.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 9 May 2026.

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 319 100
Rank change year-on-year +39 -219 +90
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 595 399 2,567
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.92% 2.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 1.03% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 556 358 2,463
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,025 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -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 84,369 38,923 91,211
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 89.45% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 55,003 23,201 67,042
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £52,777
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +9.90% -12.04%
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 9 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 9 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 +72 552 £60,000 +4.35% 190
UK excluding London +43 474 £55,000 +4.76% 144
Work from Home +37 245 £55,000 - 171
North of England +2 159 £60,000 - 45
South East +50 139 £55,000 +4.76% 42
London -23 96 £81,500 +1.88% 56
North West +1 85 £60,000 +4.35% 23
Midlands -13 61 £55,000 +4.76% 19
Yorkshire -16 52 £60,000 - 9
South West -17 51 £50,000 -9.09% 12
East of England -3 45 £57,500 +8.49% 18
West Midlands -22 35 £55,000 -4.35% 10
East Midlands -11 26 £55,000 +15.79% 9
North East -32 22 £55,000 -31.25% 13
Scotland -25 12 £60,000 +84.62% 4
Wales -27 7 £45,000 -10.00% 4

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

For the 6 months to 9 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.

1 595 (100.00%) .NET
2 377 (63.36%) C#
3 245 (41.18%) Full-Stack Development
4 241 (40.50%) Azure
5 205 (34.45%) .NET Core
6 196 (32.94%) SQL
7 158 (26.55%) Agile
8 156 (26.22%) ASP.NET
9 146 (24.54%) Microsoft
10 121 (20.34%) ASP.NET Core
11 109 (18.32%) CI/CD
12 107 (17.98%) Azure SQL Database
13 92 (15.46%) React
14 91 (15.29%) DevOps
14 91 (15.29%) Software Engineering
15 90 (15.13%) Microservices
16 88 (14.79%) HTML
16 88 (14.79%) MongoDB
17 85 (14.29%) CSS
18 84 (14.12%) SaaS
19 81 (13.61%) JavaScript
19 81 (13.61%) RESTful
20 78 (13.11%) SQL Server
21 72 (12.10%) AngularJS
22 71 (11.93%) Vue
23 70 (11.76%) AWS
23 70 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
23 70 (11.76%) TypeScript
24 68 (11.43%) Entity Framework
25 67 (11.26%) Blazor

