.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 18 September 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 179 98
Rank change year-on-year +30 -81 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 107 60 165
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.84% 1.16% 2.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 1.32% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 104 58 149
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,438 £47,188 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £68,125 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,375 £74,875 £77,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +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 11,961 4,547 7,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 88.15% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 8,851 2,297 4,565
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - -8.33%

.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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -54 41 £67,500 +5.88% 26
Lancashire +40 37 £42,500 +6.25% 22
Merseyside -1 16 £60,000 -7.69% 1
Cheshire +7 7 £45,000 +28.57% 1
Cumbria - 6 £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 18 September 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.

1 107 (100.00%) .NET
2 66 (61.68%) C#
3 60 (56.07%) Azure
4 53 (49.53%) Full-Stack Development
5 52 (48.60%) .NET Core
6 47 (43.93%) Microsoft
7 44 (41.12%) ASP.NET
8 42 (39.25%) SQL
9 41 (38.32%) Agile
10 37 (34.58%) Azure SQL Database
11 36 (33.64%) ASP.NET Core
12 28 (26.17%) CI/CD
12 28 (26.17%) MongoDB
13 26 (24.30%) JavaScript
14 22 (20.56%) Entity Framework
14 22 (20.56%) React
15 21 (19.63%) CSS
15 21 (19.63%) DevOps
15 21 (19.63%) HTML
16 19 (17.76%) Azure DevOps
17 17 (15.89%) Vue
18 15 (14.02%) AngularJS
18 15 (14.02%) ASP.NET Web API
19 14 (13.08%) Multithreading
19 14 (13.08%) RESTful
19 14 (13.08%) TDD
20 13 (12.15%) AI
20 13 (12.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
20 13 (12.15%) SQL Server
20 13 (12.15%) VB

.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 (0.93%) CMS
1 1 (0.93%) Kentico
1 1 (0.93%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 60 (56.07%) Azure
2 19 (17.76%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (12.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 12 (11.21%) Azure AI
5 11 (10.28%) SaaS
6 8 (7.48%) GitHub
7 7 (6.54%) AWS
8 6 (5.61%) GitHub Copilot
9 4 (3.74%) Azure Functions
9 4 (3.74%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (3.74%) Serverless
10 3 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.93%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.93%) GCP
12 1 (0.93%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (34.58%) Azure SQL Database
2 28 (26.17%) MongoDB
3 13 (12.15%) SQL Server
4 11 (10.28%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.93%) Power BI
5 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.80%) Git
2 2 (1.87%) JIRA
2 2 (1.87%) MSTest
2 2 (1.87%) NUnit
General
1 12 (11.21%) Finance
2 7 (6.54%) Retail
3 6 (5.61%) Advertising
3 6 (5.61%) Games
4 2 (1.87%) Music Industry
4 2 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.93%) Marketing
5 1 (0.93%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (100.00%) .NET
2 52 (48.60%) .NET Core
3 44 (41.12%) ASP.NET
4 36 (33.64%) ASP.NET Core
5 22 (20.56%) Entity Framework
5 22 (20.56%) React
6 21 (19.63%) CSS
6 21 (19.63%) HTML
7 17 (15.89%) Vue
8 15 (14.02%) AngularJS
8 15 (14.02%) ASP.NET Web API
9 14 (13.08%) RESTful
10 12 (11.21%) ML.NET
11 11 (10.28%) Blazor
11 11 (10.28%) Node.js
12 8 (7.48%) .NET Framework
12 8 (7.48%) LINQ
13 4 (3.74%) REST
14 3 (2.80%) JSON
15 2 (1.87%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.89%) Greenfield Project
2 13 (12.15%) Mobile App
3 7 (6.54%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (5.61%) Social Network
5 1 (0.93%) BBC
5 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.93%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (49.53%) Full-Stack Development
2 41 (38.32%) Agile
3 28 (26.17%) CI/CD
4 21 (19.63%) DevOps
5 14 (13.08%) Multithreading
5 14 (13.08%) TDD
6 13 (12.15%) AI
7 12 (11.21%) Machine Learning
7 12 (11.21%) Software Engineering
8 11 (10.28%) OO
9 7 (6.54%) API Integration
9 7 (6.54%) Microservices
10 6 (5.61%) BDD
11 5 (4.67%) Analytics
11 5 (4.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (4.67%) Data Analytics
11 5 (4.67%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
12 4 (3.74%) Mentoring
12 4 (3.74%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (3.74%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 66 (61.68%) C#
2 42 (39.25%) SQL
3 26 (24.30%) JavaScript
4 13 (12.15%) VB
5 12 (11.21%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.87%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.93%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (2.80%) Degree
1 3 (2.80%) SC Cleared
1 3 (2.80%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.87%) QA
System Software
1 8 (7.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.61%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 47 (43.93%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.80%) Facebook
3 2 (1.87%) Google
4 1 (0.93%) Apple
4 1 (0.93%) Sony
4 1 (0.93%) Yahoo!