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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 46 22
Rank change year-on-year 0 -24 -2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,243 972 1,872
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.98% 5.78% 8.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 27.54% 25.54% 27.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,057 670 1,349
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £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 £76,250 £81,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.76%

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 4,514 3,806 6,720
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.09% 22.62% 29.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,320 2,488 4,589
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £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 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.46% +5.38% -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 1 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 36 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.13%) IIS
3 12 (0.97%) CMS
4 8 (0.64%) SharePoint Server
5 7 (0.56%) Confluence
5 7 (0.56%) nginx
6 6 (0.48%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.40%) EPiServer
8 4 (0.32%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.32%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.32%) Oracle Spatial
9 3 (0.24%) DNN
9 3 (0.24%) Immediacy CMS
9 3 (0.24%) Kentico
9 3 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.24%) Sitefinity
10 2 (0.16%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.16%) WordPress
11 1 (0.080%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.080%) Appian
Applications
1 9 (0.72%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.080%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (0.72%) 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 (0.080%) Actimize
5 1 (0.080%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 797 (64.12%) Azure
2 266 (21.40%) Azure DevOps
3 260 (20.92%) AWS
4 164 (13.19%) GitHub
5 160 (12.87%) Azure AI
6 142 (11.42%) GitHub Copilot
7 89 (7.16%) SaaS
8 84 (6.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 83 (6.68%) Power Platform
10 59 (4.75%) Power Automate
11 58 (4.67%) PowerApps
11 58 (4.67%) Serverless
12 44 (3.54%) Azure Service Bus
13 39 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
13 39 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
14 37 (2.98%) GCP
15 28 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
16 27 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
17 24 (1.93%) Azure Functions
17 24 (1.93%) Azure Monitor
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%) Intranet
4 2 (0.16%) OpenVPN
4 2 (0.16%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.16%) VPN
5 1 (0.080%) Network Security
5 1 (0.080%) SSL
5 1 (0.080%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 464 (37.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 406 (32.66%) MongoDB
3 219 (17.62%) SQL Server
4 155 (12.47%) Elasticsearch
5 42 (3.38%) Power BI
6 40 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
7 39 (3.14%) Relational Database
8 33 (2.65%) MySQL
9 17 (1.37%) NoSQL
9 17 (1.37%) Spark SQL
10 14 (1.13%) Redis
11 12 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (0.88%) NonStop SQL
13 10 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 8 (0.64%) Metadata
16 6 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
17 5 (0.40%) GIS
17 5 (0.40%) MariaDB
18 4 (0.32%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 90 (7.24%) Git
2 23 (1.85%) JIRA
3 12 (0.97%) Claude Code
3 12 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.88%) GitLab
5 10 (0.80%) Bitbucket
5 10 (0.80%) NUnit
6 9 (0.72%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.64%) Postman
7 8 (0.64%) Selenium
8 7 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 6 (0.48%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.40%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
10 5 (0.40%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.32%) Snyk
12 3 (0.24%) Mercurial
12 3 (0.24%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 192 (15.45%) Social Skills
2 161 (12.95%) Finance
3 88 (7.08%) Legal
4 75 (6.03%) Public Sector
5 69 (5.55%) Law
6 66 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
7 60 (4.83%) Games
8 56 (4.51%) Advertising
9 52 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 51 (4.10%) Marketing
11 48 (3.86%) Retail
12 34 (2.74%) Legal Technology
13 20 (1.61%) Aerospace
14 13 (1.05%) Manufacturing
