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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 70 25
Rank change year-on-year +20 -45 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,240 1,303 3,947
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.86% 3.76% 6.63%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 30.84% 25.83% 35.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,965 948 3,106
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £35,475
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +2.27% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 7,264 5,044 11,150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.27% 14.54% 18.72%
Number of salaries quoted 5,708 3,144 7,588
10th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,938 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,375 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £62,783
% change year-on-year - +7.51% -6.99%

.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 20 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 20 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 +35 700 £58,500 +1.74% 174
North of England +1 618 £57,500 -4.17% 142
Midlands +23 346 £56,250 +2.27% 75
North West -10 278 £60,000 - 69
East of England +30 218 £65,000 +30.00% 51
South West +18 218 £52,500 +0.86% 42
West Midlands -6 183 £60,000 +4.35% 34
North East +7 172 £56,500 +29.89% 39
Yorkshire +15 168 £55,000 -8.33% 36
East Midlands +37 163 £55,000 - 40
Northern Ireland -29 60 £35,000 -30.00% 1
Scotland +17 56 £60,000 -6.98% 23
Wales -68 26 £50,000 -13.04% 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 (1.74%) IIS
2 38 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.71%) CMS
3 16 (0.71%) ColdFusion
3 16 (0.71%) Confluence
4 9 (0.40%) WordPress
5 8 (0.36%) nginx
6 7 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.18%) CICS
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%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.13%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.13%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.089%) 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 14 (0.63%) 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 (0.089%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.089%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.045%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.045%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1,131 (50.49%) Azure
2 360 (16.07%) Azure DevOps
3 353 (15.76%) AWS
4 213 (9.51%) GitHub
5 191 (8.53%) SaaS
6 166 (7.41%) Azure AI
7 142 (6.34%) GitHub Copilot
8 129 (5.76%) Power Platform
9 95 (4.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 88 (3.93%) Power Automate
11 85 (3.79%) Serverless
12 81 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
13 72 (3.21%) PowerApps
14 52 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
15 48 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
16 45 (2.01%) Azure Functions
16 45 (2.01%) Azure Service Bus
17 41 (1.83%) GCP
18 40 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
19 33 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 88 (3.93%) Internet
2 9 (0.40%) Firewall
2 9 (0.40%) HTTP
2 9 (0.40%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.31%) Hyperconnected
4 6 (0.27%) SNMP
5 5 (0.22%) DHCP
5 5 (0.22%) DNS
5 5 (0.22%) LAN
5 5 (0.22%) WAN
6 3 (0.13%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.13%) Modbus
6 3 (0.13%) RS-232
7 2 (0.089%) VLAN
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%) Wireless
8 1 (0.045%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 476 (21.25%) Azure SQL Database
2 454 (20.27%) SQL Server
3 406 (18.13%) MongoDB
4 160 (7.14%) Elasticsearch
5 94 (4.20%) Power BI
6 64 (2.86%) Relational Database
7 61 (2.72%) NoSQL
8 58 (2.59%) MySQL
9 45 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (0.80%) Redis
12 16 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 15 (0.67%) 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
1 163 (7.28%) Git
2 34 (1.52%) JIRA
3 31 (1.38%) Visual Studio
4 30 (1.34%) Jenkins
5 23 (1.03%) NUnit
6 22 (0.98%) GitLab
7 20 (0.89%) Postman
8 17 (0.76%) Claude Code
9 15 (0.67%) Selenium
10 12 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
11 10 (0.45%) TeamCity
12 8 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.36%) Moq
12 8 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
13 7 (0.31%) MSI
13 7 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.27%) JUnit
14 6 (0.27%) MSTest
14 6 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
15 5 (0.22%) Cucumber
General
1 321 (14.33%) Social Skills
2 217 (9.69%) Finance
3 96 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (3.75%) Legal
5 69 (3.08%) Retail
6 68 (3.04%) Public Sector
7 60 (2.68%) Games
8 57 (2.54%) Advertising
9 56 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 56 (2.50%) Law
9 56 (2.50%) Manufacturing
10 54 (2.41%) Marketing
11 30 (1.34%) Legal Technology
12 26 (1.16%) Automotive
13 22 (0.98%) Aerospace
14 19 (0.85%) Electronics
15 11 (0.49%) Aviation
15 11 (0.49%) Music Industry
16 9 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.36%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 1,493 (66.65%) Developer
2 889 (39.69%) .NET Developer
3 417 (18.62%) Senior
4 319 (14.24%) Software Engineer
5 316 (14.11%) Software Developer
6 260 (11.61%) Senior Developer
7 246 (10.98%) Lead
8 157 (7.01%) C# Developer
9 153 (6.83%) Full-Stack Developer
10 125 (5.58%) Lead Developer
11 124 (5.54%) C# Software Engineer
12 121 (5.40%) .NET Software Engineer
13 120 (5.36%) C# .NET Developer
14 116 (5.18%) .NET Software Developer
15 111 (4.96%) Senior Software Engineer
16 98 (4.38%) Senior .NET Developer
17 89 (3.97%) Web Developer
18 82 (3.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 65 (2.90%) Lead Software Developer
20 63 (2.81%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 721 (32.19%) .NET Core
2 688 (30.71%) ASP.NET
3 553 (24.69%) ASP.NET Core
4 367 (16.38%) HTML
5 361 (16.12%) CSS
6 342 (15.27%) React
7 279 (12.46%) AngularJS
8 274 (12.23%) Entity Framework
9 258 (11.52%) RESTful
10 257 (11.47%) Blazor
11 242 (10.80%) .NET Framework
12 240 (10.71%) Vue
13 230 (10.27%) Node.js
14 212 (9.46%) ASP.NET Web API
15 153 (6.83%) ML.NET
16 142 (6.34%) REST
17 109 (4.87%) LINQ
18 89 (3.97%) Terraform
19 71 (3.17%) jQuery
20 57 (2.54%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 135 (6.03%) Greenfield Project
2 122 (5.45%) Cloud Native
3 95 (4.24%) Enterprise Software
4 67 (2.99%) Product Ownership
5 58 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
5 58 (2.59%) Mobile App
6 51 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (1.38%) Legacy Code
8 30 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
9 27 (1.21%) AI Agents
10 22 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (0.94%) Hedge funds
12 20 (0.89%) Digital TV
13 18 (0.80%) Algorithms
13 18 (0.80%) Management Information System
13 18 (0.80%) Onboarding
14 17 (0.76%) BBC
14 17 (0.76%) iPhone
14 17 (0.76%) Social Media
15 14 (0.63%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 82 (3.66%) Windows
2 29 (1.29%) Windows Server
3 27 (1.21%) Android
4 26 (1.16%) Linux
5 4 (0.18%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.13%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.045%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.045%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 820 (36.61%) Full-Stack Development
2 777 (34.69%) Agile
3 567 (25.31%) CI/CD
4 550 (24.55%) Software Engineering
5 514 (22.95%) DevOps
6 399 (17.81%) Microservices
7 346 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
8 336 (15.00%) AI
9 278 (12.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 197 (8.79%) Machine Learning
11 190 (8.48%) SDLC
12 180 (8.04%) Multithreading
13 171 (7.63%) Mentoring
14 162 (7.23%) Scrum
15 152 (6.79%) TDD
16 135 (6.03%) OO
17 125 (5.58%) Technical Leadership
18 120 (5.36%) Business Intelligence
18 120 (5.36%) Clean Code
19 118 (5.27%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1,704 (76.07%) C#
2 865 (38.62%) SQL
3 503 (22.46%) JavaScript
4 305 (13.62%) TypeScript
5 141 (6.29%) Python
6 100 (4.46%) Java
7 75 (3.35%) C++
8 66 (2.95%) PHP
8 66 (2.95%) PowerShell
9 54 (2.41%) T-SQL
10 48 (2.14%) VB.NET
11 30 (1.34%) Bicep
12 26 (1.16%) C
13 22 (0.98%) Bash
14 14 (0.63%) VB
15 13 (0.58%) COBOL
16 12 (0.54%) Go
17 9 (0.40%) JCL
17 9 (0.40%) XAML
18 8 (0.36%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 186 (8.30%) Degree
2 97 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 83 (3.71%) Security Cleared
4 75 (3.35%) SC Cleared
5 21 (0.94%) 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
11 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.13%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.13%) OCP
12 3 (0.13%) Oracle Certification
13 2 (0.089%) CSQA
13 2 (0.089%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (8.44%) QA
2 47 (2.10%) Accessibility
3 16 (0.71%) GDPR
4 14 (0.63%) WCAG
5 10 (0.45%) 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
1 270 (12.05%) Docker
2 13 (0.58%) 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
5 6 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 242 (10.80%) Kubernetes
2 13 (0.58%) Grafana
3 12 (0.54%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.22%) Ansible
5 4 (0.18%) Argo
6 2 (0.089%) MIIS
7 1 (0.045%) Consul
7 1 (0.045%) MOM
7 1 (0.045%) Packer
7 1 (0.045%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.045%) Puppet
Vendors
1 796 (35.54%) Microsoft
2 67 (2.99%) Google
3 59 (2.63%) 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 9 (0.40%) Sage
11 8 (0.36%) Databricks
11 8 (0.36%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.36%) VMware
12 7 (0.31%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (0.31%) DevExpress
13 6 (0.27%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.27%) Splunk
14 5 (0.22%) SYSPRO