.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 26 July 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 368 113
Rank change year-on-year +166 -255 +59
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 1,002 362 2,000
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.99% 0.73% 2.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.81% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 959 335 1,829
10th Percentile £42,250 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year - -3.51% +3.64%

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 95,392 44,432 84,355
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 90.12% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 65,258 26,408 58,586
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%

.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 July 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 July 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 +156 939 £55,000 -8.33% 95
UK excluding London +175 867 £55,000 - 72
Work from Home +136 632 £55,000 -4.35% 63
South East +133 275 £55,000 - 22
North of England +96 264 £55,000 -8.33% 24
London -22 120 £80,000 +6.67% 31
North West +44 115 £55,000 -6.38% 5
East of England +67 111 £60,000 +13.21% 10
Midlands +20 90 £55,000 +10.00% 7
South West -11 80 £52,500 +5.00% 10
Yorkshire +22 75 £55,000 -8.33% 12
North East +13 74 £55,000 -45.00% 9
West Midlands +9 52 £55,000 -4.35% 6
East Midlands -5 38 £52,500 +16.67% 1
Scotland +42 31 £55,000 +69.23% 1
Wales -42 16 £50,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 1,002 (100.00%) .NET
2 794 (79.24%) C#
3 617 (61.58%) Full-Stack Development
4 610 (60.88%) Azure
5 549 (54.79%) .NET Core
5 549 (54.79%) SQL
6 538 (53.69%) ASP.NET
7 522 (52.10%) Microsoft
8 491 (49.00%) ASP.NET Core
9 452 (45.11%) Azure SQL Database
10 423 (42.22%) Agile
11 411 (41.02%) MongoDB
12 234 (23.35%) JavaScript
13 226 (22.55%) DevOps
14 224 (22.36%) CI/CD
15 217 (21.66%) Blazor
16 215 (21.46%) React
17 213 (21.26%) CSS
18 212 (21.16%) HTML
19 206 (20.56%) Entity Framework
19 206 (20.56%) Microservices
20 204 (20.36%) AI
21 201 (20.06%) Azure DevOps
22 192 (19.16%) TypeScript
23 191 (19.06%) RESTful
23 191 (19.06%) Vue
24 184 (18.36%) AngularJS
25 180 (17.96%) ASP.NET Web API
26 170 (16.97%) Docker
27 168 (16.77%) 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 6 (0.60%) IIS
2 4 (0.40%) NServiceBus
3 3 (0.30%) CMS
3 3 (0.30%) DNN
3 3 (0.30%) EPiServer
3 3 (0.30%) Immediacy CMS
3 3 (0.30%) Kentico
3 3 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (0.30%) Sitefinity
3 3 (0.30%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.20%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.100%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (0.50%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.20%) Elite 3E
1 2 (0.20%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.100%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (0.100%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.100%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 610 (60.88%) Azure
2 201 (20.06%) Azure DevOps
3 155 (15.47%) Azure AI
4 154 (15.37%) GitHub
5 144 (14.37%) AWS
6 138 (13.77%) GitHub Copilot
7 70 (6.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 65 (6.49%) SaaS
9 22 (2.20%) Azure Service Bus
9 22 (2.20%) Serverless
10 18 (1.80%) Azure Logic Apps
11 17 (1.70%) Google Play
12 15 (1.50%) Azure Functions
13 13 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
14 12 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (1.00%) PaaS
16 8 (0.80%) Power Platform
17 7 (0.70%) Anthropic Claude
17 7 (0.70%) Azure Key Vault
18 6 (0.60%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 60 (5.99%) Internet
2 7 (0.70%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.100%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 452 (45.11%) Azure SQL Database
2 411 (41.02%) MongoDB
3 156 (15.57%) Elasticsearch
4 113 (11.28%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.80%) MySQL
6 11 (1.10%) NonStop SQL
7 10 (1.00%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.60%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.50%) Power BI
11 4 (0.40%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.30%) SQLite
13 2 (0.20%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.20%) CouchDB
14 1 (0.100%) Amazon Athena
14 1 (0.100%) Amazon RDS
14 1 (0.100%) Data Warehouse
14 1 (0.100%) RDBMS
14 1 (0.100%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (3.39%) Git
2 7 (0.70%) JIRA
3 6 (0.60%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.40%) Claude Code
5 3 (0.30%) MSTest
5 3 (0.30%) NUnit
5 3 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.20%) Postman
7 1 (0.100%) GitLab
7 1 (0.100%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.100%) JetBrains Rider
7 1 (0.100%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.100%) Selenium
7 1 (0.100%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.100%) Vite
7 1 (0.100%) webpack
General
1 121 (12.08%) Finance
2 56 (5.59%) Advertising
3 54 (5.39%) Games
4 44 (4.39%) Marketing
5 40 (3.99%) Social Skills
6 31 (3.09%) Retail
7 14 (1.40%) Aerospace
8 12 (1.20%) Law
9 11 (1.10%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (1.10%) Music Industry
10 8 (0.80%) Automotive
11 7 (0.70%) Banking
11 7 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.50%) Back Office
12 5 (0.50%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.40%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.40%) Legal
13 4 (0.40%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.100%) Front Office
14 1 (0.100%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,002 (100.00%) .NET
2 549 (54.79%) .NET Core
3 538 (53.69%) ASP.NET
4 491 (49.00%) ASP.NET Core
5 217 (21.66%) Blazor
6 215 (21.46%) React
7 213 (21.26%) CSS
8 212 (21.16%) HTML
9 206 (20.56%) Entity Framework
10 191 (19.06%) RESTful
10 191 (19.06%) Vue
11 184 (18.36%) AngularJS
12 180 (17.96%) ASP.NET Web API
13 154 (15.37%) ML.NET
14 147 (14.67%) Node.js
15 114 (11.38%) LINQ
16 111 (11.08%) .NET Framework
17 35 (3.49%) REST
18 34 (3.39%) WinForms
19 25 (2.50%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 100 (9.98%) Greenfield Project
2 46 (4.59%) Enterprise Software
3 44 (4.39%) Mobile App
4 20 (2.00%) Digital TV
5 17 (1.70%) BBC
5 17 (1.70%) iPhone
5 17 (1.70%) Social Media
6 14 (1.40%) Social Network
7 12 (1.20%) Legacy Code
8 11 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.00%) Cloud Native
9 10 (1.00%) Hedge funds
9 10 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (0.80%) Sports Betting
11 6 (0.60%) Product Ownership
11 6 (0.60%) PropTech
12 5 (0.50%) Tandem
13 4 (0.40%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.40%) IoT
13 4 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.10%) Android
2 15 (1.50%) Windows
3 1 (0.100%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 617 (61.58%) Full-Stack Development
2 423 (42.22%) Agile
3 226 (22.55%) DevOps
4 224 (22.36%) CI/CD
5 206 (20.56%) Microservices
6 204 (20.36%) AI
7 168 (16.77%) Multithreading
8 159 (15.87%) Machine Learning
9 117 (11.68%) Software Engineering
10 97 (9.68%) Scrum
11 95 (9.48%) OO
12 91 (9.08%) TDD
13 68 (6.79%) BDD
13 68 (6.79%) Kanban
14 61 (6.09%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
15 57 (5.69%) SDLC
16 53 (5.29%) Problem-Solving
17 49 (4.89%) MVC
18 47 (4.69%) Analytics
19 46 (4.59%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 794 (79.24%) C#
2 549 (54.79%) SQL
3 234 (23.35%) JavaScript
4 192 (19.16%) TypeScript
5 21 (2.10%) VB.NET
6 19 (1.90%) T-SQL
7 15 (1.50%) Python
8 14 (1.40%) VB
9 5 (0.50%) C++
10 4 (0.40%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.40%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.30%) Bicep
12 2 (0.20%) Java
13 1 (0.100%) ABAP
13 1 (0.100%) Delphi
13 1 (0.100%) R
13 1 (0.100%) XPath
Qualifications
1 38 (3.79%) SC Cleared
1 38 (3.79%) Security Cleared
2 30 (2.99%) Degree
3 16 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (0.50%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.20%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.100%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.100%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.100%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.100%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (1.90%) QA
2 7 (0.70%) GDPR
3 4 (0.40%) Accessibility
System Software
1 170 (16.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 153 (15.27%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 522 (52.10%) Microsoft
2 60 (5.99%) Facebook
3 58 (5.79%) Google
4 21 (2.10%) YouTube
5 17 (1.70%) Apple
5 17 (1.70%) Sony
5 17 (1.70%) Yahoo!
6 11 (1.10%) Xamarin
7 8 (0.80%) OpenAI
7 8 (0.80%) Oracle
8 5 (0.50%) Sage
9 4 (0.40%) SAP
10 3 (0.30%) Alterian
10 3 (0.30%) Optimizely
10 3 (0.30%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.20%) iManage
11 2 (0.20%) OneLogin
12 1 (0.100%) Databricks
12 1 (0.100%) DevExpress
12 1 (0.100%) Veracode