.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 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 80 25
Rank change year-on-year +24 -55 -1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,206 1,181 3,677
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.59% 3.45% 6.68%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 30.19% 25.28% 35.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,926 851 2,550
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.76%

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 7,308 4,672 10,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.58% 13.65% 19.01%
Number of salaries quoted 5,636 2,827 6,343
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £44,655
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,750 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £85,920 £81,250
UK median annual salary £67,500 £69,442 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.80% +6.83% -3.70%

.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 September 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 September 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 +47 690 £60,000 - 291
North of England +2 598 £56,500 -5.83% 347
Midlands +25 352 £60,000 +9.09% 183
North West -19 264 £60,000 -4.00% 207
East of England +26 216 £60,000 +14.29% 103
South West +7 196 £55,000 +4.76% 85
West Midlands -11 187 £58,750 +6.82% 95
North East +10 182 £57,500 +32.95% 62
East Midlands +48 165 £60,000 +9.09% 88
Yorkshire +5 152 £55,000 -8.33% 81
Scotland +45 67 £60,000 -5.51% 92
Northern Ireland -32 62 £35,000 -30.00% 41
Wales -73 27 £50,000 -9.09% 33
.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 43 (1.95%) IIS
2 32 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.73%) CMS
4 14 (0.63%) ColdFusion
4 14 (0.63%) Confluence
5 8 (0.36%) WordPress
6 7 (0.32%) nginx
6 7 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.18%) Apache
7 4 (0.18%) CICS
7 4 (0.18%) Headless CMS
7 4 (0.18%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.091%) EPiServer
9 2 (0.091%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.045%) Appian
10 1 (0.045%) Kentico
10 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.045%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
1 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.091%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.045%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.18%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.18%) Shopify
3 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.14%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.091%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.045%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.045%) Magento
5 1 (0.045%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1,088 (49.32%) Azure
2 357 (16.18%) AWS
3 355 (16.09%) Azure DevOps
4 211 (9.56%) GitHub
5 173 (7.84%) SaaS
6 160 (7.25%) Azure AI
7 140 (6.35%) GitHub Copilot
8 122 (5.53%) Power Platform
9 92 (4.17%) Serverless
10 91 (4.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 84 (3.81%) Power Automate
12 82 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
13 67 (3.04%) PowerApps
14 51 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
15 50 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
16 43 (1.95%) Azure Functions
17 41 (1.86%) Azure Service Bus
18 40 (1.81%) AWS Lambda
19 39 (1.77%) Azure Monitor
20 38 (1.72%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 87 (3.94%) Internet
2 18 (0.82%) Firewall
3 11 (0.50%) VLAN
4 10 (0.45%) Wireless
5 9 (0.41%) HTTP
5 9 (0.41%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
6 6 (0.27%) SNMP
7 5 (0.23%) DHCP
7 5 (0.23%) DNS
7 5 (0.23%) LAN
7 5 (0.23%) WAN
8 3 (0.14%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.14%) RS-232
9 2 (0.091%) Modbus
9 2 (0.091%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.045%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.045%) Network Security
10 1 (0.045%) Profibus
10 1 (0.045%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 465 (21.08%) SQL Server
2 454 (20.58%) Azure SQL Database
3 393 (17.82%) MongoDB
4 155 (7.03%) Elasticsearch
5 81 (3.67%) Power BI
6 76 (3.45%) Relational Database
7 60 (2.72%) MySQL
8 59 (2.67%) NoSQL
9 55 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
11 17 (0.77%) Redis
12 14 (0.63%) Spark SQL
13 13 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.54%) DynamoDB
15 11 (0.50%) NonStop SQL
16 10 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 10 (0.45%) SQLite
17 9 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
17 9 (0.41%) GIS
18 7 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 163 (7.39%) Git
2 34 (1.54%) Visual Studio
3 33 (1.50%) JIRA
4 30 (1.36%) Jenkins
5 23 (1.04%) Claude Code
6 22 (1.00%) GitLab
7 21 (0.95%) NUnit
8 17 (0.77%) Postman
9 15 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
10 12 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
10 12 (0.54%) Selenium
11 11 (0.50%) TeamCity
12 8 (0.36%) Moq
13 7 (0.32%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.32%) MSI
13 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
15 5 (0.23%) Cucumber
15 5 (0.23%) MSTest
16 4 (0.18%) Subversion
General
1 335 (15.19%) Social Skills
2 221 (10.02%) Finance
3 103 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (3.90%) Legal
5 76 (3.45%) Public Sector
6 67 (3.04%) Retail
7 64 (2.90%) Games
8 59 (2.67%) Manufacturing
9 56 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 54 (2.45%) Advertising
11 52 (2.36%) Law
11 52 (2.36%) Marketing
12 30 (1.36%) Legal Technology
13 25 (1.13%) Automotive
14 23 (1.04%) Aerospace
15 18 (0.82%) Electronics
16 12 (0.54%) Aviation
17 11 (0.50%) Music Industry
18 10 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
18 10 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,424 (64.55%) Developer
2 868 (39.35%) .NET Developer
3 408 (18.50%) Senior
4 305 (13.83%) Software Engineer
5 273 (12.38%) Software Developer
6 251 (11.38%) Senior Developer
7 237 (10.74%) Lead
8 150 (6.80%) C# Developer
9 149 (6.75%) Full-Stack Developer
10 124 (5.62%) C# Software Engineer
11 118 (5.35%) Lead Developer
12 116 (5.26%) C# .NET Developer
13 114 (5.17%) .NET Software Engineer
14 110 (4.99%) Senior Software Engineer
15 103 (4.67%) Senior .NET Developer
16 97 (4.40%) .NET Software Developer
17 85 (3.85%) Web Developer
18 78 (3.54%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 61 (2.77%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 61 (2.77%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 692 (31.37%) .NET Core
2 661 (29.96%) ASP.NET
3 539 (24.43%) ASP.NET Core
4 354 (16.05%) HTML
5 351 (15.91%) React
6 349 (15.82%) CSS
7 270 (12.24%) AngularJS
8 269 (12.19%) Entity Framework
9 246 (11.15%) Blazor
10 245 (11.11%) RESTful
11 230 (10.43%) Vue
12 229 (10.38%) .NET Framework
13 212 (9.61%) Node.js
14 210 (9.52%) ASP.NET Web API
15 145 (6.57%) ML.NET
15 145 (6.57%) REST
16 107 (4.85%) LINQ
17 86 (3.90%) jQuery
18 79 (3.58%) Terraform
19 58 (2.63%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 125 (5.67%) Greenfield Project
2 117 (5.30%) Cloud Native
3 102 (4.62%) Enterprise Software
4 70 (3.17%) Product Ownership
5 64 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
6 52 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
6 52 (2.36%) Mobile App
7 36 (1.63%) Legacy Applications
8 34 (1.54%) AI Agents
9 32 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
10 26 (1.18%) Legacy Code
11 22 (1.00%) Hedge funds
11 22 (1.00%) Onboarding
12 20 (0.91%) Algorithms
12 20 (0.91%) Management Information System
13 19 (0.86%) Digital TV
14 17 (0.77%) iPhone
15 16 (0.73%) BBC
15 16 (0.73%) Social Media
16 13 (0.59%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 99 (4.49%) Windows
2 36 (1.63%) Windows Server
3 27 (1.22%) Android
4 25 (1.13%) Linux
5 7 (0.32%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.045%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.045%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 802 (36.36%) Full-Stack Development
2 760 (34.45%) Agile
3 570 (25.84%) CI/CD
4 540 (24.48%) Software Engineering
5 498 (22.57%) DevOps
6 375 (17.00%) Microservices
7 359 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
8 354 (16.05%) AI
9 268 (12.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 187 (8.48%) Machine Learning
11 183 (8.30%) Mentoring
11 183 (8.30%) SDLC
12 173 (7.84%) Multithreading
13 150 (6.80%) Scrum
14 139 (6.30%) TDD
15 127 (5.76%) OO
16 125 (5.67%) Technical Leadership
17 122 (5.53%) Business Intelligence
18 121 (5.49%) Test Automation
19 116 (5.26%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1,702 (77.15%) C#
2 852 (38.62%) SQL
3 513 (23.25%) JavaScript
4 291 (13.19%) TypeScript
5 135 (6.12%) Python
6 98 (4.44%) Java
7 91 (4.13%) C++
8 59 (2.67%) PHP
9 58 (2.63%) PowerShell
10 57 (2.58%) VB.NET
11 55 (2.49%) T-SQL
12 28 (1.27%) Bicep
13 26 (1.18%) C
14 19 (0.86%) Bash
15 17 (0.77%) VB
16 16 (0.73%) COBOL
17 12 (0.54%) JCL
18 11 (0.50%) Delphi
18 11 (0.50%) Go
19 9 (0.41%) XAML
Qualifications
1 184 (8.34%) Degree
2 99 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
3 73 (3.31%) Security Cleared
4 66 (2.99%) SC Cleared
5 20 (0.91%) Azure Certification
6 16 (0.73%) AWS Certification
7 13 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (0.54%) Master's Degree
9 10 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.18%) MBA
11 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.14%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.14%) OCP
12 3 (0.14%) Oracle Certification
13 2 (0.091%) CSQA
13 2 (0.091%) PhD
14 1 (0.045%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (8.30%) QA
2 46 (2.09%) Accessibility
3 27 (1.22%) Data Quality
4 16 (0.73%) GDPR
5 14 (0.63%) WCAG
6 7 (0.32%) NCSC
7 5 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.14%) NIST
10 1 (0.045%) GRC
10 1 (0.045%) PMO
System Software
1 258 (11.70%) Docker
2 22 (1.00%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.41%) Firmware
5 8 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 223 (10.11%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.54%) Grafana
2 12 (0.54%) Prometheus
3 4 (0.18%) Ansible
3 4 (0.18%) Argo
4 2 (0.091%) Bosun
4 2 (0.091%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.045%) MIIS
5 1 (0.045%) MOM
Vendors
1 787 (35.68%) Microsoft
2 63 (2.86%) Google
3 56 (2.54%) Facebook
4 30 (1.36%) OpenAI
5 27 (1.22%) Oracle
6 21 (0.95%) YouTube
7 20 (0.91%) Adobe
8 17 (0.77%) VMware
9 16 (0.73%) Apple
9 16 (0.73%) Sony
9 16 (0.73%) Yahoo!
10 12 (0.54%) Xamarin
11 9 (0.41%) DevExpress
12 8 (0.36%) Broadcom
12 8 (0.36%) Databricks
13 7 (0.32%) Sage
14 6 (0.27%) Red Hat
14 6 (0.27%) Salesforce
14 6 (0.27%) Splunk
15 4 (0.18%) OneLogin