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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 34 22
Rank change year-on-year -42 -12 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,283 1,600 4,835
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.33% 5.91% 7.89%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 28.38% 30.53% 37.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,136 1,306 4,322
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 £81,250 £83,750 £79,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -3.23%

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 4,521 5,240 12,878
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.21% 19.34% 21.03%
Number of salaries quoted 3,469 3,775 9,864
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £72,500 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
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 23 March 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 23 March 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 -34 411 £60,000 - 183
North of England -34 396 £65,000 +18.18% 156
Midlands -38 209 £55,000 - 94
North West -30 205 £65,000 +18.18% 85
Yorkshire -27 126 £60,000 +9.09% 49
South West -11 118 £55,000 -8.33% 66
West Midlands -42 111 £50,000 -14.16% 53
East Midlands -31 98 £60,000 +14.29% 41
East of England -52 74 £60,000 +20.00% 66
North East -12 65 £70,000 +16.67% 28
Scotland -39 60 £60,000 +20.00% 21
Wales -31 20 £45,000 -30.77% 14
Northern Ireland - 3 £56,250 - 3
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 (2.26%) IIS
2 22 (1.71%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.01%) CMS
4 9 (0.70%) Umbraco
5 7 (0.55%) Confluence
6 6 (0.47%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.39%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.31%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.31%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.23%) ColdFusion
9 3 (0.23%) nginx
10 2 (0.16%) Apache
10 2 (0.16%) JBoss
11 1 (0.078%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.078%) Drupal
11 1 (0.078%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.078%) Kentico
11 1 (0.078%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.078%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 21 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (0.16%) Magento
3 1 (0.078%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.078%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.078%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.078%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 509 (39.67%) Azure
2 201 (15.67%) SaaS
3 199 (15.51%) AWS
4 137 (10.68%) Azure DevOps
5 94 (7.33%) GitHub
6 74 (5.77%) Power Platform
7 65 (5.07%) Serverless
8 37 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
9 36 (2.81%) Azure Logic Apps
9 36 (2.81%) PowerApps
10 35 (2.73%) GCP
10 35 (2.73%) Power Automate
11 33 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
12 30 (2.34%) Azure Functions
13 28 (2.18%) Azure AKS
13 28 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
14 27 (2.10%) Azure Service Bus
15 25 (1.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 22 (1.71%) Amazon S3
16 22 (1.71%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.25%) Internet
2 6 (0.47%) DNS
3 5 (0.39%) DHCP
3 5 (0.39%) VPN
4 4 (0.31%) VoIP
5 3 (0.23%) Firewall
5 3 (0.23%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.16%) HTTP
6 2 (0.16%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.16%) Intranet
7 1 (0.078%) AMQP
7 1 (0.078%) LTE
7 1 (0.078%) Modbus
7 1 (0.078%) MPLS
7 1 (0.078%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.078%) SSL
7 1 (0.078%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 303 (23.62%) SQL Server
2 71 (5.53%) NoSQL
3 51 (3.98%) Power BI
4 43 (3.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 33 (2.57%) MongoDB
6 31 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
6 31 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 25 (1.95%) MySQL
8 22 (1.71%) Relational Database
9 19 (1.48%) DynamoDB
10 17 (1.33%) Redis
11 16 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (0.47%) GIS
14 5 (0.39%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
15 4 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
15 4 (0.31%) QGIS
16 3 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 85 (6.63%) Git
2 43 (3.35%) JIRA
3 41 (3.20%) Visual Studio
4 38 (2.96%) Selenium
5 32 (2.49%) Postman
6 27 (2.10%) Team Foundation Server
7 22 (1.71%) SoapUI
8 19 (1.48%) WebDriver
9 14 (1.09%) Jenkins
10 11 (0.86%) SpecFlow
11 10 (0.78%) NUnit
12 6 (0.47%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.47%) git-flow
12 6 (0.47%) TeamCity
13 5 (0.39%) GitLab
13 5 (0.39%) JMeter
13 5 (0.39%) LabVIEW
14 4 (0.31%) Appium
14 4 (0.31%) REST Assured
15 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 216 (16.84%) Social Skills
2 143 (11.15%) Finance
3 52 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (3.27%) Public Sector
5 26 (2.03%) Law
6 22 (1.71%) Games
7 15 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (1.17%) Manufacturing
8 14 (1.09%) Aviation
8 14 (1.09%) Retail
9 11 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (0.78%) Electronics
10 10 (0.78%) Marketing
11 9 (0.70%) Aerospace
11 9 (0.70%) Banking
11 9 (0.70%) Military
12 7 (0.55%) Automotive
13 6 (0.47%) Financial Institution
