.NET Software Developer Job Trends

.NET Software Developer
UK

The median .NET Software Developer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 March 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 574 555
Rank change year-on-year -31 -19 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Software Developer 95 68 307
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.16% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.18% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 93 63 295
10th Percentile - - £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £53,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £60,000 £142,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -1.96%

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 70,590 38,369 82,605
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.05% 90.31% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 44,954 23,205 62,724
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%

.NET Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '.NET Software Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

.NET Software Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

.NET Software Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for .NET Software Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for .NET Software Developer job vacancies in the UK

.NET Software Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Software Developer over the 6 months to 23 March 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Software Developer in the UK

.NET Software Developer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Software Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 23 March 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 +14 90 £60,000 +14.29% 13
UK excluding London -25 80 £55,000 +15.79% 13
North of England -25 31 £65,000 +30.00% 2
Work from Home +12 27 £65,000 +100.00% 7
South West - 20 £45,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 20 £65,000 - 2
London +20 18 £85,000 +51.11% 3
South East -24 14 £70,000 +16.67% 2
North West -15 11 £55,000 +10.00%
East of England -10 6 £55,000 +3.77% 2
Wales - 5 £45,000 -
Midlands -37 4 £90,000 +56.52% 4
West Midlands +5 3 £90,000 +56.52% 2
East Midlands - 1 £50,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 23 March 2026, .NET Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 95 (100.00%) .NET
2 63 (66.32%) C#
3 27 (28.42%) Full-Stack Development
3 27 (28.42%) Software Engineering
4 25 (26.32%) SaaS
5 19 (20.00%) Agile
6 18 (18.95%) .NET Core
6 18 (18.95%) Azure
7 17 (17.89%) HTML
7 17 (17.89%) SQL
8 16 (16.84%) .NET Framework
8 16 (16.84%) CSS
8 16 (16.84%) SQL Server
9 14 (14.74%) Microsoft
10 13 (13.68%) AWS
11 12 (12.63%) SDLC
12 11 (11.58%) JavaScript
12 11 (11.58%) Vue
13 9 (9.47%) CI/CD
13 9 (9.47%) Microservices
14 8 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
14 8 (8.42%) DevOps
14 8 (8.42%) Product Vision
14 8 (8.42%) Resource Allocation
15 7 (7.37%) ASP.NET
15 7 (7.37%) Blazor
15 7 (7.37%) CQRS
15 7 (7.37%) Migration
15 7 (7.37%) React
16 6 (6.32%) MVC

.NET Software 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 1 (1.05%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 25 (26.32%) SaaS
2 18 (18.95%) Azure
3 13 (13.68%) AWS
4 3 (3.16%) GitHub
4 3 (3.16%) Serverless
5 2 (2.11%) Azure App Service
5 2 (2.11%) Azure Cognitive Search
5 2 (2.11%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (2.11%) Azure Table
5 2 (2.11%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.11%) PaaS
6 1 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.05%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (16.84%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.05%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.05%) MySQL
2 1 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.05%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (4.21%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.11%) Git
3 1 (1.05%) Postman
3 1 (1.05%) SpecFlow
General
1 11 (11.58%) Finance
2 7 (7.37%) Manufacturing
3 4 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (3.16%) Banking
5 2 (2.11%) Front Office
5 2 (2.11%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.05%) Law
6 1 (1.05%) Legal
6 1 (1.05%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.05%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (100.00%) .NET
2 18 (18.95%) .NET Core
3 17 (17.89%) HTML
4 16 (16.84%) .NET Framework
4 16 (16.84%) CSS
5 11 (11.58%) Vue
6 7 (7.37%) ASP.NET
6 7 (7.37%) Blazor
6 7 (7.37%) React
7 6 (6.32%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (6.32%) RESTful
8 4 (4.21%) Autofac
8 4 (4.21%) Entity Framework
9 3 (3.16%) JSON
9 3 (3.16%) KnockoutJS
10 2 (2.11%) AngularJS
10 2 (2.11%) HTML5
10 2 (2.11%) LINQ
10 2 (2.11%) Next.js
10 2 (2.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.21%) Hedge funds
2 3 (3.16%) Cloud Native
2 3 (3.16%) Fixed Income
2 3 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.05%) Derivative
3 1 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.05%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.05%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (28.42%) Full-Stack Development
1 27 (28.42%) Software Engineering
2 19 (20.00%) Agile
3 12 (12.63%) SDLC
4 9 (9.47%) CI/CD
4 9 (9.47%) Microservices
5 8 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (8.42%) DevOps
5 8 (8.42%) Product Vision
5 8 (8.42%) Resource Allocation
6 7 (7.37%) CQRS
6 7 (7.37%) Migration
7 6 (6.32%) MVC
8 5 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (5.26%) TDD
9 4 (4.21%) Dependency Injection
9 4 (4.21%) RAD
10 3 (3.16%) B2B
10 3 (3.16%) Computer Science
10 3 (3.16%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 63 (66.32%) C#
2 17 (17.89%) SQL
3 11 (11.58%) JavaScript
4 4 (4.21%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.11%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.05%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (2.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.05%) QA
System Software
1 5 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.16%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.11%) Sage
3 1 (1.05%) IBM
3 1 (1.05%) Xamarin