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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 42 22
Rank change year-on-year -3 -20 -2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,241 967 1,869
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.99% 5.74% 8.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 27.84% 25.50% 27.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,054 665 1,347
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,900 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,875 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -5.51%

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 4,458 3,792 6,704
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.92% 22.50% 30.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,274 2,466 4,566
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -0.54%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -0.37% +4.23% -3.70%

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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 4 October 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 34 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.13%) IIS
3 11 (0.89%) CMS
4 9 (0.73%) Confluence
5 8 (0.64%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.56%) nginx
7 5 (0.40%) EPiServer
7 5 (0.40%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.24%) DNN
8 3 (0.24%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.24%) Immediacy CMS
8 3 (0.24%) Kentico
8 3 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.24%) Sitefinity
9 2 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.16%) WordPress
10 1 (0.081%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.081%) Appian
Applications
1 9 (0.73%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.40%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.24%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.16%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.16%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.081%) Actimize
5 1 (0.081%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 789 (63.58%) Azure
2 265 (21.35%) Azure DevOps
3 257 (20.71%) AWS
4 165 (13.30%) GitHub
5 160 (12.89%) Azure AI
6 142 (11.44%) GitHub Copilot
7 90 (7.25%) SaaS
8 83 (6.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 82 (6.61%) Power Platform
10 58 (4.67%) Power Automate
11 57 (4.59%) PowerApps
11 57 (4.59%) Serverless
12 44 (3.55%) Azure Service Bus
13 40 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
14 39 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
15 35 (2.82%) GCP
16 28 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
17 27 (2.18%) AWS Lambda
18 24 (1.93%) Azure Functions
19 23 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 56 (4.51%) Internet
2 6 (0.48%) HTTP
2 6 (0.48%) Hyperconnected
3 5 (0.40%) Broadband
4 2 (0.16%) OpenVPN
4 2 (0.16%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.16%) VPN
5 1 (0.081%) Intranet
5 1 (0.081%) Network Security
5 1 (0.081%) SSL
5 1 (0.081%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 462 (37.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 407 (32.80%) MongoDB
3 220 (17.73%) SQL Server
4 155 (12.49%) Elasticsearch
5 41 (3.30%) Power BI
6 40 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
7 39 (3.14%) Relational Database
8 33 (2.66%) MySQL
9 17 (1.37%) Spark SQL
10 15 (1.21%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.05%) Redis
12 12 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (0.89%) NonStop SQL
14 10 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
15 9 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 8 (0.64%) Metadata
17 6 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
18 5 (0.40%) MariaDB
18 5 (0.40%) Spatial Data
19 4 (0.32%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 88 (7.09%) Git
2 25 (2.01%) JIRA
3 12 (0.97%) Claude Code
3 12 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.89%) GitLab
5 9 (0.73%) Visual Studio
6 8 (0.64%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.64%) NUnit
6 8 (0.64%) Selenium
7 7 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 7 (0.56%) Postman
8 6 (0.48%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.40%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
9 5 (0.40%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.32%) Snyk
11 3 (0.24%) JUnit
11 3 (0.24%) Mercurial
11 3 (0.24%) MSTest
11 3 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 192 (15.47%) Social Skills
2 164 (13.22%) Finance
3 88 (7.09%) Legal
4 74 (5.96%) Public Sector
5 67 (5.40%) Analytical Skills
6 66 (5.32%) Law
7 61 (4.92%) Games
8 56 (4.51%) Advertising
9 51 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 50 (4.03%) Marketing
11 48 (3.87%) Retail
12 34 (2.74%) Legal Technology
13 20 (1.61%) Aerospace
14 13 (1.05%) Manufacturing
15 11 (0.89%) Music Industry
16 10 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (0.48%) Banking
18 6 (0.48%) Local Government
18 6 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 799 (64.38%) Developer
2 602 (48.51%) .NET Developer
3 211 (17.00%) Senior
4 182 (14.67%) Software Engineer
5 122 (9.83%) Senior Developer
6 108 (8.70%) Lead
7 77 (6.20%) C# Developer
8 75 (6.04%) .NET Software Engineer
9 70 (5.64%) C# Software Engineer
10 64 (5.16%) C# .NET Developer
11 61 (4.92%) Senior Software Engineer
12 60 (4.83%) Full-Stack Developer
13 51 (4.11%) Software Developer
14 46 (3.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 45 (3.63%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 40 (3.22%) Lead Developer
17 38 (3.06%) Development Manager
18 37 (2.98%) Architect
19 35 (2.82%) Software Manager
20 32 (2.58%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 554 (44.64%) .NET Core
2 546 (44.00%) ASP.NET
3 477 (38.44%) ASP.NET Core
4 292 (23.53%) React
5 229 (18.45%) Blazor
6 227 (18.29%) Entity Framework
7 226 (18.21%) CSS
8 222 (17.89%) AngularJS
8 222 (17.89%) HTML
9 199 (16.04%) RESTful
10 193 (15.55%) Node.js
11 185 (14.91%) Vue
12 173 (13.94%) ASP.NET Web API
13 148 (11.93%) ML.NET
14 147 (11.85%) .NET Framework
15 109 (8.78%) LINQ
16 92 (7.41%) REST
17 39 (3.14%) XML
18 37 (2.98%) JSON
19 29 (2.34%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 105 (8.46%) Greenfield Project
2 74 (5.96%) Enterprise Software
3 58 (4.67%) Distributed Systems
4 54 (4.35%) Product Ownership
5 48 (3.87%) Cloud Native
6 34 (2.74%) AI Agents
7 27 (2.18%) Mobile App
8 25 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (1.53%) Digital TV
10 17 (1.37%) iPhone
11 16 (1.29%) BBC
11 16 (1.29%) Social Media
12 15 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
12 15 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.05%) Management Information System
14 12 (0.97%) Data Structures
14 12 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (0.97%) Social Network
15 11 (0.89%) Sports Betting
16 10 (0.81%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.66%) Windows
2 25 (2.01%) Linux
3 21 (1.69%) Android
4 17 (1.37%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.32%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 639 (51.49%) Full-Stack Development
2 624 (50.28%) Agile
3 418 (33.68%) CI/CD
4 371 (29.90%) DevOps
5 333 (26.83%) Microservices
6 326 (26.27%) Software Engineering
7 263 (21.19%) AI
8 200 (16.12%) Problem-Solving
9 183 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 173 (13.94%) Machine Learning
11 159 (12.81%) Multithreading
12 148 (11.93%) Mentoring
13 134 (10.80%) Scrum
14 112 (9.02%) OO
15 99 (7.98%) TDD
16 95 (7.66%) SDLC
17 88 (7.09%) Workflow
18 87 (7.01%) Software Architecture
19 84 (6.77%) API Development
20 80 (6.45%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1,103 (88.88%) C#
2 675 (54.39%) SQL
3 353 (28.44%) JavaScript
4 224 (18.05%) TypeScript
5 87 (7.01%) Java
6 81 (6.53%) Python
7 34 (2.74%) PowerShell
8 33 (2.66%) C++
9 28 (2.26%) T-SQL
10 18 (1.45%) VB.NET
11 15 (1.21%) Go
12 11 (0.89%) Bicep
13 7 (0.56%) Bash
14 5 (0.40%) C
14 5 (0.40%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.40%) PHP
14 5 (0.40%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.40%) Rust
15 4 (0.32%) COBOL
15 4 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 67 (5.40%) Degree
2 42 (3.38%) Security Cleared
3 35 (2.82%) SC Cleared
4 19 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (0.64%) Master's Degree
7 7 (0.56%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.24%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.24%) ICAEW
9 3 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.16%) CSQA
10 2 (0.16%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.16%) OCP
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.081%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (10.31%) QA
2 33 (2.66%) Data Quality
3 9 (0.73%) GDPR
4 7 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.48%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.24%) WCAG
8 2 (0.16%) NIST
9 1 (0.081%) PMO
System Software
1 226 (18.21%) Docker
2 6 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.40%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.081%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 199 (16.04%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.05%) Ansible
2 13 (1.05%) Grafana
3 11 (0.89%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.16%) Kibana
5 1 (0.081%) Control-M
Vendors
1 657 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 71 (5.72%) Google
3 58 (4.67%) Facebook
4 21 (1.69%) YouTube
5 20 (1.61%) OpenAI
5 20 (1.61%) Oracle
6 16 (1.29%) Apple
6 16 (1.29%) Sony
6 16 (1.29%) Yahoo!
7 15 (1.21%) Databricks
8 12 (0.97%) Salesforce
9 11 (0.89%) Adobe
10 8 (0.64%) Intapp
11 7 (0.56%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.48%) iManage
13 5 (0.40%) Aderant
13 5 (0.40%) Optimizely
13 5 (0.40%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.32%) SAP
14 4 (0.32%) Sitecore