Hybrid/Remote .NET Job Trends

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring .NET skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 27 16
Rank change year-on-year -25 -11 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 730 1,156 3,266
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.33% 8.57% 10.88%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 24.19% 26.04% 38.39%
Number of salaries quoted 644 968 3,012
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £39,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

.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 with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,018 4,440 8,507
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.90% 32.91% 28.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,188 3,300 7,379
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £39,644
25th Percentile £52,400 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,219 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% +10.37% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -11.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing .NET and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

.NET job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing .NET.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing .NET

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing .NET over the 6 months to 18 March 2026.

.NET salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 19 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.78%) JBoss
2 13 (1.78%) WebSphere
3 10 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.10%) IIS
5 7 (0.96%) CMS
6 5 (0.68%) NServiceBus
7 4 (0.55%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.55%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.55%) Oracle Spatial
7 4 (0.55%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.27%) nginx
9 1 (0.14%) Apache
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.14%) Kentico
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 20 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.14%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.14%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 379 (51.92%) Azure
2 146 (20.00%) AWS
3 128 (17.53%) SaaS
4 124 (16.99%) Azure DevOps
5 81 (11.10%) GitHub
6 48 (6.58%) Power Platform
7 47 (6.44%) Serverless
8 36 (4.93%) GCP
9 32 (4.38%) GitHub Actions
10 27 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
11 25 (3.42%) Azure Service Bus
11 25 (3.42%) Entra ID
12 23 (3.15%) Power Automate
12 23 (3.15%) PowerApps
13 22 (3.01%) Azure AKS
13 22 (3.01%) Azure Logic Apps
14 21 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
15 19 (2.60%) Azure App Service
16 18 (2.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 17 (2.33%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.23%) Firewall
2 6 (0.82%) DNS
2 6 (0.82%) Internet
3 5 (0.68%) DHCP
3 5 (0.68%) TCP/IP
3 5 (0.68%) VPN
4 4 (0.55%) VoIP
5 3 (0.41%) Modbus
6 2 (0.27%) HTTP
6 2 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.27%) Intranet
7 1 (0.14%) AMQP
7 1 (0.14%) MPLS
7 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (27.12%) SQL Server
2 50 (6.85%) Azure SQL Database
3 46 (6.30%) NoSQL
4 44 (6.03%) MongoDB
5 29 (3.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 22 (3.01%) MySQL
6 22 (3.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (2.88%) Power BI
8 20 (2.74%) Relational Database
9 14 (1.92%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (1.78%) Redis
11 10 (1.37%) DB2
11 10 (1.37%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.55%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.55%) GIS
13 4 (0.55%) QGIS
14 2 (0.27%) NonStop SQL
14 2 (0.27%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 44 (6.03%) Git
2 35 (4.79%) Selenium
3 30 (4.11%) JIRA
4 28 (3.84%) Postman
5 27 (3.70%) Team Foundation Server
6 26 (3.56%) WebDriver
7 24 (3.29%) SoapUI
8 17 (2.33%) Visual Studio
9 12 (1.64%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.96%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.82%) git-flow
12 5 (0.68%) NUnit
12 5 (0.68%) PowerBuilder
13 3 (0.41%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.27%) Appium
14 2 (0.27%) Cucumber
14 2 (0.27%) Jasmine
14 2 (0.27%) JMeter
14 2 (0.27%) REST Assured
14 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 198 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 127 (17.40%) Finance
3 47 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (5.75%) Law
5 41 (5.62%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (3.15%) Banking
8 20 (2.74%) Marketing
9 16 (2.19%) Games
10 12 (1.64%) Legal
11 10 (1.37%) Retail
12 8 (1.10%) Front Office
13 7 (0.96%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.82%) Advertising
14 6 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.82%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.68%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.27%) Billing
16 2 (0.27%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 394 (53.97%) Developer
2 207 (28.36%) Senior
3 159 (21.78%) .NET Developer
4 125 (17.12%) Software Engineer
5 89 (12.19%) Lead
5 89 (12.19%) Senior Developer
6 80 (10.96%) C# Developer
6 80 (10.96%) Software Developer
7 65 (8.90%) Full-Stack Developer
8 54 (7.40%) .NET Software Engineer
8 54 (7.40%) Senior Software Engineer
9 46 (6.30%) Lead Developer
10 42 (5.75%) Architect
11 40 (5.48%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
12 38 (5.21%) C# .NET Developer
13 34 (4.66%) Applications Developer
14 33 (4.52%) Analyst
15 30 (4.11%) Applications Support
15 30 (4.11%) Senior Software Developer
16 27 (3.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (24.66%) .NET Core
2 147 (20.14%) React
3 124 (16.99%) HTML
4 110 (15.07%) ASP.NET
5 104 (14.25%) CSS
6 98 (13.42%) .NET Framework
7 79 (10.82%) AngularJS
8 74 (10.14%) RESTful
9 67 (9.18%) REST
10 63 (8.63%) Entity Framework
11 54 (7.40%) SOAP
12 48 (6.58%) ASP.NET Core
13 45 (6.16%) ASP.NET Web API
14 39 (5.34%) Blazor
15 35 (4.79%) Node.js
16 34 (4.66%) Vue
17 33 (4.52%) Middleware
18 24 (3.29%) React Native
19 21 (2.88%) Lightning Web Components
19 21 (2.88%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 85 (11.64%) Cloud Native
2 56 (7.67%) Product Ownership
3 31 (4.25%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (3.56%) Mobile App
5 19 (2.60%) Legacy Applications
5 19 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (2.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 14 (1.92%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.78%) DataPower
8 13 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.37%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.23%) Sports Betting
11 8 (1.10%) Legacy Code
11 8 (1.10%) Low-Code
12 7 (0.96%) Client/Server
12 7 (0.96%) Management Information System
13 6 (0.82%) AI Agents
13 6 (0.82%) IoT
14 4 (0.55%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 37 (5.07%) Windows
2 11 (1.51%) Linux
3 8 (1.10%) Android
3 8 (1.10%) VMS
4 7 (0.96%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.96%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.55%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.55%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.55%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.14%) Fedora
6 1 (0.14%) Unix
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (43.70%) Agile
2 234 (32.05%) DevOps
3 227 (31.10%) Software Engineering
4 199 (27.26%) CI/CD
5 191 (26.16%) Full-Stack Development
6 182 (24.93%) Microservices
7 135 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
8 128 (17.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 118 (16.16%) Mentoring
10 91 (12.47%) Clean Code
10 91 (12.47%) Scrum
10 91 (12.47%) SDLC
11 77 (10.55%) AI
11 77 (10.55%) Containerisation
12 69 (9.45%) MVC
13 62 (8.49%) Test Automation
14 61 (8.36%) Technical Leadership
15 58 (7.95%) Collaborative Culture
16 55 (7.53%) Code Quality
16 55 (7.53%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 485 (66.44%) C#
2 271 (37.12%) SQL
3 171 (23.42%) JavaScript
4 100 (13.70%) TypeScript
5 92 (12.60%) Java
6 67 (9.18%) Python
7 21 (2.88%) Apex Code
8 19 (2.60%) VB.NET
9 17 (2.33%) Bicep
10 15 (2.05%) PL/SQL
11 14 (1.92%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.37%) PowerShell
13 7 (0.96%) PHP
14 6 (0.82%) Go
14 6 (0.82%) VBA
15 4 (0.55%) C++
15 4 (0.55%) Ruby
16 3 (0.41%) C
16 3 (0.41%) Erlang
16 3 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 112 (15.34%) Degree
2 45 (6.16%) Security Cleared
3 44 (6.03%) SC Cleared
4 28 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.42%) ISTQB
6 21 (2.88%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 16 (2.19%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.37%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.10%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.68%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.55%) ISEB
12 4 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.41%) PhD
13 3 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.14%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (9.59%) QA
2 25 (3.42%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.37%) WCAG
4 9 (1.23%) GDPR
5 7 (0.96%) SLA
6 5 (0.68%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.14%) GRC
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) IFRS
System Software
1 83 (11.37%) Docker
2 19 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.27%) vSphere
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 71 (9.73%) Kubernetes
2 45 (6.16%) Terraform
3 12 (1.64%) Grafana
4 10 (1.37%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.82%) Ansible
6 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.14%) CASB
7 1 (0.14%) Control-M
7 1 (0.14%) MIIS
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 186 (25.48%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.11%) Salesforce
3 17 (2.33%) MuleSoft
4 16 (2.19%) Oracle
5 13 (1.78%) Google
6 11 (1.51%) Xamarin
7 8 (1.10%) New Relic
8 5 (0.68%) Adobe
8 5 (0.68%) Apple
8 5 (0.68%) Facebook
8 5 (0.68%) Red Hat
8 5 (0.68%) Sage
8 5 (0.68%) Zoho
9 4 (0.55%) AppDynamics
9 4 (0.55%) Datto
9 4 (0.55%) ESRI
9 4 (0.55%) Freshdesk
9 4 (0.55%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.41%) Databricks
10 3 (0.41%) Foundry