.NET Job Trends in Wales

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring .NET skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 33 20
Rank change year-on-year -51 -13 -6
Permanent jobs citing .NET 27 33 122
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.18% 4.82% 6.05%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.88% 36.67% 34.76%
Number of salaries quoted 26 33 113
10th Percentile - £50,000 £34,600
25th Percentile £40,000 £56,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% +22.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £78,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,000 - £74,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Wales

.NET falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 160 90 351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 7.01% 13.14% 17.41%
Number of salaries quoted 139 83 287
10th Percentile £39,221 £47,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +20.48% +10.53%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -9.77%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing .NET relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

.NET job vacancy trend in Wales

.NET
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing .NET.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing .NET

.NET
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET in Wales over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET in Wales

.NET
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Wales region over the 6 months to 11 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
South Wales -34 14 £50,000 -13.04% 6
West Wales -30 8 £60,000 +33.33% 3
North Wales - 5 £45,000 - 1
.NET
UK

.NET
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 3 (11.11%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 23 (85.19%) Azure
2 8 (29.63%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (22.22%) AWS
4 5 (18.52%) Azure AI
5 1 (3.70%) GitHub
5 1 (3.70%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (55.56%) Azure SQL Database
1 15 (55.56%) MongoDB
2 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
3 4 (14.81%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (7.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Git
2 1 (3.70%) Moq
General
1 6 (22.22%) Finance
1 6 (22.22%) Games
2 5 (18.52%) Marketing
3 4 (14.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.41%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Automotive
6 1 (3.70%) Electronics
6 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (70.37%) Developer
2 16 (59.26%) .NET Developer
3 3 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Applications Developer
4 2 (7.41%) Senior
4 2 (7.41%) Senior DevOps
4 2 (7.41%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) .NET Software Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) .NET Web Developer
5 1 (3.70%) C# Developer
5 1 (3.70%) C# Software Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Full-Stack Web Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Lead
5 1 (3.70%) Lead DevOps
5 1 (3.70%) Lead DevOps Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 17 (62.96%) ASP.NET Core
3 15 (55.56%) .NET Core
4 13 (48.15%) RESTful
5 11 (40.74%) React
6 10 (37.04%) ASP.NET Web API
7 9 (33.33%) Blazor
8 8 (29.63%) AngularJS
8 8 (29.63%) Entity Framework
8 8 (29.63%) Vue
9 6 (22.22%) .NET Framework
9 6 (22.22%) LINQ
10 5 (18.52%) ML.NET
10 5 (18.52%) Node.js
11 2 (7.41%) CSS
11 2 (7.41%) HTML
11 2 (7.41%) REST
11 2 (7.41%) XML
12 1 (3.70%) Classic ASP
12 1 (3.70%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) Acoustics
1 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
1 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
1 1 (3.70%) Raspberry Pi
1 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
1 3 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 12 (44.44%) Agile
2 12 (44.44%) Multithreading
3 10 (37.04%) DevOps
4 6 (22.22%) CI/CD
4 6 (22.22%) Scrum
5 5 (18.52%) AI
5 5 (18.52%) Containerisation
5 5 (18.52%) Machine Learning
6 4 (14.81%) Microservices
7 3 (11.11%) Clean Code
7 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (11.11%) Software Deployment
7 3 (11.11%) Test Automation
8 2 (7.41%) Kanban
8 2 (7.41%) Platform Engineering
8 2 (7.41%) SDLC
8 2 (7.41%) Software Engineering
9 1 (3.70%) IT Strategy
9 1 (3.70%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 21 (77.78%) C#
2 17 (62.96%) SQL
3 12 (44.44%) JavaScript
4 6 (22.22%) TypeScript
5 4 (14.81%) PowerShell
5 4 (14.81%) Python
6 3 (11.11%) Bash
7 1 (3.70%) C++
7 1 (3.70%) XAML
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Docker
2 3 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Terraform
2 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (59.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) Google