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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 31 18
Rank change year-on-year -11 -13 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 848 1,175 3,304
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.59% 8.08% 10.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 25.53% 27.03% 38.46%
Number of salaries quoted 769 832 3,061
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £39,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £64,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.40% +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 3,322 4,347 8,590
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.99% 29.88% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,408 3,113 7,534
10th Percentile £41,925 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 12 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 34 (4.01%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.18%) CMS
3 8 (0.94%) JBoss
3 8 (0.94%) WebSphere
4 6 (0.71%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.47%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.47%) Confluence
5 4 (0.47%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.47%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.35%) nginx
6 3 (0.35%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.24%) Apache
7 2 (0.24%) IIS
7 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.12%) Appian
8 1 (0.12%) Drupal
8 1 (0.12%) SAS
8 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.24%) Magento
3 1 (0.12%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.12%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 470 (55.42%) Azure
2 159 (18.75%) AWS
3 153 (18.04%) Azure DevOps
4 104 (12.26%) SaaS
5 102 (12.03%) GitHub
6 60 (7.08%) Power Platform
7 53 (6.25%) Azure AI
8 48 (5.66%) GitHub Copilot
9 42 (4.95%) PowerApps
10 39 (4.60%) Azure Logic Apps
11 37 (4.36%) Power Automate
12 36 (4.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 36 (4.25%) Serverless
13 35 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
14 25 (2.95%) GCP
14 25 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
15 24 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
16 23 (2.71%) Azure AKS
16 23 (2.71%) Azure Data Factory
17 19 (2.24%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.12%) Internet
2 5 (0.59%) Intranet
2 5 (0.59%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.47%) Firewall
4 3 (0.35%) Hyperconnected
4 3 (0.35%) Modbus
5 2 (0.24%) DNS
6 1 (0.12%) AMQP
6 1 (0.12%) DHCP
6 1 (0.12%) MPLS
6 1 (0.12%) VoIP
6 1 (0.12%) VPN
6 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (21.11%) SQL Server
2 174 (20.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 135 (15.92%) MongoDB
4 45 (5.31%) Elasticsearch
5 38 (4.48%) Power BI
6 35 (4.13%) NoSQL
7 31 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 26 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
9 21 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (1.77%) Relational Database
11 12 (1.42%) MySQL
12 11 (1.30%) DB2
13 10 (1.18%) Redis
14 6 (0.71%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.47%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.47%) GIS
15 4 (0.47%) Metadata
15 4 (0.47%) NonStop SQL
15 4 (0.47%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 39 (4.60%) Git
2 34 (4.01%) JIRA
3 32 (3.77%) Selenium
4 27 (3.18%) Postman
5 26 (3.07%) Team Foundation Server
6 24 (2.83%) SoapUI
7 23 (2.71%) WebDriver
8 20 (2.36%) Visual Studio
9 9 (1.06%) NUnit
10 8 (0.94%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.59%) MSTest
11 5 (0.59%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.47%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.35%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.35%) JMeter
13 3 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 2 (0.24%) Appium
14 2 (0.24%) TestRail
14 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 169 (19.93%) Social Skills
2 132 (15.57%) Finance
3 45 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (4.13%) Public Sector
5 31 (3.66%) Law
6 27 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (3.07%) Games
8 24 (2.83%) Retail
9 17 (2.00%) Banking
10 16 (1.89%) Advertising
10 16 (1.89%) Legal
10 16 (1.89%) Marketing
11 7 (0.83%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.71%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.59%) Back Office
13 5 (0.59%) Front Office
14 4 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.47%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.47%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.35%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 500 (58.96%) Developer
2 290 (34.20%) .NET Developer
3 194 (22.88%) Senior
4 148 (17.45%) Software Engineer
5 97 (11.44%) C# Developer
6 91 (10.73%) Lead
7 87 (10.26%) Senior Developer
8 74 (8.73%) .NET Software Engineer
