.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 7 May 2026.

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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 145 59
Rank change year-on-year +1 -86 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 83 68 320
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.79% 1.56% 3.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 1.79% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 81 67 315
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,900
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £66,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,000 £79,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.13% -2.08% -

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 9,575 3,791 8,801
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.77% 86.99% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 6,189 2,203 7,031
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £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 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -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 7 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 7 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 -20 41 £70,000 +12.00% 19
Lancashire +27 19 £40,000 - 16
Cheshire -11 15 £45,000 +12.50%
Merseyside -12 7 £60,000 - 1
Cumbria - 1 £45,000 - 2
.NET Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 83 (100.00%) .NET
2 40 (48.19%) C#
3 35 (42.17%) Azure
4 25 (30.12%) .NET Core
5 24 (28.92%) Agile
6 21 (25.30%) Full-Stack Development
6 21 (25.30%) SaaS
7 20 (24.10%) ASP.NET
8 19 (22.89%) CI/CD
8 19 (22.89%) SQL
9 16 (19.28%) SQL Server
10 13 (15.66%) Microsoft
11 12 (14.46%) JavaScript
11 12 (14.46%) TDD
12 11 (13.25%) DevOps
12 11 (13.25%) SOLID
13 10 (12.05%) Software Engineering
13 10 (12.05%) VB
14 9 (10.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 9 (10.84%) Azure Functions
14 9 (10.84%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (10.84%) React
14 9 (10.84%) REST
14 9 (10.84%) Serverless
15 8 (9.64%) .NET Framework
15 8 (9.64%) Azure Service Bus
16 7 (8.43%) ASP.NET Core
16 7 (8.43%) Azure SQL Database
16 7 (8.43%) Microservices

.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 (1.20%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 35 (42.17%) Azure
2 21 (25.30%) SaaS
3 9 (10.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 9 (10.84%) Azure Functions
3 9 (10.84%) Azure Logic Apps
3 9 (10.84%) Serverless
4 8 (9.64%) Azure Service Bus
5 6 (7.23%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.61%) Azure AI
7 2 (2.41%) AWS
8 1 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.20%) Firebase
8 1 (1.20%) GCP
8 1 (1.20%) GitHub
8 1 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (19.28%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.43%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (7.23%) NoSQL
4 5 (6.02%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.20%) MySQL
5 1 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Git
2 1 (1.20%) JIRA
2 1 (1.20%) MSTest
2 1 (1.20%) NUnit
General
1 11 (13.25%) Finance
2 3 (3.61%) Games
3 2 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.20%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (100.00%) .NET
2 25 (30.12%) .NET Core
3 20 (24.10%) ASP.NET
4 9 (10.84%) React
4 9 (10.84%) REST
5 8 (9.64%) .NET Framework
6 7 (8.43%) ASP.NET Core
6 7 (8.43%) RESTful
6 7 (8.43%) Vue
7 6 (7.23%) CSS
7 6 (7.23%) HTML
8 5 (6.02%) AngularJS
9 4 (4.82%) ASP.NET Web API
10 3 (3.61%) Blazor
10 3 (3.61%) Entity Framework
10 3 (3.61%) JSON
10 3 (3.61%) ML.NET
10 3 (3.61%) Razor View Engine
10 3 (3.61%) Sass
11 2 (2.41%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.89%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.82%) Social Network
3 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.41%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.41%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (28.92%) Agile
2 21 (25.30%) Full-Stack Development
3 19 (22.89%) CI/CD
4 12 (14.46%) TDD
5 11 (13.25%) DevOps
5 11 (13.25%) SOLID
6 10 (12.05%) Software Engineering
7 9 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (8.43%) Microservices
9 5 (6.02%) Clean Code
9 5 (6.02%) Design Patterns
9 5 (6.02%) RAD
9 5 (6.02%) SDLC
10 4 (4.82%) API Integration
10 4 (4.82%) Collaborative Engineering
10 4 (4.82%) Kanban
10 4 (4.82%) Mentoring
10 4 (4.82%) Multithreading
10 4 (4.82%) Technical Leadership
11 3 (3.61%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 40 (48.19%) C#
2 19 (22.89%) SQL
3 12 (14.46%) JavaScript
4 10 (12.05%) VB
5 3 (3.61%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (6.02%) SC Cleared
1 5 (6.02%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.20%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.20%) QA
System Software
1 6 (7.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (15.66%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.20%) Facebook