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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 38 18
Rank change year-on-year -4 -20 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 851 1,063 3,330
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.47% 7.32% 10.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 24.93% 25.33% 38.55%
Number of salaries quoted 783 735 3,081
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 3,413 4,196 8,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.91% 28.91% 26.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,483 2,776 7,565
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,500 £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 £85,000 £85,000 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,253 £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 27 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 (3.76%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.94%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (0.71%) CMS
4 5 (0.59%) Confluence
4 5 (0.59%) JBoss
4 5 (0.59%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.47%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.47%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.47%) Oracle Spatial
5 4 (0.47%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.24%) Apache
6 2 (0.24%) IIS
6 2 (0.24%) nginx
6 2 (0.24%) 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 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.24%) Magento
2 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.12%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.12%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 476 (55.93%) Azure
2 164 (19.27%) Azure DevOps
3 161 (18.92%) AWS
4 99 (11.63%) GitHub
5 97 (11.40%) SaaS
6 58 (6.82%) Power Platform
7 57 (6.70%) Azure AI
8 53 (6.23%) GitHub Copilot
9 43 (5.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 40 (4.70%) PowerApps
11 38 (4.47%) Azure Logic Apps
12 35 (4.11%) Serverless
13 34 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
13 34 (4.00%) Power Automate
14 25 (2.94%) GCP
15 23 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
16 22 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
17 21 (2.47%) Azure AKS
18 20 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
19 19 (2.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.23%) Internet
2 5 (0.59%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.35%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.35%) Intranet
3 3 (0.35%) Modbus
4 2 (0.24%) Firewall
5 1 (0.12%) AMQP
5 1 (0.12%) MPLS
5 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (22.91%) Azure SQL Database
2 170 (19.98%) SQL Server
3 152 (17.86%) MongoDB
4 50 (5.88%) Elasticsearch
5 36 (4.23%) Power BI
6 33 (3.88%) NoSQL
7 29 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 24 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
9 20 (2.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (1.76%) MySQL
11 13 (1.53%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.29%) DB2
13 7 (0.82%) Redis
14 6 (0.71%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.47%) GIS
15 4 (0.47%) MariaDB
15 4 (0.47%) Metadata
15 4 (0.47%) NonStop SQL
15 4 (0.47%) QGIS
16 3 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 40 (4.70%) Git
2 35 (4.11%) JIRA
3 32 (3.76%) Selenium
4 27 (3.17%) Postman
5 25 (2.94%) Team Foundation Server
6 24 (2.82%) SoapUI
7 23 (2.70%) WebDriver
8 20 (2.35%) Visual Studio
9 9 (1.06%) NUnit
10 8 (0.94%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.59%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.59%) MSTest
11 5 (0.59%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.47%) 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 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 2 (0.24%) JUnit
General
1 162 (19.04%) Social Skills
2 134 (15.75%) Finance
3 43 (5.05%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (5.05%) Public Sector
4 29 (3.41%) Games
4 29 (3.41%) Law
5 27 (3.17%) Retail
6 26 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (2.23%) Advertising
8 18 (2.12%) Marketing
9 16 (1.88%) Banking
10 15 (1.76%) Legal
11 8 (0.94%) Aerospace
11 8 (0.94%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.82%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.59%) Back Office
14 4 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.47%) Front Office
14 4 (0.47%) Music Industry
15 3 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 493 (57.93%) Developer
2 308 (36.19%) .NET Developer
3 190 (22.33%) Senior
4 170 (19.98%) Software Engineer
5 94 (11.05%) C# Developer
6 87 (10.22%) Lead
7 84 (9.87%) .NET Software Engineer
8 76 (8.93%) Senior Developer
9 74 (8.70%) C# .NET Developer
10 67 (7.87%) Full-Stack Developer
10 67 (7.87%) Senior Software Engineer
11 64 (7.52%) C# Software Engineer
12 59 (6.93%) Software Developer
13 54 (6.35%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 42 (4.94%) .NET Software Developer
14 42 (4.94%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 40 (4.70%) Architect
15 40 (4.70%) Lead Developer
16 39 (4.58%) C# Software Developer
17 33 (3.88%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 287 (33.73%) .NET Core
2 226 (26.56%) ASP.NET
3 185 (21.74%) ASP.NET Core
4 182 (21.39%) HTML
5 160 (18.80%) CSS
6 158 (18.57%) React
7 115 (13.51%) RESTful
8 109 (12.81%) AngularJS
9 99 (11.63%) Entity Framework
10 89 (10.46%) Blazor
10 89 (10.46%) Vue
11 78 (9.17%) .NET Framework
12 74 (8.70%) Node.js
13 71 (8.34%) ASP.NET Web API
14 60 (7.05%) REST
15 54 (6.35%) ML.NET
16 42 (4.94%) LINQ
17 41 (4.82%) SOAP
18 30 (3.53%) JSON
19 25 (2.94%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 61 (7.17%) Cloud Native
2 41 (4.82%) Product Ownership
3 40 (4.70%) Greenfield Project
4 28 (3.29%) Distributed Systems
5 27 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (2.94%) Mobile App
7 24 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
8 21 (2.47%) Legacy Applications
9 15 (1.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 13 (1.53%) Sports Betting
11 9 (1.06%) Digital TV
11 9 (1.06%) Legacy Code
11 9 (1.06%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.06%) Social Network
12 8 (0.94%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.82%) BBC
13 7 (0.82%) Fixed Income
13 7 (0.82%) iPhone
13 7 (0.82%) Social Media
14 6 (0.71%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.82%) Windows
2 14 (1.65%) Linux
3 11 (1.29%) Android
4 7 (0.82%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.59%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.35%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) Unix
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (41.95%) Agile
2 342 (40.19%) Full-Stack Development
3 256 (30.08%) DevOps
4 252 (29.61%) Software Engineering
5 230 (27.03%) CI/CD
6 184 (21.62%) Microservices
7 115 (13.51%) AI
8 112 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
9 110 (12.93%) Mentoring
10 109 (12.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 95 (11.16%) Scrum
11 95 (11.16%) SDLC
12 88 (10.34%) Machine Learning
13 81 (9.52%) Clean Code
14 66 (7.76%) Multithreading
15 65 (7.64%) Technical Leadership
16 62 (7.29%) Test Automation
17 61 (7.17%) OO
18 59 (6.93%) Containerisation
19 53 (6.23%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 642 (75.44%) C#
2 405 (47.59%) SQL
3 221 (25.97%) JavaScript
4 140 (16.45%) TypeScript
5 100 (11.75%) Java
6 72 (8.46%) Python
7 31 (3.64%) PowerShell
8 19 (2.23%) T-SQL
9 16 (1.88%) Apex Code
10 14 (1.65%) VB.NET
11 13 (1.53%) Bicep
11 13 (1.53%) PL/SQL
12 11 (1.29%) C++
13 7 (0.82%) PHP
13 7 (0.82%) Rust
14 5 (0.59%) Go
15 4 (0.47%) Ruby
15 4 (0.47%) VB
16 3 (0.35%) Bash
16 3 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 77 (9.05%) Degree
2 38 (4.47%) Security Cleared
3 35 (4.11%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.35%) ISTQB
5 18 (2.12%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 13 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.41%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (0.71%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.59%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.24%) CSQA
11 2 (0.24%) 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 (6.35%) QA
2 18 (2.12%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.18%) WCAG
4 8 (0.94%) Data Quality
4 8 (0.94%) GDPR
5 7 (0.82%) SLA
6 5 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.47%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 107 (12.57%) Docker
2 7 (0.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 97 (11.40%) Kubernetes
2 28 (3.29%) Terraform
3 8 (0.94%) Grafana
4 7 (0.82%) Ansible
4 7 (0.82%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.24%) 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
1 317 (37.25%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.06%) Salesforce
3 25 (2.94%) Google
4 21 (2.47%) Facebook
5 20 (2.35%) Adobe
5 20 (2.35%) Oracle
6 12 (1.41%) MuleSoft
7 10 (1.18%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.82%) Apple
8 7 (0.82%) Databricks
8 7 (0.82%) Sony
8 7 (0.82%) Yahoo!
8 7 (0.82%) YouTube
9 6 (0.71%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.47%) ESRI
10 4 (0.47%) JDA
10 4 (0.47%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.47%) Xamarin
11 3 (0.35%) DevExpress
11 3 (0.35%) SAP