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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 54 22
Rank change year-on-year -5 -32 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,757 1,361 5,719
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.67% 4.62% 7.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 32.56% 27.07% 39.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,611 984 4,866
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £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 £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 5,396 5,027 14,396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.19% 17.07% 18.64%
Number of salaries quoted 4,321 3,165 10,713
10th Percentile £36,250 £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 £88,750 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,253 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +15 594 £57,500 - 144
North of England -4 513 £60,000 - 135
North West -2 274 £62,500 +13.64% 80
Midlands -3 268 £55,000 - 72
South West +15 170 £55,000 +4.76% 48
East of England +2 146 £65,000 +26.83% 55
West Midlands -28 139 £55,000 +2.44% 38
East Midlands +14 129 £55,000 - 34
Yorkshire -15 121 £60,000 -7.69% 25
North East 0 118 £59,000 +7.27% 31
Scotland +3 49 £57,500 +1.77% 9
Wales -54 18 £50,000 -24.81% 8
Northern Ireland -32 1 - - 7
.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 39 (2.22%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.31%) IIS
3 16 (0.91%) ColdFusion
4 10 (0.57%) CMS
5 9 (0.51%) Confluence
6 7 (0.40%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.34%) WordPress
8 4 (0.23%) Apache
8 4 (0.23%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.23%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.23%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.17%) nginx
9 3 (0.17%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.17%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.11%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.057%) Appian
11 1 (0.057%) Drupal
11 1 (0.057%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.057%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 12 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.17%) Magento
3 2 (0.11%) Shopify
4 1 (0.057%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.057%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.057%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.057%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 764 (43.48%) Azure
2 248 (14.11%) AWS
3 221 (12.58%) Azure DevOps
4 215 (12.24%) SaaS
5 119 (6.77%) GitHub
6 84 (4.78%) Power Platform
7 76 (4.33%) Azure AI
8 69 (3.93%) Serverless
9 67 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
10 64 (3.64%) GitHub Copilot
11 60 (3.41%) Power Automate
12 54 (3.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 52 (2.96%) PowerApps
14 37 (2.11%) Azure Functions
14 37 (2.11%) Azure Logic Apps
15 27 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
16 25 (1.42%) GCP
17 24 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
18 23 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
19 21 (1.20%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (3.02%) Internet
2 9 (0.51%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.46%) Firewall
4 5 (0.28%) DHCP
4 5 (0.28%) DNS
4 5 (0.28%) LAN
4 5 (0.28%) WAN
5 4 (0.23%) Hyperconnected
6 3 (0.17%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.17%) RS-232
7 1 (0.057%) AMQP
7 1 (0.057%) LTE
7 1 (0.057%) Modbus
7 1 (0.057%) MPLS
7 1 (0.057%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.057%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 351 (19.98%) SQL Server
2 241 (13.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 197 (11.21%) MongoDB
4 69 (3.93%) Power BI
5 68 (3.87%) Elasticsearch
6 58 (3.30%) NoSQL
7 31 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
8 27 (1.54%) MySQL
9 21 (1.20%) Relational Database
10 14 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (0.57%) GIS
13 9 (0.51%) Redis
14 6 (0.34%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
16 4 (0.23%) Data Lake
16 4 (0.23%) Metadata
16 4 (0.23%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 92 (5.24%) Git
2 40 (2.28%) JIRA
3 30 (1.71%) Visual Studio
4 29 (1.65%) Postman
5 23 (1.31%) Selenium
6 18 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
7 16 (0.91%) SoapUI
8 11 (0.63%) GitLab
8 11 (0.63%) NUnit
8 11 (0.63%) WebDriver
9 9 (0.51%) Jenkins
10 7 (0.40%) Moq
10 7 (0.40%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
11 6 (0.34%) Claude Code
11 6 (0.34%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.34%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.28%) JMeter
12 5 (0.28%) MSTest
12 5 (0.28%) Yeoman
General
1 226 (12.86%) Social Skills
2 176 (10.02%) Finance
3 63 (3.59%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (3.02%) Public Sector
5 45 (2.56%) Retail
6 38 (2.16%) Manufacturing
7 34 (1.94%) Games
8 25 (1.42%) Advertising
8 25 (1.42%) Automotive
9 23 (1.31%) Aerospace
9 23 (1.31%) Marketing
10 21 (1.20%) Electronics
11 17 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (0.91%) Law
13 12 (0.68%) Legal
14 10 (0.57%) Aviation
15 8 (0.46%) Back Office
15 8 (0.46%) Military
