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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 70 25
Rank change year-on-year +18 -45 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,232 1,313 3,971
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.89% 3.78% 6.65%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 34.12% 27.41% 37.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,958 955 3,147
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,400 £35,475
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 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £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 6,542 4,790 10,473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.46% 13.79% 17.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5,151 2,953 7,215
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,497 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,987 £73,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%

.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 14 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 14 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 +36 686 £57,500 - 188
North of England +1 627 £57,500 -4.17% 171
Midlands +14 336 £55,000 - 96
North West -1 282 £60,000 - 96
East of England +26 221 £65,000 +30.00% 62
South West +21 221 £52,500 - 44
West Midlands -7 178 £60,000 +4.35% 47
Yorkshire +20 173 £55,000 -12.00% 44
North East +7 172 £56,500 +31.40% 34
East Midlands +38 158 £55,000 - 49
Northern Ireland -21 59 £35,000 -30.00% 15
Scotland +23 58 £60,000 -7.34% 17
Wales -68 26 £50,000 -16.67% 19
.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 (1.75%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.66%) IIS
3 16 (0.72%) CMS
3 16 (0.72%) ColdFusion
3 16 (0.72%) Confluence
4 9 (0.40%) WordPress
5 8 (0.36%) nginx
6 7 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.18%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.13%) Apache
8 3 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.13%) CICS
8 3 (0.13%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.13%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.13%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.090%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.045%) Drupal
10 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.045%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.22%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.045%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.22%) Shopify
3 4 (0.18%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.13%) Magento
4 3 (0.13%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.090%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.090%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.045%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.045%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.045%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1,125 (50.40%) Azure
2 355 (15.91%) AWS
2 355 (15.91%) Azure DevOps
3 211 (9.45%) GitHub
4 188 (8.42%) SaaS
5 165 (7.39%) Azure AI
6 141 (6.32%) GitHub Copilot
7 127 (5.69%) Power Platform
8 94 (4.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 87 (3.90%) Power Automate
10 84 (3.76%) Serverless
11 80 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
12 70 (3.14%) PowerApps
13 53 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
14 47 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
15 44 (1.97%) Azure Functions
16 43 (1.93%) Azure Service Bus
16 43 (1.93%) GCP
17 39 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
18 32 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 86 (3.85%) Internet
2 9 (0.40%) HTTP
2 9 (0.40%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.36%) Firewall
4 7 (0.31%) Hyperconnected
5 6 (0.27%) SNMP
6 5 (0.22%) DHCP
6 5 (0.22%) DNS
6 5 (0.22%) LAN
6 5 (0.22%) WAN
7 3 (0.13%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.13%) Modbus
7 3 (0.13%) RS-232
8 1 (0.045%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.045%) Network Security
8 1 (0.045%) Profibus
8 1 (0.045%) SSL
8 1 (0.045%) VLAN
8 1 (0.045%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 476 (21.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 448 (20.07%) SQL Server
3 406 (18.19%) MongoDB
4 159 (7.12%) Elasticsearch
5 93 (4.17%) Power BI
6 61 (2.73%) Relational Database
7 59 (2.64%) NoSQL
8 56 (2.51%) MySQL
9 44 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (0.81%) Redis
12 17 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 16 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (0.54%) DynamoDB
15 11 (0.49%) GIS
15 11 (0.49%) NonStop SQL
16 10 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
17 9 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
17 9 (0.40%) SQLite
18 8 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 155 (6.94%) Git
2 35 (1.57%) JIRA
3 29 (1.30%) Visual Studio
4 28 (1.25%) Jenkins
5 22 (0.99%) GitLab
5 22 (0.99%) NUnit
6 20 (0.90%) Postman
7 16 (0.72%) Claude Code
7 16 (0.72%) Selenium
8 11 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.40%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.40%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.36%) Moq
10 8 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
11 7 (0.31%) MSI
11 7 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
12 6 (0.27%) JUnit
12 6 (0.27%) MSTest
12 6 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
13 5 (0.22%) Yeoman
General
1 315 (14.11%) Social Skills
2 220 (9.86%) Finance
3 94 (4.21%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (3.72%) Legal
