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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 40 25
Rank change year-on-year -37 -15 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,379 1,412 5,042
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.26% 5.44% 7.68%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 28.58% 29.84% 37.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,238 1,236 4,442
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
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% -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 4,825 4,732 13,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.92% 18.23% 20.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,728 3,681 10,148
10th Percentile £32,500 £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 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -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 12 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 12 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 -24 439 £60,000 - 161
North of England -33 423 £65,000 +16.07% 149
North West -34 224 £65,000 +18.18% 84
Midlands -40 215 £55,000 - 65
South West +3 139 £55,000 -8.33% 62
Yorkshire -32 124 £60,000 +7.14% 43
West Midlands -42 111 £50,000 -13.04% 31
East Midlands -22 104 £64,500 +22.86% 34
East of England -42 90 £65,000 +30.00% 53
North East -11 75 £70,000 +21.74% 27
Scotland -34 61 £60,000 +20.00% 24
Wales -38 19 £45,000 -30.77% 16
Northern Ireland -37 3 £56,250 +12.50% 2
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 29 (2.10%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.74%) IIS
3 11 (0.80%) CMS
4 8 (0.58%) Umbraco
5 7 (0.51%) ColdFusion
5 7 (0.51%) Confluence
6 6 (0.44%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.36%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.29%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.29%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.22%) nginx
10 2 (0.15%) Apache
10 2 (0.15%) JBoss
11 1 (0.073%) Appian
11 1 (0.073%) Drupal
11 1 (0.073%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.073%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.073%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 17 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.22%) Magento
3 1 (0.073%) Advent Geneva
3 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.073%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.073%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 526 (38.14%) Azure
2 216 (15.66%) SaaS
3 203 (14.72%) AWS
4 142 (10.30%) Azure DevOps
5 93 (6.74%) GitHub
6 77 (5.58%) Power Platform
7 63 (4.57%) Serverless
8 41 (2.97%) Power Automate
9 40 (2.90%) PowerApps
10 38 (2.76%) Azure Logic Apps
10 38 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
11 36 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
12 33 (2.39%) GCP
13 32 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
14 27 (1.96%) Azure AKS
14 27 (1.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 27 (1.96%) Azure Functions
14 27 (1.96%) Azure Service Bus
15 21 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
16 19 (1.38%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.23%) Internet
2 4 (0.29%) DNS
3 3 (0.22%) DHCP
3 3 (0.22%) Firewall
3 3 (0.22%) VoIP
3 3 (0.22%) VPN
4 2 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.15%) Intranet
5 1 (0.073%) AMQP
5 1 (0.073%) HTTP
5 1 (0.073%) LTE
5 1 (0.073%) Modbus
5 1 (0.073%) MPLS
5 1 (0.073%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.073%) SSL
5 1 (0.073%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.073%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 312 (22.63%) SQL Server
2 69 (5.00%) NoSQL
3 60 (4.35%) Power BI
4 51 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 31 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
6 29 (2.10%) MongoDB
7 24 (1.74%) MySQL
7 24 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 20 (1.45%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.23%) DynamoDB
9 17 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 16 (1.16%) Redis
11 9 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.44%) GIS
13 5 (0.36%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.29%) Crystal Reports
14 4 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.29%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.29%) QGIS
15 3 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 85 (6.16%) Git
2 42 (3.05%) JIRA
3 39 (2.83%) Visual Studio
4 36 (2.61%) Selenium
5 31 (2.25%) Postman
6 26 (1.89%) Team Foundation Server
7 21 (1.52%) SoapUI
8 16 (1.16%) WebDriver
9 11 (0.80%) Jenkins
9 11 (0.80%) NUnit
10 10 (0.73%) SpecFlow
11 6 (0.44%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.36%) JMeter
12 5 (0.36%) LabVIEW
12 5 (0.36%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.29%) Appium
13 4 (0.29%) git-flow
13 4 (0.29%) MSTest
13 4 (0.29%) REST Assured
13 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 214 (15.52%) Social Skills
2 142 (10.30%) Finance
3 57 (4.13%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (3.26%) Public Sector
5 27 (1.96%) Law
6 23 (1.67%) Games
7 19 (1.38%) Retail
8 15 (1.09%) Aviation
8 15 (1.09%) Manufacturing
9 13 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (0.80%) Aerospace
11 10 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (0.65%) Automotive
12 9 (0.65%) Electronics
12 9 (0.65%) Military
13 7 (0.51%) Marketing
13 7 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.44%) Back Office
