.NET Developer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

.NET Developer
North West > Manchester

The median .NET Developer daily rate in Manchester is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 77 78
Rank change year-on-year -16 +1 -5
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 1 8 18
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.078% 0.77% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.82% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 17
10th Percentile - £404 £268
25th Percentile £369 £420 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +25.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £406 - £438
90th Percentile - £504 £498
North West median daily rate £443 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -11.50% +25.00% -15.79%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 1,179 977 1,515
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 93.85% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 783 617 1,089
10th Percentile £313 £313 £306
25th Percentile £381 £398 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £565 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £669
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 31 79
10th Percentile £18.07 £15.90 £12.00
25th Percentile £21.98 £20.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +62.50% -52.79%
75th Percentile £60.00 £33.75 £60.63
90th Percentile £76.30 £60.00 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £29.23 £30.00
% change year-on-year +43.48% -2.57% +12.49%

.NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '.NET Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

.NET Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in Manchester

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in Manchester

.NET Developer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 6 February 2026, .NET Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring .NET Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Bicep
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC

.NET Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bicep
1 1 (100.00%) C#
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker