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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 75 23
Rank change year-on-year +22 -52 +1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,227 1,192 3,738
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.74% 3.47% 6.65%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 30.63% 25.28% 35.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,958 853 2,769
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,200 £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% -2.65%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -5.07%

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 7,271 4,715 10,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.94% 13.72% 18.86%
Number of salaries quoted 5,713 2,859 6,799
10th Percentile £38,986 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year - +6.15% -5.79%
75th Percentile £76,075 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -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 5 September 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 5 September 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 +50 701 £60,000 - 191
North of England +4 611 £56,500 -5.83% 179
Midlands +34 348 £58,250 +5.91% 104
North West -8 269 £60,000 -1.64% 100
East of England +33 221 £62,500 +21.95% 76
South West +12 202 £55,000 +7.84% 79
North East +6 185 £56,500 +31.78% 37
West Midlands 0 184 £59,000 +7.27% 48
East Midlands +38 164 £57,500 +4.55% 55
Yorkshire +1 157 £55,000 -8.33% 44
Scotland +27 60 £60,000 -6.98% 37
Northern Ireland -31 60 £35,000 -30.00% 29
Wales -66 26 £50,000 -9.09% 22
.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 (1.98%) IIS
2 36 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.72%) CMS
4 15 (0.67%) ColdFusion
4 15 (0.67%) Confluence
5 9 (0.40%) WordPress
6 8 (0.36%) nginx
7 7 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (0.18%) CICS
8 4 (0.18%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.13%) Apache
9 3 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.13%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.090%) EPiServer
10 2 (0.090%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.045%) Appian
11 1 (0.045%) Drupal
11 1 (0.045%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 8 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.22%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.045%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.18%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.18%) Shopify
3 3 (0.13%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.090%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.090%) Magento
4 2 (0.090%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.045%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 1,112 (49.93%) Azure
2 361 (16.21%) AWS
2 361 (16.21%) Azure DevOps
3 212 (9.52%) GitHub
4 179 (8.04%) SaaS
5 166 (7.45%) Azure AI
6 142 (6.38%) GitHub Copilot
7 130 (5.84%) Power Platform
8 94 (4.22%) Serverless
9 93 (4.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 88 (3.95%) Power Automate
11 82 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
12 73 (3.28%) PowerApps
13 53 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
14 49 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
15 44 (1.98%) Azure Functions
16 42 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
17 40 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
17 40 (1.80%) GCP
18 39 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 88 (3.95%) Internet
2 13 (0.58%) Firewall
3 9 (0.40%) HTTP
4 8 (0.36%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.31%) Hyperconnected
6 6 (0.27%) SNMP
6 6 (0.27%) VLAN
7 5 (0.22%) DHCP
7 5 (0.22%) DNS
7 5 (0.22%) LAN
7 5 (0.22%) WAN
7 5 (0.22%) Wireless
8 3 (0.13%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.13%) RS-232
9 2 (0.090%) Modbus
10 1 (0.045%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.045%) Network Security
10 1 (0.045%) Profibus
10 1 (0.045%) SSL
10 1 (0.045%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 475 (21.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 450 (20.21%) SQL Server
3 406 (18.23%) MongoDB
4 160 (7.18%) Elasticsearch
5 91 (4.09%) Power BI
6 70 (3.14%) Relational Database
7 59 (2.65%) NoSQL
8 56 (2.51%) MySQL
9 50 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (0.81%) Redis
12 13 (0.58%) Spark SQL
12 13 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (0.54%) DynamoDB
13 12 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 11 (0.49%) NonStop SQL
15 9 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
15 9 (0.40%) GIS
15 9 (0.40%) SQLite
16 8 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 166 (7.45%) Git
2 33 (1.48%) JIRA
2 33 (1.48%) Visual Studio
3 30 (1.35%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.03%) NUnit
5 22 (0.99%) GitLab
6 21 (0.94%) Claude Code
7 18 (0.81%) Postman
8 14 (0.63%) Selenium
8 14 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
9 11 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
9 11 (0.49%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.36%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.36%) Moq
11 7 (0.31%) MSI
11 7 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (0.27%) MSTest
12 6 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
13 5 (0.22%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.22%) Cucumber
General
1 329 (14.77%) Social Skills
2 224 (10.06%) Finance
3 103 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (3.77%) Legal
5 77 (3.46%) Public Sector
