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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 24 18
Rank change year-on-year -24 -6 +1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 725 1,443 2,334
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.79% 8.78% 10.81%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 26.62% 28.37% 35.15%
Number of salaries quoted 636 1,026 2,146
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,875 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -

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 2,724 5,087 6,641
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.98% 30.96% 30.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,097 3,243 5,695
10th Percentile £41,215 £41,300 £41,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 14 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 21 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.66%) IIS
4 11 (1.52%) JBoss
4 11 (1.52%) WebSphere
5 7 (0.97%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.83%) CMS
7 5 (0.69%) Confluence
8 4 (0.55%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.55%) Oracle Spatial
9 3 (0.41%) nginx
9 3 (0.41%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.41%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.28%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.14%) Apache
11 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.14%) Kentico
11 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 26 (3.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.41%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.28%) ION Anvil
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.14%) Infor CloudSuite
5 1 (0.14%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 450 (62.07%) Azure
2 189 (26.07%) AWS
3 144 (19.86%) SaaS
4 128 (17.66%) Azure DevOps
5 78 (10.76%) GitHub
6 66 (9.10%) GCP
7 55 (7.59%) Serverless
8 48 (6.62%) Power Platform
9 37 (5.10%) GitHub Actions
10 33 (4.55%) Entra ID
11 29 (4.00%) Azure App Service
12 28 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
13 27 (3.72%) Azure Service Bus
13 27 (3.72%) Power Automate
14 24 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
15 22 (3.03%) PowerApps
16 17 (2.34%) Azure AKS
16 17 (2.34%) PaaS
17 14 (1.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 14 (1.93%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.38%) DNS
2 9 (1.24%) DHCP
2 9 (1.24%) Firewall
2 9 (1.24%) VPN
3 7 (0.97%) Internet
3 7 (0.97%) VoIP
4 4 (0.55%) HTTP
4 4 (0.55%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.28%) 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
1 201 (27.72%) SQL Server
2 61 (8.41%) MongoDB
3 55 (7.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 42 (5.79%) NoSQL
5 41 (5.66%) MySQL
6 25 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
7 21 (2.90%) Relational Database
8 18 (2.48%) Power BI
9 16 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 16 (2.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 12 (1.66%) Redis
11 11 (1.52%) DynamoDB
12 8 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.83%) GIS
13 6 (0.83%) NonStop SQL
14 4 (0.55%) QGIS
15 2 (0.28%) PostHog
15 2 (0.28%) RavenDB
15 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 63 (8.69%) Git
2 43 (5.93%) JIRA
3 41 (5.66%) Postman
4 39 (5.38%) Selenium
5 37 (5.10%) Team Foundation Server
6 35 (4.83%) SoapUI
7 32 (4.41%) WebDriver
8 16 (2.21%) Visual Studio
9 7 (0.97%) git-flow
9 7 (0.97%) PowerBuilder
9 7 (0.97%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.69%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.41%) JMeter
11 3 (0.41%) Storybook
11 3 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
12 2 (0.28%) NUnit
12 2 (0.28%) Snyk
13 1 (0.14%) Moq
13 1 (0.14%) MSBuild
General
1 233 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 161 (22.21%) Finance
3 36 (4.97%) Public Sector
4 34 (4.69%) Law
5 29 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (2.76%) Retail
8 18 (2.48%) Banking
8 18 (2.48%) Legal
8 18 (2.48%) Marketing
9 15 (2.07%) Billing
10 9 (1.24%) Front Office
10 9 (1.24%) Games
11 7 (0.97%) Advertising
11 7 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.83%) Tech for Good
13 5 (0.69%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.55%) Local Government
15 3 (0.41%) Automotive
15 3 (0.41%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 433 (59.72%) Developer
2 196 (27.03%) Senior
3 169 (23.31%) .NET Developer
4 123 (16.97%) Software Developer
5 95 (13.10%) Software Engineer
6 92 (12.69%) Senior Developer
7 89 (12.28%) Lead
8 74 (10.21%) C# Developer
9 55 (7.59%) Full-Stack Developer
10 47 (6.48%) .NET Software Developer
11 45 (6.21%) Senior Software Engineer
12 44 (6.07%) Lead Developer
13 40 (5.52%) .NET Software Engineer
14 35 (4.83%) Architect
15 34 (4.69%) Engineering Manager
16 32 (4.41%) Senior Software Developer
17 30 (4.14%) Analyst
18 27 (3.72%) Azure Developer
19 26 (3.59%) Applications Developer
19 26 (3.59%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (23.31%) React
2 167 (23.03%) .NET Core
3 134 (18.48%) ASP.NET
4 120 (16.55%) HTML
5 111 (15.31%) .NET Framework
6 98 (13.52%) CSS
7 97 (13.38%) AngularJS
8 80 (11.03%) RESTful
9 71 (9.79%) Entity Framework
10 70 (9.66%) ASP.NET Web API
11 55 (7.59%) SOAP
12 53 (7.31%) REST
13 51 (7.03%) Vue
14 46 (6.34%) ASP.NET MVC
14 46 (6.34%) Blazor
15 37 (5.10%) Node.js
16 36 (4.97%) ASP.NET Core
17 27 (3.72%) jQuery
18 25 (3.45%) HTML5
19 24 (3.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.48%) Cloud Native
2 57 (7.86%) Product Ownership
3 34 (4.69%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (4.28%) Onboarding
5 25 (3.45%) Mobile App
6 14 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.66%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.52%) DataPower
8 11 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
9 9 (1.24%) Client/Server
10 8 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 7 (0.97%) AI Agents
11 7 (0.97%) Digital TV
11 7 (0.97%) Driving Licence
11 7 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (0.97%) IoT
11 7 (0.97%) iPad
12 6 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 38 (5.24%) Windows
2 15 (2.07%) Linux
3 10 (1.38%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.24%) Android
5 8 (1.10%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.97%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.97%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.83%) VMS
8 4 (0.55%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.14%) Fedora
9 1 (0.14%) Unix
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (52.41%) Agile
2 233 (32.14%) DevOps
3 214 (29.52%) Software Engineering
4 196 (27.03%) CI/CD
5 191 (26.34%) Full-Stack Development
5 191 (26.34%) Microservices
6 158 (21.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 143 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
8 137 (18.90%) Mentoring
9 118 (16.28%) Scrum
10 105 (14.48%) MVC
11 90 (12.41%) AI
12 89 (12.28%) SDLC
13 81 (11.17%) Clean Code
14 70 (9.66%) Roadmaps
15 68 (9.38%) Code Quality
15 68 (9.38%) Containerisation
16 66 (9.10%) Front End Development
17 64 (8.83%) TDD
18 59 (8.14%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 506 (69.79%) C#
2 267 (36.83%) SQL
3 207 (28.55%) JavaScript
4 130 (17.93%) TypeScript
5 92 (12.69%) Java
6 55 (7.59%) Python
7 19 (2.62%) C++
7 19 (2.62%) PHP
8 17 (2.34%) VB.NET
9 15 (2.07%) Bicep
10 13 (1.79%) T-SQL
11 8 (1.10%) Apex Code
11 8 (1.10%) VBA
12 7 (0.97%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.83%) Go
13 6 (0.83%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.55%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.55%) Swift
14 4 (0.55%) VB
15 3 (0.41%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 132 (18.21%) Degree
2 53 (7.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 36 (4.97%) ISTQB
3 36 (4.97%) Security Cleared
4 35 (4.83%) SC Cleared
5 32 (4.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 18 (2.48%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.24%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.97%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.69%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.55%) ISEB
11 4 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.28%) PhD
12 2 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.14%) HND
13 1 (0.14%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (10.34%) QA
2 26 (3.59%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.52%) WCAG
4 6 (0.83%) GDPR
5 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.28%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.28%) GRC
7 1 (0.14%) HL7
7 1 (0.14%) IFRS
7 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 77 (10.62%) Docker
2 24 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.28%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.28%) vSphere
4 1 (0.14%) HDFS
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 66 (9.10%) Kubernetes
2 57 (7.86%) Terraform
3 17 (2.34%) Grafana
4 15 (2.07%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.97%) Ansible
5 7 (0.97%) 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
1 189 (26.07%) Microsoft
2 17 (2.34%) Salesforce
3 13 (1.79%) Oracle
4 11 (1.52%) Google
4 11 (1.52%) Guidewire
5 8 (1.10%) Apple
5 8 (1.10%) MuleSoft
5 8 (1.10%) New Relic
5 8 (1.10%) Xamarin
6 7 (0.97%) Datto
6 7 (0.97%) DevExpress
6 7 (0.97%) Facebook
6 7 (0.97%) Freshdesk
6 7 (0.97%) Syncfusion
6 7 (0.97%) Telerik
7 6 (0.83%) ESRI
7 6 (0.83%) Sage
7 6 (0.83%) YouTube
8 5 (0.69%) Red Hat
8 5 (0.69%) Zoho