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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 27 17
Rank change year-on-year -23 -10 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 727 1,329 3,036
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.43% 8.57% 10.97%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 24.77% 26.81% 37.28%
Number of salaries quoted 638 970 2,821
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,625 £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 £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

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 2,935 4,958 8,143
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.89% 31.97% 29.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,161 3,277 7,093
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,400 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,400 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,295 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +10.49% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,206 £61,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +7.65% -8.89%

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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 20 February 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 18 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.79%) JBoss
2 13 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (1.79%) WebSphere
3 9 (1.24%) IIS
4 6 (0.83%) ArcGIS
4 6 (0.83%) CMS
5 4 (0.55%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.55%) NServiceBus
5 4 (0.55%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.41%) nginx
6 3 (0.41%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.14%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.14%) Confluence
7 1 (0.14%) Kentico
7 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 23 (3.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.28%) ION Anvil
3 2 (0.28%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 413 (56.81%) Azure
2 174 (23.93%) AWS
3 151 (20.77%) SaaS
4 132 (18.16%) Azure DevOps
5 88 (12.10%) GitHub
6 60 (8.25%) GCP
7 52 (7.15%) Serverless
8 49 (6.74%) Power Platform
9 39 (5.36%) GitHub Actions
10 30 (4.13%) Entra ID
11 29 (3.99%) Dynamics 365
12 24 (3.30%) Azure App Service
13 23 (3.16%) Azure Service Bus
14 22 (3.03%) Power Automate
15 21 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
16 20 (2.75%) PowerApps
17 17 (2.34%) Azure AKS
17 17 (2.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 17 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
17 17 (2.34%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.24%) DNS
1 9 (1.24%) Firewall
2 8 (1.10%) DHCP
2 8 (1.10%) VPN
3 7 (0.96%) Internet
4 6 (0.83%) VoIP
5 4 (0.55%) HTTP
5 4 (0.55%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.28%) Intranet
7 1 (0.14%) AMQP
7 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
7 1 (0.14%) IPv6
7 1 (0.14%) MPLS
7 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (26.82%) SQL Server
2 41 (5.64%) MongoDB
2 41 (5.64%) NoSQL
3 37 (5.09%) Azure SQL Database
4 24 (3.30%) MySQL
5 23 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (2.89%) Relational Database
7 20 (2.75%) Power BI
7 20 (2.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 18 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (1.65%) Redis
10 10 (1.38%) DynamoDB
11 8 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.83%) DB2
13 5 (0.69%) GIS
14 4 (0.55%) QGIS
15 3 (0.41%) NonStop SQL
16 2 (0.28%) CouchDB
16 2 (0.28%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 57 (7.84%) Git
2 34 (4.68%) Selenium
3 32 (4.40%) Postman
4 31 (4.26%) JIRA
5 29 (3.99%) Team Foundation Server
6 27 (3.71%) SoapUI
6 27 (3.71%) WebDriver
7 16 (2.20%) Visual Studio
8 9 (1.24%) SpecFlow
9 7 (0.96%) git-flow
9 7 (0.96%) PowerBuilder
10 5 (0.69%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.41%) NUnit
12 2 (0.28%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.28%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.28%) JMeter
12 2 (0.28%) Snyk
12 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 1 (0.14%) MSTest
13 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
General
1 213 (29.30%) Social Skills
2 147 (20.22%) Finance
3 39 (5.36%) Public Sector
4 36 (4.95%) Law
5 35 (4.81%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (4.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (3.03%) Banking
8 19 (2.61%) Marketing
9 14 (1.93%) Legal
10 13 (1.79%) Games
11 12 (1.65%) Retail
12 10 (1.38%) Front Office
13 9 (1.24%) Billing
14 6 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.83%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.83%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.55%) Advertising
16 3 (0.41%) Local Government
17 2 (0.28%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 407 (55.98%) Developer
2 205 (28.20%) Senior
3 168 (23.11%) .NET Developer
4 117 (16.09%) Software Engineer
5 112 (15.41%) Software Developer
6 85 (11.69%) Lead
7 84 (11.55%) Senior Developer
8 76 (10.45%) C# Developer
9 61 (8.39%) Full-Stack Developer
10 56 (7.70%) Senior Software Engineer
11 50 (6.88%) .NET Software Engineer
12 47 (6.46%) .NET Software Developer
13 45 (6.19%) Lead Developer
14 33 (4.54%) Architect
15 32 (4.40%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 31 (4.26%) Analyst
16 31 (4.26%) Applications Developer
17 30 (4.13%) C# .NET Developer
18 29 (3.99%) Engineering Manager
18 29 (3.99%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (22.56%) .NET Core
2 156 (21.46%) React
3 111 (15.27%) HTML
4 102 (14.03%) .NET Framework
5 97 (13.34%) ASP.NET
6 88 (12.10%) AngularJS
7 87 (11.97%) CSS
8 72 (9.90%) RESTful
9 63 (8.67%) REST
10 58 (7.98%) Entity Framework
11 55 (7.57%) SOAP
12 52 (7.15%) ASP.NET Web API
13 40 (5.50%) Blazor
13 40 (5.50%) Vue
14 33 (4.54%) ASP.NET Core
15 31 (4.26%) Middleware
16 30 (4.13%) Node.js
17 28 (3.85%) ASP.NET MVC
18 23 (3.16%) Razor View Engine
18 23 (3.16%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 81 (11.14%) Cloud Native
2 58 (7.98%) Product Ownership
3 32 (4.40%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (3.58%) Mobile App
5 20 (2.75%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.06%) Legacy Applications
8 13 (1.79%) DataPower
9 12 (1.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 11 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.51%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.24%) Client/Server
13 8 (1.10%) Low-Code
13 8 (1.10%) Sports Betting
14 7 (0.96%) AI Agents
14 7 (0.96%) IoT
14 7 (0.96%) Management Information System
14 7 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (0.83%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 42 (5.78%) Windows
2 15 (2.06%) Linux
3 12 (1.65%) Android
4 11 (1.51%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.24%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.10%) VMS
7 6 (0.83%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.83%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.55%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.14%) Fedora
9 1 (0.14%) Unix
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (48.14%) Agile
2 242 (33.29%) DevOps
3 231 (31.77%) Software Engineering
4 207 (28.47%) CI/CD
5 187 (25.72%) Full-Stack Development
6 181 (24.90%) Microservices
7 142 (19.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 135 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
9 130 (17.88%) Mentoring
10 97 (13.34%) Scrum
11 88 (12.10%) SDLC
12 87 (11.97%) AI
13 83 (11.42%) Clean Code
14 78 (10.73%) Containerisation
15 77 (10.59%) MVC
16 68 (9.35%) Roadmaps
17 62 (8.53%) Code Quality
17 62 (8.53%) Front End Development
18 61 (8.39%) Test Automation
19 58 (7.98%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 470 (64.65%) C#
2 251 (34.53%) SQL
3 189 (26.00%) JavaScript
4 117 (16.09%) TypeScript
5 89 (12.24%) Java
6 65 (8.94%) Python
7 19 (2.61%) VB.NET
8 17 (2.34%) Apex Code
9 14 (1.93%) Bicep
10 13 (1.79%) PL/SQL
11 12 (1.65%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.10%) PowerShell
12 8 (1.10%) VBA
13 7 (0.96%) PHP
14 6 (0.83%) Go
15 5 (0.69%) C++
15 5 (0.69%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.55%) Swift
17 3 (0.41%) Scala
17 3 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 121 (16.64%) Degree
2 44 (6.05%) Security Cleared
3 43 (5.91%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (3.85%) ISTQB
6 24 (3.30%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 19 (2.61%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.38%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.10%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.69%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.55%) ISEB
12 4 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.41%) PhD
13 3 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.14%) CREST Certified
15 1 (0.14%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (10.87%) QA
2 27 (3.71%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.51%) WCAG
4 10 (1.38%) GDPR
5 5 (0.69%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.41%) SLA
7 3 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.28%) GRC
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) IFRS
9 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 84 (11.55%) Docker
2 25 (3.44%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.28%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.28%) vSphere
4 1 (0.14%) HDFS
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 71 (9.77%) Kubernetes
2 50 (6.88%) Terraform
3 16 (2.20%) Grafana
4 14 (1.93%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.96%) Ansible
6 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.14%) Argo
7 1 (0.14%) CASB
7 1 (0.14%) Control-M
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 174 (23.93%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.71%) Salesforce
3 17 (2.34%) Oracle
4 15 (2.06%) MuleSoft
5 12 (1.65%) Google
6 11 (1.51%) Xamarin
7 8 (1.10%) New Relic
8 7 (0.96%) Apple
8 7 (0.96%) Syncfusion
8 7 (0.96%) Telerik
9 6 (0.83%) Datto
9 6 (0.83%) Freshdesk
10 5 (0.69%) ESRI
10 5 (0.69%) Guidewire
10 5 (0.69%) Red Hat
10 5 (0.69%) Sage
10 5 (0.69%) Zoho
11 4 (0.55%) AppDynamics
11 4 (0.55%) Databricks
11 4 (0.55%) Facebook