.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 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 325 100
Rank change year-on-year +37 -225 +89
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 574 397 2,556
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.63% 0.91% 2.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 1.02% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 535 357 2,452
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,300 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £74,375 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £80,000
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 84,240 38,844 90,932
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 89.44% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 54,564 23,127 66,916
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,033 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +9.50% -11.67%
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 8 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 8 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 +57 531 £60,000 +4.35% 195
UK excluding London +35 455 £55,000 +4.76% 147
Work from Home +24 227 £55,000 - 177
North of England +4 153 £60,000 - 47
South East +28 131 £55,000 +4.76% 42
London -18 94 £80,000 - 58
North West -1 83 £60,000 +4.35% 23
Midlands -3 58 £55,000 +4.76% 19
South West -19 51 £50,000 -9.09% 12
Yorkshire -17 50 £60,000 - 10
East of England -11 43 £57,500 +8.49% 20
West Midlands -12 35 £55,000 -4.35% 10
East Midlands -19 23 £55,000 +15.79% 9
North East -23 20 £55,000 -31.25% 14
Scotland -19 12 £60,000 +84.62% 4
Wales -26 7 £45,000 -10.00% 4

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

For the 6 months to 8 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.

1 574 (100.00%) .NET
2 357 (62.20%) C#
3 228 (39.72%) Full-Stack Development
4 221 (38.50%) Azure
5 188 (32.75%) .NET Core
6 177 (30.84%) SQL
7 143 (24.91%) Agile
8 139 (24.22%) ASP.NET
9 127 (22.13%) Microsoft
10 104 (18.12%) ASP.NET Core
11 100 (17.42%) CI/CD
12 90 (15.68%) Software Engineering
13 89 (15.51%) Azure SQL Database
14 88 (15.33%) React
15 87 (15.16%) Microservices
16 84 (14.63%) DevOps
16 84 (14.63%) SaaS
17 80 (13.94%) HTML
18 77 (13.41%) CSS
18 77 (13.41%) JavaScript
19 75 (13.07%) MongoDB
19 75 (13.07%) RESTful
19 75 (13.07%) SQL Server
20 67 (11.67%) AWS
21 66 (11.50%) AngularJS
22 65 (11.32%) Vue
23 64 (11.15%) TypeScript
24 63 (10.98%) Azure DevOps
24 63 (10.98%) Blazor
25 58 (10.10%) Entity Framework

