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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 54 21
Rank change year-on-year -5 -33 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,797 1,354 5,799
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.69% 4.57% 7.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 32.61% 27.00% 39.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,650 977 4,911
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £35,528
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £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 5,511 5,015 14,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.25% 16.91% 18.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,427 3,155 10,774
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,193 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £89,250 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,253 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -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 14 June 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 June 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 +19 607 £57,500 - 133
North of England -4 515 £60,000 +1.69% 116
Midlands -1 277 £55,000 - 64
North West -2 274 £62,500 +13.64% 65
South West +11 175 £55,000 +4.76% 46
East of England +10 156 £65,000 +30.00% 44
West Midlands -24 143 £55,000 +2.44% 39
East Midlands +18 134 £55,000 - 25
Yorkshire -19 123 £60,000 -7.69% 19
North East -2 118 £59,000 +7.27% 33
Scotland +7 48 £57,500 +3.14% 17
Wales -49 20 £50,000 -33.33% 6
Northern Ireland -30 1 - - 9
.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 40 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.34%) IIS
3 16 (0.89%) ColdFusion
4 11 (0.61%) CMS
5 9 (0.50%) Confluence
6 7 (0.39%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.33%) WordPress
8 4 (0.22%) Apache
8 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.22%) nginx
8 4 (0.22%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.17%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.11%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.11%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.056%) Appian
11 1 (0.056%) Drupal
11 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.056%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.17%) Magento
3 2 (0.11%) Shopify
4 1 (0.056%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.056%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.056%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.056%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 808 (44.96%) Azure
2 260 (14.47%) AWS
3 240 (13.36%) Azure DevOps
4 210 (11.69%) SaaS
5 128 (7.12%) GitHub
6 92 (5.12%) Azure AI
7 87 (4.84%) Power Platform
8 74 (4.12%) GitHub Copilot
9 70 (3.90%) Serverless
10 69 (3.84%) Microsoft 365
11 63 (3.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 63 (3.51%) Power Automate
12 55 (3.06%) PowerApps
13 38 (2.11%) Azure Functions
13 38 (2.11%) Azure Logic Apps
14 26 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
15 25 (1.39%) GCP
16 23 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
16 23 (1.28%) Azure Service Bus
16 23 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 57 (3.17%) Internet
2 9 (0.50%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.45%) Firewall
4 6 (0.33%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.28%) DHCP
5 5 (0.28%) DNS
5 5 (0.28%) LAN
5 5 (0.28%) WAN
6 3 (0.17%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.17%) RS-232
7 2 (0.11%) Modbus
8 1 (0.056%) AMQP
8 1 (0.056%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.056%) LTE
8 1 (0.056%) MPLS
8 1 (0.056%) Profibus
8 1 (0.056%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.056%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 353 (19.64%) SQL Server
2 283 (15.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 233 (12.97%) MongoDB
4 85 (4.73%) Elasticsearch
5 71 (3.95%) Power BI
6 58 (3.23%) NoSQL
7 31 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
8 27 (1.50%) MySQL
9 22 (1.22%) Relational Database
10 15 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (0.56%) GIS
14 9 (0.50%) Redis
15 6 (0.33%) DynamoDB
16 5 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
16 5 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
16 5 (0.28%) NonStop SQL
17 4 (0.22%) Metadata
17 4 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 95 (5.29%) Git
2 36 (2.00%) JIRA
3 29 (1.61%) Visual Studio
4 26 (1.45%) Postman
5 20 (1.11%) Selenium
6 15 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
7 13 (0.72%) SoapUI
8 12 (0.67%) NUnit
9 11 (0.61%) GitLab
10 9 (0.50%) Jenkins
11 8 (0.45%) WebDriver
12 7 (0.39%) Claude Code
12 7 (0.39%) Moq
12 7 (0.39%) SpecFlow
12 7 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (0.33%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.33%) Cypress.io
14 5 (0.28%) JMeter
14 5 (0.28%) MSTest
14 5 (0.28%) Yeoman
General
1 221 (12.30%) Social Skills
2 177 (9.85%) Finance
3 63 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (2.78%) Public Sector
5 46 (2.56%) Retail
6 42 (2.34%) Manufacturing
7 37 (2.06%) Games
8 29 (1.61%) Advertising
9 27 (1.50%) Marketing
10 24 (1.34%) Automotive
11 23 (1.28%) Aerospace
12 21 (1.17%) Electronics
13 17 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 15 (0.83%) Law
15 12 (0.67%) Legal
