.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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 79 24
Rank change year-on-year +25 -55 0
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,213 1,194 3,721
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.60% 3.47% 6.71%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 30.13% 25.36% 35.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,933 863 2,585
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,774 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £78,458
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -5.03%

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 7,345 4,709 10,583
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.63% 13.69% 19.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,670 2,856 6,407
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £44,744
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £86,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £67,500 £69,384 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.71% +6.74% -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 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +45 690 £60,000 - 263
North of England -4 600 £55,000 -8.33% 314
Midlands +32 356 £60,000 +9.09% 161
North West -13 266 £60,000 -4.00% 187
East of England +33 217 £60,000 +14.29% 102
South West +1 198 £55,000 +4.76% 78
West Midlands -8 190 £58,750 +6.82% 88
North East +6 179 £56,500 +29.89% 55
East Midlands +42 166 £60,000 +9.09% 73
Yorkshire +4 155 £55,000 -8.33% 75
Scotland +35 67 £60,000 -4.00% 84
Northern Ireland -22 61 £35,000 -30.00% 39
Wales -75 26 £50,000 -9.09% 31
.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 44 (1.99%) IIS
2 33 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.72%) CMS
4 15 (0.68%) Confluence
5 14 (0.63%) ColdFusion
6 9 (0.41%) WordPress
7 8 (0.36%) nginx
8 7 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
9 5 (0.23%) Apache
10 4 (0.18%) CICS
10 4 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.18%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.090%) EPiServer
12 2 (0.090%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.045%) Drupal
13 1 (0.045%) GeoServer
13 1 (0.045%) Kentico
13 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
1 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.090%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.045%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.18%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.18%) Shopify
3 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.14%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.090%) Magento
4 2 (0.090%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.045%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.045%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1,097 (49.57%) Azure
2 362 (16.36%) AWS
3 357 (16.13%) Azure DevOps
4 212 (9.58%) GitHub
5 177 (8.00%) SaaS
6 161 (7.28%) Azure AI
7 140 (6.33%) GitHub Copilot
8 124 (5.60%) Power Platform
9 94 (4.25%) Serverless
10 91 (4.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 86 (3.89%) Power Automate
12 83 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
13 69 (3.12%) PowerApps
14 52 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
15 51 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
16 44 (1.99%) Azure Functions
17 41 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
18 40 (1.81%) AWS Lambda
19 39 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
19 39 (1.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 87 (3.93%) Internet
2 18 (0.81%) Firewall
3 11 (0.50%) VLAN
4 10 (0.45%) Wireless
5 9 (0.41%) HTTP
5 9 (0.41%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
6 6 (0.27%) SNMP
7 5 (0.23%) DHCP
7 5 (0.23%) DNS
7 5 (0.23%) LAN
7 5 (0.23%) WAN
8 3 (0.14%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.14%) RS-232
9 2 (0.090%) Modbus
9 2 (0.090%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.045%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.045%) Network Security
10 1 (0.045%) Profibus
10 1 (0.045%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 465 (21.01%) SQL Server
2 456 (20.61%) Azure SQL Database
3 394 (17.80%) MongoDB
4 155 (7.00%) Elasticsearch
5 82 (3.71%) Power BI
6 76 (3.43%) Relational Database
7 60 (2.71%) MySQL
8 59 (2.67%) NoSQL
9 54 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
10 21 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (0.81%) Redis
12 14 (0.63%) Spark SQL
13 13 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.54%) DynamoDB
15 11 (0.50%) NonStop SQL
16 10 (0.45%) GIS
16 10 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 10 (0.45%) SQLite
17 9 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
18 8 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 163 (7.37%) Git
2 35 (1.58%) Visual Studio
3 34 (1.54%) JIRA
4 31 (1.40%) Jenkins
5 23 (1.04%) Claude Code
6 22 (0.99%) GitLab
7 21 (0.95%) NUnit
8 17 (0.77%) Postman
9 15 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
10 12 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
10 12 (0.54%) Selenium
11 11 (0.50%) TeamCity
12 8 (0.36%) Moq
13 7 (0.32%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.32%) MSI
13 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
15 5 (0.23%) Cucumber
15 5 (0.23%) MSTest
16 4 (0.18%) Subversion
General
1 338 (15.27%) Social Skills
2 220 (9.94%) Finance
3 104 (4.70%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (3.89%) Legal
5 80 (3.62%) Public Sector
