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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 30 16
Rank change year-on-year -20 -14 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 731 1,069 3,304
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.33% 8.31% 10.70%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.94% 25.26% 38.71%
Number of salaries quoted 650 950 3,051
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £39,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,250 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.08% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.00%

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 3,054 4,232 8,535
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.09% 32.90% 27.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,219 3,300 7,411
10th Percentile £41,925 £40,930 £39,500
25th Percentile £52,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,515 £66,225 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% +10.38% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -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 28 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 23 (3.15%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.78%) JBoss
2 13 (1.78%) WebSphere
3 10 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.82%) CMS
4 6 (0.82%) IIS
5 5 (0.68%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.55%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.41%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.41%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.41%) nginx
7 3 (0.41%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.27%) Apache
9 1 (0.14%) Confluence
9 1 (0.14%) Drupal
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
9 1 (0.14%) WordPress
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 21 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.14%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.14%) Magento
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.14%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 374 (51.16%) Azure
2 149 (20.38%) AWS
3 126 (17.24%) SaaS
4 122 (16.69%) Azure DevOps
5 82 (11.22%) GitHub
6 52 (7.11%) Power Platform
7 44 (6.02%) Serverless
8 33 (4.51%) GCP
8 33 (4.51%) GitHub Actions
9 28 (3.83%) Dynamics 365
10 27 (3.69%) Power Automate
10 27 (3.69%) PowerApps
11 26 (3.56%) Azure Logic Apps
12 24 (3.28%) Entra ID
13 23 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
14 22 (3.01%) Azure AKS
14 22 (3.01%) Azure Service Bus
15 20 (2.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 19 (2.60%) Azure App Service
17 16 (2.19%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.23%) Firewall
2 5 (0.68%) DNS
2 5 (0.68%) Internet
3 4 (0.55%) DHCP
3 4 (0.55%) VoIP
3 4 (0.55%) VPN
4 3 (0.41%) Intranet
4 3 (0.41%) Modbus
4 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
6 1 (0.14%) AMQP
6 1 (0.14%) HTTP
6 1 (0.14%) MPLS
6 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (26.68%) SQL Server
2 56 (7.66%) Azure SQL Database
3 45 (6.16%) NoSQL
4 43 (5.88%) MongoDB
5 31 (4.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 25 (3.42%) Power BI
7 22 (3.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 21 (2.87%) MySQL
9 18 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (2.19%) Relational Database
11 15 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (1.64%) Redis
13 11 (1.50%) DB2
14 10 (1.37%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
16 4 (0.55%) Data Lake
17 3 (0.41%) GIS
17 3 (0.41%) QGIS
18 2 (0.27%) MariaDB
18 2 (0.27%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 41 (5.61%) Git
2 35 (4.79%) Selenium
3 28 (3.83%) JIRA
4 26 (3.56%) Postman
4 26 (3.56%) Team Foundation Server
5 25 (3.42%) WebDriver
6 23 (3.15%) SoapUI
7 18 (2.46%) Visual Studio
8 12 (1.64%) SpecFlow
9 7 (0.96%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.82%) git-flow
10 6 (0.82%) NUnit
11 4 (0.55%) PowerBuilder
12 3 (0.41%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.41%) Jasmine
12 3 (0.41%) JMeter
13 2 (0.27%) Appium
13 2 (0.27%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 189 (25.85%) Social Skills
2 127 (17.37%) Finance
3 48 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (5.61%) Public Sector
5 40 (5.47%) Law
6 35 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (3.15%) Banking
8 19 (2.60%) Marketing
9 15 (2.05%) Games
10 11 (1.50%) Legal
11 10 (1.37%) Retail
12 7 (0.96%) Financial Institution
12 7 (0.96%) Front Office
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%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.41%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 398 (54.45%) Developer
2 208 (28.45%) Senior
3 165 (22.57%) .NET Developer
4 126 (17.24%) Software Engineer
5 91 (12.45%) Senior Developer
6 85 (11.63%) C# Developer
7 84 (11.49%) Lead
8 75 (10.26%) Software Developer
9 67 (9.17%) Full-Stack Developer
10 56 (7.66%) .NET Software Engineer
11 54 (7.39%) Senior Software Engineer
12 45 (6.16%) C# .NET Developer
13 43 (5.88%) Lead Developer
14 42 (5.75%) Architect
14 42 (5.75%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 34 (4.65%) Applications Developer
16 31 (4.24%) Analyst
16 31 (4.24%) Applications Support
16 31 (4.24%) Senior Software Developer
17 29 (3.97%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (25.17%) .NET Core
2 146 (19.97%) React
3 131 (17.92%) HTML
4 111 (15.18%) ASP.NET
5 109 (14.91%) CSS
6 94 (12.86%) .NET Framework
7 77 (10.53%) AngularJS
8 76 (10.40%) RESTful
9 67 (9.17%) REST
10 62 (8.48%) Entity Framework
11 52 (7.11%) SOAP
12 50 (6.84%) ASP.NET Core
13 44 (6.02%) ASP.NET Web API
14 39 (5.34%) Blazor
15 37 (5.06%) Vue
16 35 (4.79%) Node.js
17 32 (4.38%) Middleware
18 24 (3.28%) React Native
19 20 (2.74%) Lightning Web Components
19 20 (2.74%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 83 (11.35%) Cloud Native
2 53 (7.25%) Product Ownership
3 30 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (3.56%) Mobile App
5 20 (2.74%) Legacy Applications
6 18 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (2.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 15 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.92%) Onboarding
10 13 (1.78%) DataPower
11 12 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.50%) Sports Betting
13 10 (1.37%) Virtual Team
14 8 (1.09%) Legacy Code
14 8 (1.09%) Low-Code
15 7 (0.96%) Management Information System
16 6 (0.82%) AI Agents
16 6 (0.82%) Client/Server
17 5 (0.68%) IoT
18 4 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 39 (5.34%) Windows
2 11 (1.50%) Linux
3 9 (1.23%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.09%) Android
4 8 (1.09%) VMS
5 7 (0.96%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.55%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.55%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.41%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.14%) Unix
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (42.54%) Agile
2 231 (31.60%) DevOps
3 230 (31.46%) Software Engineering
4 196 (26.81%) Full-Stack Development
5 190 (25.99%) CI/CD
6 184 (25.17%) Microservices
7 129 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 129 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
8 114 (15.60%) Mentoring
9 92 (12.59%) SDLC
10 89 (12.18%) Clean Code
11 86 (11.76%) Scrum
12 76 (10.40%) AI
13 69 (9.44%) Containerisation
14 68 (9.30%) MVC
15 61 (8.34%) Technical Leadership
16 59 (8.07%) Test Automation
17 56 (7.66%) Collaborative Culture
17 56 (7.66%) Event-Driven
18 53 (7.25%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 494 (67.58%) C#
2 277 (37.89%) SQL
3 174 (23.80%) JavaScript
4 102 (13.95%) TypeScript
5 89 (12.18%) Java
6 66 (9.03%) Python
7 20 (2.74%) Apex Code
8 19 (2.60%) VB.NET
9 18 (2.46%) Bicep
10 15 (2.05%) PL/SQL
11 14 (1.92%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.78%) PowerShell
13 7 (0.96%) PHP
14 6 (0.82%) Go
15 5 (0.68%) VBA
16 4 (0.55%) Ruby
17 3 (0.41%) C
17 3 (0.41%) C++
17 3 (0.41%) Erlang
17 3 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 105 (14.36%) Degree
2 44 (6.02%) Security Cleared
3 42 (5.75%) SC Cleared
4 24 (3.28%) ISTQB
5 23 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (2.74%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 15 (2.05%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.50%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.23%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.55%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.55%) ISEB
12 4 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
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 65 (8.89%) QA
2 24 (3.28%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.37%) WCAG
4 9 (1.23%) GDPR
5 7 (0.96%) 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%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) IFRS
9 1 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 81 (11.08%) Docker
2 17 (2.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.27%) vSphere
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 68 (9.30%) Kubernetes
2 45 (6.16%) Terraform
3 12 (1.64%) Grafana
4 10 (1.37%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.82%) Ansible
6 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.27%) MIIS
8 1 (0.14%) CASB
8 1 (0.14%) Consul
8 1 (0.14%) Control-M
8 1 (0.14%) Packer
8 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.14%) Puppet
8 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 189 (25.85%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.83%) Salesforce
3 16 (2.19%) MuleSoft
4 15 (2.05%) Oracle
5 12 (1.64%) Google
6 9 (1.23%) Xamarin
7 8 (1.09%) Adobe
7 8 (1.09%) New Relic
8 6 (0.82%) Apple
8 6 (0.82%) Facebook
9 5 (0.68%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.55%) AppDynamics
10 4 (0.55%) Datto
10 4 (0.55%) Freshdesk
11 3 (0.41%) Databricks
11 3 (0.41%) ESRI
11 3 (0.41%) Foundry
11 3 (0.41%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.41%) Sage
11 3 (0.41%) Zoho