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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 81 25
Rank change year-on-year +27 -56 -2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,207 1,193 3,544
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.56% 3.46% 6.70%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 30.20% 25.76% 35.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,906 859 2,360
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £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 £68,875
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £80,000
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 7,307 4,631 10,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.47% 13.42% 18.98%
Number of salaries quoted 5,604 2,799 5,904
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.46% +5.38% -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 1 October 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 1 October 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 +42 684 £60,000 - 223
North of England 0 602 £55,000 -8.33% 305
Midlands +34 356 £60,000 +9.09% 188
North West -18 267 £60,000 -5.88% 191
East of England +23 209 £60,000 +14.29% 110
South West -3 191 £55,000 +4.76% 77
West Midlands -5 191 £58,750 +6.82% 96
North East +12 180 £56,500 +30.26% 40
East Midlands +45 165 £60,000 +9.09% 92
Yorkshire +4 155 £55,000 -8.33% 79
Scotland +46 73 £60,000 -5.51% 97
Northern Ireland -30 66 £35,000 -30.00% 48
Wales -74 29 £50,000 -9.09% 37
.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 44 (1.99%) IIS
2 28 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 18 (0.82%) CMS
4 13 (0.59%) Confluence
5 12 (0.54%) ColdFusion
6 8 (0.36%) WordPress
7 7 (0.32%) nginx
7 7 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (0.23%) CICS
8 5 (0.23%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.23%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.18%) Apache
10 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.091%) EPiServer
11 2 (0.091%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.045%) Appian
12 1 (0.045%) Kentico
12 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.045%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
1 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.045%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.045%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (0.63%) 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 (49.30%) Azure
2 359 (16.27%) AWS
3 353 (15.99%) Azure DevOps
4 215 (9.74%) GitHub
5 172 (7.79%) SaaS
6 160 (7.25%) Azure AI
7 141 (6.39%) GitHub Copilot
8 119 (5.39%) Power Platform
9 93 (4.21%) Serverless
10 88 (3.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 82 (3.72%) Power Automate
12 79 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
13 65 (2.95%) PowerApps
14 53 (2.40%) GitHub Actions
15 52 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
16 43 (1.95%) Azure Functions
17 42 (1.90%) AWS Lambda
18 41 (1.86%) Azure Service Bus
19 39 (1.77%) Azure Monitor
19 39 (1.77%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 86 (3.90%) Internet
2 19 (0.86%) Firewall
3 13 (0.59%) VLAN
4 11 (0.50%) 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%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.091%) Modbus
9 2 (0.091%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.045%) Network Security
10 1 (0.045%) Profibus
10 1 (0.045%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 465 (21.07%) SQL Server
2 449 (20.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 393 (17.81%) MongoDB
4 154 (6.98%) Elasticsearch
5 80 (3.62%) Relational Database
6 75 (3.40%) Power BI
7 62 (2.81%) MySQL
8 59 (2.67%) NoSQL
9 56 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
11 17 (0.77%) Redis
12 14 (0.63%) DynamoDB
12 14 (0.63%) Spark SQL
13 11 (0.50%) NonStop SQL
13 11 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 10 (0.45%) SQLite
15 9 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
16 8 (0.36%) GIS
17 7 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 166 (7.52%) Git
2 33 (1.50%) Visual Studio
3 32 (1.45%) Jenkins
3 32 (1.45%) JIRA
4 25 (1.13%) Claude Code
5 22 (1.00%) GitLab
6 20 (0.91%) NUnit
7 17 (0.77%) Postman
8 16 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
9 13 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
10 10 (0.45%) Selenium
10 10 (0.45%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.36%) Moq
12 7 (0.32%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.32%) MSI
13 6 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
13 6 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
14 5 (0.23%) Cucumber
15 4 (0.18%) MSTest
15 4 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 338 (15.31%) Social Skills
2 223 (10.10%) Finance
3 108 (4.89%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (3.90%) Legal
5 78 (3.53%) Public Sector
6 64 (2.90%) Retail
7 62 (2.81%) Games
7 62 (2.81%) Manufacturing
8 56 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 54 (2.45%) Advertising
10 52 (2.36%) Marketing
11 51 (2.31%) Law
12 30 (1.36%) Legal Technology
13 25 (1.13%) Automotive
