.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 25 March 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 272 97
Rank change year-on-year -68 -175 +88
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 414 468 2,474
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 1.14% 2.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 1.26% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 373 413 2,387
10th Percentile £44,000 £32,750 £39,773
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% -5.45% +2.33%

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 70,818 37,087 82,684
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 90.12% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 45,208 22,964 62,728
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%

.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 25 March 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 25 March 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 -50 377 £60,000 +4.35% 221
UK excluding London -51 320 £55,000 +5.77% 169
Work from Home -52 163 £56,250 +9.22% 201
North of England -30 113 £60,000 +14.29% 54
South East -23 85 £60,000 +14.29% 48
London -54 68 £80,000 -7.25% 65
North West -41 54 £65,000 +18.18% 32
Yorkshire -7 48 £60,000 - 16
Midlands -31 47 £51,250 -6.82% 19
South West -28 37 £50,000 -27.27% 19
West Midlands -2 27 £50,000 -13.04% 10
East of England -45 26 £55,000 +15.79% 21
East Midlands -38 20 £55,000 +4.76% 9
North East -19 11 £55,000 +22.22% 8
Wales -16 6 £45,000 -10.00% 4
Scotland -46 6 £55,000 +69.23% 5

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

For the 6 months to 25 March 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.

1 414 (100.00%) .NET
2 266 (64.25%) C#
3 175 (42.27%) Full-Stack Development
4 158 (38.16%) Azure
5 140 (33.82%) .NET Core
6 126 (30.43%) Agile
7 122 (29.47%) SQL
8 96 (23.19%) ASP.NET
9 90 (21.74%) CI/CD
9 90 (21.74%) React
10 84 (20.29%) JavaScript
11 83 (20.05%) SQL Server
12 80 (19.32%) Microsoft
13 76 (18.36%) DevOps
14 74 (17.87%) Microservices
15 69 (16.67%) HTML
16 68 (16.43%) CSS
17 66 (15.94%) Software Engineering
18 63 (15.22%) .NET Framework
18 63 (15.22%) RESTful
19 62 (14.98%) SaaS
20 60 (14.49%) ASP.NET Core
20 60 (14.49%) MVC
21 58 (14.01%) AngularJS
22 55 (13.29%) TypeScript
23 54 (13.04%) Blazor
24 51 (12.32%) AWS
25 45 (10.87%) Azure DevOps
25 45 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
26 43 (10.39%) Docker

.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 (0.72%) IIS
2 2 (0.48%) CMS
2 2 (0.48%) NServiceBus
3 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 158 (38.16%) Azure
2 62 (14.98%) SaaS
3 51 (12.32%) AWS
4 45 (10.87%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (9.66%) GitHub
6 38 (9.18%) Serverless
7 29 (7.00%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (4.11%) Entra ID
9 16 (3.86%) Azure App Service
10 15 (3.62%) PaaS
11 14 (3.38%) Azure AI
12 13 (3.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 13 (3.14%) Amazon S3
12 13 (3.14%) AWS CloudFormation
12 13 (3.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 13 (3.14%) Azure Logic Apps
13 12 (2.90%) Amazon EventBridge
13 12 (2.90%) Amazon SQS
13 12 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (2.90%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.21%) Internet
2 2 (0.48%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.24%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (20.05%) SQL Server
2 42 (10.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 38 (9.18%) MongoDB
3 38 (9.18%) NoSQL
4 14 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (3.14%) Elasticsearch
6 12 (2.90%) DynamoDB
7 5 (1.21%) MySQL
8 4 (0.97%) Power BI
8 4 (0.97%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.48%) CouchDB
9 2 (0.48%) NonStop SQL
10 1 (0.24%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.24%) RavenDB
10 1 (0.24%) Redis
10 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 41 (9.90%) Git
2 10 (2.42%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.24%) MSTest
3 1 (0.24%) NUnit
3 1 (0.24%) Postman
3 1 (0.24%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.24%) Vite
3 1 (0.24%) webpack
General
1 49 (11.84%) Finance
2 43 (10.39%) Social Skills
3 10 (2.42%) Games
4 9 (2.17%) Banking
5 7 (1.69%) Law
5 7 (1.69%) Manufacturing
6 5 (1.21%) Advertising
6 5 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (0.97%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (0.97%) Front Office
7 4 (0.97%) Investment Banking
8 3 (0.72%) Electronics
8 3 (0.72%) Marketing
9 2 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.48%) Legal
9 2 (0.48%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.24%) Back Office
10 1 (0.24%) iGaming
10 1 (0.24%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 414 (100.00%) .NET
2 140 (33.82%) .NET Core
3 96 (23.19%) ASP.NET
4 90 (21.74%) React
5 69 (16.67%) HTML
6 68 (16.43%) CSS
7 63 (15.22%) .NET Framework
7 63 (15.22%) RESTful
8 60 (14.49%) ASP.NET Core
9 58 (14.01%) AngularJS
10 54 (13.04%) Blazor
11 42 (10.14%) Entity Framework
12 39 (9.42%) Vue
13 36 (8.70%) ASP.NET Web API
14 30 (7.25%) REST
15 26 (6.28%) ASP.NET MVC
16 20 (4.83%) Razor View Engine
17 15 (3.62%) ASP.NET Web Forms
18 13 (3.14%) ML.NET
18 13 (3.14%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.25%) Mobile App
2 20 (4.83%) Cloud Native
3 11 (2.66%) Hedge funds
4 10 (2.42%) PropTech
5 7 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.45%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.45%) Sports Betting
7 5 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (0.97%) Digital TV
8 4 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.97%) Social Network
9 3 (0.72%) Derivative
9 3 (0.72%) Fixed Income
9 3 (0.72%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.48%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (0.48%) IoT
10 2 (0.48%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.48%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.48%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.97%) Android
2 3 (0.72%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.48%) Linux
4 1 (0.24%) VMS
4 1 (0.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (42.27%) Full-Stack Development
2 126 (30.43%) Agile
3 90 (21.74%) CI/CD
4 76 (18.36%) DevOps
5 74 (17.87%) Microservices
6 66 (15.94%) Software Engineering
7 60 (14.49%) MVC
8 45 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
9 36 (8.70%) Scrum
10 34 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
11 32 (7.73%) Clean Code
12 30 (7.25%) TDD
13 28 (6.76%) AI
14 24 (5.80%) SDLC
15 23 (5.56%) Containerisation
15 23 (5.56%) Kanban
16 21 (5.07%) Code Quality
17 20 (4.83%) Machine Learning
17 20 (4.83%) Mentoring
17 20 (4.83%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 266 (64.25%) C#
2 122 (29.47%) SQL
3 84 (20.29%) JavaScript
4 55 (13.29%) TypeScript
5 4 (0.97%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.72%) Bicep
6 3 (0.72%) Erlang
6 3 (0.72%) VB
6 3 (0.72%) XAML
7 2 (0.48%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.48%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.24%) C++
8 1 (0.24%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (5.07%) Degree
2 17 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (3.38%) SC Cleared
3 14 (3.38%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.42%) AWS Certification
4 10 (2.42%) AWS Certified Developer
4 10 (2.42%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.24%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.35%) QA
2 4 (0.97%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.24%) IFRS
3 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 43 (10.39%) Docker
2 11 (2.66%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (4.11%) Terraform
2 15 (3.62%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 80 (19.32%) Microsoft
2 11 (2.66%) Xamarin
3 6 (1.45%) Facebook
4 4 (0.97%) Google
4 4 (0.97%) Telerik
5 3 (0.72%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.48%) Apple
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle
6 2 (0.48%) Sage
6 2 (0.48%) Sony
6 2 (0.48%) Yahoo!
6 2 (0.48%) YouTube
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe
7 1 (0.24%) Databricks
7 1 (0.24%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.24%) Foundry
7 1 (0.24%) IBM
7 1 (0.24%) Infragistics
7 1 (0.24%) Perforce
7 1 (0.24%) ServiceNow