.NET Developer Job Trends in the North West

.NET Developer
England > North West

The median .NET Developer salary in the North West is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 January 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 112 54
Rank change year-on-year -24 -58 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 50 90 214
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.77% 1.78% 4.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 1.94% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 48 74 198
10th Percentile £45,000 £35,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,125 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,250 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +8.17% -5.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £74,875 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +4.35%

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 5,609 4,645 4,626
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.11% 91.80% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,135 2,441 3,675
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £66,924
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -7.39%

.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 19 January 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 19 January 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 +13 35 £65,000 +8.33% 18
Lancashire +19 8 £55,000 -15.38% 15
Cheshire -34 6 £45,000 -10.00% 4
Merseyside -11 1 £47,500 -20.83%
.NET Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 January 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 50 (100.00%) .NET
2 43 (86.00%) C#
3 29 (58.00%) Azure
4 24 (48.00%) .NET Core
5 23 (46.00%) CI/CD
5 23 (46.00%) SQL Server
6 19 (38.00%) Agile
7 17 (34.00%) Microservices
8 15 (30.00%) SQL
9 14 (28.00%) JavaScript
9 14 (28.00%) SaaS
10 13 (26.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (26.00%) NoSQL
11 12 (24.00%) ASP.NET
11 12 (24.00%) Clean Code
11 12 (24.00%) MongoDB
12 11 (22.00%) .NET Framework
12 11 (22.00%) AWS
13 10 (20.00%) DevOps
13 10 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
13 10 (20.00%) TDD
14 9 (18.00%) ASP.NET Web API
14 9 (18.00%) REST
14 9 (18.00%) SOLID
15 8 (16.00%) CSS
15 8 (16.00%) HTML
15 8 (16.00%) React
15 8 (16.00%) RESTful
15 8 (16.00%) Roadmaps
15 8 (16.00%) Technical Leadership

.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:

Cloud Services
1 29 (58.00%) Azure
2 14 (28.00%) SaaS
3 11 (22.00%) AWS
4 6 (12.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 6 (12.00%) Azure Functions
4 6 (12.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 6 (12.00%) Azure Service Bus
4 6 (12.00%) Serverless
5 3 (6.00%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.00%) PaaS
7 1 (2.00%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (2.00%) Azure AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (46.00%) SQL Server
2 13 (26.00%) NoSQL
3 12 (24.00%) MongoDB
4 3 (6.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (6.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Git
2 2 (4.00%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (10.00%) Games
2 4 (8.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.00%) Retail
4 1 (2.00%) Back Office
4 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (100.00%) .NET
2 24 (48.00%) .NET Core
3 12 (24.00%) ASP.NET
4 11 (22.00%) .NET Framework
5 9 (18.00%) ASP.NET Web API
5 9 (18.00%) REST
6 8 (16.00%) CSS
6 8 (16.00%) HTML
6 8 (16.00%) React
6 8 (16.00%) RESTful
7 7 (14.00%) AngularJS
8 6 (12.00%) Blazor
9 5 (10.00%) Akka
9 5 (10.00%) Akka.NET
9 5 (10.00%) Vue
10 3 (6.00%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (6.00%) Entity Framework
11 2 (4.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 2 (4.00%) Razor View Engine
11 2 (4.00%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.00%) Mobile App
2 7 (14.00%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (10.00%) Clustering
4 2 (4.00%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.00%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.00%) Online Games
5 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.00%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.00%) Android
1 2 (4.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (46.00%) CI/CD
2 19 (38.00%) Agile
3 17 (34.00%) Microservices
4 13 (26.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (24.00%) Clean Code
6 10 (20.00%) DevOps
6 10 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
6 10 (20.00%) TDD
7 9 (18.00%) SOLID
8 8 (16.00%) Roadmaps
8 8 (16.00%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (14.00%) Containerisation
10 6 (12.00%) Low Latency
10 6 (12.00%) Performance Optimisation
11 5 (10.00%) API Testing
11 5 (10.00%) End-to-End Testing
11 5 (10.00%) Functional Testing
11 5 (10.00%) Scrum
11 5 (10.00%) Unit Testing
12 4 (8.00%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 43 (86.00%) C#
2 15 (30.00%) SQL
3 14 (28.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.00%) Erlang
5 2 (4.00%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (4.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (14.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (8.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.00%) Xamarin