.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 14 April 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 603 577 575
Rank change year-on-year -26 -2 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Software Developer 107 65 306
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.16% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.18% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 106 60 295
10th Percentile £44,375 - £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,125 £84,125
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,125 £130,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 78,468 36,897 87,959
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 89.58% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 50,382 23,363 65,606
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £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% -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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -8 102 £55,000 +3.77% 5
UK excluding London -44 93 £55,000 +10.00% 5
North of England -30 37 £55,000 +10.00% 1
Work from Home +13 33 £55,000 +69.23% 3
Yorkshire -42 22 £65,000 +8.33%
South East -30 20 £57,500 -4.17% 1
South West - 20 £45,000 - 1
London -8 17 £85,000 +41.67% 1
North West -21 15 £45,000 -10.00% 1
East of England -32 6 £55,000 +3.77% 1
Midlands -33 5 £90,000 +56.52%
Wales - 5 £45,000 - 1
West Midlands -13 4 £90,000 +56.52%
East Midlands - 1 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 14 April 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.

1 107 (100.00%) .NET
2 75 (70.09%) C#
3 34 (31.78%) Software Engineering
4 32 (29.91%) Full-Stack Development
4 32 (29.91%) SaaS
5 25 (23.36%) Azure
6 24 (22.43%) SQL
7 23 (21.50%) .NET Core
8 22 (20.56%) HTML
9 21 (19.63%) CSS
10 19 (17.76%) Agile
10 19 (17.76%) AWS
11 18 (16.82%) SDLC
11 18 (16.82%) SQL Server
11 18 (16.82%) Vue
12 16 (14.95%) Microservices
13 15 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (14.02%) Microsoft
13 15 (14.02%) Product Vision
13 15 (14.02%) Resource Allocation
14 14 (13.08%) .NET Framework
14 14 (13.08%) CQRS
15 11 (10.28%) ASP.NET
15 11 (10.28%) CI/CD
16 9 (8.41%) JavaScript
16 9 (8.41%) RESTful
17 8 (7.48%) Docker
18 7 (6.54%) DevOps
18 7 (6.54%) React
19 6 (5.61%) API Design

.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 (0.93%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 32 (29.91%) SaaS
2 25 (23.36%) Azure
3 19 (17.76%) AWS
4 3 (2.80%) GitHub
5 2 (1.87%) Azure Cognitive Search
5 2 (1.87%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (1.87%) Azure Table
5 2 (1.87%) PaaS
5 2 (1.87%) Serverless
6 1 (0.93%) Azure App Service
6 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.93%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.93%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (16.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.93%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.93%) MySQL
2 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.93%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Git
1 2 (1.87%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.93%) Postman
2 1 (0.93%) SpecFlow
General
1 11 (10.28%) Finance
2 7 (6.54%) Manufacturing
3 2 (1.87%) Banking
3 2 (1.87%) Investment Banking
3 2 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (0.93%) Front Office
4 1 (0.93%) Law
4 1 (0.93%) Legal
4 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
4 1 (0.93%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (100.00%) .NET
2 23 (21.50%) .NET Core
3 22 (20.56%) HTML
4 21 (19.63%) CSS
5 18 (16.82%) Vue
6 14 (13.08%) .NET Framework
7 11 (10.28%) ASP.NET
8 9 (8.41%) RESTful
9 7 (6.54%) React
10 6 (5.61%) Blazor
10 6 (5.61%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (2.80%) JSON
11 3 (2.80%) KnockoutJS
12 2 (1.87%) AngularJS
12 2 (1.87%) Autofac
12 2 (1.87%) Entity Framework
12 2 (1.87%) HTML5
12 2 (1.87%) LINQ
12 2 (1.87%) Next.js
12 2 (1.87%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.74%) Hedge funds
2 3 (2.80%) Cloud Native
2 3 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.87%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.93%) Derivative
4 1 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.93%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (31.78%) Software Engineering
2 32 (29.91%) Full-Stack Development
3 19 (17.76%) Agile
4 18 (16.82%) SDLC
5 16 (14.95%) Microservices
6 15 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (14.02%) Product Vision
6 15 (14.02%) Resource Allocation
7 14 (13.08%) CQRS
8 11 (10.28%) CI/CD
9 7 (6.54%) DevOps
10 6 (5.61%) API Design
10 6 (5.61%) Computer Science
10 6 (5.61%) Containerisation
11 5 (4.67%) API Integration
11 5 (4.67%) Migration
11 5 (4.67%) RAD
12 4 (3.74%) MVC
13 3 (2.80%) MVVM
13 3 (2.80%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 75 (70.09%) C#
2 24 (22.43%) SQL
3 9 (8.41%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.74%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.87%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.93%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (4.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 8 (7.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.61%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.87%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (14.02%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.80%) Sage
3 1 (0.93%) IBM
3 1 (0.93%) Xamarin