16 6 (0.34%) Banking
16 6 (0.34%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,106 (62.95%) Developer
2 619 (35.23%) .NET Developer
3 362 (20.60%) Senior
4 317 (18.04%) Software Developer
5 310 (17.64%) Software Engineer
6 187 (10.64%) Lead
6 187 (10.64%) Senior Developer
7 150 (8.54%) Full-Stack Developer
8 146 (8.31%) C# Developer
9 137 (7.80%) .NET Software Engineer
10 116 (6.60%) .NET Software Developer
11 114 (6.49%) C# .NET Developer
11 114 (6.49%) Senior Software Engineer
12 103 (5.86%) C# Software Engineer
13 101 (5.75%) Senior .NET Developer
14 97 (5.52%) Lead Developer
15 74 (4.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 70 (3.98%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
17 61 (3.47%) Web Developer
18 60 (3.41%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 492 (28.00%) .NET Core
2 401 (22.82%) ASP.NET
3 274 (15.59%) ASP.NET Core
4 253 (14.40%) HTML
5 243 (13.83%) CSS
6 241 (13.72%) React
7 195 (11.10%) AngularJS
8 177 (10.07%) .NET Framework
9 161 (9.16%) RESTful
10 160 (9.11%) Entity Framework
11 154 (8.76%) Vue
12 135 (7.68%) Node.js
13 134 (7.63%) Blazor
14 109 (6.20%) REST
15 100 (5.69%) ASP.NET Web API
16 72 (4.10%) ML.NET
17 52 (2.96%) LINQ
18 51 (2.90%) jQuery
19 34 (1.94%) WPF
20 33 (1.88%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 90 (5.12%) Greenfield Project
2 82 (4.67%) Cloud Native
3 74 (4.21%) Mobile App
4 52 (2.96%) Product Ownership
5 43 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
6 41 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
7 36 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
8 24 (1.37%) Legacy Code
9 16 (0.91%) Hedge funds
10 15 (0.85%) Algorithms
10 15 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
11 14 (0.80%) PropTech
12 13 (0.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 11 (0.63%) Management Information System
13 11 (0.63%) Onboarding
13 11 (0.63%) Sports Betting
14 10 (0.57%) Client/Server
14 10 (0.57%) Digital TV
14 10 (0.57%) Social Network
15 9 (0.51%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 43 (2.45%) Windows
2 23 (1.31%) Android
3 18 (1.02%) Windows Server
4 16 (0.91%) Linux
5 9 (0.51%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.057%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.057%) VMS
7 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 565 (32.16%) Full-Stack Development
2 497 (28.29%) Agile
3 463 (26.35%) Software Engineering
4 357 (20.32%) CI/CD
5 342 (19.46%) DevOps
6 227 (12.92%) AI
7 218 (12.41%) Microservices
8 187 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
9 170 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 156 (8.88%) SDLC
11 140 (7.97%) Mentoring
12 116 (6.60%) Machine Learning
13 108 (6.15%) Scrum
14 107 (6.09%) TDD
15 106 (6.03%) Clean Code
16 94 (5.35%) Multithreading
16 94 (5.35%) Technical Leadership
17 92 (5.24%) Business Intelligence
17 92 (5.24%) Test Automation
18 91 (5.18%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 1,231 (70.06%) C#
2 608 (34.60%) SQL
3 344 (19.58%) JavaScript
4 200 (11.38%) TypeScript
5 122 (6.94%) Python
6 98 (5.58%) Java
7 68 (3.87%) C++
8 52 (2.96%) PHP
8 52 (2.96%) PowerShell
9 37 (2.11%) T-SQL
10 26 (1.48%) VB.NET
11 19 (1.08%) Bash
12 18 (1.02%) C
13 17 (0.97%) VB
14 14 (0.80%) Bicep
15 10 (0.57%) VBA
16 7 (0.40%) Apex Code
16 7 (0.40%) XAML
17 5 (0.28%) Delphi
17 5 (0.28%) RPG
Qualifications
1 160 (9.11%) Degree
2 71 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 62 (3.53%) Security Cleared
4 57 (3.24%) SC Cleared
5 19 (1.08%) Azure Certification
6 13 (0.74%) ISTQB
7 12 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (0.63%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 10 (0.57%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.17%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.17%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.17%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.11%) CSQA
13 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.11%) PhD
14 1 (0.057%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (4.78%) QA
2 37 (2.11%) Accessibility
3 17 (0.97%) GDPR
4 11 (0.63%) Data Quality
5 10 (0.57%) WCAG
6 8 (0.46%) ISO 9001
7 5 (0.28%) SLA
8 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.17%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.11%) NCSC
10 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 168 (9.56%) Docker
2 11 (0.63%) Firmware
3 10 (0.57%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 148 (8.42%) Kubernetes
2 65 (3.70%) Terraform
3 4 (0.23%) Grafana
4 2 (0.11%) MIIS
4 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.057%) Ansible
5 1 (0.057%) CASB
5 1 (0.057%) Consul
5 1 (0.057%) Packer
5 1 (0.057%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.057%) Puppet
Vendors
1 447 (25.44%) Microsoft
2 29 (1.65%) Google
3 26 (1.48%) Facebook
4 24 (1.37%) Xamarin
5 23 (1.31%) Adobe
6 20 (1.14%) OpenAI
6 20 (1.14%) Oracle
7 12 (0.68%) Salesforce
8 9 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (0.51%) YouTube
9 8 (0.46%) Apple
9 8 (0.46%) Databricks
9 8 (0.46%) Sony
9 8 (0.46%) Yahoo!
10 7 (0.40%) VMware
11 6 (0.34%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.28%) DevExpress
12 5 (0.28%) Sage
13 4 (0.23%) IBM
13 4 (0.23%) SYSPRO