.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 21 April 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 595 578 585
Rank change year-on-year -17 +7 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Software Developer 108 62 308
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.15% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.17% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 107 57 297
10th Percentile £44,500 - £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 £65,000 £57,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £87,000 £80,000 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.82% -2.50% -4.76%

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 81,353 37,364 89,331
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 89.32% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 51,978 23,468 66,062
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,261
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £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% -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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -2 103 £55,000 +3.77% 17
UK excluding London -32 94 £55,000 +12.82% 18
North of England -38 37 £55,000 +10.00% 2
Work from Home +7 34 £55,000 +69.23% 5
Yorkshire -39 22 £65,000 +8.33%
South East -32 21 £55,000 -8.33% 6
South West -37 20 £45,000 +2.27% 3
London +1 17 £85,000 +25.93% 1
North West -24 15 £45,000 -7.69% 2
East of England -36 6 £55,000 +3.77%
Midlands -28 5 £90,000 +56.52% 5
Wales - 5 £45,000 - 1
West Midlands -23 4 £90,000 +56.52%
East Midlands - 1 £50,000 - 5

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

For the 6 months to 21 April 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.

1 108 (100.00%) .NET
2 76 (70.37%) C#
3 35 (32.41%) Software Engineering
4 33 (30.56%) SaaS
5 32 (29.63%) Full-Stack Development
6 26 (24.07%) Azure
7 25 (23.15%) SQL
8 24 (22.22%) .NET Core
9 22 (20.37%) HTML
10 21 (19.44%) CSS
11 20 (18.52%) AWS
12 19 (17.59%) Agile
12 19 (17.59%) SDLC
12 19 (17.59%) Vue
13 17 (15.74%) Microservices
13 17 (15.74%) SQL Server
14 16 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (14.81%) Product Vision
14 16 (14.81%) Resource Allocation
15 15 (13.89%) CQRS
15 15 (13.89%) Microsoft
16 13 (12.04%) .NET Framework
17 12 (11.11%) CI/CD
18 11 (10.19%) ASP.NET
19 10 (9.26%) RESTful
20 9 (8.33%) Docker
21 8 (7.41%) JavaScript
22 7 (6.48%) API Design
22 7 (6.48%) Computer Science
22 7 (6.48%) Containerisation

.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 (0.93%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 33 (30.56%) SaaS
2 26 (24.07%) Azure
3 20 (18.52%) AWS
4 3 (2.78%) GitHub
5 2 (1.85%) Azure Cognitive Search
5 2 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (1.85%) Azure Table
5 2 (1.85%) PaaS
5 2 (1.85%) Serverless
6 1 (0.93%) Azure App Service
6 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.93%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.93%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (15.74%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.93%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.93%) MySQL
2 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.93%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Git
2 1 (0.93%) Postman
2 1 (0.93%) SpecFlow
2 1 (0.93%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (10.19%) Finance
2 7 (6.48%) Manufacturing
3 2 (1.85%) Banking
3 2 (1.85%) Investment Banking
4 1 (0.93%) Front Office
4 1 (0.93%) Law
4 1 (0.93%) Legal
4 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
4 1 (0.93%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (100.00%) .NET
2 24 (22.22%) .NET Core
3 22 (20.37%) HTML
4 21 (19.44%) CSS
5 19 (17.59%) Vue
6 13 (12.04%) .NET Framework
7 11 (10.19%) ASP.NET
8 10 (9.26%) RESTful
9 7 (6.48%) React
10 6 (5.56%) Blazor
10 6 (5.56%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (2.78%) JSON
11 3 (2.78%) KnockoutJS
12 2 (1.85%) AngularJS
12 2 (1.85%) HTML5
12 2 (1.85%) LINQ
12 2 (1.85%) Next.js
12 2 (1.85%) XML
13 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET Core
13 1 (0.93%) MassTransit
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.70%) Hedge funds
2 3 (2.78%) Cloud Native
2 3 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.85%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.93%) Derivative
4 1 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.93%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (32.41%) Software Engineering
2 32 (29.63%) Full-Stack Development
3 19 (17.59%) Agile
3 19 (17.59%) SDLC
4 17 (15.74%) Microservices
5 16 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (14.81%) Product Vision
5 16 (14.81%) Resource Allocation
6 15 (13.89%) CQRS
7 12 (11.11%) CI/CD
8 7 (6.48%) API Design
8 7 (6.48%) Computer Science
8 7 (6.48%) Containerisation
8 7 (6.48%) DevOps
9 6 (5.56%) API Integration
10 5 (4.63%) RAD
11 4 (3.70%) Migration
12 3 (2.78%) Infrastructure as Code
12 3 (2.78%) MVC
12 3 (2.78%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 76 (70.37%) C#
2 25 (23.15%) SQL
3 8 (7.41%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.70%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.85%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.93%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 9 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (6.48%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.78%) Sage
3 1 (0.93%) IBM
3 1 (0.93%) Xamarin