.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 citing .NET skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 59 | 80 | 24 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +21 | -56 | -1 |
| Permanent jobs citing .NET | 2,313 | 1,069 | 3,122 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London | 2.56% | 3.08% | 6.54% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 31.18% | 24.03% | 33.99% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,885 | 869 | 2,112 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,775 | £34,750 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,722 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.39% | +4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £74,319 | £72,500 | £69,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £93,750 | £83,750 | £80,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +4.17% | -7.69% |
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 citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.
| 6 months to 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 7,419 | 4,448 | 9,185 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 8.22% | 12.81% | 19.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5,484 | 2,935 | 5,241 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £31,250 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £57,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.35% | - | -4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £73,750 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £83,750 | £82,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £67,500 | £67,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +3.85% | -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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
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 November 2026.
.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 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South East | +22 | 646 | £60,000 | +4.35% | 133 |
| North of England | +9 | 640 | £57,500 | -4.17% | 130 |
| Midlands | +26 | 410 | £55,000 | - | 86 |
| North West | -13 | 262 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 65 |
| West Midlands | +11 | 227 | £55,000 | - | 51 |
| East of England | +2 | 213 | £60,000 | +10.09% | 67 |
| South West | +5 | 200 | £55,000 | +4.76% | 50 |
| North East | +11 | 199 | £59,000 | +24.21% | 27 |
| East Midlands | +36 | 183 | £56,250 | +2.27% | 35 |
| Yorkshire | +15 | 179 | £55,000 | -2.22% | 40 |
| Scotland | +41 | 86 | £57,722 | -10.51% | 14 |
| Northern Ireland | -19 | 73 | £35,000 | -37.78% | 2 |
| Wales | -57 | 48 | £57,000 | +3.64% | 23 |
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.NET Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .NET Core | 30.3% | 701 |
| 2 | ASP.NET | 29.3% | 677 |
| 3 | ASP.NET Core | 25.0% | 578 |
| 4 | React | 16.8% | 389 |
| 5 | HTML | 14.2% | 328 |
| 6 | CSS | 14.0% | 323 |
| 7 | AngularJS | 12.4% | 286 |
| 8 | Blazor | 12.2% | 282 |
| 9 | Entity Framework | 11.9% | 275 |
| 10 | RESTful | 11.4% | 264 |
| 11 | .NET Framework | 10.3% | 239 |
| 12 | ASP.NET Web API | 9.7% | 225 |
| 12 | Node.js | 9.7% | 225 |
| 12 | Vue | 9.7% | 225 |
| 15 | ML.NET | 7.1% | 164 |
| 16 | REST | 6.9% | 160 |
| 17 | LINQ | 5.0% | 115 |
| 18 | jQuery | 3.5% | 80 |
| 19 | Terraform | 3.2% | 73 |
| 20 | WinForms | 2.8% | 64 |