.NET Framework Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft .NET Framework
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring .NET Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 77 99
Rank change year-on-year -8 +22 +5
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 4 8 7
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.37% 0.69% 0.43%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.00% 3.65% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 7
10th Percentile £410 £408 £400
25th Percentile £453 £423 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £483 £425
Median % change year-on-year +13.99% +13.53% -19.05%
75th Percentile £600 £497 £494
90th Percentile £615 £498 £569
North West median daily rate £493 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +3.68% - -9.52%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Manchester

.NET Framework falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 200 219 386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 18.69% 18.83% 23.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 134 325
10th Percentile £319 £332 £363
25th Percentile £389 £411 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £643 £668 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £450 £525
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 8
10th Percentile - £63.20 £60.50
25th Percentile - £64.25 £64.06
Median hourly rate £70.00 £69.50 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% +1.09% -2.14%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £77.81
90th Percentile - £74.20 £79.88
North West median hourly rate £74.26 £56.59 £46.18
% change year-on-year +31.22% +22.54% -38.43%

.NET Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing .NET Framework relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

.NET Framework job vacancy trend in Manchester

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing .NET Framework.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing .NET Framework

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET Framework in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for .NET Framework in Manchester

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing .NET Framework.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing .NET Framework

.NET Framework
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 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (25.00%) Postman
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Architect
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Solutions Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Automation Tester
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (25.00%) Blazor
2 1 (25.00%) Entity Framework
2 1 (25.00%) Gherkin
2 1 (25.00%) Playwright
2 1 (25.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) IT Strategy
1 3 (75.00%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft