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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 64 24
Rank change year-on-year +11 -40 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,149 1,367 4,312
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.92% 4.01% 6.80%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 33.94% 27.37% 38.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,918 1,005 3,535
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,325 £83,750 £78,633
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 6,331 4,995 11,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.60% 14.64% 17.66%
Number of salaries quoted 5,064 3,131 8,077
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £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 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -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 28 July 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 28 July 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 +23 678 £57,500 - 166
North of England +3 601 £57,500 -4.17% 155
Midlands +10 322 £55,000 - 75
North West -3 280 £60,000 +0.84% 82
South West +19 208 £52,500 - 50
East of England +22 206 £65,000 +23.81% 65
West Midlands -14 172 £60,000 +9.09% 36
Yorkshire +15 161 £57,500 -11.54% 35
North East +2 160 £56,500 +29.89% 41
East Midlands +29 150 £55,000 - 39
Northern Ireland -21 55 £35,000 -46.15% 8
Scotland +20 54 £58,750 -8.91% 10
Wales -64 27 £50,000 -20.00% 13
.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 40 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.54%) IIS
3 16 (0.74%) ColdFusion
4 15 (0.70%) CMS
4 15 (0.70%) Confluence
5 8 (0.37%) nginx
5 8 (0.37%) WordPress
6 7 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.19%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.19%) NServiceBus
7 4 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.14%) Apache
8 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.047%) CICS
9 1 (0.047%) Drupal
9 1 (0.047%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.047%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.047%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.047%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.047%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 9 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.093%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.047%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.23%) Shopify
3 3 (0.14%) Magento
4 2 (0.093%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.093%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.047%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.047%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.047%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.047%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 1,076 (50.07%) Azure
2 335 (15.59%) AWS
3 332 (15.45%) Azure DevOps
4 189 (8.79%) GitHub
5 184 (8.56%) SaaS
6 160 (7.45%) Azure AI
7 134 (6.24%) GitHub Copilot
8 115 (5.35%) Power Platform
9 87 (4.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 84 (3.91%) Power Automate
11 79 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
12 77 (3.58%) Serverless
13 68 (3.16%) PowerApps
14 49 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
15 38 (1.77%) Azure Functions
16 36 (1.68%) Azure Service Bus
17 33 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
17 33 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
18 32 (1.49%) GCP
19 31 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 83 (3.86%) Internet
2 9 (0.42%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.37%) Firewall
4 7 (0.33%) Hyperconnected
5 6 (0.28%) HTTP
6 5 (0.23%) DHCP
6 5 (0.23%) DNS
6 5 (0.23%) LAN
6 5 (0.23%) WAN
7 3 (0.14%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.14%) RS-232
7 3 (0.14%) SNMP
8 2 (0.093%) Modbus
9 1 (0.047%) AMQP
9 1 (0.047%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.047%) LTE
9 1 (0.047%) Network Security
9 1 (0.047%) Profibus
9 1 (0.047%) SSL
9 1 (0.047%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 472 (21.96%) Azure SQL Database
2 408 (18.99%) SQL Server
3 405 (18.85%) MongoDB
4 155 (7.21%) Elasticsearch
5 91 (4.23%) Power BI
6 55 (2.56%) NoSQL
7 44 (2.05%) MySQL
8 37 (1.72%) Relational Database
9 36 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
10 19 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 15 (0.70%) Redis
12 15 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (0.56%) DynamoDB
14 11 (0.51%) GIS
14 11 (0.51%) NonStop SQL
15 10 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
16 7 (0.33%) Crystal Reports
17 6 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
17 6 (0.28%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 127 (5.91%) Git
2 35 (1.63%) JIRA
3 25 (1.16%) Visual Studio
4 20 (0.93%) Postman
5 17 (0.79%) Jenkins
6 16 (0.74%) NUnit
7 15 (0.70%) GitLab
7 15 (0.70%) Selenium
8 12 (0.56%) Claude Code
9 8 (0.37%) Moq
9 8 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
9 8 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
10 7 (0.33%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.28%) MSI
11 6 (0.28%) MSTest
11 6 (0.28%) TeamCity
12 5 (0.23%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.23%) JMeter
12 5 (0.23%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.23%) Yeoman
General
1 272 (12.66%) Social Skills
2 212 (9.87%) Finance
3 75 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (3.35%) Legal
5 63 (2.93%) Retail
6 60 (2.79%) Public Sector
7 56 (2.61%) Advertising
8 54 (2.51%) Games
8 54 (2.51%) Manufacturing
9 50 (2.33%) Marketing
