Senior .NET Developer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior .NET Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior .NET Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 447 394 413
Rank change year-on-year -53 +19 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior .NET Developer 59 161 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.45% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.48% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 51 103 139
10th Percentile £56,250 £43,750 £48,750
25th Percentile £59,375 £46,875 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile - £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £63,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.24% -5.93% +3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 37,950 33,421 33,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.43% 92.92% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 23,124 16,269 25,086
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Senior .NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior .NET Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior .NET Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior .NET Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Senior .NET Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior .NET Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior .NET Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior .NET Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior .NET Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior .NET Developer
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 Senior .NET Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 January 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 +40 24 £75,000 +7.14% 7
North of England -6 23 £65,000 +8.33% 3
North West +29 16 £60,000 - 3
Midlands -20 9 £60,500 +5.22% 1
West Midlands +2 7 £60,500 +5.22% 1
Yorkshire -18 6 £71,250 +9.62%
South West -10 2 £77,250 +10.36% 1
East Midlands -26 2 £61,000 -12.86%
North East 0 1 £100,000 -
Wales -2 1 £41,500 -44.67%
Senior .NET Developer
UK

Senior .NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Senior .NET Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Senior .NET Developer in the job title.

1 59 (100.00%) .NET
2 46 (77.97%) C#
3 23 (38.98%) Azure
3 23 (38.98%) Full-Stack Development
4 20 (33.90%) CI/CD
5 19 (32.20%) .NET Core
6 17 (28.81%) Microservices
7 15 (25.42%) Agile
8 13 (22.03%) AngularJS
9 12 (20.34%) Clean Code
9 12 (20.34%) SaaS
9 12 (20.34%) Software Engineering
10 11 (18.64%) DevOps
10 11 (18.64%) SQL
11 10 (16.95%) ASP.NET
11 10 (16.95%) React
11 10 (16.95%) SQL Server
11 10 (16.95%) TDD
12 9 (15.25%) .NET Framework
12 9 (15.25%) NoSQL
12 9 (15.25%) REST
13 8 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (11.86%) ASP.NET Web API
14 7 (11.86%) Blazor
14 7 (11.86%) CSS
14 7 (11.86%) Git
14 7 (11.86%) JavaScript
14 7 (11.86%) Serverless
15 6 (10.17%) ASP.NET Core
15 6 (10.17%) Docker

Senior .NET Developer Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (38.98%) Azure
2 12 (20.34%) SaaS
3 7 (11.86%) Serverless
4 3 (5.08%) AWS
5 2 (3.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.39%) Azure Functions
5 2 (3.39%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (3.39%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (3.39%) GitHub
5 2 (3.39%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.39%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.69%) Azure API Management
6 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.69%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (1.69%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.95%) SQL Server
2 9 (15.25%) NoSQL
3 4 (6.78%) MongoDB
4 2 (3.39%) MySQL
5 1 (1.69%) MariaDB
5 1 (1.69%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (11.86%) Git
2 4 (6.78%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.69%) GitLab
3 1 (1.69%) JIRA
3 1 (1.69%) MSTest
3 1 (1.69%) NUnit
General
1 15 (25.42%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.25%) Finance
3 6 (10.17%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.69%) Back Office
4 1 (1.69%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (100.00%) .NET
2 19 (32.20%) .NET Core
3 13 (22.03%) AngularJS
4 10 (16.95%) ASP.NET
4 10 (16.95%) React
5 9 (15.25%) .NET Framework
5 9 (15.25%) REST
6 7 (11.86%) ASP.NET Web API
6 7 (11.86%) Blazor
6 7 (11.86%) CSS
7 6 (10.17%) ASP.NET Core
7 6 (10.17%) HTML
7 6 (10.17%) RESTful
8 3 (5.08%) Akka
8 3 (5.08%) Akka.NET
8 3 (5.08%) Entity Framework
9 2 (3.39%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (3.39%) Razor View Engine
9 2 (3.39%) Sass
10 1 (1.69%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.86%) Mobile App
2 3 (5.08%) Cloud Native
2 3 (5.08%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (3.39%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.69%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (38.98%) Full-Stack Development
2 20 (33.90%) CI/CD
3 17 (28.81%) Microservices
4 15 (25.42%) Agile
5 12 (20.34%) Clean Code
5 12 (20.34%) Software Engineering
6 11 (18.64%) DevOps
7 10 (16.95%) TDD
8 8 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (8.47%) Containerisation
10 5 (8.47%) Design Patterns
10 5 (8.47%) SOLID
11 4 (6.78%) MVC
11 4 (6.78%) Performance Optimisation
11 4 (6.78%) Scrum
11 4 (6.78%) Unit Testing
11 4 (6.78%) User Experience
12 3 (5.08%) Kanban
12 3 (5.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 46 (77.97%) C#
2 11 (18.64%) SQL
3 7 (11.86%) JavaScript
4 4 (6.78%) TypeScript
5 2 (3.39%) Erlang
6 1 (1.69%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 2 (3.39%) Degree
2 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.39%) QA
2 1 (1.69%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (10.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (6.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle