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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 59 21
Rank change year-on-year +3 -38 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,976 1,360 5,644
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.84% 4.30% 7.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 33.81% 26.89% 39.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,824 986 4,770
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +1.82% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £66,250
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 5,844 5,057 14,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.40% 16.00% 18.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,733 3,190 10,572
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £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 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -10.49%

.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 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 1 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 +20 636 £57,500 - 154
North of England -1 562 £60,000 - 147
Midlands +8 312 £55,000 - 68
North West -4 287 £60,000 +4.35% 69
South West +13 197 £55,000 +4.76% 41
East of England +19 185 £65,000 +23.81% 48
West Midlands -24 160 £57,500 +4.55% 40
East Midlands +30 152 £55,000 - 28
North East 0 142 £57,500 +6.98% 38
Yorkshire -9 133 £57,500 -14.81% 43
Scotland +23 61 £57,500 -8.00% 13
Wales -55 24 £50,000 -24.81% 12
Northern Ireland -31 1 - - 14
.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 (2.02%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.37%) IIS
3 16 (0.81%) ColdFusion
4 13 (0.66%) Confluence
5 12 (0.61%) CMS
6 8 (0.40%) WordPress
7 7 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.30%) nginx
9 4 (0.20%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.20%) NServiceBus
9 4 (0.20%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.15%) Apache
10 3 (0.15%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.10%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.10%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.051%) Appian
12 1 (0.051%) Drupal
12 1 (0.051%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.051%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.15%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.15%) Magento
2 3 (0.15%) Shopify
3 2 (0.10%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.051%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.051%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.051%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 991 (50.15%) Azure
2 306 (15.49%) AWS
2 306 (15.49%) Azure DevOps
3 201 (10.17%) SaaS
4 167 (8.45%) GitHub
5 146 (7.39%) Azure AI
6 116 (5.87%) GitHub Copilot
7 104 (5.26%) Power Platform
8 81 (4.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 77 (3.90%) Power Automate
10 76 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
11 74 (3.74%) Serverless
12 65 (3.29%) PowerApps
13 41 (2.07%) Azure Functions
14 39 (1.97%) Azure Logic Apps
15 37 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
16 34 (1.72%) GCP
17 31 (1.57%) Azure Service Bus
18 25 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
19 24 (1.21%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 78 (3.95%) Internet
2 9 (0.46%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.40%) Firewall
3 8 (0.40%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.25%) DHCP
4 5 (0.25%) DNS
4 5 (0.25%) LAN
4 5 (0.25%) WAN
5 3 (0.15%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.15%) RS-232
6 2 (0.10%) HTTP
6 2 (0.10%) Modbus
7 1 (0.051%) AMQP
7 1 (0.051%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.051%) LTE
7 1 (0.051%) Network Security
7 1 (0.051%) SSL
7 1 (0.051%) VLAN
7 1 (0.051%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.051%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 427 (21.61%) Azure SQL Database
2 364 (18.42%) MongoDB
3 362 (18.32%) SQL Server
4 135 (6.83%) Elasticsearch
5 85 (4.30%) Power BI
6 53 (2.68%) NoSQL
7 32 (1.62%) MySQL
8 31 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
9 26 (1.32%) Relational Database
10 16 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 15 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (0.66%) Redis
13 10 (0.51%) GIS
14 9 (0.46%) NonStop SQL
15 8 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
16 6 (0.30%) DynamoDB
17 5 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
17 5 (0.25%) Metadata
18 4 (0.20%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 109 (5.52%) Git
2 33 (1.67%) JIRA
3 25 (1.27%) Visual Studio
4 20 (1.01%) Postman
5 14 (0.71%) GitLab
6 13 (0.66%) NUnit
7 12 (0.61%) Jenkins
8 11 (0.56%) Selenium
9 8 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
10 7 (0.35%) Claude Code
10 7 (0.35%) Moq
10 7 (0.35%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
11 6 (0.30%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.30%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.25%) JMeter
12 5 (0.25%) MSTest
12 5 (0.25%) SoapUI
12 5 (0.25%) TeamCity
12 5 (0.25%) Yeoman
General
1 237 (11.99%) Social Skills
2 194 (9.82%) Finance
3 68 (3.44%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (2.83%) Retail
5 55 (2.78%) Public Sector
6 50 (2.53%) Games
7 49 (2.48%) Advertising
7 49 (2.48%) Manufacturing
8 42 (2.13%) Marketing
9 27 (1.37%) Aerospace
10 26 (1.32%) Automotive
11 24 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 21 (1.06%) Electronics
