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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 53 23
Rank change year-on-year -18 -30 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,723 1,372 5,482
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.56% 4.75% 7.59%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 32.19% 27.72% 39.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,579 995 4,728
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £61,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.60% +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 5,352 4,949 14,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.94% 17.13% 19.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,272 3,182 10,478
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,000 £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 £88,750 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,212 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.83% +10.35% -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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +16 591 £58,500 -2.50% 132
North of England -20 499 £60,000 - 154
North West -13 267 £62,500 +8.70% 98
Midlands -18 265 £55,000 +0.64% 75
South West +8 166 £55,000 +4.76% 38
East of England -1 140 £65,000 +22.64% 45
West Midlands -43 138 £55,000 +2.44% 39
East Midlands +15 127 £55,000 - 36
Yorkshire -14 121 £60,000 -7.69% 28
North East -4 111 £59,000 +7.27% 29
Scotland -14 47 £60,000 +9.09% 14
Wales -45 18 £45,000 -31.56% 9
Northern Ireland -39 1 - - 19
.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 (2.32%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.45%) IIS
3 16 (0.93%) ColdFusion
4 10 (0.58%) CMS
5 8 (0.46%) Confluence
6 7 (0.41%) SharePoint Server
7 5 (0.29%) WordPress
8 4 (0.23%) Apache
8 4 (0.23%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.23%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.17%) nginx
9 3 (0.17%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.17%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.17%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.12%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.058%) Appian
11 1 (0.058%) Drupal
11 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.058%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 12 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.058%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.17%) Magento
3 2 (0.12%) Shopify
4 1 (0.058%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.058%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.058%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 731 (42.43%) Azure
2 246 (14.28%) AWS
3 223 (12.94%) SaaS
4 214 (12.42%) Azure DevOps
5 115 (6.67%) GitHub
6 85 (4.93%) Power Platform
7 73 (4.24%) Serverless
8 63 (3.66%) Azure AI
8 63 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
9 57 (3.31%) Power Automate
10 55 (3.19%) GitHub Copilot
11 53 (3.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 49 (2.84%) PowerApps
13 40 (2.32%) Azure Functions
13 40 (2.32%) Azure Logic Apps
14 28 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
15 26 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
16 24 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
16 24 (1.39%) GCP
17 22 (1.28%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.44%) Internet
2 8 (0.46%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.41%) Firewall
4 4 (0.23%) DHCP
4 4 (0.23%) DNS
4 4 (0.23%) LAN
4 4 (0.23%) WAN
5 3 (0.17%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.17%) Hyperconnected
5 3 (0.17%) RS-232
6 1 (0.058%) AMQP
6 1 (0.058%) LTE
6 1 (0.058%) Modbus
6 1 (0.058%) MPLS
6 1 (0.058%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.058%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 349 (20.26%) SQL Server
2 206 (11.96%) Azure SQL Database
3 165 (9.58%) MongoDB
4 70 (4.06%) Power BI
5 64 (3.71%) NoSQL
6 56 (3.25%) Elasticsearch
7 35 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
8 24 (1.39%) MySQL
9 21 (1.22%) Relational Database
10 15 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (0.58%) GIS
12 8 (0.46%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.46%) Redis
13 4 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
13 4 (0.23%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.23%) NonStop SQL
13 4 (0.23%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 100 (5.80%) Git
2 40 (2.32%) JIRA
3 34 (1.97%) Visual Studio
4 33 (1.92%) Postman
5 26 (1.51%) Selenium
6 22 (1.28%) Team Foundation Server
7 20 (1.16%) SoapUI
8 14 (0.81%) WebDriver
9 11 (0.64%) GitLab
9 11 (0.64%) NUnit
10 9 (0.52%) Jenkins
11 7 (0.41%) Claude Code
11 7 (0.41%) Moq
11 7 (0.41%) SpecFlow
11 7 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (0.35%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.35%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.29%) JMeter
13 5 (0.29%) LabVIEW
13 5 (0.29%) MSTest
General
1 232 (13.46%) Social Skills
2 174 (10.10%) Finance
3 63 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (3.08%) Public Sector
5 42 (2.44%) Retail
6 38 (2.21%) Manufacturing
7 31 (1.80%) Games
8 25 (1.45%) Automotive
9 22 (1.28%) Aerospace
9 22 (1.28%) Electronics
10 21 (1.22%) Advertising
11 18 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 18 (1.04%) Marketing
