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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 38 18
Rank change year-on-year -4 -20 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 864 1,064 3,334
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.51% 7.30% 10.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 25.08% 25.33% 38.53%
Number of salaries quoted 795 736 3,086
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £77,500 £80,000 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.80% +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 3,445 4,200 8,654
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.98% 28.80% 26.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,503 2,777 7,578
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £83,750 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,254 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -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 28 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 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.93%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (0.69%) CMS
4 5 (0.58%) Confluence
5 4 (0.46%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.46%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.46%) JBoss
5 4 (0.46%) Oracle Spatial
5 4 (0.46%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.46%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.23%) Apache
6 2 (0.23%) IIS
6 2 (0.23%) nginx
6 2 (0.23%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.12%) Appian
7 1 (0.12%) Drupal
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.23%) Magento
2 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.12%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 492 (56.94%) Azure
2 170 (19.68%) Azure DevOps
3 164 (18.98%) AWS
4 102 (11.81%) GitHub
5 96 (11.11%) SaaS
6 62 (7.18%) Azure AI
7 57 (6.60%) Power Platform
8 56 (6.48%) GitHub Copilot
9 47 (5.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 40 (4.63%) PowerApps
11 38 (4.40%) Azure Logic Apps
12 35 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
12 35 (4.05%) Serverless
13 34 (3.94%) Power Automate
14 25 (2.89%) GCP
15 23 (2.66%) Azure Data Factory
16 22 (2.55%) GitHub Actions
17 21 (2.43%) Azure AKS
18 20 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
19 19 (2.20%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.43%) Internet
2 5 (0.58%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.35%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.35%) Intranet
3 3 (0.35%) Modbus
4 2 (0.23%) Firewall
5 1 (0.12%) AMQP
5 1 (0.12%) MPLS
5 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 209 (24.19%) Azure SQL Database
2 169 (19.56%) SQL Server
3 162 (18.75%) MongoDB
4 55 (6.37%) Elasticsearch
5 35 (4.05%) Power BI
6 34 (3.94%) NoSQL
7 28 (3.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 23 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (2.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (1.74%) MySQL
11 13 (1.50%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.27%) DB2
13 6 (0.69%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.69%) Redis
14 4 (0.46%) GIS
14 4 (0.46%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.46%) Metadata
14 4 (0.46%) NonStop SQL
14 4 (0.46%) QGIS
15 3 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 40 (4.63%) Git
2 35 (4.05%) JIRA
3 32 (3.70%) Selenium
4 27 (3.13%) Postman
5 25 (2.89%) Team Foundation Server
6 24 (2.78%) SoapUI
7 23 (2.66%) WebDriver
8 20 (2.31%) Visual Studio
9 9 (1.04%) NUnit
10 8 (0.93%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.58%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.58%) MSTest
11 5 (0.58%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 3 (0.35%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.35%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.35%) JMeter
14 2 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 2 (0.23%) JUnit
General
1 161 (18.63%) Social Skills
2 137 (15.86%) Finance
3 43 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (4.98%) Public Sector
4 30 (3.47%) Games
5 29 (3.36%) Law
6 26 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (3.01%) Retail
7 21 (2.43%) Advertising
8 18 (2.08%) Marketing
9 15 (1.74%) Banking
9 15 (1.74%) Legal
10 9 (1.04%) Aerospace
11 8 (0.93%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.81%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.58%) Back Office
14 4 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.46%) Front Office
14 4 (0.46%) Music Industry
15 3 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 509 (58.91%) Developer
2 324 (37.50%) .NET Developer
3 186 (21.53%) Senior
4 167 (19.33%) Software Engineer
5 94 (10.88%) C# Developer
