.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 25 July 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 369 116
Rank change year-on-year +169 -253 +53
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 1,001 361 2,015
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.99% 0.73% 2.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.82% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 958 334 1,844
10th Percentile £42,500 £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 £56,000
% change year-on-year - -1.79% +1.82%

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 95,058 44,279 85,185
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 90.13% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 65,017 26,287 59,282
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% - -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 25 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 25 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 +157 938 £55,000 -8.33% 90
UK excluding London +184 867 £55,000 - 68
Work from Home +146 631 £55,000 -4.35% 60
South East +124 276 £55,000 - 21
North of England +97 263 £55,000 -8.33% 22
London -29 119 £80,000 +6.67% 30
North West +33 115 £55,000 -6.38% 5
East of England +72 111 £60,000 +13.21% 10
Midlands +19 91 £55,000 +10.00% 7
South West -11 79 £52,500 +5.00% 8
Yorkshire +21 74 £55,000 -8.33% 12
North East +13 74 £55,000 -45.00% 7
West Midlands +7 53 £55,000 -4.35% 6
East Midlands -4 38 £52,500 +16.67% 1
Scotland +40 31 £55,000 +69.23% 1
Wales -40 16 £50,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 1,001 (100.00%) .NET
2 793 (79.22%) C#
3 618 (61.74%) Full-Stack Development
4 610 (60.94%) Azure
5 549 (54.85%) .NET Core
6 548 (54.75%) SQL
7 538 (53.75%) ASP.NET
8 522 (52.15%) Microsoft
9 491 (49.05%) ASP.NET Core
10 452 (45.15%) Azure SQL Database
11 423 (42.26%) Agile
12 411 (41.06%) MongoDB
13 234 (23.38%) JavaScript
14 225 (22.48%) DevOps
15 224 (22.38%) CI/CD
16 217 (21.68%) Blazor
17 215 (21.48%) React
18 213 (21.28%) CSS
19 212 (21.18%) HTML
20 206 (20.58%) Entity Framework
20 206 (20.58%) Microservices
21 204 (20.38%) AI
22 200 (19.98%) Azure DevOps
23 192 (19.18%) TypeScript
24 191 (19.08%) RESTful
24 191 (19.08%) Vue
25 183 (18.28%) AngularJS
26 180 (17.98%) ASP.NET Web API
27 170 (16.98%) Docker
28 168 (16.78%) 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 (60.94%) Azure
2 200 (19.98%) Azure DevOps
3 155 (15.48%) Azure AI
4 154 (15.38%) GitHub
5 144 (14.39%) AWS
6 138 (13.79%) GitHub Copilot
7 70 (6.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 66 (6.59%) 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 (45.15%) Azure SQL Database
2 411 (41.06%) MongoDB
3 156 (15.58%) Elasticsearch
4 113 (11.29%) 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 33 (3.30%) 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 (12.09%) Finance
2 56 (5.59%) Advertising
3 54 (5.39%) Games
4 44 (4.40%) Marketing
5 40 (4.00%) Social Skills
6 31 (3.10%) Retail
7 14 (1.40%) Aerospace
8 12 (1.20%) Law
9 11 (1.10%) Music Industry
10 10 (1.00%) Analytical Skills
11 8 (0.80%) Automotive
12 7 (0.70%) Banking
12 7 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.50%) Back Office
13 5 (0.50%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.40%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.40%) Legal
14 4 (0.40%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.100%) iGaming
15 1 (0.100%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,001 (100.00%) .NET
2 549 (54.85%) .NET Core
3 538 (53.75%) ASP.NET
4 491 (49.05%) ASP.NET Core
5 217 (21.68%) Blazor
6 215 (21.48%) React
7 213 (21.28%) CSS
8 212 (21.18%) HTML
9 206 (20.58%) Entity Framework
10 191 (19.08%) RESTful
10 191 (19.08%) Vue
11 183 (18.28%) AngularJS
12 180 (17.98%) ASP.NET Web API
13 154 (15.38%) ML.NET
14 147 (14.69%) Node.js
15 114 (11.39%) LINQ
16 111 (11.09%) .NET Framework
17 35 (3.50%) REST
18 34 (3.40%) WinForms
19 25 (2.50%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 101 (10.09%) Greenfield Project
2 46 (4.60%) Enterprise Software
3 45 (4.50%) 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 7 (0.70%) PropTech
12 6 (0.60%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.50%) IoT
13 5 (0.50%) Tandem
14 4 (0.40%) Data Structures
15 3 (0.30%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.10%) Android
2 15 (1.50%) Windows
3 1 (0.100%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 618 (61.74%) Full-Stack Development
2 423 (42.26%) Agile
3 225 (22.48%) DevOps
4 224 (22.38%) CI/CD
5 206 (20.58%) Microservices
6 204 (20.38%) AI
7 168 (16.78%) Multithreading
8 159 (15.88%) Machine Learning
9 117 (11.69%) Software Engineering
10 97 (9.69%) Scrum
11 95 (9.49%) OO
12 91 (9.09%) 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 48 (4.80%) MVC
18 47 (4.70%) Analytics
19 46 (4.60%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 793 (79.22%) C#
2 548 (54.75%) SQL
3 234 (23.38%) JavaScript
4 192 (19.18%) TypeScript
5 21 (2.10%) VB.NET
6 18 (1.80%) 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 (3.80%) SC Cleared
1 38 (3.80%) Security Cleared
2 30 (3.00%) 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 18 (1.80%) QA
2 7 (0.70%) GDPR
3 4 (0.40%) Accessibility
System Software
1 170 (16.98%) Docker
Systems Management
1 153 (15.28%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 522 (52.15%) 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 12 (1.20%) Xamarin
7 8 (0.80%) OpenAI
7 8 (0.80%) Oracle
8 4 (0.40%) Sage
8 4 (0.40%) SAP
9 3 (0.30%) Alterian
9 3 (0.30%) Optimizely
9 3 (0.30%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.20%) iManage
10 2 (0.20%) OneLogin
11 1 (0.100%) Databricks
11 1 (0.100%) DevExpress
11 1 (0.100%) Veracode