6 67 (3.01%) Retail
7 65 (2.92%) Games
8 57 (2.56%) Advertising
9 56 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 55 (2.47%) Law
10 55 (2.47%) Manufacturing
11 54 (2.42%) Marketing
12 30 (1.35%) Legal Technology
13 24 (1.08%) Automotive
14 22 (0.99%) Aerospace
15 19 (0.85%) Electronics
16 11 (0.49%) Aviation
16 11 (0.49%) Music Industry
17 9 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,463 (65.69%) Developer
2 879 (39.47%) .NET Developer
3 404 (18.14%) Senior
4 307 (13.79%) Software Engineer
5 289 (12.98%) Software Developer
6 253 (11.36%) Senior Developer
7 243 (10.91%) Lead
8 155 (6.96%) C# Developer
9 152 (6.83%) Full-Stack Developer
10 125 (5.61%) Lead Developer
11 122 (5.48%) C# Software Engineer
12 119 (5.34%) C# .NET Developer
13 113 (5.07%) .NET Software Engineer
14 107 (4.80%) Senior Software Engineer
15 100 (4.49%) .NET Software Developer
16 98 (4.40%) Senior .NET Developer
17 87 (3.91%) Web Developer
18 80 (3.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 64 (2.87%) Lead Software Developer
20 63 (2.83%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 713 (32.02%) .NET Core
2 687 (30.85%) ASP.NET
3 557 (25.01%) ASP.NET Core
4 364 (16.34%) HTML
5 359 (16.12%) CSS
6 344 (15.45%) React
7 275 (12.35%) Entity Framework
8 273 (12.26%) AngularJS
9 258 (11.59%) RESTful
10 253 (11.36%) Blazor
11 238 (10.69%) Vue
12 236 (10.60%) .NET Framework
13 225 (10.10%) Node.js
14 215 (9.65%) ASP.NET Web API
15 153 (6.87%) ML.NET
16 134 (6.02%) REST
17 109 (4.89%) LINQ
18 85 (3.82%) Terraform
19 80 (3.59%) jQuery
20 59 (2.65%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 129 (5.79%) Greenfield Project
2 119 (5.34%) Cloud Native
3 98 (4.40%) Enterprise Software
4 68 (3.05%) Product Ownership
5 59 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
6 53 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
6 53 (2.38%) Mobile App
7 33 (1.48%) Legacy Applications
8 30 (1.35%) AI Agents
9 28 (1.26%) Legacy Code
10 27 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (0.94%) Hedge funds
12 20 (0.90%) Digital TV
13 18 (0.81%) Algorithms
13 18 (0.81%) Management Information System
14 17 (0.76%) BBC
14 17 (0.76%) iPhone
14 17 (0.76%) Onboarding
14 17 (0.76%) Social Media
15 14 (0.63%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 90 (4.04%) Windows
2 34 (1.53%) Windows Server
3 27 (1.21%) Android
4 26 (1.17%) Linux
5 5 (0.22%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.18%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.045%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.045%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 826 (37.09%) Full-Stack Development
2 777 (34.89%) Agile
3 573 (25.73%) CI/CD
4 541 (24.29%) Software Engineering
5 509 (22.86%) DevOps
6 389 (17.47%) Microservices
7 351 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
8 339 (15.22%) AI
9 276 (12.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 196 (8.80%) Machine Learning
11 189 (8.49%) SDLC
12 181 (8.13%) Mentoring
13 180 (8.08%) Multithreading
14 156 (7.00%) Scrum
15 145 (6.51%) TDD
16 133 (5.97%) OO
17 131 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
18 126 (5.66%) Technical Leadership
19 116 (5.21%) Test Automation
20 115 (5.16%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1,706 (76.61%) C#
2 871 (39.11%) SQL
3 512 (22.99%) JavaScript
4 301 (13.52%) TypeScript
5 133 (5.97%) Python
6 103 (4.63%) Java
7 90 (4.04%) C++
8 64 (2.87%) PowerShell
9 62 (2.78%) PHP
10 54 (2.42%) T-SQL
11 51 (2.29%) VB.NET
12 30 (1.35%) Bicep
13 26 (1.17%) C
14 21 (0.94%) Bash
15 15 (0.67%) COBOL
16 14 (0.63%) VB
17 11 (0.49%) JCL
18 10 (0.45%) Delphi
18 10 (0.45%) Go
19 9 (0.40%) XAML
Qualifications
1 182 (8.17%) Degree
2 96 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 79 (3.55%) Security Cleared
4 71 (3.19%) SC Cleared
5 21 (0.94%) Azure Certification
6 17 (0.76%) AWS Certification
7 13 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (0.54%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.31%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.18%) MBA
11 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.13%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.13%) OCP
12 3 (0.13%) Oracle Certification
13 2 (0.090%) CSQA
13 2 (0.090%) PhD
14 1 (0.045%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (8.35%) QA
2 48 (2.16%) Accessibility
3 25 (1.12%) Data Quality
4 16 (0.72%) GDPR
5 14 (0.63%) WCAG
6 8 (0.36%) NCSC
7 4 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.13%) NIST
8 3 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.045%) GRC
System Software
1 265 (11.90%) Docker
2 17 (0.76%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.40%) Firmware
5 8 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 237 (10.64%) Kubernetes
2 13 (0.58%) Grafana
3 12 (0.54%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.22%) Ansible
5 4 (0.18%) Argo
6 2 (0.090%) MIIS
7 1 (0.045%) Consul
7 1 (0.045%) MOM
7 1 (0.045%) Packer
7 1 (0.045%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.045%) Puppet
Vendors
1 802 (36.01%) Microsoft
2 67 (3.01%) Google
3 59 (2.65%) Facebook
4 27 (1.21%) OpenAI
5 25 (1.12%) Adobe
5 25 (1.12%) Oracle
6 21 (0.94%) YouTube
7 17 (0.76%) Apple
7 17 (0.76%) Sony
7 17 (0.76%) Yahoo!
8 12 (0.54%) VMware
8 12 (0.54%) Xamarin
9 9 (0.40%) DevExpress
10 8 (0.36%) Databricks
10 8 (0.36%) Sage
10 8 (0.36%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.31%) Broadcom
12 6 (0.27%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (0.27%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.27%) Splunk