.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 (0.50%) NServiceBus
2 2 (0.34%) IIS
2 2 (0.34%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 241 (40.50%) Azure
2 84 (14.12%) SaaS
3 70 (11.76%) AWS
3 70 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
4 51 (8.57%) GitHub
5 34 (5.71%) Serverless
6 32 (5.38%) Azure AI
7 27 (4.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 24 (4.03%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (4.03%) GitHub Copilot
9 20 (3.36%) Azure Logic Apps
10 15 (2.52%) Azure Functions
11 14 (2.35%) Azure Service Bus
12 13 (2.18%) Azure App Service
12 13 (2.18%) Entra ID
12 13 (2.18%) PaaS
13 11 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 11 (1.85%) Amazon S3
13 11 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.68%) Internet
2 2 (0.34%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.17%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (17.98%) Azure SQL Database
2 88 (14.79%) MongoDB
3 78 (13.11%) SQL Server
4 29 (4.87%) NoSQL
5 28 (4.71%) Elasticsearch
6 14 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.68%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.18%) MySQL
9 4 (0.67%) NonStop SQL
9 4 (0.67%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.34%) CouchDB
10 2 (0.34%) Power BI
10 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
11 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.17%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (5.21%) Git
2 5 (0.84%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.50%) MSTest
3 3 (0.50%) NUnit
4 2 (0.34%) JIRA
5 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.17%) Postman
5 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.17%) Vite
5 1 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 61 (10.25%) Finance
2 31 (5.21%) Social Skills
3 20 (3.36%) Games
4 13 (2.18%) Advertising
5 10 (1.68%) Law
6 7 (1.18%) Manufacturing
7 6 (1.01%) Banking
7 6 (1.01%) Marketing
8 5 (0.84%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (0.84%) Automotive
8 5 (0.84%) Back Office
9 3 (0.50%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.50%) Legal
9 3 (0.50%) Retail
10 2 (0.34%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.34%) Music Industry
10 2 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.17%) iGaming
11 1 (0.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 595 (100.00%) .NET
2 205 (34.45%) .NET Core
3 156 (26.22%) ASP.NET
4 121 (20.34%) ASP.NET Core
5 92 (15.46%) React
6 88 (14.79%) HTML
7 85 (14.29%) CSS
8 81 (13.61%) RESTful
9 72 (12.10%) AngularJS
10 71 (11.93%) Vue
11 68 (11.43%) Entity Framework
12 67 (11.26%) Blazor
13 55 (9.24%) .NET Framework
14 52 (8.74%) ASP.NET Web API
15 30 (5.04%) LINQ
15 30 (5.04%) ML.NET
16 28 (4.71%) Node.js
17 21 (3.53%) REST
18 16 (2.69%) ASP.NET MVC
19 14 (2.35%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.39%) Mobile App
2 23 (3.87%) Greenfield Project
3 21 (3.53%) Cloud Native
4 15 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (2.35%) Hedge funds
5 14 (2.35%) PropTech
6 9 (1.51%) Sports Betting
7 8 (1.34%) Social Network
8 7 (1.18%) Digital TV
8 7 (1.18%) Legacy Code
8 7 (1.18%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.50%) BBC
11 3 (0.50%) iPhone
11 3 (0.50%) Social Media
12 2 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.34%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.34%) Fixed Income
12 2 (0.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.84%) Windows
2 4 (0.67%) Android
3 2 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (41.18%) Full-Stack Development
2 158 (26.55%) Agile
3 109 (18.32%) CI/CD
4 91 (15.29%) DevOps
4 91 (15.29%) Software Engineering
5 90 (15.13%) Microservices
6 57 (9.58%) AI
7 41 (6.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 41 (6.89%) Multithreading
7 41 (6.89%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (6.72%) MVC
9 35 (5.88%) Machine Learning
9 35 (5.88%) TDD
10 32 (5.38%) SDLC
11 31 (5.21%) Scrum
12 29 (4.87%) OO
13 26 (4.37%) Clean Code
14 25 (4.20%) Kanban
15 23 (3.87%) Containerisation
16 21 (3.53%) API Development
Programming Languages
1 377 (63.36%) C#
2 196 (32.94%) SQL
3 81 (13.61%) JavaScript
4 70 (11.76%) TypeScript
5 12 (2.02%) VB
6 8 (1.34%) Python
7 6 (1.01%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.67%) VB.NET
9 3 (0.50%) Bicep
10 1 (0.17%) C++
10 1 (0.17%) Java
10 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (6.22%) SC Cleared
1 37 (6.22%) Security Cleared
2 21 (3.53%) Degree
3 15 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (1.34%) AWS Certification
4 8 (1.34%) AWS Certified Developer
5 6 (1.01%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.50%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.35%) QA
2 3 (0.50%) GDPR
3 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 61 (10.25%) Docker
2 7 (1.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 37 (6.22%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 146 (24.54%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.69%) Xamarin
3 14 (2.35%) Facebook
4 9 (1.51%) Google
5 6 (1.01%) OpenAI
5 6 (1.01%) YouTube
6 4 (0.67%) Oracle
6 4 (0.67%) Sage
7 3 (0.50%) Apple
7 3 (0.50%) Sony
7 3 (0.50%) Yahoo!
8 2 (0.34%) iManage
9 1 (0.17%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.17%) Databricks
9 1 (0.17%) DevExpress
9 1 (0.17%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.17%) Foundry
9 1 (0.17%) Infragistics
9 1 (0.17%) Perforce
9 1 (0.17%) ServiceNow