.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 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 181 57
Rank change year-on-year +38 -124 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 95 62 328
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.89% 1.33% 3.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 1.50% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 93 61 323
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,700
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £40,533
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000

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 9,861 4,120 9,005
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 88.55% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 6,836 2,114 7,182
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,355 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%

.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 21 May 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 21 May 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 -3 46 £70,000 +12.00% 22
Lancashire +42 24 £41,250 +3.13% 19
Cheshire 0 15 £45,000 +28.57%
Merseyside -12 8 £60,000 - 3
Cumbria - 2 £46,250 - 1
.NET Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 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 95 (100.00%) .NET
2 45 (47.37%) C#
3 42 (44.21%) Azure
4 31 (32.63%) Agile
5 30 (31.58%) .NET Core
6 29 (30.53%) Full-Stack Development
7 25 (26.32%) ASP.NET
8 24 (25.26%) SQL
9 22 (23.16%) CI/CD
9 22 (23.16%) SaaS
10 20 (21.05%) Microsoft
11 18 (18.95%) SQL Server
12 14 (14.74%) DevOps
12 14 (14.74%) JavaScript
12 14 (14.74%) Software Engineering
13 13 (13.68%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (13.68%) TDD
14 12 (12.63%) ASP.NET Core
14 12 (12.63%) VB
15 11 (11.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 11 (11.58%) SOLID
16 10 (10.53%) Azure Functions
16 10 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
16 10 (10.53%) React
16 10 (10.53%) Serverless
17 9 (9.47%) .NET Framework
17 9 (9.47%) Azure Logic Apps
17 9 (9.47%) Azure Service Bus
17 9 (9.47%) CSS
17 9 (9.47%) HTML

.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 (1.05%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 42 (44.21%) Azure
2 22 (23.16%) SaaS
3 11 (11.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 10 (10.53%) Azure Functions
4 10 (10.53%) Serverless
5 9 (9.47%) Azure Logic Apps
5 9 (9.47%) Azure Service Bus
6 8 (8.42%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (4.21%) Azure AI
8 3 (3.16%) AWS
9 2 (2.11%) GitHub
10 1 (1.05%) Azure AKS
10 1 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.05%) Firebase
10 1 (1.05%) GCP
10 1 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.05%) GitHub Copilot
10 1 (1.05%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (18.95%) SQL Server
2 13 (13.68%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (9.47%) MongoDB
4 5 (5.26%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.05%) MySQL
6 1 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.05%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.21%) Git
2 2 (2.11%) MSTest
2 2 (2.11%) NUnit
3 1 (1.05%) JIRA
General
1 15 (15.79%) Finance
2 4 (4.21%) Games
3 2 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (2.11%) Retail
4 1 (1.05%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (100.00%) .NET
2 30 (31.58%) .NET Core
3 25 (26.32%) ASP.NET
4 12 (12.63%) ASP.NET Core
5 10 (10.53%) React
6 9 (9.47%) .NET Framework
6 9 (9.47%) CSS
6 9 (9.47%) HTML
6 9 (9.47%) REST
7 8 (8.42%) RESTful
7 8 (8.42%) Vue
8 6 (6.32%) AngularJS
8 6 (6.32%) ASP.NET Web API
8 6 (6.32%) Entity Framework
9 4 (4.21%) Blazor
9 4 (4.21%) ML.NET
10 3 (3.16%) JSON
10 3 (3.16%) Razor View Engine
10 3 (3.16%) Sass
10 3 (3.16%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 20 (21.05%) Mobile App
2 5 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (5.26%) Social Network
3 4 (4.21%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.05%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.05%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.05%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (32.63%) Agile
2 29 (30.53%) Full-Stack Development
3 22 (23.16%) CI/CD
4 14 (14.74%) DevOps
4 14 (14.74%) Software Engineering
5 13 (13.68%) TDD
6 11 (11.58%) SOLID
7 10 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (7.37%) Microservices
9 5 (5.26%) Design Patterns
9 5 (5.26%) Kanban
9 5 (5.26%) Multithreading
9 5 (5.26%) RAD
9 5 (5.26%) SDLC
10 4 (4.21%) AI
10 4 (4.21%) API Integration
10 4 (4.21%) Clean Code
10 4 (4.21%) Collaborative Engineering
10 4 (4.21%) OO
10 4 (4.21%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 45 (47.37%) C#
2 24 (25.26%) SQL
3 14 (14.74%) JavaScript
4 12 (12.63%) VB
5 4 (4.21%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (5.26%) SC Cleared
1 5 (5.26%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.05%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.05%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.16%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.11%) Facebook