.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 17 May 2026.

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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 584 604 592
Rank change year-on-year +20 -12 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Software Developer 128 55 309
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.12% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.14% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 127 50 299
10th Percentile £45,000 - £36,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £31,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £59,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,375 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.82% -2.50% -7.41%

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 85,551 39,541 91,790
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 89.78% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 56,475 22,949 67,336
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.66%

.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 17 May 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 17 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 +29 126 £55,000 +3.77% 10
UK excluding London +15 111 £55,000 +12.82% 10
North of England -8 42 £52,500 -1.87% 4
Work from Home +43 39 £55,000 +69.23% 8
South East +7 34 £55,000 -8.33% 4
Yorkshire -27 25 £60,000 -
London -16 21 £85,000 +54.55% 2
South West -27 20 £45,000 +2.27%
North West +17 17 £45,000 -5.26% 1
Midlands - 8 £50,000 - 1
East of England -25 5 £55,000 +3.77%
East Midlands - 4 £50,000 -
West Midlands - 4 £90,000 - 1
Wales - 2 £45,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 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.

1 128 (100.00%) .NET
2 92 (71.88%) C#
3 54 (42.19%) Software Engineering
4 41 (32.03%) Full-Stack Development
5 36 (28.13%) SaaS
6 35 (27.34%) SQL
7 34 (26.56%) Azure
8 28 (21.88%) HTML
9 27 (21.09%) .NET Core
9 27 (21.09%) AWS
9 27 (21.09%) CSS
10 26 (20.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (20.31%) SDLC
10 26 (20.31%) Vue
11 22 (17.19%) Product Vision
11 22 (17.19%) Resource Allocation
11 22 (17.19%) SQL Server
12 21 (16.41%) CQRS
12 21 (16.41%) Microservices
13 20 (15.63%) Agile
13 20 (15.63%) CI/CD
14 18 (14.06%) Microsoft
15 13 (10.16%) ASP.NET
15 13 (10.16%) Computer Science
16 12 (9.38%) .NET Framework
16 12 (9.38%) Degree
17 11 (8.59%) Docker
17 11 (8.59%) RESTful
18 9 (7.03%) API Design
18 9 (7.03%) 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.78%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 36 (28.13%) SaaS
2 34 (26.56%) Azure
3 27 (21.09%) AWS
4 5 (3.91%) Serverless
5 4 (3.13%) Azure Functions
5 4 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (3.13%) GitHub
6 3 (2.34%) Azure Cognitive Search
6 3 (2.34%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (2.34%) Azure Table
6 3 (2.34%) PaaS
7 2 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.78%) Azure App Service
8 1 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.78%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.78%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.78%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (17.19%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (4.69%) Git
2 1 (0.78%) Postman
2 1 (0.78%) SpecFlow
General
1 13 (10.16%) Finance
2 7 (5.47%) Manufacturing
3 6 (4.69%) Automotive
3 6 (4.69%) Social Skills
4 2 (1.56%) Banking
4 2 (1.56%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.56%) Legal
5 1 (0.78%) Advertising
5 1 (0.78%) Front Office
5 1 (0.78%) Law
5 1 (0.78%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (100.00%) .NET
2 28 (21.88%) HTML
3 27 (21.09%) .NET Core
3 27 (21.09%) CSS
4 26 (20.31%) Vue
5 13 (10.16%) ASP.NET
6 12 (9.38%) .NET Framework
7 11 (8.59%) RESTful
8 7 (5.47%) React
9 6 (4.69%) Blazor
9 6 (4.69%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (3.13%) JSON
11 3 (2.34%) ASP.NET Core
11 3 (2.34%) LINQ
11 3 (2.34%) Next.js
12 2 (1.56%) ASP.NET Web API
12 2 (1.56%) HTML5
12 2 (1.56%) KnockoutJS
12 2 (1.56%) XML
13 1 (0.78%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.69%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.13%) Hedge funds
3 3 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.56%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.78%) Derivative
5 1 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.78%) Robotics
5 1 (0.78%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (42.19%) Software Engineering
2 41 (32.03%) Full-Stack Development
3 26 (20.31%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (20.31%) SDLC
4 22 (17.19%) Product Vision
4 22 (17.19%) Resource Allocation
5 21 (16.41%) CQRS
5 21 (16.41%) Microservices
6 20 (15.63%) Agile
6 20 (15.63%) CI/CD
7 13 (10.16%) Computer Science
8 9 (7.03%) API Design
8 9 (7.03%) DevOps
9 8 (6.25%) AI
9 8 (6.25%) API Integration
9 8 (6.25%) Containerisation
10 7 (5.47%) API Management
11 6 (4.69%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (3.91%) RAD
12 5 (3.91%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 92 (71.88%) C#
2 35 (27.34%) SQL
3 8 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.13%) Python
5 3 (2.34%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.56%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.78%) C++
7 1 (0.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (9.38%) Degree
2 8 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.13%) Azure Certification
3 4 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.13%) GDPR
2 1 (0.78%) QA
System Software
1 11 (8.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.13%) Oracle
2 4 (3.13%) Sage
3 1 (0.78%) DevExpress
3 1 (0.78%) IBM
3 1 (0.78%) Xamarin