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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 56 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 -35 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,836 1,350 5,922
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.72% 4.51% 7.48%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 32.94% 26.97% 40.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,692 974 5,028
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,300 £35,685
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,188 £66,438
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%

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 5,574 5,006 14,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.27% 16.73% 18.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,494 3,143 10,956
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,486 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £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 £73,750 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,271 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.92% +10.45% -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 18 June 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 June 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 +19 604 £57,500 - 125
North of England -3 527 £60,000 - 114
Midlands 0 294 £55,000 - 61
North West 0 279 £62,500 +13.64% 65
South West +12 181 £55,000 +4.76% 39
East of England +8 161 £65,000 +23.81% 41
West Midlands -18 150 £55,000 +2.44% 39
East Midlands +20 144 £55,000 - 22
North East +1 127 £59,000 +7.27% 31
Yorkshire -11 121 £58,750 -9.62% 20
Scotland +6 50 £57,500 +1.77% 13
Wales -51 20 £50,000 -33.33% 8
Northern Ireland -33 1 - - 32
.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 41 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.20%) IIS
3 16 (0.87%) ColdFusion
4 11 (0.60%) CMS
4 11 (0.60%) Confluence
5 7 (0.38%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (0.33%) WordPress
7 4 (0.22%) Apache
7 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.22%) nginx
7 4 (0.22%) NServiceBus
7 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.11%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.11%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.054%) Appian
10 1 (0.054%) Drupal
10 1 (0.054%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.054%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 10 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.16%) Magento
3 2 (0.11%) Shopify
4 1 (0.054%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.054%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.054%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.054%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 837 (45.59%) Azure
2 268 (14.60%) AWS
3 252 (13.73%) Azure DevOps
4 209 (11.38%) SaaS
5 134 (7.30%) GitHub
6 99 (5.39%) Azure AI
7 90 (4.90%) Power Platform
8 81 (4.41%) GitHub Copilot
9 72 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
10 68 (3.70%) Serverless
11 66 (3.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 66 (3.59%) Power Automate
12 58 (3.16%) PowerApps
13 38 (2.07%) Azure Functions
13 38 (2.07%) Azure Logic Apps
14 26 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
15 25 (1.36%) Azure Service Bus
15 25 (1.36%) GCP
16 23 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
17 22 (1.20%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (3.16%) Internet
2 9 (0.49%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.44%) Firewall
4 6 (0.33%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.27%) DHCP
5 5 (0.27%) DNS
5 5 (0.27%) LAN
5 5 (0.27%) WAN
6 3 (0.16%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.16%) RS-232
7 2 (0.11%) Modbus
8 1 (0.054%) AMQP
8 1 (0.054%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.054%) HTTP
8 1 (0.054%) LTE
8 1 (0.054%) MPLS
8 1 (0.054%) Profibus
8 1 (0.054%) SSL
8 1 (0.054%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.054%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 356 (19.39%) SQL Server
2 304 (16.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 250 (13.62%) MongoDB
4 91 (4.96%) Elasticsearch
5 73 (3.98%) Power BI
6 54 (2.94%) NoSQL
7 30 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
8 29 (1.58%) MySQL
9 22 (1.20%) Relational Database
10 15 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
11 12 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (0.60%) Redis
13 10 (0.54%) GIS
14 7 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
15 6 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
16 5 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
16 5 (0.27%) DynamoDB
16 5 (0.27%) Metadata
17 4 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 94 (5.12%) Git
2 35 (1.91%) JIRA
3 28 (1.53%) Visual Studio
4 23 (1.25%) Postman
5 18 (0.98%) Selenium
6 13 (0.71%) NUnit
7 12 (0.65%) GitLab
7 12 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.54%) SoapUI
9 9 (0.49%) Jenkins
10 7 (0.38%) Moq
10 7 (0.38%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
11 6 (0.33%) Claude Code
11 6 (0.33%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.33%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.33%) WebDriver
12 5 (0.27%) JMeter
12 5 (0.27%) MSTest
12 5 (0.27%) TeamCity
General
1 218 (11.87%) Social Skills
2 177 (9.64%) Finance
3 65 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (2.94%) Public Sector
5 48 (2.61%) Retail
6 43 (2.34%) Manufacturing
7 38 (2.07%) Games
8 35 (1.91%) Advertising
