.NET Developer Job Trends in the North West

.NET Developer
England > North West

The median .NET Developer salary in the North West is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 June 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 173 59
Rank change year-on-year +41 -114 +66
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 114 67 374
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.04% 1.41% 3.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 1.58% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 109 67 366
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,625 £66,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West

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

Permanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 10,336 4,230 10,455
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 88.90% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 7,794 2,105 8,009
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%

.NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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 the North West.

.NET Developer job vacancy trend in the North West

.NET Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for .NET Developer job vacancies in the North West

.NET Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 25 June 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Developer in the North West

.NET Developer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Live
Jobs
Manchester -18 52 £70,000 +14.29% 14
Lancashire +42 29 £42,500 +6.25% 16
Cheshire +10 16 £45,000 +28.57% 1
Merseyside -10 13 £60,000 -7.69% 2
Cumbria - 4 £47,500 - 1
.NET Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 June 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 North West region featuring .NET Developer in the job title.

1 114 (100.00%) .NET
2 58 (50.88%) C#
3 55 (48.25%) Azure
4 48 (42.11%) Full-Stack Development
5 43 (37.72%) .NET Core
6 40 (35.09%) Agile
7 37 (32.46%) ASP.NET
7 37 (32.46%) Microsoft
7 37 (32.46%) SQL
8 29 (25.44%) Azure SQL Database
9 28 (24.56%) CI/CD
10 27 (23.68%) ASP.NET Core
11 23 (20.18%) DevOps
12 22 (19.30%) MongoDB
13 19 (16.67%) Software Engineering
14 18 (15.79%) Azure DevOps
14 18 (15.79%) JavaScript
14 18 (15.79%) SaaS
15 17 (14.91%) CSS
15 17 (14.91%) HTML
16 16 (14.04%) Entity Framework
16 16 (14.04%) SQL Server
17 15 (13.16%) React
18 14 (12.28%) TDD
19 13 (11.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
20 12 (10.53%) RESTful
21 11 (9.65%) Multithreading
21 11 (9.65%) VB
21 11 (9.65%) Vue
22 10 (8.77%) AI

.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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.88%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 55 (48.25%) Azure
2 18 (15.79%) Azure DevOps
2 18 (15.79%) SaaS
3 13 (11.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 10 (8.77%) Azure AI
5 8 (7.02%) Azure Functions
5 8 (7.02%) Serverless
6 7 (6.14%) Azure Logic Apps
6 7 (6.14%) Azure Service Bus
7 6 (5.26%) AWS
7 6 (5.26%) GitHub
8 4 (3.51%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.88%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.88%) Firebase
10 1 (0.88%) GCP
10 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (25.44%) Azure SQL Database
2 22 (19.30%) MongoDB
3 16 (14.04%) SQL Server
4 7 (6.14%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.88%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.88%) Power BI
5 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Git
2 2 (1.75%) JIRA
2 2 (1.75%) MSTest
2 2 (1.75%) NUnit
General
1 20 (17.54%) Finance
2 7 (6.14%) Games
3 5 (4.39%) Retail
4 4 (3.51%) Advertising
5 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.88%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (100.00%) .NET
2 43 (37.72%) .NET Core
3 37 (32.46%) ASP.NET
4 27 (23.68%) ASP.NET Core
5 17 (14.91%) CSS
5 17 (14.91%) HTML
6 16 (14.04%) Entity Framework
7 15 (13.16%) React
8 12 (10.53%) RESTful
9 11 (9.65%) Vue
10 10 (8.77%) ASP.NET Web API
10 10 (8.77%) ML.NET
11 9 (7.89%) .NET Framework
11 9 (7.89%) Blazor
12 8 (7.02%) AngularJS
13 7 (6.14%) Node.js
13 7 (6.14%) REST
14 5 (4.39%) LINQ
15 2 (1.75%) JSON
15 2 (1.75%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 13 (11.40%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (6.14%) Social Network
4 6 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.88%) BBC
5 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.88%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (42.11%) Full-Stack Development
2 40 (35.09%) Agile
3 28 (24.56%) CI/CD
4 23 (20.18%) DevOps
5 19 (16.67%) Software Engineering
6 14 (12.28%) TDD
7 11 (9.65%) Multithreading
8 10 (8.77%) AI
8 10 (8.77%) Machine Learning
8 10 (8.77%) OO
9 9 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (6.14%) SDLC
10 7 (6.14%) SOLID
11 6 (5.26%) Microservices
12 5 (4.39%) Analytics
12 5 (4.39%) Data Analytics
12 5 (4.39%) Problem-Solving
13 4 (3.51%) BDD
13 4 (3.51%) Collaborative Engineering
13 4 (3.51%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 58 (50.88%) C#
2 37 (32.46%) SQL
3 18 (15.79%) JavaScript
4 11 (9.65%) VB
5 8 (7.02%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.63%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (4.39%) SC Cleared
1 5 (4.39%) Security Cleared
2 3 (2.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 7 (6.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.39%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (32.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.63%) Facebook
3 1 (0.88%) Apple
3 1 (0.88%) Google
3 1 (0.88%) Sony
3 1 (0.88%) Yahoo!