.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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 38 24
Rank change year-on-year -38 -14 +5
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,364 1,424 5,048
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.28% 5.51% 7.72%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 28.55% 29.81% 37.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,223 1,245 4,467
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,500 £83,750 £79,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £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 4,777 4,777 13,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.99% 18.49% 20.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,680 3,704 10,157
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,784 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -20 438 £60,000 - 174
North of England -32 416 £65,000 +13.04% 164
North West -31 216 £65,000 +13.04% 89
Midlands -39 213 £55,000 - 87
South West +2 135 £55,000 -8.33% 64
Yorkshire -36 126 £60,000 +7.14% 48
West Midlands -48 113 £51,250 -10.87% 50
East Midlands -30 100 £62,000 +18.10% 37
East of England -46 89 £65,000 +30.00% 63
North East -10 74 £70,000 +21.74% 33
Scotland -32 61 £60,000 +20.00% 18
Wales -40 19 £45,000 -30.77% 18
Northern Ireland - 3 £56,250 - 4
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -
.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 29 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.91%) IIS
3 11 (0.81%) CMS
4 8 (0.59%) Confluence
4 8 (0.59%) Umbraco
5 7 (0.51%) ColdFusion
6 6 (0.44%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.37%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.29%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.29%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.22%) nginx
10 2 (0.15%) Apache
10 2 (0.15%) JBoss
11 1 (0.073%) Appian
11 1 (0.073%) Drupal
11 1 (0.073%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.073%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.073%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 18 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.15%) Magento
3 1 (0.073%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.073%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.073%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 525 (38.49%) Azure
2 213 (15.62%) SaaS
3 198 (14.52%) AWS
4 144 (10.56%) Azure DevOps
5 93 (6.82%) GitHub
6 79 (5.79%) Power Platform
7 62 (4.55%) Serverless
8 42 (3.08%) Power Automate
9 41 (3.01%) PowerApps
10 37 (2.71%) Azure Logic Apps
10 37 (2.71%) GitHub Actions
11 36 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
12 33 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
12 33 (2.42%) GCP
13 27 (1.98%) Azure AKS
14 26 (1.91%) Azure Functions
14 26 (1.91%) Azure Service Bus
15 25 (1.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 21 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
17 19 (1.39%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.25%) Internet
2 4 (0.29%) DNS
3 3 (0.22%) DHCP
3 3 (0.22%) Firewall
3 3 (0.22%) VoIP
3 3 (0.22%) VPN
4 2 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.15%) Intranet
5 1 (0.073%) AMQP
5 1 (0.073%) HTTP
5 1 (0.073%) LTE
5 1 (0.073%) Modbus
5 1 (0.073%) MPLS
5 1 (0.073%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.073%) SSL
5 1 (0.073%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.073%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 314 (23.02%) SQL Server
2 69 (5.06%) NoSQL
3 61 (4.47%) Power BI
4 51 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
5 31 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
6 30 (2.20%) MongoDB
7 27 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 24 (1.76%) MySQL
9 20 (1.47%) Relational Database
10 17 (1.25%) DynamoDB
10 17 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 16 (1.17%) Redis
12 9 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (0.44%) GIS
14 5 (0.37%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.29%) Crystal Reports
15 4 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.29%) Geospatial Data
15 4 (0.29%) QGIS
16 3 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 84 (6.16%) Git
2 42 (3.08%) JIRA
3 40 (2.93%) Visual Studio
4 37 (2.71%) Selenium
5 31 (2.27%) Postman
6 26 (1.91%) Team Foundation Server
7 21 (1.54%) SoapUI
8 16 (1.17%) WebDriver
9 11 (0.81%) Jenkins
9 11 (0.81%) NUnit
9 11 (0.81%) SpecFlow
10 6 (0.44%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.37%) JMeter
11 5 (0.37%) LabVIEW
11 5 (0.37%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.29%) Appium
12 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.29%) git-flow
12 4 (0.29%) MSTest
12 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 217 (15.91%) Social Skills
2 144 (10.56%) Finance
3 57 (4.18%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (3.30%) Public Sector
5 27 (1.98%) Law
6 23 (1.69%) Games
7 18 (1.32%) Retail
8 15 (1.10%) Aviation
8 15 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (1.10%) Manufacturing
9 11 (0.81%) Aerospace
10 10 (0.73%) Automotive
10 10 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (0.66%) Electronics
11 9 (0.66%) Military
12 7 (0.51%) Banking
12 7 (0.51%) Marketing
12 7 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.44%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.37%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 842 (61.73%) Developer
