.Net Developer Salary

Most people looking to enter .Net Development as a career could expect a starting salary of around £27,500.

This is relatively high as a starting salary as the amount of knowledge required to become a .Net Developer is extensive. Those with experience can earn in excess of £50,000.

.Net Developer Jobs

Developed by Microsoft, .Net is a software framework that provides language interoperability across several programming languages. This means that each language can use code that is written in other coding languages. .Net executes programs in a software environment known as the “Common Language Runtime” or CLR which enables its interoperability. This CLR alongside .Nets, class library are what constitute the .Net Framework.

A .Net Developer is someone who is familiar with one or more of the .Net languages (such as C#, F#, VB.Net etc) as well as a working knowledge of the .Net runtime and class libraries.

.Net Developer salary expectations

.Net Developer is an incredibly broad title as there are so many languages and variants that you could be expert in that would all fall under the .Net Developer umbrella. As a result, the salary that you can expect is also very wide and will depend on which of the skills that fall under “.Net Development” you have experience in. As a guide the average salary for .Net developer jobs is around £37,500.

Top locations to optimise your .Net Developer Salary

As you would probably expect, .Net Developers working in London often receive the biggest salaries, this is usually due to the cost of living in the capital. However, if “the big smoke” isn’t for you, other key locations for maximizing your >Net Developer salary include; Manchester, Surrey, Yorkshire and Berkshire.

Ways to boost your .Net Developer salary

There are several ways for you to boost your .Net Developer salary from keeping up to date and to learning additional languages to choosing to become a freelance or

Continue to learn

IT is an incredibly fast paced industry and every technology within it is constantly being improved and updated. As a result, you will need to continue to learn as new elements to the languages etc that you are already skilled in are released. This will not only help you boost your salary by showing your motivation and passion for your skill, but by not continuing to learn, you may find you get left behind.

Learn a new language

.Net Development encompasses a number of programming languages and so by having a working knowledge of more than one of these, you can significantly increase your employability and the salary you can demand. Languages under the “.Net” umbrella include: C#, F#, J#, VB.Net, C++ and Jscript.Net amongst many others.

Go Contract

The reliability of a permanent job can be incredibly important to some people, and so contracting is not for everyone as, by its nature, it can be unpredictable. However, if this is something you can deal with, the rewards for contracting as a .Net Developer can be substantial financially. The average daily rate for a .Net Developer is around £350 and for .Net Developers with a wide knowledge of programming languages and experience under their belts, contracting daily rates can be in excess of £550.