.NET Software Developer Job Trends

.NET Software Developer
UK

The median .NET Software Developer salary in the UK is £112,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 593 541 516
Rank change year-on-year -52 -25 +99
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Software Developer 57 206 202
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.31% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.33% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 55 200 196
10th Percentile £43,750 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £38,438 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £50,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% -31.03% +38.10%
75th Percentile £143,750 £60,000 £115,000
90th Percentile - £65,000 £142,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £112,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +125.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 47,385 63,314 50,189
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.02% 94.54% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 29,598 35,369 38,895
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,561 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,343 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,197 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.22% -2.48% -

.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 18 November 2025.

Salary histogram for .NET Software Developer in the UK

.NET Software Developer
Top 12 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 18 November 2025. 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 -4 52 £112,500 +125.00% 29
UK excluding London -51 43 £112,500 +125.00% 34
Work from Home +22 40 £112,500 +136.84% 24
South East +36 25 £137,500 +155.81% 9
London +47 13 £112,500 +87.50% 4
South West +35 10 £44,500 -31.54% 5
Wales - 4 £45,000 - 7
Midlands +28 2 £49,750 -0.50% 6
West Midlands +36 1 £47,500 +18.75% 3
East Midlands +22 1 £52,000 -0.95% 3
East of England +2 1 £47,500 -5.00%
Scotland -46 1 £55,000 +22.22% 2

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

For the 6 months to 18 November 2025, .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 57 (100.00%) .NET
2 41 (71.93%) JavaScript
3 40 (70.18%) Azure
4 38 (66.67%) Agile
5 34 (59.65%) AWS
5 34 (59.65%) SaaS
5 34 (59.65%) TypeScript
6 33 (57.89%) Software Engineering
7 30 (52.63%) AI
7 30 (52.63%) Business Strategy
7 30 (52.63%) GCP
7 30 (52.63%) Roadmaps
8 20 (35.09%) C#
9 11 (19.30%) .NET Framework
10 9 (15.79%) CSS
10 9 (15.79%) HTML
10 9 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (14.04%) .NET Core
11 8 (14.04%) CI/CD
11 8 (14.04%) Full-Stack Development
12 7 (12.28%) SQL
12 7 (12.28%) SQL Server
13 6 (10.53%) MVC
14 5 (8.77%) AngularJS
14 5 (8.77%) Blazor
14 5 (8.77%) Migration
14 5 (8.77%) TDD
14 5 (8.77%) Visual Studio
15 4 (7.02%) Autofac
15 4 (7.02%) Dependency Injection

.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 (1.75%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 40 (70.18%) Azure
2 34 (59.65%) AWS
2 34 (59.65%) SaaS
3 30 (52.63%) GCP
4 3 (5.26%) GitHub
4 3 (5.26%) Serverless
5 2 (3.51%) Azure App Service
5 2 (3.51%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Cognitive Search
6 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.75%) Azure Table
6 1 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.75%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (1.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.28%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.26%) MySQL
3 2 (3.51%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.75%) MariaDB
4 1 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.75%) Redis
4 1 (1.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (8.77%) Visual Studio
2 3 (5.26%) Git
3 2 (3.51%) Bitbucket
3 2 (3.51%) JIRA
4 1 (1.75%) GitLab
4 1 (1.75%) Subversion
4 1 (1.75%) TeamCity
General
1 33 (57.89%) Finance
2 4 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (5.26%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.51%) Banking
4 2 (3.51%) Front Office
5 1 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.75%) Health Technology
5 1 (1.75%) Legal
5 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (100.00%) .NET
2 11 (19.30%) .NET Framework
3 9 (15.79%) CSS
3 9 (15.79%) HTML
4 8 (14.04%) .NET Core
5 5 (8.77%) AngularJS
5 5 (8.77%) Blazor
6 4 (7.02%) Autofac
6 4 (7.02%) Entity Framework
7 3 (5.26%) ASP.NET
7 3 (5.26%) React
7 3 (5.26%) REST
8 2 (3.51%) HTML5
8 2 (3.51%) RESTful
8 2 (3.51%) Vue
8 2 (3.51%) WinForms
8 2 (3.51%) WPF
9 1 (1.75%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (1.75%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (1.75%) Xamarin.iOS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.51%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.51%) Fixed Income
3 1 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.75%) NHS
3 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.75%) Android
1 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (66.67%) Agile
2 33 (57.89%) Software Engineering
3 30 (52.63%) AI
3 30 (52.63%) Business Strategy
3 30 (52.63%) Roadmaps
4 9 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (14.04%) CI/CD
5 8 (14.04%) Full-Stack Development
6 6 (10.53%) MVC
7 5 (8.77%) Migration
7 5 (8.77%) TDD
8 4 (7.02%) Dependency Injection
8 4 (7.02%) DevOps
8 4 (7.02%) SDLC
9 3 (5.26%) Clean Code
9 3 (5.26%) Microservices
9 3 (5.26%) User Experience
10 2 (3.51%) Application Security
10 2 (3.51%) Design Patterns
10 2 (3.51%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 41 (71.93%) JavaScript
2 34 (59.65%) TypeScript
3 20 (35.09%) C#
4 7 (12.28%) SQL
5 1 (1.75%) Python
5 1 (1.75%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (3.51%) Degree
2 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (7.02%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.51%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.75%) ION Trading
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle
2 1 (1.75%) Xamarin