.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 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 187 100
Rank change year-on-year +30 -87 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 102 49 153
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.79% 0.94% 2.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 1.07% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 99 47 133
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £50,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,000 £73,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +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 11,986 4,581 6,993
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.15% 88.03% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8,798 2,269 4,013
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,281
% change year-on-year +7.27% -0.51% -7.87%

.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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -49 41 £60,000 - 16
Lancashire +45 38 £50,000 +25.00% 5
Merseyside -4 14 £60,000 +6.67% 1
Cumbria - 6 £47,500 -
Cheshire +14 3 £45,000 +5.88% 1
.NET Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 October 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.

1 102 (100.00%) .NET
2 62 (60.78%) C#
3 54 (52.94%) Azure
3 54 (52.94%) Full-Stack Development
4 50 (49.02%) .NET Core
5 46 (45.10%) Microsoft
6 42 (41.18%) SQL
7 39 (38.24%) Agile
7 39 (38.24%) ASP.NET
8 37 (36.27%) Azure SQL Database
9 36 (35.29%) ASP.NET Core
10 28 (27.45%) JavaScript
10 28 (27.45%) MongoDB
11 26 (25.49%) CI/CD
12 24 (23.53%) React
13 22 (21.57%) Entity Framework
14 21 (20.59%) CSS
14 21 (20.59%) DevOps
14 21 (20.59%) HTML
15 19 (18.63%) Azure DevOps
15 19 (18.63%) Vue
16 17 (16.67%) AngularJS
16 17 (16.67%) ASP.NET Web API
17 14 (13.73%) Multithreading
17 14 (13.73%) RESTful
18 13 (12.75%) AI
19 12 (11.76%) Azure AI
19 12 (11.76%) Machine Learning
19 12 (11.76%) ML.NET
19 12 (11.76%) Software Engineering

.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 (0.98%) CMS
1 1 (0.98%) Kentico
1 1 (0.98%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 54 (52.94%) Azure
2 19 (18.63%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (11.76%) Azure AI
4 10 (9.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 8 (7.84%) GitHub
6 7 (6.86%) AWS
7 6 (5.88%) GitHub Copilot
7 6 (5.88%) SaaS
8 2 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.98%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.98%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.98%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.98%) GCP
9 1 (0.98%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.98%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (36.27%) Azure SQL Database
2 28 (27.45%) MongoDB
3 11 (10.78%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (8.82%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.96%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.98%) Power BI
6 1 (0.98%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Git
2 2 (1.96%) JIRA
2 2 (1.96%) MSTest
2 2 (1.96%) NUnit
General
1 12 (11.76%) Finance
2 7 (6.86%) Retail
3 6 (5.88%) Advertising
3 6 (5.88%) Games
4 3 (2.94%) Social Skills
5 2 (1.96%) iGaming
5 2 (1.96%) Music Industry
6 1 (0.98%) Marketing
6 1 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (100.00%) .NET
2 50 (49.02%) .NET Core
3 39 (38.24%) ASP.NET
4 36 (35.29%) ASP.NET Core
5 24 (23.53%) React
6 22 (21.57%) Entity Framework
7 21 (20.59%) CSS
7 21 (20.59%) HTML
8 19 (18.63%) Vue
9 17 (16.67%) AngularJS
9 17 (16.67%) ASP.NET Web API
10 14 (13.73%) RESTful
11 12 (11.76%) ML.NET
12 11 (10.78%) Blazor
12 11 (10.78%) Node.js
13 8 (7.84%) LINQ
14 7 (6.86%) .NET Framework
15 4 (3.92%) WPF
16 3 (2.94%) WinForms
17 2 (1.96%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
2 9 (8.82%) Mobile App
3 7 (6.86%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (5.88%) Social Network
5 2 (1.96%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.98%) BBC
6 1 (0.98%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.98%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.98%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (52.94%) Full-Stack Development
2 39 (38.24%) Agile
3 26 (25.49%) CI/CD
4 21 (20.59%) DevOps
5 14 (13.73%) Multithreading
6 13 (12.75%) AI
7 12 (11.76%) Machine Learning
7 12 (11.76%) Software Engineering
8 11 (10.78%) OO
8 11 (10.78%) TDD
9 9 (8.82%) API Integration
10 7 (6.86%) High Availability
11 6 (5.88%) BDD
11 6 (5.88%) Microservices
12 5 (4.90%) Analytics
12 5 (4.90%) Data Analytics
12 5 (4.90%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
12 5 (4.90%) Problem-Solving
13 4 (3.92%) Kanban
13 4 (3.92%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 62 (60.78%) C#
2 42 (41.18%) SQL
3 28 (27.45%) JavaScript
4 12 (11.76%) TypeScript
4 12 (11.76%) VB
5 2 (1.96%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.98%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (2.94%) Degree
1 3 (2.94%) SC Cleared
1 3 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.92%) QA
System Software
1 8 (7.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 46 (45.10%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.94%) Facebook
3 2 (1.96%) Google
4 1 (0.98%) Apple
4 1 (0.98%) Sony
4 1 (0.98%) Yahoo!