.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 (0.52%) NServiceBus
2 2 (0.35%) IIS
2 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 221 (38.50%) Azure
2 84 (14.63%) SaaS
3 67 (11.67%) AWS
4 63 (10.98%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (8.19%) GitHub
6 33 (5.75%) Serverless
7 27 (4.70%) Azure AI
8 24 (4.18%) GitHub Actions
9 22 (3.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 20 (3.48%) Azure Logic Apps
10 20 (3.48%) GitHub Copilot
11 14 (2.44%) Azure Functions
11 14 (2.44%) Azure Service Bus
12 13 (2.26%) Azure App Service
12 13 (2.26%) Entra ID
12 13 (2.26%) PaaS
13 11 (1.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 11 (1.92%) Amazon S3
13 11 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.57%) Internet
2 2 (0.35%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.17%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (15.51%) Azure SQL Database
2 75 (13.07%) MongoDB
2 75 (13.07%) SQL Server
3 29 (5.05%) NoSQL
4 25 (4.36%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (1.74%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.22%) MySQL
8 4 (0.70%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.52%) NonStop SQL
10 2 (0.35%) CouchDB
10 2 (0.35%) Power BI
10 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
11 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.17%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (5.23%) Git
2 5 (0.87%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.35%) JIRA
3 2 (0.35%) MSTest
3 2 (0.35%) NUnit
4 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.17%) Postman
4 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.17%) Vite
4 1 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 59 (10.28%) Finance
2 30 (5.23%) Social Skills
3 18 (3.14%) Games
4 10 (1.74%) Advertising
4 10 (1.74%) Law
5 7 (1.22%) Manufacturing
6 6 (1.05%) Banking
7 5 (0.87%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (0.87%) Automotive
7 5 (0.87%) Back Office
7 5 (0.87%) Marketing
8 3 (0.52%) Investment Banking
8 3 (0.52%) Legal
8 3 (0.52%) Retail
9 2 (0.35%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.35%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.35%) Music Industry
9 2 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.17%) iGaming
10 1 (0.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 574 (100.00%) .NET
2 188 (32.75%) .NET Core
3 139 (24.22%) ASP.NET
4 104 (18.12%) ASP.NET Core
5 88 (15.33%) React
6 80 (13.94%) HTML
7 77 (13.41%) CSS
8 75 (13.07%) RESTful
9 66 (11.50%) AngularJS
10 65 (11.32%) Vue
11 63 (10.98%) Blazor
12 58 (10.10%) Entity Framework
13 54 (9.41%) .NET Framework
14 46 (8.01%) ASP.NET Web API
15 25 (4.36%) ML.NET
15 25 (4.36%) Node.js
16 23 (4.01%) LINQ
17 21 (3.66%) REST
18 16 (2.79%) ASP.NET MVC
19 14 (2.44%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.67%) Mobile App
2 21 (3.66%) Greenfield Project
3 20 (3.48%) Cloud Native
4 14 (2.44%) Hedge funds
4 14 (2.44%) PropTech
5 10 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (1.57%) Sports Betting
7 7 (1.22%) Legacy Code
7 7 (1.22%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.05%) Digital TV
8 6 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.05%) Social Network
9 5 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.52%) BBC
10 3 (0.52%) iPhone
10 3 (0.52%) Social Media
11 2 (0.35%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.35%) Fixed Income
11 2 (0.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.35%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.87%) Windows
2 4 (0.70%) Android
3 2 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (39.72%) Full-Stack Development
2 143 (24.91%) Agile
3 100 (17.42%) CI/CD
4 90 (15.68%) Software Engineering
5 87 (15.16%) Microservices
6 84 (14.63%) DevOps
7 51 (8.89%) AI
8 40 (6.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (6.97%) MVC
8 40 (6.97%) Problem-Solving
9 35 (6.10%) Multithreading
10 31 (5.40%) SDLC
10 31 (5.40%) TDD
11 30 (5.23%) Machine Learning
12 28 (4.88%) Scrum
13 26 (4.53%) Clean Code
13 26 (4.53%) OO
14 23 (4.01%) Containerisation
15 22 (3.83%) Kanban
16 21 (3.66%) API Development
Programming Languages
1 357 (62.20%) C#
2 177 (30.84%) SQL
3 77 (13.41%) JavaScript
4 64 (11.15%) TypeScript
5 12 (2.09%) VB
6 7 (1.22%) Python
7 6 (1.05%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.52%) Bicep
8 3 (0.52%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.17%) C++
9 1 (0.17%) Java
9 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (6.45%) SC Cleared
1 37 (6.45%) Security Cleared
2 20 (3.48%) Degree
3 15 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (1.39%) AWS Certification
4 8 (1.39%) AWS Certified Developer
5 6 (1.05%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.35%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.44%) QA
2 2 (0.35%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.35%) GDPR
3 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 57 (9.93%) Docker
2 7 (1.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 33 (5.75%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 127 (22.13%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.79%) Xamarin
3 11 (1.92%) Facebook
4 9 (1.57%) Google
5 6 (1.05%) OpenAI
6 4 (0.70%) Sage
6 4 (0.70%) YouTube
7 3 (0.52%) Apple
7 3 (0.52%) Oracle
7 3 (0.52%) Sony
7 3 (0.52%) Yahoo!
8 2 (0.35%) iManage
9 1 (0.17%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.17%) Databricks
9 1 (0.17%) DevExpress
9 1 (0.17%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.17%) Foundry
9 1 (0.17%) IBM
9 1 (0.17%) SAP
9 1 (0.17%) ServiceNow