.NET Software Developer Job Trends

.NET Software Developer
UK

The median .NET Software Developer salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
16 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 582 544
Rank change year-on-year -16 -38 +93
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Software Developer 91 69 308
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.16% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.18% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 90 63 296
10th Percentile £44,875 - £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -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 68,588 39,043 80,162
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 90.54% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 43,675 23,259 61,462
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £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 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -5.65%

.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 16 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 16 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 +17 86 £60,000 +14.29% 15
UK excluding London -20 77 £55,000 +15.79% 12
North of England -24 29 £65,000 +30.00% 3
Work from Home +11 24 £70,000 +115.38% 9
South West - 21 £45,000 - 3
Yorkshire - 18 £65,000 - 2
London +12 16 £85,000 +41.67% 5
South East -5 14 £70,000 +16.67% 2
North West -15 11 £55,000 +10.00% 1
East of England -10 6 £55,000 +3.77% 1
Wales - 5 £45,000 -
Midlands -16 2 £70,000 +21.74% 3
West Midlands -3 1 £90,000 +56.52% 2
East Midlands - 1 £50,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 91 (100.00%) .NET
2 58 (63.74%) C#
3 25 (27.47%) Software Engineering
4 23 (25.27%) Full-Stack Development
5 22 (24.18%) SaaS
6 19 (20.88%) .NET Core
6 19 (20.88%) Agile
6 19 (20.88%) Azure
7 16 (17.58%) .NET Framework
7 16 (17.58%) SQL Server
8 15 (16.48%) SQL
9 14 (15.38%) Microsoft
10 13 (14.29%) HTML
11 12 (13.19%) CSS
12 11 (12.09%) AWS
12 11 (12.09%) JavaScript
13 9 (9.89%) CI/CD
13 9 (9.89%) SDLC
14 8 (8.79%) Vue
15 7 (7.69%) Blazor
15 7 (7.69%) DevOps
15 7 (7.69%) Migration
16 6 (6.59%) ASP.NET
16 6 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
16 6 (6.59%) Microservices
16 6 (6.59%) MVC
16 6 (6.59%) RabbitMQ
16 6 (6.59%) React
17 5 (5.49%) Docker
17 5 (5.49%) Problem-Solving

.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 (1.10%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 22 (24.18%) SaaS
2 19 (20.88%) Azure
3 11 (12.09%) AWS
4 3 (3.30%) Serverless
5 2 (2.20%) Azure App Service
5 2 (2.20%) Azure Cognitive Search
5 2 (2.20%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (2.20%) Azure Table
5 2 (2.20%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.20%) GitHub
5 2 (2.20%) PaaS
6 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.10%) Firebase
6 1 (1.10%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (17.58%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.10%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.10%) MySQL
2 1 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.10%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (4.40%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.20%) Git
3 1 (1.10%) Postman
3 1 (1.10%) SpecFlow
General
1 11 (12.09%) Finance
2 7 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 4 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (3.30%) Banking
5 2 (2.20%) Front Office
5 2 (2.20%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.10%) Law
6 1 (1.10%) Legal
6 1 (1.10%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (100.00%) .NET
2 19 (20.88%) .NET Core
3 16 (17.58%) .NET Framework
4 13 (14.29%) HTML
5 12 (13.19%) CSS
6 8 (8.79%) Vue
7 7 (7.69%) Blazor
8 6 (6.59%) ASP.NET
8 6 (6.59%) RabbitMQ
8 6 (6.59%) React
9 5 (5.49%) RESTful
10 4 (4.40%) Autofac
10 4 (4.40%) Entity Framework
11 3 (3.30%) JSON
11 3 (3.30%) KnockoutJS
12 2 (2.20%) AngularJS
12 2 (2.20%) HTML5
12 2 (2.20%) LINQ
12 2 (2.20%) Next.js
12 2 (2.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.40%) Hedge funds
2 3 (3.30%) Cloud Native
2 3 (3.30%) Fixed Income
2 3 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.10%) Derivative
3 1 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.10%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.10%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (27.47%) Software Engineering
2 23 (25.27%) Full-Stack Development
3 19 (20.88%) Agile
4 9 (9.89%) CI/CD
4 9 (9.89%) SDLC
5 7 (7.69%) DevOps
5 7 (7.69%) Migration
6 6 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (6.59%) Microservices
6 6 (6.59%) MVC
7 5 (5.49%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (5.49%) Product Vision
7 5 (5.49%) Resource Allocation
8 4 (4.40%) CQRS
8 4 (4.40%) Dependency Injection
8 4 (4.40%) RAD
8 4 (4.40%) TDD
9 3 (3.30%) B2B
9 3 (3.30%) Infrastructure as Code
9 3 (3.30%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 58 (63.74%) C#
2 15 (16.48%) SQL
3 11 (12.09%) JavaScript
4 4 (4.40%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.20%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.10%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (2.20%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.10%) QA
System Software
1 5 (5.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.40%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.20%) Sage
3 1 (1.10%) IBM
3 1 (1.10%) Xamarin
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