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 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 24 18
Rank change year-on-year -24 -6 0
Permanent jobs citing .NET 721 1,468 2,155
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.78% 8.72% 10.38%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 26.65% 28.66% 33.57%
Number of salaries quoted 634 1,053 1,967
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,813 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -

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 2,705 5,123 6,419
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.94% 30.42% 30.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,103 3,282 5,472
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,250 £50,781 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,548
90th Percentile £110,000 £108,750 £102,375
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

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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 3 January 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 21 (2.91%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.80%) IIS
4 10 (1.39%) JBoss
4 10 (1.39%) WebSphere
5 7 (0.97%) ArcGIS
5 7 (0.97%) CMS
6 6 (0.83%) Confluence
7 4 (0.55%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.55%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.42%) nginx
8 3 (0.42%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.42%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.28%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.14%) Apache
10 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.14%) Kentico
10 1 (0.14%) SAS
10 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 26 (3.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.42%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.28%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.28%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.28%) ION Anvil
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 454 (62.97%) Azure
2 183 (25.38%) AWS
3 141 (19.56%) SaaS
4 122 (16.92%) Azure DevOps
5 75 (10.40%) GitHub
6 65 (9.02%) GCP
7 55 (7.63%) Serverless
8 49 (6.80%) Power Platform
9 38 (5.27%) GitHub Actions
10 33 (4.58%) Entra ID
11 28 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
12 27 (3.74%) Azure Service Bus
12 27 (3.74%) Power Automate
13 26 (3.61%) Azure App Service
14 24 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
15 22 (3.05%) PowerApps
16 17 (2.36%) PaaS
17 16 (2.22%) Azure AKS
18 14 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
18 14 (1.94%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.39%) DNS
2 9 (1.25%) DHCP
2 9 (1.25%) Firewall
2 9 (1.25%) VPN
3 7 (0.97%) VoIP
4 5 (0.69%) Internet
5 4 (0.55%) HTTP
5 4 (0.55%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.28%) Intranet
7 1 (0.14%) IPv6
7 1 (0.14%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 53 (7.35%) MongoDB
3 48 (6.66%) Azure SQL Database
4 44 (6.10%) MySQL
5 42 (5.83%) NoSQL
6 26 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (2.91%) Relational Database
8 19 (2.64%) Elasticsearch
8 19 (2.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 18 (2.50%) Power BI
9 18 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (1.66%) Redis
11 11 (1.53%) DynamoDB
12 8 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.83%) GIS
13 6 (0.83%) NonStop SQL
14 4 (0.55%) QGIS
15 2 (0.28%) PostHog
15 2 (0.28%) RavenDB
15 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 67 (9.29%) Git
2 44 (6.10%) JIRA
3 40 (5.55%) Postman
3 40 (5.55%) Selenium
4 38 (5.27%) Team Foundation Server
5 35 (4.85%) SoapUI
6 33 (4.58%) WebDriver
7 14 (1.94%) Visual Studio
8 9 (1.25%) TeamCity
9 7 (0.97%) git-flow
9 7 (0.97%) PowerBuilder
10 4 (0.55%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.42%) JMeter
11 3 (0.42%) Storybook
11 3 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.28%) GitLab
12 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
12 2 (0.28%) NUnit
12 2 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.28%) Snyk
General
1 241 (33.43%) Social Skills
2 162 (22.47%) Finance
3 36 (4.99%) Law
3 36 (4.99%) Public Sector
4 27 (3.74%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (2.91%) Legal
6 21 (2.91%) Retail
7 18 (2.50%) Marketing
8 16 (2.22%) Billing
9 15 (2.08%) Banking
10 9 (1.25%) Games
11 8 (1.11%) Front Office
12 7 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.83%) Advertising
13 6 (0.83%) Tech for Good
14 5 (0.69%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.55%) Automotive
15 4 (0.55%) Local Government
16 3 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 431 (59.78%) Developer
2 193 (26.77%) Senior
3 163 (22.61%) .NET Developer
4 120 (16.64%) Software Developer
5 95 (13.18%) Senior Developer
6 88 (12.21%) Lead
6 88 (12.21%) Software Engineer
7 72 (9.99%) C# Developer
