.NET Software Developer Job Trends

.NET Software Developer
UK

The median .NET Software Developer salary in the UK is £51,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 September 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 677 641 537
Rank change year-on-year -36 -104 +56
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Software Developer 110 39 268
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.099% 0.079% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.088% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 106 39 264
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,500 £33,825
25th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £112,500 £50,875
Median % change year-on-year -54.44% +121.13% -15.21%
75th Percentile £69,375 £133,125 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £143,750 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £112,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -55.56% +125.00% -6.98%

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 104,733 44,390 75,643
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 89.68% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 72,126 26,208 47,516
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,132 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,500 £74,813 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 6 September 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 6 September 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 -39 109 £50,000 -55.56% 14
UK excluding London -24 100 £50,000 -55.56% 12
North of England -30 42 £50,000 -16.67% 2
South East -17 35 £55,000 -60.00% 3
Work from Home -35 33 £55,000 -51.11% 9
Yorkshire -32 18 £50,000 -16.67%
North West -6 16 £67,500 +68.75% 2
London -63 12 £85,000 -24.44% 3
Midlands -25 9 £52,500 +5.53% 3
South West -67 9 £42,500 -13.27%
North East -61 8 £85,000 -26.09%
East Midlands -25 5 £50,000 -3.85% 1
East of England - 5 £47,500 - 2
West Midlands -29 4 £90,000 +89.47% 1

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

For the 6 months to 6 September 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.

1 110 (100.00%) .NET
2 85 (77.27%) C#
3 58 (52.73%) Software Engineering
4 42 (38.18%) Full-Stack Development
5 36 (32.73%) SDLC
6 35 (31.82%) Azure
6 35 (31.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (31.82%) CSS
6 35 (31.82%) HTML
7 34 (30.91%) SQL
7 34 (30.91%) SQL Server
8 27 (24.55%) AWS
9 26 (23.64%) .NET Core
9 26 (23.64%) CI/CD
10 25 (22.73%) Vue
11 23 (20.91%) SaaS
12 22 (20.00%) Agile
13 20 (18.18%) CQRS
13 20 (18.18%) Microservices
13 20 (18.18%) Product Vision
13 20 (18.18%) Resource Allocation
14 18 (16.36%) Degree
15 17 (15.45%) Git
16 16 (14.55%) .NET Framework
16 16 (14.55%) ASP.NET
16 16 (14.55%) Computer Science
16 16 (14.55%) JavaScript
16 16 (14.55%) Microsoft
16 16 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
17 15 (13.64%) DevOps

.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:

Business Applications
1 3 (2.73%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.91%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 35 (31.82%) Azure
2 27 (24.55%) AWS
3 23 (20.91%) SaaS
4 7 (6.36%) GitHub
5 6 (5.45%) Azure Functions
5 6 (5.45%) Serverless
6 5 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (4.55%) Azure Service Bus
7 4 (3.64%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 4 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.64%) Azure Table
7 4 (3.64%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (3.64%) PaaS
8 3 (2.73%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.82%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.82%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.91%) Azure AKS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (30.91%) SQL Server
2 11 (10.00%) Relational Database
3 8 (7.27%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.73%) MySQL
5 2 (1.82%) SQLite
6 1 (0.91%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (15.45%) Git
General
1 20 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 14 (12.73%) Finance
3 8 (7.27%) Automotive
4 7 (6.36%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.73%) Law
6 3 (2.73%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.91%) Advertising
7 1 (0.91%) Banking
7 1 (0.91%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.91%) Legal
7 1 (0.91%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (100.00%) .NET
2 35 (31.82%) CSS
2 35 (31.82%) HTML
3 26 (23.64%) .NET Core
4 25 (22.73%) Vue
5 16 (14.55%) .NET Framework
5 16 (14.55%) ASP.NET
6 11 (10.00%) RESTful
7 9 (8.18%) ASP.NET Core
7 9 (8.18%) Entity Framework
7 9 (8.18%) React
8 6 (5.45%) JSON
9 5 (4.55%) AngularJS
10 4 (3.64%) ASP.NET MVC
10 4 (3.64%) ASP.NET Web API
10 4 (3.64%) CSS3
10 4 (3.64%) HTML5
10 4 (3.64%) LINQ
10 4 (3.64%) Next.js
10 4 (3.64%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.55%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (3.64%) Hedge funds
3 3 (2.73%) Robotics
4 2 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.82%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.82%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.82%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.82%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.91%) Derivative
5 1 (0.91%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.91%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.91%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (52.73%) Software Engineering
2 42 (38.18%) Full-Stack Development
3 36 (32.73%) SDLC
4 35 (31.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (23.64%) CI/CD
6 22 (20.00%) Agile
7 20 (18.18%) CQRS
7 20 (18.18%) Microservices
7 20 (18.18%) Product Vision
7 20 (18.18%) Resource Allocation
8 16 (14.55%) Computer Science
8 16 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (13.64%) DevOps
10 14 (12.73%) AI
11 13 (11.82%) Clean Code
12 9 (8.18%) API Management
13 8 (7.27%) API Design
13 8 (7.27%) Containerisation
13 8 (7.27%) Roadmaps
13 8 (7.27%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 85 (77.27%) C#
2 34 (30.91%) SQL
3 16 (14.55%) JavaScript
4 7 (6.36%) Python
5 3 (2.73%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.82%) C
6 2 (1.82%) Dart
6 2 (1.82%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.82%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.91%) C++
7 1 (0.91%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.91%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (16.36%) Degree
2 10 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (5.45%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.55%) Azure Certification
4 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.73%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.27%) GDPR
2 4 (3.64%) QA
3 1 (0.91%) Accessibility
System Software
1 11 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (6.36%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (14.55%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.36%) Sage
3 5 (4.55%) Oracle
4 3 (2.73%) DevExpress
5 2 (1.82%) Telerik