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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 26 16
Rank change year-on-year -27 -10 +3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 733 1,181 3,264
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.35% 8.65% 10.88%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 24.35% 26.29% 38.41%
Number of salaries quoted 647 986 3,012
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £39,025
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +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 3,010 4,493 8,497
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.85% 32.92% 28.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,183 3,335 7,373
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £39,658
25th Percentile £52,400 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,225 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% +10.38% -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 16 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 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.77%) JBoss
2 13 (1.77%) WebSphere
3 11 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.23%) IIS
5 7 (0.95%) 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 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.14%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.14%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 384 (52.39%) Azure
2 146 (19.92%) AWS
3 132 (18.01%) SaaS
4 127 (17.33%) Azure DevOps
5 82 (11.19%) GitHub
6 48 (6.55%) Power Platform
6 48 (6.55%) Serverless
7 37 (5.05%) GCP
8 33 (4.50%) GitHub Actions
9 28 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (3.55%) Entra ID
11 25 (3.41%) Azure Service Bus
12 22 (3.00%) Power Automate
12 22 (3.00%) PowerApps
13 21 (2.86%) Azure AKS
13 21 (2.86%) Azure App Service
13 21 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
13 21 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
14 20 (2.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 17 (2.32%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.23%) Firewall
2 7 (0.95%) DNS
3 6 (0.82%) DHCP
3 6 (0.82%) Internet
4 5 (0.68%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.68%) VPN
5 4 (0.55%) VoIP
6 3 (0.41%) HTTP
6 3 (0.41%) Modbus
7 2 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.27%) Intranet
8 1 (0.14%) AMQP
8 1 (0.14%) IPv6
8 1 (0.14%) MPLS
8 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (27.83%) SQL Server
2 49 (6.68%) Azure SQL Database
2 49 (6.68%) MongoDB
3 48 (6.55%) NoSQL
4 28 (3.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (3.55%) MySQL
6 22 (3.00%) Relational Database
6 22 (3.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
8 20 (2.73%) Power BI
9 14 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (1.77%) Redis
11 10 (1.36%) DB2
11 10 (1.36%) DynamoDB
12 8 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.55%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.55%) GIS
13 4 (0.55%) QGIS
14 2 (0.27%) MariaDB
14 2 (0.27%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 49 (6.68%) Git
2 36 (4.91%) Selenium
3 31 (4.23%) JIRA
4 29 (3.96%) Postman
5 28 (3.82%) Team Foundation Server
6 27 (3.68%) WebDriver
7 25 (3.41%) SoapUI
8 17 (2.32%) Visual Studio
9 12 (1.64%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.95%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.82%) git-flow
11 6 (0.82%) PowerBuilder
12 5 (0.68%) NUnit
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
1 202 (27.56%) Social Skills
2 128 (17.46%) Finance
3 46 (6.28%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (5.87%) Law
5 41 (5.59%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (3.14%) Banking
7 23 (3.14%) Marketing
8 16 (2.18%) Games
9 13 (1.77%) Legal
10 10 (1.36%) Retail
11 9 (1.23%) Front Office
12 7 (0.95%) Financial Institution
13 6 (0.82%) Advertising
13 6 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.82%) Tech for Good
14 5 (0.68%) Billing
14 5 (0.68%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.41%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 394 (53.75%) Developer
2 206 (28.10%) Senior
3 159 (21.69%) .NET Developer
4 125 (17.05%) Software Engineer
5 89 (12.14%) Lead
6 88 (12.01%) Senior Developer
7 80 (10.91%) C# Developer
8 79 (10.78%) Software Developer
9 65 (8.87%) Full-Stack Developer
10 55 (7.50%) Senior Software Engineer
11 54 (7.37%) .NET Software Engineer
12 46 (6.28%) Lead Developer
13 42 (5.73%) Architect
14 40 (5.46%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 37 (5.05%) C# .NET Developer
16 33 (4.50%) Analyst
16 33 (4.50%) Applications Developer
17 30 (4.09%) Applications Support
18 29 (3.96%) Senior Software Developer
19 27 (3.68%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (24.42%) .NET Core
2 148 (20.19%) React
3 124 (16.92%) HTML
4 111 (15.14%) ASP.NET
5 103 (14.05%) CSS
6 98 (13.37%) .NET Framework
7 80 (10.91%) AngularJS
8 77 (10.50%) RESTful
9 67 (9.14%) REST
10 63 (8.59%) Entity Framework
11 55 (7.50%) SOAP
12 48 (6.55%) ASP.NET Core
13 46 (6.28%) ASP.NET Web API
14 39 (5.32%) Blazor
15 35 (4.77%) Node.js
15 35 (4.77%) Vue
16 33 (4.50%) Middleware
17 24 (3.27%) React Native
18 21 (2.86%) ASP.NET MVC
18 21 (2.86%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 85 (11.60%) Cloud Native
2 56 (7.64%) Product Ownership
3 31 (4.23%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (3.55%) Mobile App
5 19 (2.59%) Legacy Applications
5 19 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (2.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 14 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (1.91%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.77%) DataPower
8 13 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.36%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.23%) Sports Betting
11 8 (1.09%) Legacy Code
11 8 (1.09%) Low-Code
12 7 (0.95%) Client/Server
12 7 (0.95%) Management Information System
13 6 (0.82%) AI Agents
13 6 (0.82%) IoT
14 5 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (5.05%) Windows
2 12 (1.64%) Linux
3 11 (1.50%) Android
4 10 (1.36%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.09%) VMS
6 7 (0.95%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.55%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.55%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.14%) Fedora
8 1 (0.14%) Unix
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (44.20%) Agile
2 239 (32.61%) DevOps
3 231 (31.51%) Software Engineering
4 204 (27.83%) CI/CD
5 194 (26.47%) Full-Stack Development
6 184 (25.10%) Microservices
7 136 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
8 132 (18.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 123 (16.78%) Mentoring
10 96 (13.10%) Scrum
11 92 (12.55%) Clean Code
12 90 (12.28%) SDLC
13 77 (10.50%) AI
14 75 (10.23%) Containerisation
15 70 (9.55%) MVC
16 64 (8.73%) Technical Leadership
17 62 (8.46%) Test Automation
18 58 (7.91%) Collaborative Culture
19 57 (7.78%) Code Quality
20 56 (7.64%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 491 (66.98%) C#
2 277 (37.79%) SQL
3 170 (23.19%) JavaScript
4 100 (13.64%) TypeScript
5 92 (12.55%) Java
6 66 (9.00%) Python
7 20 (2.73%) Apex Code
7 20 (2.73%) VB.NET
8 17 (2.32%) Bicep
9 16 (2.18%) PL/SQL
10 14 (1.91%) T-SQL
11 10 (1.36%) PowerShell
12 8 (1.09%) PHP
13 7 (0.95%) VBA
14 6 (0.82%) Go
15 5 (0.68%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.55%) C++
16 4 (0.55%) Swift
17 3 (0.41%) C
17 3 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 117 (15.96%) Degree
2 46 (6.28%) Security Cleared
3 45 (6.14%) SC Cleared
4 29 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.55%) ISTQB
6 22 (3.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 17 (2.32%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.36%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.09%) 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 74 (10.10%) QA
2 25 (3.41%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.36%) WCAG
4 9 (1.23%) GDPR
5 7 (0.95%) 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 82 (11.19%) Docker
2 20 (2.73%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.27%) vSphere
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 72 (9.82%) Kubernetes
2 45 (6.14%) Terraform
3 12 (1.64%) Grafana
4 10 (1.36%) 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 (25.38%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.96%) Salesforce
3 17 (2.32%) MuleSoft
3 17 (2.32%) Oracle
4 13 (1.77%) Google
5 11 (1.50%) Xamarin
6 8 (1.09%) New Relic
7 5 (0.68%) Apple
7 5 (0.68%) Facebook
7 5 (0.68%) Red Hat
7 5 (0.68%) Sage
7 5 (0.68%) Zoho
8 4 (0.55%) Adobe
8 4 (0.55%) AppDynamics
8 4 (0.55%) Datto
8 4 (0.55%) ESRI
8 4 (0.55%) Freshdesk
8 4 (0.55%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.41%) Databricks
9 3 (0.41%) Foundry