.NET Software Developer Job Trends

.NET Software Developer
UK

The median .NET Software Developer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 August 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 655 663 524
Rank change year-on-year +8 -139 +61
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Software Developer 127 26 284
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.052% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.058% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 123 26 282
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,938 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,625 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £122,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -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 100,469 44,986 78,750
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 89.94% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 68,644 26,650 52,502
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,400 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -6.54%

.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 August 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 August 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 +11 127 £50,000 -13.04% 16
UK excluding London -4 116 £50,000 -1.96% 17
North of England -11 52 £57,500 -4.17% 1
Work from Home -2 38 £55,000 +2.80% 9
South East -10 34 £55,000 +10.00% 9
Yorkshire -7 27 £50,000 -16.67% 1
North West +8 18 £65,000 +52.94%
South West -63 16 £43,750 -10.71%
London -40 15 £85,000 +44.68% 3
Midlands -19 9 £61,250 +23.12% 2
North East -59 7 £70,000 -39.13% 1
West Midlands -24 5 £90,000 +89.47%
East of England - 5 £47,500 - 2
East Midlands -21 4 £50,000 -3.85% 2

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

For the 6 months to 16 August 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.

1 127 (100.00%) .NET
2 96 (75.59%) C#
3 64 (50.39%) Software Engineering
4 48 (37.80%) Full-Stack Development
5 39 (30.71%) Azure
6 38 (29.92%) HTML
7 37 (29.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (29.13%) CSS
7 37 (29.13%) SDLC
8 36 (28.35%) SQL
8 36 (28.35%) SQL Server
9 30 (23.62%) .NET Core
9 30 (23.62%) SaaS
10 29 (22.83%) AWS
11 27 (21.26%) CI/CD
11 27 (21.26%) Vue
12 22 (17.32%) Agile
12 22 (17.32%) CQRS
12 22 (17.32%) Microservices
12 22 (17.32%) Product Vision
12 22 (17.32%) Resource Allocation
13 20 (15.75%) Microsoft
14 19 (14.96%) Degree
15 18 (14.17%) JavaScript
16 17 (13.39%) Computer Science
16 17 (13.39%) DevOps
16 17 (13.39%) Git
16 17 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
17 16 (12.60%) .NET Framework
17 16 (12.60%) ASP.NET

.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 (2.36%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 39 (30.71%) Azure
2 30 (23.62%) SaaS
3 29 (22.83%) AWS
4 7 (5.51%) GitHub
5 6 (4.72%) Azure Functions
5 6 (4.72%) Serverless
6 5 (3.94%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (3.94%) Azure Service Bus
7 4 (3.15%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 4 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.15%) Azure Table
7 4 (3.15%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (3.15%) PaaS
8 3 (2.36%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.57%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.57%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.79%) Azure AKS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (28.35%) SQL Server
2 11 (8.66%) Relational Database
3 8 (6.30%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.36%) MySQL
5 2 (1.57%) SQLite
6 1 (0.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (13.39%) Git
General
1 20 (15.75%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.60%) Finance
3 8 (6.30%) Automotive
4 7 (5.51%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.94%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.36%) Law
7 2 (1.57%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.79%) Advertising
8 1 (0.79%) Banking
8 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.79%) Legal
8 1 (0.79%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (100.00%) .NET
2 38 (29.92%) HTML
3 37 (29.13%) CSS
4 30 (23.62%) .NET Core
5 27 (21.26%) Vue
6 16 (12.60%) .NET Framework
6 16 (12.60%) ASP.NET
7 12 (9.45%) RESTful
8 9 (7.09%) ASP.NET Core
8 9 (7.09%) Entity Framework
8 9 (7.09%) React
9 6 (4.72%) Blazor
9 6 (4.72%) JSON
10 5 (3.94%) AngularJS
10 5 (3.94%) HTML5
11 4 (3.15%) ASP.NET MVC
11 4 (3.15%) CSS3
11 4 (3.15%) LINQ
11 4 (3.15%) Next.js
11 4 (3.15%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.94%) Cloud Native
2 3 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (2.36%) Hedge funds
3 2 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.57%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.57%) Low-Code
3 2 (1.57%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.57%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.57%) Robotics
3 2 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.79%) Derivative
4 1 (0.79%) e-Learning
4 1 (0.79%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.79%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (50.39%) Software Engineering
2 48 (37.80%) Full-Stack Development
3 37 (29.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 37 (29.13%) SDLC
4 27 (21.26%) CI/CD
5 22 (17.32%) Agile
5 22 (17.32%) CQRS
5 22 (17.32%) Microservices
5 22 (17.32%) Product Vision
5 22 (17.32%) Resource Allocation
6 17 (13.39%) Computer Science
6 17 (13.39%) DevOps
6 17 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (11.02%) AI
8 13 (10.24%) Clean Code
9 9 (7.09%) API Design
9 9 (7.09%) API Management
9 9 (7.09%) Containerisation
10 8 (6.30%) API Integration
10 8 (6.30%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 96 (75.59%) C#
2 36 (28.35%) SQL
3 18 (14.17%) JavaScript
4 6 (4.72%) Python
5 3 (2.36%) TypeScript
5 3 (2.36%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.57%) C
6 2 (1.57%) Dart
6 2 (1.57%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.79%) C++
7 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.79%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (14.96%) Degree
2 11 (8.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (4.72%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.94%) Azure Certification
4 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (3.94%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.30%) GDPR
2 5 (3.94%) QA
3 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
System Software
1 12 (9.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (6.30%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (15.75%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.30%) Sage
3 5 (3.94%) Oracle
4 3 (2.36%) DevExpress
5 2 (1.57%) Telerik