.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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 203 94
Rank change year-on-year +15 -109 +53
Permanent jobs citing .NET Core 147 104 466
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.73% 1.25% 2.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.05% 6.56% 12.47%
Number of salaries quoted 143 87 438
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,250 £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 £72,500 £69,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £82,500 £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 1,827 1,585 3,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.09% 19.12% 18.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,525 834 3,025
10th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £34,437
25th Percentile £47,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,250 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,050 £92,000 £80,000
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 20 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 20 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 +13 74 £55,000 -8.33% 23
North East -9 50 £65,000 +33.33% 13
Yorkshire -47 23 £55,000 -8.33% 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 (2.72%) IIS
2 1 (0.68%) CMS
2 1 (0.68%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.36%) Magento
1 2 (1.36%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 111 (75.51%) Azure
2 33 (22.45%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (21.09%) AWS
4 17 (11.56%) Azure AI
5 14 (9.52%) GitHub
6 13 (8.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 10 (6.80%) GitHub Copilot
8 7 (4.76%) Serverless
9 6 (4.08%) Power Platform
9 6 (4.08%) SaaS
10 5 (3.40%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (3.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (2.72%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (2.72%) Twilio
12 3 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (2.04%) Google Play
12 3 (2.04%) Power Automate
12 3 (2.04%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.72%) Internet
2 3 (2.04%) HTTPS
3 2 (1.36%) Firewall
4 1 (0.68%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (38.78%) Azure SQL Database
2 46 (31.29%) MongoDB
3 38 (25.85%) SQL Server
4 10 (6.80%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (4.08%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (3.40%) GIS
6 5 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (3.40%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.72%) MySQL
7 4 (2.72%) Power BI
8 3 (2.04%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (2.04%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.68%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.68%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (9.52%) Git
2 3 (2.04%) GitLab
3 2 (1.36%) JIRA
4 1 (0.68%) Claude Code
General
1 22 (14.97%) Finance
2 13 (8.84%) Games
3 5 (3.40%) Advertising
3 5 (3.40%) Aerospace
3 5 (3.40%) Retail
4 3 (2.04%) Banking
4 3 (2.04%) Social Skills
5 2 (1.36%) Local Government
5 2 (1.36%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 118 (80.27%) Developer
2 83 (56.46%) .NET Developer
3 37 (25.17%) Software Developer
4 27 (18.37%) Senior
5 23 (15.65%) Lead
5 23 (15.65%) Lead Developer
5 23 (15.65%) Software Engineer
6 21 (14.29%) C# Developer
7 19 (12.93%) Senior Developer
8 15 (10.20%) C# .NET Developer
8 15 (10.20%) Lead Software Developer
9 13 (8.84%) C# Software Developer
10 12 (8.16%) Senior Software Developer
11 10 (6.80%) .NET Software Developer
11 10 (6.80%) .NET Software Engineer
11 10 (6.80%) C# Software Engineer
11 10 (6.80%) Full-Stack Developer
11 10 (6.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 8 (5.44%) Senior Software Engineer
13 7 (4.76%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (100.00%) .NET
2 89 (60.54%) ASP.NET
3 59 (40.14%) ASP.NET Core
4 40 (27.21%) Vue
5 38 (25.85%) Entity Framework
6 36 (24.49%) RESTful
7 35 (23.81%) AngularJS
8 31 (21.09%) ASP.NET Web API
8 31 (21.09%) CSS
8 31 (21.09%) HTML
8 31 (21.09%) React
9 23 (15.65%) .NET Framework
10 22 (14.97%) LINQ
11 17 (11.56%) Blazor
11 17 (11.56%) ML.NET
11 17 (11.56%) Node.js
12 9 (6.12%) REST
13 6 (4.08%) CSS3
13 6 (4.08%) HTML5
14 5 (3.40%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.56%) Greenfield Project
2 13 (8.84%) Hedge funds
3 7 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (4.08%) Algorithms
5 5 (3.40%) BBC
5 5 (3.40%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.40%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (3.40%) Social Media
6 4 (2.72%) Social Network
7 3 (2.04%) iPhone
7 3 (2.04%) Low-Code
7 3 (2.04%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.36%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.36%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.36%) Learning Management System
8 2 (1.36%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (0.68%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.68%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.68%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.68%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.04%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (57.14%) Full-Stack Development
2 64 (43.54%) Agile
3 41 (27.89%) DevOps
4 36 (24.49%) CI/CD
5 34 (23.13%) Software Engineering
6 32 (21.77%) Multithreading
7 21 (14.29%) Microservices
8 20 (13.61%) AI
9 19 (12.93%) Fintech
10 18 (12.24%) OO
11 17 (11.56%) Machine Learning
12 13 (8.84%) TDD
13 11 (7.48%) Mentoring
14 10 (6.80%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
15 9 (6.12%) Analytics
15 9 (6.12%) Data Analytics
15 9 (6.12%) SDLC
16 8 (5.44%) API Integration
16 8 (5.44%) BDD
16 8 (5.44%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 140 (95.24%) C#
2 76 (51.70%) SQL
3 45 (30.61%) JavaScript
4 33 (22.45%) TypeScript
5 9 (6.12%) Python
6 4 (2.72%) Java
7 3 (2.04%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.36%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.68%) C++
9 1 (0.68%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (4.76%) Degree
2 2 (1.36%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.44%) QA
2 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 27 (18.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (11.56%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 80 (54.42%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.44%) Google
3 5 (3.40%) Apple
3 5 (3.40%) Facebook
3 5 (3.40%) Sony
3 5 (3.40%) Yahoo!
4 3 (2.04%) Splunk
5 2 (1.36%) Foundry
6 1 (0.68%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.68%) WooCommerce