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 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 27 17
Rank change year-on-year -21 -10 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 738 1,360 3,058
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.55% 8.68% 11.00%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 25.31% 27.34% 37.31%
Number of salaries quoted 648 980 2,843
10th Percentile £41,163 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £85,000
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 2,916 4,974 8,196
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.96% 31.74% 29.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,173 3,255 7,146
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,400 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,295 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +8.68% -6.15%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,200 £61,500
% change year-on-year -1.81% +7.64% -8.89%

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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 14 February 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 18 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.76%) JBoss
2 13 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (1.76%) WebSphere
3 9 (1.22%) IIS
4 6 (0.81%) ArcGIS
4 6 (0.81%) CMS
5 4 (0.54%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.54%) NServiceBus
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.41%) nginx
6 3 (0.41%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.27%) Confluence
8 1 (0.14%) Apache
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.14%) Kentico
8 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 23 (3.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.41%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.27%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 429 (58.13%) Azure
2 183 (24.80%) AWS
3 156 (21.14%) SaaS
4 133 (18.02%) Azure DevOps
5 86 (11.65%) GitHub
6 65 (8.81%) GCP
7 53 (7.18%) Serverless
8 50 (6.78%) Power Platform
9 38 (5.15%) GitHub Actions
10 31 (4.20%) Entra ID
11 28 (3.79%) Dynamics 365
12 24 (3.25%) Azure App Service
13 23 (3.12%) Azure Service Bus
14 22 (2.98%) Power Automate
15 21 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
16 20 (2.71%) PowerApps
17 17 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
17 17 (2.30%) PaaS
18 16 (2.17%) Azure AKS
18 16 (2.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.22%) DNS
1 9 (1.22%) Firewall
2 8 (1.08%) DHCP
2 8 (1.08%) VPN
3 7 (0.95%) Internet
4 6 (0.81%) VoIP
5 4 (0.54%) HTTP
5 4 (0.54%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.27%) Intranet
7 1 (0.14%) AMQP
7 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
7 1 (0.14%) IPv6
7 1 (0.14%) MPLS
7 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (26.96%) SQL Server
2 47 (6.37%) MongoDB
3 43 (5.83%) Azure SQL Database
4 42 (5.69%) NoSQL
5 31 (4.20%) MySQL
6 23 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (2.85%) Power BI
8 20 (2.71%) Relational Database
9 18 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 16 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (1.63%) Redis
13 10 (1.36%) DynamoDB
14 8 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
15 5 (0.68%) GIS
16 4 (0.54%) DB2
16 4 (0.54%) NonStop SQL
16 4 (0.54%) QGIS
17 2 (0.27%) MariaDB
17 2 (0.27%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 58 (7.86%) Git
2 34 (4.61%) Selenium
3 33 (4.47%) Postman
4 32 (4.34%) JIRA
5 30 (4.07%) Team Foundation Server
6 28 (3.79%) SoapUI
6 28 (3.79%) WebDriver
7 16 (2.17%) Visual Studio
8 9 (1.22%) SpecFlow
9 7 (0.95%) git-flow
9 7 (0.95%) PowerBuilder
10 6 (0.81%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.41%) NUnit
12 2 (0.27%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.27%) JMeter
12 2 (0.27%) Snyk
12 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 1 (0.14%) Appium
13 1 (0.14%) GitLab
13 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 221 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 160 (21.68%) Finance
3 38 (5.15%) Public Sector
4 34 (4.61%) Law
5 33 (4.47%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (2.85%) Banking
8 19 (2.57%) Marketing
9 14 (1.90%) Legal
10 13 (1.76%) Games
11 12 (1.63%) Retail
12 10 (1.36%) Billing
12 10 (1.36%) Front Office
13 6 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.81%) Tech for Good
14 5 (0.68%) Advertising
14 5 (0.68%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.41%) Local Government
16 2 (0.27%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 422 (57.18%) Developer
2 204 (27.64%) Senior
3 176 (23.85%) .NET Developer
4 118 (15.99%) Software Developer
5 113 (15.31%) Software Engineer
6 84 (11.38%) Lead
7 83 (11.25%) Senior Developer
8 78 (10.57%) C# Developer
9 60 (8.13%) Full-Stack Developer
10 54 (7.32%) Senior Software Engineer
11 52 (7.05%) .NET Software Developer
12 50 (6.78%) .NET Software Engineer