10 44 (2.05%) Law
11 36 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 30 (1.40%) Legal Technology
13 26 (1.21%) Aerospace
13 26 (1.21%) Automotive
14 20 (0.93%) Electronics
15 11 (0.51%) Music Industry
16 8 (0.37%) Aviation
16 8 (0.37%) Back Office
17 7 (0.33%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 1,448 (67.38%) Developer
2 871 (40.53%) .NET Developer
3 405 (18.85%) Senior
4 317 (14.75%) Software Engineer
5 310 (14.43%) Software Developer
6 245 (11.40%) Senior Developer
7 221 (10.28%) Lead
8 153 (7.12%) Full-Stack Developer
9 151 (7.03%) C# Developer
10 130 (6.05%) .NET Software Engineer
11 119 (5.54%) C# .NET Developer
12 118 (5.49%) C# Software Engineer
13 116 (5.40%) Lead Developer
14 112 (5.21%) .NET Software Developer
15 108 (5.03%) Senior Software Engineer
16 97 (4.51%) Senior .NET Developer
17 82 (3.82%) Web Developer
18 78 (3.63%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 69 (3.21%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
20 61 (2.84%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 701 (32.62%) .NET Core
2 663 (30.85%) ASP.NET
3 539 (25.08%) ASP.NET Core
4 346 (16.10%) HTML
5 343 (15.96%) CSS
6 326 (15.17%) React
7 275 (12.80%) AngularJS
8 259 (12.05%) Entity Framework
9 248 (11.54%) Blazor
9 248 (11.54%) RESTful
10 234 (10.89%) Vue
11 224 (10.42%) Node.js
12 223 (10.38%) .NET Framework
13 203 (9.45%) ASP.NET Web API
14 152 (7.07%) ML.NET
15 133 (6.19%) REST
16 109 (5.07%) LINQ
17 61 (2.84%) jQuery
18 53 (2.47%) JSON
19 51 (2.37%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 135 (6.28%) Greenfield Project
2 100 (4.65%) Cloud Native
3 81 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
4 59 (2.75%) Mobile App
4 59 (2.75%) Product Ownership
5 56 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
6 50 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
7 30 (1.40%) Legacy Code
8 20 (0.93%) Digital TV
8 20 (0.93%) Hedge funds
9 19 (0.88%) AI Agents
10 18 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
10 18 (0.84%) Management Information System
11 17 (0.79%) BBC
11 17 (0.79%) iPhone
11 17 (0.79%) Social Media
12 15 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (0.65%) Algorithms
13 14 (0.65%) Onboarding
13 14 (0.65%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 73 (3.40%) Windows
2 29 (1.35%) Android
3 28 (1.30%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.88%) Linux
5 6 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.093%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.047%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.047%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 810 (37.69%) Full-Stack Development
2 748 (34.81%) Agile
3 525 (24.43%) CI/CD
4 522 (24.29%) Software Engineering
5 474 (22.06%) DevOps
6 380 (17.68%) Microservices
7 331 (15.40%) AI
8 298 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
9 243 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 194 (9.03%) Machine Learning
11 182 (8.47%) SDLC
12 177 (8.24%) Multithreading
13 156 (7.26%) Scrum
14 153 (7.12%) Mentoring
15 151 (7.03%) TDD
16 123 (5.72%) OO
17 117 (5.44%) Business Intelligence
18 113 (5.26%) Clean Code
19 111 (5.17%) Technical Leadership
20 107 (4.98%) API Development
Programming Languages
1 1,642 (76.41%) C#
2 846 (39.37%) SQL
3 481 (22.38%) JavaScript
4 295 (13.73%) TypeScript
5 132 (6.14%) Python
6 94 (4.37%) Java
7 79 (3.68%) C++
8 65 (3.02%) PowerShell
9 58 (2.70%) PHP
10 52 (2.42%) T-SQL
11 38 (1.77%) VB.NET
12 29 (1.35%) Bicep
13 25 (1.16%) C
14 20 (0.93%) Bash
15 14 (0.65%) VB
16 9 (0.42%) VBA
17 8 (0.37%) Delphi
17 8 (0.37%) Go
17 8 (0.37%) XAML
18 6 (0.28%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 169 (7.86%) Degree
2 91 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 67 (3.12%) Security Cleared
4 59 (2.75%) SC Cleared
5 18 (0.84%) Azure Certification
6 13 (0.60%) AWS Certification
7 12 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (0.37%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.33%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.19%) MBA
12 3 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.14%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.093%) CSQA
13 2 (0.093%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.093%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.093%) PhD
13 2 (0.093%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.047%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (7.45%) QA
2 43 (2.00%) Accessibility
3 17 (0.79%) GDPR
4 14 (0.65%) Data Quality
5 12 (0.56%) WCAG
6 7 (0.33%) NCSC
7 5 (0.23%) SLA
8 4 (0.19%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.14%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.093%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.047%) NIST
System Software
1 256 (11.91%) Docker
2 11 (0.51%) Firmware
3 10 (0.47%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 234 (10.89%) Kubernetes
2 75 (3.49%) Terraform
3 7 (0.33%) Grafana
4 6 (0.28%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.093%) Ansible
5 2 (0.093%) MIIS
6 1 (0.047%) Consul
6 1 (0.047%) MOM
6 1 (0.047%) Packer
6 1 (0.047%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.047%) Puppet
Vendors
1 761 (35.41%) Microsoft
2 65 (3.02%) Google
3 59 (2.75%) Facebook
4 26 (1.21%) Adobe
5 25 (1.16%) OpenAI
6 21 (0.98%) YouTube
7 20 (0.93%) Oracle
8 17 (0.79%) Apple
8 17 (0.79%) Sony
8 17 (0.79%) Yahoo!
9 16 (0.74%) Xamarin
10 11 (0.51%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.37%) Databricks
12 7 (0.33%) VMware
13 6 (0.28%) Sage
14 5 (0.23%) CrowdStrike
14 5 (0.23%) DevExpress
14 5 (0.23%) SYSPRO
15 4 (0.19%) IBM
16 3 (0.14%) Splunk