.NET Software Developer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

.NET Software Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median .NET Software Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 464 482 542
Rank change year-on-year +18 +60 -67
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Software Developer 118 44 208
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.15% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.17% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 117 41 202
10th Percentile £45,000 - £36,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £31,250 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -6.10%
75th Percentile £65,000 £56,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +9.09%

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 62,505 26,055 65,708
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 89.13% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 41,409 14,263 47,844
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,159 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,729 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +3.46% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

.NET Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

.NET Software Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

.NET Software Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

.NET Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Software Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Software Developer in the UK excluding London

.NET Software 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 Software Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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 +2 48 £57,500 +7.48% 5
South East +8 37 £55,000 -8.33% 3
Yorkshire -16 27 £50,000 -16.67% 1
North West +21 20 £60,000 +26.32% 1
South West -39 18 £45,000 +2.27%
Midlands - 8 £50,000 -
East of England -14 5 £55,000 +3.77%
East Midlands - 4 £50,000 -
West Midlands - 4 £90,000 -
Wales - 2 £45,000 - 1
North East -41 1 £70,000 -39.13% 3
.NET Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2026, .NET Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 118 (100.00%) .NET
2 82 (69.49%) C#
3 56 (47.46%) Software Engineering
4 42 (35.59%) Full-Stack Development
5 38 (32.20%) SaaS
6 34 (28.81%) SQL
7 31 (26.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (26.27%) HTML
8 30 (25.42%) AWS
8 30 (25.42%) CSS
8 30 (25.42%) SDLC
9 29 (24.58%) Azure
9 29 (24.58%) Vue
10 25 (21.19%) Product Vision
10 25 (21.19%) Resource Allocation
11 24 (20.34%) CQRS
11 24 (20.34%) Microservices
12 23 (19.49%) .NET Core
13 22 (18.64%) SQL Server
14 20 (16.95%) CI/CD
15 17 (14.41%) Agile
15 17 (14.41%) Microsoft
16 13 (11.02%) ASP.NET
16 13 (11.02%) Computer Science
16 13 (11.02%) Degree
17 12 (10.17%) Docker
18 10 (8.47%) RESTful
19 9 (7.63%) .NET Framework
19 9 (7.63%) AI
19 9 (7.63%) API Design

.NET Software 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 1 (0.85%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 38 (32.20%) SaaS
2 30 (25.42%) AWS
3 29 (24.58%) Azure
4 7 (5.93%) Serverless
5 6 (5.08%) Azure Functions
6 5 (4.24%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (4.24%) GitHub
7 3 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.85%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.85%) Azure App Service
8 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.85%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (18.64%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.24%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (5.93%) Git
2 1 (0.85%) Postman
2 1 (0.85%) SpecFlow
General
1 12 (10.17%) Finance
2 8 (6.78%) Social Skills
3 7 (5.93%) Automotive
3 7 (5.93%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.85%) Advertising
4 1 (0.85%) Legal
4 1 (0.85%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (100.00%) .NET
2 31 (26.27%) HTML
3 30 (25.42%) CSS
4 29 (24.58%) Vue
5 23 (19.49%) .NET Core
6 13 (11.02%) ASP.NET
7 10 (8.47%) RESTful
8 9 (7.63%) .NET Framework
9 6 (5.08%) Blazor
9 6 (5.08%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (2.54%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (2.54%) ASP.NET Web API
11 2 (1.69%) KnockoutJS
11 2 (1.69%) React
12 1 (0.85%) AngularJS
12 1 (0.85%) HTML5
12 1 (0.85%) JSON
12 1 (0.85%) Razor View Engine
12 1 (0.85%) REST
12 1 (0.85%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.08%) Cloud Native
2 2 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (0.85%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (47.46%) Software Engineering
2 42 (35.59%) Full-Stack Development
3 31 (26.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (25.42%) SDLC
5 25 (21.19%) Product Vision
5 25 (21.19%) Resource Allocation
6 24 (20.34%) CQRS
6 24 (20.34%) Microservices
7 20 (16.95%) CI/CD
8 17 (14.41%) Agile
9 13 (11.02%) Computer Science
10 9 (7.63%) AI
10 9 (7.63%) API Design
11 8 (6.78%) API Integration
11 8 (6.78%) Containerisation
11 8 (6.78%) DevOps
11 8 (6.78%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (5.08%) Secure Coding
13 5 (4.24%) Cloud Security
13 5 (4.24%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 82 (69.49%) C#
2 34 (28.81%) SQL
3 9 (7.63%) JavaScript
4 5 (4.24%) Python
5 2 (1.69%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (11.02%) Degree
2 8 (6.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.24%) Azure Certification
3 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.24%) GDPR
2 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 12 (10.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (6.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (14.41%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.24%) Oracle
3 4 (3.39%) Sage
4 1 (0.85%) DevExpress
4 1 (0.85%) Xamarin