.NET Developer Job Trends

.NET Developer
UK

The median .NET Developer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 May 2026.

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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 322 100
Rank change year-on-year +25 -222 +91
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 561 411 2,541
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.61% 0.94% 2.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 1.05% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 522 371 2,437
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.27% -4.09% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 85,003 39,091 90,887
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 89.48% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 54,917 23,430 66,891
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +10.38% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

.NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

.NET Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

.NET Developer
Salary Trend

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

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

.NET Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Developer over the 6 months to 7 May 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Developer in the UK

.NET Developer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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
England +40 517 £60,000 +2.13% 193
UK excluding London +25 444 £55,000 +4.27% 149
Work from Home +15 214 £55,000 - 172
North of England -3 148 £60,000 - 45
South East +39 129 £55,000 +7.32% 44
London -23 92 £80,000 -1.54% 53
North West +1 83 £60,000 - 24
Midlands -6 56 £55,000 +4.76% 19
South West -23 51 £50,000 -9.09% 13
Yorkshire -24 49 £60,000 - 10
East of England -15 40 £56,250 +6.13% 20
West Midlands -12 35 £55,000 -4.35% 11
East Midlands -24 21 £55,000 +15.79% 8
North East -20 16 £55,000 -31.25% 11
Scotland -28 12 £60,000 +84.62% 5
Wales -22 8 £45,000 -10.00% 4

.NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2026, .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 featuring .NET Developer in the job title.

1 561 (100.00%) .NET
2 345 (61.50%) C#
3 214 (38.15%) Full-Stack Development
4 210 (37.43%) Azure
5 178 (31.73%) .NET Core
6 164 (29.23%) SQL
7 136 (24.24%) Agile
8 129 (22.99%) ASP.NET
9 116 (20.68%) Microsoft
10 95 (16.93%) CI/CD
11 94 (16.76%) ASP.NET Core
12 87 (15.51%) React
12 87 (15.51%) Software Engineering
13 83 (14.80%) Microservices
13 83 (14.80%) SaaS
14 79 (14.08%) DevOps
15 78 (13.90%) Azure SQL Database
16 75 (13.37%) JavaScript
16 75 (13.37%) SQL Server
17 72 (12.83%) HTML
18 71 (12.66%) RESTful
19 69 (12.30%) CSS
20 65 (11.59%) MongoDB
21 63 (11.23%) Blazor
22 61 (10.87%) AWS
23 60 (10.70%) AngularJS
23 60 (10.70%) TypeScript
24 58 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
25 57 (10.16%) Vue
26 56 (9.98%) .NET Framework