6 88 (10.19%) Lead
7 84 (9.72%) .NET Software Engineer
8 76 (8.80%) Senior Developer
9 74 (8.56%) C# .NET Developer
10 68 (7.87%) Full-Stack Developer
11 64 (7.41%) C# Software Engineer
11 64 (7.41%) Senior Software Engineer
12 59 (6.83%) Software Developer
13 54 (6.25%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 42 (4.86%) .NET Software Developer
14 42 (4.86%) Lead Developer
15 41 (4.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 39 (4.51%) Architect
16 39 (4.51%) C# Software Developer
17 33 (3.82%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 301 (34.84%) .NET Core
2 240 (27.78%) ASP.NET
3 200 (23.15%) ASP.NET Core
4 186 (21.53%) HTML
5 167 (19.33%) React
6 164 (18.98%) CSS
7 121 (14.00%) RESTful
8 113 (13.08%) AngularJS
9 106 (12.27%) Entity Framework
10 94 (10.88%) Blazor
10 94 (10.88%) Vue
11 82 (9.49%) .NET Framework
12 81 (9.38%) Node.js
13 77 (8.91%) ASP.NET Web API
14 59 (6.83%) ML.NET
14 59 (6.83%) REST
15 45 (5.21%) LINQ
16 40 (4.63%) SOAP
17 30 (3.47%) JSON
18 25 (2.89%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 59 (6.83%) Cloud Native
2 42 (4.86%) Greenfield Project
2 42 (4.86%) Product Ownership
3 28 (3.24%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (3.01%) Mobile App
5 24 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
6 21 (2.43%) Legacy Applications
7 15 (1.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 13 (1.50%) Sports Betting
9 10 (1.16%) Social Network
10 9 (1.04%) Digital TV
10 9 (1.04%) Legacy Code
10 9 (1.04%) Onboarding
11 8 (0.93%) AI Agents
11 8 (0.93%) iPhone
12 7 (0.81%) BBC
12 7 (0.81%) Fixed Income
12 7 (0.81%) Social Media
13 6 (0.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.66%) Windows
2 14 (1.62%) Linux
3 12 (1.39%) Android
4 7 (0.81%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.58%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.35%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) Unix
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (42.82%) Agile
2 358 (41.44%) Full-Stack Development
3 261 (30.21%) DevOps
4 251 (29.05%) Software Engineering
5 234 (27.08%) CI/CD
6 187 (21.64%) Microservices
7 119 (13.77%) AI
8 111 (12.85%) Problem-Solving
9 109 (12.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 108 (12.50%) Mentoring
11 98 (11.34%) Scrum
12 97 (11.23%) SDLC
13 93 (10.76%) Machine Learning
14 81 (9.38%) Clean Code
15 72 (8.33%) Multithreading
16 64 (7.41%) OO
17 63 (7.29%) Technical Leadership
18 62 (7.18%) Test Automation
19 58 (6.71%) Containerisation
20 54 (6.25%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 658 (76.16%) C#
2 418 (48.38%) SQL
3 228 (26.39%) JavaScript
4 148 (17.13%) TypeScript
5 98 (11.34%) Java
6 71 (8.22%) Python
7 31 (3.59%) PowerShell
8 19 (2.20%) T-SQL
9 16 (1.85%) Apex Code
10 14 (1.62%) VB.NET
11 13 (1.50%) Bicep
11 13 (1.50%) PL/SQL
12 11 (1.27%) C++
13 7 (0.81%) PHP
13 7 (0.81%) Rust
14 5 (0.58%) Go
15 4 (0.46%) Ruby
15 4 (0.46%) VB
16 3 (0.35%) Bash
16 3 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 79 (9.14%) Degree
2 38 (4.40%) Security Cleared
3 35 (4.05%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.31%) ISTQB
5 18 (2.08%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 14 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.39%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (0.69%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.58%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.23%) CSQA
11 2 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.12%) GIAC
12 1 (0.12%) GPEN
12 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.12%) OSCE
12 1 (0.12%) OSCP
12 1 (0.12%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (6.25%) QA
2 17 (1.97%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.16%) WCAG
4 8 (0.93%) Data Quality
4 8 (0.93%) GDPR
5 7 (0.81%) SLA
6 5 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.35%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 110 (12.73%) Docker
2 7 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 100 (11.57%) Kubernetes
2 28 (3.24%) Terraform
3 8 (0.93%) Grafana
4 7 (0.81%) Ansible
4 7 (0.81%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.23%) 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
1 334 (38.66%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.01%) Google
2 26 (3.01%) Salesforce
3 22 (2.55%) Facebook
4 20 (2.31%) Oracle
5 19 (2.20%) Adobe
6 12 (1.39%) MuleSoft
7 10 (1.16%) ServiceNow
8 8 (0.93%) Databricks
8 8 (0.93%) YouTube
9 7 (0.81%) Apple
9 7 (0.81%) Sony
9 7 (0.81%) Yahoo!
10 6 (0.69%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.46%) ESRI
11 4 (0.46%) JDA
11 4 (0.46%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.46%) Xamarin
12 3 (0.35%) DevExpress
12 3 (0.35%) SAP