.NET Developer Job Trends

.NET Developer
UK

The median .NET Developer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 August 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 374 127
Rank change year-on-year +167 -247 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 1,022 345 1,717
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.97% 0.70% 2.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 0.77% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 976 321 1,547
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £47,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

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 98,814 44,648 79,271
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 90.01% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 67,613 26,525 53,451
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £49,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.85% -0.80% -6.54%

.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 August 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 August 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 +160 960 £55,000 -8.33% 196
UK excluding London +191 888 £55,000 - 146
Work from Home +147 635 £55,000 -8.33% 174
South East +150 284 £55,000 - 58
North of England +89 273 £55,000 -8.33% 41
London -20 120 £80,000 +6.67% 62
North West +36 115 £55,000 -8.33% 25
East of England +58 113 £60,000 +13.21% 20
Midlands +22 91 £55,000 +5.77% 14
Yorkshire +40 82 £55,000 -8.33% 9
South West -6 80 £52,500 +5.00% 7
North East +11 76 £55,000 -45.00% 9
West Midlands -4 53 £55,000 -4.35% 8
East Midlands +1 38 £52,500 +16.67% 6
Scotland +41 31 £55,000 +69.23% 3
Wales -46 16 £50,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 7 August 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 1,022 (100.00%) .NET
2 806 (78.86%) C#
3 619 (60.57%) Azure
4 611 (59.78%) Full-Stack Development
5 555 (54.31%) .NET Core
5 555 (54.31%) SQL
6 549 (53.72%) ASP.NET
7 538 (52.64%) Microsoft
8 495 (48.43%) ASP.NET Core
9 454 (44.42%) Azure SQL Database
10 426 (41.68%) Agile
11 413 (40.41%) MongoDB
12 236 (23.09%) JavaScript
13 235 (22.99%) DevOps
14 226 (22.11%) CI/CD
15 222 (21.72%) Blazor
16 217 (21.23%) CSS
17 216 (21.14%) HTML
17 216 (21.14%) React
18 212 (20.74%) Entity Framework
19 208 (20.35%) Azure DevOps
20 207 (20.25%) AI
21 205 (20.06%) Microservices
22 194 (18.98%) RESTful
22 194 (18.98%) TypeScript
23 190 (18.59%) Vue
24 184 (18.00%) AngularJS
25 182 (17.81%) ASP.NET Web API
26 176 (17.22%) Docker
27 169 (16.54%) Multithreading

