.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 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 148 133
Rank change year-on-year -20 -15 +32
Permanent jobs citing .NET Framework 11 15 94
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.18% 0.67% 1.71%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.92% 2.37% 7.54%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 89
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £49,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £75,000
90th Percentile - £67,500 £95,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 574 633 1,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 9.59% 28.39% 22.63%
Number of salaries quoted 493 382 972
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £80,000
North West median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -4.35%

.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 job vacancy trend in Manchester

.NET Framework
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

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 5 June 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Framework in Manchester

.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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) Azure
2 8 (72.73%) Azure AKS
3 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) GitHub
3 1 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (90.91%) NoSQL
2 1 (9.09%) MySQL
2 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 2 (18.18%) Games
2 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) .NET Software Engineer
1 8 (72.73%) Software Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Lead
3 4 (36.36%) Lead Software Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Senior
3 4 (36.36%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (27.27%) .NET Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Developer
5 2 (18.18%) Games Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Lead .NET Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (72.73%) RESTful
3 2 (18.18%) CSS
3 2 (18.18%) HTML
3 2 (18.18%) WinForms
4 1 (9.09%) .NET Core
4 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 1 (9.09%) Entity Framework
4 1 (9.09%) GraphQL
4 1 (9.09%) REST
4 1 (9.09%) Vue
4 1 (9.09%) Web Services
4 1 (9.09%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Agile
1 10 (90.91%) CI/CD
1 10 (90.91%) Clean Code
1 10 (90.91%) DevOps
2 9 (81.82%) Software Architecture
3 8 (72.73%) Containerisation
3 8 (72.73%) High Availability
3 8 (72.73%) Microservices
3 8 (72.73%) Performance Tuning
3 8 (72.73%) Scrum
3 8 (72.73%) Software Engineering
4 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (9.09%) API Design
5 1 (9.09%) Coaching
5 1 (9.09%) Line Management
5 1 (9.09%) Low Latency
5 1 (9.09%) Performance Monitoring
5 1 (9.09%) SDLC
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) C#
2 10 (90.91%) SQL
3 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
3 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
4 1 (9.09%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (72.73%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft