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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 39 24
Rank change year-on-year -39 -15 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,318 1,430 4,957
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.30% 5.52% 7.80%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 28.11% 29.52% 37.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,176 1,255 4,395
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £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 £82,500 £83,750 £79,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 4,688 4,844 13,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.17% 18.71% 20.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,606 3,700 10,022
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,000 £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 £85,000 £86,025 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.34% -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 2 April 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 2 April 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 -30 419 £60,000 - 174
North of England -32 403 £65,000 +13.04% 164
Midlands -34 210 £55,000 - 87
North West -32 209 £65,000 +15.56% 89
South West +8 132 £55,000 -8.33% 64
Yorkshire -31 123 £60,000 +4.35% 48
West Midlands -46 111 £51,250 -14.58% 50
East Midlands -28 99 £60,000 +14.29% 37
East of England -58 82 £65,000 +30.00% 63
North East -10 71 £68,750 +19.57% 33
Scotland -46 60 £60,000 +20.00% 18
Wales -33 19 £45,000 -30.77% 18
Northern Ireland - 3 £56,250 - 4
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 26 (1.97%) IIS
2 25 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.83%) CMS
4 8 (0.61%) Confluence
4 8 (0.61%) Umbraco
5 6 (0.46%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.38%) ColdFusion
6 5 (0.38%) NServiceBus
7 4 (0.30%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.30%) WebSphere Application Server
8 3 (0.23%) nginx
9 2 (0.15%) Apache
9 2 (0.15%) JBoss
10 1 (0.076%) Drupal
10 1 (0.076%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.076%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.076%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 20 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.15%) Magento
3 1 (0.076%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.076%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.076%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.076%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 515 (39.07%) Azure
2 206 (15.63%) SaaS
3 200 (15.17%) AWS
4 138 (10.47%) Azure DevOps
5 93 (7.06%) GitHub
6 78 (5.92%) Power Platform
7 65 (4.93%) Serverless
8 40 (3.03%) Power Automate
8 40 (3.03%) PowerApps
9 37 (2.81%) Azure Logic Apps
9 37 (2.81%) GitHub Actions
10 35 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
10 35 (2.66%) GCP
11 34 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
12 28 (2.12%) Azure AKS
12 28 (2.12%) Azure Functions
13 27 (2.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 27 (2.05%) Azure Service Bus
14 22 (1.67%) AWS Lambda
15 20 (1.52%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.29%) Internet
2 4 (0.30%) DNS
3 3 (0.23%) DHCP
3 3 (0.23%) Firewall
3 3 (0.23%) VoIP
3 3 (0.23%) VPN
4 2 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.15%) Intranet
5 1 (0.076%) AMQP
5 1 (0.076%) HTTP
5 1 (0.076%) LTE
5 1 (0.076%) Modbus
5 1 (0.076%) MPLS
5 1 (0.076%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.076%) SSL
5 1 (0.076%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.076%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 306 (23.22%) SQL Server
2 68 (5.16%) NoSQL
3 58 (4.40%) Power BI
4 49 (3.72%) Azure SQL Database
5 30 (2.28%) MongoDB
5 30 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
6 29 (2.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 23 (1.75%) MySQL
8 19 (1.44%) Relational Database
9 18 (1.37%) DynamoDB
10 17 (1.29%) Redis
10 17 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.46%) GIS
13 5 (0.38%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.30%) Crystal Reports
14 4 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.30%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.30%) QGIS
15 3 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 82 (6.22%) Git
2 40 (3.03%) JIRA
2 40 (3.03%) Visual Studio
3 37 (2.81%) Selenium
4 31 (2.35%) Postman
5 26 (1.97%) Team Foundation Server
6 21 (1.59%) SoapUI
7 17 (1.29%) WebDriver
8 11 (0.83%) Jenkins
8 11 (0.83%) NUnit
8 11 (0.83%) SpecFlow
9 6 (0.46%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.46%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.38%) git-flow
10 5 (0.38%) JMeter
10 5 (0.38%) LabVIEW
11 4 (0.30%) Appium
11 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.30%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 218 (16.54%) Social Skills
2 143 (10.85%) Finance
3 53 (4.02%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (3.26%) Public Sector
5 28 (2.12%) Law
6 24 (1.82%) Games
7 16 (1.21%) Retail
8 15 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (1.14%) Manufacturing
9 14 (1.06%) Aviation
10 11 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (0.76%) Aerospace
12 9 (0.68%) Automotive
12 9 (0.68%) Electronics
12 9 (0.68%) Military
13 8 (0.61%) Banking
13 8 (0.61%) Marketing
14 7 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.46%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 810 (61.46%) Developer
