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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 31 20
Rank change year-on-year -47 -11 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,218 1,858 4,348
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.39% 6.31% 8.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 28.22% 31.78% 37.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,089 1,315 3,943
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

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 4,316 5,846 11,589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.48% 19.85% 21.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,307 3,668 9,087
10th Percentile £31,150 £35,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £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 £84,350 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,219 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.84% +10.37% -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 4 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 4 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 -37 394 £60,000 - 279
North of England -33 365 £65,000 +18.18% 200
Midlands -32 208 £52,500 -8.70% 87
North West -25 194 £65,000 +18.18% 114
West Midlands -38 115 £50,000 -13.04% 45
Yorkshire -36 114 £60,000 +13.21% 59
South West -25 109 £55,000 -10.20% 100
East Midlands -37 93 £60,000 +15.38% 41
Scotland -49 61 £60,000 +20.00% 34
East of England -71 61 £60,000 +20.00% 98
North East -8 57 £70,000 +16.67% 31
Wales -19 24 £45,000 -28.00% 19
Northern Ireland -26 4 £56,250 +12.50% 11
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 36 (2.96%) IIS
2 16 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.99%) CMS
4 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.57%) Umbraco
5 6 (0.49%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.41%) Confluence
6 5 (0.41%) NServiceBus
7 4 (0.33%) WebSphere Application Server
8 3 (0.25%) nginx
9 2 (0.16%) JBoss
10 1 (0.082%) Apache
10 1 (0.082%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.082%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.082%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.082%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.082%) Kentico
Applications
1 8 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.082%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 33 (2.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.082%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.082%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.082%) Magento
3 1 (0.082%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.082%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 516 (42.36%) Azure
2 203 (16.67%) SaaS
3 202 (16.58%) AWS
4 152 (12.48%) Azure DevOps
5 92 (7.55%) GitHub
6 71 (5.83%) Power Platform
7 63 (5.17%) Serverless
8 46 (3.78%) GCP
9 39 (3.20%) GitHub Actions
10 32 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
11 31 (2.55%) Power Automate
12 30 (2.46%) Azure Logic Apps
13 29 (2.38%) Azure AKS
13 29 (2.38%) Azure Functions
13 29 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
14 25 (2.05%) PowerApps
15 24 (1.97%) Entra ID
16 23 (1.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 21 (1.72%) Amazon S3
17 21 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.23%) Internet
2 8 (0.66%) DNS
3 7 (0.57%) DHCP
4 6 (0.49%) VPN
5 5 (0.41%) VoIP
6 3 (0.25%) Firewall
7 2 (0.16%) HTTP
7 2 (0.16%) Intranet
7 2 (0.16%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.082%) AMQP
8 1 (0.082%) Hyperconnected
8 1 (0.082%) LTE
8 1 (0.082%) MPLS
8 1 (0.082%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.082%) SSL
8 1 (0.082%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 303 (24.88%) SQL Server
2 67 (5.50%) NoSQL
3 38 (3.12%) Power BI
4 34 (2.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 30 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (2.13%) MySQL
7 24 (1.97%) MongoDB
8 21 (1.72%) Relational Database
9 20 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
10 19 (1.56%) DynamoDB
11 18 (1.48%) Redis
11 18 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.33%) GIS
14 3 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
14 3 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
14 3 (0.25%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.25%) Tableau
15 2 (0.16%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 88 (7.22%) Git
2 41 (3.37%) JIRA
3 37 (3.04%) Selenium
3 37 (3.04%) Visual Studio
4 32 (2.63%) Postman
5 29 (2.38%) Team Foundation Server
6 24 (1.97%) SoapUI
7 21 (1.72%) WebDriver
8 12 (0.99%) Jenkins
9 10 (0.82%) SpecFlow
10 8 (0.66%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.57%) git-flow
12 6 (0.49%) GitLab
13 5 (0.41%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.41%) LabVIEW
13 5 (0.41%) NUnit
14 3 (0.25%) Appium
14 3 (0.25%) JMeter
14 3 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
14 3 (0.25%) REST Assured
General
1 220 (18.06%) Social Skills
2 150 (12.32%) Finance
3 48 (3.94%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (2.71%) Public Sector
5 26 (2.13%) Law
6 19 (1.56%) Games
7 17 (1.40%) Manufacturing
8 16 (1.31%) Aviation
9 15 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (0.90%) Retail
11 10 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (0.74%) Aerospace
12 9 (0.74%) Banking