13 15 (0.76%) Law
14 14 (0.71%) Legal
15 9 (0.46%) Music Industry
16 8 (0.40%) Aviation
16 8 (0.40%) Back Office
16 8 (0.40%) Military
17 6 (0.30%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 1,316 (66.60%) Developer
2 806 (40.79%) .NET Developer
3 356 (18.02%) Senior
4 315 (15.94%) Software Developer
5 314 (15.89%) Software Engineer
6 204 (10.32%) Lead
7 182 (9.21%) Senior Developer
8 149 (7.54%) C# Developer
9 142 (7.19%) Full-Stack Developer
10 132 (6.68%) .NET Software Engineer
11 119 (6.02%) C# .NET Developer
12 117 (5.92%) Senior Software Engineer
13 114 (5.77%) .NET Software Developer
14 111 (5.62%) Lead Developer
15 109 (5.52%) C# Software Engineer
16 95 (4.81%) Senior .NET Developer
17 73 (3.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 66 (3.34%) Web Developer
19 60 (3.04%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
20 59 (2.99%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 673 (34.06%) .NET Core
2 590 (29.86%) ASP.NET
3 477 (24.14%) ASP.NET Core
4 314 (15.89%) HTML
5 313 (15.84%) CSS
6 312 (15.79%) React
7 258 (13.06%) AngularJS
8 229 (11.59%) RESTful
9 228 (11.54%) Entity Framework
10 218 (11.03%) Blazor
11 217 (10.98%) Vue
12 200 (10.12%) Node.js
13 194 (9.82%) .NET Framework
14 172 (8.70%) ASP.NET Web API
15 139 (7.03%) ML.NET
16 124 (6.28%) REST
17 97 (4.91%) LINQ
18 59 (2.99%) jQuery
19 43 (2.18%) WPF
20 37 (1.87%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 123 (6.22%) Greenfield Project
2 89 (4.50%) Cloud Native
3 70 (3.54%) Mobile App
4 64 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
5 59 (2.99%) Product Ownership
6 47 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
7 43 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (1.32%) Legacy Code
9 20 (1.01%) Digital TV
10 19 (0.96%) Hedge funds
11 17 (0.86%) iPhone
12 16 (0.81%) Algorithms
12 16 (0.81%) BBC
12 16 (0.81%) Social Media
12 16 (0.81%) Social Network
13 15 (0.76%) AI Agents
14 14 (0.71%) Legacy Applications
15 13 (0.66%) Onboarding
15 13 (0.66%) Sports Betting
16 11 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 54 (2.73%) Windows
2 32 (1.62%) Android
3 20 (1.01%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.86%) Linux
5 9 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.10%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.051%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.051%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 752 (38.06%) Full-Stack Development
2 638 (32.29%) Agile
3 486 (24.60%) Software Engineering
4 441 (22.32%) CI/CD
5 433 (21.91%) DevOps
6 310 (15.69%) AI
7 290 (14.68%) Microservices
8 207 (10.48%) Problem-Solving
9 184 (9.31%) Machine Learning
10 174 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 170 (8.60%) SDLC
12 160 (8.10%) Multithreading
13 143 (7.24%) Mentoring
14 141 (7.14%) TDD
15 136 (6.88%) Scrum
16 110 (5.57%) Business Intelligence
16 110 (5.57%) Clean Code
16 110 (5.57%) OO
17 100 (5.06%) Technical Leadership
18 96 (4.86%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1,468 (74.29%) C#
2 792 (40.08%) SQL
3 434 (21.96%) JavaScript
4 273 (13.82%) TypeScript
5 124 (6.28%) Python
6 90 (4.55%) Java
7 74 (3.74%) C++
8 63 (3.19%) PowerShell
9 55 (2.78%) PHP
10 48 (2.43%) T-SQL
11 29 (1.47%) VB.NET
12 23 (1.16%) Bicep
13 21 (1.06%) Bash
13 21 (1.06%) C
14 17 (0.86%) VB
15 9 (0.46%) VBA
16 7 (0.35%) Delphi
16 7 (0.35%) XAML
17 6 (0.30%) Apex Code
18 5 (0.25%) RPG
Qualifications
1 154 (7.79%) Degree
2 78 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 63 (3.19%) Security Cleared
4 57 (2.88%) SC Cleared
5 18 (0.91%) Azure Certification
6 12 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (0.40%) AWS Certification
8 6 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.25%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.15%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.15%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.15%) MBA
11 3 (0.15%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.10%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.10%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.10%) CSQA
12 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.10%) PhD
13 1 (0.051%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (4.86%) QA
2 42 (2.13%) Accessibility
3 15 (0.76%) GDPR
4 13 (0.66%) Data Quality
5 11 (0.56%) WCAG
6 8 (0.40%) ISO 9001
7 5 (0.25%) NCSC
7 5 (0.25%) SLA
8 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.15%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 234 (11.84%) Docker
2 12 (0.61%) Firmware
3 11 (0.56%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.30%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 213 (10.78%) Kubernetes
2 68 (3.44%) Terraform
3 5 (0.25%) Grafana
4 3 (0.15%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.10%) Ansible
5 2 (0.10%) MIIS
6 1 (0.051%) Consul
6 1 (0.051%) MOM
6 1 (0.051%) Packer
6 1 (0.051%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.051%) Puppet
Vendors
1 664 (33.60%) Microsoft
2 53 (2.68%) Facebook
2 53 (2.68%) Google
3 25 (1.27%) Adobe
3 25 (1.27%) OpenAI
4 20 (1.01%) Oracle
5 19 (0.96%) YouTube
6 18 (0.91%) Xamarin
7 16 (0.81%) Apple
7 16 (0.81%) Sony
7 16 (0.81%) Yahoo!
8 11 (0.56%) Salesforce
9 8 (0.40%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (0.40%) Databricks
10 7 (0.35%) VMware
11 5 (0.25%) DevExpress
11 5 (0.25%) Sage
11 5 (0.25%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.25%) SYSPRO
12 4 (0.20%) IBM