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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 25 18
Rank change year-on-year -24 -7 +1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 733 1,430 2,836
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.65% 8.76% 11.05%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 26.10% 27.95% 36.77%
Number of salaries quoted 643 1,006 2,625
10th Percentile £39,250 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £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 £74,688 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £63,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -

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 2,808 5,116 7,713
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.81% 31.34% 30.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,120 3,266 6,688
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,000 £52,125 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,750 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

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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 29 January 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 20 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.77%) JBoss
3 13 (1.77%) WebSphere
4 11 (1.50%) IIS
5 7 (0.95%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.82%) CMS
7 4 (0.55%) Confluence
7 4 (0.55%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.55%) NServiceBus
7 4 (0.55%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.41%) nginx
8 3 (0.41%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.14%) Apache
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.14%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.14%) Kentico
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 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 26 (3.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.41%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.27%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 447 (60.98%) Azure
2 186 (25.38%) AWS
3 151 (20.60%) SaaS
4 133 (18.14%) Azure DevOps
5 85 (11.60%) GitHub
6 67 (9.14%) GCP
7 58 (7.91%) Serverless
8 52 (7.09%) Power Platform
9 41 (5.59%) GitHub Actions
10 35 (4.77%) Entra ID
11 29 (3.96%) Dynamics 365
12 28 (3.82%) Azure App Service
13 26 (3.55%) Azure Service Bus
13 26 (3.55%) Power Automate
14 23 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
14 23 (3.14%) PowerApps
15 18 (2.46%) PaaS
16 16 (2.18%) Azure AKS
16 16 (2.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 16 (2.18%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.36%) DNS
2 9 (1.23%) DHCP
2 9 (1.23%) Firewall
2 9 (1.23%) VPN
3 7 (0.95%) Internet
3 7 (0.95%) VoIP
4 4 (0.55%) HTTP
4 4 (0.55%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.27%) Intranet
6 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
6 1 (0.14%) IPv6
6 1 (0.14%) MPLS
6 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (27.83%) SQL Server
2 54 (7.37%) MongoDB
3 49 (6.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 40 (5.46%) MySQL
4 40 (5.46%) NoSQL
5 24 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (2.73%) Relational Database
7 19 (2.59%) Power BI
8 18 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (2.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (1.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (1.64%) Redis
12 11 (1.50%) DynamoDB
13 8 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.82%) GIS
15 5 (0.68%) NonStop SQL
16 4 (0.55%) QGIS
17 2 (0.27%) MariaDB
17 2 (0.27%) PostHog
17 2 (0.27%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 60 (8.19%) Git
2 39 (5.32%) JIRA
3 37 (5.05%) Postman
4 35 (4.77%) Selenium
5 34 (4.64%) Team Foundation Server
6 32 (4.37%) SoapUI
7 29 (3.96%) WebDriver
8 18 (2.46%) Visual Studio
9 7 (0.95%) git-flow
9 7 (0.95%) PowerBuilder
9 7 (0.95%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.82%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.41%) Storybook
12 2 (0.27%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
12 2 (0.27%) JMeter
12 2 (0.27%) NUnit
12 2 (0.27%) Snyk
12 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
13 1 (0.14%) JUnit
General
1 230 (31.38%) Social Skills
2 162 (22.10%) Finance
3 37 (5.05%) Public Sector
4 35 (4.77%) Law
5 30 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (2.73%) Banking
8 18 (2.46%) Marketing
9 16 (2.18%) Retail
10 15 (2.05%) Legal
11 12 (1.64%) Billing
12 10 (1.36%) Front Office
12 10 (1.36%) Games
13 7 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.82%) Advertising
14 6 (0.82%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.55%) Local Government
16 3 (0.41%) Back Office
16 3 (0.41%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.41%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 430 (58.66%) Developer
2 203 (27.69%) Senior
3 169 (23.06%) .NET Developer
4 119 (16.23%) Software Developer
5 104 (14.19%) Software Engineer
6 89 (12.14%) Senior Developer
7 85 (11.60%) Lead
8 73 (9.96%) C# Developer
9 56 (7.64%) Full-Stack Developer
10 50 (6.82%) Senior Software Engineer
11 46 (6.28%) .NET Software Developer
11 46 (6.28%) Lead Developer
12 44 (6.00%) .NET Software Engineer
13 35 (4.77%) Architect
13 35 (4.77%) Engineering Manager
14 30 (4.09%) Senior Software Developer
15 29 (3.96%) Azure Developer
16 28 (3.82%) Analyst
16 28 (3.82%) Applications Developer
17 25 (3.41%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (22.92%) .NET Core
2 167 (22.78%) React
3 126 (17.19%) ASP.NET
4 114 (15.55%) HTML
5 109 (14.87%) .NET Framework
6 96 (13.10%) CSS
7 92 (12.55%) AngularJS
8 78 (10.64%) RESTful
9 67 (9.14%) Entity Framework
10 64 (8.73%) ASP.NET Web API
11 59 (8.05%) REST
12 56 (7.64%) SOAP
13 47 (6.41%) Vue
14 46 (6.28%) Blazor
15 40 (5.46%) ASP.NET MVC
16 37 (5.05%) ASP.NET Core
17 34 (4.64%) Node.js
18 28 (3.82%) jQuery
19 26 (3.55%) Middleware
20 24 (3.27%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 77 (10.50%) Cloud Native
2 58 (7.91%) Product Ownership
3 34 (4.64%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (3.68%) Onboarding
5 25 (3.41%) Mobile App
6 15 (2.05%) Virtual Team
7 14 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.77%) DataPower
8 13 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.50%) Legacy Applications
9 11 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.36%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 9 (1.23%) Client/Server
12 7 (0.95%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.95%) Driving Licence
12 7 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.95%) IoT
12 7 (0.95%) iPad
12 7 (0.95%) Low-Code
12 7 (0.95%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 39 (5.32%) Windows
2 15 (2.05%) Linux
3 10 (1.36%) Android
3 10 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.23%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.95%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.95%) VMS
5 7 (0.95%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.55%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.14%) Fedora
7 1 (0.14%) Unix
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (51.30%) Agile
2 238 (32.47%) DevOps
3 224 (30.56%) Software Engineering
4 200 (27.29%) CI/CD
5 190 (25.92%) Full-Stack Development
5 190 (25.92%) Microservices
6 154 (21.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 145 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
8 134 (18.28%) Mentoring
9 107 (14.60%) Scrum
10 101 (13.78%) MVC
11 93 (12.69%) AI
12 87 (11.87%) SDLC
13 78 (10.64%) Clean Code
14 75 (10.23%) Roadmaps
15 71 (9.69%) Containerisation
16 67 (9.14%) Front End Development
17 65 (8.87%) Code Quality
18 62 (8.46%) TDD
18 62 (8.46%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 496 (67.67%) C#
2 265 (36.15%) SQL
3 205 (27.97%) JavaScript
4 127 (17.33%) TypeScript
5 95 (12.96%) Java
6 58 (7.91%) Python
7 20 (2.73%) PHP
8 19 (2.59%) C++
9 17 (2.32%) VB.NET
10 15 (2.05%) Bicep
11 13 (1.77%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.36%) Apex Code
13 8 (1.09%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.09%) VBA
14 7 (0.95%) PowerShell
15 5 (0.68%) Go
15 5 (0.68%) VB
16 4 (0.55%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.55%) Swift
17 3 (0.41%) C
Qualifications
1 132 (18.01%) Degree
2 54 (7.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (5.46%) Security Cleared
4 39 (5.32%) SC Cleared
5 33 (4.50%) ISTQB
6 29 (3.96%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 20 (2.73%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.36%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.09%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.68%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.55%) ISEB
12 4 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.27%) PhD
15 1 (0.14%) GIAC
15 1 (0.14%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (9.82%) QA
2 30 (4.09%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.64%) WCAG
4 7 (0.95%) GDPR
5 5 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.27%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.27%) GRC
7 1 (0.14%) HL7
7 1 (0.14%) IFRS
7 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.14%) SLA
7 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 80 (10.91%) Docker
2 28 (3.82%) 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 67 (9.14%) Kubernetes
2 58 (7.91%) Terraform
3 17 (2.32%) Grafana
4 15 (2.05%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.95%) Ansible
5 7 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.14%) Argo
6 1 (0.14%) CASB
6 1 (0.14%) Control-M
6 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 184 (25.10%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.73%) Salesforce
3 14 (1.91%) Oracle
4 11 (1.50%) Google
5 10 (1.36%) MuleSoft
6 8 (1.09%) Apple
6 8 (1.09%) Guidewire
6 8 (1.09%) New Relic
6 8 (1.09%) Xamarin
7 7 (0.95%) Datto
7 7 (0.95%) Freshdesk
7 7 (0.95%) Syncfusion
7 7 (0.95%) Telerik
8 6 (0.82%) DevExpress
8 6 (0.82%) ESRI
8 6 (0.82%) Facebook
9 5 (0.68%) Red Hat
9 5 (0.68%) Sage
9 5 (0.68%) YouTube
9 5 (0.68%) Zoho