.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 February 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 111 46
Rank change year-on-year -38 -65 +74
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 48 85 297
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.65% 1.88% 4.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 2.07% 4.70%
Number of salaries quoted 48 72 283
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,688 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,875 £72,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% - -

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 6,464 4,103 6,316
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.87% 90.69% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,821 2,210 5,200
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

.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 February 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 February 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 29 £65,000 +8.33% 28
Lancashire +5 10 £57,500 -11.54% 20
Cheshire -40 8 £45,000 -10.00% 6
Merseyside -15 1 £47,500 -20.83% 4
.NET Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 February 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 48 (100.00%) .NET
2 35 (72.92%) C#
3 26 (54.17%) .NET Core
4 25 (52.08%) Azure
5 20 (41.67%) SQL Server
6 18 (37.50%) CI/CD
7 17 (35.42%) Agile
8 13 (27.08%) ASP.NET
8 13 (27.08%) Microservices
9 12 (25.00%) SQL
10 11 (22.92%) Full-Stack Development
10 11 (22.92%) JavaScript
10 11 (22.92%) SaaS
11 10 (20.83%) Clean Code
11 10 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (18.75%) MongoDB
12 9 (18.75%) NoSQL
12 9 (18.75%) TDD
13 8 (16.67%) ASP.NET Web API
13 8 (16.67%) SOLID
14 7 (14.58%) Containerisation
14 7 (14.58%) DevOps
14 7 (14.58%) React
14 7 (14.58%) REST
15 6 (12.50%) .NET Framework
15 6 (12.50%) AngularJS
15 6 (12.50%) Azure Functions
15 6 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (12.50%) Low Latency
15 6 (12.50%) Microsoft

.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 (2.08%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 25 (52.08%) Azure
2 11 (22.92%) SaaS
3 6 (12.50%) Azure Functions
3 6 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
3 6 (12.50%) Serverless
4 5 (10.42%) AWS
4 5 (10.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 5 (10.42%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.08%) Azure AI
6 1 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.08%) Firebase
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (41.67%) SQL Server
2 9 (18.75%) MongoDB
2 9 (18.75%) NoSQL
3 2 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (2.08%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (8.33%) Git
General
1 4 (8.33%) Finance
2 3 (6.25%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.17%) Games
4 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (100.00%) .NET
2 26 (54.17%) .NET Core
3 13 (27.08%) ASP.NET
4 8 (16.67%) ASP.NET Web API
5 7 (14.58%) React
5 7 (14.58%) REST
6 6 (12.50%) .NET Framework
6 6 (12.50%) AngularJS
6 6 (12.50%) RESTful
7 5 (10.42%) Akka
7 5 (10.42%) Akka.NET
7 5 (10.42%) CSS
7 5 (10.42%) HTML
7 5 (10.42%) Vue
8 3 (6.25%) ASP.NET Core
8 3 (6.25%) Razor View Engine
8 3 (6.25%) Sass
9 2 (4.17%) ASP.NET Web Forms
9 2 (4.17%) JSON
9 2 (4.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.92%) Mobile App
2 5 (10.42%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (6.25%) Clustering
4 2 (4.17%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.17%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.08%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (37.50%) CI/CD
2 17 (35.42%) Agile
3 13 (27.08%) Microservices
4 11 (22.92%) Full-Stack Development
5 10 (20.83%) Clean Code
5 10 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (18.75%) TDD
7 8 (16.67%) SOLID
8 7 (14.58%) Containerisation
8 7 (14.58%) DevOps
9 6 (12.50%) Low Latency
9 6 (12.50%) Scrum
9 6 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
10 5 (10.42%) API Integration
10 5 (10.42%) API Testing
10 5 (10.42%) End-to-End Testing
10 5 (10.42%) Functional Testing
10 5 (10.42%) Performance Optimisation
10 5 (10.42%) SDLC
10 5 (10.42%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 35 (72.92%) C#
2 12 (25.00%) SQL
3 11 (22.92%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.25%) Erlang
5 1 (2.08%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.08%) VB
5 1 (2.08%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (2.08%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (12.50%) Microsoft