.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 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 126 51
Rank change year-on-year -1 -75 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 49 86 203
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.78% 1.70% 4.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 1.85% 4.73%
Number of salaries quoted 47 70 188
10th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £72,750 £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 5,412 4,651 4,290
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.85% 92.19% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,982 2,441 3,378
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £50,396
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +1.20% -4.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,067 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%

.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 12 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 12 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 +11 33 £65,000 +8.33% 25
Lancashire +23 9 £50,000 -23.08% 27
Cheshire -38 6 £45,000 -10.00% 3
Merseyside -9 1 £47,500 -20.83% 2
.NET Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 49 (100.00%) .NET
2 42 (85.71%) C#
3 28 (57.14%) Azure
4 25 (51.02%) .NET Core
5 24 (48.98%) SQL Server
6 22 (44.90%) CI/CD
7 18 (36.73%) Agile
8 17 (34.69%) Microservices
9 15 (30.61%) JavaScript
9 15 (30.61%) SQL
10 13 (26.53%) ASP.NET
10 13 (26.53%) NoSQL
11 12 (24.49%) Clean Code
11 12 (24.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (24.49%) MongoDB
11 12 (24.49%) SaaS
12 11 (22.45%) .NET Framework
12 11 (22.45%) AWS
12 11 (22.45%) DevOps
13 10 (20.41%) Full-Stack Development
14 9 (18.37%) ASP.NET Web API
14 9 (18.37%) CSS
14 9 (18.37%) HTML
15 8 (16.33%) AngularJS
15 8 (16.33%) React
15 8 (16.33%) RESTful
15 8 (16.33%) Roadmaps
15 8 (16.33%) TDD
15 8 (16.33%) Technical Leadership
16 7 (14.29%) Containerisation

.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 28 (57.14%) Azure
2 12 (24.49%) SaaS
3 11 (22.45%) AWS
4 4 (8.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 4 (8.16%) Azure Functions
4 4 (8.16%) Azure Logic Apps
4 4 (8.16%) Azure Service Bus
4 4 (8.16%) Serverless
5 3 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.08%) PaaS
7 1 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (2.04%) Azure AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (48.98%) SQL Server
2 13 (26.53%) NoSQL
3 12 (24.49%) MongoDB
4 3 (6.12%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (6.12%) MySQL
5 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Git
2 2 (4.08%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (10.20%) Games
2 4 (8.16%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.08%) Retail
4 1 (2.04%) Back Office
4 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (100.00%) .NET
2 25 (51.02%) .NET Core
3 13 (26.53%) ASP.NET
4 11 (22.45%) .NET Framework
5 9 (18.37%) ASP.NET Web API
5 9 (18.37%) CSS
5 9 (18.37%) HTML
6 8 (16.33%) AngularJS
6 8 (16.33%) React
6 8 (16.33%) RESTful
7 7 (14.29%) REST
8 6 (12.24%) Blazor
9 5 (10.20%) Akka
9 5 (10.20%) Akka.NET
9 5 (10.20%) Vue
10 3 (6.12%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (6.12%) Entity Framework
11 2 (4.08%) jQuery
11 2 (4.08%) Razor View Engine
11 2 (4.08%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 12 (24.49%) Mobile App
2 7 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (10.20%) Clustering
4 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.08%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (4.08%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.08%) Online Games
5 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.04%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.08%) Android
1 2 (4.08%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.90%) CI/CD
2 18 (36.73%) Agile
3 17 (34.69%) Microservices
4 12 (24.49%) Clean Code
4 12 (24.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (22.45%) DevOps
6 10 (20.41%) Full-Stack Development
7 8 (16.33%) Roadmaps
7 8 (16.33%) TDD
7 8 (16.33%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (14.29%) Containerisation
8 7 (14.29%) SOLID
9 6 (12.24%) Low Latency
9 6 (12.24%) Performance Optimisation
9 6 (12.24%) Scrum
10 5 (10.20%) API Testing
10 5 (10.20%) Functional Testing
10 5 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (10.20%) SDLC
10 5 (10.20%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 42 (85.71%) C#
2 15 (30.61%) JavaScript
2 15 (30.61%) SQL
3 3 (6.12%) Erlang
4 2 (4.08%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.04%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (4.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.08%) GDPR
2 1 (2.04%) QA
System Software
1 7 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (8.16%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.08%) Xamarin