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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 72 24
Rank change year-on-year +22 -48 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,247 1,281 3,992
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.81% 3.67% 6.66%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 30.83% 25.67% 35.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,970 926 3,077
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,500 £35,531
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,125 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.76%

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 7,289 4,991 11,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.11% 14.32% 18.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,740 3,089 7,497
10th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,437 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £63,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%

.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 28 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 28 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 +41 706 £60,000 +4.35% 231
North of England +6 625 £57,500 -4.17% 203
Midlands +28 347 £58,250 +5.91% 121
North West -13 275 £60,000 - 116
East of England +30 218 £65,000 +30.00% 90
South West +5 211 £55,000 +4.76% 76
North East +7 185 £57,500 +35.29% 43
West Midlands -4 185 £60,000 +9.09% 54
Yorkshire +10 165 £55,000 -8.33% 45
East Midlands +38 162 £55,000 - 66
Northern Ireland -30 60 £35,000 -30.00% 16
Scotland +26 56 £60,000 -6.98% 35
Wales -75 26 £50,000 -9.09% 26
.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 41 (1.82%) IIS
2 37 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.71%) CMS
3 16 (0.71%) ColdFusion
4 15 (0.67%) Confluence
5 9 (0.40%) WordPress
6 8 (0.36%) nginx
7 7 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (0.18%) CICS
8 4 (0.18%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.13%) Apache
9 3 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.13%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.13%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.089%) EPiServer
10 2 (0.089%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.045%) Drupal
11 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
11 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 (0.62%) 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
Cloud Services
1 1,125 (50.07%) Azure
2 363 (16.15%) Azure DevOps
3 357 (15.89%) AWS
4 213 (9.48%) GitHub
5 189 (8.41%) SaaS
6 166 (7.39%) Azure AI
7 142 (6.32%) GitHub Copilot
8 130 (5.79%) Power Platform
9 93 (4.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 89 (3.96%) Power Automate
11 88 (3.92%) Serverless
12 82 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
13 73 (3.25%) PowerApps
14 53 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
15 49 (2.18%) GitHub Actions
16 43 (1.91%) Azure Functions
16 43 (1.91%) Azure Service Bus
17 41 (1.82%) GCP
18 40 (1.78%) Azure Monitor
19 32 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 88 (3.92%) Internet
2 11 (0.49%) Firewall
3 9 (0.40%) HTTP
3 9 (0.40%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.31%) Hyperconnected
5 6 (0.27%) SNMP
6 5 (0.22%) DHCP
6 5 (0.22%) DNS
6 5 (0.22%) LAN
6 5 (0.22%) WAN
7 4 (0.18%) VLAN
8 3 (0.13%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.13%) Modbus
8 3 (0.13%) RS-232
8 3 (0.13%) Wireless
9 1 (0.045%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.045%) Network Security
9 1 (0.045%) Profibus
9 1 (0.045%) SSL
9 1 (0.045%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 476 (21.18%) Azure SQL Database
2 453 (20.16%) SQL Server
3 406 (18.07%) MongoDB
4 160 (7.12%) Elasticsearch
5 94 (4.18%) Power BI
6 66 (2.94%) Relational Database
7 62 (2.76%) NoSQL
8 57 (2.54%) MySQL
9 48 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (0.80%) Redis
12 15 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 14 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (0.53%) 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
1 165 (7.34%) Git
2 34 (1.51%) JIRA
3 32 (1.42%) Visual Studio
4 31 (1.38%) Jenkins
5 22 (0.98%) GitLab
5 22 (0.98%) NUnit
6 20 (0.89%) Claude Code
7 19 (0.85%) Postman
8 14 (0.62%) Selenium
9 13 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
10 10 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
10 10 (0.45%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.36%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.36%) Moq
12 7 (0.31%) MSI
12 7 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (0.27%) MSTest
13 6 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
14 5 (0.22%) JUnit
14 5 (0.22%) Yeoman
General
1 325 (14.46%) Social Skills
2 223 (9.92%) Finance
3 101 (4.49%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (3.74%) Legal
5 72 (3.20%) Public Sector
6 68 (3.03%) Retail
7 63 (2.80%) Games
8 57 (2.54%) Advertising