14 23 (1.04%) Aerospace
15 19 (0.86%) Electronics
16 12 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (0.50%) Aviation
17 11 (0.50%) Music Industry
17 11 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,397 (63.30%) Developer
2 862 (39.06%) .NET Developer
3 412 (18.67%) Senior
4 309 (14.00%) Software Engineer
5 265 (12.01%) Software Developer
6 250 (11.33%) Senior Developer
7 232 (10.51%) Lead
8 146 (6.62%) C# Developer
9 141 (6.39%) Full-Stack Developer
10 125 (5.66%) C# Software Engineer
11 114 (5.17%) Lead Developer
12 113 (5.12%) .NET Software Engineer
12 113 (5.12%) C# .NET Developer
13 109 (4.94%) Senior Software Engineer
14 103 (4.67%) Senior .NET Developer
15 92 (4.17%) .NET Software Developer
16 82 (3.72%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 80 (3.62%) Web Developer
18 58 (2.63%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
18 58 (2.63%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 685 (31.04%) .NET Core
2 655 (29.68%) ASP.NET
3 538 (24.38%) ASP.NET Core
4 362 (16.40%) React
5 345 (15.63%) HTML
6 340 (15.41%) CSS
7 274 (12.42%) AngularJS
8 271 (12.28%) Entity Framework
9 246 (11.15%) Blazor
10 245 (11.10%) RESTful
11 232 (10.51%) .NET Framework
12 225 (10.19%) Vue
13 214 (9.70%) Node.js
14 210 (9.52%) ASP.NET Web API
15 146 (6.62%) REST
16 145 (6.57%) ML.NET
17 108 (4.89%) LINQ
18 84 (3.81%) jQuery
19 78 (3.53%) Terraform
20 57 (2.58%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 125 (5.66%) Greenfield Project
2 119 (5.39%) Cloud Native
3 107 (4.85%) Enterprise Software
4 71 (3.22%) Product Ownership
5 69 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
6 51 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
7 50 (2.27%) Mobile App
8 36 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
9 35 (1.59%) Legacy Applications
10 34 (1.54%) AI Agents
11 23 (1.04%) Legacy Code
12 22 (1.00%) Onboarding
13 21 (0.95%) Hedge funds
14 20 (0.91%) Algorithms
14 20 (0.91%) Management Information System
15 19 (0.86%) Digital TV
16 17 (0.77%) iPhone
17 16 (0.72%) BBC
17 16 (0.72%) Social Media
18 14 (0.63%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 101 (4.58%) Windows
2 37 (1.68%) Windows Server
3 27 (1.22%) Android
4 25 (1.13%) Linux
5 9 (0.41%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.18%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.045%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 793 (35.93%) Full-Stack Development
2 757 (34.30%) Agile
3 579 (26.23%) CI/CD
4 545 (24.69%) Software Engineering
5 500 (22.66%) DevOps
6 373 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
7 372 (16.86%) Microservices
8 357 (16.18%) AI
9 268 (12.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 188 (8.52%) Mentoring
11 186 (8.43%) Machine Learning
11 186 (8.43%) SDLC
12 172 (7.79%) Multithreading
13 150 (6.80%) Scrum
14 139 (6.30%) TDD
15 127 (5.75%) OO
16 125 (5.66%) Technical Leadership
16 125 (5.66%) Test Automation
17 116 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
17 116 (5.26%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1,702 (77.12%) C#
2 849 (38.47%) SQL
3 511 (23.15%) JavaScript
4 293 (13.28%) TypeScript
5 138 (6.25%) Python
6 100 (4.53%) Java
7 88 (3.99%) C++
8 58 (2.63%) PowerShell
8 58 (2.63%) VB.NET
9 56 (2.54%) PHP
10 52 (2.36%) T-SQL
11 27 (1.22%) Bicep
11 27 (1.22%) C
12 19 (0.86%) Bash
13 18 (0.82%) COBOL
14 17 (0.77%) VB
15 14 (0.63%) JCL
16 12 (0.54%) Go
17 10 (0.45%) Delphi
18 9 (0.41%) XAML
Qualifications
1 184 (8.34%) Degree
2 101 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 70 (3.17%) Security Cleared
4 63 (2.85%) SC Cleared
5 20 (0.91%) Azure Certification
6 16 (0.72%) AWS Certification
7 15 (0.68%) 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 5 (0.23%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.18%) MBA
12 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.14%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.14%) OCP
13 3 (0.14%) Oracle Certification
14 2 (0.091%) CSQA
14 2 (0.091%) PhD
15 1 (0.045%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (8.20%) QA
2 44 (1.99%) Accessibility
3 27 (1.22%) Data Quality
4 16 (0.72%) GDPR
5 13 (0.59%) 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 2 (0.091%) PMO
11 1 (0.045%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.045%) GAMP
11 1 (0.045%) GMP
11 1 (0.045%) GRC
System Software
1 259 (11.74%) Docker
2 25 (1.13%) Active Directory
3 16 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.36%) Firmware
4 8 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.32%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 220 (9.97%) 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%) MOM
5 1 (0.045%) PaperCut
5 1 (0.045%) SCCM
Vendors
1 787 (35.66%) Microsoft
2 63 (2.85%) Google
3 56 (2.54%) Facebook
4 31 (1.40%) OpenAI
5 29 (1.31%) Oracle
6 21 (0.95%) YouTube
7 18 (0.82%) Adobe
7 18 (0.82%) VMware
8 17 (0.77%) Apple
9 16 (0.72%) Sony
9 16 (0.72%) Yahoo!
10 10 (0.45%) Xamarin
11 9 (0.41%) Broadcom
11 9 (0.41%) DevExpress
12 8 (0.36%) Databricks
13 6 (0.27%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.27%) Sage
13 6 (0.27%) Salesforce
13 6 (0.27%) Splunk
14 4 (0.18%) NEC