.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 7 July 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 630 642 530
Rank change year-on-year +12 -112 +98
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Software Developer 128 38 397
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.079% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.088% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 127 38 389
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,875 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £99,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.80% +3.00% -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 91,865 43,203 98,401
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 89.93% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 63,065 25,304 70,829
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,224 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,445 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.89% - -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 7 July 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 7 July 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 +44 128 £55,000 +3.77% 6
UK excluding London +15 113 £55,000 +6.80% 6
North of England +1 54 £65,000 +8.33% 3
Work from Home +7 39 £55,000 +10.00% 3
South East +1 29 £55,000 - 1
Yorkshire -4 25 £50,000 -16.67% 1
North West +17 24 £65,000 +44.44%
London -8 20 £82,500 +50.00%
South West -51 15 £42,500 -13.27%
Midlands -13 10 £50,000 +5.26% 1
West Midlands -18 5 £90,000 +89.47% 1
East of England -19 5 £55,000 +3.77% 1
North East -45 5 £70,000 -39.13% 2
East Midlands - 5 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 7 July 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 94 (73.44%) C#
3 64 (50.00%) Software Engineering
4 49 (38.28%) Full-Stack Development
5 36 (28.13%) SQL
6 34 (26.56%) Azure
6 34 (26.56%) HTML
6 34 (26.56%) SaaS
7 33 (25.78%) CSS
8 32 (25.00%) AWS
8 32 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (25.00%) SDLC
9 29 (22.66%) Vue
10 27 (21.09%) CI/CD
11 25 (19.53%) .NET Core
11 25 (19.53%) Product Vision
11 25 (19.53%) Resource Allocation
11 25 (19.53%) SQL Server
12 24 (18.75%) CQRS
12 24 (18.75%) Microservices
13 22 (17.19%) Agile
14 14 (10.94%) AI
14 14 (10.94%) Computer Science
14 14 (10.94%) Microsoft
15 13 (10.16%) ASP.NET
15 13 (10.16%) Degree
15 13 (10.16%) Docker
16 12 (9.38%) DevOps
16 12 (9.38%) JavaScript
17 11 (8.59%) RESTful

.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%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.78%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 34 (26.56%) Azure
1 34 (26.56%) SaaS
2 32 (25.00%) AWS
3 7 (5.47%) GitHub
3 7 (5.47%) Serverless
4 6 (4.69%) Azure Functions
5 5 (3.91%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (3.91%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (3.13%) Azure Cognitive Search
6 4 (3.13%) Azure Table
6 4 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (3.13%) PaaS
7 1 (0.78%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.78%) Azure App Service
7 1 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.78%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.78%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.78%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (19.53%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.91%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (5.47%) Git
2 1 (0.78%) Postman
2 1 (0.78%) SpecFlow
General
1 19 (14.84%) Finance
2 11 (8.59%) Social Skills
3 8 (6.25%) Automotive
3 8 (6.25%) Manufacturing
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
5 1 (0.78%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (100.00%) .NET
2 34 (26.56%) HTML
3 33 (25.78%) CSS
4 29 (22.66%) Vue
5 25 (19.53%) .NET Core
6 13 (10.16%) ASP.NET
7 11 (8.59%) RESTful
8 10 (7.81%) .NET Framework
9 7 (5.47%) Blazor
10 6 (4.69%) RabbitMQ
10 6 (4.69%) React
11 5 (3.91%) ASP.NET Core
11 5 (3.91%) JSON
12 4 (3.13%) ASP.NET Web API
12 4 (3.13%) LINQ
12 4 (3.13%) Next.js
13 2 (1.56%) HTML5
13 2 (1.56%) XML
14 1 (0.78%) Web Services
14 1 (0.78%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.91%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.13%) Hedge funds
3 2 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.56%) Robotics
4 1 (0.78%) Derivative
4 1 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.78%) e-Learning
4 1 (0.78%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.78%) IoT
4 1 (0.78%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 49 (38.28%) Full-Stack Development
3 32 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 32 (25.00%) SDLC
4 27 (21.09%) CI/CD
5 25 (19.53%) Product Vision
5 25 (19.53%) Resource Allocation
6 24 (18.75%) CQRS
6 24 (18.75%) Microservices
7 22 (17.19%) Agile
8 14 (10.94%) AI
8 14 (10.94%) Computer Science
9 12 (9.38%) DevOps
10 10 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (7.03%) API Design
11 9 (7.03%) API Management
11 9 (7.03%) Containerisation
12 8 (6.25%) API Integration
12 8 (6.25%) Roadmaps
13 6 (4.69%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 94 (73.44%) C#
2 36 (28.13%) SQL
3 12 (9.38%) JavaScript
4 6 (4.69%) Python
5 3 (2.34%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.56%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.78%) C++
7 1 (0.78%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.78%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (10.16%) Degree
2 8 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.91%) Azure Certification
3 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.91%) GDPR
2 1 (0.78%) QA
System Software
1 13 (10.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (10.94%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.91%) Oracle
3 4 (3.13%) Sage
4 1 (0.78%) DevExpress
4 1 (0.78%) IBM
4 1 (0.78%) Xamarin