.NET Developer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

.NET Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median .NET Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 290 85
Rank change year-on-year +79 -205 +86
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 531 277 2,039
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.81% 0.96% 2.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 1.08% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 503 262 1,961
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 61,261 25,599 65,135
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.60% 89.06% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 40,321 14,589 47,499
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,446
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,550
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.74% -12.42%

.NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '.NET Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

.NET Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

.NET Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

.NET Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Developer in the UK excluding London

.NET Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
North of England +37 170 £57,500 -4.17% 46
South East +74 159 £55,000 +4.76% 54
North West +21 91 £60,000 +4.35% 27
Midlands -1 67 £55,000 +4.76% 18
East of England +2 57 £60,000 +13.21% 18
South West -11 55 £52,500 -4.55% 12
Yorkshire -16 53 £60,000 - 10
West Midlands -10 39 £55,000 -4.35% 9
East Midlands -16 28 £53,750 +13.16% 9
North East -19 26 £55,000 -31.25% 9
Scotland -12 14 £60,000 +84.62% 5
Wales -21 9 £45,000 -10.00% 4
.NET Developer
UK

.NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 May 2026, .NET Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring .NET Developer in the job title.

1 531 (100.00%) .NET
2 346 (65.16%) C#
3 246 (46.33%) Full-Stack Development
4 240 (45.20%) Azure
5 221 (41.62%) .NET Core
6 208 (39.17%) SQL
7 195 (36.72%) ASP.NET
8 169 (31.83%) Microsoft
9 166 (31.26%) ASP.NET Core
10 161 (30.32%) Agile
11 144 (27.12%) Azure SQL Database
12 122 (22.98%) MongoDB
13 101 (19.02%) CI/CD
14 89 (16.76%) HTML
14 89 (16.76%) React
15 88 (16.57%) CSS
16 85 (16.01%) JavaScript
17 83 (15.63%) DevOps
17 83 (15.63%) RESTful
18 82 (15.44%) Microservices
19 79 (14.88%) Vue
20 77 (14.50%) SaaS
21 76 (14.31%) AngularJS
22 73 (13.75%) Blazor
23 71 (13.37%) Azure DevOps
23 71 (13.37%) Docker
24 68 (12.81%) AWS
25 67 (12.62%) AI
25 67 (12.62%) Entity Framework
25 67 (12.62%) Software Engineering

.NET Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (0.38%) IIS
1 2 (0.38%) NServiceBus
2 1 (0.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 240 (45.20%) Azure
2 77 (14.50%) SaaS
3 71 (13.37%) Azure DevOps
4 68 (12.81%) AWS
5 57 (10.73%) GitHub
6 50 (9.42%) Azure AI
7 37 (6.97%) GitHub Copilot
8 30 (5.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 27 (5.08%) Serverless
10 17 (3.20%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (2.82%) Azure Functions
12 12 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (1.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (1.88%) Amazon EventBridge
13 10 (1.88%) Amazon S3
13 10 (1.88%) Amazon SQS
13 10 (1.88%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (1.88%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (1.88%) AWS Step Functions
14 8 (1.51%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.58%) Internet
2 3 (0.56%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.19%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (27.12%) Azure SQL Database
2 122 (22.98%) MongoDB
3 57 (10.73%) SQL Server
4 42 (7.91%) Elasticsearch
5 18 (3.39%) NoSQL
6 15 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.88%) DynamoDB
8 6 (1.13%) MySQL
9 4 (0.75%) NonStop SQL
10 1 (0.19%) Power BI
10 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (4.52%) Git
2 5 (0.94%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.56%) MSTest
3 3 (0.56%) NUnit
4 1 (0.19%) JIRA
4 1 (0.19%) Postman
4 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 48 (9.04%) Finance
2 22 (4.14%) Games
3 21 (3.95%) Social Skills
4 15 (2.82%) Advertising
5 9 (1.69%) Marketing
6 7 (1.32%) Manufacturing
7 6 (1.13%) Automotive
7 6 (1.13%) Retail
8 5 (0.94%) Back Office
9 3 (0.56%) Music Industry
10 2 (0.38%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.19%) Law
11 1 (0.19%) Legal
11 1 (0.19%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 531 (100.00%) .NET
2 221 (41.62%) .NET Core
3 195 (36.72%) ASP.NET
4 166 (31.26%) ASP.NET Core
5 89 (16.76%) HTML
5 89 (16.76%) React
6 88 (16.57%) CSS
7 83 (15.63%) RESTful
8 79 (14.88%) Vue
9 76 (14.31%) AngularJS
10 73 (13.75%) Blazor
11 67 (12.62%) Entity Framework
12 56 (10.55%) ASP.NET Web API
13 49 (9.23%) ML.NET
14 42 (7.91%) Node.js
15 37 (6.97%) .NET Framework
15 37 (6.97%) LINQ
16 19 (3.58%) REST
17 10 (1.88%) ASP.NET MVC
17 10 (1.88%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.23%) Mobile App
2 33 (6.21%) Greenfield Project
3 19 (3.58%) Cloud Native
4 16 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (2.64%) PropTech
6 9 (1.69%) Digital TV
6 9 (1.69%) Social Network
7 8 (1.51%) Sports Betting
8 7 (1.32%) iPhone
8 7 (1.32%) Legacy Code
9 6 (1.13%) BBC
9 6 (1.13%) Social Media
10 5 (0.94%) Hedge funds
10 5 (0.94%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.38%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.38%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.38%) IoT
13 1 (0.19%) Robotics
13 1 (0.19%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.51%) Android
2 5 (0.94%) Windows
3 2 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (46.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 161 (30.32%) Agile
3 101 (19.02%) CI/CD
4 83 (15.63%) DevOps
5 82 (15.44%) Microservices
6 67 (12.62%) AI
6 67 (12.62%) Software Engineering
7 55 (10.36%) Multithreading
8 50 (9.42%) Machine Learning
9 35 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 34 (6.40%) SDLC
11 33 (6.21%) OO
11 33 (6.21%) TDD
12 25 (4.71%) Scrum
13 24 (4.52%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (4.33%) MVC
15 21 (3.95%) Containerisation
15 21 (3.95%) Kanban
16 20 (3.77%) Product Vision
16 20 (3.77%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 346 (65.16%) C#
2 208 (39.17%) SQL
3 85 (16.01%) JavaScript
4 66 (12.43%) TypeScript
5 13 (2.45%) VB
6 4 (0.75%) Python
6 4 (0.75%) T-SQL
6 4 (0.75%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.19%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 32 (6.03%) SC Cleared
1 32 (6.03%) Security Cleared
2 14 (2.64%) Degree
3 9 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (1.51%) AWS Certification
4 8 (1.51%) AWS Certified Developer
5 4 (0.75%) Azure Certification
5 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (0.75%) GDPR
2 3 (0.56%) QA
3 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
System Software
1 71 (13.37%) Docker
2 2 (0.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 48 (9.04%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.07%) Terraform
Vendors
1 169 (31.83%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.39%) Facebook
3 17 (3.20%) Google
4 16 (3.01%) Xamarin
5 6 (1.13%) Apple
5 6 (1.13%) Sony
5 6 (1.13%) Yahoo!
5 6 (1.13%) YouTube
6 5 (0.94%) Oracle
7 4 (0.75%) OpenAI
7 4 (0.75%) Sage
8 1 (0.19%) DevExpress
8 1 (0.19%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.19%) Foundry
8 1 (0.19%) Infragistics
8 1 (0.19%) Perforce
8 1 (0.19%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.19%) Telerik