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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 38 18
Rank change year-on-year -4 -20 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 861 1,105 3,372
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.49% 7.40% 10.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 25.04% 25.65% 38.46%
Number of salaries quoted 794 774 3,105
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 £70,000
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 3,439 4,308 8,767
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.92% 28.84% 26.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,505 2,874 7,629
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,900 £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 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.34% -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 31 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 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.93%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (0.70%) CMS
4 5 (0.58%) Confluence
5 4 (0.46%) JBoss
5 4 (0.46%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.46%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.35%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.35%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.35%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.23%) Apache
7 2 (0.23%) IIS
7 2 (0.23%) nginx
7 2 (0.23%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.12%) Appian
8 1 (0.12%) Drupal
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.23%) Magento
3 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.12%) ION Anvil
4 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 491 (57.03%) Azure
2 171 (19.86%) Azure DevOps
3 166 (19.28%) AWS
4 101 (11.73%) GitHub
5 97 (11.27%) SaaS
6 62 (7.20%) Azure AI
7 58 (6.74%) Power Platform
8 57 (6.62%) GitHub Copilot
9 47 (5.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 41 (4.76%) PowerApps
11 38 (4.41%) Azure Logic Apps
12 36 (4.18%) Serverless
13 35 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
13 35 (4.07%) Power Automate
14 25 (2.90%) GCP
15 23 (2.67%) Azure Data Factory
16 21 (2.44%) Azure AKS
16 21 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
17 20 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
18 19 (2.21%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.44%) Internet
2 5 (0.58%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.35%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.35%) Intranet
3 3 (0.35%) Modbus
4 1 (0.12%) AMQP
4 1 (0.12%) Firewall
4 1 (0.12%) MPLS
4 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 209 (24.27%) Azure SQL Database
2 171 (19.86%) SQL Server
3 162 (18.82%) MongoDB
4 55 (6.39%) Elasticsearch
5 36 (4.18%) Power BI
6 35 (4.07%) NoSQL
7 28 (3.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 22 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (2.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (1.74%) MySQL
11 13 (1.51%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.28%) DB2
13 7 (0.81%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.70%) Redis
15 4 (0.46%) MariaDB
15 4 (0.46%) Metadata
15 4 (0.46%) NonStop SQL
16 3 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
16 3 (0.35%) QGIS
16 3 (0.35%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 40 (4.65%) Git
2 34 (3.95%) JIRA
3 30 (3.48%) Selenium
4 25 (2.90%) Postman
5 23 (2.67%) Team Foundation Server
6 22 (2.56%) SoapUI
7 21 (2.44%) WebDriver
8 20 (2.32%) Visual Studio
9 9 (1.05%) NUnit
9 9 (1.05%) SpecFlow
10 6 (0.70%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.58%) MSTest
11 5 (0.58%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.46%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 3 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.35%) Claude Code
13 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.35%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.35%) JMeter
General
1 158 (18.35%) Social Skills
2 136 (15.80%) Finance
3 43 (4.99%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (4.99%) Public Sector
4 31 (3.60%) Games
5 29 (3.37%) Law
6 27 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (3.02%) Retail
8 21 (2.44%) Advertising
9 18 (2.09%) Marketing
10 15 (1.74%) Banking
10 15 (1.74%) Legal
11 9 (1.05%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.05%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.81%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.58%) Back Office
14 4 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.46%) Music Industry
15 3 (0.35%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 508 (59.00%) Developer
2 323 (37.51%) .NET Developer
3 184 (21.37%) Senior
4 167 (19.40%) Software Engineer
5 93 (10.80%) C# Developer
6 88 (10.22%) Lead
7 83 (9.64%) .NET Software Engineer
8 76 (8.83%) Senior Developer
9 74 (8.59%) C# .NET Developer
10 67 (7.78%) Full-Stack Developer
11 65 (7.55%) C# Software Engineer
12 64 (7.43%) Senior Software Engineer
13 59 (6.85%) Software Developer
14 53 (6.16%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 43 (4.99%) Lead Developer
16 42 (4.88%) .NET Software Developer
17 40 (4.65%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 39 (4.53%) C# Software Developer
19 38 (4.41%) Architect
20 33 (3.83%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 301 (34.96%) .NET Core
2 241 (27.99%) ASP.NET
3 200 (23.23%) ASP.NET Core
4 185 (21.49%) HTML
5 167 (19.40%) React
6 165 (19.16%) CSS
7 121 (14.05%) RESTful
8 116 (13.47%) AngularJS
9 107 (12.43%) Entity Framework
10 94 (10.92%) Vue
11 93 (10.80%) Blazor
12 84 (9.76%) .NET Framework
13 81 (9.41%) Node.js
14 78 (9.06%) ASP.NET Web API
15 61 (7.08%) REST
16 59 (6.85%) ML.NET
17 45 (5.23%) LINQ
18 38 (4.41%) SOAP
19 30 (3.48%) JSON
20 25 (2.90%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 59 (6.85%) Cloud Native
2 42 (4.88%) Greenfield Project
3 41 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 29 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
5 28 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
6 26 (3.02%) Mobile App
7 23 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
8 20 (2.32%) Legacy Applications
9 15 (1.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 12 (1.39%) Sports Betting
11 10 (1.16%) Social Network
12 9 (1.05%) Digital TV
12 9 (1.05%) Legacy Code
13 8 (0.93%) AI Agents
13 8 (0.93%) iPhone
14 7 (0.81%) BBC
14 7 (0.81%) Fixed Income
14 7 (0.81%) Onboarding
14 7 (0.81%) Social Media
15 6 (0.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.67%) Windows
2 13 (1.51%) Linux
3 12 (1.39%) Android
4 8 (0.93%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.46%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.46%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.23%) VMS
7 1 (0.12%) Unix
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (43.09%) Agile
2 357 (41.46%) Full-Stack Development
3 262 (30.43%) DevOps
4 252 (29.27%) Software Engineering
5 236 (27.41%) CI/CD
6 191 (22.18%) Microservices
7 121 (14.05%) AI
8 111 (12.89%) Problem-Solving
9 110 (12.78%) Mentoring
10 108 (12.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 98 (11.38%) SDLC
12 96 (11.15%) Scrum
13 93 (10.80%) Machine Learning
14 81 (9.41%) Clean Code
15 72 (8.36%) Multithreading
16 64 (7.43%) OO
17 63 (7.32%) Technical Leadership
17 63 (7.32%) Test Automation
18 58 (6.74%) Containerisation
19 55 (6.39%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 657 (76.31%) C#
2 421 (48.90%) SQL
3 227 (26.36%) JavaScript
4 150 (17.42%) TypeScript
5 97 (11.27%) Java
6 71 (8.25%) Python
7 32 (3.72%) PowerShell
8 19 (2.21%) T-SQL
9 16 (1.86%) Apex Code
10 14 (1.63%) VB.NET
11 13 (1.51%) PL/SQL
12 12 (1.39%) Bicep
13 11 (1.28%) C++
14 7 (0.81%) PHP
14 7 (0.81%) Rust
15 5 (0.58%) Go
16 4 (0.46%) Bash
16 4 (0.46%) Ruby
16 4 (0.46%) VB
17 3 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 78 (9.06%) Degree
2 36 (4.18%) Security Cleared
3 33 (3.83%) SC Cleared
4 18 (2.09%) ISTQB
5 16 (1.86%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 15 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.51%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.70%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.70%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.23%) CSQA
12 2 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.12%) GIAC
13 1 (0.12%) GPEN
13 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.12%) OSCE
13 1 (0.12%) OSCP
13 1 (0.12%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.16%) 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
1 109 (12.66%) Docker
2 7 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 99 (11.50%) Kubernetes
2 25 (2.90%) Terraform
3 7 (0.81%) Ansible
3 7 (0.81%) Grafana
4 6 (0.70%) 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
1 336 (39.02%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.02%) Google
2 26 (3.02%) Salesforce
3 22 (2.56%) Facebook
4 19 (2.21%) Adobe
4 19 (2.21%) Oracle
5 12 (1.39%) MuleSoft
6 11 (1.28%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.05%) Databricks
8 8 (0.93%) YouTube
9 7 (0.81%) Apple
9 7 (0.81%) Sony
9 7 (0.81%) Yahoo!
10 6 (0.70%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.46%) JDA
11 4 (0.46%) Xamarin
12 3 (0.35%) DevExpress
12 3 (0.35%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.35%) SAP
12 3 (0.35%) Splunk