.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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 138 123
Rank change year-on-year -3 -15 +17
Permanent jobs citing .NET Framework 14 49 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.60% 1.21% 1.76%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.69% 5.54% 5.47%
Number of salaries quoted 9 38 47
10th Percentile £53,500 £45,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,500 £90,625 £72,500
North West median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +10.58% +4.00%

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 520 885 896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 22.15% 21.81% 32.11%
Number of salaries quoted 286 507 719
10th Percentile £38,375 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £47,474
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,495 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £80,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +9.09%

.NET Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing .NET Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for .NET Framework 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 21 September 2025.

Salary histogram for .NET Framework in Manchester

.NET Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) IIS
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Azure
1 6 (42.86%) SaaS
2 4 (28.57%) AWS
2 4 (28.57%) GitHub
3 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (14.29%) Amazon ECS
4 2 (14.29%) PaaS
5 1 (7.14%) Azure AKS
5 1 (7.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (7.14%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (7.14%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 4 (28.57%) NoSQL
3 3 (21.43%) Data Hub
3 3 (21.43%) MySQL
3 3 (21.43%) SQL CLR
4 2 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (7.14%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (7.14%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Git
2 2 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 1 (7.14%) NUnit
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Back Office
2 3 (21.43%) Games
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Law
3 1 (7.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Developer
2 8 (57.14%) .NET Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Senior
4 3 (21.43%) Games Developer
4 3 (21.43%) Head of Development
4 3 (21.43%) Senior .NET Developer
4 3 (21.43%) Senior Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Software Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) .NET Software Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 1 (7.14%) Lead
6 1 (7.14%) Lead .NET Developer
6 1 (7.14%) Lead Developer
6 1 (7.14%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (100.00%) .NET
2 9 (64.29%) Entity Framework
3 6 (42.86%) RESTful
4 3 (21.43%) .NET Core
4 3 (21.43%) AngularJS
4 3 (21.43%) Blazor
4 3 (21.43%) CSS
4 3 (21.43%) Dapper ORM
4 3 (21.43%) HTML
5 2 (14.29%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET
6 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (7.14%) React
6 1 (7.14%) REST
6 1 (7.14%) Vue
6 1 (7.14%) Web Services
6 1 (7.14%) WinForms
6 1 (7.14%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Private Cloud
1 3 (21.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 2 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 2 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 2 (14.29%) Online Games
3 1 (7.14%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
1 3 (21.43%) Windows Server
2 2 (14.29%) Android
2 2 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Agile
2 8 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 8 (57.14%) DevOps
3 7 (50.00%) Clean Code
3 7 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 7 (50.00%) Software Engineering
4 5 (35.71%) TDD
5 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (28.57%) High Availability
5 4 (28.57%) Mentoring
5 4 (28.57%) Microservices
5 4 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (28.57%) SOLID
6 3 (21.43%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (21.43%) Data Privacy
6 3 (21.43%) Event-Driven
6 3 (21.43%) Fintech
6 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) C#
2 11 (78.57%) SQL
3 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.14%) Java
4 1 (7.14%) Python
4 1 (7.14%) TypeScript
4 1 (7.14%) X++
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Docker
2 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) VMware
3 2 (14.29%) Xamarin