.NET Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring .NET skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 46 17
Rank change year-on-year -9 -29 -4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 4 2 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.79% 0.51% 10.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.00% 2.22% 37.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 32
10th Percentile £33,300 - £38,250
25th Percentile £38,625 £47,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £58,125 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £61,500 - £62,725
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Northern Ireland

.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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 50 90 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 9.86% 22.73% 27.27%
Number of salaries quoted 30 25 72
10th Percentile £55,000 £46,713 £38,250
25th Percentile £68,813 £50,000 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,500 £82,375
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

.NET job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

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Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing .NET.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing .NET

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Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET in Northern Ireland

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Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
County Londonderry - 2 £31,500 -
County Antrim +3 1 £50,000 - 11
.NET
UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (50.00%) ArcGIS
2 1 (25.00%) Confluence
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) SaaS
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Functions
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (25.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) GIS
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (25.00%) MySQL
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Local Government
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (25.00%) C# Developer
3 1 (25.00%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Microsoft Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) CSS
1 2 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Web Application Development
3 1 (25.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) Python
4 1 (25.00%) PHP
4 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (25.00%) VB
4 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) ESRI
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Databricks
2 1 (25.00%) RedGate