.NET Core Job Trends in the UK excluding London

.NET Core
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring .NET Core skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 208 111
Rank change year-on-year -76 -97 +22
Permanent jobs citing .NET Core 296 406 1,524
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.56% 1.45% 2.61%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.62% 7.29% 12.43%
Number of salaries quoted 278 325 1,472
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,188 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

.NET Core 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 4,473 5,567 12,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.47% 19.86% 21.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,430 3,803 9,596
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,838 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,125 £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 £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,150 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.74% +10.25% -11.11%

.NET Core
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing .NET Core relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

.NET Core job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

.NET Core
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing .NET Core.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing .NET Core

.NET Core
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Core in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 March 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Core in the UK excluding London

.NET Core
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 Core within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
North of England -60 111 £55,000 +8.08% 51
North West -28 66 £55,000 - 26
South East -46 61 £60,000 +14.29% 63
Midlands -29 57 £65,000 +23.81% 28
East Midlands -12 44 £65,000 +23.81% 15
South West -5 39 £55,000 -24.14% 24
Yorkshire -66 25 £40,000 -20.00% 14
East of England -15 22 £75,000 +50.00% 28
North East -16 20 £55,000 +22.22% 13
West Midlands -34 13 £55,000 -2.22% 13
Scotland -66 6 £55,000 +69.23% 9
.NET Core
UK

.NET Core
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 5 (1.69%) IIS
2 3 (1.01%) CMS
3 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.34%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.34%) Kentico
4 1 (0.34%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Magento
1 1 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 156 (52.70%) Azure
2 64 (21.62%) AWS
3 46 (15.54%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (9.80%) GitHub
5 24 (8.11%) SaaS
6 21 (7.09%) Serverless
7 18 (6.08%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (5.07%) Azure AKS
9 14 (4.73%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (4.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 13 (4.39%) Amazon EventBridge
10 13 (4.39%) Amazon S3
10 13 (4.39%) Amazon SQS
10 13 (4.39%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (4.39%) AWS Step Functions
11 12 (4.05%) Azure AI
12 10 (3.38%) Power Platform
13 7 (2.36%) GCP
13 7 (2.36%) GitHub Copilot
14 4 (1.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.35%) Internet
2 2 (0.68%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.34%) AMQP
3 1 (0.34%) HTTP
3 1 (0.34%) Modbus
3 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (37.16%) SQL Server
2 29 (9.80%) NoSQL
3 25 (8.45%) MongoDB
4 24 (8.11%) Azure SQL Database
5 18 (6.08%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (4.39%) DynamoDB
7 8 (2.70%) Power BI
8 7 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.69%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.35%) Redis
11 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.34%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 35 (11.82%) Git
2 4 (1.35%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.68%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.68%) NUnit
4 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.34%) MSTest
4 1 (0.34%) Selenium
4 1 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 26 (8.78%) Social Skills
2 22 (7.43%) Finance
3 15 (5.07%) Games
4 5 (1.69%) Marketing
4 5 (1.69%) Public Sector
5 4 (1.35%) Retail
6 3 (1.01%) Advertising
7 2 (0.68%) Automotive
7 2 (0.68%) Local Government
8 1 (0.34%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.34%) Law
8 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 226 (76.35%) Developer
2 109 (36.82%) .NET Developer
3 80 (27.03%) Senior
4 71 (23.99%) Software Developer
5 52 (17.57%) Senior Developer
6 51 (17.23%) C# Developer
7 49 (16.55%) Software Engineer
8 44 (14.86%) Full-Stack Developer
9 32 (10.81%) Lead
10 27 (9.12%) .NET Software Engineer
10 27 (9.12%) C# .NET Developer
11 25 (8.45%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
12 24 (8.11%) Senior Software Engineer
13 20 (6.76%) Applications Developer
13 20 (6.76%) React Developer
13 20 (6.76%) Senior Software Developer
14 19 (6.42%) Lead Developer
15 18 (6.08%) Senior .NET Developer
16 17 (5.74%) Azure Developer
17 15 (5.07%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 296 (100.00%) .NET
2 111 (37.50%) ASP.NET
3 72 (24.32%) React
4 63 (21.28%) .NET Framework
5 51 (17.23%) Blazor
6 49 (16.55%) ASP.NET Core
7 44 (14.86%) RESTful
8 42 (14.19%) AngularJS
9 37 (12.50%) CSS
10 34 (11.49%) HTML
11 33 (11.15%) Entity Framework
12 25 (8.45%) REST
12 25 (8.45%) Vue
13 21 (7.09%) Node.js
14 17 (5.74%) ASP.NET MVC
15 13 (4.39%) ASP.NET Web API
15 13 (4.39%) AWS CDK
15 13 (4.39%) ML.NET
16 11 (3.72%) Dapper ORM
17 6 (2.03%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.11%) Cloud Native
2 15 (5.07%) Greenfield Project
2 15 (5.07%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 10 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (2.70%) Sports Betting
5 7 (2.36%) Hedge funds
6 6 (2.03%) 3D Graphics
6 6 (2.03%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.69%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.35%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.35%) Social Network
9 2 (0.68%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.68%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.68%) Digital TV
9 2 (0.68%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.34%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.34%) IoT
10 1 (0.34%) iPhone
10 1 (0.34%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.35%) Linux
1 4 (1.35%) Windows
2 1 (0.34%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (33.78%) Agile
2 99 (33.45%) Full-Stack Development
3 91 (30.74%) CI/CD
4 83 (28.04%) Software Engineering
5 71 (23.99%) DevOps
6 54 (18.24%) Containerisation
7 48 (16.22%) Microservices
8 40 (13.51%) SDLC
9 39 (13.18%) MVC
10 35 (11.82%) Clean Code
11 34 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (10.14%) Collaborative Culture
13 26 (8.78%) OO
14 24 (8.11%) AI
15 23 (7.77%) Collaborative Working
16 22 (7.43%) SOLID
17 20 (6.76%) Problem-Solving
18 19 (6.42%) Infrastructure as Code
18 19 (6.42%) Mentoring
18 19 (6.42%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 254 (85.81%) C#
2 132 (44.59%) SQL
3 85 (28.72%) JavaScript
4 23 (7.77%) TypeScript
5 9 (3.04%) T-SQL
6 6 (2.03%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.03%) Python
7 4 (1.35%) Bash
8 3 (1.01%) Erlang
9 2 (0.68%) Java
9 2 (0.68%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.34%) C++
Qualifications
1 18 (6.08%) Degree
2 11 (3.72%) AWS Certification
2 11 (3.72%) AWS Certified Developer
3 6 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.68%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.68%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.05%) QA
System Software
1 65 (21.96%) Docker
2 1 (0.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 48 (16.22%) Kubernetes
2 22 (7.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 79 (26.69%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.35%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (1.35%) Google
3 3 (1.01%) Facebook
4 2 (0.68%) Adobe
4 2 (0.68%) Foundry
5 1 (0.34%) Apple
5 1 (0.34%) Okta
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle
5 1 (0.34%) Sony
5 1 (0.34%) WooCommerce
5 1 (0.34%) Yahoo!