2 335 (25.42%) .NET Developer
3 312 (23.67%) Senior
4 266 (20.18%) Software Developer
5 231 (17.53%) Software Engineer
6 166 (12.59%) Senior Developer
7 151 (11.46%) Full-Stack Developer
8 150 (11.38%) Lead
9 139 (10.55%) C# Developer
10 103 (7.81%) .NET Software Engineer
11 87 (6.60%) .NET Software Developer
12 86 (6.53%) Senior Software Engineer
13 85 (6.45%) C# .NET Developer
14 77 (5.84%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 74 (5.61%) Senior .NET Developer
16 69 (5.24%) Lead Developer
17 56 (4.25%) Senior Software Developer
18 52 (3.95%) Applications Developer
19 47 (3.57%) C# Software Developer
20 43 (3.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 316 (23.98%) .NET Core
2 218 (16.54%) ASP.NET
3 197 (14.95%) React
4 176 (13.35%) .NET Framework
5 170 (12.90%) HTML
6 147 (11.15%) CSS
7 121 (9.18%) AngularJS
8 100 (7.59%) REST
9 92 (6.98%) RESTful
10 80 (6.07%) ASP.NET Core
11 77 (5.84%) Blazor
12 74 (5.61%) Entity Framework
13 69 (5.24%) Vue
14 60 (4.55%) Node.js
15 37 (2.81%) SOAP
16 33 (2.50%) ASP.NET MVC
17 30 (2.28%) jQuery
18 26 (1.97%) React Native
19 23 (1.75%) ASP.NET Web API
20 22 (1.67%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 78 (5.92%) Cloud Native
2 66 (5.01%) Mobile App
3 55 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 39 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
5 33 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
6 32 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (1.29%) Legacy Code
8 17 (1.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 16 (1.21%) Onboarding
10 12 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
10 12 (0.91%) Virtual Team
11 11 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
11 11 (0.83%) PropTech
12 10 (0.76%) Algorithms
12 10 (0.76%) Sports Betting
13 9 (0.68%) Hedge funds
13 9 (0.68%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.61%) Client/Server
14 8 (0.61%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 46 (3.49%) Windows
2 21 (1.59%) Android
3 18 (1.37%) Apple iOS
4 15 (1.14%) Linux
5 8 (0.61%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.30%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.30%) VMS
7 3 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.076%) Unix
8 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (29.29%) Software Engineering
2 383 (29.06%) Agile
3 330 (25.04%) Full-Stack Development
4 281 (21.32%) DevOps
5 262 (19.88%) CI/CD
6 175 (13.28%) Microservices
7 165 (12.52%) Problem-Solving
8 159 (12.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 124 (9.41%) SDLC
10 118 (8.95%) Mentoring
11 106 (8.04%) Clean Code
12 100 (7.59%) Containerisation
13 97 (7.36%) AI
14 86 (6.53%) MVC
15 84 (6.37%) Scrum
16 70 (5.31%) User Experience
17 68 (5.16%) TDD
18 66 (5.01%) Technical Leadership
19 65 (4.93%) Business Intelligence
20 62 (4.70%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 893 (67.75%) C#
2 400 (30.35%) SQL
3 271 (20.56%) JavaScript
4 121 (9.18%) TypeScript
5 100 (7.59%) Java
6 94 (7.13%) Python
7 40 (3.03%) C++
8 37 (2.81%) T-SQL
9 29 (2.20%) PHP
10 20 (1.52%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.06%) C
12 12 (0.91%) Apex Code
12 12 (0.91%) Bicep
12 12 (0.91%) VB.NET
13 10 (0.76%) Bash
14 9 (0.68%) Go
15 8 (0.61%) VB
16 6 (0.46%) Delphi
16 6 (0.46%) VBA
17 4 (0.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 119 (9.03%) Degree
2 41 (3.11%) Security Cleared
3 39 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 38 (2.88%) SC Cleared
5 21 (1.59%) ISTQB
6 18 (1.37%) AWS Certification
7 17 (1.29%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 11 (0.83%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.38%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.38%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.30%) ISEB
11 4 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.15%) PhD
14 1 (0.076%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (5.99%) QA
2 35 (2.66%) Accessibility
3 11 (0.83%) GDPR
3 11 (0.83%) WCAG
4 9 (0.68%) ISO 9001
5 8 (0.61%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.38%) SLA
7 4 (0.30%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.076%) HL7
8 1 (0.076%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.076%) NCSC
System Software
1 127 (9.64%) Docker
2 10 (0.76%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.61%) Firmware
4 1 (0.076%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.076%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.076%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 99 (7.51%) Kubernetes
2 64 (4.86%) Terraform
3 14 (1.06%) Grafana
4 10 (0.76%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.46%) Ansible
6 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.15%) MIIS
8 1 (0.076%) Argo
8 1 (0.076%) CASB
8 1 (0.076%) Consul
8 1 (0.076%) Packer
8 1 (0.076%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.076%) Puppet
Vendors
1 215 (16.31%) Microsoft
2 29 (2.20%) Xamarin
3 15 (1.14%) Google
4 12 (0.91%) Adobe
4 12 (0.91%) Salesforce
5 11 (0.83%) Oracle
5 11 (0.83%) Sage
6 9 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
7 8 (0.61%) MuleSoft
8 6 (0.46%) Apple
8 6 (0.46%) ServiceNow
8 6 (0.46%) Telerik
9 5 (0.38%) Databricks
9 5 (0.38%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.30%) DevExpress
10 4 (0.30%) Facebook
10 4 (0.30%) SYSPRO
11 3 (0.23%) Foundry
11 3 (0.23%) SAP
11 3 (0.23%) Zoho