.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 28 June 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 645 542
Rank change year-on-year +35 -103 +83
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Software Developer 129 41 398
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.089% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.099% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 128 41 390
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 89,842 41,384 100,134
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 89.50% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 61,632 23,849 72,187
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.00% - -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 28 June 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 28 June 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 +30 129 £55,000 +3.77% 5
UK excluding London +9 114 £55,000 +10.00% 5
North of England -6 55 £65,000 +14.54% 4
Work from Home +26 39 £55,000 +15.79% 1
South East +6 30 £55,000 -8.33% 1
Yorkshire -13 26 £50,000 -16.67% 1
North West +19 24 £65,000 +40.54% 1
London -13 20 £82,500 +50.00%
South West -54 15 £42,500 -13.27%
Midlands -24 9 £61,250 +28.95%
East of England -11 5 £55,000 +3.77%
North East -44 5 £70,000 -39.13% 2
East Midlands - 5 £50,000 -
West Midlands -17 4 £90,000 +89.47%

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

For the 6 months to 28 June 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.

1 129 (100.00%) .NET
2 94 (72.87%) C#
3 65 (50.39%) Software Engineering
4 49 (37.98%) Full-Stack Development
5 36 (27.91%) SQL
6 35 (27.13%) SaaS
7 34 (26.36%) Azure
7 34 (26.36%) HTML
8 33 (25.58%) CSS
9 32 (24.81%) AWS
9 32 (24.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (24.03%) SDLC
11 29 (22.48%) Vue
12 27 (20.93%) CI/CD
13 25 (19.38%) .NET Core
13 25 (19.38%) Product Vision
13 25 (19.38%) Resource Allocation
14 24 (18.60%) CQRS
14 24 (18.60%) Microservices
14 24 (18.60%) SQL Server
15 22 (17.05%) Agile
16 14 (10.85%) AI
16 14 (10.85%) Computer Science
17 13 (10.08%) Degree
17 13 (10.08%) Docker
17 13 (10.08%) Microsoft
18 12 (9.30%) ASP.NET
18 12 (9.30%) DevOps
18 12 (9.30%) JavaScript
19 11 (8.53%) 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 35 (27.13%) SaaS
2 34 (26.36%) Azure
3 32 (24.81%) AWS
4 7 (5.43%) GitHub
4 7 (5.43%) Serverless
5 6 (4.65%) Azure Functions
6 5 (3.88%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (3.88%) Azure Service Bus
7 4 (3.10%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 4 (3.10%) Azure Table
7 4 (3.10%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (3.10%) PaaS
8 1 (0.78%) Azure AKS
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 24 (18.60%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (5.43%) Git
2 1 (0.78%) Postman
2 1 (0.78%) SpecFlow
General
1 19 (14.73%) Finance
2 10 (7.75%) Social Skills
3 8 (6.20%) Automotive
3 8 (6.20%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.55%) Banking
4 2 (1.55%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.55%) 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
1 129 (100.00%) .NET
2 34 (26.36%) HTML
3 33 (25.58%) CSS
4 29 (22.48%) Vue
5 25 (19.38%) .NET Core
6 12 (9.30%) ASP.NET
7 11 (8.53%) RESTful
8 10 (7.75%) .NET Framework
9 7 (5.43%) Blazor
10 6 (4.65%) RabbitMQ
10 6 (4.65%) React
11 5 (3.88%) ASP.NET Core
11 5 (3.88%) JSON
12 4 (3.10%) ASP.NET Web API
12 4 (3.10%) LINQ
12 4 (3.10%) Next.js
13 2 (1.55%) HTML5
13 2 (1.55%) XML
14 1 (0.78%) Web Services
14 1 (0.78%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.88%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.10%) Hedge funds
3 2 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.55%) Robotics
4 1 (0.78%) Derivative
4 1 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.78%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.78%) IoT
4 1 (0.78%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (50.39%) Software Engineering
2 49 (37.98%) Full-Stack Development
3 32 (24.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 31 (24.03%) SDLC
5 27 (20.93%) CI/CD
6 25 (19.38%) Product Vision
6 25 (19.38%) Resource Allocation
7 24 (18.60%) CQRS
7 24 (18.60%) Microservices
8 22 (17.05%) Agile
9 14 (10.85%) AI
9 14 (10.85%) Computer Science
10 12 (9.30%) DevOps
11 9 (6.98%) API Design
11 9 (6.98%) API Management
11 9 (6.98%) Containerisation
11 9 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (6.20%) API Integration
12 8 (6.20%) Roadmaps
13 6 (4.65%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 94 (72.87%) C#
2 36 (27.91%) SQL
3 12 (9.30%) JavaScript
4 6 (4.65%) Python
5 3 (2.33%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.55%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.78%) C++
7 1 (0.78%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.78%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (10.08%) Degree
2 8 (6.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.88%) Azure Certification
3 5 (3.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.88%) GDPR
2 1 (0.78%) QA
System Software
1 13 (10.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (6.20%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (10.08%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.88%) Oracle
3 4 (3.10%) Sage
4 1 (0.78%) DevExpress
4 1 (0.78%) IBM
4 1 (0.78%) Xamarin