.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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 63 25
Rank change year-on-year +10 -38 +1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,126 1,369 4,365
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.91% 4.02% 6.82%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 33.74% 27.16% 38.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,902 1,007 3,588
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,458
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 6,302 5,040 11,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.61% 14.79% 17.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,038 3,174 8,212
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £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 £90,000 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +22 673 £57,500 - 139
North of England -3 590 £57,500 -4.17% 132
Midlands +9 323 £55,000 - 60
North West -6 276 £60,000 +0.84% 65
South West +18 206 £52,500 - 41
East of England +23 201 £65,000 +23.81% 51
West Midlands -14 172 £60,000 +9.09% 27
Yorkshire +12 157 £57,500 -11.54% 34
North East 0 157 £55,750 +25.99% 36
East Midlands +25 151 £55,000 - 33
Northern Ireland -18 55 £35,000 -46.15% 8
Scotland +25 54 £58,750 -8.91% 9
Wales -62 26 £50,000 -20.00% 9
.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 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.60%) IIS
3 16 (0.75%) ColdFusion
4 15 (0.71%) Confluence
5 14 (0.66%) CMS
6 8 (0.38%) nginx
6 8 (0.38%) WordPress
7 7 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (0.19%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.19%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.19%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.14%) Apache
9 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.047%) Appian
10 1 (0.047%) CICS
10 1 (0.047%) Drupal
10 1 (0.047%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.047%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.047%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.047%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 9 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.24%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.094%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.047%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.24%) Shopify
3 3 (0.14%) Magento
4 2 (0.094%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.094%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.047%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.047%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.047%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.047%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 1,068 (50.24%) Azure
2 333 (15.66%) Azure DevOps
3 329 (15.48%) AWS
4 189 (8.89%) GitHub
5 181 (8.51%) SaaS
6 160 (7.53%) Azure AI
7 134 (6.30%) GitHub Copilot
8 112 (5.27%) Power Platform
9 87 (4.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 82 (3.86%) Power Automate
11 79 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
12 75 (3.53%) Serverless
13 68 (3.20%) PowerApps
14 47 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
15 38 (1.79%) Azure Functions
16 36 (1.69%) Azure Service Bus
17 34 (1.60%) GCP
18 33 (1.55%) Azure Logic Apps
18 33 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
19 30 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 84 (3.95%) Internet
2 9 (0.42%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.38%) Firewall
4 7 (0.33%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.24%) DHCP
5 5 (0.24%) DNS
5 5 (0.24%) HTTP
5 5 (0.24%) LAN
5 5 (0.24%) WAN
6 3 (0.14%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.14%) RS-232
6 3 (0.14%) SNMP
7 2 (0.094%) Modbus
8 1 (0.047%) AMQP
8 1 (0.047%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.047%) LTE
8 1 (0.047%) Network Security
8 1 (0.047%) Profibus
8 1 (0.047%) SSL
8 1 (0.047%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 472 (22.20%) Azure SQL Database
2 405 (19.05%) MongoDB
3 403 (18.96%) SQL Server
4 155 (7.29%) Elasticsearch
5 90 (4.23%) Power BI
6 55 (2.59%) NoSQL
7 42 (1.98%) MySQL
8 37 (1.74%) Relational Database
9 35 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
10 17 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 15 (0.71%) Redis
12 15 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 11 (0.52%) DynamoDB
13 11 (0.52%) NonStop SQL
14 10 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
14 10 (0.47%) GIS
15 6 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
16 5 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
16 5 (0.24%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 126 (5.93%) Git
2 34 (1.60%) JIRA
3 25 (1.18%) Visual Studio
4 20 (0.94%) Postman
5 17 (0.80%) Jenkins
6 16 (0.75%) GitLab
6 16 (0.75%) NUnit
7 14 (0.66%) Selenium
8 12 (0.56%) Claude Code
9 8 (0.38%) Moq
9 8 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
9 8 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
10 7 (0.33%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.28%) MSI
11 6 (0.28%) MSTest
11 6 (0.28%) TeamCity
12 5 (0.24%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.24%) JMeter
12 5 (0.24%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.24%) Yeoman
General
1 268 (12.61%) Social Skills
2 206 (9.69%) Finance
3 76 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (3.34%) Legal
5 63 (2.96%) Retail
6 58 (2.73%) Public Sector
7 56 (2.63%) Advertising
8 55 (2.59%) Games
9 53 (2.49%) Manufacturing
10 49 (2.30%) Marketing
