.NET Framework Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft .NET Framework
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring .NET Framework skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	201	136	134
Rank change year-on-year	-65	-2	-13
Permanent jobs citing .NET Framework	7	14	45
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester	0.090%	0.61%	1.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	0.85%	2.60%	4.80%
Number of salaries quoted	7	9	33
10^th Percentile	£39,750	£53,500	£47,000
25^th Percentile	£45,625	£57,500	£50,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£65,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-15.38%	+8.33%	+15.38%
75^th Percentile	£62,500	£77,500	£72,500
90^th Percentile	£69,250	£89,250	£93,750
North West median annual salary	£57,500	£60,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	-4.17%	+9.09%	+10.00%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Manchester.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills	820	538	938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester	10.58%	23.60%	24.69%
Number of salaries quoted	620	312	490
10^th Percentile	£43,725	£38,075	£40,000
25^th Percentile	£53,750	£52,500	£48,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£67,500	£65,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+3.85%	+8.33%	-4.00%
75^th Percentile	£81,250	£77,500	£73,750
90^th Percentile	£97,500	£89,750	£85,000
North West median annual salary	£65,000	£65,000	£55,500
% change year-on-year	-	+17.12%	-7.50%

.NET Framework Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

.NET Framework Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing .NET Framework.

.NET Framework Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Framework in Manchester over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Framework in Manchester

.NET Framework Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 17 October 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 Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Bolton	-	1	£55,000	-
Stockport	-	1	£50,000	-
.NET Framework North West

.NET Framework Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, job vacancies citing .NET Framework also mentioned 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 with a requirement for .NET Framework.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	.NET	100.0%	7
1	C#	100.0%	7
3	AngularJS	71.4%	5
3	Azure	71.4%	5
3	DevOps	71.4%	5
3	Entity Framework	71.4%	5
3	Microsoft	71.4%	5
3	SQL Server	71.4%	5
9	.NET Core	57.1%	4
9	ASP.NET	57.1%	4
9	CI/CD	57.1%	4
9	Full-Stack Development	57.1%	4
9	GitHub	57.1%	4
9	JavaScript	57.1%	4
9	React	57.1%	4
9	TypeScript	57.1%	4
17	Agile	42.9%	3
17	ASP.NET Core	42.9%	3
17	ASP.NET Web API	42.9%	3
17	AWS	42.9%	3
17	Azure DevOps	42.9%	3
17	Front End Development	42.9%	3
17	Git	42.9%	3
17	GitHub Actions	42.9%	3
17	QA	42.9%	3
17	REST	42.9%	3
17	Software Engineering	42.9%	3
17	SQL	42.9%	3
17	Vue	42.9%	3
30	AI	28.6%	2

.NET Framework Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	.NET	100.0%	7
2	AngularJS	71.4%	5
2	Entity Framework	71.4%	5
4	.NET Core	57.1%	4
4	ASP.NET	57.1%	4
4	React	57.1%	4
7	ASP.NET Core	42.9%	3
7	ASP.NET Web API	42.9%	3
7	REST	42.9%	3
7	Vue	42.9%	3
11	ASP.NET Web Forms	28.6%	2
11	CSS	28.6%	2
11	HTML	28.6%	2
11	RESTful	28.6%	2
15	ASP.NET MVC	14.3%	1
15	Blazor	14.3%	1
15	Classic ASP	14.3%	1
15	Google Maps API	14.3%	1
15	Jest	14.3%	1
15	JSON	14.3%	1