.NET Core Job Trends in the South East

.NET Core
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring .NET Core skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 216 108
Rank change year-on-year +24 -108 -19
Permanent jobs citing .NET Core 101 55 424
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.70% 0.71% 2.59%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.38% 4.58% 14.15%
Number of salaries quoted 100 51 418
10th Percentile £44,875 - £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,250 £68,750 £72,875
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

.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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,368 1,201 2,997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.48% 15.40% 18.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,172 840 2,463
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,400 £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 £94,875 £83,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £66,720 £66,253 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.70% +10.42% -11.11%

.NET Core
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

.NET Core job vacancy trend in the South East

.NET Core
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

.NET Core
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Core in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Core in the South East

.NET Core
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 Core within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 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 +5 27 £57,500 +53.33% 18
East Sussex +6 25 £60,000 +20.00% 2
Hampshire -20 20 £55,000 -15.38% 8
Kent - 14 £52,500 - 6
Oxfordshire -13 11 £57,500 +53.33% 4
Berkshire +14 10 £66,250 +20.45% 11
Surrey -9 10 £60,000 -31.43% 9
Buckinghamshire -4 6 £55,000 +4.76% 3
West Sussex -17 4 £58,750 +4.91% 4
Isle of Wight - 1 £50,000 - 1
.NET Core
England

.NET Core
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:

Cloud Services
1 61 (60.40%) Azure
2 19 (18.81%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (14.85%) GitHub
4 14 (13.86%) GitHub Copilot
5 13 (12.87%) AWS
6 12 (11.88%) Azure AI
7 8 (7.92%) SaaS
8 4 (3.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 4 (3.96%) GCP
9 3 (2.97%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.99%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.99%) Google Play
10 1 (0.99%) PaaS
10 1 (0.99%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.94%) Internet
2 2 (1.98%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.99%) Modbus
3 1 (0.99%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (42.57%) Azure SQL Database
2 39 (38.61%) MongoDB
3 17 (16.83%) Elasticsearch
4 15 (14.85%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.98%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.99%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.99%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (3.96%) Git
2 3 (2.97%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.98%) GitLab
General
1 12 (11.88%) Finance
2 9 (8.91%) Automotive
3 7 (6.93%) Games
4 6 (5.94%) Advertising
4 6 (5.94%) Retail
5 3 (2.97%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.97%) Marketing
6 2 (1.98%) Electronics
6 2 (1.98%) Social Skills
7 1 (0.99%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.99%) Law
7 1 (0.99%) Music Industry
7 1 (0.99%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 89 (88.12%) Developer
2 50 (49.50%) .NET Developer
3 17 (16.83%) Applications Developer
4 15 (14.85%) Software Developer
5 12 (11.88%) Full-Stack Developer
6 9 (8.91%) C# Developer
7 8 (7.92%) Software Engineer
8 6 (5.94%) Full-Stack C# Developer
9 5 (4.95%) .NET Software Engineer
9 5 (4.95%) Lead
9 5 (4.95%) Lead Software Engineer
9 5 (4.95%) Senior
10 4 (3.96%) Architect
10 4 (3.96%) Azure Engineer
10 4 (3.96%) Azure Software Engineer
10 4 (3.96%) C# .NET Developer
11 3 (2.97%) Blazor Developer
11 3 (2.97%) C# Software Developer
11 3 (2.97%) Senior Developer
11 3 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (100.00%) .NET
2 54 (53.47%) ASP.NET
3 47 (46.53%) ASP.NET Core
4 29 (28.71%) Vue
5 25 (24.75%) AngularJS
6 23 (22.77%) Entity Framework
7 22 (21.78%) Blazor
7 22 (21.78%) React
8 18 (17.82%) ASP.NET Web API
8 18 (17.82%) RESTful
9 17 (16.83%) Node.js
10 15 (14.85%) CSS
10 15 (14.85%) HTML
11 12 (11.88%) .NET Framework
11 12 (11.88%) ML.NET
12 11 (10.89%) LINQ
13 3 (2.97%) ASP.NET MVC
13 3 (2.97%) REST
13 3 (2.97%) WPF
14 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 13 (12.87%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (5.94%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.96%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.97%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.98%) Digital TV
6 2 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.98%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.98%) Social Network
7 1 (0.99%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.99%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.99%) IoT
7 1 (0.99%) iPhone
7 1 (0.99%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.99%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.99%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (59.41%) Full-Stack Development
2 58 (57.43%) Agile
3 29 (28.71%) DevOps
4 28 (27.72%) CI/CD
5 23 (22.77%) SOLID
6 22 (21.78%) OO
7 21 (20.79%) Collaborative Culture
7 21 (20.79%) Collaborative Working
7 21 (20.79%) Microservices
7 21 (20.79%) SDLC
8 20 (19.80%) Clean Code
8 20 (19.80%) OOP
9 18 (17.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (17.82%) Software Engineering
10 15 (14.85%) AI
10 15 (14.85%) Multithreading
11 13 (12.87%) TDD
12 12 (11.88%) Machine Learning
13 11 (10.89%) Scrum
14 10 (9.90%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 96 (95.05%) C#
2 57 (56.44%) SQL
3 31 (30.69%) TypeScript
4 21 (20.79%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.97%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (4.95%) Degree
2 1 (0.99%) AWS Certification
2 1 (0.99%) Azure Certification
2 1 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (0.99%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.99%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.99%) QA
System Software
1 21 (20.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (20.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 69 (68.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.96%) Facebook
2 4 (3.96%) Google
3 3 (2.97%) YouTube