14 6 (0.44%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.36%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 855 (62.00%) Developer
2 364 (26.40%) .NET Developer
3 327 (23.71%) Senior
4 284 (20.59%) Software Developer
5 243 (17.62%) Software Engineer
6 170 (12.33%) Senior Developer
7 157 (11.39%) Lead
8 155 (11.24%) C# Developer
9 152 (11.02%) Full-Stack Developer
10 110 (7.98%) .NET Software Engineer
11 101 (7.32%) C# .NET Developer
12 94 (6.82%) .NET Software Developer
12 94 (6.82%) Senior Software Engineer
13 78 (5.66%) Senior .NET Developer
14 75 (5.44%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 75 (5.44%) Lead Developer
15 56 (4.06%) Senior Software Developer
16 54 (3.92%) C# Software Developer
17 52 (3.77%) Applications Developer
18 47 (3.41%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 330 (23.93%) .NET Core
2 230 (16.68%) ASP.NET
3 188 (13.63%) React
4 173 (12.55%) .NET Framework
5 172 (12.47%) HTML
6 150 (10.88%) CSS
7 122 (8.85%) AngularJS
8 98 (7.11%) REST
9 94 (6.82%) RESTful
10 83 (6.02%) ASP.NET Core
11 74 (5.37%) Vue
12 73 (5.29%) Blazor
12 73 (5.29%) Entity Framework
13 64 (4.64%) Node.js
14 37 (2.68%) SOAP
15 34 (2.47%) ASP.NET MVC
16 32 (2.32%) jQuery
17 26 (1.89%) React Native
18 23 (1.67%) ASP.NET Web API
19 22 (1.60%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 81 (5.87%) Cloud Native
2 71 (5.15%) Mobile App
3 52 (3.77%) Product Ownership
4 40 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
5 33 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
5 33 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
6 18 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (1.31%) Legacy Code
7 17 (1.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 16 (1.16%) Onboarding
9 12 (0.87%) Hedge funds
9 12 (0.87%) PropTech
10 11 (0.80%) Algorithms
10 11 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
10 11 (0.80%) Sports Betting
11 10 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
11 10 (0.73%) Virtual Team
12 9 (0.65%) Low-Code
13 8 (0.58%) Embedded Systems
13 8 (0.58%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 45 (3.26%) Windows
2 20 (1.45%) Android
3 17 (1.23%) Apple iOS
4 16 (1.16%) Linux
5 9 (0.65%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.29%) VMS
7 3 (0.22%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.073%) Unix
8 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (28.64%) Software Engineering
2 379 (27.48%) Agile
3 330 (23.93%) Full-Stack Development
4 278 (20.16%) DevOps
5 265 (19.22%) CI/CD
6 172 (12.47%) Microservices
7 167 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
8 163 (11.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 125 (9.06%) SDLC
10 114 (8.27%) Mentoring
11 104 (7.54%) Clean Code
12 103 (7.47%) AI
13 102 (7.40%) Containerisation
14 87 (6.31%) MVC
15 86 (6.24%) Scrum
16 70 (5.08%) Test Automation
17 69 (5.00%) TDD
17 69 (5.00%) Technical Leadership
18 67 (4.86%) User Experience
19 66 (4.79%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 931 (67.51%) C#
2 407 (29.51%) SQL
3 272 (19.72%) JavaScript
4 124 (8.99%) TypeScript
5 102 (7.40%) Java
6 100 (7.25%) Python
7 44 (3.19%) C++
8 34 (2.47%) PHP
8 34 (2.47%) T-SQL
9 26 (1.89%) PowerShell
10 15 (1.09%) C
10 15 (1.09%) VB.NET
11 13 (0.94%) Bash
11 13 (0.94%) Bicep
12 12 (0.87%) Apex Code
12 12 (0.87%) VB
13 8 (0.58%) Go
13 8 (0.58%) VBA
14 6 (0.44%) Delphi
15 4 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 120 (8.70%) Degree
2 46 (3.34%) Security Cleared
3 43 (3.12%) SC Cleared
4 38 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.45%) ISTQB
6 16 (1.16%) AWS Certification
6 16 (1.16%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 11 (0.80%) AWS Certified Developer
8 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.36%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.36%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.22%) ISEB
11 3 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.15%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.15%) PhD
13 1 (0.073%) CSQA
13 1 (0.073%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (5.87%) QA
2 37 (2.68%) Accessibility
3 12 (0.87%) WCAG
4 11 (0.80%) GDPR
5 9 (0.65%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.58%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.36%) SLA
8 4 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.073%) HL7
9 1 (0.073%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.073%) NCSC
System Software
1 128 (9.28%) Docker
2 8 (0.58%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.58%) Firmware
3 1 (0.073%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.073%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.073%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 102 (7.40%) Kubernetes
2 65 (4.71%) Terraform
3 14 (1.02%) Grafana
4 10 (0.73%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.36%) Ansible
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.15%) MIIS
8 1 (0.073%) Argo
8 1 (0.073%) CASB
8 1 (0.073%) Consul
8 1 (0.073%) Packer
8 1 (0.073%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.073%) Puppet
Vendors
1 218 (15.81%) Microsoft
2 26 (1.89%) Xamarin
3 14 (1.02%) Adobe
3 14 (1.02%) Google
4 12 (0.87%) Salesforce
5 11 (0.80%) Oracle
6 10 (0.73%) CrowdStrike
7 8 (0.58%) MuleSoft
7 8 (0.58%) Sage
8 6 (0.44%) Apple
8 6 (0.44%) ServiceNow
8 6 (0.44%) Telerik
9 5 (0.36%) Databricks
9 5 (0.36%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.29%) DevExpress
10 4 (0.29%) Facebook
10 4 (0.29%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.29%) SYSPRO
11 3 (0.22%) Foundry
11 3 (0.22%) VMware