13 45 (6.10%) Lead Developer
14 35 (4.74%) Engineering Manager
15 34 (4.61%) Architect
16 30 (4.07%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
17 29 (3.93%) Applications Developer
17 29 (3.93%) Senior Software Developer
18 28 (3.79%) Analyst
18 28 (3.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (22.22%) .NET Core
2 161 (21.82%) React
3 114 (15.45%) HTML
4 109 (14.77%) ASP.NET
5 106 (14.36%) .NET Framework
6 94 (12.74%) AngularJS
7 93 (12.60%) CSS
8 75 (10.16%) RESTful
9 63 (8.54%) REST
10 61 (8.27%) Entity Framework
11 57 (7.72%) ASP.NET Web API
12 54 (7.32%) SOAP
13 45 (6.10%) Vue
14 44 (5.96%) Blazor
15 33 (4.47%) ASP.NET Core
15 33 (4.47%) ASP.NET MVC
16 31 (4.20%) Node.js
17 29 (3.93%) Middleware
18 24 (3.25%) HTML5
18 24 (3.25%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 80 (10.84%) Cloud Native
2 58 (7.86%) Product Ownership
3 33 (4.47%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (3.52%) Mobile App
5 22 (2.98%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (1.76%) DataPower
7 13 (1.76%) Legacy Applications
8 12 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (1.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 11 (1.49%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.22%) Client/Server
11 8 (1.08%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.08%) Sports Betting
12 7 (0.95%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.95%) IoT
12 7 (0.95%) Management Information System
13 6 (0.81%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.56%) Windows
2 15 (2.03%) Linux
3 12 (1.63%) Android
4 11 (1.49%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.22%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.08%) VMS
7 6 (0.81%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.81%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.54%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.14%) Fedora
9 1 (0.14%) Unix
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (49.59%) Agile
2 239 (32.38%) DevOps
3 232 (31.44%) Software Engineering
4 201 (27.24%) CI/CD
5 193 (26.15%) Full-Stack Development
6 186 (25.20%) Microservices
7 149 (20.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 140 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
9 128 (17.34%) Mentoring
10 100 (13.55%) Scrum
11 96 (13.01%) AI
12 88 (11.92%) MVC
13 86 (11.65%) SDLC
14 81 (10.98%) Clean Code
15 75 (10.16%) Containerisation
15 75 (10.16%) Roadmaps
16 63 (8.54%) Code Quality
17 61 (8.27%) Front End Development
18 58 (7.86%) Technical Leadership
19 57 (7.72%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 485 (65.72%) C#
2 258 (34.96%) SQL
3 199 (26.96%) JavaScript
4 124 (16.80%) TypeScript
5 93 (12.60%) Java
6 62 (8.40%) Python
7 17 (2.30%) VB.NET
8 15 (2.03%) Bicep
9 14 (1.90%) Apex Code
10 13 (1.76%) PHP
11 12 (1.63%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.49%) C++
12 11 (1.49%) PL/SQL
13 9 (1.22%) PowerShell
14 8 (1.08%) VBA
15 6 (0.81%) Go
16 4 (0.54%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.54%) Swift
17 3 (0.41%) Erlang
17 3 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 126 (17.07%) Degree
2 45 (6.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (5.69%) Security Cleared
4 41 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 29 (3.93%) ISTQB
6 25 (3.39%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 19 (2.57%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.36%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.08%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.68%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.54%) ISEB
12 4 (0.54%) 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
15 1 (0.14%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (10.16%) QA
2 28 (3.79%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.49%) WCAG
4 10 (1.36%) GDPR
5 5 (0.68%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.41%) SLA
8 2 (0.27%) GRC
8 2 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) IFRS
9 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 84 (11.38%) Docker
2 25 (3.39%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.27%) vSphere
4 1 (0.14%) HDFS
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 71 (9.62%) Kubernetes
2 53 (7.18%) Terraform
3 16 (2.17%) Grafana
4 14 (1.90%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.95%) Ansible
6 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.14%) Argo
7 1 (0.14%) CASB
7 1 (0.14%) Control-M
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 174 (23.58%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.25%) Salesforce
3 16 (2.17%) Oracle
4 13 (1.76%) MuleSoft
5 12 (1.63%) Google
6 11 (1.49%) Xamarin
7 8 (1.08%) New Relic
8 7 (0.95%) Apple
8 7 (0.95%) Syncfusion
8 7 (0.95%) Telerik
9 6 (0.81%) Datto
9 6 (0.81%) Freshdesk
9 6 (0.81%) Guidewire
10 5 (0.68%) DevExpress
10 5 (0.68%) ESRI
10 5 (0.68%) Facebook
10 5 (0.68%) Red Hat
10 5 (0.68%) Sage
10 5 (0.68%) Zoho
11 4 (0.54%) Databricks