9 31 (1.69%) Marketing
10 25 (1.36%) Automotive
11 24 (1.31%) Aerospace
12 21 (1.14%) Electronics
13 20 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (0.87%) Law
15 13 (0.71%) Legal
16 10 (0.54%) Aviation
17 8 (0.44%) Back Office
17 8 (0.44%) Military
18 6 (0.33%) Financial Institution
18 6 (0.33%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 1,189 (64.76%) Developer
2 681 (37.09%) .NET Developer
3 360 (19.61%) Senior
4 325 (17.70%) Software Developer
5 307 (16.72%) Software Engineer
6 194 (10.57%) Lead
7 189 (10.29%) Senior Developer
8 150 (8.17%) C# Developer
8 150 (8.17%) Full-Stack Developer
9 136 (7.41%) .NET Software Engineer
10 118 (6.43%) .NET Software Developer
11 117 (6.37%) C# .NET Developer
12 112 (6.10%) Senior Software Engineer
13 106 (5.77%) Lead Developer
14 105 (5.72%) C# Software Engineer
15 100 (5.45%) Senior .NET Developer
16 74 (4.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 67 (3.65%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
18 63 (3.43%) Web Developer
19 61 (3.32%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 561 (30.56%) .NET Core
2 466 (25.38%) ASP.NET
3 343 (18.68%) ASP.NET Core
4 271 (14.76%) HTML
5 266 (14.49%) CSS
6 265 (14.43%) React
7 215 (11.71%) AngularJS
8 182 (9.91%) Entity Framework
9 181 (9.86%) .NET Framework
10 180 (9.80%) RESTful
11 169 (9.20%) Vue
12 165 (8.99%) Blazor
13 157 (8.55%) Node.js
14 124 (6.75%) ASP.NET Web API
15 118 (6.43%) REST
16 94 (5.12%) ML.NET
17 67 (3.65%) LINQ
18 54 (2.94%) jQuery
19 37 (2.02%) WPF
20 35 (1.91%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 102 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
2 83 (4.52%) Cloud Native
3 73 (3.98%) Mobile App
4 57 (3.10%) Product Ownership
5 47 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
6 44 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
7 39 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
8 25 (1.36%) Legacy Code
9 16 (0.87%) Algorithms
9 16 (0.87%) Hedge funds
10 15 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
11 14 (0.76%) AI Agents
12 13 (0.71%) Digital TV
12 13 (0.71%) PropTech
12 13 (0.71%) Social Network
12 13 (0.71%) Sports Betting
12 13 (0.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 12 (0.65%) Onboarding
14 11 (0.60%) BBC
14 11 (0.60%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 46 (2.51%) Windows
2 25 (1.36%) Android
3 18 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 16 (0.87%) Linux
5 9 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.054%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.054%) VMS
7 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 638 (34.75%) Full-Stack Development
2 545 (29.68%) Agile
3 466 (25.38%) Software Engineering
4 388 (21.13%) CI/CD
5 373 (20.32%) DevOps
6 259 (14.11%) AI
7 245 (13.34%) Microservices
8 191 (10.40%) Problem-Solving
9 177 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
10 163 (8.88%) SDLC
11 142 (7.73%) Mentoring
12 138 (7.52%) Machine Learning
13 121 (6.59%) TDD
14 117 (6.37%) Scrum
15 113 (6.15%) Multithreading
16 108 (5.88%) Clean Code
17 98 (5.34%) Technical Leadership
18 94 (5.12%) Business Intelligence
18 94 (5.12%) Test Automation
19 92 (5.01%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 1,319 (71.84%) C#
2 665 (36.22%) SQL
3 376 (20.48%) JavaScript
4 223 (12.15%) TypeScript
5 122 (6.64%) Python
6 92 (5.01%) Java
7 70 (3.81%) C++
8 56 (3.05%) PowerShell
9 53 (2.89%) PHP
10 40 (2.18%) T-SQL
11 27 (1.47%) VB.NET
12 20 (1.09%) Bash
12 20 (1.09%) C
13 18 (0.98%) Bicep
14 17 (0.93%) VB
15 9 (0.49%) VBA
16 7 (0.38%) Apex Code
16 7 (0.38%) XAML
17 6 (0.33%) Delphi
18 5 (0.27%) RPG
Qualifications
1 157 (8.55%) Degree
2 73 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 63 (3.43%) Security Cleared
4 58 (3.16%) SC Cleared
5 18 (0.98%) Azure Certification
6 12 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (0.44%) AWS Certification
7 8 (0.44%) ISTQB
8 6 (0.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 6 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.16%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.16%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.11%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.11%) CSQA
11 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.11%) PhD
12 1 (0.054%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (4.85%) QA
2 41 (2.23%) Accessibility
3 16 (0.87%) GDPR
4 12 (0.65%) WCAG
5 10 (0.54%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.44%) ISO 9001
7 5 (0.27%) SLA
8 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.22%) NCSC
9 3 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 191 (10.40%) Docker
2 12 (0.65%) Firmware
3 10 (0.54%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 171 (9.31%) Kubernetes
2 66 (3.59%) Terraform
3 4 (0.22%) Grafana
4 2 (0.11%) MIIS
4 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.054%) Ansible
5 1 (0.054%) CASB
5 1 (0.054%) Consul
5 1 (0.054%) MOM
5 1 (0.054%) Packer
5 1 (0.054%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.054%) Puppet
Vendors
1 518 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 37 (2.02%) Facebook
3 36 (1.96%) Google
4 24 (1.31%) OpenAI
5 23 (1.25%) Adobe
6 22 (1.20%) Xamarin
7 20 (1.09%) Oracle
8 13 (0.71%) YouTube
9 12 (0.65%) Salesforce
10 11 (0.60%) Apple
10 11 (0.60%) Sony
10 11 (0.60%) Yahoo!
11 8 (0.44%) CrowdStrike
11 8 (0.44%) Databricks
12 7 (0.38%) VMware
13 5 (0.27%) DevExpress
13 5 (0.27%) Sage
13 5 (0.27%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.27%) SYSPRO
14 4 (0.22%) IBM