.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 26 April 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 294 100
Rank change year-on-year -31 -194 +92
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 491 427 2,542
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 1.02% 2.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 1.14% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 447 386 2,439
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,125 £39,950
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -2.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £82,100
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 82,554 37,391 90,341
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 88.97% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 52,923 23,445 66,615
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,625 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £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% -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 26 April 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 26 April 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 -14 452 £60,000 +4.35% 207
UK excluding London -33 384 £55,000 +4.76% 165
Work from Home -33 169 £55,000 - 194
North of England -29 132 £60,000 - 52
South East +8 111 £55,000 +4.76% 51
London -42 82 £83,000 +0.61% 60
North West -22 72 £60,000 - 32
Yorkshire -25 50 £60,000 - 10
Midlands -35 49 £52,500 - 19
South West -21 45 £50,000 -14.89% 11
East of England -44 32 £55,000 +3.77% 19
West Midlands -27 30 £50,000 -13.04% 9
East Midlands -53 19 £55,000 +4.76% 10
North East -41 10 £55,000 +22.22% 10
Scotland -39 9 £57,500 +76.92% 8
Wales -27 6 £45,000 -10.00% 4

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 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.

1 491 (100.00%) .NET
2 295 (60.08%) C#
3 174 (35.44%) Full-Stack Development
4 170 (34.62%) Azure
5 141 (28.72%) .NET Core
6 128 (26.07%) SQL
7 115 (23.42%) Agile
8 93 (18.94%) ASP.NET
9 83 (16.90%) CI/CD
10 81 (16.50%) SaaS
11 79 (16.09%) React
11 79 (16.09%) SQL Server
12 77 (15.68%) Software Engineering
13 75 (15.27%) Microsoft
14 72 (14.66%) Microservices
15 70 (14.26%) DevOps
16 68 (13.85%) JavaScript
17 64 (13.03%) HTML
18 61 (12.42%) CSS
19 60 (12.22%) RESTful
20 57 (11.61%) ASP.NET Core
21 55 (11.20%) .NET Framework
21 55 (11.20%) AWS
22 50 (10.18%) AngularJS
23 49 (9.98%) Blazor
24 48 (9.78%) TypeScript
25 47 (9.57%) Azure DevOps
25 47 (9.57%) MVC
26 45 (9.16%) Docker
26 45 (9.16%) Vue

.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 (0.61%) IIS
2 2 (0.41%) NServiceBus
2 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.20%) CMS
3 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 170 (34.62%) Azure
2 81 (16.50%) SaaS
3 55 (11.20%) AWS
4 47 (9.57%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (7.54%) GitHub
6 35 (7.13%) Serverless
7 27 (5.50%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (4.07%) Azure Logic Apps
9 16 (3.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 14 (2.85%) Azure AI
10 14 (2.85%) Azure App Service
10 14 (2.85%) Azure Service Bus
10 14 (2.85%) Entra ID
10 14 (2.85%) PaaS
11 13 (2.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 13 (2.65%) Amazon S3
11 13 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (2.44%) Amazon SQS
12 12 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (2.44%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.81%) Internet
2 2 (0.41%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.20%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (16.09%) SQL Server
2 39 (7.94%) Azure SQL Database
3 33 (6.72%) NoSQL
4 30 (6.11%) MongoDB
5 13 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (2.44%) DynamoDB
7 10 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.22%) MySQL
9 4 (0.81%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.61%) Power BI
11 2 (0.41%) CouchDB
11 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
12 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.20%) NonStop SQL
12 1 (0.20%) Redis
12 1 (0.20%) SAP BW
12 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (7.13%) Git
2 7 (1.43%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.41%) JIRA
4 1 (0.20%) MSTest
4 1 (0.20%) NUnit
4 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.20%) Postman
4 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.20%) Vite
4 1 (0.20%) webpack
General
1 47 (9.57%) Finance
2 35 (7.13%) Social Skills
3 10 (2.04%) Games
3 10 (2.04%) Law
4 7 (1.43%) Manufacturing
5 6 (1.22%) Banking
6 5 (1.02%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (1.02%) Back Office
7 4 (0.81%) Advertising
8 3 (0.61%) Investment Banking
8 3 (0.61%) Marketing
8 3 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.41%) Front Office
9 2 (0.41%) Legal
9 2 (0.41%) Retail
10 1 (0.20%) Electronics
10 1 (0.20%) iGaming
10 1 (0.20%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 491 (100.00%) .NET
2 141 (28.72%) .NET Core
3 93 (18.94%) ASP.NET
4 79 (16.09%) React
5 64 (13.03%) HTML
6 61 (12.42%) CSS
7 60 (12.22%) RESTful
8 57 (11.61%) ASP.NET Core
9 55 (11.20%) .NET Framework
10 50 (10.18%) AngularJS
11 49 (9.98%) Blazor
12 45 (9.16%) Vue
13 37 (7.54%) Entity Framework
14 26 (5.30%) ASP.NET Web API
15 24 (4.89%) REST
16 19 (3.87%) ASP.NET MVC
17 17 (3.46%) Razor View Engine
18 13 (2.65%) ML.NET
19 12 (2.44%) ASP.NET Web Forms
19 12 (2.44%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.35%) Mobile App
2 20 (4.07%) Cloud Native
3 14 (2.85%) PropTech
4 12 (2.44%) Hedge funds
5 8 (1.63%) Sports Betting
6 7 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (1.43%) Legacy Code
6 7 (1.43%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (0.81%) Social Network
9 3 (0.61%) Digital TV
9 3 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.41%) BBC
10 2 (0.41%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.41%) Derivative
10 2 (0.41%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.41%) IoT
10 2 (0.41%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.02%) Windows
2 3 (0.61%) Android
3 2 (0.41%) VMS
4 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.20%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (35.44%) Full-Stack Development
2 115 (23.42%) Agile
3 83 (16.90%) CI/CD
4 77 (15.68%) Software Engineering
5 72 (14.66%) Microservices
6 70 (14.26%) DevOps
7 47 (9.57%) MVC
8 41 (8.35%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (6.31%) AI
11 28 (5.70%) Clean Code
12 26 (5.30%) SDLC
12 26 (5.30%) TDD
13 24 (4.89%) Scrum
14 23 (4.68%) Containerisation
15 21 (4.28%) API Development
16 20 (4.07%) Front End Development
16 20 (4.07%) Mentoring
17 19 (3.87%) Web Development
18 18 (3.67%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 295 (60.08%) C#
2 128 (26.07%) SQL
3 68 (13.85%) JavaScript
4 48 (9.78%) TypeScript
5 10 (2.04%) VB
6 7 (1.43%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.61%) Bicep
8 2 (0.41%) Python
8 2 (0.41%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.20%) C++
9 1 (0.20%) Java
9 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.20%) XAML
Qualifications
1 30 (6.11%) SC Cleared
1 30 (6.11%) Security Cleared
2 17 (3.46%) Degree
3 13 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (2.04%) AWS Certification
4 10 (2.04%) AWS Certified Developer
5 7 (1.43%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.20%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.26%) QA
2 4 (0.81%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 45 (9.16%) Docker
2 8 (1.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (3.87%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 75 (15.27%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.26%) Xamarin
3 5 (1.02%) Facebook
3 5 (1.02%) OpenAI
4 4 (0.81%) Google
5 3 (0.61%) Sage
5 3 (0.61%) Telerik
6 2 (0.41%) Apple
6 2 (0.41%) iManage
6 2 (0.41%) Sony
6 2 (0.41%) Yahoo!
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe
7 1 (0.20%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.20%) Databricks
7 1 (0.20%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.20%) Foundry
7 1 (0.20%) Infragistics
7 1 (0.20%) Perforce
7 1 (0.20%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.20%) YouTube