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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 28 16
Rank change year-on-year -21 -12 +5
Permanent jobs citing .NET 730 1,058 3,320
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.37% 8.25% 10.70%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.79% 25.39% 38.73%
Number of salaries quoted 648 939 3,064
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £39,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,250 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.08% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £61,339 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.97% +2.23% -4.00%

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 3,068 4,167 8,573
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.38% 32.48% 27.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,225 3,281 7,439
10th Percentile £42,200 £41,250 £39,658
25th Percentile £52,400 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £66,225 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +10.38% -8.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -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 31 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 22 (3.01%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.78%) JBoss
2 13 (1.78%) WebSphere
3 9 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.82%) CMS
4 6 (0.82%) IIS
5 5 (0.68%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.55%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.41%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.41%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.41%) nginx
7 3 (0.41%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.27%) Apache
9 1 (0.14%) Confluence
9 1 (0.14%) Drupal
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
9 1 (0.14%) WordPress
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 4 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.14%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.14%) Magento
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.14%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 373 (51.10%) Azure
2 150 (20.55%) AWS
3 125 (17.12%) Azure DevOps
3 125 (17.12%) SaaS
4 81 (11.10%) GitHub
5 52 (7.12%) Power Platform
6 43 (5.89%) Serverless
7 33 (4.52%) GitHub Actions
8 32 (4.38%) GCP
9 28 (3.84%) Dynamics 365
9 28 (3.84%) PowerApps
10 27 (3.70%) Power Automate
11 26 (3.56%) Azure Logic Apps
12 22 (3.01%) Azure AKS
12 22 (3.01%) Entra ID
13 21 (2.88%) Azure Service Bus
13 21 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
14 20 (2.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 19 (2.60%) Azure App Service
16 16 (2.19%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.23%) Firewall
2 5 (0.68%) Internet
3 4 (0.55%) DNS
4 3 (0.41%) DHCP
4 3 (0.41%) Intranet
4 3 (0.41%) Modbus
4 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.41%) VoIP
4 3 (0.41%) VPN
5 2 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
6 1 (0.14%) AMQP
6 1 (0.14%) HTTP
6 1 (0.14%) MPLS
6 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (26.44%) SQL Server
2 57 (7.81%) Azure SQL Database
3 43 (5.89%) NoSQL
4 41 (5.62%) MongoDB
5 32 (4.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 25 (3.42%) Power BI
7 23 (3.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 20 (2.74%) MySQL
9 19 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (2.47%) Relational Database
11 15 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (1.64%) Redis
13 11 (1.51%) DB2
14 9 (1.23%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.55%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
16 3 (0.41%) GIS
16 3 (0.41%) QGIS
17 2 (0.27%) MariaDB
17 2 (0.27%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 42 (5.75%) Git
2 35 (4.79%) Selenium
3 27 (3.70%) JIRA
4 25 (3.42%) Postman
4 25 (3.42%) Team Foundation Server
5 24 (3.29%) WebDriver
6 22 (3.01%) SoapUI
7 18 (2.47%) Visual Studio
8 12 (1.64%) SpecFlow
9 7 (0.96%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.82%) NUnit
11 5 (0.68%) git-flow
12 4 (0.55%) PowerBuilder
13 3 (0.41%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.41%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.41%) JMeter
14 2 (0.27%) Cucumber
14 2 (0.27%) MSTest
14 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 189 (25.89%) Social Skills
2 126 (17.26%) Finance
3 48 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (5.62%) Public Sector
5 40 (5.48%) Law
6 35 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (3.15%) Banking
8 19 (2.60%) Marketing
9 15 (2.05%) Games
10 11 (1.51%) Legal
10 11 (1.51%) Retail
11 7 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (0.96%) Financial Institution
11 7 (0.96%) Front Office
12 6 (0.82%) Advertising
12 6 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (0.82%) Tech for Good
13 5 (0.68%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.41%) Back Office
14 3 (0.41%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 394 (53.97%) Developer
2 205 (28.08%) Senior
3 165 (22.60%) .NET Developer
4 128 (17.53%) Software Engineer
5 88 (12.05%) Senior Developer
6 86 (11.78%) C# Developer
7 84 (11.51%) Lead
8 74 (10.14%) Software Developer
9 67 (9.18%) Full-Stack Developer
10 58 (7.95%) .NET Software Engineer
11 54 (7.40%) Senior Software Engineer
12 47 (6.44%) C# .NET Developer
13 44 (6.03%) Architect
14 43 (5.89%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 41 (5.62%) Lead Developer
16 35 (4.79%) Applications Developer
17 32 (4.38%) Applications Support
18 31 (4.25%) .NET Software Developer
18 31 (4.25%) Analyst
19 30 (4.11%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (24.93%) .NET Core
2 144 (19.73%) React
3 132 (18.08%) HTML
4 111 (15.21%) ASP.NET
5 110 (15.07%) CSS
6 93 (12.74%) .NET Framework
7 77 (10.55%) AngularJS
8 76 (10.41%) RESTful
9 67 (9.18%) REST
10 61 (8.36%) Entity Framework
11 51 (6.99%) SOAP
12 50 (6.85%) ASP.NET Core
13 42 (5.75%) ASP.NET Web API
14 39 (5.34%) Blazor
14 39 (5.34%) Vue
15 35 (4.79%) Node.js
16 32 (4.38%) Middleware
17 24 (3.29%) React Native
18 20 (2.74%) ASP.NET MVC
18 20 (2.74%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 81 (11.10%) Cloud Native
2 51 (6.99%) Product Ownership
3 30 (4.11%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (3.56%) Mobile App
5 20 (2.74%) Legacy Applications
6 17 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (2.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 15 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (1.92%) Onboarding
9 13 (1.78%) DataPower
10 12 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.51%) Sports Betting
12 10 (1.37%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.23%) Legacy Code
14 8 (1.10%) Low-Code
15 7 (0.96%) Management Information System
16 6 (0.82%) Client/Server
17 5 (0.68%) AI Agents
17 5 (0.68%) IoT
18 4 (0.55%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 38 (5.21%) Windows
2 11 (1.51%) Linux
3 8 (1.10%) Android
3 8 (1.10%) VMS
3 8 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.41%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.41%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.41%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.14%) Unix
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (42.05%) Agile
2 231 (31.64%) DevOps
2 231 (31.64%) Software Engineering
3 195 (26.71%) Full-Stack Development
4 188 (25.75%) CI/CD
5 183 (25.07%) Microservices
6 132 (18.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 129 (17.67%) Problem-Solving
8 111 (15.21%) Mentoring
9 95 (13.01%) SDLC
10 87 (11.92%) Clean Code
11 83 (11.37%) Scrum
12 77 (10.55%) AI
13 68 (9.32%) MVC
14 67 (9.18%) Containerisation
15 62 (8.49%) Test Automation
16 59 (8.08%) Technical Leadership
17 55 (7.53%) Collaborative Culture
17 55 (7.53%) Event-Driven
18 53 (7.26%) OO
Programming Languages
1 493 (67.53%) C#
2 278 (38.08%) SQL
3 176 (24.11%) JavaScript
4 100 (13.70%) TypeScript
5 89 (12.19%) Java
6 65 (8.90%) Python
7 20 (2.74%) Apex Code
8 19 (2.60%) VB.NET
9 18 (2.47%) Bicep
10 15 (2.05%) PL/SQL
11 14 (1.92%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.78%) PowerShell
13 7 (0.96%) PHP
14 6 (0.82%) Go
15 5 (0.68%) VBA
16 4 (0.55%) Ruby
17 3 (0.41%) C
17 3 (0.41%) C++
17 3 (0.41%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 105 (14.38%) Degree
2 45 (6.16%) Security Cleared
3 43 (5.89%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (3.15%) ISTQB
5 19 (2.60%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 15 (2.05%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.51%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.23%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.55%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.55%) ISEB
11 4 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.41%) PhD
12 3 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.14%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (8.90%) QA
2 24 (3.29%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.51%) 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%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) IFRS
9 1 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 82 (11.23%) Docker
2 15 (2.05%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.27%) vSphere
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 68 (9.32%) Kubernetes
2 45 (6.16%) Terraform
3 12 (1.64%) Grafana
4 10 (1.37%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.82%) Ansible
6 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.27%) MIIS
8 1 (0.14%) CASB
8 1 (0.14%) Consul
8 1 (0.14%) Control-M
8 1 (0.14%) Packer
8 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.14%) Puppet
8 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 186 (25.48%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.84%) Salesforce
3 16 (2.19%) MuleSoft
4 15 (2.05%) Oracle
5 12 (1.64%) Google
6 9 (1.23%) Xamarin
7 8 (1.10%) Adobe
7 8 (1.10%) New Relic
8 6 (0.82%) Facebook
9 5 (0.68%) Apple
9 5 (0.68%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.55%) AppDynamics
11 3 (0.41%) Databricks
11 3 (0.41%) Datto
11 3 (0.41%) ESRI
11 3 (0.41%) Freshdesk
11 3 (0.41%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.41%) Sage
11 3 (0.41%) VMware
11 3 (0.41%) Zoho