.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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 26 23
Rank change year-on-year -61 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 993 2,917 2,366
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.63% 6.57% 8.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 26.52% 34.93% 32.95%
Number of salaries quoted 868 1,964 2,140
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £64,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% -7.69% +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 3,744 8,351 7,181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.92% 18.80% 24.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,823 4,768 5,693
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,750 £45,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £66,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -2.26% +2.31%

.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 2 December 2025.

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 2 December 2025. 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 -41 318 £60,000 +9.09% 192
South East -55 285 £60,000 - 256
Midlands -53 159 £58,500 +6.36% 86
North West -34 154 £65,000 +18.18% 130
Yorkshire -33 118 £53,750 +1.42% 35
West Midlands -39 105 £57,500 +4.55% 42
South West -64 80 £55,000 - 60
East of England -61 72 £60,000 +20.00% 51
East Midlands -49 54 £66,000 +32.00% 42
North East -19 46 £47,500 -20.83% 29
Scotland -76 43 £60,000 +17.65% 52
Wales -8 39 £55,000 - 23
Northern Ireland -4 5 £56,250 -13.46% 8
Channel Islands +5 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 45 (4.53%) IIS
2 19 (1.91%) CMS
2 19 (1.91%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.81%) Confluence
4 8 (0.81%) Umbraco
5 6 (0.60%) nginx
6 3 (0.30%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.30%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (0.30%) NServiceBus
6 3 (0.30%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.20%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.20%) JBoss
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.10%) Kentico
8 1 (0.10%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 7 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.30%) S-PLUS
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 46 (4.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.70%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 5 (0.50%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.20%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.10%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.10%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.10%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.10%) Sage 1000
Cloud Services
1 564 (56.80%) Azure
2 216 (21.75%) AWS
3 178 (17.93%) Azure DevOps
4 151 (15.21%) SaaS
5 86 (8.66%) GitHub
6 83 (8.36%) Power Platform
7 69 (6.95%) Serverless
8 50 (5.04%) Power Automate
9 48 (4.83%) GCP
10 47 (4.73%) Dynamics 365
11 45 (4.53%) GitHub Actions
12 36 (3.63%) Azure Service Bus
13 34 (3.42%) PowerApps
14 32 (3.22%) Azure Logic Apps
15 31 (3.12%) Entra ID
16 28 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
17 27 (2.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 26 (2.62%) Azure Functions
19 23 (2.32%) Azure AKS
20 19 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.21%) VoIP
2 10 (1.01%) DNS
2 10 (1.01%) Internet
3 9 (0.91%) DHCP
3 9 (0.91%) VPN
4 8 (0.81%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.70%) WPA
6 6 (0.60%) SSL
7 5 (0.50%) Ethernet
7 5 (0.50%) LAN
7 5 (0.50%) SAN
7 5 (0.50%) WAN
8 4 (0.40%) Firewall
8 4 (0.40%) Modbus
8 4 (0.40%) MQTT
9 3 (0.30%) HTTP
10 2 (0.20%) Intranet
11 1 (0.10%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.10%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 313 (31.52%) SQL Server
2 49 (4.93%) MySQL
3 48 (4.83%) NoSQL
4 43 (4.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 42 (4.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 36 (3.63%) Power BI
7 30 (3.02%) Relational Database
8 27 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
9 26 (2.62%) MongoDB
10 18 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
11 17 (1.71%) DynamoDB
12 16 (1.61%) Redis
13 10 (1.01%) RDBMS
14 8 (0.81%) Crystal Reports
14 8 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (0.70%) Oracle Database
16 6 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
17 5 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
17 5 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
18 4 (0.40%) GIS
Development Applications
1 97 (9.77%) Git
2 41 (4.13%) JIRA
3 28 (2.82%) Visual Studio
4 27 (2.72%) Selenium
5 26 (2.62%) Octopus Deploy
6 25 (2.52%) Team Foundation Server
7 24 (2.42%) Postman
7 24 (2.42%) TeamCity
8 19 (1.91%) Jenkins
9 18 (1.81%) SoapUI
9 18 (1.81%) WebDriver
10 12 (1.21%) Storybook
11 9 (0.91%) GitLab
12 8 (0.81%) NUnit
13 7 (0.70%) git-flow
14 6 (0.60%) MSTest
14 6 (0.60%) SpecFlow
15 5 (0.50%) MSBuild
16 4 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
17 3 (0.30%) Bitbucket
General
1 244 (24.57%) Social Skills
2 159 (16.01%) Finance
3 33 (3.32%) Law
4 27 (2.72%) Public Sector
5 25 (2.52%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (2.42%) Manufacturing
6 24 (2.42%) Retail
7 19 (1.91%) Legal
8 16 (1.61%) Games
8 16 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (1.01%) Automotive
9 10 (1.01%) Aviation
9 10 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.01%) Marketing
10 9 (0.91%) Banking
11 8 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.60%) Publishing
13 5 (0.50%) Back Office
13 5 (0.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 580 (58.41%) Developer
2 210 (21.15%) Senior
3 195 (19.64%) .NET Developer
4 161 (16.21%) Software Developer
5 133 (13.39%) Lead
6 128 (12.89%) Software Engineer
7 122 (12.29%) Senior Developer
8 118 (11.88%) C# Developer
9 103 (10.37%) Full-Stack Developer
10 48 (4.83%) Lead Developer
11 46 (4.63%) .NET Software Developer
12 41 (4.13%) .NET Software Engineer
12 41 (4.13%) Senior .NET Developer
13 40 (4.03%) C# .NET Developer
14 39 (3.93%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 35 (3.52%) Analyst
15 35 (3.52%) Senior Software Engineer
16 34 (3.42%) DevOps Engineer
16 34 (3.42%) Senior Software Developer
17 31 (3.12%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (19.44%) .NET Core
2 189 (19.03%) React
3 174 (17.52%) ASP.NET
4 165 (16.62%) .NET Framework
5 136 (13.70%) CSS
6 129 (12.99%) HTML
7 120 (12.08%) AngularJS
8 83 (8.36%) Blazor
9 81 (8.16%) RESTful
10 76 (7.65%) REST
11 65 (6.55%) Entity Framework
12 50 (5.04%) Vue
13 39 (3.93%) ASP.NET Core
14 38 (3.83%) ASP.NET MVC
15 35 (3.52%) Web Services
16 31 (3.12%) ASP.NET Web API
16 31 (3.12%) jQuery
17 30 (3.02%) Node.js
18 29 (2.92%) SOAP
19 26 (2.62%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 85 (8.56%) Cloud Native
2 77 (7.75%) Product Ownership
3 46 (4.63%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (4.63%) Legacy Systems
4 38 (3.83%) Mobile App
5 30 (3.02%) Onboarding
6 26 (2.62%) Greenfield Project
7 24 (2.42%) Virtual Team
8 22 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.51%) Renewable Energy
11 14 (1.41%) IoT
12 13 (1.31%) Clustering
13 11 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (0.91%) Client/Server
14 9 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
15 8 (0.81%) 3D Graphics
15 8 (0.81%) Driving Licence
16 7 (0.70%) Algorithms
16 7 (0.70%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 73 (7.35%) Windows
2 21 (2.11%) Windows Server
3 20 (2.01%) Android
3 20 (2.01%) Apple iOS
4 18 (1.81%) Linux
5 9 (0.91%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.70%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.50%) VMS
8 2 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.20%) Unix
9 1 (0.10%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (40.68%) Agile
2 336 (33.84%) DevOps
3 322 (32.43%) CI/CD
4 306 (30.82%) Software Engineering
5 214 (21.55%) Full-Stack Development
5 214 (21.55%) Problem-Solving
6 170 (17.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 162 (16.31%) Mentoring
8 161 (16.21%) Microservices
9 110 (11.08%) MVC
10 97 (9.77%) Clean Code
11 90 (9.06%) SDLC
12 88 (8.86%) AI
12 88 (8.86%) Scrum
13 84 (8.46%) Containerisation
13 84 (8.46%) User Experience
14 79 (7.96%) Roadmaps
15 78 (7.85%) CRM
16 70 (7.05%) Computer Science
17 63 (6.34%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 738 (74.32%) C#
2 353 (35.55%) SQL
3 270 (27.19%) JavaScript
4 125 (12.59%) TypeScript
5 86 (8.66%) Java
6 72 (7.25%) Python
7 45 (4.53%) PowerShell
8 39 (3.93%) PHP
9 38 (3.83%) T-SQL
10 37 (3.73%) VB.NET
11 33 (3.32%) C++
12 19 (1.91%) Bicep
13 11 (1.11%) Bash
14 9 (0.91%) XAML
15 8 (0.81%) Go
15 8 (0.81%) VB
16 5 (0.50%) C
16 5 (0.50%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.40%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.40%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 141 (14.20%) Degree
2 64 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (2.22%) ISTQB
4 18 (1.81%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 17 (1.71%) Security Cleared
6 13 (1.31%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.11%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.01%) AWS Certification
9 9 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.81%) HND
11 7 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
12 6 (0.60%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.40%) Chartered Engineer
14 4 (0.40%) HNC
14 4 (0.40%) ISEB
14 4 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 3 (0.30%) DBS Check
16 2 (0.20%) PhD
16 2 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (6.75%) QA
2 22 (2.22%) Accessibility
3 16 (1.61%) GDPR
4 4 (0.40%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.30%) GRC
5 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.30%) SLA
6 2 (0.20%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.20%) WCAG
7 1 (0.10%) COBIT
7 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.10%) HL7
7 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 116 (11.68%) Docker
2 25 (2.52%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.20%) Firmware
5 2 (0.20%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.20%) vSphere
6 1 (0.10%) HDFS
6 1 (0.10%) Squid
6 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 86 (8.66%) Terraform
2 85 (8.56%) Kubernetes
3 23 (2.32%) Grafana
4 18 (1.81%) Prometheus
5 9 (0.91%) Ansible
6 7 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.40%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.20%) Argo
9 1 (0.10%) Kibana
9 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 219 (22.05%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.01%) Oracle
3 19 (1.91%) Xamarin
4 15 (1.51%) Salesforce
5 14 (1.41%) Sage
6 11 (1.11%) Databricks
7 10 (1.01%) DevExpress
7 10 (1.01%) Google
7 10 (1.01%) VMware
8 9 (0.91%) Apple
8 9 (0.91%) Telerik
9 7 (0.70%) Datto
9 7 (0.70%) Freshdesk
9 7 (0.70%) Infor
10 6 (0.60%) Splunk
11 5 (0.50%) Dell
11 5 (0.50%) IFS
11 5 (0.50%) Syncfusion
11 5 (0.50%) Zoho
12 4 (0.40%) Rockwell