.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 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 312 101
Rank change year-on-year -2 -211 +90
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 536 414 2,533
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.59% 0.95% 2.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 1.06% 2.79%
Number of salaries quoted 497 374 2,429
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,875 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -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 84,854 38,887 90,629
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 89.46% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 54,818 23,400 66,698
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £52,777
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +11.79% -12.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £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% -5.66%

.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 6 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 6 months to 6 May 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 +32 492 £60,000 +4.35% 178
UK excluding London +3 421 £55,000 +3.77% 142
Work from Home -10 191 £55,000 - 165
North of England -6 142 £60,000 - 42
South East +30 123 £55,000 +7.32% 44
London -39 90 £81,500 +0.31% 47
North West -10 81 £60,000 - 22
Midlands -20 53 £53,750 +2.38% 17
Yorkshire -21 48 £60,000 - 9
South West -24 47 £50,000 -9.09% 11
East of England -20 36 £58,750 +10.85% 17
West Midlands -13 33 £52,500 -8.70% 11
East Midlands -34 20 £53,750 +13.16% 6
North East -25 13 £55,000 -31.25% 11
Scotland -30 12 £60,000 +84.62% 6
Wales -24 8 £45,000 -10.00% 5

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

For the 6 months to 6 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.

1 536 (100.00%) .NET
2 321 (59.89%) C#
3 192 (35.82%) Full-Stack Development
4 188 (35.07%) Azure
5 156 (29.10%) .NET Core
6 142 (26.49%) SQL
7 121 (22.57%) Agile
8 108 (20.15%) ASP.NET
9 93 (17.35%) Microsoft
10 86 (16.04%) CI/CD
11 85 (15.86%) Software Engineering
12 83 (15.49%) SaaS
13 82 (15.30%) React
14 75 (13.99%) SQL Server
15 74 (13.81%) Microservices
16 73 (13.62%) ASP.NET Core
16 73 (13.62%) DevOps
17 70 (13.06%) JavaScript
18 68 (12.69%) RESTful
19 64 (11.94%) HTML
20 61 (11.38%) CSS
21 57 (10.63%) AWS
22 56 (10.45%) Azure SQL Database
22 56 (10.45%) Blazor
23 54 (10.07%) AngularJS
24 53 (9.89%) .NET Framework
24 53 (9.89%) TypeScript
25 52 (9.70%) Azure DevOps
26 51 (9.51%) Vue
27 46 (8.58%) MongoDB