6 68 (3.07%) Retail
7 64 (2.89%) Games
8 59 (2.67%) Manufacturing
9 56 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 54 (2.44%) Advertising
11 52 (2.35%) Law
11 52 (2.35%) Marketing
12 30 (1.36%) Legal Technology
13 25 (1.13%) Automotive
14 23 (1.04%) Aerospace
15 19 (0.86%) Electronics
16 12 (0.54%) Aviation
17 11 (0.50%) Music Industry
18 10 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
18 10 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,430 (64.62%) Developer
2 870 (39.31%) .NET Developer
3 408 (18.44%) Senior
4 310 (14.01%) Software Engineer
5 274 (12.38%) Software Developer
6 252 (11.39%) Senior Developer
7 236 (10.66%) Lead
8 153 (6.91%) C# Developer
9 151 (6.82%) Full-Stack Developer
10 126 (5.69%) C# Software Engineer
11 119 (5.38%) C# .NET Developer
12 117 (5.29%) Lead Developer
13 116 (5.24%) .NET Software Engineer
14 110 (4.97%) Senior Software Engineer
15 103 (4.65%) Senior .NET Developer
16 100 (4.52%) .NET Software Developer
17 86 (3.89%) Web Developer
18 79 (3.57%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 63 (2.85%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
20 61 (2.76%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 693 (31.31%) .NET Core
2 664 (30.00%) ASP.NET
3 541 (24.45%) ASP.NET Core
4 359 (16.22%) HTML
5 354 (16.00%) CSS
6 351 (15.86%) React
7 270 (12.20%) AngularJS
8 269 (12.16%) Entity Framework
9 247 (11.16%) Blazor
9 247 (11.16%) RESTful
10 233 (10.53%) Vue
11 231 (10.44%) .NET Framework
12 215 (9.72%) Node.js
13 210 (9.49%) ASP.NET Web API
14 146 (6.60%) ML.NET
14 146 (6.60%) REST
15 107 (4.84%) LINQ
16 86 (3.89%) jQuery
17 81 (3.66%) Terraform
18 58 (2.62%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 126 (5.69%) Greenfield Project
2 117 (5.29%) Cloud Native
3 102 (4.61%) Enterprise Software
4 70 (3.16%) Product Ownership
5 64 (2.89%) Distributed Systems
6 52 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
6 52 (2.35%) Mobile App
7 36 (1.63%) Legacy Applications
8 33 (1.49%) AI Agents
9 32 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
10 26 (1.17%) Legacy Code
11 22 (0.99%) Onboarding
12 21 (0.95%) Hedge funds
12 21 (0.95%) Management Information System
13 20 (0.90%) Algorithms
14 19 (0.86%) Digital TV
15 17 (0.77%) BBC
15 17 (0.77%) iPhone
15 17 (0.77%) Social Media
16 12 (0.54%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 100 (4.52%) Windows
2 37 (1.67%) Windows Server
3 27 (1.22%) Android
4 26 (1.17%) Linux
5 7 (0.32%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.045%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.045%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 806 (36.42%) Full-Stack Development
2 765 (34.57%) Agile
3 573 (25.89%) CI/CD
4 545 (24.63%) Software Engineering
5 501 (22.64%) DevOps
6 379 (17.13%) Microservices
7 360 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
8 352 (15.91%) AI
9 272 (12.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 189 (8.54%) Machine Learning
11 186 (8.40%) SDLC
12 185 (8.36%) Mentoring
13 174 (7.86%) Multithreading
14 152 (6.87%) Scrum
15 142 (6.42%) TDD
16 128 (5.78%) OO
17 126 (5.69%) Technical Leadership
18 123 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
19 122 (5.51%) Test Automation
20 116 (5.24%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1,707 (77.14%) C#
2 857 (38.73%) SQL
3 518 (23.41%) JavaScript
4 292 (13.19%) TypeScript
5 138 (6.24%) Python
6 100 (4.52%) Java
7 92 (4.16%) C++
8 60 (2.71%) PHP
9 59 (2.67%) PowerShell
10 57 (2.58%) VB.NET
11 55 (2.49%) T-SQL
12 28 (1.27%) Bicep
13 27 (1.22%) C
14 19 (0.86%) Bash
15 16 (0.72%) COBOL
15 16 (0.72%) VB
16 12 (0.54%) JCL
17 11 (0.50%) Delphi
17 11 (0.50%) Go
18 9 (0.41%) XAML
Qualifications
1 185 (8.36%) Degree
2 100 (4.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 75 (3.39%) Security Cleared
4 67 (3.03%) SC Cleared
5 21 (0.95%) Azure Certification
6 17 (0.77%) AWS Certification
7 15 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (0.54%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.18%) MBA
11 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.14%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.14%) OCP
12 3 (0.14%) Oracle Certification
13 2 (0.090%) CSQA
13 2 (0.090%) PhD
14 1 (0.045%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (8.27%) QA
2 46 (2.08%) Accessibility
3 27 (1.22%) Data Quality
4 16 (0.72%) GDPR
5 14 (0.63%) WCAG
6 8 (0.36%) NCSC
7 5 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.14%) NIST
10 1 (0.045%) GRC
10 1 (0.045%) PMO
System Software
1 259 (11.70%) Docker
2 23 (1.04%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.41%) Firmware
5 8 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 224 (10.12%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.54%) Grafana
2 12 (0.54%) Prometheus
3 5 (0.23%) Ansible
4 4 (0.18%) Argo
5 2 (0.090%) Bosun
5 2 (0.090%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.045%) Consul
6 1 (0.045%) MIIS
6 1 (0.045%) MOM
6 1 (0.045%) Packer
6 1 (0.045%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.045%) Puppet
Vendors
1 790 (35.70%) Microsoft
2 65 (2.94%) Google
3 57 (2.58%) Facebook
4 30 (1.36%) OpenAI
5 27 (1.22%) Oracle
6 21 (0.95%) Adobe
6 21 (0.95%) YouTube
7 17 (0.77%) Apple
7 17 (0.77%) Sony
7 17 (0.77%) VMware
7 17 (0.77%) Yahoo!
8 12 (0.54%) Xamarin
9 9 (0.41%) DevExpress
10 8 (0.36%) Broadcom
10 8 (0.36%) Databricks
11 7 (0.32%) Sage
12 6 (0.27%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.27%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.27%) Splunk
13 4 (0.18%) NEC