8 58 (8.04%) Full-Stack Developer
9 43 (5.96%) .NET Software Developer
10 41 (5.69%) Lead Developer
11 38 (5.27%) Senior Software Engineer
12 37 (5.13%) Architect
13 35 (4.85%) .NET Software Engineer
13 35 (4.85%) Engineering Manager
14 31 (4.30%) Senior Software Developer
15 29 (4.02%) Analyst
16 26 (3.61%) Azure Developer
16 26 (3.61%) Senior .NET Developer
17 25 (3.47%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (23.02%) React
2 162 (22.47%) .NET Core
3 133 (18.45%) ASP.NET
4 122 (16.92%) HTML
5 116 (16.09%) .NET Framework
6 102 (14.15%) AngularJS
6 102 (14.15%) CSS
7 82 (11.37%) RESTful
8 74 (10.26%) Entity Framework
9 69 (9.57%) ASP.NET Web API
10 53 (7.35%) SOAP
10 53 (7.35%) Vue
11 51 (7.07%) REST
12 47 (6.52%) ASP.NET MVC
13 42 (5.83%) Blazor
14 37 (5.13%) Node.js
15 31 (4.30%) jQuery
16 30 (4.16%) ASP.NET Core
17 28 (3.88%) Web Services
18 25 (3.47%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 73 (10.12%) Cloud Native
2 56 (7.77%) Product Ownership
3 32 (4.44%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.05%) Mobile App
5 14 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.80%) Virtual Team
7 11 (1.53%) Legacy Applications
8 10 (1.39%) DataPower
9 9 (1.25%) Client/Server
10 7 (0.97%) AI Agents
10 7 (0.97%) Driving Licence
10 7 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (0.97%) iPad
10 7 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 6 (0.83%) Digital TV
11 6 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.83%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 39 (5.41%) Windows
2 14 (1.94%) Linux
3 11 (1.53%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.11%) Android
4 8 (1.11%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.97%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.97%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.83%) VMS
7 4 (0.55%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.14%) Fedora
8 1 (0.14%) Unix
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (52.43%) Agile
2 232 (32.18%) DevOps
3 211 (29.26%) Software Engineering
4 199 (27.60%) CI/CD
5 188 (26.07%) Full-Stack Development
6 186 (25.80%) Microservices
7 161 (22.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 149 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
9 138 (19.14%) Mentoring
10 120 (16.64%) Scrum
11 108 (14.98%) MVC
12 86 (11.93%) AI
13 81 (11.23%) Clean Code
13 81 (11.23%) SDLC
14 70 (9.71%) Code Quality
15 69 (9.57%) Roadmaps
16 66 (9.15%) Containerisation
16 66 (9.15%) Front End Development
17 62 (8.60%) TDD
18 61 (8.46%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 508 (70.46%) C#
2 261 (36.20%) SQL
3 212 (29.40%) JavaScript
4 131 (18.17%) TypeScript
5 94 (13.04%) Java
6 52 (7.21%) Python
7 22 (3.05%) C++
7 22 (3.05%) PHP
8 19 (2.64%) VB.NET
9 14 (1.94%) T-SQL
10 13 (1.80%) Bicep
11 8 (1.11%) VBA
12 7 (0.97%) Apex Code
12 7 (0.97%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.97%) PowerShell
13 6 (0.83%) Go
14 4 (0.55%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.55%) Swift
14 4 (0.55%) VB
15 3 (0.42%) Bash
Qualifications
1 136 (18.86%) Degree
2 56 (7.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (5.13%) ISTQB
4 35 (4.85%) Security Cleared
5 34 (4.72%) SC Cleared
6 33 (4.58%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 18 (2.50%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (0.97%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.97%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.69%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.55%) ISEB
11 4 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.28%) PhD
12 2 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.14%) HND
13 1 (0.14%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (10.96%) QA
2 26 (3.61%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.53%) WCAG
4 6 (0.83%) GDPR
5 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.28%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.28%) GRC
7 1 (0.14%) HL7
7 1 (0.14%) IFRS
7 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 77 (10.68%) Docker
2 26 (3.61%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.28%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.28%) vSphere
4 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 64 (8.88%) Kubernetes
2 56 (7.77%) Terraform
3 17 (2.36%) Grafana
4 15 (2.08%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.11%) Ansible
6 7 (0.97%) 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
1 187 (25.94%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.22%) Salesforce
3 13 (1.80%) Oracle
4 12 (1.66%) Guidewire
5 9 (1.25%) Google
6 8 (1.11%) DevExpress
6 8 (1.11%) New Relic
6 8 (1.11%) Xamarin
7 7 (0.97%) Apple
7 7 (0.97%) Datto
7 7 (0.97%) Freshdesk
7 7 (0.97%) MuleSoft
7 7 (0.97%) Syncfusion
7 7 (0.97%) Telerik
8 6 (0.83%) ESRI
8 6 (0.83%) Facebook
8 6 (0.83%) Sage
8 6 (0.83%) YouTube
9 5 (0.69%) Foundry
9 5 (0.69%) Zoho