15 11 (0.88%) Music Industry
16 10 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (0.48%) Local Government
18 6 (0.48%) Telecoms
19 5 (0.40%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 803 (64.60%) Developer
2 603 (48.51%) .NET Developer
3 213 (17.14%) Senior
4 183 (14.72%) Software Engineer
5 124 (9.98%) Senior Developer
6 109 (8.77%) Lead
7 78 (6.28%) C# Developer
8 76 (6.11%) .NET Software Engineer
9 71 (5.71%) C# Software Engineer
10 65 (5.23%) C# .NET Developer
11 61 (4.91%) Senior Software Engineer
12 58 (4.67%) Full-Stack Developer
13 53 (4.26%) Software Developer
14 46 (3.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 45 (3.62%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 42 (3.38%) Lead Developer
17 38 (3.06%) Architect
18 37 (2.98%) Development Manager
19 33 (2.65%) Software Manager
20 31 (2.49%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 558 (44.89%) .NET Core
2 546 (43.93%) ASP.NET
3 479 (38.54%) ASP.NET Core
4 293 (23.57%) React
5 230 (18.50%) Entity Framework
6 229 (18.42%) Blazor
6 229 (18.42%) CSS
7 226 (18.18%) HTML
8 225 (18.10%) AngularJS
9 202 (16.25%) RESTful
10 190 (15.29%) Node.js
11 186 (14.96%) Vue
12 174 (14.00%) ASP.NET Web API
13 151 (12.15%) .NET Framework
14 148 (11.91%) ML.NET
15 109 (8.77%) LINQ
16 94 (7.56%) REST
17 39 (3.14%) XML
18 38 (3.06%) JSON
19 30 (2.41%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 104 (8.37%) Greenfield Project
2 75 (6.03%) Enterprise Software
3 58 (4.67%) Distributed Systems
4 54 (4.34%) Product Ownership
5 49 (3.94%) Cloud Native
6 33 (2.65%) AI Agents
7 28 (2.25%) 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 14 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
12 14 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.05%) Data Structures
13 13 (1.05%) Management Information System
14 12 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (0.97%) Social Network
15 11 (0.88%) Sports Betting
16 10 (0.80%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.65%) Windows
2 25 (2.01%) Linux
3 22 (1.77%) Android
4 17 (1.37%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.40%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.24%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 641 (51.57%) Full-Stack Development
2 624 (50.20%) Agile
3 421 (33.87%) CI/CD
4 372 (29.93%) DevOps
5 335 (26.95%) Microservices
6 332 (26.71%) Software Engineering
7 262 (21.08%) AI
8 200 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
9 183 (14.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 174 (14.00%) Machine Learning
11 160 (12.87%) Multithreading
12 145 (11.67%) Mentoring
13 136 (10.94%) Scrum
14 113 (9.09%) OO
15 99 (7.96%) TDD
16 98 (7.88%) SDLC
17 88 (7.08%) Workflow
18 86 (6.92%) Software Architecture
19 85 (6.84%) API Development
20 81 (6.52%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1,102 (88.66%) C#
2 682 (54.87%) SQL
3 354 (28.48%) JavaScript
4 228 (18.34%) TypeScript
5 89 (7.16%) Java
6 83 (6.68%) Python
7 35 (2.82%) PowerShell
8 33 (2.65%) C++
9 28 (2.25%) T-SQL
10 18 (1.45%) VB.NET
11 15 (1.21%) Go
12 13 (1.05%) Bicep
13 7 (0.56%) Bash
14 6 (0.48%) PHP
14 6 (0.48%) Rust
15 5 (0.40%) C
15 5 (0.40%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.40%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.32%) Ruby
16 4 (0.32%) X++
Qualifications
1 68 (5.47%) Degree
2 43 (3.46%) Security Cleared
3 36 (2.90%) SC Cleared
4 19 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (0.64%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.48%) 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 (0.080%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (10.38%) QA
2 33 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 10 (0.80%) GDPR
4 7 (0.56%) Accessibility
4 7 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.24%) WCAG
7 2 (0.16%) NIST
8 1 (0.080%) PMO
System Software
1 228 (18.34%) Docker
2 6 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.40%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.080%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 200 (16.09%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.13%) Ansible
3 13 (1.05%) Grafana
4 11 (0.88%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.16%) Kibana
6 1 (0.080%) Control-M
Vendors
1 665 (53.50%) Microsoft
2 71 (5.71%) 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%) Adobe
8 12 (0.97%) Salesforce
9 8 (0.64%) Intapp
10 7 (0.56%) ServiceNow
11 6 (0.48%) iManage
11 6 (0.48%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.40%) Aderant
12 5 (0.40%) Optimizely
13 4 (0.32%) DevExpress
13 4 (0.32%) Sitecore