.NET Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring .NET skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 34 23
Rank change year-on-year -41 -11 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,281 1,599 4,750
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.36% 5.93% 7.92%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 28.37% 30.50% 37.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,132 1,304 4,244
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,125 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -1.64%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

.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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,516 5,243 12,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.30% 19.45% 21.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,451 3,763 9,695
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -11.11%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

.NET job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

.NET
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing .NET.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing .NET

.NET
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for .NET in the UK excluding London

.NET
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 March 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
South East -32 408 £60,000 - 181
North of England -30 400 £65,000 +18.18% 153
North West -29 209 £65,000 +18.18% 83
Midlands -28 207 £55,000 -2.22% 95
Yorkshire -31 126 £60,000 +9.09% 47
South West -13 117 £55,000 -8.33% 66
West Midlands -43 110 £50,000 -15.25% 52
East Midlands -34 97 £60,000 +14.29% 43
East of England -53 73 £61,250 +22.50% 65
North East -12 65 £70,000 +16.67% 29
Scotland -40 60 £60,000 +20.00% 23
Wales -34 21 £45,000 -30.77% 13
Northern Ireland - 3 £56,250 - 3
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -
.NET
UK

.NET
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 29 (2.26%) IIS
2 21 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.01%) CMS
4 9 (0.70%) Umbraco
5 7 (0.55%) Confluence
6 6 (0.47%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.39%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.31%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.31%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.23%) nginx
10 2 (0.16%) Apache
10 2 (0.16%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.16%) JBoss
11 1 (0.078%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.078%) Drupal
11 1 (0.078%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.078%) Kentico
11 1 (0.078%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.078%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 21 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.16%) Magento
3 1 (0.078%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.078%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.078%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.078%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 514 (40.12%) Azure
2 200 (15.61%) SaaS
3 197 (15.38%) AWS
4 138 (10.77%) Azure DevOps
5 97 (7.57%) GitHub
6 74 (5.78%) Power Platform
7 67 (5.23%) Serverless
8 37 (2.89%) Azure Logic Apps
8 37 (2.89%) GitHub Actions
9 35 (2.73%) GCP
9 35 (2.73%) PowerApps
10 34 (2.65%) Power Automate
11 32 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
12 30 (2.34%) Azure Functions
12 30 (2.34%) Azure Service Bus
13 28 (2.19%) Azure AKS
13 28 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
14 25 (1.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 22 (1.72%) Amazon S3
15 22 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.25%) Internet
2 6 (0.47%) DNS
3 5 (0.39%) DHCP
3 5 (0.39%) VPN
4 4 (0.31%) VoIP
5 3 (0.23%) Firewall
5 3 (0.23%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.16%) HTTP
6 2 (0.16%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.16%) Intranet
7 1 (0.078%) AMQP
7 1 (0.078%) LTE
7 1 (0.078%) Modbus
7 1 (0.078%) MPLS
7 1 (0.078%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.078%) SSL
7 1 (0.078%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 303 (23.65%) SQL Server
2 71 (5.54%) NoSQL
3 50 (3.90%) Power BI
4 42 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
5 35 (2.73%) MongoDB
6 31 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
6 31 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 25 (1.95%) MySQL
8 23 (1.80%) Relational Database
9 19 (1.48%) DynamoDB
10 17 (1.33%) Redis
10 17 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.47%) GIS
13 5 (0.39%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
14 4 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.31%) QGIS
15 3 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 85 (6.64%) Git
2 43 (3.36%) JIRA
3 40 (3.12%) Visual Studio
4 37 (2.89%) Selenium
5 32 (2.50%) Postman
6 27 (2.11%) Team Foundation Server
7 22 (1.72%) SoapUI
8 19 (1.48%) WebDriver
9 14 (1.09%) Jenkins
10 11 (0.86%) SpecFlow
11 9 (0.70%) NUnit
12 6 (0.47%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.47%) git-flow
12 6 (0.47%) TeamCity
13 5 (0.39%) GitLab
13 5 (0.39%) JMeter
13 5 (0.39%) LabVIEW
14 4 (0.31%) Appium
14 4 (0.31%) REST Assured
15 3 (0.23%) MSTest
General
1 217 (16.94%) Social Skills
2 144 (11.24%) Finance
3 52 (4.06%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (3.20%) Public Sector
5 26 (2.03%) Law
6 22 (1.72%) Games
7 15 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (1.17%) Manufacturing
8 14 (1.09%) Aviation
8 14 (1.09%) Retail
9 11 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (0.78%) Electronics
10 10 (0.78%) Marketing
11 9 (0.70%) Aerospace
11 9 (0.70%) Banking
11 9 (0.70%) Military
12 7 (0.55%) Automotive
13 6 (0.47%) Financial Institution
13 6 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.39%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 771 (60.19%) Developer
2 314 (24.51%) .NET Developer
3 306 (23.89%) Senior
4 254 (19.83%) Software Developer
5 232 (18.11%) Software Engineer
6 157 (12.26%) Senior Developer
7 148 (11.55%) Full-Stack Developer
8 144 (11.24%) Lead
9 135 (10.54%) C# Developer
10 101 (7.88%) .NET Software Engineer
11 85 (6.64%) Senior Software Engineer
12 80 (6.25%) .NET Software Developer
13 78 (6.09%) C# .NET Developer
13 78 (6.09%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 69 (5.39%) Senior .NET Developer
15 67 (5.23%) Lead Developer
16 55 (4.29%) Senior Software Developer
17 50 (3.90%) Applications Developer
18 44 (3.43%) React Developer
19 42 (3.28%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 305 (23.81%) .NET Core
2 210 (16.39%) ASP.NET
3 206 (16.08%) React
4 177 (13.82%) .NET Framework
5 165 (12.88%) HTML
6 145 (11.32%) CSS
7 118 (9.21%) AngularJS
8 98 (7.65%) REST
9 87 (6.79%) RESTful
10 79 (6.17%) Blazor
11 78 (6.09%) ASP.NET Core
12 71 (5.54%) Entity Framework
13 60 (4.68%) Node.js
14 59 (4.61%) Vue
15 39 (3.04%) SOAP
16 31 (2.42%) ASP.NET MVC
17 26 (2.03%) jQuery
17 26 (2.03%) React Native
18 25 (1.95%) ASP.NET Web API
19 23 (1.80%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 81 (6.32%) Cloud Native
2 66 (5.15%) Mobile App
3 59 (4.61%) Product Ownership
4 39 (3.04%) Greenfield Project
5 35 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
6 32 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (1.25%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 13 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
8 13 (1.01%) Virtual Team
9 11 (0.86%) Legacy Code
10 9 (0.70%) Algorithms
10 9 (0.70%) IoT
11 8 (0.62%) 3D Graphics
11 8 (0.62%) Distributed Computing
11 8 (0.62%) Low-Code
11 8 (0.62%) PropTech
11 8 (0.62%) Sports Betting
12 7 (0.55%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 48 (3.75%) Windows
2 23 (1.80%) Android
3 20 (1.56%) Apple iOS
4 18 (1.41%) Linux
5 9 (0.70%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.47%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.31%) VMS
7 4 (0.31%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.16%) Unix
9 1 (0.078%) Fedora
9 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (30.44%) Agile
2 386 (30.13%) Software Engineering
3 319 (24.90%) Full-Stack Development
4 290 (22.64%) DevOps
5 274 (21.39%) CI/CD
6 170 (13.27%) Microservices
7 165 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
8 155 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 129 (10.07%) Mentoring
10 121 (9.45%) SDLC
11 107 (8.35%) Clean Code
12 106 (8.27%) Containerisation
13 96 (7.49%) AI
14 90 (7.03%) Scrum
15 83 (6.48%) MVC
16 71 (5.54%) User Experience
17 69 (5.39%) TDD
18 61 (4.76%) Technical Leadership
19 58 (4.53%) Computer Science
19 58 (4.53%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 869 (67.84%) C#
2 386 (30.13%) SQL
3 264 (20.61%) JavaScript
4 121 (9.45%) TypeScript
5 102 (7.96%) Java
6 90 (7.03%) Python
7 36 (2.81%) C++
7 36 (2.81%) T-SQL
8 25 (1.95%) PHP
9 20 (1.56%) PowerShell
10 15 (1.17%) C
11 13 (1.01%) VB.NET
12 12 (0.94%) Apex Code
12 12 (0.94%) Bash
13 9 (0.70%) Bicep
13 9 (0.70%) Go
14 6 (0.47%) VB
15 5 (0.39%) Delphi
16 4 (0.31%) VBA
16 4 (0.31%) XAML
Qualifications
1 121 (9.45%) Degree
2 40 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (2.73%) Security Cleared
4 33 (2.58%) SC Cleared
5 23 (1.80%) ISTQB
6 19 (1.48%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (1.41%) AWS Certification
8 11 (0.86%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.47%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.39%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.31%) ISEB
12 4 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.16%) PhD
14 2 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 1 (0.078%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (6.25%) QA
2 35 (2.73%) Accessibility
3 11 (0.86%) GDPR
4 10 (0.78%) WCAG
5 9 (0.70%) ISO 9001
6 7 (0.55%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.39%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.39%) SLA
8 1 (0.078%) GRC
8 1 (0.078%) HL7
8 1 (0.078%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.078%) NCSC
System Software
1 125 (9.76%) Docker
2 16 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.47%) Firmware
4 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.16%) vSphere
5 1 (0.078%) Squid
5 1 (0.078%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 99 (7.73%) Kubernetes
2 65 (5.07%) Terraform
3 14 (1.09%) Grafana
4 10 (0.78%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.55%) Ansible
6 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.078%) Argo
7 1 (0.078%) CASB
7 1 (0.078%) Consul
7 1 (0.078%) Kibana
7 1 (0.078%) MIIS
7 1 (0.078%) Packer
7 1 (0.078%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.078%) Puppet
Vendors
1 208 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 29 (2.26%) Xamarin
3 17 (1.33%) Google
4 15 (1.17%) Salesforce
5 12 (0.94%) Sage
6 11 (0.86%) Oracle
7 9 (0.70%) Adobe
7 9 (0.70%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (0.62%) Apple
8 8 (0.62%) MuleSoft
9 6 (0.47%) ServiceNow
9 6 (0.47%) Telerik
10 5 (0.39%) Databricks
10 5 (0.39%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.31%) Datto
11 4 (0.31%) Facebook
11 4 (0.31%) Freshdesk
11 4 (0.31%) New Relic
11 4 (0.31%) Zoho
12 3 (0.23%) VMware