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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 27 16
Rank change year-on-year -23 -11 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 737 1,141 3,278
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.32% 8.53% 10.86%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 24.29% 25.97% 38.60%
Number of salaries quoted 652 968 3,027
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £38,900
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £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 £99,750 £92,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -1.64%

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 3,034 4,394 8,492
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.80% 32.84% 28.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,199 3,296 7,376
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £39,500
25th Percentile £52,400 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £66,222 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +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 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -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 21 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 20 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.76%) JBoss
2 13 (1.76%) WebSphere
3 10 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.09%) IIS
5 7 (0.95%) CMS
6 5 (0.68%) NServiceBus
7 4 (0.54%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.54%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.54%) Oracle Spatial
7 4 (0.54%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.41%) nginx
9 2 (0.27%) Apache
10 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.14%) Confluence
10 1 (0.14%) Drupal
10 1 (0.14%) Kentico
10 1 (0.14%) SAS
10 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 21 (2.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.68%) 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
1 382 (51.83%) Azure
2 149 (20.22%) AWS
3 129 (17.50%) SaaS
4 123 (16.69%) Azure DevOps
5 82 (11.13%) GitHub
6 51 (6.92%) Power Platform
7 47 (6.38%) Serverless
8 35 (4.75%) GCP
9 33 (4.48%) GitHub Actions
10 28 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
11 25 (3.39%) Azure Service Bus
11 25 (3.39%) Entra ID
11 25 (3.39%) Power Automate
11 25 (3.39%) PowerApps
12 23 (3.12%) Azure Logic Apps
13 22 (2.99%) Azure AKS
13 22 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
14 19 (2.58%) Azure App Service
15 18 (2.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 17 (2.31%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.22%) Firewall
2 6 (0.81%) DNS
2 6 (0.81%) Internet
3 5 (0.68%) DHCP
3 5 (0.68%) TCP/IP
3 5 (0.68%) VPN
4 4 (0.54%) 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
1 199 (27.00%) SQL Server
2 52 (7.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 46 (6.24%) NoSQL
4 45 (6.11%) MongoDB
5 31 (4.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 23 (3.12%) Power BI
6 23 (3.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 22 (2.99%) MySQL
8 21 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (2.58%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
11 13 (1.76%) Redis
12 11 (1.49%) DB2
13 10 (1.36%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.54%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.54%) GIS
15 4 (0.54%) QGIS
16 2 (0.27%) NonStop SQL
16 2 (0.27%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 44 (5.97%) Git
2 35 (4.75%) Selenium
3 31 (4.21%) JIRA
4 28 (3.80%) Postman
5 27 (3.66%) Team Foundation Server
6 26 (3.53%) WebDriver
7 24 (3.26%) SoapUI
8 17 (2.31%) Visual Studio
9 12 (1.63%) SpecFlow
10 6 (0.81%) git-flow
10 6 (0.81%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.68%) NUnit
11 5 (0.68%) PowerBuilder
12 3 (0.41%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.41%) JMeter
13 2 (0.27%) Appium
13 2 (0.27%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.27%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.27%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 199 (27.00%) Social Skills
2 127 (17.23%) Finance
3 48 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (5.56%) Law
4 41 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 36 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (3.26%) Banking
7 20 (2.71%) Marketing
8 15 (2.04%) Games
9 12 (1.63%) Legal
10 11 (1.49%) Retail
11 8 (1.09%) Front Office
12 7 (0.95%) Financial Institution
13 6 (0.81%) Advertising
13 6 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.81%) Tech for Good
14 5 (0.68%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.41%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 394 (53.46%) Developer
2 209 (28.36%) Senior
3 160 (21.71%) .NET Developer
4 128 (17.37%) Software Engineer
5 89 (12.08%) Lead
5 89 (12.08%) Senior Developer
6 81 (10.99%) C# Developer
7 79 (10.72%) Software Developer
8 65 (8.82%) Full-Stack Developer
9 57 (7.73%) .NET Software Engineer
10 55 (7.46%) Senior Software Engineer
11 45 (6.11%) Lead Developer
12 44 (5.97%) Architect
13 41 (5.56%) C# .NET Developer
13 41 (5.56%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 34 (4.61%) Applications Developer
15 33 (4.48%) Analyst
16 31 (4.21%) Applications Support
17 30 (4.07%) Senior Software Developer
18 29 (3.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (24.69%) .NET Core
2 145 (19.67%) React
3 127 (17.23%) HTML
4 111 (15.06%) ASP.NET
5 107 (14.52%) CSS
6 98 (13.30%) .NET Framework
7 77 (10.45%) AngularJS
8 74 (10.04%) RESTful
9 67 (9.09%) REST
10 62 (8.41%) Entity Framework
11 54 (7.33%) SOAP
12 49 (6.65%) ASP.NET Core
13 45 (6.11%) ASP.NET Web API
14 40 (5.43%) Blazor
15 36 (4.88%) Node.js
15 36 (4.88%) Vue
16 33 (4.48%) Middleware
17 24 (3.26%) React Native
18 21 (2.85%) Lightning Web Components
18 21 (2.85%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 85 (11.53%) Cloud Native
2 55 (7.46%) Product Ownership
3 30 (4.07%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (3.53%) Mobile App
5 20 (2.71%) Legacy Applications
6 19 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 14 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.76%) DataPower
9 13 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (1.76%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.36%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.22%) Sports Betting
12 8 (1.09%) Legacy Code
12 8 (1.09%) Low-Code
13 7 (0.95%) Management Information System
14 6 (0.81%) AI Agents
14 6 (0.81%) Client/Server
14 6 (0.81%) IoT
15 5 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (5.29%) Windows
2 12 (1.63%) Linux
3 9 (1.22%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.09%) Android
4 8 (1.09%) VMS
5 7 (0.95%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.54%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.54%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.14%) Fedora
7 1 (0.14%) Unix
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (42.61%) Agile
2 233 (31.61%) DevOps
3 231 (31.34%) Software Engineering
4 199 (27.00%) CI/CD
5 192 (26.05%) Full-Stack Development
6 183 (24.83%) Microservices
7 133 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
8 129 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 119 (16.15%) Mentoring
10 93 (12.62%) SDLC
11 90 (12.21%) Clean Code
11 90 (12.21%) Scrum
12 76 (10.31%) AI
12 76 (10.31%) Containerisation
13 69 (9.36%) MVC
14 61 (8.28%) Technical Leadership
15 60 (8.14%) Test Automation
16 57 (7.73%) Collaborative Culture
17 55 (7.46%) Event-Driven
18 54 (7.33%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 492 (66.76%) C#
2 275 (37.31%) SQL
3 171 (23.20%) JavaScript
4 99 (13.43%) TypeScript
5 92 (12.48%) Java
6 68 (9.23%) Python
7 21 (2.85%) Apex Code
8 20 (2.71%) VB.NET
9 17 (2.31%) Bicep
10 16 (2.17%) PL/SQL
11 13 (1.76%) T-SQL
12 12 (1.63%) PowerShell
13 8 (1.09%) PHP
14 6 (0.81%) Go
14 6 (0.81%) VBA
15 4 (0.54%) C++
15 4 (0.54%) Ruby
16 3 (0.41%) C
16 3 (0.41%) Erlang
16 3 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 111 (15.06%) Degree
2 46 (6.24%) Security Cleared
3 44 (5.97%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.39%) ISTQB
6 21 (2.85%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 16 (2.17%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.49%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.22%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.68%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.54%) ISEB
12 4 (0.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
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 69 (9.36%) QA
2 25 (3.39%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.36%) WCAG
4 9 (1.22%) GDPR
5 7 (0.95%) SLA
6 5 (0.68%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.14%) GRC
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) IFRS
9 1 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 84 (11.40%) Docker
2 20 (2.71%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.27%) vSphere
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 72 (9.77%) Kubernetes
2 45 (6.11%) Terraform
3 12 (1.63%) Grafana
4 10 (1.36%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.95%) Ansible
6 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.14%) CASB
7 1 (0.14%) Consul
7 1 (0.14%) Control-M
7 1 (0.14%) MIIS
7 1 (0.14%) Packer
7 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.14%) Puppet
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 190 (25.78%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.07%) Salesforce
3 17 (2.31%) MuleSoft
4 16 (2.17%) Oracle
5 14 (1.90%) Google
6 10 (1.36%) Xamarin
7 8 (1.09%) New Relic
8 6 (0.81%) Adobe
8 6 (0.81%) Apple
8 6 (0.81%) Facebook
9 5 (0.68%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.54%) AppDynamics
10 4 (0.54%) Datto
10 4 (0.54%) ESRI
10 4 (0.54%) Freshdesk
10 4 (0.54%) Sage
10 4 (0.54%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.54%) Zoho
11 3 (0.41%) Databricks
11 3 (0.41%) Foundry