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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 58 21
Rank change year-on-year 0 -37 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,907 1,337 5,873
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.78% 4.40% 7.49%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 33.25% 26.70% 40.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,760 966 4,985
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £35,530
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £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 5,736 5,008 14,612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.37% 16.48% 18.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,637 3,158 10,871
10th Percentile £37,250 £32,500 £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 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,340 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.02% +10.57% -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 24 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 24 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 +22 618 £57,500 - 135
North of England -1 546 £60,000 - 117
Midlands +6 301 £55,000 - 57
North West +1 284 £60,000 +6.67% 58
South West +10 191 £55,000 +4.76% 38
East of England +13 174 £65,000 +23.81% 38
West Midlands -20 154 £57,500 +7.10% 34
East Midlands +26 147 £55,000 - 23
North East +4 134 £58,250 +5.91% 31
Yorkshire -3 128 £57,500 -11.54% 31
Scotland +13 57 £57,500 -6.12% 13
Wales -52 21 £50,000 -33.33% 7
Northern Ireland -35 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 (2.10%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.36%) IIS
3 16 (0.84%) ColdFusion
4 12 (0.63%) CMS
5 11 (0.58%) Confluence
6 7 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.37%) WordPress
7 5 (0.26%) nginx
8 4 (0.21%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.21%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.16%) Apache
9 3 (0.16%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.10%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.10%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.052%) Appian
11 1 (0.052%) Drupal
11 1 (0.052%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 10 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.10%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.16%) Magento
2 3 (0.16%) Shopify
3 2 (0.10%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.052%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.052%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.052%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 914 (47.93%) Azure
2 286 (15.00%) AWS
3 278 (14.58%) Azure DevOps
4 205 (10.75%) SaaS
5 151 (7.92%) GitHub
6 121 (6.35%) Azure AI
7 100 (5.24%) Power Platform
8 98 (5.14%) GitHub Copilot
9 75 (3.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 75 (3.93%) Microsoft 365
10 74 (3.88%) Power Automate
11 71 (3.72%) Serverless
12 63 (3.30%) PowerApps
13 39 (2.05%) Azure Functions
13 39 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
14 33 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
15 30 (1.57%) GCP
16 27 (1.42%) Azure Service Bus
17 24 (1.26%) Azure AKS
18 23 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 70 (3.67%) Internet
2 9 (0.47%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.42%) Firewall
3 8 (0.42%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.26%) DHCP
4 5 (0.26%) DNS
4 5 (0.26%) LAN
4 5 (0.26%) WAN
5 3 (0.16%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.16%) RS-232
6 2 (0.10%) Modbus
7 1 (0.052%) AMQP
7 1 (0.052%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.052%) HTTP
7 1 (0.052%) LTE
7 1 (0.052%) Profibus
7 1 (0.052%) SSL
7 1 (0.052%) VLAN
7 1 (0.052%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.052%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 362 (18.98%) SQL Server
2 361 (18.93%) Azure SQL Database
3 303 (15.89%) MongoDB
4 111 (5.82%) Elasticsearch
5 81 (4.25%) Power BI
6 54 (2.83%) NoSQL
7 31 (1.63%) MySQL
7 31 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
8 23 (1.21%) Relational Database
9 15 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 13 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (0.63%) Redis
13 10 (0.52%) GIS
14 7 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
14 7 (0.37%) NonStop SQL
15 5 (0.26%) Crystal Reports
15 5 (0.26%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.26%) Metadata
16 4 (0.21%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 104 (5.45%) Git
2 34 (1.78%) JIRA
3 28 (1.47%) Visual Studio
4 23 (1.21%) Postman
5 15 (0.79%) Selenium
6 13 (0.68%) GitLab
6 13 (0.68%) NUnit
7 10 (0.52%) Jenkins
7 10 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (0.42%) SoapUI
9 7 (0.37%) Claude Code
9 7 (0.37%) Moq
9 7 (0.37%) SpecFlow
9 7 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
10 6 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.31%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.26%) JMeter
11 5 (0.26%) MSTest
11 5 (0.26%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.26%) Yeoman
General
1 230 (12.06%) Social Skills
2 180 (9.44%) Finance
3 67 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (2.99%) Public Sector
5 51 (2.67%) Retail
6 47 (2.46%) Manufacturing
7 45 (2.36%) Games
8 41 (2.15%) Advertising
9 35 (1.84%) Marketing
10 25 (1.31%) Aerospace
10 25 (1.31%) Automotive
