.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 3 months leading to 10 May 2026.

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

3 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 313 156
Rank change year-on-year +86 -157 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 413 198 869
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.81% 0.81% 1.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% 0.90% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 386 183 807
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £50,000
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 £85,000 £99,500 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% +9.09%

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 48,036 22,079 43,796
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 90.45% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 32,208 12,482 29,967
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £39,942
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.77% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £98,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.81%

.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 3 months to 10 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 3 months to 10 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 3 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +109 385 £55,000 -8.33% 197
UK excluding London +100 337 £55,000 +3.77% 147
Work from Home +73 196 £55,000 -4.35% 176
North of England +25 114 £55,000 -8.33% 48
South East +60 98 £55,000 +10.00% 42
London -23 63 £80,000 - 59
North West +25 60 £55,000 - 26
East of England +16 40 £60,000 +13.21% 18
South West -11 40 £50,000 - 12
Yorkshire -13 34 £60,000 -7.69% 9
Midlands -4 31 £57,500 +9.52% 18
West Midlands -13 20 £65,000 +13.04% 10
North East -22 20 £55,000 -48.84% 13
East Midlands -9 11 £52,500 +10.53% 8
Scotland +21 10 £60,000 +84.62% 5
Wales -33 4 £50,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 625 (100.00%) .NET
2 404 (64.64%) C#
3 272 (43.52%) Full-Stack Development
4 268 (42.88%) Azure
5 231 (36.96%) .NET Core
6 222 (35.52%) SQL
7 183 (29.28%) ASP.NET
8 179 (28.64%) Agile
9 173 (27.68%) Microsoft
10 148 (23.68%) ASP.NET Core
11 133 (21.28%) Azure SQL Database
12 117 (18.72%) CI/CD
13 112 (17.92%) MongoDB
14 105 (16.80%) React
15 101 (16.16%) DevOps
16 100 (16.00%) Microservices
17 96 (15.36%) HTML
18 94 (15.04%) JavaScript
19 93 (14.88%) CSS
20 91 (14.56%) Software Engineering
21 90 (14.40%) RESTful
22 85 (13.60%) SaaS
23 80 (12.80%) Azure DevOps
24 79 (12.64%) AngularJS
24 79 (12.64%) Blazor
25 78 (12.48%) SQL Server
25 78 (12.48%) Vue
26 77 (12.32%) TypeScript
27 76 (12.16%) Entity Framework
28 75 (12.00%) AWS