.NET Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (0.53%) NServiceBus
2 2 (0.36%) IIS
2 2 (0.36%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 210 (37.43%) Azure
2 83 (14.80%) SaaS
3 61 (10.87%) AWS
4 58 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (7.66%) GitHub
6 33 (5.88%) Serverless
7 25 (4.46%) Azure AI
8 23 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
9 21 (3.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 20 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
11 17 (3.03%) GitHub Copilot
12 14 (2.50%) Azure Functions
12 14 (2.50%) Azure Service Bus
13 13 (2.32%) Azure App Service
13 13 (2.32%) Entra ID
13 13 (2.32%) PaaS
14 11 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 11 (1.96%) Amazon S3
14 11 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (1.78%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.25%) Internet
2 2 (0.36%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.18%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (13.90%) Azure SQL Database
2 75 (13.37%) SQL Server
3 65 (11.59%) MongoDB
4 29 (5.17%) NoSQL
5 22 (3.92%) Elasticsearch
6 13 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.78%) DynamoDB
8 6 (1.07%) MySQL
9 4 (0.71%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.36%) CouchDB
10 2 (0.36%) Power BI
10 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.18%) Amazon Athena
11 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.18%) NonStop SQL
11 1 (0.18%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (5.35%) Git
2 6 (1.07%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.36%) JIRA
3 2 (0.36%) MSTest
3 2 (0.36%) NUnit
4 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.18%) Postman
4 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.18%) Vite
4 1 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 56 (9.98%) Finance
2 30 (5.35%) Social Skills
3 15 (2.67%) Games
4 10 (1.78%) Advertising
4 10 (1.78%) Law
5 7 (1.25%) Manufacturing
6 6 (1.07%) Banking
7 5 (0.89%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (0.89%) Back Office
7 5 (0.89%) Marketing
8 4 (0.71%) Automotive
9 3 (0.53%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.53%) Legal
9 3 (0.53%) Retail
10 2 (0.36%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.36%) Music Industry
10 2 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.18%) Front Office
11 1 (0.18%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 561 (100.00%) .NET
2 178 (31.73%) .NET Core
3 129 (22.99%) ASP.NET
4 94 (16.76%) ASP.NET Core
5 87 (15.51%) React
6 72 (12.83%) HTML
7 71 (12.66%) RESTful
8 69 (12.30%) CSS
9 63 (11.23%) Blazor
10 60 (10.70%) AngularJS
11 57 (10.16%) Vue
12 56 (9.98%) .NET Framework
13 51 (9.09%) Entity Framework
14 42 (7.49%) ASP.NET Web API
15 23 (4.10%) ML.NET
16 22 (3.92%) Node.js
16 22 (3.92%) REST
17 19 (3.39%) LINQ
18 17 (3.03%) ASP.NET MVC
19 15 (2.67%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.66%) Mobile App
2 20 (3.57%) Cloud Native
3 18 (3.21%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (2.50%) Hedge funds
4 14 (2.50%) PropTech
5 10 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (1.60%) Sports Betting
7 7 (1.25%) Legacy Code
7 7 (1.25%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.07%) Digital TV
8 6 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.07%) Social Network
9 5 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.53%) BBC
10 3 (0.53%) Social Media
11 2 (0.36%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.36%) Fixed Income
11 2 (0.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.36%) IoT
11 2 (0.36%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.89%) Windows
2 3 (0.53%) Android
3 2 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (38.15%) Full-Stack Development
2 136 (24.24%) Agile
3 95 (16.93%) CI/CD
4 87 (15.51%) Software Engineering
5 83 (14.80%) Microservices
6 79 (14.08%) DevOps
7 47 (8.38%) AI
8 41 (7.31%) MVC
9 40 (7.13%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (6.77%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (5.53%) Multithreading
12 30 (5.35%) TDD
13 28 (4.99%) Machine Learning
13 28 (4.99%) Scrum
13 28 (4.99%) SDLC
14 25 (4.46%) Clean Code
15 24 (4.28%) OO
16 23 (4.10%) Containerisation
17 21 (3.74%) API Development
18 20 (3.57%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 345 (61.50%) C#
2 164 (29.23%) SQL
3 75 (13.37%) JavaScript
4 60 (10.70%) TypeScript
5 12 (2.14%) VB
6 6 (1.07%) Python
6 6 (1.07%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.53%) Bicep
7 3 (0.53%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.18%) C++
8 1 (0.18%) Java
8 1 (0.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (6.60%) SC Cleared
1 37 (6.60%) Security Cleared
2 20 (3.57%) Degree
3 15 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (1.43%) AWS Certification
4 8 (1.43%) AWS Certified Developer
5 6 (1.07%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.36%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.50%) QA
2 3 (0.53%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.36%) GDPR
4 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 53 (9.45%) Docker
2 7 (1.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 30 (5.35%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 116 (20.68%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.85%) Xamarin
3 11 (1.96%) Facebook
4 7 (1.25%) Google
5 6 (1.07%) OpenAI
6 4 (0.71%) Sage
6 4 (0.71%) YouTube
7 3 (0.53%) Apple
7 3 (0.53%) Oracle
7 3 (0.53%) Sony
7 3 (0.53%) Yahoo!
8 2 (0.36%) iManage
8 2 (0.36%) Telerik
9 1 (0.18%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.18%) Databricks
9 1 (0.18%) DevExpress
9 1 (0.18%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.18%) Foundry
9 1 (0.18%) SAP
9 1 (0.18%) ServiceNow