13 6 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.39%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 773 (60.25%) Developer
2 317 (24.71%) .NET Developer
3 306 (23.85%) Senior
4 254 (19.80%) Software Developer
5 231 (18.00%) Software Engineer
6 157 (12.24%) Senior Developer
7 150 (11.69%) Full-Stack Developer
8 142 (11.07%) Lead
9 136 (10.60%) C# Developer
10 100 (7.79%) .NET Software Engineer
11 85 (6.63%) Senior Software Engineer
12 80 (6.24%) .NET Software Developer
13 79 (6.16%) C# .NET Developer
13 79 (6.16%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 69 (5.38%) Senior .NET Developer
15 65 (5.07%) Lead Developer
16 56 (4.36%) Senior Software Developer
17 50 (3.90%) Applications Developer
18 44 (3.43%) React Developer
19 42 (3.27%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 304 (23.69%) .NET Core
2 211 (16.45%) ASP.NET
3 204 (15.90%) React
4 175 (13.64%) .NET Framework
5 165 (12.86%) HTML
6 145 (11.30%) CSS
7 118 (9.20%) AngularJS
8 98 (7.64%) REST
9 88 (6.86%) RESTful
10 79 (6.16%) ASP.NET Core
11 77 (6.00%) Blazor
12 72 (5.61%) Entity Framework
13 61 (4.75%) Node.js
14 59 (4.60%) Vue
15 39 (3.04%) SOAP
16 31 (2.42%) ASP.NET MVC
17 26 (2.03%) jQuery
17 26 (2.03%) React Native
18 23 (1.79%) ASP.NET Web API
19 22 (1.71%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 81 (6.31%) Cloud Native
2 65 (5.07%) Mobile App
3 58 (4.52%) Product Ownership
4 39 (3.04%) Greenfield Project
5 34 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
6 32 (2.49%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (1.25%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 13 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
9 12 (0.94%) Legacy Code
9 12 (0.94%) Virtual Team
10 9 (0.70%) Algorithms
10 9 (0.70%) IoT
10 9 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
10 9 (0.70%) Low-Code
10 9 (0.70%) PropTech
11 8 (0.62%) 3D Graphics
11 8 (0.62%) Distributed Computing
11 8 (0.62%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 49 (3.82%) Windows
2 22 (1.71%) Android
3 19 (1.48%) Apple iOS
4 18 (1.40%) Linux
5 9 (0.70%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.47%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.31%) VMS
7 4 (0.31%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.16%) Unix
9 1 (0.078%) Fedora
9 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (30.32%) Agile
2 386 (30.09%) Software Engineering
3 322 (25.10%) Full-Stack Development
4 287 (22.37%) DevOps
5 268 (20.89%) CI/CD
6 171 (13.33%) Microservices
7 165 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
8 153 (11.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 125 (9.74%) Mentoring
10 120 (9.35%) SDLC
11 104 (8.11%) Clean Code
12 102 (7.95%) Containerisation
13 95 (7.40%) AI
14 88 (6.86%) Scrum
15 84 (6.55%) MVC
16 71 (5.53%) User Experience
17 67 (5.22%) TDD
18 61 (4.75%) Technical Leadership
19 58 (4.52%) Computer Science
19 58 (4.52%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 873 (68.04%) C#
2 387 (30.16%) SQL
3 264 (20.58%) JavaScript
4 118 (9.20%) TypeScript
5 102 (7.95%) Java
6 90 (7.01%) Python
7 37 (2.88%) C++
8 36 (2.81%) T-SQL
9 26 (2.03%) PHP
10 19 (1.48%) PowerShell
11 15 (1.17%) C
12 13 (1.01%) VB.NET
13 12 (0.94%) Apex Code
13 12 (0.94%) Bash
14 10 (0.78%) Bicep
15 9 (0.70%) Go
16 7 (0.55%) VB
17 5 (0.39%) Delphi
18 4 (0.31%) VBA
18 4 (0.31%) XAML
Qualifications
1 121 (9.43%) Degree
2 40 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (2.73%) Security Cleared
4 33 (2.57%) SC Cleared
5 23 (1.79%) ISTQB
6 19 (1.48%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (1.40%) AWS Certification
8 11 (0.86%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.47%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.39%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.31%) ISEB
12 4 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.16%) PhD
14 2 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 1 (0.078%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (6.16%) QA
2 33 (2.57%) Accessibility
3 11 (0.86%) GDPR
4 10 (0.78%) WCAG
5 9 (0.70%) ISO 9001
6 7 (0.55%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.39%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.39%) SLA
8 1 (0.078%) GRC
8 1 (0.078%) HL7
8 1 (0.078%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.078%) NCSC
System Software
1 126 (9.82%) Docker
2 16 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.47%) Firmware
4 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.16%) vSphere
5 1 (0.078%) Squid
5 1 (0.078%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 98 (7.64%) Kubernetes
2 65 (5.07%) Terraform
3 14 (1.09%) Grafana
4 10 (0.78%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.55%) Ansible
6 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.16%) MIIS
8 1 (0.078%) Argo
8 1 (0.078%) CASB
8 1 (0.078%) Consul
8 1 (0.078%) Kibana
8 1 (0.078%) Packer
8 1 (0.078%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.078%) Puppet
Vendors
1 209 (16.29%) Microsoft
2 30 (2.34%) Xamarin
3 17 (1.33%) Google
4 15 (1.17%) Salesforce
5 13 (1.01%) Sage
6 11 (0.86%) Oracle
7 9 (0.70%) Adobe
7 9 (0.70%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (0.62%) Apple
8 8 (0.62%) MuleSoft
9 6 (0.47%) ServiceNow
9 6 (0.47%) Telerik
10 5 (0.39%) Databricks
10 5 (0.39%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.31%) Datto
11 4 (0.31%) Facebook
11 4 (0.31%) Freshdesk
11 4 (0.31%) New Relic
11 4 (0.31%) Zoho
12 3 (0.23%) VMware