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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 42 22
Rank change year-on-year -4 -20 -2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1,249 968 1,836
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.03% 5.80% 8.48%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 28.11% 25.73% 27.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,057 663 1,320
10th Percentile £41,700 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +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 4,443 3,762 6,609
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.88% 22.56% 30.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3,254 2,436 4,470
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,250 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.87% +2.52%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £69,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.88% +6.92% -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 10 October 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 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.12%) IIS
3 11 (0.88%) CMS
3 11 (0.88%) Confluence
4 8 (0.64%) SharePoint Server
5 7 (0.56%) nginx
6 5 (0.40%) EPiServer
6 5 (0.40%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.32%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.32%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.32%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.24%) DNN
8 3 (0.24%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.24%) Immediacy CMS
8 3 (0.24%) Kentico
8 3 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.24%) Sitefinity
9 2 (0.16%) WordPress
10 1 (0.080%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 10 (0.80%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.080%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.40%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.24%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.16%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.16%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.080%) Actimize
5 1 (0.080%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 791 (63.33%) Azure
2 265 (21.22%) Azure DevOps
3 258 (20.66%) AWS
4 170 (13.61%) GitHub
5 160 (12.81%) Azure AI
6 143 (11.45%) GitHub Copilot
7 95 (7.61%) SaaS
8 85 (6.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 83 (6.65%) Power Platform
10 59 (4.72%) Serverless
11 58 (4.64%) Power Automate
12 57 (4.56%) PowerApps
13 43 (3.44%) Azure Service Bus
14 42 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
15 40 (3.20%) Dynamics 365
16 35 (2.80%) GCP
17 27 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
18 26 (2.08%) Azure Functions
18 26 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
19 23 (1.84%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 56 (4.48%) Internet
2 7 (0.56%) HTTP
3 6 (0.48%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.40%) Broadband
5 2 (0.16%) OpenVPN
5 2 (0.16%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.16%) VPN
6 1 (0.080%) DNS
6 1 (0.080%) Firewall
6 1 (0.080%) Intranet
6 1 (0.080%) Network Security
6 1 (0.080%) SSL
6 1 (0.080%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 462 (36.99%) Azure SQL Database
2 408 (32.67%) MongoDB
3 222 (17.77%) SQL Server
4 155 (12.41%) Elasticsearch
5 41 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
6 39 (3.12%) Power BI
6 39 (3.12%) Relational Database
7 33 (2.64%) MySQL
8 17 (1.36%) Spark SQL
9 15 (1.20%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.12%) Redis
11 12 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (0.88%) NonStop SQL
13 10 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
15 8 (0.64%) Metadata
16 6 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.48%) Spatial Data
17 5 (0.40%) GIS
17 5 (0.40%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 90 (7.21%) Git
2 25 (2.00%) JIRA
3 13 (1.04%) Claude Code
4 12 (0.96%) GitLab
4 12 (0.96%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.64%) NUnit
5 8 (0.64%) Selenium
5 8 (0.64%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.56%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (0.48%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.48%) Postman
7 6 (0.48%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
8 5 (0.40%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.32%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.32%) Snyk
10 3 (0.24%) JUnit
10 3 (0.24%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.24%) SpecFlow
General
1 202 (16.17%) Social Skills
2 165 (13.21%) Finance
3 88 (7.05%) Legal
4 77 (6.16%) Public Sector
5 68 (5.44%) Analytical Skills
6 67 (5.36%) Law
7 61 (4.88%) Games
8 55 (4.40%) Advertising
9 52 (4.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 50 (4.00%) Marketing
11 47 (3.76%) Retail
12 34 (2.72%) Legal Technology
13 19 (1.52%) Aerospace
14 14 (1.12%) Manufacturing
15 11 (0.88%) Music Industry
15 11 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.48%) Banking
17 6 (0.48%) Local Government
17 6 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 799 (63.97%) Developer
2 604 (48.36%) .NET Developer
3 210 (16.81%) Senior
4 182 (14.57%) Software Engineer
5 121 (9.69%) Senior Developer
6 111 (8.89%) Lead
7 77 (6.16%) C# Developer
8 75 (6.00%) .NET Software Engineer
9 70 (5.60%) C# Software Engineer
10 64 (5.12%) C# .NET Developer
11 62 (4.96%) Full-Stack Developer
12 61 (4.88%) Senior Software Engineer
13 56 (4.48%) Software Developer
14 46 (3.68%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 46 (3.68%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 42 (3.36%) Lead Developer
16 39 (3.12%) Architect
17 38 (3.04%) Development Manager
18 35 (2.80%) Software Manager
19 32 (2.56%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 555 (44.44%) .NET Core
2 548 (43.88%) ASP.NET
3 478 (38.27%) ASP.NET Core
4 296 (23.70%) React
5 230 (18.41%) Blazor
6 226 (18.09%) Entity Framework
7 222 (17.77%) AngularJS
7 222 (17.77%) CSS
8 217 (17.37%) HTML
9 201 (16.09%) RESTful
10 196 (15.69%) Node.js
11 186 (14.89%) Vue
12 174 (13.93%) ASP.NET Web API
13 148 (11.85%) .NET Framework
13 148 (11.85%) ML.NET
14 109 (8.73%) LINQ
15 99 (7.93%) REST
16 39 (3.12%) XML
17 34 (2.72%) JSON
18 29 (2.32%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 105 (8.41%) Greenfield Project
2 76 (6.08%) Enterprise Software
3 62 (4.96%) Distributed Systems
4 56 (4.48%) Product Ownership
5 49 (3.92%) Cloud Native
6 33 (2.64%) AI Agents
7 26 (2.08%) Mobile App
8 25 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (1.52%) Digital TV
10 17 (1.36%) iPhone
11 16 (1.28%) BBC
11 16 (1.28%) Social Media
12 15 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
12 15 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.04%) Data Structures
13 13 (1.04%) Management Information System
14 12 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (0.96%) Social Network
15 11 (0.88%) Sports Betting
16 10 (0.80%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.64%) Windows
2 26 (2.08%) Linux
3 21 (1.68%) Android
4 17 (1.36%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.40%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 638 (51.08%) Full-Stack Development
2 625 (50.04%) Agile
3 428 (34.27%) CI/CD
4 376 (30.10%) DevOps
5 332 (26.58%) Microservices
6 328 (26.26%) Software Engineering
7 266 (21.30%) AI
8 205 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
9 186 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 171 (13.69%) Machine Learning
11 159 (12.73%) Multithreading
12 154 (12.33%) Mentoring
13 133 (10.65%) Scrum
14 112 (8.97%) OO
15 101 (8.09%) TDD
16 96 (7.69%) SDLC
17 89 (7.13%) Workflow
18 88 (7.05%) Software Architecture
19 86 (6.89%) API Development
20 82 (6.57%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1,111 (88.95%) C#
2 672 (53.80%) SQL
3 356 (28.50%) JavaScript
4 227 (18.17%) TypeScript
5 83 (6.65%) Python
6 82 (6.57%) Java
7 33 (2.64%) C++
8 32 (2.56%) PowerShell
9 28 (2.24%) T-SQL
10 19 (1.52%) VB.NET
11 16 (1.28%) Go
12 13 (1.04%) Bicep
13 6 (0.48%) Bash
13 6 (0.48%) PHP
14 5 (0.40%) C
14 5 (0.40%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.40%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.40%) Rust
15 4 (0.32%) COBOL
15 4 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 68 (5.44%) Degree
2 48 (3.84%) Security Cleared
3 40 (3.20%) SC Cleared
4 20 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (0.64%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.48%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.24%) ICAEW
10 2 (0.16%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.16%) OCP
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.080%) AAT
11 1 (0.080%) ACCA
11 1 (0.080%) CIMA
11 1 (0.080%) CSQA
11 1 (0.080%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.080%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (10.25%) QA
2 34 (2.72%) Data Quality
3 9 (0.72%) GDPR
4 7 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.40%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.16%) NIST
6 2 (0.16%) WCAG
7 1 (0.080%) PMO
System Software
1 230 (18.41%) Docker
2 7 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.40%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.080%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 201 (16.09%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.04%) Ansible
2 13 (1.04%) Grafana
3 10 (0.80%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.16%) Kibana
5 1 (0.080%) Control-M
Vendors
1 664 (53.16%) Microsoft
2 73 (5.84%) Google
3 58 (4.64%) Facebook
4 21 (1.68%) YouTube
5 20 (1.60%) OpenAI
5 20 (1.60%) Oracle
6 16 (1.28%) Apple
6 16 (1.28%) Sony
6 16 (1.28%) Yahoo!
7 15 (1.20%) Databricks
8 12 (0.96%) Salesforce
9 9 (0.72%) Adobe
9 9 (0.72%) Intapp
10 6 (0.48%) iManage
10 6 (0.48%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.40%) Aderant
11 5 (0.40%) Optimizely
11 5 (0.40%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.32%) ESRI
12 4 (0.32%) SAP