.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 (0.56%) NServiceBus
2 2 (0.37%) IIS
2 2 (0.37%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 188 (35.07%) Azure
2 83 (15.49%) SaaS
3 57 (10.63%) AWS
4 52 (9.70%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (6.53%) GitHub
6 32 (5.97%) Serverless
7 23 (4.29%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (3.73%) Azure AI
8 20 (3.73%) Azure Logic Apps
9 18 (3.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 14 (2.61%) Azure Service Bus
11 13 (2.43%) Azure App Service
11 13 (2.43%) Azure Functions
11 13 (2.43%) Entra ID
11 13 (2.43%) PaaS
12 11 (2.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 11 (2.05%) Amazon S3
12 11 (2.05%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (1.87%) Amazon EventBridge
13 10 (1.87%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.31%) Internet
2 2 (0.37%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.19%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (13.99%) SQL Server
2 56 (10.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 46 (8.58%) MongoDB
4 29 (5.41%) NoSQL
5 14 (2.61%) Elasticsearch
6 12 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.87%) DynamoDB
8 6 (1.12%) MySQL
9 4 (0.75%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.56%) Power BI
11 2 (0.37%) CouchDB
11 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.19%) Amazon Athena
12 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.19%) NonStop SQL
12 1 (0.19%) SAP BW
12 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (5.60%) Git
2 6 (1.12%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.37%) JIRA
3 2 (0.37%) MSTest
3 2 (0.37%) NUnit
4 1 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.19%) Postman
4 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.19%) Vite
4 1 (0.19%) webpack
General
1 52 (9.70%) Finance
2 29 (5.41%) Social Skills
3 13 (2.43%) Games
4 10 (1.87%) Law
5 7 (1.31%) Advertising
5 7 (1.31%) Manufacturing
6 6 (1.12%) Banking
7 5 (0.93%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (0.93%) Back Office
8 4 (0.75%) Automotive
8 4 (0.75%) Marketing
9 3 (0.56%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.56%) Legal
10 2 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.37%) Retail
11 1 (0.19%) Front Office
11 1 (0.19%) iGaming
11 1 (0.19%) Music Industry
11 1 (0.19%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 536 (100.00%) .NET
2 156 (29.10%) .NET Core
3 108 (20.15%) ASP.NET
4 82 (15.30%) React
5 73 (13.62%) ASP.NET Core
6 68 (12.69%) RESTful
7 64 (11.94%) HTML
8 61 (11.38%) CSS
9 56 (10.45%) Blazor
10 54 (10.07%) AngularJS
11 53 (9.89%) .NET Framework
12 51 (9.51%) Vue
13 43 (8.02%) Entity Framework
14 34 (6.34%) ASP.NET Web API
15 22 (4.10%) REST
16 18 (3.36%) ML.NET
17 17 (3.17%) ASP.NET MVC
18 15 (2.80%) Razor View Engine
19 14 (2.61%) Node.js
20 13 (2.43%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.02%) Mobile App
2 19 (3.54%) Cloud Native
3 16 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (2.61%) PropTech
5 13 (2.43%) Hedge funds
6 9 (1.68%) Sports Betting
7 7 (1.31%) Legacy Code
7 7 (1.31%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (0.93%) Social Network
10 3 (0.56%) BBC
10 3 (0.56%) Digital TV
10 3 (0.56%) Social Media
11 2 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.37%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.37%) Fixed Income
11 2 (0.37%) IoT
11 2 (0.37%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.93%) Windows
2 3 (0.56%) Android
3 2 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (35.82%) Full-Stack Development
2 121 (22.57%) Agile
3 86 (16.04%) CI/CD
4 85 (15.86%) Software Engineering
5 74 (13.81%) Microservices
6 73 (13.62%) DevOps
7 42 (7.84%) AI
7 42 (7.84%) MVC
8 39 (7.28%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (5.41%) TDD
11 27 (5.04%) Multithreading
11 27 (5.04%) SDLC
12 26 (4.85%) Clean Code
13 25 (4.66%) Scrum
14 23 (4.29%) Containerisation
14 23 (4.29%) Machine Learning
15 21 (3.92%) API Development
15 21 (3.92%) OO
16 19 (3.54%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 321 (59.89%) C#
2 142 (26.49%) SQL
3 70 (13.06%) JavaScript
4 53 (9.89%) TypeScript
5 12 (2.24%) VB
6 6 (1.12%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.93%) Python
8 3 (0.56%) Bicep
8 3 (0.56%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.19%) C++
9 1 (0.19%) Java
9 1 (0.19%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (6.90%) SC Cleared
1 37 (6.90%) Security Cleared
2 19 (3.54%) Degree
3 15 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (1.49%) AWS Certification
4 8 (1.49%) AWS Certified Developer
5 6 (1.12%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.61%) QA
2 3 (0.56%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.19%) GDPR
3 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 45 (8.40%) Docker
2 7 (1.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (4.10%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 93 (17.35%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.99%) Xamarin
3 8 (1.49%) Facebook
4 6 (1.12%) Google
4 6 (1.12%) OpenAI
5 4 (0.75%) Sage
6 3 (0.56%) Apple
6 3 (0.56%) Sony
6 3 (0.56%) Yahoo!
7 2 (0.37%) iManage
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle
7 2 (0.37%) Telerik
7 2 (0.37%) YouTube
8 1 (0.19%) Databricks
8 1 (0.19%) DevExpress
8 1 (0.19%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.19%) IBM
8 1 (0.19%) Infragistics
8 1 (0.19%) Perforce
8 1 (0.19%) SAP