.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 2 July 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 174 62
Rank change year-on-year +45 -112 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 118 67 345
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.06% 1.36% 3.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 1.52% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 113 67 337
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,000 £73,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 10,503 4,406 10,299
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 89.43% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 7,919 2,263 7,857
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +2.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%

.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 2 July 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 2 July 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 -9 53 £70,000 +14.29% 18
Lancashire +49 32 £46,250 +15.63% 17
Cheshire +13 15 £45,000 +28.57%
Merseyside -13 13 £60,000 -7.69% 3
Cumbria - 5 £47,500 - 2
.NET Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 July 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.

1 118 (100.00%) .NET
2 62 (52.54%) C#
3 60 (50.85%) Azure
4 55 (46.61%) Full-Stack Development
5 48 (40.68%) .NET Core
6 43 (36.44%) Agile
7 42 (35.59%) ASP.NET
7 42 (35.59%) Microsoft
8 41 (34.75%) SQL
9 35 (29.66%) Azure SQL Database
10 33 (27.97%) ASP.NET Core
11 29 (24.58%) CI/CD
12 26 (22.03%) MongoDB
13 24 (20.34%) DevOps
14 20 (16.95%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (16.95%) JavaScript
14 20 (16.95%) Software Engineering
15 19 (16.10%) CSS
15 19 (16.10%) Entity Framework
15 19 (16.10%) HTML
16 17 (14.41%) React
16 17 (14.41%) SaaS
17 15 (12.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 15 (12.71%) RESTful
17 15 (12.71%) SQL Server
17 15 (12.71%) TDD
18 14 (11.86%) Multithreading
19 13 (11.02%) ASP.NET Web API
19 13 (11.02%) Vue
20 12 (10.17%) AI

.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 (0.85%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 60 (50.85%) Azure
2 20 (16.95%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (14.41%) SaaS
4 15 (12.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 12 (10.17%) Azure AI
6 8 (6.78%) Azure Functions
6 8 (6.78%) Serverless
7 7 (5.93%) AWS
7 7 (5.93%) Azure Logic Apps
7 7 (5.93%) Azure Service Bus
7 7 (5.93%) GitHub
8 5 (4.24%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.85%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.85%) Firebase
10 1 (0.85%) GCP
10 1 (0.85%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (29.66%) Azure SQL Database
2 26 (22.03%) MongoDB
3 15 (12.71%) SQL Server
4 9 (7.63%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.85%) Power BI
5 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.54%) Git
2 2 (1.69%) JIRA
2 2 (1.69%) MSTest
2 2 (1.69%) NUnit
General
1 21 (17.80%) Finance
2 6 (5.08%) Games
2 6 (5.08%) Retail
3 5 (4.24%) Advertising
4 1 (0.85%) Music Industry
4 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (0.85%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (100.00%) .NET
2 48 (40.68%) .NET Core
3 42 (35.59%) ASP.NET
4 33 (27.97%) ASP.NET Core
5 19 (16.10%) CSS
5 19 (16.10%) Entity Framework
5 19 (16.10%) HTML
6 17 (14.41%) React
7 15 (12.71%) RESTful
8 13 (11.02%) ASP.NET Web API
8 13 (11.02%) Vue
9 12 (10.17%) ML.NET
10 11 (9.32%) Blazor
11 10 (8.47%) AngularJS
12 9 (7.63%) Node.js
13 7 (5.93%) .NET Framework
13 7 (5.93%) LINQ
14 6 (5.08%) REST
15 2 (1.69%) Ninject
15 2 (1.69%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.25%) Mobile App
2 15 (12.71%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (6.78%) Social Network
4 7 (5.93%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.85%) BBC
5 1 (0.85%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.85%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (46.61%) Full-Stack Development
2 43 (36.44%) Agile
3 29 (24.58%) CI/CD
4 24 (20.34%) DevOps
5 20 (16.95%) Software Engineering
6 15 (12.71%) TDD
7 14 (11.86%) Multithreading
8 12 (10.17%) AI
8 12 (10.17%) Machine Learning
8 12 (10.17%) OO
9 8 (6.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (5.93%) Microservices
10 7 (5.93%) SDLC
10 7 (5.93%) SOLID
11 5 (4.24%) Analytics
11 5 (4.24%) BDD
11 5 (4.24%) Data Analytics
11 5 (4.24%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
12 4 (3.39%) Mentoring
12 4 (3.39%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 62 (52.54%) C#
2 41 (34.75%) SQL
3 20 (16.95%) JavaScript
4 11 (9.32%) VB
5 10 (8.47%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.54%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (4.24%) SC Cleared
1 5 (4.24%) Security Cleared
2 3 (2.54%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.69%) QA
System Software
1 8 (6.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.08%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 42 (35.59%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.54%) Facebook
3 1 (0.85%) Apple
3 1 (0.85%) Google
3 1 (0.85%) Sony
3 1 (0.85%) Yahoo!