.NET Core Job Trends in the North of England

.NET Core
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring .NET Core skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 193 89
Rank change year-on-year -3 -104 +61
Permanent jobs citing .NET Core 142 105 469
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.71% 1.27% 2.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.81% 6.61% 12.57%
Number of salaries quoted 139 88 441
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,563 £69,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -15.38%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North of England

.NET Core 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,818 1,588 3,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.08% 19.27% 18.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,516 833 3,022
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £34,550
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,418 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,250 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,313 £93,400 £79,565
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%

.NET Core
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

.NET Core job vacancy trend in the North of England

.NET Core
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing .NET Core.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing .NET Core

.NET Core
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Core in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 June 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Core in the North of England

.NET Core
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Core within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 June 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
North West +21 75 £55,000 -8.33% 24
North East -10 47 £65,000 +33.33% 14
Yorkshire -48 20 £50,000 -16.67% 11
.NET Core
England

.NET Core
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (2.82%) IIS
2 1 (0.70%) CMS
2 1 (0.70%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.41%) Magento
1 2 (1.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 107 (75.35%) Azure
2 30 (21.13%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (19.01%) AWS
4 15 (10.56%) Azure AI
5 13 (9.15%) GitHub
6 11 (7.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 9 (6.34%) GitHub Copilot
8 5 (3.52%) Amazon ECS
8 5 (3.52%) Power Platform
8 5 (3.52%) SaaS
8 5 (3.52%) Serverless
8 5 (3.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (2.82%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (2.82%) Twilio
10 3 (2.11%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (1.41%) Google Play
11 2 (1.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.82%) Internet
2 3 (2.11%) HTTPS
3 2 (1.41%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (34.51%) Azure SQL Database
2 43 (30.28%) SQL Server
3 40 (28.17%) MongoDB
4 7 (4.93%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (3.52%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (3.52%) GIS
5 5 (3.52%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (3.52%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.11%) MySQL
6 3 (2.11%) NonStop SQL
6 3 (2.11%) Power BI
7 2 (1.41%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.70%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (8.45%) Git
2 3 (2.11%) GitLab
3 2 (1.41%) JIRA
General
1 21 (14.79%) Finance
2 12 (8.45%) Games
3 5 (3.52%) Advertising
4 4 (2.82%) Aerospace
4 4 (2.82%) Retail
5 3 (2.11%) Banking
5 3 (2.11%) Social Skills
6 2 (1.41%) Local Government
6 2 (1.41%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 115 (80.99%) Developer
2 76 (53.52%) .NET Developer
3 42 (29.58%) Software Developer
4 29 (20.42%) Senior
5 25 (17.61%) Lead
5 25 (17.61%) Lead Developer
6 23 (16.20%) Software Engineer
7 22 (15.49%) C# Developer
8 21 (14.79%) Senior Developer
9 17 (11.97%) Lead Software Developer
10 16 (11.27%) C# .NET Developer
11 14 (9.86%) C# Software Developer
11 14 (9.86%) Senior Software Developer
12 11 (7.75%) .NET Software Developer
13 10 (7.04%) .NET Software Engineer
13 10 (7.04%) C# Software Engineer
13 10 (7.04%) Full-Stack Developer
14 8 (5.63%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 8 (5.63%) Senior Software Engineer
15 7 (4.93%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (100.00%) .NET
2 85 (59.86%) ASP.NET
3 50 (35.21%) ASP.NET Core
4 34 (23.94%) Entity Framework
4 34 (23.94%) Vue
5 31 (21.83%) RESTful
6 30 (21.13%) CSS
6 30 (21.13%) HTML
7 29 (20.42%) AngularJS
8 26 (18.31%) ASP.NET Web API
9 25 (17.61%) React
10 24 (16.90%) .NET Framework
11 20 (14.08%) LINQ
12 15 (10.56%) ML.NET
13 14 (9.86%) Blazor
14 13 (9.15%) Node.js
15 8 (5.63%) REST
16 6 (4.23%) CSS3
16 6 (4.23%) HTML5
17 5 (3.52%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.27%) Greenfield Project
2 13 (9.15%) Hedge funds
3 6 (4.23%) Algorithms
3 6 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.52%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (2.82%) BBC
5 4 (2.82%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.82%) Social Media
5 4 (2.82%) Social Network
6 2 (1.41%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.41%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.41%) iPhone
6 2 (1.41%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.41%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.41%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.70%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.70%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.70%) IoT
7 1 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.41%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (52.11%) Full-Stack Development
2 59 (41.55%) Agile
3 36 (25.35%) DevOps
4 34 (23.94%) CI/CD
5 32 (22.54%) Software Engineering
6 28 (19.72%) Multithreading
7 19 (13.38%) Fintech
8 17 (11.97%) AI
8 17 (11.97%) Microservices
8 17 (11.97%) OO
9 15 (10.56%) Machine Learning
10 11 (7.75%) Mentoring
10 11 (7.75%) RAD
10 11 (7.75%) TDD
11 9 (6.34%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
11 9 (6.34%) SDLC
12 8 (5.63%) Analytics
12 8 (5.63%) Data Analytics
12 8 (5.63%) Line Management
13 7 (4.93%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 135 (95.07%) C#
2 70 (49.30%) SQL
3 39 (27.46%) JavaScript
4 27 (19.01%) TypeScript
5 8 (5.63%) Python
6 3 (2.11%) Java
6 3 (2.11%) VB.NET
7 2 (1.41%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.70%) C++
8 1 (0.70%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (4.93%) Degree
2 2 (1.41%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.93%) QA
System Software
1 26 (18.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (11.27%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 74 (52.11%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.23%) Google
3 4 (2.82%) Apple
3 4 (2.82%) Facebook
3 4 (2.82%) Sony
3 4 (2.82%) Yahoo!
4 3 (2.11%) Splunk
5 2 (1.41%) Foundry
6 1 (0.70%) WooCommerce