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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 67 25
Rank change year-on-year +16 -42 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,189 1,338 3,975
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.91% 3.89% 6.62%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 34.00% 27.18% 37.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,941 980 3,170
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £78,458
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 6,438 4,922 10,503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.57% 14.30% 17.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5,112 3,070 7,337
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,066 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -8.89%

.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 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 4 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 +25 688 £58,500 +1.74% 176
North of England +2 612 £57,500 -4.17% 169
Midlands +7 328 £55,000 - 95
North West -8 282 £60,000 - 93
South West +26 216 £52,500 - 45
East of England +23 210 £65,000 +26.83% 62
West Midlands -14 177 £60,000 +4.35% 46
Yorkshire +19 167 £55,000 -15.38% 45
North East +1 163 £55,750 +29.65% 33
East Midlands +40 151 £55,000 - 49
Northern Ireland -23 57 £35,000 -46.15% 35
Scotland +18 54 £58,750 -8.91% 20
Wales -57 26 £50,000 -16.67% 14
.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 39 (1.78%) SharePoint
2 36 (1.64%) IIS
3 16 (0.73%) CMS
3 16 (0.73%) ColdFusion
3 16 (0.73%) Confluence
4 9 (0.41%) WordPress
5 8 (0.37%) nginx
6 7 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.18%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.14%) Apache
8 3 (0.14%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.14%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.091%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.091%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.091%) CICS
9 2 (0.091%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.046%) Drupal
10 1 (0.046%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.046%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.091%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.046%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.23%) Shopify
3 3 (0.14%) Magento
3 3 (0.14%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.091%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.091%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.046%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.046%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.046%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1,097 (50.11%) Azure
2 345 (15.76%) AWS
3 344 (15.71%) Azure DevOps
4 201 (9.18%) GitHub
5 187 (8.54%) SaaS
6 162 (7.40%) Azure AI
7 137 (6.26%) GitHub Copilot
8 121 (5.53%) Power Platform
9 90 (4.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 85 (3.88%) Power Automate
11 79 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
11 79 (3.61%) Serverless
12 69 (3.15%) PowerApps
13 52 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
14 42 (1.92%) Azure Functions
15 41 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
16 39 (1.78%) Azure Service Bus
16 39 (1.78%) GCP
17 35 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
18 32 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 84 (3.84%) Internet
2 9 (0.41%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.37%) Firewall
3 8 (0.37%) HTTP
4 7 (0.32%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.23%) DHCP
5 5 (0.23%) DNS
5 5 (0.23%) LAN
5 5 (0.23%) SNMP
5 5 (0.23%) WAN
6 3 (0.14%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.14%) Modbus
6 3 (0.14%) RS-232
7 1 (0.046%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.046%) Network Security
7 1 (0.046%) Profibus
7 1 (0.046%) SSL
7 1 (0.046%) VLAN
7 1 (0.046%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 474 (21.65%) Azure SQL Database
2 426 (19.46%) SQL Server
3 406 (18.55%) MongoDB
4 156 (7.13%) Elasticsearch
5 92 (4.20%) Power BI
6 57 (2.60%) NoSQL
7 51 (2.33%) Relational Database
8 50 (2.28%) MySQL
9 40 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (0.82%) Redis
12 16 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.55%) DynamoDB
15 11 (0.50%) GIS
15 11 (0.50%) NonStop SQL
16 10 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
17 9 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
18 7 (0.32%) Crystal Reports
18 7 (0.32%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 141 (6.44%) Git
2 36 (1.64%) JIRA
3 26 (1.19%) Visual Studio
4 24 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 22 (1.01%) Postman
6 21 (0.96%) NUnit
7 20 (0.91%) GitLab
8 18 (0.82%) Selenium
9 15 (0.69%) Claude Code
10 11 (0.50%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
12 8 (0.37%) Moq
12 8 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
13 7 (0.32%) MSI
13 7 (0.32%) TeamCity
14 6 (0.27%) JUnit
14 6 (0.27%) MSTest
14 6 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
15 5 (0.23%) Cucumber
15 5 (0.23%) JMeter
General
1 296 (13.52%) Social Skills
2 213 (9.73%) Finance
3 84 (3.84%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (3.47%) Legal
5 64 (2.92%) Retail
6 63 (2.88%) Public Sector
7 57 (2.60%) Advertising
7 57 (2.60%) Games
8 56 (2.56%) Manufacturing
9 52 (2.38%) Marketing
10 51 (2.33%) Law
11 45 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 30 (1.37%) Legal Technology
13 26 (1.19%) Automotive
14 24 (1.10%) Aerospace
15 20 (0.91%) Electronics
16 11 (0.50%) Music Industry
17 10 (0.46%) Aviation
18 8 (0.37%) Back Office
19 7 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,464 (66.88%) Developer
2 880 (40.20%) .NET Developer
3 412 (18.82%) Senior
4 318 (14.53%) Software Engineer
5 311 (14.21%) Software Developer
6 252 (11.51%) Senior Developer
7 234 (10.69%) Lead
8 154 (7.04%) C# Developer
9 148 (6.76%) Full-Stack Developer
10 129 (5.89%) .NET Software Engineer
11 120 (5.48%) C# Software Engineer
12 119 (5.44%) C# .NET Developer
13 118 (5.39%) Lead Developer
14 113 (5.16%) .NET Software Developer
15 108 (4.93%) Senior Software Engineer
16 98 (4.48%) Senior .NET Developer
17 87 (3.97%) Web Developer
18 81 (3.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 64 (2.92%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
20 62 (2.83%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 713 (32.57%) .NET Core
2 676 (30.88%) ASP.NET
3 545 (24.90%) ASP.NET Core
4 355 (16.22%) HTML
5 349 (15.94%) CSS
6 337 (15.40%) React
7 282 (12.88%) AngularJS
8 268 (12.24%) Entity Framework
9 256 (11.69%) RESTful
10 253 (11.56%) Blazor
11 239 (10.92%) Vue
12 231 (10.55%) .NET Framework
13 227 (10.37%) Node.js
14 207 (9.46%) ASP.NET Web API
15 153 (6.99%) ML.NET
16 141 (6.44%) REST
17 109 (4.98%) LINQ
18 65 (2.97%) jQuery
19 55 (2.51%) WPF
20 53 (2.42%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 135 (6.17%) Greenfield Project
2 112 (5.12%) Cloud Native
3 88 (4.02%) Enterprise Software
4 60 (2.74%) Mobile App
5 59 (2.70%) Product Ownership
6 55 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
6 55 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (1.42%) Legacy Code
8 23 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
9 21 (0.96%) AI Agents
10 20 (0.91%) Digital TV
11 19 (0.87%) Hedge funds
11 19 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
12 18 (0.82%) Management Information System
13 17 (0.78%) BBC
13 17 (0.78%) iPhone
13 17 (0.78%) Onboarding
13 17 (0.78%) Social Media
14 16 (0.73%) Algorithms
15 14 (0.64%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 79 (3.61%) Windows
2 30 (1.37%) Android
3 28 (1.28%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.01%) Linux
5 7 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.091%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.046%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.046%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 812 (37.09%) Full-Stack Development
2 759 (34.67%) Agile
3 545 (24.90%) CI/CD
4 534 (24.39%) Software Engineering
5 493 (22.52%) DevOps
6 388 (17.72%) Microservices
7 333 (15.21%) AI
8 317 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
9 255 (11.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 194 (8.86%) Machine Learning
11 189 (8.63%) SDLC
12 179 (8.18%) Multithreading
13 158 (7.22%) Mentoring
14 156 (7.13%) Scrum
15 151 (6.90%) TDD
16 129 (5.89%) OO
17 118 (5.39%) Business Intelligence
18 116 (5.30%) Clean Code
19 114 (5.21%) Technical Leadership
19 114 (5.21%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1,665 (76.06%) C#
2 857 (39.15%) SQL
3 491 (22.43%) JavaScript
4 301 (13.75%) TypeScript
5 136 (6.21%) Python
6 99 (4.52%) Java
7 78 (3.56%) C++
8 65 (2.97%) PowerShell
9 61 (2.79%) PHP
10 54 (2.47%) T-SQL
11 43 (1.96%) VB.NET
12 30 (1.37%) Bicep
13 26 (1.19%) C
14 21 (0.96%) Bash
15 14 (0.64%) VB
16 11 (0.50%) Go
17 9 (0.41%) VBA
17 9 (0.41%) XAML
18 8 (0.37%) COBOL
18 8 (0.37%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 179 (8.18%) Degree
2 93 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 77 (3.52%) Security Cleared
4 68 (3.11%) SC Cleared
5 18 (0.82%) Azure Certification
6 16 (0.73%) AWS Certification
7 12 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (0.46%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
10 5 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.18%) MBA
12 3 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.14%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.14%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.14%) OCP
12 3 (0.14%) Oracle Certification
13 2 (0.091%) CSQA
13 2 (0.091%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.091%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (8.04%) QA
2 46 (2.10%) Accessibility
3 17 (0.78%) GDPR
4 14 (0.64%) Data Quality
4 14 (0.64%) WCAG
5 8 (0.37%) NCSC
6 4 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.18%) SLA
7 3 (0.14%) NIST
7 3 (0.14%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.091%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.091%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 269 (12.29%) Docker
2 11 (0.50%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.46%) Firmware
4 8 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 244 (11.15%) Kubernetes
2 83 (3.79%) Terraform
3 11 (0.50%) Grafana
4 10 (0.46%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.18%) Ansible
6 2 (0.091%) Argo
6 2 (0.091%) MIIS
7 1 (0.046%) Consul
7 1 (0.046%) MOM
7 1 (0.046%) Packer
7 1 (0.046%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.046%) Puppet
Vendors
1 781 (35.68%) Microsoft
2 66 (3.02%) Google
3 59 (2.70%) Facebook
4 26 (1.19%) Adobe
5 25 (1.14%) OpenAI
6 22 (1.01%) Oracle
7 21 (0.96%) YouTube
8 17 (0.78%) Apple
8 17 (0.78%) Sony
8 17 (0.78%) Yahoo!
9 16 (0.73%) Xamarin
10 11 (0.50%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.37%) Databricks
11 8 (0.37%) Sage
12 7 (0.32%) VMware
13 6 (0.27%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (0.27%) DevExpress
14 5 (0.23%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.23%) Splunk
14 5 (0.23%) SYSPRO