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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 43 25
Rank change year-on-year -36 -18 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,390 1,396 5,128
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.24% 5.31% 7.68%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 28.57% 29.66% 37.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,251 1,215 4,509
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £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 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £79,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £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 4,865 4,707 13,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.84% 17.89% 20.44%
Number of salaries quoted 3,751 3,649 10,265
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £69,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -22 452 £60,000 - 173
North of England -19 419 £65,000 +16.07% 162
North West -7 220 £65,000 +18.18% 90
Midlands -45 214 £55,000 - 69
South West -9 140 £55,000 -8.33% 67
Yorkshire -31 126 £60,000 +7.14% 44
West Midlands -44 111 £51,250 -10.87% 34
East Midlands -29 103 £65,000 +23.81% 35
East of England -43 92 £65,000 +30.00% 56
North East -15 73 £70,000 +21.74% 29
Scotland -38 62 £60,000 +20.00% 28
Wales -39 19 £45,000 -30.77% 19
Northern Ireland -38 2 £50,000 - 3
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -
.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 31 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.65%) IIS
3 10 (0.72%) CMS
4 9 (0.65%) ColdFusion
5 8 (0.58%) Umbraco
6 7 (0.50%) Confluence
7 6 (0.43%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.36%) NServiceBus
9 4 (0.29%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.29%) WebSphere Application Server
10 3 (0.22%) nginx
11 2 (0.14%) Apache
11 2 (0.14%) JBoss
12 1 (0.072%) Appian
12 1 (0.072%) Drupal
12 1 (0.072%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.072%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.072%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.072%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 16 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.22%) Magento
3 1 (0.072%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.072%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.072%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.072%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 528 (37.99%) Azure
2 215 (15.47%) SaaS
3 202 (14.53%) AWS
4 139 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
5 91 (6.55%) GitHub
6 78 (5.61%) Power Platform
7 64 (4.60%) Serverless
8 43 (3.09%) Power Automate
9 42 (3.02%) PowerApps
10 39 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
11 38 (2.73%) Azure Logic Apps
12 36 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
13 31 (2.23%) GCP
14 30 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
15 27 (1.94%) Azure Service Bus
16 26 (1.87%) Azure AKS
16 26 (1.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 26 (1.87%) Azure Functions
17 22 (1.58%) AWS Lambda
18 19 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.29%) Internet
2 4 (0.29%) DNS
3 3 (0.22%) DHCP
3 3 (0.22%) Firewall
3 3 (0.22%) VoIP
3 3 (0.22%) VPN
4 2 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.14%) Intranet
5 1 (0.072%) AMQP
5 1 (0.072%) HTTP
5 1 (0.072%) LTE
5 1 (0.072%) Modbus
5 1 (0.072%) MPLS
5 1 (0.072%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.072%) SSL
5 1 (0.072%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.072%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 311 (22.37%) SQL Server
2 69 (4.96%) NoSQL
3 61 (4.39%) Power BI
4 54 (3.88%) Azure SQL Database
5 33 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
6 29 (2.09%) MongoDB
7 24 (1.73%) MySQL
8 23 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 21 (1.51%) Relational Database
10 17 (1.22%) DynamoDB
10 17 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 15 (1.08%) Redis
12 9 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (0.43%) GIS
14 5 (0.36%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.29%) Crystal Reports
15 4 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.29%) Geospatial Data
15 4 (0.29%) Metadata
15 4 (0.29%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 88 (6.33%) Git
2 43 (3.09%) JIRA
3 38 (2.73%) Visual Studio
4 36 (2.59%) Selenium
5 33 (2.37%) Postman
6 27 (1.94%) Team Foundation Server
7 22 (1.58%) SoapUI
8 16 (1.15%) WebDriver
9 10 (0.72%) Jenkins
9 10 (0.72%) NUnit
9 10 (0.72%) SpecFlow
10 6 (0.43%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.36%) JMeter
11 5 (0.36%) LabVIEW
12 4 (0.29%) Appium
12 4 (0.29%) git-flow
12 4 (0.29%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.29%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.22%) GitLab
General
1 215 (15.47%) Social Skills
2 143 (10.29%) Finance
3 57 (4.10%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (3.24%) Public Sector
5 27 (1.94%) Law
6 22 (1.58%) Games
7 19 (1.37%) Retail
8 15 (1.08%) Manufacturing
9 14 (1.01%) Aviation
10 13 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (0.79%) Aerospace
12 9 (0.65%) Automotive
12 9 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (0.65%) Electronics
12 9 (0.65%) Military
13 7 (0.50%) Back Office
13 7 (0.50%) Marketing
14 6 (0.43%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.36%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 864 (62.16%) Developer
2 374 (26.91%) .NET Developer
3 336 (24.17%) Senior
4 285 (20.50%) Software Developer
5 243 (17.48%) Software Engineer
6 178 (12.81%) Senior Developer
7 160 (11.51%) Lead
8 155 (11.15%) C# Developer
9 148 (10.65%) Full-Stack Developer
10 109 (7.84%) .NET Software Engineer
11 103 (7.41%) C# .NET Developer
12 95 (6.83%) Senior Software Engineer
13 94 (6.76%) .NET Software Developer
14 85 (6.12%) Senior .NET Developer
15 76 (5.47%) Lead Developer
16 74 (5.32%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
17 56 (4.03%) Senior Software Developer
18 53 (3.81%) C# Software Developer
19 52 (3.74%) Applications Developer
20 49 (3.53%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 331 (23.81%) .NET Core
2 228 (16.40%) ASP.NET
3 186 (13.38%) React
4 173 (12.45%) HTML
5 170 (12.23%) .NET Framework
6 150 (10.79%) CSS
7 122 (8.78%) AngularJS
8 99 (7.12%) REST
9 92 (6.62%) RESTful
10 85 (6.12%) ASP.NET Core
11 74 (5.32%) Vue
12 73 (5.25%) Blazor
13 71 (5.11%) Entity Framework
14 65 (4.68%) Node.js
15 38 (2.73%) SOAP
16 33 (2.37%) ASP.NET MVC
16 33 (2.37%) jQuery
17 25 (1.80%) React Native
18 24 (1.73%) ASP.NET Web API
18 24 (1.73%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 81 (5.83%) Cloud Native
2 72 (5.18%) Mobile App
3 53 (3.81%) Product Ownership
4 40 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
5 33 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
6 31 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (1.29%) Legacy Code
8 17 (1.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 16 (1.15%) Onboarding
10 13 (0.94%) PropTech
11 12 (0.86%) Hedge funds
12 11 (0.79%) Algorithms
12 11 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
12 11 (0.79%) Sports Betting
13 10 (0.72%) Low-Code
13 10 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
13 10 (0.72%) Virtual Team
14 8 (0.58%) Distributed Computing
14 8 (0.58%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 44 (3.17%) Windows
2 20 (1.44%) Android
3 16 (1.15%) Apple iOS
3 16 (1.15%) Linux
4 9 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.29%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.29%) VMS
6 3 (0.22%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.072%) Unix
7 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (28.49%) Software Engineering
2 377 (27.12%) Agile
3 327 (23.53%) Full-Stack Development
4 273 (19.64%) DevOps
5 265 (19.06%) CI/CD
6 170 (12.23%) Microservices
7 164 (11.80%) Continuous Improvement
7 164 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
8 125 (8.99%) SDLC
9 116 (8.35%) Mentoring
10 106 (7.63%) Clean Code
11 102 (7.34%) AI
11 102 (7.34%) Containerisation
12 88 (6.33%) Scrum
13 85 (6.12%) MVC
14 73 (5.25%) Technical Leadership
15 72 (5.18%) Test Automation
16 68 (4.89%) TDD
16 68 (4.89%) User Experience
17 67 (4.82%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 931 (66.98%) C#
2 407 (29.28%) SQL
3 269 (19.35%) JavaScript
4 121 (8.71%) TypeScript
5 104 (7.48%) Java
6 103 (7.41%) Python
7 44 (3.17%) C++
8 37 (2.66%) PHP
9 33 (2.37%) T-SQL
10 29 (2.09%) PowerShell
11 15 (1.08%) C
11 15 (1.08%) VB.NET
12 14 (1.01%) VB
13 13 (0.94%) Bash
14 12 (0.86%) Apex Code
14 12 (0.86%) Bicep
15 8 (0.58%) VBA
16 7 (0.50%) Go
17 6 (0.43%) Delphi
18 4 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 122 (8.78%) Degree
2 51 (3.67%) Security Cleared
3 48 (3.45%) SC Cleared
4 39 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.44%) ISTQB
6 16 (1.15%) AWS Certification
6 16 (1.15%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 11 (0.79%) AWS Certified Developer
8 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.36%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.36%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.22%) ISEB
11 3 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.14%) PhD
13 1 (0.072%) CSQA
13 1 (0.072%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (5.83%) QA
2 38 (2.73%) Accessibility
3 12 (0.86%) GDPR
3 12 (0.86%) WCAG
4 9 (0.65%) ISO 9001
5 8 (0.58%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.36%) SLA
7 4 (0.29%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.072%) HL7
8 1 (0.072%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.072%) NCSC
System Software
1 126 (9.06%) Docker
2 8 (0.58%) Firmware
3 7 (0.50%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.072%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.072%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.072%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 99 (7.12%) Kubernetes
2 63 (4.53%) Terraform
3 14 (1.01%) Grafana
4 10 (0.72%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.36%) Ansible
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.14%) MIIS
8 1 (0.072%) CASB
8 1 (0.072%) Consul
8 1 (0.072%) Packer
8 1 (0.072%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.072%) Puppet
Vendors
1 219 (15.76%) Microsoft
2 27 (1.94%) Xamarin
3 17 (1.22%) Adobe
4 14 (1.01%) Google
5 13 (0.94%) Oracle
6 12 (0.86%) Salesforce
7 10 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (0.58%) MuleSoft
9 7 (0.50%) Sage
10 6 (0.43%) Apple
10 6 (0.43%) ServiceNow
10 6 (0.43%) Telerik
11 5 (0.36%) Databricks
11 5 (0.36%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.29%) DevExpress
12 4 (0.29%) Facebook
12 4 (0.29%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.29%) SYSPRO
13 3 (0.22%) Foundry
13 3 (0.22%) VMware