.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 May 2026.

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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 596 598 569
Rank change year-on-year +2 -29 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Software Developer 134 51 326
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.12% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.13% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 133 48 316
10th Percentile £45,000 - £36,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £60,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,000 £85,625 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.82% -2.50% -6.10%

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 86,624 38,246 93,392
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 89.23% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 57,551 21,495 68,448
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,750 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -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 25 May 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Software Developer in the UK

.NET Software Developer
Top 15 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 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 +35 132 £55,000 +3.77% 4
UK excluding London +14 118 £55,000 +12.82% 4
North of England +2 48 £57,500 +7.48% 2
Work from Home +40 42 £55,000 +69.23% 2
South East +11 37 £55,000 -8.33% 2
Yorkshire -24 27 £50,000 -16.67%
London -5 21 £85,000 +54.55% 1
North West +14 20 £60,000 +26.32% 1
South West -40 18 £45,000 +2.27%
Midlands - 8 £50,000 -
East of England -17 5 £55,000 +3.77%
East Midlands - 4 £50,000 -
West Midlands - 4 £90,000 -
Wales - 2 £45,000 -
North East -43 1 £70,000 -39.13% 1

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 134 (100.00%) .NET
2 96 (71.64%) C#
3 61 (45.52%) Software Engineering
4 46 (34.33%) Full-Stack Development
5 39 (29.10%) SaaS
6 38 (28.36%) SQL
7 36 (26.87%) Azure
8 32 (23.88%) HTML
9 31 (23.13%) AWS
9 31 (23.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (23.13%) CSS
10 30 (22.39%) SDLC
10 30 (22.39%) Vue
11 28 (20.90%) .NET Core
12 25 (18.66%) Product Vision
12 25 (18.66%) Resource Allocation
12 25 (18.66%) SQL Server
13 24 (17.91%) CQRS
13 24 (17.91%) Microservices
14 23 (17.16%) CI/CD
15 22 (16.42%) Agile
16 19 (14.18%) Microsoft
17 14 (10.45%) ASP.NET
17 14 (10.45%) Computer Science
18 13 (9.70%) .NET Framework
18 13 (9.70%) Degree
19 12 (8.96%) Docker
20 11 (8.21%) DevOps
20 11 (8.21%) RESTful
21 10 (7.46%) AI

.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 (0.75%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.75%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 39 (29.10%) SaaS
2 36 (26.87%) Azure
3 31 (23.13%) AWS
4 7 (5.22%) Serverless
5 6 (4.48%) Azure Functions
6 5 (3.73%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (3.73%) GitHub
7 4 (2.99%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (2.24%) Azure Cognitive Search
8 3 (2.24%) Azure Table
8 3 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.24%) PaaS
9 1 (0.75%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.75%) Azure App Service
9 1 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.75%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.75%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.75%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (18.66%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.75%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (5.22%) Git
2 1 (0.75%) Postman
2 1 (0.75%) SpecFlow
General
1 15 (11.19%) Finance
2 8 (5.97%) Social Skills
3 7 (5.22%) Automotive
3 7 (5.22%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.49%) Banking
4 2 (1.49%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.49%) Legal
5 1 (0.75%) Advertising
5 1 (0.75%) Front Office
5 1 (0.75%) Law
5 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (100.00%) .NET
2 32 (23.88%) HTML
3 31 (23.13%) CSS
4 30 (22.39%) Vue
5 28 (20.90%) .NET Core
6 14 (10.45%) ASP.NET
7 13 (9.70%) .NET Framework
8 11 (8.21%) RESTful
9 7 (5.22%) React
10 6 (4.48%) Blazor
10 6 (4.48%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (2.99%) ASP.NET Core
11 4 (2.99%) JSON
12 3 (2.24%) ASP.NET Web API
12 3 (2.24%) LINQ
12 3 (2.24%) Next.js
13 2 (1.49%) HTML5
13 2 (1.49%) KnockoutJS
13 2 (1.49%) XML
14 1 (0.75%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.48%) Cloud Native
2 4 (2.99%) Hedge funds
3 2 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.75%) Derivative
4 1 (0.75%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.75%) Robotics
4 1 (0.75%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (45.52%) Software Engineering
2 46 (34.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 31 (23.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (22.39%) SDLC
5 25 (18.66%) Product Vision
5 25 (18.66%) Resource Allocation
6 24 (17.91%) CQRS
6 24 (17.91%) Microservices
7 23 (17.16%) CI/CD
8 22 (16.42%) Agile
9 14 (10.45%) Computer Science
10 11 (8.21%) DevOps
11 10 (7.46%) AI
12 9 (6.72%) API Design
13 8 (5.97%) API Integration
13 8 (5.97%) API Management
13 8 (5.97%) Containerisation
13 8 (5.97%) Problem-Solving
14 6 (4.48%) Secure Coding
15 5 (3.73%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 96 (71.64%) C#
2 38 (28.36%) SQL
3 10 (7.46%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.73%) Python
5 3 (2.24%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.49%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.75%) C++
7 1 (0.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (9.70%) Degree
2 8 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.73%) Azure Certification
3 5 (3.73%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.73%) GDPR
2 1 (0.75%) QA
System Software
1 12 (8.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (5.97%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (14.18%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.73%) Oracle
3 4 (2.99%) Sage
4 1 (0.75%) DevExpress
4 1 (0.75%) IBM
4 1 (0.75%) Xamarin