11 23 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 21 (1.10%) Electronics
13 16 (0.84%) Law
14 14 (0.73%) Legal
15 9 (0.47%) Aviation
16 8 (0.42%) Back Office
16 8 (0.42%) Military
17 7 (0.37%) Music Industry
18 6 (0.31%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,249 (65.50%) Developer
2 737 (38.65%) .NET Developer
3 359 (18.83%) Senior
4 317 (16.62%) Software Developer
5 310 (16.26%) Software Engineer
6 194 (10.17%) Lead
7 186 (9.75%) Senior Developer
8 151 (7.92%) C# Developer
9 143 (7.50%) Full-Stack Developer
10 135 (7.08%) .NET Software Engineer
11 118 (6.19%) C# .NET Developer
12 116 (6.08%) .NET Software Developer
13 115 (6.03%) Senior Software Engineer
14 106 (5.56%) C# Software Engineer
15 105 (5.51%) Lead Developer
16 96 (5.03%) Senior .NET Developer
17 74 (3.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 65 (3.41%) Web Developer
19 61 (3.20%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
20 60 (3.15%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 617 (32.35%) .NET Core
2 525 (27.53%) ASP.NET
3 408 (21.39%) ASP.NET Core
4 293 (15.36%) HTML
5 290 (15.21%) CSS
6 288 (15.10%) React
7 240 (12.59%) AngularJS
8 206 (10.80%) Entity Framework
9 204 (10.70%) RESTful
10 195 (10.23%) Vue
11 189 (9.91%) Blazor
12 188 (9.86%) .NET Framework
13 178 (9.33%) Node.js
14 147 (7.71%) ASP.NET Web API
15 123 (6.45%) REST
16 115 (6.03%) ML.NET
17 81 (4.25%) LINQ
18 58 (3.04%) jQuery
19 40 (2.10%) WPF
20 37 (1.94%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 110 (5.77%) Greenfield Project
2 87 (4.56%) Cloud Native
3 70 (3.67%) Mobile App
4 59 (3.09%) Product Ownership
5 57 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
6 45 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
7 42 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (1.36%) Legacy Code
9 17 (0.89%) Digital TV
9 17 (0.89%) Hedge funds
10 16 (0.84%) Algorithms
11 15 (0.79%) AI Agents
11 15 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
11 15 (0.79%) Social Network
12 14 (0.73%) iPhone
13 13 (0.68%) BBC
13 13 (0.68%) Social Media
13 13 (0.68%) Sports Betting
14 12 (0.63%) Onboarding
14 12 (0.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 51 (2.67%) Windows
2 29 (1.52%) Android
3 19 (1.00%) Windows Server
4 16 (0.84%) Linux
5 9 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.10%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.052%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.052%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 687 (36.03%) Full-Stack Development
2 591 (30.99%) Agile
3 480 (25.17%) Software Engineering
4 417 (21.87%) CI/CD
5 405 (21.24%) DevOps
6 286 (15.00%) AI
7 267 (14.00%) Microservices
8 205 (10.75%) Problem-Solving
9 178 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 169 (8.86%) SDLC
11 160 (8.39%) Machine Learning
12 141 (7.39%) Mentoring
13 135 (7.08%) Multithreading
14 129 (6.76%) TDD
15 126 (6.61%) Scrum
16 110 (5.77%) Clean Code
17 104 (5.45%) Business Intelligence
18 99 (5.19%) Technical Leadership
19 96 (5.03%) OO
20 95 (4.98%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1,398 (73.31%) C#
2 732 (38.38%) SQL
3 405 (21.24%) JavaScript
4 248 (13.00%) TypeScript
5 124 (6.50%) Python
6 92 (4.82%) Java
7 72 (3.78%) C++
8 60 (3.15%) PowerShell
9 54 (2.83%) PHP
10 47 (2.46%) T-SQL
11 28 (1.47%) VB.NET
12 21 (1.10%) Bash
12 21 (1.10%) C
13 20 (1.05%) Bicep
14 17 (0.89%) VB
15 9 (0.47%) VBA
16 7 (0.37%) Apex Code
16 7 (0.37%) Delphi
16 7 (0.37%) XAML
17 5 (0.26%) RPG
Qualifications
1 157 (8.23%) Degree
2 76 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 63 (3.30%) Security Cleared
4 58 (3.04%) SC Cleared
5 18 (0.94%) Azure Certification
6 12 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (0.42%) AWS Certification
8 6 (0.31%) ISTQB
8 6 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.21%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 4 (0.21%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.16%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.10%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.10%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.10%) CSQA
11 2 (0.10%) MBA
11 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.10%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (4.98%) QA
2 42 (2.20%) Accessibility
3 15 (0.79%) GDPR
4 12 (0.63%) Data Quality
4 12 (0.63%) WCAG
5 8 (0.42%) ISO 9001
6 5 (0.26%) SLA
7 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.21%) NCSC
8 3 (0.16%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 212 (11.12%) Docker
2 12 (0.63%) Firmware
3 10 (0.52%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 193 (10.12%) Kubernetes
2 67 (3.51%) Terraform
3 4 (0.21%) Grafana
4 2 (0.10%) MIIS
4 2 (0.10%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.052%) Ansible
5 1 (0.052%) Consul
5 1 (0.052%) MOM
5 1 (0.052%) Packer
5 1 (0.052%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.052%) Puppet
Vendors
1 588 (30.83%) Microsoft
2 44 (2.31%) Facebook
2 44 (2.31%) Google
3 25 (1.31%) OpenAI
4 24 (1.26%) Adobe
5 20 (1.05%) Oracle
5 20 (1.05%) Xamarin
6 16 (0.84%) YouTube
7 13 (0.68%) Apple
7 13 (0.68%) Sony
7 13 (0.68%) Yahoo!
8 12 (0.63%) Salesforce
9 9 (0.47%) Databricks
10 8 (0.42%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (0.37%) VMware
12 5 (0.26%) DevExpress
12 5 (0.26%) Sage
12 5 (0.26%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.26%) SYSPRO
13 4 (0.21%) IBM