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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 31 20
Rank change year-on-year -46 -11 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,185 2,119 4,106
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.45% 6.56% 8.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 28.13% 32.30% 37.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,059 1,376 3,755
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,125 £36,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

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 4,213 6,560 11,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.72% 20.30% 21.96%
Number of salaries quoted 3,225 3,750 8,785
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,750
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 £66,209 £61,500
% change year-on-year -1.83% +7.66% -8.89%

.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 18 February 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 18 February 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 -32 387 £60,000 - 200
North of England -40 354 £65,000 +13.04% 165
Midlands -35 201 £52,500 -8.70% 73
North West -28 189 £65,000 +13.04% 108
West Midlands -36 116 £50,000 -13.04% 37
Yorkshire -40 107 £60,000 +13.21% 31
South West -46 96 £55,000 -8.33% 66
East Midlands -34 85 £65,000 +25.00% 36
East of England -61 64 £60,000 +20.00% 48
Scotland -55 61 £60,000 +20.00% 43
North East -9 58 £70,000 +12.00% 27
Wales -18 26 £45,000 -25.00% 14
Northern Ireland -22 4 £56,250 +12.50% 5
Channel Islands 0 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 38 (3.21%) IIS
2 15 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.10%) CMS
4 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.59%) Umbraco
6 6 (0.51%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.42%) Confluence
8 4 (0.34%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.34%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.25%) nginx
10 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.17%) JBoss
11 1 (0.084%) Apache
11 1 (0.084%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.084%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.084%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.084%) Kentico
Applications
1 9 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.084%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.084%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 34 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.084%) Advent Geneva
Cloud Services
1 540 (45.57%) Azure
2 214 (18.06%) AWS
3 203 (17.13%) SaaS
4 163 (13.76%) Azure DevOps
5 96 (8.10%) GitHub
6 72 (6.08%) Power Platform
7 63 (5.32%) Serverless
8 54 (4.56%) GCP
9 39 (3.29%) GitHub Actions
10 37 (3.12%) Power Automate
11 31 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
12 29 (2.45%) Azure Functions
12 29 (2.45%) Azure Logic Apps
12 29 (2.45%) Entra ID
13 27 (2.28%) Azure Service Bus
13 27 (2.28%) PowerApps
14 26 (2.19%) Azure AKS
15 22 (1.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 21 (1.77%) Amazon S3
17 20 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.10%) Internet
2 9 (0.76%) DNS
3 8 (0.68%) DHCP
3 8 (0.68%) VPN
4 6 (0.51%) VoIP
5 3 (0.25%) Firewall
5 3 (0.25%) HTTP
5 3 (0.25%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.17%) Intranet
7 1 (0.084%) AMQP
7 1 (0.084%) Hyperconnected
7 1 (0.084%) LTE
7 1 (0.084%) MPLS
7 1 (0.084%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.084%) SSL
7 1 (0.084%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 299 (25.23%) SQL Server
2 65 (5.49%) NoSQL
3 39 (3.29%) Power BI
4 31 (2.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 30 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
6 25 (2.11%) MySQL
7 24 (2.03%) MongoDB
8 20 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 19 (1.60%) DynamoDB
9 19 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 18 (1.52%) Redis
10 18 (1.52%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.42%) Tableau
13 4 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.34%) GIS
14 3 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
14 3 (0.25%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 88 (7.43%) Git
2 42 (3.54%) JIRA
3 38 (3.21%) Visual Studio
4 36 (3.04%) Selenium
5 33 (2.78%) Postman
6 30 (2.53%) Team Foundation Server
7 26 (2.19%) SoapUI
8 23 (1.94%) WebDriver
9 13 (1.10%) Jenkins
10 11 (0.93%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.68%) SpecFlow
12 7 (0.59%) git-flow
13 6 (0.51%) GitLab
13 6 (0.51%) Storybook
14 5 (0.42%) LabVIEW
14 5 (0.42%) NUnit
14 5 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
15 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
15 3 (0.25%) MSTest
15 3 (0.25%) Snyk
General
1 234 (19.75%) Social Skills
2 170 (14.35%) Finance
3 42 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (2.78%) Public Sector
5 26 (2.19%) Law
6 19 (1.60%) Games
7 17 (1.43%) Manufacturing
8 16 (1.35%) Aviation
9 15 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (0.93%) Banking
10 11 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (0.93%) Retail
11 10 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (0.76%) Aerospace
12 9 (0.76%) Electronics
12 9 (0.76%) Military
13 8 (0.68%) Marketing
14 7 (0.59%) Automotive
14 7 (0.59%) Publishing
15 6 (0.51%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 689 (58.14%) Developer
2 272 (22.95%) .NET Developer
2 272 (22.95%) Senior
3 228 (19.24%) Software Developer
4 209 (17.64%) Software Engineer
5 137 (11.56%) Lead
6 130 (10.97%) Full-Stack Developer
7 128 (10.80%) Senior Developer
8 120 (10.13%) C# Developer
9 89 (7.51%) .NET Software Engineer
10 82 (6.92%) Senior Software Engineer
11 78 (6.58%) .NET Software Developer
12 67 (5.65%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
13 63 (5.32%) Lead Developer
14 58 (4.89%) C# .NET Developer
14 58 (4.89%) Senior .NET Developer
15 45 (3.80%) Senior Software Developer
16 43 (3.63%) Analyst
16 43 (3.63%) Applications Developer
17 37 (3.12%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (22.11%) .NET Core
2 208 (17.55%) React
3 178 (15.02%) ASP.NET
4 164 (13.84%) .NET Framework
5 143 (12.07%) HTML
6 125 (10.55%) CSS
7 114 (9.62%) AngularJS
8 89 (7.51%) REST
9 75 (6.33%) Blazor
10 72 (6.08%) RESTful
11 58 (4.89%) Entity Framework
12 55 (4.64%) ASP.NET Core
13 47 (3.97%) Vue
14 39 (3.29%) SOAP
15 34 (2.87%) Node.js
16 30 (2.53%) ASP.NET MVC
17 26 (2.19%) jQuery
17 26 (2.19%) WinForms
18 25 (2.11%) WPF
19 22 (1.86%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 80 (6.75%) Cloud Native
2 74 (6.24%) Product Ownership
3 61 (5.15%) Mobile App
4 38 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
5 34 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
6 29 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (1.77%) Onboarding
8 16 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (1.35%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
10 13 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 10 (0.84%) IoT
13 8 (0.68%) 3D Graphics
13 8 (0.68%) AI Agents
13 8 (0.68%) Algorithms
13 8 (0.68%) Client/Server
13 8 (0.68%) Distributed Computing
13 8 (0.68%) Driving Licence
13 8 (0.68%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 53 (4.47%) Windows
2 25 (2.11%) Android
3 23 (1.94%) Apple iOS
4 16 (1.35%) Linux
5 11 (0.93%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.68%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.51%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.34%) VMS
9 2 (0.17%) Unix
10 1 (0.084%) Fedora
10 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (35.36%) Agile
2 383 (32.32%) Software Engineering
3 310 (26.16%) DevOps
4 284 (23.97%) CI/CD
5 268 (22.62%) Full-Stack Development
6 191 (16.12%) Problem-Solving
7 159 (13.42%) Microservices
8 153 (12.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 141 (11.90%) Mentoring
10 113 (9.54%) SDLC
11 107 (9.03%) AI
12 104 (8.78%) Containerisation
13 95 (8.02%) Clean Code
14 89 (7.51%) Scrum
15 82 (6.92%) MVC
16 68 (5.74%) Roadmaps
16 68 (5.74%) User Experience
17 67 (5.65%) Computer Science
17 67 (5.65%) TDD
18 64 (5.40%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 807 (68.10%) C#
2 357 (30.13%) SQL
3 269 (22.70%) JavaScript
4 126 (10.63%) TypeScript
5 103 (8.69%) Java
6 87 (7.34%) Python
7 37 (3.12%) C++
8 34 (2.87%) T-SQL
9 31 (2.62%) PowerShell
10 30 (2.53%) PHP
11 18 (1.52%) VB.NET
12 14 (1.18%) C
13 12 (1.01%) Bash
14 10 (0.84%) Apex Code
14 10 (0.84%) Bicep
15 7 (0.59%) XAML
16 6 (0.51%) Go
16 6 (0.51%) VB
17 5 (0.42%) Delphi
18 3 (0.25%) VB6
Qualifications
1 136 (11.48%) Degree
2 53 (4.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (2.28%) ISTQB
4 25 (2.11%) Security Cleared
5 23 (1.94%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 23 (1.94%) SC Cleared
6 17 (1.43%) AWS Certification
7 11 (0.93%) AWS Certified Developer
8 6 (0.51%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.51%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.42%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.34%) ISEB
10 4 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.17%) PhD
12 2 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.084%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (6.75%) QA
2 33 (2.78%) Accessibility
3 13 (1.10%) GDPR
4 10 (0.84%) WCAG
5 9 (0.76%) ISO 9001
6 5 (0.42%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.42%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.25%) GRC
8 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.17%) SLA
9 1 (0.084%) HL7
9 1 (0.084%) SOC 2
System Software
1 120 (10.13%) Docker
2 19 (1.60%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.51%) Firmware
4 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.17%) vSphere
5 1 (0.084%) HDFS
5 1 (0.084%) Squid
5 1 (0.084%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 92 (7.76%) Kubernetes
2 75 (6.33%) Terraform
3 17 (1.43%) Grafana
4 14 (1.18%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.59%) Ansible
6 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.17%) Argo
8 1 (0.084%) CASB
8 1 (0.084%) Kibana
Vendors
1 190 (16.03%) Microsoft
2 30 (2.53%) Xamarin
3 17 (1.43%) Oracle
4 16 (1.35%) Salesforce
5 14 (1.18%) Google
6 12 (1.01%) Sage
7 9 (0.76%) Apple
7 9 (0.76%) Telerik
8 8 (0.68%) MuleSoft
9 6 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (0.51%) Datto
9 6 (0.51%) Freshdesk
9 6 (0.51%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.42%) Databricks
10 5 (0.42%) Syncfusion
10 5 (0.42%) Zoho
11 4 (0.34%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.34%) New Relic
12 3 (0.25%) DevExpress
12 3 (0.25%) Foundry