.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 25 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
25 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 655 529
Rank change year-on-year +14 -126 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Software Developer 123 34 332
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.069% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.077% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 121 34 328
10th Percentile £45,000 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,938 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £112,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -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 95,058 44,279 85,185
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 90.13% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 65,017 26,287 59,282
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 25 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 25 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 +13 123 £55,000 +2.80% 11
UK excluding London +5 109 £55,000 +3.77% 11
North of England +13 52 £65,000 +8.33% 5
Work from Home +5 36 £55,000 +4.76% 8
South East -11 29 £55,000 +10.00% 2
Yorkshire -16 25 £50,000 -16.67% 2
North West +10 22 £65,000 +52.94%
London -24 19 £85,000 +44.68%
South West -53 14 £42,500 -13.27% 1
Midlands -29 9 £61,250 +28.95% 1
East of England -10 5 £55,000 +3.77% 2
West Midlands -19 5 £90,000 +89.47% 1
North East -47 5 £70,000 -39.13% 4
East Midlands - 4 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 123 (100.00%) .NET
2 92 (74.80%) C#
3 63 (51.22%) Software Engineering
4 51 (41.46%) Full-Stack Development
5 37 (30.08%) HTML
6 36 (29.27%) CSS
7 35 (28.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (27.64%) SaaS
8 34 (27.64%) SQL
9 33 (26.83%) Azure
10 32 (26.02%) AWS
10 32 (26.02%) SDLC
11 29 (23.58%) Vue
12 26 (21.14%) CI/CD
13 25 (20.33%) .NET Core
13 25 (20.33%) Product Vision
13 25 (20.33%) Resource Allocation
13 25 (20.33%) SQL Server
14 24 (19.51%) CQRS
14 24 (19.51%) Microservices
15 21 (17.07%) Agile
16 16 (13.01%) Computer Science
16 16 (13.01%) Degree
17 15 (12.20%) JavaScript
17 15 (12.20%) Microsoft
18 14 (11.38%) AI
19 13 (10.57%) ASP.NET
19 13 (10.57%) DevOps
19 13 (10.57%) RESTful
20 12 (9.76%) Docker

.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 (0.81%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.81%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 34 (27.64%) SaaS
2 33 (26.83%) Azure
3 32 (26.02%) AWS
4 6 (4.88%) Azure Functions
4 6 (4.88%) GitHub
4 6 (4.88%) Serverless
5 5 (4.07%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (4.07%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (3.25%) Azure Cognitive Search
6 4 (3.25%) Azure Table
6 4 (3.25%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (3.25%) PaaS
7 1 (0.81%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.81%) Firebase
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (20.33%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.25%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.81%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (8.13%) Git
General
1 19 (15.45%) Finance
2 13 (10.57%) Social Skills
3 8 (6.50%) Automotive
4 5 (4.07%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.63%) Law
5 2 (1.63%) Legal
5 2 (1.63%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.81%) Advertising
6 1 (0.81%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.81%) Banking
6 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.81%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.81%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (100.00%) .NET
2 37 (30.08%) HTML
3 36 (29.27%) CSS
4 29 (23.58%) Vue
5 25 (20.33%) .NET Core
6 13 (10.57%) ASP.NET
6 13 (10.57%) RESTful
7 11 (8.94%) .NET Framework
8 7 (5.69%) ASP.NET Core
8 7 (5.69%) React
9 6 (4.88%) Blazor
10 5 (4.07%) JSON
11 4 (3.25%) ASP.NET Web API
11 4 (3.25%) HTML5
11 4 (3.25%) LINQ
11 4 (3.25%) Next.js
11 4 (3.25%) RabbitMQ
12 3 (2.44%) ASP.NET MVC
12 3 (2.44%) Entity Framework
13 2 (1.63%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.07%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.25%) Hedge funds
3 2 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.63%) Robotics
4 1 (0.81%) Derivative
4 1 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.81%) e-Learning
4 1 (0.81%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.81%) IoT
4 1 (0.81%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (51.22%) Software Engineering
2 51 (41.46%) Full-Stack Development
3 35 (28.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (26.02%) SDLC
5 26 (21.14%) CI/CD
6 25 (20.33%) Product Vision
6 25 (20.33%) Resource Allocation
7 24 (19.51%) CQRS
7 24 (19.51%) Microservices
8 21 (17.07%) Agile
9 16 (13.01%) Computer Science
10 14 (11.38%) AI
11 13 (10.57%) DevOps
12 11 (8.94%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (7.32%) API Design
13 9 (7.32%) API Management
13 9 (7.32%) Containerisation
14 8 (6.50%) API Integration
14 8 (6.50%) Clean Code
14 8 (6.50%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 92 (74.80%) C#
2 34 (27.64%) SQL
3 15 (12.20%) JavaScript
4 6 (4.88%) Python
5 3 (2.44%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.63%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.81%) C++
7 1 (0.81%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.81%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (13.01%) Degree
2 10 (8.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.07%) Azure Certification
3 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.81%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.81%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.69%) GDPR
2 1 (0.81%) QA
System Software
1 12 (9.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (6.50%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.07%) Oracle
3 4 (3.25%) Sage
4 1 (0.81%) DevExpress
4 1 (0.81%) Xamarin
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