.NET Developer Job Trends in Manchester

.NET Developer
North West > Manchester

The median .NET Developer salary in Manchester is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 107 56
Rank change year-on-year -8 -51 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 37 39 179
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.94% 1.76% 4.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 1.87% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 35 33 171
10th Percentile £51,250 - £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,250 £76,500 £80,000
North West median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +23.81% - -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 3,561 2,091 4,089
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.15% 94.40% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,461 1,241 3,401
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £58,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +7.41% -6.09%
75th Percentile £73,500 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £82,101
North West median annual salary £50,000 £53,589 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.70% +7.18% -8.90%

.NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

.NET Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

.NET Developer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in Manchester

.NET Developer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 March 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Developer in Manchester

.NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 12 March 2026, .NET Developer 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 permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring .NET Developer in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) .NET
2 20 (54.05%) C#
3 18 (48.65%) CI/CD
4 13 (35.14%) SaaS
5 12 (32.43%) Microservices
6 11 (29.73%) Agile
6 11 (29.73%) Azure
6 11 (29.73%) Full-Stack Development
7 10 (27.03%) .NET Core
7 10 (27.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (27.03%) SQL Server
7 10 (27.03%) TDD
8 9 (24.32%) Clean Code
8 9 (24.32%) Software Engineering
8 9 (24.32%) SOLID
9 8 (21.62%) NoSQL
9 8 (21.62%) REST
10 7 (18.92%) ASP.NET Web API
10 7 (18.92%) Containerisation
10 7 (18.92%) MongoDB
11 6 (16.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 6 (16.22%) Azure Functions
11 6 (16.22%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (16.22%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (16.22%) Low Latency
11 6 (16.22%) Serverless
12 5 (13.51%) Akka
12 5 (13.51%) Akka.NET
12 5 (13.51%) API Testing
12 5 (13.51%) Docker

.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 13 (35.14%) SaaS
2 11 (29.73%) Azure
3 6 (16.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 6 (16.22%) Azure Functions
3 6 (16.22%) Azure Logic Apps
3 6 (16.22%) Azure Service Bus
3 6 (16.22%) Serverless
4 2 (5.41%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (27.03%) SQL Server
2 8 (21.62%) NoSQL
3 7 (18.92%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.70%) MySQL
4 1 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Git
General
1 9 (24.32%) Finance
2 2 (5.41%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (100.00%) .NET
2 10 (27.03%) .NET Core
3 8 (21.62%) REST
4 7 (18.92%) ASP.NET Web API
5 5 (13.51%) Akka
5 5 (13.51%) Akka.NET
6 3 (8.11%) CSS
6 3 (8.11%) HTML
7 2 (5.41%) .NET Framework
7 2 (5.41%) ASP.NET
7 2 (5.41%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (5.41%) Razor View Engine
7 2 (5.41%) RESTful
7 2 (5.41%) Sass
7 2 (5.41%) WinForms
8 1 (2.70%) GraphQL
8 1 (2.70%) React
8 1 (2.70%) Vue
8 1 (2.70%) Web Services
8 1 (2.70%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (32.43%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.41%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.41%) Clustering
2 2 (5.41%) Distributed Computing
2 2 (5.41%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) CI/CD
2 12 (32.43%) Microservices
3 11 (29.73%) Agile
3 11 (29.73%) Full-Stack Development
4 10 (27.03%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (27.03%) TDD
5 9 (24.32%) Clean Code
5 9 (24.32%) Software Engineering
5 9 (24.32%) SOLID
6 7 (18.92%) Containerisation
7 6 (16.22%) Low Latency
8 5 (13.51%) API Testing
8 5 (13.51%) End-to-End Testing
8 5 (13.51%) Functional Testing
8 5 (13.51%) Performance Optimisation
8 5 (13.51%) Scrum
8 5 (13.51%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (13.51%) Unit Testing
9 4 (10.81%) DevOps
10 3 (8.11%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 20 (54.05%) C#
2 4 (10.81%) SQL
3 3 (8.11%) Erlang
3 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (13.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes