.NET Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
England > South East

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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 78 17
Rank change year-on-year +41 -61 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 696 311 1,075
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.04% 3.48% 7.81%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 41.31% 29.90% 42.47%
Number of salaries quoted 640 259 842
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,700 £36,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -3.24%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

.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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,685 1,040 2,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.78% 11.65% 18.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,398 714 1,928
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

.NET job vacancy trend in the South East

.NET
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

.NET
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET in the South East over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET in the South East

.NET
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 August 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 +63 210 £60,000 +4.35% 40
Surrey +10 174 £72,500 +16.00% 12
Hampshire -14 98 £60,000 +9.09% 19
Oxfordshire +13 87 £60,000 +6.67% 8
East Sussex +22 85 £50,000 - 7
Kent +29 73 £47,500 +26.67% 22
Buckinghamshire +42 70 £52,500 +10.53% 12
Berkshire +25 53 £62,500 -1.57% 20
West Sussex +14 36 £73,750 +72.60% 5
Isle of Wight +14 11 £45,000 - 6
Sussex -3 6 £85,000 +100.00% 1
.NET
England

.NET
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 17 (2.44%) IIS
2 16 (2.30%) ColdFusion
3 9 (1.29%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.72%) nginx
5 4 (0.57%) Confluence
6 1 (0.14%) Apache
6 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (0.72%) Chatbot
1 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 348 (50.00%) Azure
2 117 (16.81%) AWS
3 115 (16.52%) Azure DevOps
4 87 (12.50%) SaaS
5 81 (11.64%) GitHub
6 55 (7.90%) GitHub Copilot
7 49 (7.04%) Azure AI
8 28 (4.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 28 (4.02%) Power Platform
9 27 (3.88%) Azure Monitor
9 27 (3.88%) Serverless
10 23 (3.30%) Azure Service Bus
11 22 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (2.59%) Anthropic Claude
13 15 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (2.01%) Azure Key Vault
15 12 (1.72%) Azure Functions
15 12 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
16 11 (1.58%) Amazon S3
17 8 (1.15%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (7.33%) Internet
2 9 (1.29%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.86%) Firewall
4 5 (0.72%) DHCP
4 5 (0.72%) DNS
4 5 (0.72%) LAN
4 5 (0.72%) WAN
5 4 (0.57%) Hyperconnected
6 3 (0.43%) HTTP
6 3 (0.43%) RS-232
7 1 (0.14%) Modbus
7 1 (0.14%) VLAN
7 1 (0.14%) Wireless
7 1 (0.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (30.32%) SQL Server
2 146 (20.98%) Azure SQL Database
3 141 (20.26%) MongoDB
4 70 (10.06%) Elasticsearch
5 29 (4.17%) MySQL
6 26 (3.74%) NoSQL
6 26 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (2.87%) Relational Database
8 16 (2.30%) Power BI
9 7 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (1.01%) Crystal Reports
9 7 (1.01%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.72%) Metadata
11 3 (0.43%) Redis
11 3 (0.43%) Spatial Data
11 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.14%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.14%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 58 (8.33%) Git
2 12 (1.72%) Postman
3 11 (1.58%) JIRA
4 10 (1.44%) Selenium
5 9 (1.29%) Visual Studio
6 8 (1.15%) Claude Code
6 8 (1.15%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (1.15%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (0.86%) NUnit
8 5 (0.72%) GitLab
8 5 (0.72%) Octopus Deploy
8 5 (0.72%) SpecFlow
8 5 (0.72%) Yeoman
9 4 (0.57%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.43%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.43%) Eclipse RCP
10 3 (0.43%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.29%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.29%) MSTest
General
1 134 (19.25%) Social Skills
2 68 (9.77%) Finance
3 36 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (4.17%) Retail
5 28 (4.02%) Games
6 22 (3.16%) Advertising
7 18 (2.59%) Manufacturing
8 17 (2.44%) Automotive
8 17 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.01%) Public Sector
10 11 (1.58%) Marketing
11 10 (1.44%) Law
12 8 (1.15%) Electronics
13 6 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.72%) Aviation
14 5 (0.72%) Music Industry
15 4 (0.57%) Billing
16 3 (0.43%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.29%) Legal
17 2 (0.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 442 (63.51%) Developer
2 295 (42.39%) .NET Developer
3 120 (17.24%) Software Engineer
4 90 (12.93%) Lead
5 86 (12.36%) Senior
6 74 (10.63%) C# Software Engineer
7 73 (10.49%) Web Developer
8 71 (10.20%) .NET Software Engineer
9 65 (9.34%) C# Developer
9 65 (9.34%) Full-Stack Developer
9 65 (9.34%) Software Developer
10 57 (8.19%) Senior Developer
11 56 (8.05%) C# .NET Developer
12 34 (4.89%) .NET Software Developer
13 29 (4.17%) Lead Software Engineer
13 29 (4.17%) Senior .NET Developer
14 27 (3.88%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 26 (3.74%) Azure Engineer
16 25 (3.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 24 (3.45%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (37.64%) ASP.NET
2 209 (30.03%) .NET Core
3 197 (28.30%) ASP.NET Core
4 136 (19.54%) HTML
5 133 (19.11%) CSS
6 119 (17.10%) React
7 106 (15.23%) Vue
8 96 (13.79%) AngularJS
9 93 (13.36%) Node.js
10 91 (13.07%) Entity Framework
11 87 (12.50%) Blazor
12 79 (11.35%) ASP.NET Web API
13 76 (10.92%) .NET Framework
14 69 (9.91%) RESTful
15 57 (8.19%) REST
16 50 (7.18%) jQuery
17 46 (6.61%) ML.NET
18 30 (4.31%) LINQ
19 25 (3.59%) NestJS
20 22 (3.16%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 44 (6.32%) Greenfield Project
2 37 (5.32%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (4.89%) Product Ownership
4 33 (4.74%) Cloud Native
5 14 (2.01%) Mobile App
6 12 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (0.86%) AI Agents
9 5 (0.72%) Client/Server
9 5 (0.72%) Digital TV
9 5 (0.72%) Embedded Systems
9 5 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (0.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (0.57%) IoT
10 4 (0.57%) iPhone
10 4 (0.57%) Social Network
11 3 (0.43%) Life Science
11 3 (0.43%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.43%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.43%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.73%) Windows
2 8 (1.15%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.01%) Android
3 7 (1.01%) Linux
4 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (39.22%) Full-Stack Development
2 233 (33.48%) Agile
3 185 (26.58%) Software Engineering
4 154 (22.13%) CI/CD
5 152 (21.84%) DevOps
6 128 (18.39%) Microservices
7 118 (16.95%) AI
8 112 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
9 85 (12.21%) Web Development
10 76 (10.92%) SDLC
11 69 (9.91%) TDD
12 65 (9.34%) Machine Learning
13 61 (8.76%) Continuous Improvement
14 59 (8.48%) Mentoring
15 58 (8.33%) Scrum
16 53 (7.61%) MVC
17 52 (7.47%) Computer Science
17 52 (7.47%) Fintech
18 49 (7.04%) BDD
18 49 (7.04%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 542 (77.87%) C#
2 304 (43.68%) SQL
3 155 (22.27%) JavaScript
4 108 (15.52%) TypeScript
5 45 (6.47%) PHP
6 40 (5.75%) C++
7 31 (4.45%) Python
8 20 (2.87%) PowerShell
8 20 (2.87%) VB.NET
9 18 (2.59%) T-SQL
10 13 (1.87%) C
11 8 (1.15%) Java
12 7 (1.01%) Bicep
13 4 (0.57%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.57%) VBA
13 4 (0.57%) VBScript
14 3 (0.43%) CFML
14 3 (0.43%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.43%) Embedded C++
15 2 (0.29%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 91 (13.07%) Degree
2 52 (7.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (4.45%) Security Cleared
4 29 (4.17%) SC Cleared
5 18 (2.59%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.29%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.15%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.01%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.29%) CSQA
12 2 (0.29%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.29%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (6.03%) QA
2 29 (4.17%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.01%) GDPR
4 4 (0.57%) SLA
5 2 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 97 (13.94%) Docker
2 8 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.86%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (0.86%) Firmware
3 6 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.72%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 68 (9.77%) Kubernetes
2 27 (3.88%) Terraform
3 5 (0.72%) Grafana
3 5 (0.72%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.29%) MIIS
Vendors
1 249 (35.78%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.87%) Google
3 19 (2.73%) Oracle
4 16 (2.30%) Facebook
5 12 (1.72%) YouTube
6 9 (1.29%) OpenAI
7 8 (1.15%) Salesforce
8 6 (0.86%) VMware
9 4 (0.57%) SYSPRO
10 3 (0.43%) Adobe
10 3 (0.43%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.14%) Infor
11 1 (0.14%) Rollbar
11 1 (0.14%) Veracode