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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 79 25
Rank change year-on-year +23 -54 -2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2,208 1,196 3,644
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.57% 3.47% 6.68%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 30.13% 25.47% 35.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,922 861 2,467
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £69,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 7,329 4,696 10,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.53% 13.64% 19.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,639 2,836 6,149
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,375 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £85,700 £82,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,525 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.50% +5.42% -3.70%

.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 25 September 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 25 September 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 +43 685 £60,000 - 294
North of England -1 603 £55,750 -7.08% 316
Midlands +29 352 £60,000 +9.09% 186
North West -14 268 £60,000 -4.00% 203
East of England +30 214 £60,000 +14.29% 131
South West +2 194 £55,000 +4.76% 82
West Midlands -10 187 £57,500 +4.55% 94
North East +8 181 £57,000 +25.27% 43
East Midlands +44 165 £60,000 +9.09% 92
Yorkshire +2 154 £55,000 -8.33% 73
Scotland +42 71 £60,000 -5.51% 100
Northern Ireland -39 63 £35,000 -30.00% 64
Wales -71 28 £50,000 -9.09% 34
.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 43 (1.95%) IIS
2 29 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.72%) CMS
4 13 (0.59%) ColdFusion
4 13 (0.59%) Confluence
5 8 (0.36%) WordPress
6 7 (0.32%) nginx
6 7 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
7 5 (0.23%) CICS
8 4 (0.18%) Apache
8 4 (0.18%) Headless CMS
8 4 (0.18%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.091%) EPiServer
10 2 (0.091%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.045%) Appian
11 1 (0.045%) Kentico
11 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.045%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
1 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.045%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.045%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.18%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.18%) Shopify
3 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.14%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.091%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.045%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.045%) Magento
5 1 (0.045%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1,089 (49.32%) Azure
2 360 (16.30%) AWS
3 355 (16.08%) Azure DevOps
4 215 (9.74%) GitHub
5 172 (7.79%) SaaS
6 160 (7.25%) Azure AI
7 141 (6.39%) GitHub Copilot
8 120 (5.43%) Power Platform
9 92 (4.17%) Serverless
10 89 (4.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 83 (3.76%) Power Automate
12 79 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
13 66 (2.99%) PowerApps
14 53 (2.40%) GitHub Actions
15 51 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
16 42 (1.90%) AWS Lambda
16 42 (1.90%) Azure Functions
17 41 (1.86%) Azure Service Bus
18 39 (1.77%) Azure Monitor
18 39 (1.77%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 87 (3.94%) Internet
2 18 (0.82%) Firewall
3 11 (0.50%) VLAN
4 10 (0.45%) Wireless
5 9 (0.41%) HTTP
5 9 (0.41%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
6 6 (0.27%) SNMP
7 5 (0.23%) DHCP
7 5 (0.23%) DNS
7 5 (0.23%) LAN
7 5 (0.23%) WAN
8 3 (0.14%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.14%) RS-232
9 2 (0.091%) Modbus
9 2 (0.091%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.045%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.045%) Network Security
10 1 (0.045%) Profibus
10 1 (0.045%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 464 (21.01%) SQL Server
2 451 (20.43%) Azure SQL Database
3 393 (17.80%) MongoDB
4 154 (6.97%) Elasticsearch
5 80 (3.62%) Relational Database
6 78 (3.53%) Power BI
7 61 (2.76%) MySQL
8 59 (2.67%) NoSQL
9 56 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
11 17 (0.77%) Redis
12 14 (0.63%) DynamoDB
12 14 (0.63%) Spark SQL
13 12 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 11 (0.50%) NonStop SQL
15 10 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (0.45%) SQLite
16 9 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
17 8 (0.36%) GIS
18 7 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 164 (7.43%) Git
2 33 (1.49%) Visual Studio
3 32 (1.45%) Jenkins
3 32 (1.45%) JIRA
4 24 (1.09%) Claude Code
5 22 (1.00%) GitLab
6 20 (0.91%) NUnit
7 17 (0.77%) Postman
8 15 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
9 12 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
10 11 (0.50%) Selenium
11 10 (0.45%) TeamCity
12 8 (0.36%) Moq
13 7 (0.32%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.32%) MSI
14 6 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
14 6 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
15 5 (0.23%) Cucumber
15 5 (0.23%) MSTest
16 4 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 337 (15.26%) Social Skills
2 224 (10.14%) Finance
3 106 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (3.89%) Legal
5 78 (3.53%) Public Sector
6 67 (3.03%) Retail
7 63 (2.85%) Games
8 60 (2.72%) Manufacturing
9 56 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 54 (2.45%) Advertising
11 52 (2.36%) Marketing
12 51 (2.31%) Law
13 30 (1.36%) Legal Technology
14 25 (1.13%) Automotive
15 23 (1.04%) Aerospace
16 19 (0.86%) Electronics
17 12 (0.54%) Aviation
18 11 (0.50%) Music Industry
18 11 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
19 10 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,412 (63.95%) Developer
2 864 (39.13%) .NET Developer
3 411 (18.61%) Senior
4 309 (13.99%) Software Engineer
5 270 (12.23%) Software Developer
6 251 (11.37%) Senior Developer
7 236 (10.69%) Lead
8 149 (6.75%) C# Developer
9 148 (6.70%) Full-Stack Developer
10 126 (5.71%) C# Software Engineer
11 116 (5.25%) C# .NET Developer
11 116 (5.25%) Lead Developer
12 115 (5.21%) .NET Software Engineer
13 110 (4.98%) Senior Software Engineer
14 102 (4.62%) Senior .NET Developer
15 96 (4.35%) .NET Software Developer
16 84 (3.80%) Web Developer
17 82 (3.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 61 (2.76%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 59 (2.67%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 690 (31.25%) .NET Core
2 657 (29.76%) ASP.NET
3 537 (24.32%) ASP.NET Core
4 357 (16.17%) React
5 351 (15.90%) HTML
6 346 (15.67%) CSS
7 273 (12.36%) AngularJS
8 268 (12.14%) Entity Framework
9 246 (11.14%) Blazor
10 244 (11.05%) RESTful
11 231 (10.46%) .NET Framework
11 231 (10.46%) Vue
12 210 (9.51%) Node.js
13 209 (9.47%) ASP.NET Web API
14 145 (6.57%) ML.NET
15 143 (6.48%) REST
16 107 (4.85%) LINQ
17 86 (3.89%) jQuery
18 78 (3.53%) Terraform
19 57 (2.58%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 125 (5.66%) Greenfield Project
2 118 (5.34%) Cloud Native
3 104 (4.71%) Enterprise Software
4 70 (3.17%) Product Ownership
5 66 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
6 51 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
7 50 (2.26%) Mobile App
8 36 (1.63%) Legacy Applications
9 34 (1.54%) AI Agents
9 34 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
10 26 (1.18%) Legacy Code
11 22 (1.00%) Hedge funds
11 22 (1.00%) Onboarding
12 20 (0.91%) Algorithms
12 20 (0.91%) Management Information System
13 19 (0.86%) Digital TV
14 17 (0.77%) iPhone
15 16 (0.72%) BBC
15 16 (0.72%) Social Media
16 14 (0.63%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 100 (4.53%) Windows
2 36 (1.63%) Windows Server
3 27 (1.22%) Android
4 25 (1.13%) Linux
5 7 (0.32%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.045%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.045%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 802 (36.32%) Full-Stack Development
2 759 (34.38%) Agile
3 575 (26.04%) CI/CD
4 545 (24.68%) Software Engineering
5 500 (22.64%) DevOps
6 375 (16.98%) Microservices
7 365 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
8 358 (16.21%) AI
9 269 (12.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 187 (8.47%) Machine Learning
10 187 (8.47%) Mentoring
11 184 (8.33%) SDLC
12 172 (7.79%) Multithreading
13 150 (6.79%) Scrum
14 140 (6.34%) TDD
15 126 (5.71%) OO
16 124 (5.62%) Technical Leadership
17 120 (5.43%) Test Automation
18 119 (5.39%) Business Intelligence
19 115 (5.21%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1,703 (77.13%) C#
2 852 (38.59%) SQL
3 513 (23.23%) JavaScript
4 293 (13.27%) TypeScript
5 137 (6.20%) Python
6 100 (4.53%) Java
7 90 (4.08%) C++
8 59 (2.67%) PowerShell
9 58 (2.63%) PHP
9 58 (2.63%) VB.NET
10 55 (2.49%) T-SQL
11 27 (1.22%) Bicep
11 27 (1.22%) C
12 19 (0.86%) Bash
13 18 (0.82%) COBOL
14 16 (0.72%) VB
15 14 (0.63%) JCL
16 11 (0.50%) Delphi
16 11 (0.50%) Go
17 9 (0.41%) XAML
Qualifications
1 187 (8.47%) Degree
2 102 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 72 (3.26%) Security Cleared
4 65 (2.94%) SC Cleared
5 20 (0.91%) Azure Certification
6 16 (0.72%) AWS Certification
7 14 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (0.54%) Master's Degree
9 10 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.18%) MBA
11 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.14%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.14%) OCP
12 3 (0.14%) Oracle Certification
13 2 (0.091%) CSQA
13 2 (0.091%) PhD
14 1 (0.045%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (8.33%) QA
2 46 (2.08%) Accessibility
3 27 (1.22%) Data Quality
4 16 (0.72%) GDPR
5 14 (0.63%) WCAG
6 7 (0.32%) NCSC
7 5 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.14%) NIST
10 2 (0.091%) PMO
11 1 (0.045%) GRC
System Software
1 258 (11.68%) Docker
2 23 (1.04%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.41%) Firmware
5 8 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 223 (10.10%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.54%) Grafana
2 12 (0.54%) Prometheus
3 4 (0.18%) Ansible
3 4 (0.18%) Argo
4 2 (0.091%) Bosun
4 2 (0.091%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.045%) MOM
Vendors
1 782 (35.42%) Microsoft
2 63 (2.85%) Google
3 56 (2.54%) Facebook
4 30 (1.36%) OpenAI
5 27 (1.22%) Oracle
6 21 (0.95%) YouTube
7 19 (0.86%) Adobe
8 17 (0.77%) VMware
9 16 (0.72%) Apple
9 16 (0.72%) Sony
9 16 (0.72%) Yahoo!
10 10 (0.45%) Xamarin
11 9 (0.41%) Broadcom
11 9 (0.41%) DevExpress
12 8 (0.36%) Databricks
13 6 (0.27%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.27%) Sage
13 6 (0.27%) Salesforce
13 6 (0.27%) Splunk
14 4 (0.18%) IBM