11 43 (2.02%) Law
12 35 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 30 (1.41%) Legal Technology
14 26 (1.22%) Aerospace
14 26 (1.22%) Automotive
15 20 (0.94%) Electronics
16 11 (0.52%) Music Industry
17 8 (0.38%) Aviation
17 8 (0.38%) Back Office
18 7 (0.33%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 1,435 (67.50%) Developer
2 867 (40.78%) .NET Developer
3 404 (19.00%) Senior
4 315 (14.82%) Software Engineer
5 307 (14.44%) Software Developer
6 244 (11.48%) Senior Developer
7 219 (10.30%) Lead
8 150 (7.06%) Full-Stack Developer
9 149 (7.01%) C# Developer
10 130 (6.11%) .NET Software Engineer
11 118 (5.55%) C# .NET Developer
11 118 (5.55%) C# Software Engineer
12 116 (5.46%) Lead Developer
13 111 (5.22%) .NET Software Developer
14 107 (5.03%) Senior Software Engineer
15 97 (4.56%) Senior .NET Developer
16 82 (3.86%) Web Developer
17 78 (3.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 68 (3.20%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 61 (2.87%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 701 (32.97%) .NET Core
2 660 (31.04%) ASP.NET
3 538 (25.31%) ASP.NET Core
4 344 (16.18%) HTML
5 340 (15.99%) CSS
6 326 (15.33%) React
7 274 (12.89%) AngularJS
8 260 (12.23%) Entity Framework
9 247 (11.62%) RESTful
10 246 (11.57%) Blazor
11 233 (10.96%) Vue
12 224 (10.54%) .NET Framework
13 223 (10.49%) Node.js
14 200 (9.41%) ASP.NET Web API
15 152 (7.15%) ML.NET
16 132 (6.21%) REST
17 109 (5.13%) LINQ
18 60 (2.82%) jQuery
19 53 (2.49%) JSON
20 51 (2.40%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 134 (6.30%) Greenfield Project
2 96 (4.52%) Cloud Native
3 79 (3.72%) Enterprise Software
4 60 (2.82%) Mobile App
5 57 (2.68%) Product Ownership
6 54 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
7 50 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
8 29 (1.36%) Legacy Code
9 20 (0.94%) Digital TV
10 19 (0.89%) AI Agents
10 19 (0.89%) Hedge funds
11 17 (0.80%) BBC
11 17 (0.80%) iPhone
11 17 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
11 17 (0.80%) Management Information System
11 17 (0.80%) Social Media
12 15 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (0.66%) Algorithms
13 14 (0.66%) Onboarding
13 14 (0.66%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 74 (3.48%) Windows
2 29 (1.36%) Android
3 28 (1.32%) Windows Server
4 21 (0.99%) Linux
5 6 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.094%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.047%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.047%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 807 (37.96%) Full-Stack Development
2 743 (34.95%) Agile
3 520 (24.46%) CI/CD
4 515 (24.22%) Software Engineering
5 469 (22.06%) DevOps
6 379 (17.83%) Microservices
7 329 (15.48%) AI
8 295 (13.88%) Problem-Solving
9 242 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 194 (9.13%) Machine Learning
11 178 (8.37%) SDLC
12 175 (8.23%) Multithreading
13 155 (7.29%) Scrum
14 152 (7.15%) Mentoring
15 151 (7.10%) TDD
16 120 (5.64%) OO
17 116 (5.46%) Business Intelligence
18 112 (5.27%) Clean Code
19 109 (5.13%) Technical Leadership
20 106 (4.99%) API Development
Programming Languages
1 1,623 (76.34%) C#
2 842 (39.60%) SQL
3 473 (22.25%) JavaScript
4 292 (13.73%) TypeScript
5 129 (6.07%) Python
6 94 (4.42%) Java
7 78 (3.67%) C++
8 66 (3.10%) PowerShell
9 59 (2.78%) PHP
10 51 (2.40%) T-SQL
11 38 (1.79%) VB.NET
12 29 (1.36%) Bicep
13 25 (1.18%) C
14 22 (1.03%) Bash
15 14 (0.66%) VB
16 9 (0.42%) VBA
17 8 (0.38%) XAML
18 7 (0.33%) Delphi
18 7 (0.33%) Go
19 6 (0.28%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 167 (7.86%) Degree
2 91 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 66 (3.10%) Security Cleared
4 58 (2.73%) SC Cleared
5 17 (0.80%) Azure Certification
6 12 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (0.52%) AWS Certification
8 8 (0.38%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (0.28%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.19%) MBA
12 3 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.14%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.094%) CSQA
13 2 (0.094%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.094%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.094%) PhD
13 2 (0.094%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.047%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (7.53%) QA
2 44 (2.07%) Accessibility
3 17 (0.80%) GDPR
4 14 (0.66%) Data Quality
5 12 (0.56%) WCAG
6 7 (0.33%) NCSC
7 5 (0.24%) SLA
8 4 (0.19%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.14%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.094%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.047%) NIST
System Software
1 257 (12.09%) Docker
2 11 (0.52%) Firmware
3 10 (0.47%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 235 (11.05%) Kubernetes
2 74 (3.48%) Terraform
3 8 (0.38%) Grafana
4 6 (0.28%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.094%) Ansible
5 2 (0.094%) MIIS
6 1 (0.047%) Consul
6 1 (0.047%) MOM
6 1 (0.047%) Packer
6 1 (0.047%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.047%) Puppet
Vendors
1 756 (35.56%) Microsoft
2 66 (3.10%) Google
3 59 (2.78%) Facebook
4 26 (1.22%) Adobe
5 25 (1.18%) OpenAI
6 21 (0.99%) Oracle
6 21 (0.99%) YouTube
7 17 (0.80%) Apple
7 17 (0.80%) Sony
7 17 (0.80%) Yahoo!
8 16 (0.75%) Xamarin
9 10 (0.47%) Salesforce
10 8 (0.38%) Databricks
11 7 (0.33%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (0.33%) VMware
12 6 (0.28%) Sage
13 5 (0.24%) DevExpress
13 5 (0.24%) SYSPRO
14 4 (0.19%) IBM
15 3 (0.14%) Splunk