.NET Framework Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft .NET Framework
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring .NET Framework skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 132 141
Rank change year-on-year -15 +9 -53
Permanent jobs citing .NET Framework 25 89 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.77% 1.47% 1.47%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.57% 9.98% 8.52%
Number of salaries quoted 20 54 50
10th Percentile £43,625 £33,625 £42,275
25th Percentile £48,125 £48,000 £48,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,063 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,518 £65,000 £70,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Midlands

.NET Framework 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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 449 892 669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.79% 14.74% 17.29%
Number of salaries quoted 337 532 551
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £36,418
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £69,000 £65,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,914 £78,750
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +3.85%

.NET Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing .NET Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for .NET Framework in the West Midlands

.NET Framework
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing .NET Framework.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing .NET Framework

.NET Framework
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Framework in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for .NET Framework in the West Midlands

.NET Framework
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Birmingham -3 17 £60,000 +9.09% 6
Warwickshire +34 1 - - 2
Staffordshire -2 1 £60,000 +45.45% 4
Coventry - 1 £47,500 - 4
Solihull - 1 - -
Tipton - 1 £47,500 -
.NET Framework
England

.NET Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) IIS
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.00%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (32.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (76.00%) Azure
2 16 (64.00%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (44.00%) Power Platform
4 8 (32.00%) SaaS
5 7 (28.00%) Power Automate
6 6 (24.00%) Azure Key Vault
6 6 (24.00%) Azure Service Bus
6 6 (24.00%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (20.00%) Azure Functions
7 5 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (20.00%) Entra ID
7 5 (20.00%) PowerApps
7 5 (20.00%) Serverless
8 3 (12.00%) GitHub
9 2 (8.00%) AWS
9 2 (8.00%) Azure API Management
10 1 (4.00%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (4.00%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (72.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (12.00%) Data Hub
2 3 (12.00%) SQL CLR
3 2 (8.00%) MS Access
3 2 (8.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (8.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (4.00%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (4.00%) MySQL
4 1 (4.00%) Power BI
4 1 (4.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (20.00%) NUnit
2 4 (16.00%) MSTest
3 2 (8.00%) Git
3 2 (8.00%) Moq
3 2 (8.00%) NSubstitute
3 2 (8.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Finance
2 4 (16.00%) Law
3 3 (12.00%) Back Office
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Legal
5 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (68.00%) Developer
2 9 (36.00%) Software Developer
3 7 (28.00%) C# Developer
3 7 (28.00%) Senior
4 5 (20.00%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (16.00%) .NET Developer
5 4 (16.00%) Blazor Developer
5 4 (16.00%) C# Software Developer
5 4 (16.00%) CRM Developer
5 4 (16.00%) Dynamics CRM Developer
6 3 (12.00%) Applications Developer
6 3 (12.00%) Automation Developer
6 3 (12.00%) C# .NET Developer
6 3 (12.00%) Head of Development
6 3 (12.00%) Integration Specialist
6 3 (12.00%) Lead
6 3 (12.00%) Lead Developer
6 3 (12.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 3 (12.00%) Senior Developer
7 2 (8.00%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (100.00%) .NET
2 16 (64.00%) Entity Framework
3 9 (36.00%) Blazor
4 7 (28.00%) .NET Core
5 5 (20.00%) AngularJS
5 5 (20.00%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (16.00%) ASP.NET
6 4 (16.00%) Dapper ORM
6 4 (16.00%) REST
6 4 (16.00%) WPF
6 4 (16.00%) YAML
7 3 (12.00%) ARM Templates
7 3 (12.00%) HTML
7 3 (12.00%) RESTful
8 2 (8.00%) ADO
8 2 (8.00%) CSS
8 2 (8.00%) ODBC
8 2 (8.00%) Razor View Engine
9 1 (4.00%) Web Services
9 1 (4.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Cloud Native
1 5 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 4 (16.00%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (12.00%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (12.00%) Private Cloud
3 3 (12.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
1 3 (12.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (68.00%) DevOps
2 13 (52.00%) CI/CD
3 11 (44.00%) Agile
4 9 (36.00%) Clean Code
4 9 (36.00%) CRM
4 9 (36.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 8 (32.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 8 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (24.00%) Software Engineering
7 6 (24.00%) TDD
8 5 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
8 5 (20.00%) MVC
8 5 (20.00%) User Experience
8 5 (20.00%) UX Design
9 4 (16.00%) Performance Tuning
9 4 (16.00%) Release Management
9 4 (16.00%) SDLC
9 4 (16.00%) SOLID
9 4 (16.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (100.00%) C#
2 13 (52.00%) SQL
3 8 (32.00%) JavaScript
4 7 (28.00%) Bicep
4 7 (28.00%) TypeScript
5 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
6 4 (16.00%) VB
7 2 (8.00%) Delphi
7 2 (8.00%) Java
7 2 (8.00%) XAML
8 1 (4.00%) C++
8 1 (4.00%) Python
8 1 (4.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.00%) Azure Certification
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (4.00%) COBIT
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) Terraform
2 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) VMware
3 1 (4.00%) Blue Prism
3 1 (4.00%) Oracle