9 71 (8.37%) C# .NET Developer
10 70 (8.25%) Full-Stack Developer
11 62 (7.31%) Software Developer
12 58 (6.84%) Senior Software Engineer
13 51 (6.01%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 50 (5.90%) C# Software Engineer
15 44 (5.19%) Architect
16 42 (4.95%) Lead Developer
17 38 (4.48%) .NET Software Developer
17 38 (4.48%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 37 (4.36%) Applications Developer
19 33 (3.89%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 276 (32.55%) .NET Core
2 212 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 176 (20.75%) HTML
4 169 (19.93%) ASP.NET Core
5 161 (18.99%) React
6 152 (17.92%) CSS
7 116 (13.68%) RESTful
8 105 (12.38%) AngularJS
9 96 (11.32%) Entity Framework
10 86 (10.14%) .NET Framework
11 83 (9.79%) Vue
12 79 (9.32%) Blazor
13 72 (8.49%) Node.js
14 69 (8.14%) ASP.NET Web API
15 65 (7.67%) REST
16 49 (5.78%) ML.NET
17 45 (5.31%) SOAP
18 38 (4.48%) LINQ
19 30 (3.54%) JSON
20 25 (2.95%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.02%) Cloud Native
2 42 (4.95%) Product Ownership
3 35 (4.13%) Greenfield Project
4 29 (3.42%) Mobile App
5 25 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (2.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 16 (1.89%) Legacy Applications
9 13 (1.53%) Sports Betting
10 11 (1.30%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.18%) Legacy Code
12 9 (1.06%) Digital TV
12 9 (1.06%) Social Network
13 8 (0.94%) DataPower
14 7 (0.83%) iPhone
14 7 (0.83%) Low-Code
14 7 (0.83%) Virtual Team
15 6 (0.71%) Security Posture
15 6 (0.71%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.30%) Windows
2 13 (1.53%) Linux
3 12 (1.42%) Android
4 6 (0.71%) VMS
4 6 (0.71%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.47%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.12%) Unix
7 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (42.10%) Agile
2 318 (37.50%) Full-Stack Development
3 251 (29.60%) DevOps
4 242 (28.54%) Software Engineering
5 228 (26.89%) CI/CD
6 181 (21.34%) Microservices
7 117 (13.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 115 (13.56%) AI
9 112 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
10 109 (12.85%) Mentoring
11 101 (11.91%) SDLC
12 93 (10.97%) Scrum
13 82 (9.67%) Clean Code
13 82 (9.67%) Machine Learning
14 66 (7.78%) Technical Leadership
15 64 (7.55%) Test Automation
16 63 (7.43%) Containerisation
17 60 (7.08%) Multithreading
17 60 (7.08%) OO
18 56 (6.60%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 628 (74.06%) C#
2 389 (45.87%) SQL
3 210 (24.76%) JavaScript
4 145 (17.10%) TypeScript
5 93 (10.97%) Java
6 76 (8.96%) Python
7 29 (3.42%) PowerShell
8 17 (2.00%) Apex Code
8 17 (2.00%) T-SQL
9 15 (1.77%) Bicep
10 13 (1.53%) PL/SQL
10 13 (1.53%) VB.NET
11 7 (0.83%) Go
11 7 (0.83%) PHP
11 7 (0.83%) Rust
12 4 (0.47%) Ruby
13 3 (0.35%) VBA
14 2 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 79 (9.32%) Degree
2 36 (4.25%) Security Cleared
3 34 (4.01%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.36%) ISTQB
5 18 (2.12%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 14 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.18%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.83%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.71%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.35%) PhD
12 2 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.24%) CSQA
12 2 (0.24%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.12%) GPEN
13 1 (0.12%) OSCE
13 1 (0.12%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (6.49%) QA
2 22 (2.59%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.42%) WCAG
4 10 (1.18%) GDPR
5 7 (0.83%) Data Quality
5 7 (0.83%) SLA
6 5 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.47%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.12%) HL7
9 1 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 106 (12.50%) Docker
2 9 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 95 (11.20%) Kubernetes
2 33 (3.89%) Terraform
3 10 (1.18%) Grafana
4 8 (0.94%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.71%) Ansible
6 2 (0.24%) MIIS
7 1 (0.12%) CASB
7 1 (0.12%) Consul
7 1 (0.12%) Control-M
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.12%) Packer
7 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.12%) Puppet
7 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 305 (35.97%) Microsoft
2 22 (2.59%) Salesforce
3 21 (2.48%) Google
4 20 (2.36%) Adobe
5 18 (2.12%) Facebook
5 18 (2.12%) Oracle
6 13 (1.53%) MuleSoft
7 9 (1.06%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.83%) Apple
9 6 (0.71%) Sony
9 6 (0.71%) Yahoo!
9 6 (0.71%) YouTube
10 5 (0.59%) Databricks
11 4 (0.47%) ESRI
11 4 (0.47%) JDA
11 4 (0.47%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.47%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.47%) Xamarin
12 3 (0.35%) DevExpress
12 3 (0.35%) Intapp