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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 26 17
Rank change year-on-year -26 -9 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 720 1,277 3,044
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.38% 8.52% 10.98%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 24.61% 26.57% 37.43%
Number of salaries quoted 635 961 2,826
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £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 £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 2,926 4,807 8,132
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.79% 32.05% 29.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,143 3,236 7,072
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,318 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.78% +10.53% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,225 £60,675
% change year-on-year -1.85% +9.15% -10.11%

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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 27 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 16 (2.22%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.81%) JBoss
2 13 (1.81%) WebSphere
3 12 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.25%) IIS
5 6 (0.83%) ArcGIS
5 6 (0.83%) CMS
6 5 (0.69%) NServiceBus
7 4 (0.56%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.56%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.42%) nginx
8 3 (0.42%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.14%) Apache
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.14%) Kentico
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 21 (2.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.28%) ION Anvil
4 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.14%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 398 (55.28%) Azure
2 167 (23.19%) AWS
3 147 (20.42%) SaaS
4 125 (17.36%) Azure DevOps
5 82 (11.39%) GitHub
6 53 (7.36%) GCP
7 50 (6.94%) Serverless
8 44 (6.11%) Power Platform
9 37 (5.14%) GitHub Actions
10 29 (4.03%) Entra ID
11 28 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
12 24 (3.33%) Azure Service Bus
13 23 (3.19%) Azure App Service
14 20 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
15 19 (2.64%) Power Automate
16 18 (2.50%) Azure AKS
16 18 (2.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 17 (2.36%) Azure Event Grid
17 17 (2.36%) Azure Logic Apps
17 17 (2.36%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.25%) Firewall
2 8 (1.11%) DNS
3 7 (0.97%) DHCP
3 7 (0.97%) Internet
4 6 (0.83%) VPN
5 5 (0.69%) VoIP
6 3 (0.42%) HTTP
6 3 (0.42%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.28%) Intranet
8 1 (0.14%) AMQP
8 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
8 1 (0.14%) IPv6
8 1 (0.14%) MPLS
8 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 196 (27.22%) SQL Server
2 41 (5.69%) MongoDB
2 41 (5.69%) NoSQL
3 36 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (3.47%) MySQL
5 22 (3.06%) Relational Database
6 21 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 18 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (2.36%) Power BI
10 13 (1.81%) Redis
11 12 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
12 10 (1.39%) DynamoDB
13 8 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.83%) DB2
15 5 (0.69%) GIS
16 4 (0.56%) QGIS
17 3 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
18 2 (0.28%) CouchDB
18 2 (0.28%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 53 (7.36%) Git
2 34 (4.72%) Selenium
3 29 (4.03%) JIRA
3 29 (4.03%) Postman
3 29 (4.03%) Team Foundation Server
4 27 (3.75%) WebDriver
5 26 (3.61%) SoapUI
6 15 (2.08%) Visual Studio
7 11 (1.53%) SpecFlow
8 7 (0.97%) git-flow
8 7 (0.97%) PowerBuilder
9 5 (0.69%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.42%) NUnit
11 2 (0.28%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.28%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.14%) JMeter
12 1 (0.14%) Moq
12 1 (0.14%) MSBuild
12 1 (0.14%) MSTest
General
1 206 (28.61%) Social Skills
2 140 (19.44%) Finance
3 41 (5.69%) Public Sector
4 37 (5.14%) Law
5 36 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (3.33%) Banking
8 18 (2.50%) Marketing
9 14 (1.94%) Legal
10 13 (1.81%) Games
11 10 (1.39%) Front Office
11 10 (1.39%) Retail
12 8 (1.11%) Billing
13 7 (0.97%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.83%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.56%) Advertising
16 3 (0.42%) Local Government
17 2 (0.28%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 399 (55.42%) Developer
2 203 (28.19%) Senior
3 165 (22.92%) .NET Developer
4 119 (16.53%) Software Engineer
5 105 (14.58%) Software Developer
6 85 (11.81%) Lead
7 82 (11.39%) Senior Developer
8 79 (10.97%) C# Developer
9 63 (8.75%) Full-Stack Developer
10 57 (7.92%) Senior Software Engineer
11 51 (7.08%) .NET Software Engineer
12 45 (6.25%) Lead Developer
13 42 (5.83%) .NET Software Developer
14 36 (5.00%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 34 (4.72%) Architect
16 32 (4.44%) C# .NET Developer
17 31 (4.31%) Analyst
17 31 (4.31%) Applications Developer
18 29 (4.03%) Senior Software Developer
19 25 (3.47%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (23.06%) .NET Core
2 151 (20.97%) React
3 114 (15.83%) HTML
4 100 (13.89%) .NET Framework
5 98 (13.61%) ASP.NET
6 91 (12.64%) CSS
7 87 (12.08%) AngularJS
8 70 (9.72%) RESTful
9 63 (8.75%) REST
10 59 (8.19%) Entity Framework
11 55 (7.64%) SOAP
12 51 (7.08%) ASP.NET Web API
13 38 (5.28%) Blazor
14 37 (5.14%) Vue
15 32 (4.44%) ASP.NET Core
16 31 (4.31%) Middleware
17 29 (4.03%) Node.js
18 27 (3.75%) ASP.NET MVC
19 22 (3.06%) RabbitMQ
19 22 (3.06%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 79 (10.97%) Cloud Native
2 57 (7.92%) Product Ownership
3 31 (4.31%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (3.33%) Mobile App
5 18 (2.50%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
8 13 (1.81%) DataPower
8 13 (1.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 11 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (1.53%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.25%) Client/Server
11 8 (1.11%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.11%) Sports Betting
12 7 (0.97%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.97%) IoT
12 7 (0.97%) Management Information System
12 7 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.69%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 38 (5.28%) Windows
2 13 (1.81%) Linux
3 11 (1.53%) Android
4 10 (1.39%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.11%) VMS
5 8 (1.11%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.69%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.69%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.56%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.14%) Fedora
8 1 (0.14%) Unix
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (47.08%) Agile
2 236 (32.78%) DevOps
3 230 (31.94%) Software Engineering
4 200 (27.78%) CI/CD
5 186 (25.83%) Full-Stack Development
6 178 (24.72%) Microservices
7 138 (19.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 137 (19.03%) Problem-Solving
9 125 (17.36%) Mentoring
10 96 (13.33%) Scrum
11 87 (12.08%) SDLC
12 83 (11.53%) AI
13 81 (11.25%) Clean Code
14 77 (10.69%) MVC
15 76 (10.56%) Containerisation
16 61 (8.47%) Code Quality
16 61 (8.47%) Roadmaps
17 59 (8.19%) Test Automation
18 58 (8.06%) Front End Development
18 58 (8.06%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 470 (65.28%) C#
2 251 (34.86%) SQL
3 183 (25.42%) JavaScript
4 114 (15.83%) TypeScript
5 91 (12.64%) Java
6 63 (8.75%) Python
7 18 (2.50%) Apex Code
7 18 (2.50%) VB.NET
8 14 (1.94%) Bicep
9 13 (1.81%) PL/SQL
10 12 (1.67%) T-SQL
11 8 (1.11%) VBA
12 7 (0.97%) PowerShell
13 6 (0.83%) Go
13 6 (0.83%) PHP
14 5 (0.69%) C++
14 5 (0.69%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.56%) Swift
16 3 (0.42%) C
16 3 (0.42%) VB
Qualifications
1 120 (16.67%) Degree
2 45 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 44 (6.11%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.75%) ISTQB
6 23 (3.19%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 17 (2.36%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.39%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.11%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.69%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.56%) ISEB
12 4 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.42%) PhD
13 3 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.14%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (10.69%) QA
2 26 (3.61%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.39%) WCAG
4 9 (1.25%) GDPR
5 5 (0.69%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.69%) SLA
6 4 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.42%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.14%) GRC
8 1 (0.14%) HL7
8 1 (0.14%) IFRS
8 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 84 (11.67%) Docker
2 23 (3.19%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.28%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.28%) vSphere
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 70 (9.72%) Kubernetes
2 48 (6.67%) Terraform
3 15 (2.08%) Grafana
4 13 (1.81%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.97%) Ansible
6 5 (0.69%) 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
1 171 (23.75%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.61%) Salesforce
3 18 (2.50%) Oracle
4 16 (2.22%) MuleSoft
5 12 (1.67%) Google
6 11 (1.53%) Xamarin
7 8 (1.11%) New Relic
8 6 (0.83%) Apple
9 5 (0.69%) Datto
9 5 (0.69%) ESRI
9 5 (0.69%) Freshdesk
9 5 (0.69%) Red Hat
9 5 (0.69%) Sage
9 5 (0.69%) Syncfusion
9 5 (0.69%) Telerik
9 5 (0.69%) Zoho
10 4 (0.56%) AppDynamics
10 4 (0.56%) Facebook
10 4 (0.56%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.42%) Foundry