.NET Framework Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft .NET Framework
England > South East

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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 201 135
Rank change year-on-year -49 -66 +5
Permanent jobs citing .NET Framework 39 70 331
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.27% 0.91% 2.01%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.89% 5.76% 10.99%
Number of salaries quoted 35 53 300
10th Percentile £51,750 - £38,125
25th Percentile £55,000 £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.11% -17.39% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £67,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

.NET Framework 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,348 1,216 3,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.38% 15.74% 18.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,157 869 2,474
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £83,750 £84,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,268 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.91% +10.45% -11.11%

.NET Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

.NET Framework job vacancy trend in the South East

.NET Framework
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing .NET Framework.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing .NET Framework

.NET Framework
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Framework in the South East over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Framework in the South East

.NET Framework
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Thames Valley +1 26 £68,750 +83.33% 6
Buckinghamshire -2 10 £67,500 +35.00%
Oxfordshire -11 10 £67,500 +80.00% 3
Berkshire +1 6 £70,000 +19.15% 3
Hampshire -30 6 £55,000 +4.76% 4
Surrey -12 4 - - 2
West Sussex -18 3 £70,000 +12.00% 4
.NET Framework
England

.NET Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (5.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (10.26%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 19 (48.72%) Azure
2 10 (25.64%) AWS
3 6 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (12.82%) GitHub
4 5 (12.82%) SaaS
5 4 (10.26%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (10.26%) Power Platform
5 4 (10.26%) Serverless
6 3 (7.69%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.56%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (38.46%) SQL Server
2 6 (15.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (12.82%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (10.26%) Crystal Reports
4 4 (10.26%) MongoDB
4 4 (10.26%) Power BI
5 3 (7.69%) NoSQL
6 1 (2.56%) Relational Database
6 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (25.64%) Git
2 6 (15.38%) Postman
3 4 (10.26%) SpecFlow
4 2 (5.13%) Claude Code
4 2 (5.13%) Cucumber
5 1 (2.56%) JIRA
5 1 (2.56%) NUnit
5 1 (2.56%) TeamCity
5 1 (2.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (20.51%) Finance
2 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.26%) Retail
4 1 (2.56%) Agriculture
4 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Games
Job Titles
1 25 (64.10%) Developer
2 12 (30.77%) Senior
3 11 (28.21%) Senior Developer
4 10 (25.64%) .NET Developer
4 10 (25.64%) Full-Stack Developer
5 8 (20.51%) Software Developer
6 6 (15.38%) Lead
7 5 (12.82%) Senior Software Developer
7 5 (12.82%) Software Engineer
8 4 (10.26%) Applications Specialist
8 4 (10.26%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
8 4 (10.26%) Senior .NET Developer
8 4 (10.26%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
9 3 (7.69%) C# Developer
10 2 (5.13%) ASP.NET Developer
10 2 (5.13%) Lead Software Engineer
10 2 (5.13%) Quality Engineer
10 2 (5.13%) React Developer
10 2 (5.13%) Senior React Developer
11 1 (2.56%) ASP.NET MVC Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (100.00%) .NET
2 17 (43.59%) ASP.NET
3 14 (35.90%) Entity Framework
4 12 (30.77%) .NET Core
5 9 (23.08%) REST
6 7 (17.95%) AngularJS
6 7 (17.95%) ASP.NET Core
6 7 (17.95%) ASP.NET Web API
6 7 (17.95%) Vue
7 6 (15.38%) Blazor
7 6 (15.38%) React
8 4 (10.26%) Node.js
8 4 (10.26%) RESTful
9 3 (7.69%) Playwright
9 3 (7.69%) Razor View Engine
10 2 (5.13%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (5.13%) Gherkin
10 2 (5.13%) Swagger
11 1 (2.56%) Kendo UI
11 1 (2.56%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.13%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.56%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (58.97%) Agile
2 14 (35.90%) Full-Stack Development
3 12 (30.77%) Software Engineering
4 10 (25.64%) CI/CD
5 9 (23.08%) AI
5 9 (23.08%) Test Automation
6 8 (20.51%) BDD
6 8 (20.51%) Mentoring
6 8 (20.51%) TDD
7 7 (17.95%) DevOps
8 6 (15.38%) API Development
8 6 (15.38%) API Testing
8 6 (15.38%) Scrum
9 5 (12.82%) Architectural Patterns
9 5 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (12.82%) Clean Code
9 5 (12.82%) Collaborative Culture
9 5 (12.82%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (12.82%) Microservices
9 5 (12.82%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (79.49%) C#
2 15 (38.46%) SQL
3 14 (35.90%) JavaScript
4 9 (23.08%) TypeScript
5 4 (10.26%) VBA
5 4 (10.26%) VBScript
6 2 (5.13%) C
6 2 (5.13%) Python
7 1 (2.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.38%) QA
2 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) SYSPRO
3 2 (5.13%) Xamarin
4 1 (2.56%) Infragistics
4 1 (2.56%) Perforce
4 1 (2.56%) Rollbar
4 1 (2.56%) Telerik