16 10 (0.56%) Aviation
17 8 (0.45%) Back Office
17 8 (0.45%) Military
18 6 (0.33%) Financial Institution
18 6 (0.33%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 1,147 (63.83%) Developer
2 661 (36.78%) .NET Developer
3 363 (20.20%) Senior
4 315 (17.53%) Software Developer
5 310 (17.25%) Software Engineer
6 189 (10.52%) Senior Developer
7 184 (10.24%) Lead
8 148 (8.24%) C# Developer
8 148 (8.24%) Full-Stack Developer
9 138 (7.68%) .NET Software Engineer
10 116 (6.46%) .NET Software Developer
10 116 (6.46%) C# .NET Developer
11 114 (6.34%) Senior Software Engineer
12 105 (5.84%) C# Software Engineer
13 101 (5.62%) Senior .NET Developer
14 97 (5.40%) Lead Developer
15 74 (4.12%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 69 (3.84%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
17 61 (3.39%) C# Software Developer
17 61 (3.39%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 535 (29.77%) .NET Core
2 443 (24.65%) ASP.NET
3 321 (17.86%) ASP.NET Core
4 261 (14.52%) HTML
5 259 (14.41%) React
6 254 (14.13%) CSS
7 207 (11.52%) AngularJS
8 181 (10.07%) .NET Framework
9 176 (9.79%) RESTful
10 173 (9.63%) Entity Framework
11 166 (9.24%) Vue
12 159 (8.85%) Blazor
13 150 (8.35%) Node.js
14 118 (6.57%) ASP.NET Web API
15 112 (6.23%) REST
16 87 (4.84%) ML.NET
17 62 (3.45%) LINQ
18 52 (2.89%) jQuery
19 35 (1.95%) WPF
20 34 (1.89%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 93 (5.18%) Greenfield Project
2 80 (4.45%) Cloud Native
3 74 (4.12%) Mobile App
4 54 (3.01%) Product Ownership
5 44 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
6 43 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
7 38 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
8 24 (1.34%) Legacy Code
9 16 (0.89%) Hedge funds
10 15 (0.83%) Algorithms
10 15 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
11 13 (0.72%) Digital TV
11 13 (0.72%) PropTech
11 13 (0.72%) Social Network
11 13 (0.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 12 (0.67%) AI Agents
12 12 (0.67%) Sports Betting
13 11 (0.61%) BBC
13 11 (0.61%) Management Information System
13 11 (0.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 44 (2.45%) Windows
2 25 (1.39%) Android
3 18 (1.00%) Windows Server
4 17 (0.95%) Linux
5 9 (0.50%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.056%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.056%) VMS
7 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 607 (33.78%) Full-Stack Development
2 529 (29.44%) Agile
3 464 (25.82%) Software Engineering
4 374 (20.81%) CI/CD
5 360 (20.03%) DevOps
6 248 (13.80%) AI
7 237 (13.19%) Microservices
8 189 (10.52%) Problem-Solving
9 173 (9.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 160 (8.90%) SDLC
11 141 (7.85%) Mentoring
12 131 (7.29%) Machine Learning
13 116 (6.46%) Scrum
14 114 (6.34%) TDD
15 109 (6.07%) Multithreading
16 108 (6.01%) Clean Code
17 94 (5.23%) Test Automation
18 93 (5.18%) Technical Leadership
19 92 (5.12%) Business Intelligence
20 91 (5.06%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 1,282 (71.34%) C#
2 647 (36.00%) SQL
3 364 (20.26%) JavaScript
4 216 (12.02%) TypeScript
5 121 (6.73%) Python
6 93 (5.18%) Java
7 71 (3.95%) C++
8 56 (3.12%) PowerShell
9 52 (2.89%) PHP
10 38 (2.11%) T-SQL
11 27 (1.50%) VB.NET
12 21 (1.17%) Bash
13 20 (1.11%) C
14 17 (0.95%) VB
15 16 (0.89%) Bicep
16 9 (0.50%) VBA
17 7 (0.39%) Apex Code
17 7 (0.39%) XAML
18 5 (0.28%) Delphi
18 5 (0.28%) RPG
Qualifications
1 157 (8.74%) Degree
2 72 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 61 (3.39%) Security Cleared
4 56 (3.12%) SC Cleared
5 18 (1.00%) Azure Certification
6 12 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (0.56%) ISTQB
8 9 (0.50%) AWS Certification
9 8 (0.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 5 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.17%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.17%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.17%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.11%) CSQA
13 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.11%) PhD
14 1 (0.056%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (4.84%) QA
2 37 (2.06%) Accessibility
3 16 (0.89%) GDPR
4 10 (0.56%) Data Quality
5 9 (0.50%) WCAG
6 8 (0.45%) ISO 9001
7 5 (0.28%) SLA
8 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.17%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.11%) NCSC
10 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 181 (10.07%) Docker
2 12 (0.67%) Firmware
3 10 (0.56%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 162 (9.02%) Kubernetes
2 65 (3.62%) Terraform
3 4 (0.22%) Grafana
4 2 (0.11%) MIIS
4 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.056%) Ansible
5 1 (0.056%) CASB
5 1 (0.056%) Consul
5 1 (0.056%) MOM
5 1 (0.056%) Packer
5 1 (0.056%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.056%) Puppet
Vendors
1 490 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 36 (2.00%) Google
3 33 (1.84%) Facebook
4 23 (1.28%) Adobe
5 22 (1.22%) OpenAI
5 22 (1.22%) Xamarin
6 20 (1.11%) Oracle
7 12 (0.67%) Salesforce
8 11 (0.61%) Apple
8 11 (0.61%) Sony
8 11 (0.61%) Yahoo!
8 11 (0.61%) YouTube
9 9 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
10 7 (0.39%) Databricks
10 7 (0.39%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.39%) VMware
11 5 (0.28%) DevExpress
11 5 (0.28%) Sage
11 5 (0.28%) SYSPRO
12 4 (0.22%) IBM