5 68 (3.05%) Public Sector
6 67 (3.00%) Retail
7 57 (2.55%) Advertising
7 57 (2.55%) Games
7 57 (2.55%) Law
8 56 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (2.51%) Manufacturing
9 54 (2.42%) Marketing
10 30 (1.34%) Legal Technology
11 26 (1.16%) Automotive
12 22 (0.99%) Aerospace
13 19 (0.85%) Electronics
14 11 (0.49%) Aviation
14 11 (0.49%) Music Industry
15 9 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.36%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1,488 (66.67%) Developer
2 888 (39.78%) .NET Developer
3 418 (18.73%) Senior
4 321 (14.38%) Software Engineer
5 315 (14.11%) Software Developer
6 257 (11.51%) Senior Developer
7 243 (10.89%) Lead
8 156 (6.99%) C# Developer
9 150 (6.72%) Full-Stack Developer
10 124 (5.56%) Lead Developer
11 123 (5.51%) .NET Software Engineer
11 123 (5.51%) C# Software Engineer
12 120 (5.38%) C# .NET Developer
13 118 (5.29%) .NET Software Developer
14 113 (5.06%) Senior Software Engineer
15 97 (4.35%) Senior .NET Developer
16 90 (4.03%) Web Developer
17 79 (3.54%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 64 (2.87%) Lead Software Developer
19 62 (2.78%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 727 (32.57%) .NET Core
2 682 (30.56%) ASP.NET
3 550 (24.64%) ASP.NET Core
4 361 (16.17%) HTML
5 356 (15.95%) CSS
6 344 (15.41%) React
7 279 (12.50%) AngularJS
8 275 (12.32%) Entity Framework
9 256 (11.47%) Blazor
9 256 (11.47%) RESTful
10 240 (10.75%) .NET Framework
10 240 (10.75%) Vue
11 228 (10.22%) Node.js
12 210 (9.41%) ASP.NET Web API
13 153 (6.85%) ML.NET
14 144 (6.45%) REST
15 109 (4.88%) LINQ
16 68 (3.05%) jQuery
17 57 (2.55%) WPF
18 53 (2.37%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 135 (6.05%) Greenfield Project
2 120 (5.38%) Cloud Native
3 93 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
4 63 (2.82%) Product Ownership
5 59 (2.64%) Mobile App
6 58 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
7 51 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
8 32 (1.43%) Legacy Code
9 28 (1.25%) Legacy Applications
10 23 (1.03%) AI Agents
11 21 (0.94%) Hedge funds
11 21 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (0.90%) Digital TV
13 18 (0.81%) Algorithms
13 18 (0.81%) Onboarding
14 17 (0.76%) BBC
14 17 (0.76%) iPhone
14 17 (0.76%) Management Information System
14 17 (0.76%) Social Media
15 14 (0.63%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 81 (3.63%) Windows
2 28 (1.25%) Windows Server
3 27 (1.21%) Android
4 25 (1.12%) Linux
5 4 (0.18%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.090%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.045%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.045%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 813 (36.42%) Full-Stack Development
2 777 (34.81%) Agile
3 565 (25.31%) CI/CD
4 550 (24.64%) Software Engineering
5 512 (22.94%) DevOps
6 401 (17.97%) Microservices
7 336 (15.05%) AI
8 334 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
9 274 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
10 195 (8.74%) Machine Learning
10 195 (8.74%) SDLC
11 180 (8.06%) Multithreading
12 171 (7.66%) Mentoring
13 162 (7.26%) Scrum
14 154 (6.90%) TDD
15 137 (6.14%) OO
16 123 (5.51%) Clean Code
16 123 (5.51%) Technical Leadership
17 119 (5.33%) Business Intelligence
17 119 (5.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1,693 (75.85%) C#
2 867 (38.84%) SQL
3 497 (22.27%) JavaScript
4 303 (13.58%) TypeScript
5 142 (6.36%) Python
6 102 (4.57%) Java
7 76 (3.41%) C++
8 66 (2.96%) PowerShell
9 65 (2.91%) PHP
10 54 (2.42%) T-SQL
11 47 (2.11%) VB.NET
12 30 (1.34%) Bicep
13 26 (1.16%) C
14 22 (0.99%) Bash
15 14 (0.63%) VB
16 12 (0.54%) Go
17 11 (0.49%) COBOL
18 9 (0.40%) VBA
18 9 (0.40%) XAML
19 8 (0.36%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 187 (8.38%) Degree
2 97 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 84 (3.76%) Security Cleared
4 76 (3.41%) SC Cleared
5 19 (0.85%) Azure Certification
6 17 (0.76%) AWS Certification
7 12 (0.54%) Master's Degree
7 12 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (0.31%) AWS Certified Developer
10 5 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.18%) MBA
12 3 (0.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.13%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.13%) OCP
12 3 (0.13%) Oracle Certification
13 2 (0.090%) CSQA
13 2 (0.090%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (8.38%) QA
2 47 (2.11%) Accessibility
3 16 (0.72%) GDPR
4 14 (0.63%) WCAG
5 11 (0.49%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.36%) NCSC
7 4 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.18%) SLA
8 3 (0.13%) NIST
8 3 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 271 (12.14%) Docker
2 12 (0.54%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.40%) Firmware
4 8 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 244 (10.93%) Kubernetes
2 90 (4.03%) Terraform
3 13 (0.58%) Grafana
4 12 (0.54%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.22%) Ansible
6 4 (0.18%) Argo
7 2 (0.090%) MIIS
8 1 (0.045%) Consul
8 1 (0.045%) MOM
8 1 (0.045%) Packer
8 1 (0.045%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.045%) Puppet
Vendors
1 796 (35.66%) Microsoft
2 67 (3.00%) Google
3 59 (2.64%) Facebook
4 28 (1.25%) OpenAI
5 26 (1.16%) Adobe
6 23 (1.03%) Oracle
7 21 (0.94%) YouTube
8 17 (0.76%) Apple
8 17 (0.76%) Sony
8 17 (0.76%) Yahoo!
9 12 (0.54%) Xamarin
10 10 (0.45%) Salesforce
11 9 (0.40%) Sage
12 8 (0.36%) Databricks
13 7 (0.31%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (0.31%) DevExpress
13 7 (0.31%) VMware
14 6 (0.27%) Red Hat
14 6 (0.27%) Splunk
15 5 (0.22%) SYSPRO