.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 22 August 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 385 127
Rank change year-on-year +177 -258 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 1,009 336 1,668
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.93% 0.67% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 0.75% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 966 312 1,487
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,050 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £78,750 £68,750
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 101,401 44,799 79,009
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 89.89% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 69,411 26,484 52,056
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £47,683 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.25% -4.63% -5.21%

.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 22 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 22 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 +150 950 £55,000 -8.33% 287
UK excluding London +192 884 £55,000 - 190
Work from Home +140 629 £55,000 -8.33% 196
South East +147 296 £55,000 -4.35% 67
North of England +81 261 £55,000 -8.33% 58
London -45 114 £75,000 - 118
East of England +63 112 £60,000 +4.35% 24
North West +28 107 £55,000 -6.38% 29
Midlands +17 90 £55,000 +7.84% 19
Yorkshire +28 80 £50,000 -16.67% 12
South West -17 78 £52,500 +5.00% 15
North East +11 74 £55,000 -45.00% 19
West Midlands -1 51 £55,000 -4.35% 9
East Midlands +8 39 £53,750 +26.47% 9
Scotland +38 31 £55,000 +22.22% 5
Wales -43 16 £50,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 22 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 1,009 (100.00%) .NET
2 800 (79.29%) C#
3 625 (61.94%) Azure
4 597 (59.17%) Full-Stack Development
5 557 (55.20%) ASP.NET
6 555 (55.00%) SQL
7 553 (54.81%) .NET Core
8 544 (53.91%) Microsoft
9 500 (49.55%) ASP.NET Core
10 454 (45.00%) Azure SQL Database
11 417 (41.33%) Agile
12 413 (40.93%) MongoDB
13 242 (23.98%) DevOps
14 237 (23.49%) JavaScript
15 228 (22.60%) CI/CD
16 225 (22.30%) Blazor
17 218 (21.61%) Azure DevOps
18 217 (21.51%) CSS
19 216 (21.41%) HTML
20 214 (21.21%) Entity Framework
20 214 (21.21%) React
21 209 (20.71%) AI
22 205 (20.32%) Microservices
23 192 (19.03%) RESTful
24 188 (18.63%) Vue
25 187 (18.53%) TypeScript
26 184 (18.24%) ASP.NET Web API
27 179 (17.74%) AngularJS
28 175 (17.34%) Docker
29 169 (16.75%) 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 12 (1.19%) IIS
2 3 (0.30%) CMS
2 3 (0.30%) DNN
2 3 (0.30%) EPiServer
2 3 (0.30%) Immediacy CMS
2 3 (0.30%) Kentico
2 3 (0.30%) NServiceBus
2 3 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
2 3 (0.30%) Sitefinity
2 3 (0.30%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.099%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.099%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (0.59%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.40%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.30%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.30%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.099%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.099%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 625 (61.94%) Azure
2 218 (21.61%) Azure DevOps
3 157 (15.56%) Azure AI
4 155 (15.36%) GitHub
5 140 (13.88%) GitHub Copilot
6 139 (13.78%) AWS
7 73 (7.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 60 (5.95%) SaaS
9 26 (2.58%) Azure Service Bus
10 22 (2.18%) Serverless
11 18 (1.78%) Azure Logic Apps
12 17 (1.68%) Azure Functions
12 17 (1.68%) Azure Monitor
12 17 (1.68%) Google Play
13 16 (1.59%) Power Platform
14 12 (1.19%) Azure Key Vault
15 11 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (0.79%) Anthropic Claude
16 8 (0.79%) PaaS
17 6 (0.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 61 (6.05%) Internet
2 7 (0.69%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.099%) Broadband
3 1 (0.099%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 454 (45.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 413 (40.93%) MongoDB
3 161 (15.96%) Elasticsearch
4 143 (14.17%) SQL Server
5 24 (2.38%) MySQL
5 24 (2.38%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.09%) NonStop SQL
7 9 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (0.69%) Power BI
8 7 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.50%) SQLite
10 4 (0.40%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.40%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.20%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.099%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.099%) Couchbase
12 1 (0.099%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.099%) SAP BW
12 1 (0.099%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 54 (5.35%) Git
2 9 (0.89%) Claude Code
3 8 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
3 8 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (0.69%) JIRA
5 6 (0.59%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.30%) MSTest
6 3 (0.30%) NUnit
7 2 (0.20%) Postman
7 2 (0.20%) Selenium
8 1 (0.099%) GitLab
8 1 (0.099%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.099%) JetBrains Rider
8 1 (0.099%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.099%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 126 (12.49%) Finance
2 62 (6.14%) Social Skills
3 57 (5.65%) Advertising
4 51 (5.05%) Games
5 46 (4.56%) Marketing
6 35 (3.47%) Retail
7 22 (2.18%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (1.39%) Aerospace
9 13 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (1.29%) Law
10 11 (1.09%) Music Industry
11 8 (0.79%) Automotive
12 7 (0.69%) Public Sector
13 6 (0.59%) Banking
14 5 (0.50%) Back Office
15 4 (0.40%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.30%) Billing
16 3 (0.30%) Legal
16 3 (0.30%) Manufacturing
17 2 (0.20%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,009 (100.00%) .NET
2 557 (55.20%) ASP.NET
3 553 (54.81%) .NET Core
4 500 (49.55%) ASP.NET Core
5 225 (22.30%) Blazor
6 217 (21.51%) CSS
7 216 (21.41%) HTML
8 214 (21.21%) Entity Framework
8 214 (21.21%) React
9 192 (19.03%) RESTful
10 188 (18.63%) Vue
11 184 (18.24%) ASP.NET Web API
12 179 (17.74%) AngularJS
13 156 (15.46%) ML.NET
14 147 (14.57%) Node.js
15 118 (11.69%) .NET Framework
16 114 (11.30%) LINQ
17 51 (5.05%) REST
18 37 (3.67%) WinForms
19 27 (2.68%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 101 (10.01%) Greenfield Project
2 48 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
3 46 (4.56%) Mobile App
4 20 (1.98%) Digital TV
5 17 (1.68%) BBC
5 17 (1.68%) iPhone
5 17 (1.68%) Social Media
6 15 (1.49%) Legacy Code
7 14 (1.39%) Social Network
8 13 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (0.99%) Product Ownership
11 9 (0.89%) Cloud Native
12 7 (0.69%) Data Structures
12 7 (0.69%) Hedge funds
13 6 (0.59%) IoT
13 6 (0.59%) PropTech
14 5 (0.50%) Sports Betting
14 5 (0.50%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.18%) Windows
2 21 (2.08%) Android
3 1 (0.099%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 597 (59.17%) Full-Stack Development
2 417 (41.33%) Agile
3 242 (23.98%) DevOps
4 228 (22.60%) CI/CD
5 209 (20.71%) AI
6 205 (20.32%) Microservices
7 169 (16.75%) Multithreading
8 160 (15.86%) Machine Learning
9 114 (11.30%) Software Engineering
10 99 (9.81%) OO
10 99 (9.81%) Scrum
11 93 (9.22%) TDD
12 68 (6.74%) BDD
13 67 (6.64%) Problem-Solving
14 66 (6.54%) Kanban
15 64 (6.34%) SDLC
16 61 (6.05%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
16 61 (6.05%) MVC
17 54 (5.35%) Continuous Improvement
18 44 (4.36%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 800 (79.29%) C#
2 555 (55.00%) SQL
3 237 (23.49%) JavaScript
4 187 (18.53%) TypeScript
5 30 (2.97%) VB.NET
6 23 (2.28%) T-SQL
7 16 (1.59%) Python
8 15 (1.49%) VB
9 5 (0.50%) C++
10 4 (0.40%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.40%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.20%) Bicep
11 2 (0.20%) C
11 2 (0.20%) Dart
11 2 (0.20%) Java
11 2 (0.20%) VBA
11 2 (0.20%) VBScript
11 2 (0.20%) XPath
12 1 (0.099%) ABAP
12 1 (0.099%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 43 (4.26%) Security Cleared
2 42 (4.16%) SC Cleared
3 31 (3.07%) Degree
4 17 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (0.50%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.30%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.099%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.099%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.099%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (2.68%) QA
2 8 (0.79%) GDPR
3 5 (0.50%) Accessibility
System Software
1 175 (17.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 156 (15.46%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 544 (53.91%) Microsoft
2 61 (6.05%) Facebook
3 58 (5.75%) Google
4 21 (2.08%) YouTube
5 17 (1.68%) Apple
5 17 (1.68%) Sony
5 17 (1.68%) Yahoo!
6 14 (1.39%) Oracle
7 10 (0.99%) Xamarin
8 8 (0.79%) Sage
9 7 (0.69%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.50%) SAP
11 3 (0.30%) Alterian
11 3 (0.30%) DevExpress
11 3 (0.30%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.30%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.20%) iManage
12 2 (0.20%) OneLogin
12 2 (0.20%) Telerik
13 1 (0.099%) IBM