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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 46 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 -24 -2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,237 965 1,892
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.00% 5.83% 8.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 27.62% 25.39% 28.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,055 664 1,363
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.76%

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 4,479 3,801 6,747
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.10% 22.95% 29.71%
Number of salaries quoted 3,300 2,486 4,636
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,000 £49,471
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -1.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £88,188
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.46% +5.38% -3.70%

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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 28 September 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 34 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.13%) IIS
3 12 (0.97%) CMS
4 8 (0.65%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (0.49%) Confluence
5 6 (0.49%) nginx
5 6 (0.49%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.40%) EPiServer
7 4 (0.32%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.32%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.32%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.24%) DNN
8 3 (0.24%) Immediacy CMS
8 3 (0.24%) Kentico
8 3 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.24%) Sitefinity
9 2 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.16%) WordPress
10 1 (0.081%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.081%) Appian
Applications
1 9 (0.73%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.081%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.40%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.24%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.16%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.16%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.081%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 794 (64.19%) Azure
2 266 (21.50%) Azure DevOps
3 260 (21.02%) AWS
4 161 (13.02%) GitHub
5 160 (12.93%) Azure AI
6 142 (11.48%) GitHub Copilot
7 90 (7.28%) SaaS
8 84 (6.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 79 (6.39%) Power Platform
10 56 (4.53%) Power Automate
10 56 (4.53%) PowerApps
10 56 (4.53%) Serverless
11 43 (3.48%) Azure Service Bus
12 37 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
12 37 (2.99%) GCP
12 37 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
13 28 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
14 27 (2.18%) AWS Lambda
15 24 (1.94%) Azure Monitor
16 22 (1.78%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 56 (4.53%) Internet
2 6 (0.49%) HTTP
2 6 (0.49%) Hyperconnected
3 5 (0.40%) Broadband
4 2 (0.16%) Intranet
4 2 (0.16%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.081%) Network Security
5 1 (0.081%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.081%) SSL
5 1 (0.081%) TETRA
5 1 (0.081%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 464 (37.51%) Azure SQL Database
2 405 (32.74%) MongoDB
3 215 (17.38%) SQL Server
4 155 (12.53%) Elasticsearch
5 40 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
5 40 (3.23%) Relational Database
6 39 (3.15%) Power BI
7 33 (2.67%) MySQL
8 17 (1.37%) Spark SQL
9 16 (1.29%) NoSQL
10 13 (1.05%) Redis
11 12 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (0.89%) NonStop SQL
13 10 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 8 (0.65%) Metadata
15 5 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (0.40%) GIS
15 5 (0.40%) MariaDB
16 4 (0.32%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 87 (7.03%) Git
2 22 (1.78%) JIRA
3 12 (0.97%) Claude Code
4 11 (0.89%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.81%) Bitbucket
5 10 (0.81%) NUnit
6 9 (0.73%) GitLab
6 9 (0.73%) Selenium
6 9 (0.73%) Visual Studio
7 8 (0.65%) Postman
8 7 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 6 (0.49%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.40%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
10 5 (0.40%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.32%) MSTest
11 4 (0.32%) Snyk
12 3 (0.24%) Mercurial
12 3 (0.24%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 189 (15.28%) Social Skills
2 157 (12.69%) Finance
3 86 (6.95%) Legal
4 74 (5.98%) Public Sector
5 67 (5.42%) Law
6 65 (5.25%) Analytical Skills
7 60 (4.85%) Games
8 56 (4.53%) Advertising
9 52 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 51 (4.12%) Marketing
11 49 (3.96%) Retail
12 34 (2.75%) Legal Technology
13 21 (1.70%) Aerospace
14 13 (1.05%) Manufacturing
15 11 (0.89%) Music Industry
16 9 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (0.49%) Back Office
18 6 (0.49%) Local Government
18 6 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 798 (64.51%) Developer
2 602 (48.67%) .NET Developer
3 211 (17.06%) Senior
4 182 (14.71%) Software Engineer
5 123 (9.94%) Senior Developer
6 110 (8.89%) Lead
7 80 (6.47%) C# Developer
8 76 (6.14%) .NET Software Engineer
9 71 (5.74%) C# Software Engineer
10 67 (5.42%) C# .NET Developer
11 61 (4.93%) Senior Software Engineer
12 59 (4.77%) Full-Stack Developer
13 53 (4.28%) Software Developer
14 47 (3.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 46 (3.72%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 42 (3.40%) Lead Developer
17 39 (3.15%) Architect
18 37 (2.99%) Development Manager
19 33 (2.67%) Software Manager
20 31 (2.51%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 555 (44.87%) .NET Core
2 544 (43.98%) ASP.NET
3 477 (38.56%) ASP.NET Core
4 292 (23.61%) React
5 231 (18.67%) CSS
6 229 (18.51%) Blazor
7 228 (18.43%) HTML
8 227 (18.35%) Entity Framework
9 225 (18.19%) AngularJS
10 200 (16.17%) RESTful
11 190 (15.36%) Node.js
12 188 (15.20%) Vue
13 174 (14.07%) ASP.NET Web API
14 148 (11.96%) .NET Framework
14 148 (11.96%) ML.NET
15 109 (8.81%) LINQ
16 89 (7.19%) REST
17 39 (3.15%) XML
18 38 (3.07%) JSON
19 30 (2.43%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 102 (8.25%) Greenfield Project
2 74 (5.98%) Enterprise Software
3 57 (4.61%) Distributed Systems
4 53 (4.28%) Product Ownership
5 47 (3.80%) Cloud Native
6 33 (2.67%) AI Agents
7 28 (2.26%) Mobile App
8 25 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (1.54%) Digital TV
10 17 (1.37%) iPhone
11 16 (1.29%) BBC
11 16 (1.29%) Social Media
12 14 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
12 14 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.05%) Data Structures
13 13 (1.05%) Management Information System
14 12 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (0.97%) Social Network
15 11 (0.89%) Sports Betting
16 10 (0.81%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.59%) Windows
2 24 (1.94%) Linux
3 22 (1.78%) Android
4 17 (1.37%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.40%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.24%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 643 (51.98%) Full-Stack Development
2 620 (50.12%) Agile
3 420 (33.95%) CI/CD
4 370 (29.91%) DevOps
5 336 (27.16%) Microservices
6 331 (26.76%) Software Engineering
7 261 (21.10%) AI
8 195 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
9 184 (14.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 172 (13.90%) Machine Learning
11 160 (12.93%) Multithreading
12 143 (11.56%) Mentoring
13 135 (10.91%) Scrum
14 113 (9.14%) OO
15 100 (8.08%) SDLC
16 99 (8.00%) TDD
17 85 (6.87%) Software Architecture
17 85 (6.87%) Workflow
18 84 (6.79%) API Development
19 82 (6.63%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1,095 (88.52%) C#
2 678 (54.81%) SQL
3 354 (28.62%) JavaScript
4 228 (18.43%) TypeScript
5 90 (7.28%) Java
6 80 (6.47%) Python
7 34 (2.75%) PowerShell
8 33 (2.67%) C++
9 26 (2.10%) T-SQL
10 18 (1.46%) VB.NET
11 15 (1.21%) Go
12 13 (1.05%) Bicep
13 7 (0.57%) Bash
14 6 (0.49%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.49%) PHP
14 6 (0.49%) Rust
15 5 (0.40%) C
15 5 (0.40%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.32%) COBOL
16 4 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 69 (5.58%) Degree
2 43 (3.48%) Security Cleared
3 36 (2.91%) SC Cleared
4 19 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (0.65%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.49%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.24%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.24%) ICAEW
9 3 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.16%) CSQA
10 2 (0.16%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.16%) OCP
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.081%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (10.67%) QA
2 31 (2.51%) Data Quality
3 10 (0.81%) GDPR
4 8 (0.65%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.32%) WCAG
8 2 (0.16%) NIST
9 1 (0.081%) PMO
System Software
1 224 (18.11%) Docker
2 6 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.40%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.081%) HDFS
4 1 (0.081%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 197 (15.93%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.13%) Ansible
3 12 (0.97%) Grafana
4 11 (0.89%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.081%) Control-M
5 1 (0.081%) Kibana
Vendors
1 659 (53.27%) Microsoft
2 71 (5.74%) Google
3 58 (4.69%) Facebook
4 21 (1.70%) YouTube
5 20 (1.62%) Oracle
6 19 (1.54%) OpenAI
7 16 (1.29%) Apple
7 16 (1.29%) Sony
7 16 (1.29%) Yahoo!
8 15 (1.21%) Databricks
9 12 (0.97%) Adobe
9 12 (0.97%) Salesforce
10 7 (0.57%) ServiceNow
11 6 (0.49%) iManage
11 6 (0.49%) Intapp
11 6 (0.49%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.40%) Aderant
12 5 (0.40%) Optimizely
13 4 (0.32%) ESRI
13 4 (0.32%) SAP