12 9 (0.74%) Electronics
12 9 (0.74%) Military
12 9 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.66%) Marketing
14 7 (0.57%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.49%) Automotive
16 5 (0.41%) Legal
Job Titles
1 724 (59.44%) Developer
2 294 (24.14%) .NET Developer
3 287 (23.56%) Senior
4 246 (20.20%) Software Developer
5 221 (18.14%) Software Engineer
6 139 (11.41%) Full-Stack Developer
6 139 (11.41%) Senior Developer
7 136 (11.17%) Lead
8 130 (10.67%) C# Developer
9 98 (8.05%) .NET Software Engineer
10 86 (7.06%) Senior Software Engineer
11 82 (6.73%) .NET Software Developer
12 74 (6.08%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
13 69 (5.67%) C# .NET Developer
14 65 (5.34%) Lead Developer
15 64 (5.25%) Senior .NET Developer
16 50 (4.11%) Senior Software Developer
17 48 (3.94%) Applications Developer
18 40 (3.28%) Analyst
18 40 (3.28%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 280 (22.99%) .NET Core
2 203 (16.67%) React
3 181 (14.86%) ASP.NET
4 171 (14.04%) .NET Framework
5 153 (12.56%) HTML
6 131 (10.76%) CSS
7 117 (9.61%) AngularJS
8 95 (7.80%) REST
9 76 (6.24%) Blazor
10 74 (6.08%) RESTful
11 63 (5.17%) Entity Framework
12 55 (4.52%) ASP.NET Core
13 50 (4.11%) Vue
14 39 (3.20%) SOAP
15 37 (3.04%) Node.js
16 30 (2.46%) ASP.NET MVC
17 25 (2.05%) jQuery
17 25 (2.05%) WinForms
18 24 (1.97%) React Native
19 22 (1.81%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 78 (6.40%) Cloud Native
2 69 (5.67%) Product Ownership
3 62 (5.09%) Mobile App
4 37 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
5 33 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
6 31 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
7 18 (1.48%) Onboarding
8 16 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
9 14 (1.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 14 (1.15%) Virtual Team
10 10 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (0.74%) IoT
12 8 (0.66%) 3D Graphics
12 8 (0.66%) AI Agents
12 8 (0.66%) Algorithms
12 8 (0.66%) Client/Server
12 8 (0.66%) Distributed Computing
12 8 (0.66%) PropTech
12 8 (0.66%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 52 (4.27%) Windows
2 22 (1.81%) Android
3 20 (1.64%) Apple iOS
4 16 (1.31%) Linux
5 10 (0.82%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.57%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.41%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.33%) VMS
9 2 (0.16%) Unix
10 1 (0.082%) Fedora
10 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (33.00%) Agile
2 387 (31.77%) Software Engineering
3 298 (24.47%) DevOps
4 282 (23.15%) Full-Stack Development
5 270 (22.17%) CI/CD
6 181 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
7 160 (13.14%) Microservices
8 151 (12.40%) Continuous Improvement
9 137 (11.25%) Mentoring
10 116 (9.52%) SDLC
11 104 (8.54%) Containerisation
12 102 (8.37%) AI
13 96 (7.88%) Clean Code
14 88 (7.22%) Scrum
15 83 (6.81%) MVC
16 64 (5.25%) Computer Science
17 62 (5.09%) TDD
17 62 (5.09%) User Experience
18 58 (4.76%) Roadmaps
18 58 (4.76%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 831 (68.23%) C#
2 358 (29.39%) SQL
3 269 (22.09%) JavaScript
4 125 (10.26%) TypeScript
5 98 (8.05%) Java
6 81 (6.65%) Python
7 35 (2.87%) T-SQL
8 32 (2.63%) C++
9 26 (2.13%) PowerShell
10 23 (1.89%) PHP
11 15 (1.23%) VB.NET
12 14 (1.15%) C
13 11 (0.90%) Bash
14 10 (0.82%) Apex Code
15 7 (0.57%) Go
16 6 (0.49%) Bicep
16 6 (0.49%) VB
16 6 (0.49%) XAML
17 5 (0.41%) Delphi
18 3 (0.25%) VB6
Qualifications
1 129 (10.59%) Degree
2 46 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (2.22%) Security Cleared
4 26 (2.13%) SC Cleared
5 25 (2.05%) ISTQB
6 21 (1.72%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 17 (1.40%) AWS Certification
8 11 (0.90%) AWS Certified Developer
9 6 (0.49%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.41%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.33%) ISEB
11 4 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.33%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.16%) PhD
13 2 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (6.73%) QA
2 32 (2.63%) Accessibility
3 12 (0.99%) GDPR
4 10 (0.82%) WCAG
5 9 (0.74%) ISO 9001
6 6 (0.49%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.41%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.41%) SLA
8 2 (0.16%) GRC
9 1 (0.082%) HL7
9 1 (0.082%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 121 (9.93%) Docker
2 18 (1.48%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.41%) Firmware
4 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.16%) vSphere
5 1 (0.082%) Squid
5 1 (0.082%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 92 (7.55%) Kubernetes
2 64 (5.25%) Terraform
3 15 (1.23%) Grafana
4 12 (0.99%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.57%) Ansible
6 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.16%) Argo
8 1 (0.082%) CASB
8 1 (0.082%) Kibana
Vendors
1 182 (14.94%) Microsoft
2 30 (2.46%) Xamarin
3 15 (1.23%) Oracle
4 14 (1.15%) Google
4 14 (1.15%) Salesforce
5 12 (0.99%) Sage
6 8 (0.66%) Apple
6 8 (0.66%) MuleSoft
6 8 (0.66%) Telerik
7 7 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (0.49%) ServiceNow
9 5 (0.41%) Databricks
9 5 (0.41%) Datto
9 5 (0.41%) Freshdesk
9 5 (0.41%) Zoho
10 4 (0.33%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.33%) New Relic
10 4 (0.33%) Syncfusion
11 3 (0.25%) ESRI
11 3 (0.25%) Foundry