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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 24 18
Rank change year-on-year -26 -6 +1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 718 1,440 2,465
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.69% 8.76% 10.78%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 26.24% 28.34% 35.44%
Number of salaries quoted 629 1,020 2,270
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £39,800
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 2,736 5,082 6,955
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.87% 30.92% 30.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,099 3,236 5,998
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £67,500 £62,734
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +7.60% -3.49%
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 18 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 (2.79%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.67%) IIS
3 12 (1.67%) JBoss
3 12 (1.67%) WebSphere
4 7 (0.97%) ArcGIS
5 6 (0.84%) CMS
6 5 (0.70%) Confluence
7 4 (0.56%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.56%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.42%) nginx
8 3 (0.42%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.42%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.28%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.14%) Apache
10 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.14%) Kentico
10 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 26 (3.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.42%) 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
1 441 (61.42%) Azure
2 183 (25.49%) AWS
3 147 (20.47%) SaaS
4 130 (18.11%) Azure DevOps
5 81 (11.28%) GitHub
6 66 (9.19%) GCP
7 57 (7.94%) Serverless
8 50 (6.96%) Power Platform
9 39 (5.43%) GitHub Actions
10 34 (4.74%) Entra ID
11 28 (3.90%) Azure App Service
11 28 (3.90%) Azure Service Bus
11 28 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
12 27 (3.76%) Power Automate
13 24 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
14 23 (3.20%) PowerApps
15 17 (2.37%) PaaS
16 16 (2.23%) Azure AKS
16 16 (2.23%) Azure Logic Apps
17 14 (1.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.39%) DNS
2 9 (1.25%) DHCP
2 9 (1.25%) Firewall
2 9 (1.25%) VPN
3 7 (0.97%) Internet
3 7 (0.97%) VoIP
4 4 (0.56%) HTTP
4 4 (0.56%) 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
1 202 (28.13%) SQL Server
2 54 (7.52%) MongoDB
3 50 (6.96%) Azure SQL Database
4 41 (5.71%) NoSQL
5 40 (5.57%) MySQL
6 23 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (2.79%) Relational Database
8 18 (2.51%) Elasticsearch
8 18 (2.51%) Power BI
9 16 (2.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (2.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 12 (1.67%) Redis
12 11 (1.53%) DynamoDB
13 8 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.84%) GIS
15 5 (0.70%) NonStop SQL
16 4 (0.56%) QGIS
17 2 (0.28%) PostHog
17 2 (0.28%) RavenDB
17 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 60 (8.36%) Git
2 41 (5.71%) JIRA
3 39 (5.43%) Postman
4 37 (5.15%) Selenium
5 35 (4.87%) Team Foundation Server
6 33 (4.60%) SoapUI
7 30 (4.18%) WebDriver
8 18 (2.51%) Visual Studio
9 7 (0.97%) git-flow
9 7 (0.97%) PowerBuilder
9 7 (0.97%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.84%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.42%) JMeter
11 3 (0.42%) Storybook
11 3 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
12 2 (0.28%) NUnit
12 2 (0.28%) Snyk
13 1 (0.14%) GitLab
13 1 (0.14%) MSBuild
General
1 229 (31.89%) Social Skills
2 156 (21.73%) Finance
3 36 (5.01%) Law
4 34 (4.74%) Public Sector
5 28 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (2.65%) Retail
8 18 (2.51%) Marketing
9 17 (2.37%) Banking
10 16 (2.23%) Legal
11 14 (1.95%) Billing
12 9 (1.25%) Front Office
12 9 (1.25%) Games
13 7 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.84%) Advertising
14 6 (0.84%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.56%) Local Government
15 4 (0.56%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.42%) Back Office
16 3 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 425 (59.19%) Developer
2 197 (27.44%) Senior
3 166 (23.12%) .NET Developer
4 120 (16.71%) Software Developer
5 99 (13.79%) Software Engineer
6 94 (13.09%) Senior Developer
7 87 (12.12%) Lead
8 71 (9.89%) C# Developer
9 54 (7.52%) Full-Stack Developer
10 47 (6.55%) .NET Software Developer
11 45 (6.27%) Senior Software Engineer
12 44 (6.13%) Lead Developer
13 43 (5.99%) .NET Software Engineer
14 34 (4.74%) Architect
14 34 (4.74%) Engineering Manager
15 32 (4.46%) Senior Software Developer
16 29 (4.04%) Analyst
16 29 (4.04%) Azure Developer
17 27 (3.76%) Applications Developer
17 27 (3.76%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (22.84%) React
2 163 (22.70%) .NET Core
3 130 (18.11%) ASP.NET
4 113 (15.74%) HTML
5 108 (15.04%) .NET Framework
6 94 (13.09%) CSS
7 90 (12.53%) AngularJS
8 79 (11.00%) RESTful
9 67 (9.33%) Entity Framework
10 63 (8.77%) ASP.NET Web API
11 56 (7.80%) REST
12 54 (7.52%) SOAP
13 48 (6.69%) Vue
14 45 (6.27%) Blazor
15 41 (5.71%) ASP.NET MVC
16 38 (5.29%) ASP.NET Core
17 34 (4.74%) Node.js
18 28 (3.90%) jQuery
19 24 (3.34%) HTML5
19 24 (3.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.58%) Cloud Native
2 56 (7.80%) Product Ownership
3 34 (4.74%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (4.04%) Onboarding
5 25 (3.48%) Mobile App
6 15 (2.09%) Virtual Team
7 14 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.67%) DataPower
9 12 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.39%) Legacy Applications
11 9 (1.25%) Client/Server
11 9 (1.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 7 (0.97%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.97%) Driving Licence
12 7 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.97%) IoT
12 7 (0.97%) iPad
12 7 (0.97%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 38 (5.29%) Windows
2 15 (2.09%) Linux
3 10 (1.39%) Android
3 10 (1.39%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.25%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.97%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.97%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.84%) VMS
7 4 (0.56%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.14%) Fedora
8 1 (0.14%) Unix
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (51.53%) Agile
2 234 (32.59%) DevOps
3 217 (30.22%) Software Engineering
4 198 (27.58%) CI/CD
5 188 (26.18%) Microservices
6 187 (26.04%) Full-Stack Development
7 155 (21.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 140 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
9 131 (18.25%) Mentoring
10 110 (15.32%) Scrum
11 101 (14.07%) MVC
12 91 (12.67%) AI
13 87 (12.12%) SDLC
14 80 (11.14%) Clean Code
15 71 (9.89%) Roadmaps
16 67 (9.33%) Containerisation
17 66 (9.19%) Code Quality
18 64 (8.91%) Front End Development
19 60 (8.36%) TDD
19 60 (8.36%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 498 (69.36%) C#
2 262 (36.49%) SQL
3 201 (27.99%) JavaScript
4 125 (17.41%) TypeScript
5 92 (12.81%) Java
6 55 (7.66%) Python
7 19 (2.65%) C++
7 19 (2.65%) PHP
8 17 (2.37%) VB.NET
9 15 (2.09%) Bicep
10 14 (1.95%) T-SQL
11 8 (1.11%) Apex Code
11 8 (1.11%) VBA
12 7 (0.97%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.70%) Go
13 5 (0.70%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.70%) VB
14 4 (0.56%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.56%) Swift
15 3 (0.42%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 131 (18.25%) Degree
2 53 (7.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (5.15%) Security Cleared
4 36 (5.01%) SC Cleared
5 34 (4.74%) ISTQB
6 30 (4.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (2.51%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.39%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.11%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.70%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.56%) ISEB
12 4 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.28%) PhD
15 1 (0.14%) HND
15 1 (0.14%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (10.17%) QA
2 28 (3.90%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.67%) WCAG
4 6 (0.84%) GDPR
5 4 (0.56%) 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 78 (10.86%) Docker
2 26 (3.62%) 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 (9.19%) Kubernetes
2 57 (7.94%) Terraform
3 17 (2.37%) Grafana
4 15 (2.09%) 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
1 186 (25.91%) Microsoft
2 17 (2.37%) Salesforce
3 13 (1.81%) Oracle
4 11 (1.53%) Google
5 10 (1.39%) Guidewire
6 8 (1.11%) Apple
6 8 (1.11%) MuleSoft
6 8 (1.11%) New Relic
6 8 (1.11%) Xamarin
7 7 (0.97%) Datto
7 7 (0.97%) DevExpress
7 7 (0.97%) Freshdesk
7 7 (0.97%) Syncfusion
7 7 (0.97%) Telerik
8 6 (0.84%) ESRI
8 6 (0.84%) Facebook
9 5 (0.70%) Red Hat
9 5 (0.70%) Sage
9 5 (0.70%) YouTube
9 5 (0.70%) Zoho