.NET Core Job Trends in the West Midlands

.NET Core
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring .NET Core skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 151 141
Rank change year-on-year +17 -10 +6
Permanent jobs citing .NET Core 62 28 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.77% 0.82% 1.48%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.97% 5.46% 10.32%
Number of salaries quoted 61 21 98
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £63,438
90th Percentile - £76,250 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -8.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Midlands

.NET Core 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 518 513 1,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.41% 15.11% 14.36%
Number of salaries quoted 410 378 890
10th Percentile £36,125 £39,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,000 £47,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,435 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.47% +9.40% -7.08%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,938
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,875 £75,772
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%

.NET Core
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

.NET Core job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

.NET Core
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

.NET Core
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Core in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Core in the West Midlands

.NET Core
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 Core within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
Warwickshire +4 18 £65,000 +23.81% 1
Birmingham -13 14 £52,500 -12.50% 1
Coventry - 10 £52,500 - 3
Staffordshire +15 6 £55,000 -8.33%
Dudley - 6 £55,000 -
Worcestershire - 5 £55,000 - 1
Herefordshire - 3 £55,000 -
.NET Core
England

.NET Core
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (1.61%) CMS
1 1 (1.61%) IIS
1 1 (1.61%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 41 (66.13%) Azure
2 10 (16.13%) GitHub
2 10 (16.13%) GitHub Copilot
3 8 (12.90%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (11.29%) Azure AI
5 6 (9.68%) Azure Functions
5 6 (9.68%) Serverless
6 5 (8.06%) AWS
7 2 (3.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (3.23%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (3.23%) Google Play
7 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (3.23%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.23%) Power Platform
7 2 (3.23%) PowerApps
7 2 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.68%) Internet
2 1 (1.61%) HTTP
2 1 (1.61%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (53.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 30 (48.39%) MongoDB
3 23 (37.10%) SQL Server
4 14 (22.58%) Elasticsearch
General
1 10 (16.13%) Advertising
2 6 (9.68%) Retail
3 5 (8.06%) Marketing
4 3 (4.84%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (95.16%) Developer
2 34 (54.84%) .NET Developer
3 20 (32.26%) Software Developer
4 15 (24.19%) Senior
4 15 (24.19%) Senior Developer
4 15 (24.19%) Senior Software Developer
5 2 (3.23%) .NET Software Engineer
5 2 (3.23%) C# Software Engineer
5 2 (3.23%) Software Engineer
6 1 (1.61%) Delphi Developer
6 1 (1.61%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (100.00%) .NET
2 38 (61.29%) ASP.NET
2 38 (61.29%) ASP.NET Core
3 37 (59.68%) Blazor
4 19 (30.65%) ASP.NET Web API
5 14 (22.58%) Node.js
6 13 (20.97%) AngularJS
6 13 (20.97%) React
6 13 (20.97%) Vue
7 12 (19.35%) CSS
7 12 (19.35%) Entity Framework
7 12 (19.35%) HTML
8 11 (17.74%) LINQ
9 8 (12.90%) RESTful
10 7 (11.29%) ML.NET
11 2 (3.23%) .NET Framework
11 2 (3.23%) REST
11 2 (3.23%) Semantic Kernel
12 1 (1.61%) VCL
12 1 (1.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (27.42%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (8.06%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.23%) AI Agents
3 2 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (3.23%) iPhone
3 2 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.61%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.23%) Android
2 1 (1.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (61.29%) Full-Stack Development
2 26 (41.94%) Agile
3 16 (25.81%) Microservices
4 13 (20.97%) CI/CD
5 12 (19.35%) DevOps
6 10 (16.13%) Scrum
7 9 (14.52%) AI
8 8 (12.90%) BDD
8 8 (12.90%) Kanban
8 8 (12.90%) Multithreading
8 8 (12.90%) TDD
9 7 (11.29%) Machine Learning
10 5 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (8.06%) Crowdfunding
10 5 (8.06%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
10 5 (8.06%) Logistics
10 5 (8.06%) Video Advertising
11 2 (3.23%) Human-in-the-Loop
11 2 (3.23%) Prompt Engineering
11 2 (3.23%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 62 (100.00%) C#
2 42 (67.74%) SQL
3 19 (30.65%) JavaScript
4 11 (17.74%) TypeScript
5 2 (3.23%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.61%) Delphi
6 1 (1.61%) Pascal
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.23%) QA
System Software
1 10 (16.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (16.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 34 (54.84%) Microsoft
2 10 (16.13%) Facebook
3 5 (8.06%) YouTube
4 2 (3.23%) Google
4 2 (3.23%) OpenAI