.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 (0.48%) NServiceBus
2 2 (0.32%) IIS
2 2 (0.32%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 268 (42.88%) Azure
2 85 (13.60%) SaaS
3 80 (12.80%) Azure DevOps
4 75 (12.00%) AWS
5 58 (9.28%) GitHub
6 42 (6.72%) Azure AI
7 34 (5.44%) Serverless
8 31 (4.96%) GitHub Copilot
9 30 (4.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 24 (3.84%) GitHub Actions
11 20 (3.20%) Azure Logic Apps
12 15 (2.40%) Azure Functions
13 14 (2.24%) Azure Service Bus
14 13 (2.08%) Azure App Service
14 13 (2.08%) Entra ID
14 13 (2.08%) PaaS
15 11 (1.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 11 (1.76%) Amazon S3
15 11 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
16 10 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.08%) Internet
2 2 (0.32%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.16%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (21.28%) Azure SQL Database
2 112 (17.92%) MongoDB
3 78 (12.48%) SQL Server
4 38 (6.08%) Elasticsearch
5 29 (4.64%) NoSQL
6 14 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.60%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.12%) MySQL
9 4 (0.64%) NonStop SQL
9 4 (0.64%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.32%) CouchDB
10 2 (0.32%) Power BI
10 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.16%) Amazon Athena
11 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.16%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (4.96%) Git
2 5 (0.80%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.48%) MSTest
3 3 (0.48%) NUnit
4 2 (0.32%) JIRA
5 1 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.16%) Postman
5 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.16%) Vite
5 1 (0.16%) webpack
General
1 64 (10.24%) Finance
2 31 (4.96%) Social Skills
3 22 (3.52%) Games
4 14 (2.24%) Advertising
5 10 (1.60%) Law
6 7 (1.12%) Manufacturing
7 6 (0.96%) Banking
7 6 (0.96%) Marketing
8 5 (0.80%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (0.80%) Automotive
8 5 (0.80%) Back Office
8 5 (0.80%) Retail
9 4 (0.64%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.48%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.48%) Legal
10 3 (0.48%) Music Industry
11 2 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.16%) iGaming
12 1 (0.16%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 625 (100.00%) .NET
2 231 (36.96%) .NET Core
3 183 (29.28%) ASP.NET
4 148 (23.68%) ASP.NET Core
5 105 (16.80%) React
6 96 (15.36%) HTML
7 93 (14.88%) CSS
8 90 (14.40%) RESTful
9 79 (12.64%) AngularJS
9 79 (12.64%) Blazor
10 78 (12.48%) Vue
11 76 (12.16%) Entity Framework
12 62 (9.92%) ASP.NET Web API
13 59 (9.44%) .NET Framework
14 40 (6.40%) ML.NET
15 38 (6.08%) Node.js
16 34 (5.44%) LINQ
17 21 (3.36%) REST
18 16 (2.56%) ASP.NET MVC
19 14 (2.24%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.52%) Mobile App
2 30 (4.80%) Greenfield Project
3 21 (3.36%) Cloud Native
4 15 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (2.24%) Hedge funds
5 14 (2.24%) PropTech
6 9 (1.44%) Digital TV
6 9 (1.44%) Social Network
6 9 (1.44%) Sports Betting
7 7 (1.12%) Legacy Code
7 7 (1.12%) Product Ownership
8 6 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (0.80%) BBC
9 5 (0.80%) iPhone
9 5 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (0.80%) Social Media
10 2 (0.32%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.32%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (0.32%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.96%) Android
2 5 (0.80%) Windows
3 2 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (43.52%) Full-Stack Development
2 179 (28.64%) Agile
3 117 (18.72%) CI/CD
4 101 (16.16%) DevOps
5 100 (16.00%) Microservices
6 91 (14.56%) Software Engineering
7 67 (10.72%) AI
8 50 (8.00%) Multithreading
9 45 (7.20%) Machine Learning
10 41 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 41 (6.56%) Problem-Solving
11 40 (6.40%) MVC
12 39 (6.24%) TDD
13 36 (5.76%) OO
13 36 (5.76%) Scrum
14 33 (5.28%) SDLC
15 28 (4.48%) Kanban
16 26 (4.16%) Clean Code
17 23 (3.68%) Analytics
17 23 (3.68%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 404 (64.64%) C#
2 222 (35.52%) SQL
3 94 (15.04%) JavaScript
4 77 (12.32%) TypeScript
5 13 (2.08%) VB
6 8 (1.28%) Python
7 6 (0.96%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.64%) VB.NET
9 3 (0.48%) Bicep
10 1 (0.16%) C++
10 1 (0.16%) Java
10 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (5.92%) SC Cleared
1 37 (5.92%) Security Cleared
2 21 (3.36%) Degree
3 15 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (1.28%) AWS Certification
4 8 (1.28%) AWS Certified Developer
5 6 (0.96%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.48%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.24%) QA
2 3 (0.48%) GDPR
3 2 (0.32%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 68 (10.88%) Docker
2 7 (1.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 44 (7.04%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 173 (27.68%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.56%) Facebook
2 16 (2.56%) Xamarin
3 13 (2.08%) Google
4 6 (0.96%) OpenAI
4 6 (0.96%) YouTube
5 5 (0.80%) Apple
5 5 (0.80%) Sony
5 5 (0.80%) Yahoo!
6 4 (0.64%) Oracle
6 4 (0.64%) Sage
7 2 (0.32%) iManage
8 1 (0.16%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.16%) Databricks
8 1 (0.16%) DevExpress
8 1 (0.16%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.16%) Foundry
8 1 (0.16%) IBM
8 1 (0.16%) SAP
8 1 (0.16%) ServiceNow