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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 38 18
Rank change year-on-year -6 -20 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 830 1,076 3,320
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.40% 7.37% 10.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 24.71% 25.32% 38.47%
Number of salaries quoted 762 746 3,071
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -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 3,359 4,250 8,631
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.81% 29.10% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,436 2,824 7,556
10th Percentile £41,588 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,236 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,313 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,240 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.87% +10.40% -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 25 May 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 32 (3.86%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.96%) SharePoint Server
3 7 (0.84%) CMS
3 7 (0.84%) JBoss
3 7 (0.84%) WebSphere
4 5 (0.60%) Confluence
5 4 (0.48%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.48%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.48%) Oracle Spatial
5 4 (0.48%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.36%) nginx
7 2 (0.24%) Apache
7 2 (0.24%) IIS
7 2 (0.24%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.12%) Appian
8 1 (0.12%) Drupal
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.24%) Magento
2 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.12%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.12%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 455 (54.82%) Azure
2 156 (18.80%) AWS
3 153 (18.43%) Azure DevOps
4 98 (11.81%) SaaS
5 94 (11.33%) GitHub
6 58 (6.99%) Power Platform
7 52 (6.27%) Azure AI
8 48 (5.78%) GitHub Copilot
9 42 (5.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 40 (4.82%) PowerApps
11 38 (4.58%) Azure Logic Apps
12 34 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
12 34 (4.10%) Power Automate
12 34 (4.10%) Serverless
13 25 (3.01%) GCP
14 23 (2.77%) Azure Data Factory
15 22 (2.65%) Azure AKS
15 22 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (2.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 19 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.17%) Internet
2 5 (0.60%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.36%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.36%) Intranet
3 3 (0.36%) Modbus
4 2 (0.24%) Firewall
5 1 (0.12%) AMQP
5 1 (0.12%) MPLS
5 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (21.45%) Azure SQL Database
2 169 (20.36%) SQL Server
3 137 (16.51%) MongoDB
4 45 (5.42%) Elasticsearch
5 37 (4.46%) Power BI
6 32 (3.86%) NoSQL
7 29 (3.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 23 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
9 20 (2.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (1.81%) MySQL
11 13 (1.57%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.33%) DB2
13 8 (0.96%) Redis
14 6 (0.72%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.48%) GIS
15 4 (0.48%) MariaDB
15 4 (0.48%) Metadata
15 4 (0.48%) NonStop SQL
15 4 (0.48%) QGIS
16 3 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 42 (5.06%) Git
2 35 (4.22%) JIRA
3 32 (3.86%) Selenium
4 27 (3.25%) Postman
5 25 (3.01%) Team Foundation Server
6 24 (2.89%) SoapUI
7 23 (2.77%) WebDriver
8 20 (2.41%) Visual Studio
9 9 (1.08%) NUnit
10 8 (0.96%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.60%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.60%) MSTest
11 5 (0.60%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 3 (0.36%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.36%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.36%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.36%) JMeter
14 2 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 2 (0.24%) JUnit
General
1 158 (19.04%) Social Skills
2 133 (16.02%) Finance
3 43 (5.18%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (5.06%) Public Sector
5 29 (3.49%) Law
6 27 (3.25%) Games
7 26 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (3.01%) Retail
9 16 (1.93%) Advertising
9 16 (1.93%) Banking
10 15 (1.81%) Legal
10 15 (1.81%) Marketing
11 7 (0.84%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.72%) Aerospace
12 6 (0.72%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.48%) Back Office
13 4 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.48%) Front Office
14 3 (0.36%) Music Industry
14 3 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 473 (56.99%) Developer
2 291 (35.06%) .NET Developer
3 191 (23.01%) Senior
4 168 (20.24%) Software Engineer
5 96 (11.57%) C# Developer
6 86 (10.36%) Lead
7 85 (10.24%) .NET Software Engineer
8 79 (9.52%) Senior Developer
9 76 (9.16%) C# .NET Developer
10 68 (8.19%) Full-Stack Developer
11 65 (7.83%) Senior Software Engineer
12 64 (7.71%) C# Software Engineer
13 54 (6.51%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
13 54 (6.51%) Software Developer
14 43 (5.18%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 42 (5.06%) .NET Software Developer
15 42 (5.06%) Architect
16 38 (4.58%) C# Software Developer
16 38 (4.58%) Lead Developer
17 34 (4.10%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 272 (32.77%) .NET Core
2 209 (25.18%) ASP.NET
3 174 (20.96%) HTML
4 169 (20.36%) ASP.NET Core
5 152 (18.31%) CSS
5 152 (18.31%) React
6 110 (13.25%) RESTful
7 103 (12.41%) AngularJS
8 94 (11.33%) Entity Framework
9 86 (10.36%) Vue
10 80 (9.64%) Blazor
11 77 (9.28%) .NET Framework
12 68 (8.19%) Node.js
13 67 (8.07%) ASP.NET Web API
14 62 (7.47%) REST
15 49 (5.90%) ML.NET
16 43 (5.18%) SOAP
17 38 (4.58%) LINQ
18 30 (3.61%) JSON
19 25 (3.01%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 60 (7.23%) Cloud Native
2 39 (4.70%) Product Ownership
3 35 (4.22%) Greenfield Project
4 26 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (3.01%) Mobile App
6 23 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
6 23 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
7 21 (2.53%) Legacy Applications
8 16 (1.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 13 (1.57%) Sports Betting
10 9 (1.08%) Digital TV
10 9 (1.08%) Legacy Code
10 9 (1.08%) Social Network
11 8 (0.96%) Onboarding
12 7 (0.84%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.84%) DataPower
12 7 (0.84%) Fixed Income
12 7 (0.84%) iPhone
12 7 (0.84%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.72%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.77%) Windows
2 13 (1.57%) Linux
3 11 (1.33%) Android
4 6 (0.72%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.48%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.48%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.36%) VMS
7 1 (0.12%) Unix
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (40.84%) Agile
2 327 (39.40%) Full-Stack Development
3 255 (30.72%) Software Engineering
4 245 (29.52%) DevOps
5 223 (26.87%) CI/CD
6 176 (21.20%) Microservices
7 111 (13.37%) AI
8 108 (13.01%) Problem-Solving
9 107 (12.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 107 (12.89%) Mentoring
10 96 (11.57%) SDLC
11 90 (10.84%) Scrum
12 83 (10.00%) Machine Learning
13 81 (9.76%) Clean Code
14 63 (7.59%) Test Automation
15 62 (7.47%) Technical Leadership
16 60 (7.23%) Multithreading
17 59 (7.11%) Containerisation
18 58 (6.99%) OO
19 54 (6.51%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 619 (74.58%) C#
2 386 (46.51%) SQL
3 211 (25.42%) JavaScript
4 137 (16.51%) TypeScript
5 102 (12.29%) Java
6 72 (8.67%) Python
7 30 (3.61%) PowerShell
8 18 (2.17%) T-SQL
9 16 (1.93%) Apex Code
10 13 (1.57%) PL/SQL
11 12 (1.45%) Bicep
11 12 (1.45%) VB.NET
12 11 (1.33%) C++
13 7 (0.84%) PHP
13 7 (0.84%) Rust
14 5 (0.60%) Go
15 4 (0.48%) Ruby
16 3 (0.36%) Scala
16 3 (0.36%) VB
17 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 76 (9.16%) Degree
2 36 (4.34%) Security Cleared
3 34 (4.10%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.41%) ISTQB
5 18 (2.17%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 13 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.33%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (0.72%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.60%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.24%) CSQA
12 2 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.12%) GIAC
13 1 (0.12%) GPEN
13 1 (0.12%) OSCE
13 1 (0.12%) OSCP
13 1 (0.12%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.27%) QA
2 19 (2.29%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.20%) WCAG
4 8 (0.96%) GDPR
5 7 (0.84%) Data Quality
5 7 (0.84%) SLA
6 5 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.48%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.36%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 104 (12.53%) Docker
2 7 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 93 (11.20%) Kubernetes
2 27 (3.25%) Terraform
3 9 (1.08%) Grafana
4 7 (0.84%) Ansible
4 7 (0.84%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.24%) MIIS
6 1 (0.12%) CASB
6 1 (0.12%) Consul
6 1 (0.12%) Packer
6 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.12%) Puppet
6 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 300 (36.14%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.13%) Salesforce
3 23 (2.77%) Google
4 20 (2.41%) Adobe
4 20 (2.41%) Oracle
5 18 (2.17%) Facebook
6 12 (1.45%) MuleSoft
7 10 (1.20%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.84%) Databricks
9 6 (0.72%) Apple
9 6 (0.72%) Sony
9 6 (0.72%) Yahoo!
9 6 (0.72%) YouTube
10 4 (0.48%) ESRI
10 4 (0.48%) JDA
10 4 (0.48%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.48%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.48%) Xamarin
11 3 (0.36%) DevExpress
11 3 (0.36%) Intapp