12 17 (0.99%) Law
13 12 (0.70%) Aviation
14 9 (0.52%) Legal
15 8 (0.46%) Back Office
15 8 (0.46%) Military
16 7 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.35%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1,077 (62.51%) Developer
2 580 (33.66%) .NET Developer
3 361 (20.95%) Senior
4 321 (18.63%) Software Developer
5 307 (17.82%) Software Engineer
6 186 (10.80%) Senior Developer
7 184 (10.68%) Lead
8 155 (9.00%) Full-Stack Developer
9 150 (8.71%) C# Developer
10 140 (8.13%) .NET Software Engineer
11 118 (6.85%) C# .NET Developer
12 117 (6.79%) .NET Software Developer
13 110 (6.38%) Senior Software Engineer
14 102 (5.92%) C# Software Engineer
15 99 (5.75%) Senior .NET Developer
16 88 (5.11%) Lead Developer
17 70 (4.06%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
18 69 (4.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 61 (3.54%) C# Software Developer
20 59 (3.42%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 467 (27.10%) .NET Core
2 369 (21.42%) ASP.NET
3 244 (14.16%) HTML
4 240 (13.93%) ASP.NET Core
5 233 (13.52%) React
6 231 (13.41%) CSS
7 177 (10.27%) AngularJS
8 176 (10.21%) .NET Framework
9 150 (8.71%) RESTful
10 145 (8.42%) Entity Framework
11 140 (8.13%) Vue
12 124 (7.20%) Blazor
12 124 (7.20%) Node.js
13 105 (6.09%) REST
14 88 (5.11%) ASP.NET Web API
15 59 (3.42%) ML.NET
16 51 (2.96%) jQuery
17 45 (2.61%) LINQ
18 34 (1.97%) JSON
18 34 (1.97%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 79 (4.59%) Cloud Native
2 78 (4.53%) Greenfield Project
3 75 (4.35%) Mobile App
4 51 (2.96%) Product Ownership
5 38 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
5 38 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
6 35 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
7 22 (1.28%) Legacy Code
8 15 (0.87%) Hedge funds
8 15 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
8 15 (0.87%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 14 (0.81%) Algorithms
9 14 (0.81%) PropTech
10 12 (0.70%) Sports Betting
11 11 (0.64%) Management Information System
12 10 (0.58%) Client/Server
12 10 (0.58%) Onboarding
12 10 (0.58%) Social Network
13 9 (0.52%) Digital TV
13 9 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 44 (2.55%) Windows
2 22 (1.28%) Android
3 18 (1.04%) Linux
4 17 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.52%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.058%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.058%) Unix
7 1 (0.058%) VMS
7 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 526 (30.53%) Full-Stack Development
2 483 (28.03%) Agile
3 458 (26.58%) Software Engineering
4 351 (20.37%) CI/CD
5 335 (19.44%) DevOps
6 209 (12.13%) AI
7 207 (12.01%) Microservices
8 183 (10.62%) Problem-Solving
9 176 (10.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 157 (9.11%) SDLC
11 136 (7.89%) Mentoring
12 108 (6.27%) Clean Code
12 108 (6.27%) Scrum
13 103 (5.98%) Machine Learning
13 103 (5.98%) TDD
14 96 (5.57%) Containerisation
15 93 (5.40%) Technical Leadership
16 91 (5.28%) Test Automation
17 89 (5.17%) Business Intelligence
18 85 (4.93%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1,196 (69.41%) C#
2 575 (33.37%) SQL
3 336 (19.50%) JavaScript
4 184 (10.68%) TypeScript
5 124 (7.20%) Python
6 104 (6.04%) Java
7 68 (3.95%) C++
8 53 (3.08%) PowerShell
9 49 (2.84%) PHP
10 36 (2.09%) T-SQL
11 21 (1.22%) Bash
11 21 (1.22%) VB.NET
12 19 (1.10%) C
13 18 (1.04%) VB
14 13 (0.75%) Bicep
15 10 (0.58%) VBA
16 8 (0.46%) Apex Code
17 7 (0.41%) XAML
18 5 (0.29%) Delphi
18 5 (0.29%) RPG
Qualifications
1 164 (9.52%) Degree
2 68 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 64 (3.71%) Security Cleared
4 59 (3.42%) SC Cleared
5 19 (1.10%) Azure Certification
6 16 (0.93%) ISTQB
7 14 (0.81%) AWS Certification
7 14 (0.81%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 13 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
10 5 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.17%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.12%) CSQA
13 2 (0.12%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.12%) PhD
14 1 (0.058%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (4.76%) QA
2 35 (2.03%) Accessibility
3 15 (0.87%) GDPR
4 11 (0.64%) Data Quality
5 10 (0.58%) WCAG
6 9 (0.52%) ISO 9001
7 5 (0.29%) SLA
8 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.17%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.058%) NCSC
System Software
1 165 (9.58%) Docker
2 12 (0.70%) Firmware
3 7 (0.41%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 141 (8.18%) Kubernetes
2 69 (4.00%) Terraform
3 6 (0.35%) Grafana
4 3 (0.17%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.12%) MIIS
6 1 (0.058%) Ansible
6 1 (0.058%) CASB
6 1 (0.058%) Consul
6 1 (0.058%) Packer
6 1 (0.058%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.058%) Puppet
Vendors
1 403 (23.39%) Microsoft
2 27 (1.57%) Google
3 23 (1.33%) Xamarin
4 22 (1.28%) Adobe
4 22 (1.28%) Facebook
5 20 (1.16%) Oracle
6 19 (1.10%) OpenAI
7 13 (0.75%) Salesforce
8 11 (0.64%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (0.46%) YouTube
10 7 (0.41%) Apple
10 7 (0.41%) Databricks
10 7 (0.41%) Sony
10 7 (0.41%) Yahoo!
11 6 (0.35%) ServiceNow
11 6 (0.35%) VMware
12 5 (0.29%) DevExpress
12 5 (0.29%) Sage
13 4 (0.23%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.23%) SYSPRO