2 356 (26.10%) .NET Developer
3 324 (23.75%) Senior
4 279 (20.45%) Software Developer
5 238 (17.45%) Software Engineer
6 169 (12.39%) Senior Developer
7 157 (11.51%) Lead
8 152 (11.14%) C# Developer
9 151 (11.07%) Full-Stack Developer
10 107 (7.84%) .NET Software Engineer
11 98 (7.18%) C# .NET Developer
12 93 (6.82%) .NET Software Developer
13 91 (6.67%) Senior Software Engineer
14 76 (5.57%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 76 (5.57%) Senior .NET Developer
15 74 (5.43%) Lead Developer
16 56 (4.11%) Senior Software Developer
17 53 (3.89%) C# Software Developer
18 52 (3.81%) Applications Developer
19 46 (3.37%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 329 (24.12%) .NET Core
2 231 (16.94%) ASP.NET
3 190 (13.93%) React
4 175 (12.83%) .NET Framework
5 170 (12.46%) HTML
6 148 (10.85%) CSS
7 121 (8.87%) AngularJS
8 98 (7.18%) REST
9 92 (6.74%) RESTful
10 84 (6.16%) ASP.NET Core
11 75 (5.50%) Blazor
12 73 (5.35%) Vue
13 72 (5.28%) Entity Framework
14 63 (4.62%) Node.js
15 37 (2.71%) SOAP
16 34 (2.49%) ASP.NET MVC
17 32 (2.35%) jQuery
18 26 (1.91%) React Native
19 23 (1.69%) ASP.NET Web API
19 23 (1.69%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 79 (5.79%) Cloud Native
2 69 (5.06%) Mobile App
3 53 (3.89%) Product Ownership
4 40 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
5 33 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
6 32 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (1.32%) Legacy Code
8 17 (1.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 16 (1.17%) Onboarding
10 12 (0.88%) PropTech
11 11 (0.81%) Hedge funds
11 11 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
11 11 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
12 10 (0.73%) Algorithms
12 10 (0.73%) Sports Betting
12 10 (0.73%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.66%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.59%) Distributed Computing
14 8 (0.59%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 48 (3.52%) Windows
2 20 (1.47%) Android
3 17 (1.25%) Apple iOS
4 16 (1.17%) Linux
5 9 (0.66%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.29%) VMS
7 3 (0.22%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.073%) Unix
8 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (28.59%) Software Engineering
2 380 (27.86%) Agile
3 328 (24.05%) Full-Stack Development
4 280 (20.53%) DevOps
5 265 (19.43%) CI/CD
6 173 (12.68%) Microservices
7 167 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
8 161 (11.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 125 (9.16%) SDLC
10 113 (8.28%) Mentoring
11 105 (7.70%) Clean Code
12 102 (7.48%) Containerisation
13 100 (7.33%) AI
14 87 (6.38%) MVC
15 86 (6.30%) Scrum
16 69 (5.06%) Technical Leadership
16 69 (5.06%) Test Automation
16 69 (5.06%) User Experience
17 68 (4.99%) Business Intelligence
18 66 (4.84%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 923 (67.67%) C#
2 408 (29.91%) SQL
3 270 (19.79%) JavaScript
4 122 (8.94%) TypeScript
5 101 (7.40%) Java
6 98 (7.18%) Python
7 44 (3.23%) C++
8 36 (2.64%) T-SQL
9 33 (2.42%) PHP
10 25 (1.83%) PowerShell
11 15 (1.10%) C
12 14 (1.03%) VB.NET
13 12 (0.88%) Apex Code
13 12 (0.88%) Bash
13 12 (0.88%) Bicep
14 10 (0.73%) VB
15 8 (0.59%) Go
15 8 (0.59%) VBA
16 6 (0.44%) Delphi
17 4 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 123 (9.02%) Degree
2 45 (3.30%) Security Cleared
3 42 (3.08%) SC Cleared
4 41 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (1.54%) ISTQB
6 16 (1.17%) AWS Certification
6 16 (1.17%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 11 (0.81%) AWS Certified Developer
8 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.37%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.37%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.29%) ISEB
10 4 (0.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.15%) PhD
13 1 (0.073%) CSQA
13 1 (0.073%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (5.94%) QA
2 37 (2.71%) Accessibility
3 12 (0.88%) WCAG
4 11 (0.81%) GDPR
5 9 (0.66%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.59%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.37%) SLA
8 4 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.073%) HL7
9 1 (0.073%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.073%) NCSC
System Software
1 129 (9.46%) Docker
2 8 (0.59%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.59%) Firmware
3 1 (0.073%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.073%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.073%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 101 (7.40%) Kubernetes
2 65 (4.77%) Terraform
3 14 (1.03%) Grafana
4 10 (0.73%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.44%) Ansible
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.15%) MIIS
8 1 (0.073%) Argo
8 1 (0.073%) CASB
8 1 (0.073%) Consul
8 1 (0.073%) Packer
8 1 (0.073%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.073%) Puppet
Vendors
1 217 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 28 (2.05%) Xamarin
3 15 (1.10%) Google
4 14 (1.03%) Adobe
5 12 (0.88%) Salesforce
6 11 (0.81%) Oracle
7 10 (0.73%) CrowdStrike
7 10 (0.73%) Sage
8 8 (0.59%) MuleSoft
9 6 (0.44%) Apple
9 6 (0.44%) ServiceNow
9 6 (0.44%) Telerik
10 5 (0.37%) Databricks
10 5 (0.37%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.29%) DevExpress
11 4 (0.29%) Facebook
11 4 (0.29%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.29%) SYSPRO
12 3 (0.22%) Foundry
12 3 (0.22%) VMware