3 7 (38.89%) DevOps Engineer
3 7 (38.89%) Senior
4 6 (33.33%) Senior DevOps
4 6 (33.33%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 5 (27.78%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 5 (27.78%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (11.11%) C# Developer
7 1 (5.56%) .NET Developer
7 1 (5.56%) 3D Developer
7 1 (5.56%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (5.56%) Mid Level C# .NET Developer
7 1 (5.56%) Mid Level C# Developer
7 1 (5.56%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
7 1 (5.56%) Senior C# Developer
7 1 (5.56%) Senior Developer
7 1 (5.56%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (44.44%) React
2 7 (38.89%) Node.js
2 7 (38.89%) YAML
3 5 (27.78%) .NET Core
3 5 (27.78%) .NET Framework
4 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET
5 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (5.56%) DirectX
6 1 (5.56%) JSON
6 1 (5.56%) Middleware
6 1 (5.56%) Next.js
6 1 (5.56%) OpenGL
6 1 (5.56%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (5.56%) REST
6 1 (5.56%) RESTful
6 1 (5.56%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (27.78%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.56%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (5.56%) AI Agents
3 1 (5.56%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.56%) Legacy Code
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Linux
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) CI/CD
1 8 (44.44%) DevOps
1 8 (44.44%) Full-Stack Development
2 7 (38.89%) DevSecOps
2 7 (38.89%) Infrastructure as Code
2 7 (38.89%) Microservices
3 6 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 5 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (27.78%) Migration
5 4 (22.22%) Performance Tuning
6 2 (11.11%) Agile
6 2 (11.11%) Containerisation
6 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.11%) Process Improvement
6 2 (11.11%) Volume Testing
7 1 (5.56%) Continuous Delivery
7 1 (5.56%) Front End Development
7 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Automation
7 1 (5.56%) Integration Patterns
7 1 (5.56%) Intelligent Automation
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) C#
2 7 (38.89%) Bash
2 7 (38.89%) PowerShell
3 4 (22.22%) SQL
4 2 (11.11%) T-SQL
System Software
1 7 (38.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) Kubernetes
1 7 (38.89%) Terraform
2 1 (5.56%) Grafana
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (5.56%) Dynatrace
2 1 (5.56%) HubSpot
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft