.NET Developer Contract Job Trends in the North West

.NET Developer
England > North West

The median .NET Developer daily rate in the North West is £443, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 108 113
Rank change year-on-year -33 +5 -8
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 6 7 24
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.23% 0.33% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.36% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 23
10th Percentile £366 £418 £306
25th Percentile £381 £457 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +25.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £452 - £456
90th Percentile £473 £506 £493
England median daily rate £500 £514 £550
% change year-on-year -2.68% -6.59% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 2,366 1,945 2,560
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.95% 92.97% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,531 1,117 1,742
10th Percentile £213 £259 £302
25th Percentile £358 £381 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £557 £564 £594
90th Percentile £650 £656 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 97 210
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.44 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.13 £18.13 £17.21
Median hourly rate £41.68 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.72% -20.55% +40.90%
75th Percentile £57.50 £46.18 £46.90
90th Percentile £69.25 £70.33 £67.00
England median hourly rate £28.65 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -18.16% -12.50% +14.29%

.NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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 the North West.

.NET Developer job vacancy trend in the North West

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the North West

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the North West

.NET Developer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 21 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Merseyside - 2 £461 - 1
Manchester -18 1 £388 -22.50% 23
Lancashire - 1 £375 - 23
.NET Developer
England

.NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 21 January 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 North West region featuring .NET Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) .NET
1 6 (100.00%) C#
2 5 (83.33%) Azure
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
4 3 (50.00%) DevOps
4 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (50.00%) SDLC
4 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (33.33%) AI
5 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
5 2 (33.33%) C++
5 2 (33.33%) Clean Code
5 2 (33.33%) CRM
5 2 (33.33%) Degree
5 2 (33.33%) Docker
5 2 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (33.33%) ERP
5 2 (33.33%) HTML
5 2 (33.33%) Java
5 2 (33.33%) NEC
5 2 (33.33%) NEC Housing
5 2 (33.33%) Oracle
5 2 (33.33%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (33.33%) Python
5 2 (33.33%) Scrum
5 2 (33.33%) SQL
5 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
5 2 (33.33%) XML
6 1 (16.67%) .NET Core
6 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework

.NET Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Core
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (16.67%) Entity Framework
3 1 (16.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) IoT
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Code
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) DevOps
2 3 (50.00%) SDLC
2 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (33.33%) AI
3 2 (33.33%) Clean Code
3 2 (33.33%) CRM
3 2 (33.33%) ERP
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Microservices
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) NEC
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle