.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 4 May 2026.

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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 596 586
Rank change year-on-year -2 -10 +38
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Software Developer 119 58 311
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.14% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.15% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 118 53 300
10th Percentile - - £37,400
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £57,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.16% -5.00% -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 83,957 38,400 90,620
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.97% 89.39% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 54,111 23,425 66,674
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,425 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,375 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £52,900
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +11.53% -11.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 4 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 4 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 +24 114 £55,000 +3.77% 12
UK excluding London -1 103 £53,750 +13.16% 13
North of England -32 38 £57,500 +11.11% 7
Work from Home +5 35 £55,000 +69.23% 6
South East -15 27 £55,000 -8.33% 5
Yorkshire -38 22 £65,000 +8.33% 1
South West -30 20 £45,000 +2.27%
London +15 19 £85,000 +54.55%
North West -16 16 £45,000 -5.26% 2
Midlands - 8 £50,000 -
East of England -20 5 £55,000 +3.77%
Wales - 5 £45,000 - 1
West Midlands - 4 £90,000 -
East Midlands - 4 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 4 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.

1 119 (100.00%) .NET
2 81 (68.07%) C#
3 42 (35.29%) Software Engineering
4 34 (28.57%) SaaS
5 33 (27.73%) Full-Stack Development
6 30 (25.21%) Azure
7 28 (23.53%) SQL
8 26 (21.85%) .NET Core
9 21 (17.65%) HTML
10 20 (16.81%) AWS
10 20 (16.81%) CSS
10 20 (16.81%) Vue
11 19 (15.97%) SDLC
12 18 (15.13%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (14.29%) Agile
13 17 (14.29%) Product Vision
13 17 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
13 17 (14.29%) SQL Server
14 16 (13.45%) CQRS
14 16 (13.45%) Microservices
15 15 (12.61%) Microsoft
16 14 (11.76%) CI/CD
17 12 (10.08%) .NET Framework
18 11 (9.24%) ASP.NET
18 11 (9.24%) RESTful
19 10 (8.40%) Computer Science
20 9 (7.56%) API Design
20 9 (7.56%) Degree
20 9 (7.56%) Docker
21 8 (6.72%) API Integration

.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 (0.84%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.84%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 34 (28.57%) SaaS
2 30 (25.21%) Azure
3 20 (16.81%) AWS
4 2 (1.68%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 2 (1.68%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (1.68%) Azure Table
4 2 (1.68%) GitHub
4 2 (1.68%) PaaS
4 2 (1.68%) Serverless
5 1 (0.84%) Azure App Service
5 1 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.84%) Azure Functions
5 1 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (0.84%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.84%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.84%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.84%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.52%) Git
2 1 (0.84%) Postman
2 1 (0.84%) SpecFlow
General
1 12 (10.08%) Finance
2 7 (5.88%) Manufacturing
3 3 (2.52%) Automotive
4 2 (1.68%) Banking
4 2 (1.68%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.68%) Legal
5 1 (0.84%) Advertising
5 1 (0.84%) Front Office
5 1 (0.84%) Law
5 1 (0.84%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.84%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (100.00%) .NET
2 26 (21.85%) .NET Core
3 21 (17.65%) HTML
4 20 (16.81%) CSS
4 20 (16.81%) Vue
5 12 (10.08%) .NET Framework
6 11 (9.24%) ASP.NET
6 11 (9.24%) RESTful
7 7 (5.88%) React
8 6 (5.04%) Blazor
8 6 (5.04%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (2.52%) JSON
9 3 (2.52%) KnockoutJS
10 2 (1.68%) HTML5
10 2 (1.68%) LINQ
10 2 (1.68%) Next.js
10 2 (1.68%) XML
11 1 (0.84%) Razor View Engine
11 1 (0.84%) REST
11 1 (0.84%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.36%) Hedge funds
2 3 (2.52%) Cloud Native
2 3 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.68%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.84%) Derivative
4 1 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (0.84%) Robotics
4 1 (0.84%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (35.29%) Software Engineering
2 33 (27.73%) Full-Stack Development
3 19 (15.97%) SDLC
4 18 (15.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (14.29%) Agile
5 17 (14.29%) Product Vision
5 17 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
6 16 (13.45%) CQRS
6 16 (13.45%) Microservices
7 14 (11.76%) CI/CD
8 10 (8.40%) Computer Science
9 9 (7.56%) API Design
10 8 (6.72%) API Integration
10 8 (6.72%) Containerisation
11 7 (5.88%) DevOps
12 5 (4.20%) AI
12 5 (4.20%) RAD
13 3 (2.52%) API Management
13 3 (2.52%) B2B
13 3 (2.52%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 81 (68.07%) C#
2 28 (23.53%) SQL
3 6 (5.04%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.52%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.68%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.84%) C++
6 1 (0.84%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.84%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (7.56%) Degree
2 8 (6.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.84%) Azure Certification
3 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.84%) GDPR
1 1 (0.84%) QA
System Software
1 9 (7.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (6.72%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (12.61%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.36%) Sage
3 1 (0.84%) DevExpress
3 1 (0.84%) IBM
3 1 (0.84%) Oracle
3 1 (0.84%) Xamarin