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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 76 24
Rank change year-on-year +24 -52 0
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,217 1,185 3,760
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.75% 3.46% 6.63%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 30.61% 25.22% 35.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,950 846 2,798
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,500 £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% -2.65%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -5.07%

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 7,243 4,698 10,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.97% 13.74% 18.80%
Number of salaries quoted 5,692 2,843 6,888
10th Percentile £38,793 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,517
Median % change year-on-year - +6.16% -5.81%
75th Percentile £76,075 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -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 4 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 4 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 +50 696 £60,000 - 216
North of England +2 611 £56,500 -5.83% 212
Midlands +37 347 £57,500 +4.55% 123
North West -13 269 £60,000 -0.83% 111
East of England +35 220 £62,500 +21.95% 83
South West +12 202 £55,000 +5.77% 95
North East +7 185 £56,500 +31.78% 51
West Midlands +6 184 £59,000 +7.27% 55
East Midlands +43 163 £56,250 +2.27% 67
Yorkshire +5 157 £55,000 -8.33% 52
Northern Ireland -34 60 £35,000 -30.00% 32
Scotland +27 57 £60,000 -6.98% 46
Wales -72 26 £50,000 -9.09% 25
.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 43 (1.94%) IIS
2 36 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.72%) CMS
4 15 (0.68%) ColdFusion
4 15 (0.68%) Confluence
5 9 (0.41%) WordPress
6 8 (0.36%) nginx
7 7 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (0.18%) CICS
8 4 (0.18%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.14%) Apache
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.090%) EPiServer
10 2 (0.090%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.045%) Drupal
11 1 (0.045%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.045%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.045%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.18%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.18%) Shopify
3 3 (0.14%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.090%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.090%) Magento
4 2 (0.090%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.045%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 1,109 (50.02%) Azure
2 361 (16.28%) Azure DevOps
3 360 (16.24%) AWS
4 212 (9.56%) GitHub
5 177 (7.98%) SaaS
6 166 (7.49%) Azure AI
7 142 (6.41%) GitHub Copilot
8 130 (5.86%) Power Platform
9 94 (4.24%) Serverless
10 93 (4.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 88 (3.97%) Power Automate
12 82 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
13 73 (3.29%) PowerApps
14 53 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
15 49 (2.21%) GitHub Actions
16 44 (1.98%) Azure Functions
17 42 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
18 40 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
18 40 (1.80%) GCP
19 39 (1.76%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 88 (3.97%) Internet
2 13 (0.59%) Firewall
3 9 (0.41%) HTTP
4 8 (0.36%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.32%) Hyperconnected
6 6 (0.27%) SNMP
6 6 (0.27%) VLAN
7 5 (0.23%) DHCP
7 5 (0.23%) DNS
7 5 (0.23%) LAN
7 5 (0.23%) WAN
7 5 (0.23%) Wireless
8 3 (0.14%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.14%) RS-232
9 2 (0.090%) Modbus
10 1 (0.045%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.045%) Network Security
10 1 (0.045%) Profibus
10 1 (0.045%) SSL
10 1 (0.045%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 475 (21.43%) Azure SQL Database
2 447 (20.16%) SQL Server
3 406 (18.31%) MongoDB
4 160 (7.22%) Elasticsearch
5 91 (4.10%) Power BI
6 69 (3.11%) Relational Database
7 59 (2.66%) NoSQL
8 56 (2.53%) MySQL
9 49 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (0.81%) Redis
12 13 (0.59%) Spark SQL
12 13 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (0.54%) DynamoDB
13 12 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 11 (0.50%) NonStop SQL
15 9 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
15 9 (0.41%) GIS
15 9 (0.41%) SQLite
16 8 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 165 (7.44%) Git
2 33 (1.49%) JIRA
2 33 (1.49%) Visual Studio
3 30 (1.35%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.04%) NUnit
5 22 (0.99%) GitLab
6 21 (0.95%) Claude Code
7 18 (0.81%) Postman
8 14 (0.63%) Selenium
8 14 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
9 11 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
9 11 (0.50%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.36%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.36%) Moq
11 7 (0.32%) MSI
11 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
12 6 (0.27%) MSTest
12 6 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
13 5 (0.23%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.23%) JUnit
General
1 328 (14.79%) Social Skills
2 221 (9.97%) Finance
3 103 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (3.79%) Legal
5 77 (3.47%) Public Sector
6 67 (3.02%) Retail
7 65 (2.93%) Games
8 57 (2.57%) Advertising
9 56 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 55 (2.48%) Law
10 55 (2.48%) Manufacturing
11 54 (2.44%) Marketing
12 30 (1.35%) Legal Technology
13 24 (1.08%) Automotive
14 22 (0.99%) Aerospace
15 19 (0.86%) Electronics
16 11 (0.50%) Aviation
16 11 (0.50%) Music Industry
17 9 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,457 (65.72%) Developer
2 877 (39.56%) .NET Developer
3 402 (18.13%) Senior
4 306 (13.80%) Software Engineer
5 288 (12.99%) Software Developer
6 251 (11.32%) Senior Developer
7 242 (10.92%) Lead
8 153 (6.90%) C# Developer
9 152 (6.86%) Full-Stack Developer
10 124 (5.59%) Lead Developer
11 122 (5.50%) C# Software Engineer
12 118 (5.32%) C# .NET Developer
13 113 (5.10%) .NET Software Engineer
14 107 (4.83%) Senior Software Engineer
15 100 (4.51%) .NET Software Developer
16 97 (4.38%) Senior .NET Developer
17 86 (3.88%) Web Developer
18 80 (3.61%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 63 (2.84%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 63 (2.84%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 712 (32.12%) .NET Core
2 686 (30.94%) ASP.NET
3 556 (25.08%) ASP.NET Core
4 362 (16.33%) HTML
5 357 (16.10%) CSS
6 342 (15.43%) React
7 273 (12.31%) AngularJS
7 273 (12.31%) Entity Framework
8 257 (11.59%) RESTful
9 252 (11.37%) Blazor
10 238 (10.74%) Vue
11 233 (10.51%) .NET Framework
12 225 (10.15%) Node.js
13 215 (9.70%) ASP.NET Web API
14 153 (6.90%) ML.NET
15 133 (6.00%) REST
16 109 (4.92%) LINQ
17 85 (3.83%) Terraform
18 78 (3.52%) jQuery
19 59 (2.66%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 129 (5.82%) Greenfield Project
2 119 (5.37%) Cloud Native
3 98 (4.42%) Enterprise Software
4 68 (3.07%) Product Ownership
5 59 (2.66%) Distributed Systems
6 53 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
6 53 (2.39%) Mobile App
7 33 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
8 30 (1.35%) AI Agents
9 28 (1.26%) Legacy Code
10 27 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (0.95%) Hedge funds
12 20 (0.90%) Digital TV
13 18 (0.81%) Algorithms
13 18 (0.81%) Management Information System
14 17 (0.77%) BBC
14 17 (0.77%) iPhone
14 17 (0.77%) Onboarding
14 17 (0.77%) Social Media
15 14 (0.63%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 89 (4.01%) Windows
2 33 (1.49%) Windows Server
3 27 (1.22%) Android
4 26 (1.17%) Linux
5 5 (0.23%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.18%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.045%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.045%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 824 (37.17%) Full-Stack Development
2 775 (34.96%) Agile
3 571 (25.76%) CI/CD
4 540 (24.36%) Software Engineering
5 509 (22.96%) DevOps
6 388 (17.50%) Microservices
7 349 (15.74%) Problem-Solving
8 338 (15.25%) AI
9 275 (12.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 196 (8.84%) Machine Learning
11 189 (8.53%) SDLC
12 180 (8.12%) Multithreading
13 179 (8.07%) Mentoring
14 156 (7.04%) Scrum
15 145 (6.54%) TDD
16 132 (5.95%) OO
17 130 (5.86%) Business Intelligence
18 126 (5.68%) Technical Leadership
19 115 (5.19%) Test Automation
20 114 (5.14%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1,697 (76.54%) C#
2 867 (39.11%) SQL
3 509 (22.96%) JavaScript
4 300 (13.53%) TypeScript
5 133 (6.00%) Python
6 103 (4.65%) Java
7 89 (4.01%) C++
8 64 (2.89%) PowerShell
9 62 (2.80%) PHP
10 54 (2.44%) T-SQL
11 51 (2.30%) VB.NET
12 30 (1.35%) Bicep
13 26 (1.17%) C
14 21 (0.95%) Bash
15 15 (0.68%) COBOL
16 14 (0.63%) VB
17 11 (0.50%) JCL
18 10 (0.45%) Delphi
18 10 (0.45%) Go
19 9 (0.41%) XAML
Qualifications
1 182 (8.21%) Degree
2 96 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 79 (3.56%) Security Cleared
4 71 (3.20%) SC Cleared
5 21 (0.95%) Azure Certification
6 17 (0.77%) AWS Certification
7 13 (0.59%) 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
12 3 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.14%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.14%) Numerate Degree
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%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (8.39%) QA
2 48 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 24 (1.08%) Data Quality
4 16 (0.72%) GDPR
5 14 (0.63%) WCAG
6 8 (0.36%) NCSC
7 4 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.14%) NIST
8 3 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.045%) GRC
System Software
1 264 (11.91%) Docker
2 17 (0.77%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.45%) 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
1 237 (10.69%) Kubernetes
2 13 (0.59%) Grafana
3 12 (0.54%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.23%) Ansible
5 4 (0.18%) Argo
6 2 (0.090%) 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
1 801 (36.13%) Microsoft
2 67 (3.02%) Google
3 59 (2.66%) Facebook
4 27 (1.22%) OpenAI
5 25 (1.13%) Adobe
5 25 (1.13%) Oracle
6 21 (0.95%) YouTube
7 17 (0.77%) Apple
7 17 (0.77%) Sony
7 17 (0.77%) Yahoo!
8 12 (0.54%) VMware
8 12 (0.54%) Xamarin
9 9 (0.41%) DevExpress
10 8 (0.36%) Databricks
10 8 (0.36%) Sage
10 8 (0.36%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.32%) Broadcom
12 6 (0.27%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (0.27%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.27%) Splunk