.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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 65 25
Rank change year-on-year +12 -40 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,184 1,347 3,970
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.91% 3.92% 6.62%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 33.77% 27.12% 38.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,936 987 3,205
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 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £78,750
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 6,467 4,967 10,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.62% 14.45% 17.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5,149 3,108 7,402
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
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 £74,066 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,210 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -8.89%

.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 2 August 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 2 August 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 +25 689 £57,500 - 167
North of England +2 614 £57,500 -4.17% 145
Midlands +10 330 £55,000 - 86
North West -6 283 £60,000 - 74
South West +19 210 £52,500 - 41
East of England +23 204 £65,000 +23.81% 52
West Midlands -18 178 £60,000 +4.35% 42
Yorkshire +20 169 £55,000 -15.38% 40
North East +1 162 £55,750 +29.65% 33
East Midlands +32 152 £55,000 - 44
Northern Ireland -23 58 £35,000 -46.15% 27
Scotland +19 55 £60,000 -6.98% 12
Wales -69 26 £50,000 -16.67% 12
.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 (1.83%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.60%) IIS
3 16 (0.73%) ColdFusion
3 16 (0.73%) Confluence
4 15 (0.69%) CMS
5 9 (0.41%) WordPress
6 8 (0.37%) nginx
7 7 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (0.18%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.18%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.14%) Apache
9 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.14%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.092%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.092%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.092%) CICS
11 1 (0.046%) Appian
11 1 (0.046%) EPiServer
11 1 (0.046%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.046%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 9 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.092%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.046%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.23%) Shopify
3 3 (0.14%) Magento
3 3 (0.14%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.092%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.092%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.046%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.046%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.046%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1,093 (50.05%) Azure
2 345 (15.80%) AWS
3 342 (15.66%) Azure DevOps
4 196 (8.97%) GitHub
5 191 (8.75%) SaaS
6 161 (7.37%) Azure AI
7 136 (6.23%) GitHub Copilot
8 120 (5.49%) Power Platform
9 90 (4.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 85 (3.89%) Power Automate
11 80 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
12 79 (3.62%) Serverless
13 69 (3.16%) PowerApps
14 52 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
15 41 (1.88%) Azure Functions
16 38 (1.74%) Azure Service Bus
16 38 (1.74%) GCP
17 37 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
18 34 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
19 33 (1.51%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 85 (3.89%) Internet
2 9 (0.41%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.37%) Firewall
3 8 (0.37%) HTTP
4 7 (0.32%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.23%) DHCP
5 5 (0.23%) DNS
5 5 (0.23%) LAN
5 5 (0.23%) WAN
6 4 (0.18%) SNMP
7 3 (0.14%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.14%) Modbus
7 3 (0.14%) RS-232
8 1 (0.046%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.046%) LTE
8 1 (0.046%) Network Security
8 1 (0.046%) Profibus
8 1 (0.046%) SSL
8 1 (0.046%) VLAN
8 1 (0.046%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 473 (21.66%) Azure SQL Database
2 428 (19.60%) SQL Server
3 406 (18.59%) MongoDB
4 156 (7.14%) Elasticsearch
5 91 (4.17%) Power BI
6 56 (2.56%) NoSQL
7 49 (2.24%) MySQL
8 48 (2.20%) Relational Database
9 40 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (0.82%) Redis
12 16 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.55%) DynamoDB
14 12 (0.55%) GIS
15 11 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
15 11 (0.50%) NonStop SQL
16 7 (0.32%) Crystal Reports
16 7 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
16 7 (0.32%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 140 (6.41%) Git
2 36 (1.65%) JIRA
3 27 (1.24%) Visual Studio
4 21 (0.96%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.92%) Postman
6 19 (0.87%) NUnit
7 17 (0.78%) GitLab
8 16 (0.73%) Selenium
9 14 (0.64%) Claude Code
10 10 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
11 9 (0.41%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.37%) Moq
12 8 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
13 7 (0.32%) MSI
14 6 (0.27%) MSTest
14 6 (0.27%) TeamCity
15 5 (0.23%) Cucumber
15 5 (0.23%) JMeter
15 5 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
15 5 (0.23%) SpecFlow
General
1 290 (13.28%) Social Skills
2 211 (9.66%) Finance
3 83 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (3.48%) Legal
5 64 (2.93%) Public Sector
5 64 (2.93%) Retail
6 57 (2.61%) Advertising
7 56 (2.56%) Games
