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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 26 17
Rank change year-on-year -24 -9 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 740 1,348 3,048
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.54% 8.67% 10.99%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 25.30% 27.19% 37.30%
Number of salaries quoted 651 971 2,829
10th Percentile £41,163 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,750 £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 £80,625 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £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 2,925 4,957 8,171
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.95% 31.90% 29.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,167 3,241 7,117
10th Percentile £41,970 £41,594 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,400 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,295 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +10.49% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,206 £61,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +7.65% -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 17 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 (2.43%) 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 (3.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.41%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.27%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 428 (57.84%) Azure
2 183 (24.73%) AWS
3 156 (21.08%) SaaS
4 131 (17.70%) Azure DevOps
5 86 (11.62%) GitHub
6 66 (8.92%) GCP
7 52 (7.03%) Serverless
8 50 (6.76%) Power Platform
9 38 (5.14%) GitHub Actions
10 31 (4.19%) Entra ID
11 28 (3.78%) Dynamics 365
12 24 (3.24%) Azure App Service
13 23 (3.11%) Azure Service Bus
14 22 (2.97%) Power Automate
15 21 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
16 20 (2.70%) PowerApps
17 17 (2.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 17 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
17 17 (2.30%) PaaS
18 16 (2.16%) Azure Event Grid
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
1 198 (26.76%) SQL Server
2 47 (6.35%) MongoDB
3 43 (5.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 42 (5.68%) NoSQL
5 30 (4.05%) MySQL
6 23 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (2.84%) Power BI
8 20 (2.70%) Relational Database
9 19 (2.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 17 (2.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (1.62%) Redis
13 10 (1.35%) DynamoDB
14 8 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
15 5 (0.68%) DB2
15 5 (0.68%) GIS
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 (7.84%) Git
2 34 (4.59%) Selenium
3 33 (4.46%) Postman
4 32 (4.32%) JIRA
5 30 (4.05%) Team Foundation Server
6 28 (3.78%) SoapUI
6 28 (3.78%) WebDriver
7 16 (2.16%) 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 (29.86%) Social Skills
2 161 (21.76%) Finance
3 38 (5.14%) Public Sector
4 35 (4.73%) Law
5 34 (4.59%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (2.97%) Banking
8 19 (2.57%) Marketing
9 15 (2.03%) Legal
10 13 (1.76%) Games
11 12 (1.62%) Retail
12 10 (1.35%) Front Office
13 9 (1.22%) Billing
14 6 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.81%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.81%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.68%) Advertising
15 5 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.41%) Local Government
17 2 (0.27%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 421 (56.89%) Developer
2 205 (27.70%) Senior
3 175 (23.65%) .NET Developer
4 118 (15.95%) Software Developer
5 117 (15.81%) Software Engineer
6 83 (11.22%) Lead
6 83 (11.22%) Senior Developer
7 76 (10.27%) C# Developer
8 60 (8.11%) Full-Stack Developer
9 56 (7.57%) Senior Software Engineer
10 52 (7.03%) .NET Software Developer
11 50 (6.76%) .NET Software Engineer
12 44 (5.95%) Lead Developer
13 35 (4.73%) Engineering Manager
14 33 (4.46%) Architect
15 30 (4.05%) Analyst
15 30 (4.05%) Applications Developer
15 30 (4.05%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 29 (3.92%) Senior Software Developer
17 28 (3.78%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (22.43%) .NET Core
2 160 (21.62%) React
3 114 (15.41%) HTML
4 109 (14.73%) ASP.NET
5 105 (14.19%) .NET Framework
6 93 (12.57%) CSS
7 92 (12.43%) AngularJS
8 74 (10.00%) RESTful
9 62 (8.38%) Entity Framework
9 62 (8.38%) REST
10 57 (7.70%) ASP.NET Web API
11 55 (7.43%) SOAP
12 45 (6.08%) Vue
13 42 (5.68%) Blazor
14 34 (4.59%) ASP.NET MVC
15 33 (4.46%) ASP.NET Core
15 33 (4.46%) Node.js
16 30 (4.05%) Middleware
17 24 (3.24%) HTML5
17 24 (3.24%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 82 (11.08%) Cloud Native
2 57 (7.70%) Product Ownership
3 32 (4.32%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (3.51%) Mobile App
5 21 (2.84%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (1.89%) Legacy Applications
8 13 (1.76%) DataPower
9 12 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.62%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 11 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (1.49%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.22%) Client/Server
12 8 (1.08%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.08%) Sports Betting
13 7 (0.95%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.95%) IoT
13 7 (0.95%) Management Information System
14 6 (0.81%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 42 (5.68%) Windows
2 15 (2.03%) Linux
3 12 (1.62%) 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
1 367 (49.59%) Agile
2 239 (32.30%) DevOps
3 236 (31.89%) Software Engineering
4 202 (27.30%) CI/CD
5 191 (25.81%) Full-Stack Development
6 187 (25.27%) Microservices
7 147 (19.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 142 (19.19%) Problem-Solving
9 129 (17.43%) Mentoring
10 101 (13.65%) Scrum
11 95 (12.84%) AI
12 89 (12.03%) MVC
13 87 (11.76%) SDLC
14 83 (11.22%) Clean Code
15 77 (10.41%) Containerisation
16 73 (9.86%) Roadmaps
17 62 (8.38%) Code Quality
18 61 (8.24%) Front End Development
19 59 (7.97%) Test Automation
20 58 (7.84%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 480 (64.86%) C#
2 261 (35.27%) SQL
3 202 (27.30%) JavaScript
4 125 (16.89%) TypeScript
5 95 (12.84%) Java
6 65 (8.78%) Python
7 18 (2.43%) VB.NET
8 16 (2.16%) Apex Code
9 15 (2.03%) Bicep
10 13 (1.76%) PHP
11 12 (1.62%) PL/SQL
11 12 (1.62%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.49%) C++
13 9 (1.22%) PowerShell
14 8 (1.08%) VBA
15 6 (0.81%) Go
16 5 (0.68%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.54%) Swift
18 3 (0.41%) Erlang
18 3 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 128 (17.30%) Degree
2 45 (6.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 43 (5.81%) Security Cleared
4 42 (5.68%) SC Cleared
5 29 (3.92%) ISTQB
6 25 (3.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 19 (2.57%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.35%) 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 76 (10.27%) QA
2 28 (3.78%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.49%) WCAG
4 10 (1.35%) 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 (11.35%) Docker
2 25 (3.38%) 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 72 (9.73%) Kubernetes
2 53 (7.16%) Terraform
3 16 (2.16%) Grafana
4 14 (1.89%) 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
1 177 (23.92%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.51%) Salesforce
3 17 (2.30%) Oracle
4 14 (1.89%) MuleSoft
5 12 (1.62%) 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
10 5 (0.68%) ESRI
10 5 (0.68%) Facebook
10 5 (0.68%) Guidewire
10 5 (0.68%) Red Hat
10 5 (0.68%) Sage
10 5 (0.68%) Zoho
11 4 (0.54%) Databricks
11 4 (0.54%) YouTube