9 56 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 56 (2.49%) Law
9 56 (2.49%) Manufacturing
10 54 (2.40%) Marketing
11 30 (1.34%) Legal Technology
12 25 (1.11%) 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%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1,477 (65.73%) Developer
2 885 (39.39%) .NET Developer
3 415 (18.47%) Senior
4 316 (14.06%) Software Engineer
5 304 (13.53%) Software Developer
6 259 (11.53%) Senior Developer
7 247 (10.99%) Lead
8 155 (6.90%) C# Developer
9 149 (6.63%) Full-Stack Developer
10 124 (5.52%) Lead Developer
11 123 (5.47%) C# Software Engineer
12 119 (5.30%) C# .NET Developer
13 116 (5.16%) .NET Software Engineer
14 110 (4.90%) .NET Software Developer
15 109 (4.85%) Senior Software Engineer
16 101 (4.49%) Senior .NET Developer
17 86 (3.83%) Web Developer
18 81 (3.60%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 64 (2.85%) Lead Software Developer
20 60 (2.67%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 717 (31.91%) .NET Core
2 686 (30.53%) ASP.NET
3 555 (24.70%) ASP.NET Core
4 361 (16.07%) HTML
5 356 (15.84%) CSS
6 343 (15.26%) React
7 272 (12.11%) AngularJS
8 269 (11.97%) Entity Framework
9 257 (11.44%) RESTful
10 254 (11.30%) Blazor
11 236 (10.50%) Vue
12 235 (10.46%) .NET Framework
13 234 (10.41%) Node.js
14 214 (9.52%) ASP.NET Web API
15 153 (6.81%) ML.NET
16 138 (6.14%) REST
17 109 (4.85%) LINQ
18 88 (3.92%) Terraform
19 72 (3.20%) jQuery
20 58 (2.58%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 132 (5.87%) Greenfield Project
2 122 (5.43%) Cloud Native
3 96 (4.27%) Enterprise Software
4 68 (3.03%) Product Ownership
5 60 (2.67%) Distributed Systems
6 55 (2.45%) Mobile App
7 52 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
8 32 (1.42%) Legacy Applications
9 30 (1.34%) Legacy Code
10 29 (1.29%) AI Agents
11 25 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
12 22 (0.98%) Hedge funds
13 20 (0.89%) Digital TV
14 19 (0.85%) Management Information System
15 18 (0.80%) Algorithms
15 18 (0.80%) Onboarding
16 17 (0.76%) BBC
16 17 (0.76%) iPhone
16 17 (0.76%) Social Media
17 14 (0.62%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 85 (3.78%) Windows
2 30 (1.34%) Windows Server
3 27 (1.20%) Android
3 27 (1.20%) Linux
4 4 (0.18%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.18%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.045%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.045%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 820 (36.49%) Full-Stack Development
2 777 (34.58%) Agile
3 573 (25.50%) CI/CD
4 554 (24.66%) Software Engineering
5 514 (22.87%) DevOps
6 397 (17.67%) Microservices
7 351 (15.62%) Problem-Solving
8 340 (15.13%) AI
9 278 (12.37%) Continuous Improvement
10 197 (8.77%) Machine Learning
11 188 (8.37%) SDLC
12 180 (8.01%) Multithreading
13 176 (7.83%) Mentoring
14 161 (7.17%) Scrum
15 152 (6.76%) TDD
16 132 (5.87%) OO
17 129 (5.74%) Technical Leadership
18 125 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
19 117 (5.21%) Clean Code
20 116 (5.16%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1,707 (75.97%) C#
2 869 (38.67%) SQL
3 504 (22.43%) JavaScript
4 302 (13.44%) TypeScript
5 140 (6.23%) Python
6 101 (4.49%) Java
7 82 (3.65%) C++
8 66 (2.94%) PHP
8 66 (2.94%) PowerShell
9 54 (2.40%) T-SQL
10 50 (2.23%) VB.NET
11 30 (1.34%) Bicep
12 26 (1.16%) C
13 22 (0.98%) Bash
14 14 (0.62%) COBOL
14 14 (0.62%) VB
15 11 (0.49%) Go
16 10 (0.45%) JCL
17 9 (0.40%) XAML
18 8 (0.36%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 184 (8.19%) Degree
2 97 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 82 (3.65%) Security Cleared
4 74 (3.29%) SC Cleared
5 21 (0.93%) Azure Certification
6 17 (0.76%) AWS Certification
7 13 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (0.53%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.31%) AWS Certified Developer
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%) ITIL Certification
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
1 188 (8.37%) QA
2 48 (2.14%) Accessibility
3 16 (0.71%) GDPR
4 15 (0.67%) Data Quality
5 14 (0.62%) WCAG
6 8 (0.36%) NCSC
7 4 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.13%) NIST
8 3 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.089%) SLA
10 1 (0.045%) GRC
System Software
1 268 (11.93%) Docker
2 15 (0.67%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.40%) Firmware
4 8 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 241 (10.73%) Kubernetes
2 13 (0.58%) Grafana
3 12 (0.53%) 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
1 801 (35.65%) Microsoft
2 67 (2.98%) Google
3 59 (2.63%) Facebook
4 27 (1.20%) OpenAI
5 26 (1.16%) Adobe
6 24 (1.07%) Oracle
7 21 (0.93%) YouTube
8 17 (0.76%) Apple
8 17 (0.76%) Sony
8 17 (0.76%) Yahoo!
9 12 (0.53%) Xamarin
10 10 (0.45%) VMware
11 9 (0.40%) Sage
12 8 (0.36%) Databricks
12 8 (0.36%) DevExpress
12 8 (0.36%) Salesforce
13 7 (0.31%) CrowdStrike
14 6 (0.27%) Broadcom
14 6 (0.27%) Red Hat
14 6 (0.27%) Splunk