.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 14 May 2026.

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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 171 59
Rank change year-on-year +29 -112 +74
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 92 63 326
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.89% 1.37% 3.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 1.55% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 90 62 321
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,750 £73,625 £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 9,476 4,061 8,886
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.69% 88.11% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 6,506 2,143 7,091
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,800 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% +9.59% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -11.18%

.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 14 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 14 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 -11 44 £70,000 +14.29% 21
Lancashire +51 23 £40,000 - 17
Cheshire -3 15 £45,000 +28.57% 1
Merseyside -12 8 £60,000 - 1
Cumbria - 2 £46,250 - 2
.NET Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 92 (100.00%) .NET
2 45 (48.91%) C#
3 41 (44.57%) Azure
4 30 (32.61%) Agile
5 29 (31.52%) .NET Core
6 27 (29.35%) Full-Stack Development
7 25 (27.17%) ASP.NET
8 24 (26.09%) SQL
9 22 (23.91%) SaaS
10 21 (22.83%) CI/CD
11 19 (20.65%) Microsoft
12 17 (18.48%) SQL Server
13 13 (14.13%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (14.13%) DevOps
13 13 (14.13%) JavaScript
13 13 (14.13%) TDD
14 12 (13.04%) ASP.NET Core
14 12 (13.04%) VB
15 11 (11.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 11 (11.96%) Software Engineering
15 11 (11.96%) SOLID
16 10 (10.87%) React
17 9 (9.78%) Azure Functions
17 9 (9.78%) Azure Logic Apps
17 9 (9.78%) Continuous Improvement
17 9 (9.78%) CSS
17 9 (9.78%) HTML
17 9 (9.78%) MongoDB
17 9 (9.78%) REST
17 9 (9.78%) Serverless

.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 (1.09%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 41 (44.57%) Azure
2 22 (23.91%) SaaS
3 11 (11.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 9 (9.78%) Azure Functions
4 9 (9.78%) Azure Logic Apps
4 9 (9.78%) Serverless
5 8 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (8.70%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (4.35%) Azure AI
7 3 (3.26%) AWS
8 2 (2.17%) GitHub
9 1 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.09%) Firebase
9 1 (1.09%) GCP
9 1 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.09%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (1.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (18.48%) SQL Server
2 13 (14.13%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (9.78%) MongoDB
4 5 (5.43%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.09%) MySQL
6 1 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.35%) Git
2 2 (2.17%) MSTest
2 2 (2.17%) NUnit
3 1 (1.09%) JIRA
General
1 13 (14.13%) Finance
2 4 (4.35%) Games
3 2 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (2.17%) Retail
4 1 (1.09%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (100.00%) .NET
2 29 (31.52%) .NET Core
3 25 (27.17%) ASP.NET
4 12 (13.04%) ASP.NET Core
5 10 (10.87%) React
6 9 (9.78%) CSS
6 9 (9.78%) HTML
6 9 (9.78%) REST
7 8 (8.70%) .NET Framework
7 8 (8.70%) RESTful
7 8 (8.70%) Vue
8 6 (6.52%) AngularJS
8 6 (6.52%) ASP.NET Web API
8 6 (6.52%) Entity Framework
9 4 (4.35%) Blazor
9 4 (4.35%) ML.NET
10 3 (3.26%) JSON
10 3 (3.26%) Razor View Engine
10 3 (3.26%) Sass
10 3 (3.26%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 20 (21.74%) Mobile App
2 5 (5.43%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (5.43%) Social Network
3 4 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.09%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.09%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (32.61%) Agile
2 27 (29.35%) Full-Stack Development
3 21 (22.83%) CI/CD
4 13 (14.13%) DevOps
4 13 (14.13%) TDD
5 11 (11.96%) Software Engineering
5 11 (11.96%) SOLID
6 9 (9.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (7.61%) Microservices
8 5 (5.43%) Design Patterns
8 5 (5.43%) Kanban
8 5 (5.43%) Multithreading
8 5 (5.43%) RAD
8 5 (5.43%) SDLC
9 4 (4.35%) AI
9 4 (4.35%) API Integration
9 4 (4.35%) Clean Code
9 4 (4.35%) Collaborative Engineering
9 4 (4.35%) Mentoring
9 4 (4.35%) OO
Programming Languages
1 45 (48.91%) C#
2 24 (26.09%) SQL
3 13 (14.13%) JavaScript
4 12 (13.04%) VB
5 4 (4.35%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (5.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (5.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.09%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (20.65%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.17%) Facebook