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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 295 116
Rank change year-on-year +81 -179 +25
Permanent jobs citing .NET Core 543 267 1,713
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.81% 0.90% 2.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.80% 5.33% 11.69%
Number of salaries quoted 532 226 1,608
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £56,250 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.46% +18.18% -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 5,539 5,011 14,658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.25% 16.83% 18.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,454 3,151 10,834
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,254 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -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 16 June 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 16 June 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 0 140 £55,000 -8.33% 51
South East +57 133 £55,000 +10.00% 51
Midlands +42 93 £55,000 -8.33% 25
East of England +53 87 £65,000 +18.18% 22
North West +17 74 £52,500 -12.50% 25
South West -11 72 £52,500 -12.50% 14
West Midlands +1 48 £55,000 -8.33% 13
East Midlands +11 45 £55,000 +4.76% 12
North East -11 44 £65,000 +44.44% 15
Yorkshire -47 22 £52,500 -12.50% 12
Scotland -16 10 £55,000 -2.65% 2
Wales -38 8 £50,000 - 4
.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 19 (3.50%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.29%) IIS
3 2 (0.37%) CMS
4 1 (0.18%) Confluence
4 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Magento
1 2 (0.37%) Shopify
2 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 394 (72.56%) Azure
2 120 (22.10%) Azure DevOps
3 87 (16.02%) AWS
4 86 (15.84%) Azure AI
5 80 (14.73%) GitHub
6 67 (12.34%) GitHub Copilot
7 41 (7.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 30 (5.52%) SaaS
9 26 (4.79%) Power Platform
10 23 (4.24%) Power Automate
10 23 (4.24%) PowerApps
11 22 (4.05%) Azure Logic Apps
12 21 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (3.68%) Azure Data Factory
14 19 (3.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 19 (3.50%) OneDrive
15 16 (2.95%) Serverless
16 13 (2.39%) Azure AKS
17 11 (2.03%) Google Play
18 10 (1.84%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.34%) Internet
2 6 (1.10%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.55%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.37%) Firewall
5 1 (0.18%) AMQP
5 1 (0.18%) Modbus
5 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 268 (49.36%) Azure SQL Database
2 212 (39.04%) MongoDB
3 113 (20.81%) SQL Server
4 81 (14.92%) Elasticsearch
5 22 (4.05%) Power BI
6 14 (2.58%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.10%) NonStop SQL
9 5 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.92%) GIS
9 5 (0.92%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.74%) MySQL
11 2 (0.37%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.37%) Redis
12 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 25 (4.60%) Git
2 7 (1.29%) GitLab
2 7 (1.29%) JIRA
3 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.37%) NUnit
4 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.18%) MSI
4 1 (0.18%) MSTest
4 1 (0.18%) Selenium
4 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.18%) Vite
General
1 55 (10.13%) Finance
2 39 (7.18%) Social Skills
3 30 (5.52%) Advertising
3 30 (5.52%) Games
4 22 (4.05%) Marketing
5 19 (3.50%) Retail
6 9 (1.66%) Automotive
7 6 (1.10%) Music Industry
8 5 (0.92%) Manufacturing
9 4 (0.74%) Aerospace
9 4 (0.74%) Electronics
9 4 (0.74%) Public Sector
10 3 (0.55%) Banking
10 3 (0.55%) Local Government
11 2 (0.37%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.18%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.18%) Law
12 1 (0.18%) Legal
Job Titles
1 463 (85.27%) Developer
2 329 (60.59%) .NET Developer
3 98 (18.05%) Software Developer
4 82 (15.10%) Senior
5 53 (9.76%) Senior Developer
6 49 (9.02%) C# Developer
7 48 (8.84%) Software Engineer
8 39 (7.18%) C# .NET Developer
8 39 (7.18%) Full-Stack Developer
9 32 (5.89%) Lead
10 28 (5.16%) Senior Software Developer
11 26 (4.79%) Lead Developer
12 25 (4.60%) .NET Software Engineer
13 23 (4.24%) Senior Software Engineer
14 21 (3.87%) .NET Software Developer
15 20 (3.68%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 16 (2.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 16 (2.95%) Lead Software Developer
16 16 (2.95%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
17 15 (2.76%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 543 (100.00%) .NET
2 310 (57.09%) ASP.NET
3 259 (47.70%) ASP.NET Core
4 142 (26.15%) React
5 138 (25.41%) HTML
6 136 (25.05%) CSS
7 135 (24.86%) Entity Framework
8 129 (23.76%) Blazor
9 120 (22.10%) RESTful
10 106 (19.52%) AngularJS
10 106 (19.52%) Vue
11 102 (18.78%) ASP.NET Web API
12 92 (16.94%) Node.js
13 88 (16.21%) .NET Framework
14 86 (15.84%) ML.NET
15 65 (11.97%) LINQ
16 33 (6.08%) REST
17 24 (4.42%) JSON
18 21 (3.87%) Microsoft Graph
19 19 (3.50%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 53 (9.76%) Greenfield Project
2 22 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (2.39%) Digital TV
3 13 (2.39%) Sports Betting
3 13 (2.39%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 12 (2.21%) Hedge funds
5 11 (2.03%) BBC
5 11 (2.03%) iPhone
5 11 (2.03%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.03%) Social Media
5 11 (2.03%) Social Network
6 10 (1.84%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.29%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.10%) Client/Server
9 6 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.10%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.92%) AI Agents
10 5 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (0.74%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.03%) Android
2 7 (1.29%) Windows
3 3 (0.55%) Linux
4 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (62.25%) Full-Stack Development
2 259 (47.70%) Agile
3 156 (28.73%) CI/CD
4 144 (26.52%) DevOps
5 108 (19.89%) AI
6 105 (19.34%) Machine Learning
7 103 (18.97%) Microservices
8 98 (18.05%) Multithreading
9 72 (13.26%) Software Engineering
10 68 (12.52%) OO
11 49 (9.02%) TDD
12 46 (8.47%) SDLC
13 45 (8.29%) Scrum
14 42 (7.73%) Containerisation
15 35 (6.45%) BDD
15 35 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (6.26%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
17 30 (5.52%) Technical Leadership
18 29 (5.34%) User Experience
19 28 (5.16%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 511 (94.11%) C#
2 361 (66.48%) SQL
3 179 (32.97%) JavaScript
4 132 (24.31%) TypeScript
5 22 (4.05%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.21%) Python
7 10 (1.84%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.74%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.55%) Bash
9 3 (0.55%) Java
9 3 (0.55%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.18%) Bicep
10 1 (0.18%) C++
10 1 (0.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 31 (5.71%) Degree
2 15 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (0.92%) AWS Certification
4 2 (0.37%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Developer
5 1 (0.18%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.68%) QA
2 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.18%) NCSC
2 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 124 (22.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 116 (21.36%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 320 (58.93%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.89%) Facebook
3 29 (5.34%) Google
4 19 (3.50%) Adobe
5 12 (2.21%) YouTube
6 11 (2.03%) Apple
6 11 (2.03%) Sony
6 11 (2.03%) Yahoo!
7 4 (0.74%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (0.55%) Splunk
9 2 (0.37%) Foundry
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle
10 1 (0.18%) WooCommerce