.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 9 (0.88%) IIS
2 4 (0.39%) NServiceBus
3 3 (0.29%) CMS
3 3 (0.29%) DNN
3 3 (0.29%) EPiServer
3 3 (0.29%) Immediacy CMS
3 3 (0.29%) Kentico
3 3 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (0.29%) Sitefinity
3 3 (0.29%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.098%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.098%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (0.49%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.29%) Elite 3E
1 3 (0.29%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.20%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.098%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.098%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 619 (60.57%) Azure
2 208 (20.35%) Azure DevOps
3 157 (15.36%) Azure AI
4 156 (15.26%) GitHub
5 146 (14.29%) AWS
6 140 (13.70%) GitHub Copilot
7 71 (6.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 63 (6.16%) SaaS
9 23 (2.25%) Azure Service Bus
9 23 (2.25%) Serverless
10 18 (1.76%) Azure Logic Apps
11 17 (1.66%) Azure Functions
11 17 (1.66%) Google Play
12 14 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
12 14 (1.37%) Power Platform
13 12 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (0.88%) Azure Key Vault
15 8 (0.78%) Anthropic Claude
15 8 (0.78%) PaaS
16 5 (0.49%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 60 (5.87%) Internet
2 7 (0.68%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.098%) Broadband
3 1 (0.098%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 454 (44.42%) Azure SQL Database
2 413 (40.41%) MongoDB
3 158 (15.46%) Elasticsearch
4 134 (13.11%) SQL Server
5 22 (2.15%) MySQL
6 19 (1.86%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.08%) NonStop SQL
8 8 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.68%) Power BI
9 7 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.49%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.49%) SQLite
11 4 (0.39%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.20%) BigQuery
13 1 (0.098%) Amazon Athena
13 1 (0.098%) Amazon RDS
13 1 (0.098%) Couchbase
13 1 (0.098%) CouchDB
13 1 (0.098%) Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.098%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 45 (4.40%) Git
2 7 (0.68%) Claude Code
2 7 (0.68%) JIRA
3 6 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
3 6 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (0.59%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.29%) MSTest
4 3 (0.29%) NUnit
5 2 (0.20%) Postman
5 2 (0.20%) Selenium
6 1 (0.098%) GitLab
6 1 (0.098%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.098%) JetBrains Rider
6 1 (0.098%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.098%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.098%) Vite
6 1 (0.098%) webpack
General
1 125 (12.23%) Finance
2 57 (5.58%) Advertising
3 54 (5.28%) Games
4 51 (4.99%) Social Skills
5 46 (4.50%) Marketing
6 33 (3.23%) Retail
7 16 (1.57%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (1.37%) Aerospace
9 13 (1.27%) Law
10 11 (1.08%) Music Industry
11 10 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (0.78%) Automotive
13 7 (0.68%) Banking
14 5 (0.49%) Back Office
14 5 (0.49%) Legal
14 5 (0.49%) Public Sector
15 4 (0.39%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.29%) Manufacturing
17 2 (0.20%) Billing
17 2 (0.20%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,022 (100.00%) .NET
2 555 (54.31%) .NET Core
3 549 (53.72%) ASP.NET
4 495 (48.43%) ASP.NET Core
5 222 (21.72%) Blazor
6 217 (21.23%) CSS
7 216 (21.14%) HTML
7 216 (21.14%) React
8 212 (20.74%) Entity Framework
9 194 (18.98%) RESTful
10 190 (18.59%) Vue
11 184 (18.00%) AngularJS
12 182 (17.81%) ASP.NET Web API
13 156 (15.26%) ML.NET
14 147 (14.38%) Node.js
15 117 (11.45%) .NET Framework
16 114 (11.15%) LINQ
17 45 (4.40%) REST
18 37 (3.62%) WinForms
19 27 (2.64%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 102 (9.98%) Greenfield Project
2 48 (4.70%) Enterprise Software
3 46 (4.50%) Mobile App
4 20 (1.96%) Digital TV
5 17 (1.66%) BBC
5 17 (1.66%) iPhone
5 17 (1.66%) Social Media
6 15 (1.47%) Legacy Code
7 14 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (1.37%) Social Network
8 10 (0.98%) Cloud Native
8 10 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (0.88%) Hedge funds
9 9 (0.88%) Product Ownership
10 7 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (0.59%) PropTech
11 6 (0.59%) Sports Betting
12 5 (0.49%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.49%) IoT
12 5 (0.49%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.05%) Android
2 20 (1.96%) Windows
3 1 (0.098%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 611 (59.78%) Full-Stack Development
2 426 (41.68%) Agile
3 235 (22.99%) DevOps
4 226 (22.11%) CI/CD
5 207 (20.25%) AI
6 205 (20.06%) Microservices
7 169 (16.54%) Multithreading
8 160 (15.66%) Machine Learning
9 118 (11.55%) Software Engineering
10 101 (9.88%) Scrum
11 100 (9.78%) OO
12 93 (9.10%) TDD
13 68 (6.65%) BDD
13 68 (6.65%) Kanban
14 63 (6.16%) SDLC
15 61 (5.97%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
16 57 (5.58%) Problem-Solving
17 56 (5.48%) MVC
18 50 (4.89%) Continuous Improvement
19 46 (4.50%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 806 (78.86%) C#
2 555 (54.31%) SQL
3 236 (23.09%) JavaScript
4 194 (18.98%) TypeScript
5 27 (2.64%) VB.NET
6 22 (2.15%) T-SQL
7 15 (1.47%) Python
7 15 (1.47%) VB
8 5 (0.49%) C++
9 4 (0.39%) Kotlin
9 4 (0.39%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.29%) Java
11 2 (0.20%) Bicep
11 2 (0.20%) XPath
12 1 (0.098%) ABAP
12 1 (0.098%) C
12 1 (0.098%) Dart
12 1 (0.098%) Delphi
12 1 (0.098%) R
Qualifications
1 41 (4.01%) SC Cleared
1 41 (4.01%) Security Cleared
2 32 (3.13%) Degree
3 17 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (0.49%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.29%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.098%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.098%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.098%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.098%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (2.15%) QA
2 8 (0.78%) GDPR
3 4 (0.39%) Accessibility
System Software
1 176 (17.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 156 (15.26%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 538 (52.64%) Microsoft
2 61 (5.97%) Facebook
3 58 (5.68%) Google
4 21 (2.05%) YouTube
5 17 (1.66%) Apple
5 17 (1.66%) Sony
5 17 (1.66%) Yahoo!
6 12 (1.17%) Oracle
7 11 (1.08%) Xamarin
8 8 (0.78%) OpenAI
9 7 (0.68%) Sage
10 5 (0.49%) SAP
11 3 (0.29%) Alterian
11 3 (0.29%) DevExpress
11 3 (0.29%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.29%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.20%) iManage
12 2 (0.20%) OneLogin
12 2 (0.20%) Telerik
13 1 (0.098%) IBM