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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 25 18
Rank change year-on-year -22 -7 +1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 732 1,411 3,065
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.64% 8.79% 11.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 26.22% 28.10% 37.38%
Number of salaries quoted 642 989 2,848
10th Percentile £38,800 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,750 £86,250
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 2,792 5,021 8,200
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.70% 31.27% 29.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,106 3,205 7,136
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £66,367 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +7.91% -5.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 2 February 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 19 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.78%) JBoss
3 13 (1.78%) WebSphere
4 9 (1.23%) IIS
5 7 (0.96%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.82%) CMS
7 4 (0.55%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.55%) NServiceBus
7 4 (0.55%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.41%) Confluence
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%) Kentico
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 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.41%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.27%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 441 (60.25%) Azure
2 184 (25.14%) AWS
3 151 (20.63%) SaaS
4 129 (17.62%) Azure DevOps
5 84 (11.48%) GitHub
6 66 (9.02%) GCP
7 56 (7.65%) Serverless
8 52 (7.10%) Power Platform
9 40 (5.46%) GitHub Actions
10 32 (4.37%) Entra ID
11 29 (3.96%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (3.42%) Azure Service Bus
13 24 (3.28%) Azure App Service
13 24 (3.28%) Power Automate
14 22 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
14 22 (3.01%) PowerApps
15 17 (2.32%) PaaS
16 16 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
17 15 (2.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 15 (2.05%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.37%) DNS
2 9 (1.23%) DHCP
2 9 (1.23%) Firewall
2 9 (1.23%) VPN
3 7 (0.96%) Internet
3 7 (0.96%) VoIP
4 4 (0.55%) HTTP
4 4 (0.55%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.27%) Intranet
6 1 (0.14%) AMQP
6 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
6 1 (0.14%) IPv6
6 1 (0.14%) MPLS
6 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (27.60%) SQL Server
2 54 (7.38%) MongoDB
3 48 (6.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 40 (5.46%) NoSQL
5 39 (5.33%) MySQL
6 23 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (2.73%) Power BI
7 20 (2.73%) Relational Database
8 18 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
9 15 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (1.78%) 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 57 (7.79%) Git
2 35 (4.78%) JIRA
3 34 (4.64%) Postman
4 33 (4.51%) Selenium
5 32 (4.37%) Team Foundation Server
6 30 (4.10%) SoapUI
7 28 (3.83%) WebDriver
8 17 (2.32%) Visual Studio
9 7 (0.96%) git-flow
9 7 (0.96%) PowerBuilder
9 7 (0.96%) SpecFlow
9 7 (0.96%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.27%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.27%) NUnit
10 2 (0.27%) Snyk
10 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.27%) Storybook
11 1 (0.14%) JMeter
11 1 (0.14%) JUnit
General
1 227 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 162 (22.13%) Finance
3 38 (5.19%) Public Sector
4 34 (4.64%) Law
5 29 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (3.69%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (2.73%) Banking
8 19 (2.60%) Marketing
9 14 (1.91%) Legal
10 13 (1.78%) Retail
11 11 (1.50%) Billing
12 10 (1.37%) Front Office
12 10 (1.37%) Games
13 6 (0.82%) Advertising
13 6 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.82%) Tech for Good
14 4 (0.55%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.55%) Local Government
15 3 (0.41%) Back Office
15 3 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 431 (58.88%) Developer
2 202 (27.60%) Senior
3 171 (23.36%) .NET Developer
4 117 (15.98%) Software Developer
5 104 (14.21%) Software Engineer
6 88 (12.02%) Senior Developer
7 83 (11.34%) Lead
8 75 (10.25%) C# Developer
9 56 (7.65%) Full-Stack Developer
10 50 (6.83%) Senior Software Engineer
11 46 (6.28%) .NET Software Developer
12 45 (6.15%) Lead Developer
13 44 (6.01%) .NET Software Engineer
14 35 (4.78%) Architect
14 35 (4.78%) Engineering Manager
15 29 (3.96%) Applications Developer
15 29 (3.96%) Senior Software Developer
16 27 (3.69%) Analyst
17 26 (3.55%) Azure Developer
18 25 (3.42%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (23.09%) .NET Core
2 163 (22.27%) React
3 123 (16.80%) ASP.NET
4 110 (15.03%) HTML
5 108 (14.75%) .NET Framework
6 93 (12.70%) CSS
7 92 (12.57%) AngularJS
8 75 (10.25%) RESTful
9 66 (9.02%) Entity Framework
10 63 (8.61%) ASP.NET Web API
11 62 (8.47%) REST
12 55 (7.51%) SOAP
13 46 (6.28%) Vue
14 45 (6.15%) Blazor
15 39 (5.33%) ASP.NET MVC
16 35 (4.78%) ASP.NET Core
17 34 (4.64%) Node.js
18 28 (3.83%) jQuery
18 28 (3.83%) Middleware
19 23 (3.14%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.38%) Cloud Native
2 58 (7.92%) Product Ownership
3 33 (4.51%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (3.42%) Onboarding
5 23 (3.14%) Mobile App
6 15 (2.05%) Virtual Team
7 13 (1.78%) DataPower
7 13 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 10 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
10 9 (1.23%) Client/Server
10 9 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (0.96%) Driving Licence
11 7 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (0.96%) IoT
11 7 (0.96%) iPad
11 7 (0.96%) Low-Code
11 7 (0.96%) Management Information System
11 7 (0.96%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 39 (5.33%) Windows
2 15 (2.05%) Linux
3 10 (1.37%) Android
3 10 (1.37%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.23%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.09%) VMS
6 7 (0.96%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.96%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.55%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.14%) Fedora
8 1 (0.14%) Unix
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (51.23%) Agile
2 235 (32.10%) DevOps
3 225 (30.74%) Software Engineering
4 200 (27.32%) CI/CD
5 189 (25.82%) Full-Stack Development
6 187 (25.55%) Microservices
7 152 (20.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 143 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
9 131 (17.90%) Mentoring
10 102 (13.93%) Scrum
11 100 (13.66%) MVC
12 93 (12.70%) AI
13 83 (11.34%) SDLC
14 77 (10.52%) Clean Code
15 76 (10.38%) Roadmaps
16 70 (9.56%) Containerisation
17 64 (8.74%) Code Quality
18 62 (8.47%) Front End Development
18 62 (8.47%) TDD
19 59 (8.06%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 494 (67.49%) C#
2 262 (35.79%) SQL
3 204 (27.87%) JavaScript
4 125 (17.08%) TypeScript
5 96 (13.11%) Java
6 61 (8.33%) Python
7 20 (2.73%) PHP
8 18 (2.46%) C++
9 16 (2.19%) VB.NET
10 15 (2.05%) Bicep
11 12 (1.64%) Apex Code
11 12 (1.64%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.09%) PL/SQL
12 8 (1.09%) PowerShell
12 8 (1.09%) VBA
13 5 (0.68%) Go
14 4 (0.55%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.55%) Swift
14 4 (0.55%) VB
15 3 (0.41%) C
Qualifications
1 131 (17.90%) Degree
2 53 (7.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 41 (5.60%) Security Cleared
4 40 (5.46%) SC Cleared
5 31 (4.23%) ISTQB
6 27 (3.69%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (2.46%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.37%) 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%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.27%) PhD
15 1 (0.14%) GIAC
15 1 (0.14%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (9.43%) QA
2 29 (3.96%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.50%) WCAG
4 7 (0.96%) GDPR
5 5 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.27%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.27%) GRC
6 2 (0.27%) SLA
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 80 (10.93%) Docker
2 26 (3.55%) 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 66 (9.02%) Kubernetes
2 58 (7.92%) Terraform
3 17 (2.32%) Grafana
4 15 (2.05%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.96%) Ansible
5 7 (0.96%) 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
1 178 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.01%) Salesforce
3 15 (2.05%) Oracle
4 12 (1.64%) MuleSoft
5 11 (1.50%) Google
6 8 (1.09%) Apple
6 8 (1.09%) New Relic
6 8 (1.09%) Xamarin
7 7 (0.96%) Datto
7 7 (0.96%) Freshdesk
7 7 (0.96%) Guidewire
7 7 (0.96%) Syncfusion
7 7 (0.96%) 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