.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 9 April 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 114 55
Rank change year-on-year -41 -59 +72
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 64 74 325
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.68% 2.07% 3.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 2.31% 3.86%
Number of salaries quoted 62 73 317
10th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -4.17%

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 8,414 3,203 8,410
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.81% 89.44% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5,368 2,210 6,766
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

.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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -19 33 £70,000 +16.67% 24
Cheshire -55 15 £45,000 -7.69% 1
Lancashire +1 14 £50,000 -23.08% 18
Merseyside -17 2 £55,000 -8.33% 3
.NET Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 April 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 64 (100.00%) .NET
2 37 (57.81%) C#
3 29 (45.31%) Azure
4 25 (39.06%) .NET Core
5 19 (29.69%) Agile
6 18 (28.13%) ASP.NET
7 17 (26.56%) Full-Stack Development
7 17 (26.56%) SQL Server
8 16 (25.00%) CI/CD
9 15 (23.44%) SaaS
9 15 (23.44%) SQL
10 11 (17.19%) JavaScript
11 10 (15.63%) SOLID
11 10 (15.63%) TDD
12 9 (14.06%) Software Engineering
13 8 (12.50%) Azure Functions
13 8 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (12.50%) DevOps
13 8 (12.50%) Microsoft
13 8 (12.50%) React
13 8 (12.50%) REST
13 8 (12.50%) Serverless
14 7 (10.94%) .NET Framework
14 7 (10.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 7 (10.94%) Azure Service Bus
14 7 (10.94%) Microservices
14 7 (10.94%) RESTful
15 6 (9.38%) Clean Code
15 6 (9.38%) NoSQL

.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 (1.56%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 29 (45.31%) Azure
2 15 (23.44%) SaaS
3 8 (12.50%) Azure Functions
3 8 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
3 8 (12.50%) Serverless
4 7 (10.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 7 (10.94%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.13%) Azure AI
7 1 (1.56%) AWS
7 1 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.56%) Firebase
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (26.56%) SQL Server
2 6 (9.38%) NoSQL
3 3 (4.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (4.69%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.56%) MySQL
4 1 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Git
General
1 9 (14.06%) Finance
2 2 (3.13%) Games
2 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (3.13%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (100.00%) .NET
2 25 (39.06%) .NET Core
3 18 (28.13%) ASP.NET
4 8 (12.50%) React
4 8 (12.50%) REST
5 7 (10.94%) .NET Framework
5 7 (10.94%) RESTful
6 6 (9.38%) Vue
7 5 (7.81%) AngularJS
8 4 (6.25%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (6.25%) CSS
8 4 (6.25%) HTML
9 3 (4.69%) ASP.NET Web API
9 3 (4.69%) JSON
9 3 (4.69%) Razor View Engine
9 3 (4.69%) Sass
10 2 (3.13%) ASP.NET Web Forms
10 2 (3.13%) Blazor
10 2 (3.13%) jQuery
10 2 (3.13%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.31%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.13%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.13%) Distributed Computing
2 2 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.13%) Social Network
3 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.69%) Agile
2 17 (26.56%) Full-Stack Development
3 16 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 10 (15.63%) SOLID
4 10 (15.63%) TDD
5 9 (14.06%) Software Engineering
6 8 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (12.50%) DevOps
7 7 (10.94%) Microservices
8 6 (9.38%) Clean Code
8 6 (9.38%) SDLC
9 5 (7.81%) API Integration
9 5 (7.81%) Design Patterns
9 5 (7.81%) RAD
10 4 (6.25%) API Development
10 4 (6.25%) Collaborative Engineering
10 4 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
11 3 (4.69%) Containerisation
11 3 (4.69%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 37 (57.81%) C#
2 15 (23.44%) SQL
3 11 (17.19%) JavaScript
4 4 (6.25%) VB
5 1 (1.56%) Erlang
5 1 (1.56%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (3.13%) SC Cleared
1 2 (3.13%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (7.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft