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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 31 18
Rank change year-on-year -22 -13 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 739 1,073 3,281
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.03% 7.72% 10.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.16% 26.55% 38.54%
Number of salaries quoted 662 855 3,035
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £39,652
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £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 3,191 4,041 8,514
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.42% 29.06% 26.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,291 3,165 7,481
10th Percentile £41,925 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,474
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -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 5 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 36 (4.87%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.35%) JBoss
2 10 (1.35%) WebSphere
3 9 (1.22%) CMS
4 5 (0.68%) ArcGIS
4 5 (0.68%) GeoServer
4 5 (0.68%) Oracle Spatial
4 5 (0.68%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.41%) Confluence
6 3 (0.41%) nginx
6 3 (0.41%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.27%) Apache
7 2 (0.27%) IIS
8 1 (0.14%) Appian
8 1 (0.14%) Drupal
8 1 (0.14%) SAS
8 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.27%) Magento
3 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.14%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.14%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 367 (49.66%) Azure
2 143 (19.35%) AWS
3 115 (15.56%) Azure DevOps
4 108 (14.61%) SaaS
5 74 (10.01%) GitHub
6 60 (8.12%) Power Platform
7 40 (5.41%) PowerApps
8 39 (5.28%) Azure Logic Apps
9 38 (5.14%) Serverless
10 37 (5.01%) Power Automate
11 35 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
12 28 (3.79%) GitHub Actions
13 25 (3.38%) GCP
14 24 (3.25%) Azure AKS
14 24 (3.25%) Azure Data Factory
15 23 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
16 20 (2.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 20 (2.71%) Entra ID
17 19 (2.57%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 19 (2.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.68%) Firewall
1 5 (0.68%) Intranet
2 4 (0.54%) Internet
3 3 (0.41%) DNS
3 3 (0.41%) Modbus
3 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.27%) DHCP
4 2 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.27%) VoIP
4 2 (0.27%) VPN
5 1 (0.14%) AMQP
5 1 (0.14%) HTTP
5 1 (0.14%) MPLS
5 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (23.82%) SQL Server
2 70 (9.47%) Azure SQL Database
3 42 (5.68%) MongoDB
4 38 (5.14%) NoSQL
4 38 (5.14%) Power BI
5 31 (4.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 24 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (2.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (1.89%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (1.49%) DB2
11 10 (1.35%) MySQL
11 10 (1.35%) Redis
12 5 (0.68%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.68%) GIS
12 5 (0.68%) QGIS
13 4 (0.54%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.54%) Metadata
14 3 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.41%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 39 (5.28%) Git
2 33 (4.47%) JIRA
3 32 (4.33%) Selenium
4 27 (3.65%) Postman
5 26 (3.52%) Team Foundation Server
6 24 (3.25%) SoapUI
7 23 (3.11%) WebDriver
8 20 (2.71%) Visual Studio
9 9 (1.22%) NUnit
10 8 (1.08%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.68%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.54%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.54%) MSTest
13 3 (0.41%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.41%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.41%) JMeter
13 3 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 2 (0.27%) Appium
14 2 (0.27%) TestRail
14 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 173 (23.41%) Social Skills
2 122 (16.51%) Finance
3 46 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (4.60%) Public Sector
5 30 (4.06%) Law
6 27 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (2.57%) Retail
8 17 (2.30%) Banking
9 13 (1.76%) Games
10 12 (1.62%) Legal
10 12 (1.62%) Marketing
11 7 (0.95%) Advertising
11 7 (0.95%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.81%) Front Office
13 5 (0.68%) Back Office
14 4 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.54%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.41%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 392 (53.04%) Developer
2 199 (26.93%) Senior
3 182 (24.63%) .NET Developer
4 142 (19.22%) Software Engineer
5 97 (13.13%) C# Developer
6 90 (12.18%) Lead
7 86 (11.64%) Senior Developer
8 70 (9.47%) .NET Software Engineer
9 69 (9.34%) C# .NET Developer
10 66 (8.93%) Full-Stack Developer
11 64 (8.66%) Software Developer
12 59 (7.98%) Senior Software Engineer
13 48 (6.50%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 46 (6.22%) Architect
15 45 (6.09%) Lead Developer
16 44 (5.95%) C# Software Engineer
17 36 (4.87%) .NET Software Developer
18 35 (4.74%) Applications Developer
18 35 (4.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 32 (4.33%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (23.82%) .NET Core
2 137 (18.54%) HTML
3 124 (16.78%) React
4 111 (15.02%) CSS
5 106 (14.34%) ASP.NET
6 83 (11.23%) RESTful
7 82 (11.10%) .NET Framework
8 69 (9.34%) AngularJS
9 64 (8.66%) REST
10 58 (7.85%) ASP.NET Core
11 57 (7.71%) Entity Framework
12 48 (6.50%) SOAP
13 44 (5.95%) Vue
14 41 (5.55%) Blazor
15 36 (4.87%) Node.js
16 35 (4.74%) ASP.NET Web API
17 30 (4.06%) JSON
18 27 (3.65%) Middleware
19 25 (3.38%) SPFx
20 24 (3.25%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 72 (9.74%) Cloud Native
2 44 (5.95%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
4 23 (3.11%) Mobile App
5 17 (2.30%) Legacy Applications
5 17 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (2.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 15 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (1.76%) Sports Betting
9 11 (1.49%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.35%) DataPower
10 10 (1.35%) Legacy Code
11 7 (0.95%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.81%) Fixed Income
12 6 (0.81%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.68%) AI Agents
13 5 (0.68%) Data Structures
13 5 (0.68%) Management Information System
13 5 (0.68%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.06%) Windows
2 14 (1.89%) Linux
3 6 (0.81%) Android
3 6 (0.81%) VMS
3 6 (0.81%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.68%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.68%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.27%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.14%) Unix
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (38.43%) Agile
2 236 (31.94%) Software Engineering
3 214 (28.96%) DevOps
4 205 (27.74%) Full-Stack Development
5 191 (25.85%) CI/CD
6 159 (21.52%) Microservices
7 118 (15.97%) Problem-Solving
8 117 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 111 (15.02%) Mentoring
10 96 (12.99%) SDLC
11 82 (11.10%) Scrum
12 80 (10.83%) AI
12 80 (10.83%) Clean Code
13 70 (9.47%) Technical Leadership
14 67 (9.07%) Test Automation
15 65 (8.80%) Containerisation
16 56 (7.58%) User Experience
17 54 (7.31%) MVC
18 48 (6.50%) Front End Development
18 48 (6.50%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 512 (69.28%) C#
2 288 (38.97%) SQL
3 177 (23.95%) JavaScript
4 112 (15.16%) TypeScript
5 96 (12.99%) Java
6 75 (10.15%) Python
7 29 (3.92%) PowerShell
8 18 (2.44%) Apex Code
9 17 (2.30%) T-SQL
10 16 (2.17%) Bicep
11 15 (2.03%) VB.NET
12 13 (1.76%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.95%) Go
13 7 (0.95%) PHP
14 6 (0.81%) Rust
15 4 (0.54%) Ruby
16 3 (0.41%) VB
16 3 (0.41%) VBA
17 2 (0.27%) C
17 2 (0.27%) C++
Qualifications
1 83 (11.23%) Degree
2 41 (5.55%) Security Cleared
3 39 (5.28%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.71%) ISTQB
5 18 (2.44%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 14 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.35%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.22%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.81%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.41%) PhD
12 2 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.27%) CSQA
12 2 (0.27%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.14%) GPEN
13 1 (0.14%) OSCE
13 1 (0.14%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.85%) QA
2 23 (3.11%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.62%) WCAG
4 10 (1.35%) GDPR
5 8 (1.08%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.95%) SLA
7 5 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.14%) HL7
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 78 (10.55%) Docker
2 12 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 69 (9.34%) Kubernetes
2 35 (4.74%) Terraform
3 11 (1.49%) Grafana
4 9 (1.22%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.95%) Ansible
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.27%) MIIS
7 1 (0.14%) CASB
7 1 (0.14%) Consul
7 1 (0.14%) Control-M
7 1 (0.14%) Packer
7 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.14%) Puppet
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 197 (26.66%) Microsoft
2 21 (2.84%) Salesforce
3 20 (2.71%) Adobe
4 19 (2.57%) Oracle
5 14 (1.89%) MuleSoft
6 10 (1.35%) Google
7 9 (1.22%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.95%) Facebook
9 5 (0.68%) Apple
9 5 (0.68%) ESRI
9 5 (0.68%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.54%) AppDynamics
10 4 (0.54%) JDA
10 4 (0.54%) New Relic
10 4 (0.54%) Xamarin
11 3 (0.41%) Databricks
11 3 (0.41%) DevExpress
11 3 (0.41%) Foundry
11 3 (0.41%) Sony
11 3 (0.41%) Yahoo!