8 55 (2.52%) Manufacturing
9 52 (2.38%) Marketing
10 49 (2.24%) Law
11 44 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 30 (1.37%) Legal Technology
13 26 (1.19%) Automotive
14 24 (1.10%) Aerospace
15 19 (0.87%) Electronics
16 11 (0.50%) Music Industry
17 9 (0.41%) Aviation
18 8 (0.37%) Back Office
19 7 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,461 (66.90%) Developer
2 880 (40.29%) .NET Developer
3 414 (18.96%) Senior
4 323 (14.79%) Software Engineer
5 307 (14.06%) Software Developer
6 253 (11.58%) Senior Developer
7 232 (10.62%) Lead
8 157 (7.19%) C# Developer
9 149 (6.82%) Full-Stack Developer
10 132 (6.04%) .NET Software Engineer
11 121 (5.54%) C# .NET Developer
12 120 (5.49%) C# Software Engineer
13 118 (5.40%) Lead Developer
14 114 (5.22%) .NET Software Developer
15 111 (5.08%) Senior Software Engineer
16 99 (4.53%) Senior .NET Developer
17 86 (3.94%) Web Developer
18 81 (3.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 66 (3.02%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
20 64 (2.93%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 709 (32.46%) .NET Core
2 672 (30.77%) ASP.NET
3 544 (24.91%) ASP.NET Core
4 355 (16.25%) HTML
5 350 (16.03%) CSS
6 333 (15.25%) React
7 279 (12.77%) AngularJS
8 268 (12.27%) Entity Framework
9 253 (11.58%) Blazor
10 252 (11.54%) RESTful
11 238 (10.90%) Vue
12 233 (10.67%) .NET Framework
13 225 (10.30%) Node.js
14 206 (9.43%) ASP.NET Web API
15 153 (7.01%) ML.NET
16 137 (6.27%) REST
17 109 (4.99%) LINQ
18 65 (2.98%) jQuery
19 54 (2.47%) WPF
20 53 (2.43%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 136 (6.23%) Greenfield Project
2 108 (4.95%) Cloud Native
3 86 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
4 61 (2.79%) Product Ownership
5 60 (2.75%) Mobile App
6 56 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
7 54 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
8 31 (1.42%) Legacy Code
9 23 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
10 20 (0.92%) AI Agents
10 20 (0.92%) Digital TV
11 19 (0.87%) Hedge funds
11 19 (0.87%) Management Information System
12 17 (0.78%) BBC
12 17 (0.78%) iPhone
12 17 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (0.78%) Social Media
13 16 (0.73%) Algorithms
13 16 (0.73%) Onboarding
14 14 (0.64%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 77 (3.53%) Windows
2 29 (1.33%) Android
3 28 (1.28%) Windows Server
4 21 (0.96%) Linux
5 6 (0.27%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.092%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.046%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.046%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 811 (37.13%) Full-Stack Development
2 757 (34.66%) Agile
3 541 (24.77%) CI/CD
4 536 (24.54%) Software Engineering
5 491 (22.48%) DevOps
6 390 (17.86%) Microservices
7 332 (15.20%) AI
8 312 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
9 253 (11.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 194 (8.88%) Machine Learning
11 189 (8.65%) SDLC
12 179 (8.20%) Multithreading
13 160 (7.33%) Mentoring
14 158 (7.23%) Scrum
15 152 (6.96%) TDD
16 127 (5.82%) OO
17 117 (5.36%) Business Intelligence
17 117 (5.36%) Clean Code
18 115 (5.27%) Technical Leadership
19 112 (5.13%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1,663 (76.14%) C#
2 859 (39.33%) SQL
3 489 (22.39%) JavaScript
4 300 (13.74%) TypeScript
5 134 (6.14%) Python
6 96 (4.40%) Java
7 76 (3.48%) C++
8 66 (3.02%) PowerShell
9 62 (2.84%) PHP
10 54 (2.47%) T-SQL
11 43 (1.97%) VB.NET
12 30 (1.37%) Bicep
13 25 (1.14%) C
14 21 (0.96%) Bash
15 14 (0.64%) VB
16 9 (0.41%) Go
16 9 (0.41%) VBA
17 8 (0.37%) COBOL
17 8 (0.37%) Delphi
17 8 (0.37%) XAML
Qualifications
1 178 (8.15%) Degree
2 94 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 73 (3.34%) Security Cleared
4 65 (2.98%) SC Cleared
5 18 (0.82%) Azure Certification
6 16 (0.73%) AWS Certification
7 12 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (0.46%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.18%) MBA
12 3 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.14%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.14%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.092%) CSQA
13 2 (0.092%) HND
13 2 (0.092%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.092%) PhD
13 2 (0.092%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (7.97%) QA
2 46 (2.11%) Accessibility
3 17 (0.78%) GDPR
4 14 (0.64%) Data Quality
5 13 (0.60%) WCAG
6 8 (0.37%) NCSC
7 5 (0.23%) SLA
8 4 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.14%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.092%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.092%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.046%) NIST
System Software
1 264 (12.09%) Docker
2 11 (0.50%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.46%) Firmware
4 8 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 242 (11.08%) Kubernetes
2 81 (3.71%) Terraform
3 9 (0.41%) Grafana
4 8 (0.37%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.18%) Ansible
6 2 (0.092%) Argo
6 2 (0.092%) MIIS
7 1 (0.046%) Consul
7 1 (0.046%) MOM
7 1 (0.046%) Packer
7 1 (0.046%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.046%) Puppet
Vendors
1 778 (35.62%) Microsoft
2 66 (3.02%) Google
3 59 (2.70%) Facebook
4 26 (1.19%) Adobe
5 25 (1.14%) OpenAI
6 21 (0.96%) YouTube
7 20 (0.92%) Oracle
8 17 (0.78%) Apple
8 17 (0.78%) Sony
8 17 (0.78%) Yahoo!
9 16 (0.73%) Xamarin
10 11 (0.50%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.37%) Databricks
11 8 (0.37%) Sage
12 7 (0.32%) VMware
13 6 (0.27%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (0.27%) DevExpress
14 5 (0.23%) Splunk
14 5 (0.23%) SYSPRO
15 4 (0.18%) IBM