.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 4 September 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 177 95
Rank change year-on-year +24 -82 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Developer 103 60 174
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.84% 1.18% 2.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 1.31% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 99 58 165
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £47,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,000 £74,875 £78,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +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 11,625 4,565 7,587
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 89.63% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 8,671 2,333 4,961
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £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 £78,320
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

.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 4 September 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 4 September 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 -38 43 £70,000 +14.29% 20
Lancashire +36 31 £42,500 +6.25% 23
Merseyside -1 16 £60,000 -9.43% 2
Cheshire +8 7 £45,000 +28.57% 2
Cumbria - 6 £47,500 - 1
.NET Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 September 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.

1 103 (100.00%) .NET
2 62 (60.19%) C#
3 56 (54.37%) Azure
4 53 (51.46%) Full-Stack Development
5 48 (46.60%) .NET Core
5 48 (46.60%) Microsoft
6 44 (42.72%) ASP.NET
7 42 (40.78%) Agile
7 42 (40.78%) SQL
8 38 (36.89%) Azure SQL Database
9 37 (35.92%) ASP.NET Core
10 29 (28.16%) MongoDB
11 27 (26.21%) CI/CD
12 23 (22.33%) DevOps
13 22 (21.36%) Entity Framework
14 21 (20.39%) JavaScript
15 20 (19.42%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (19.42%) CSS
15 20 (19.42%) HTML
16 18 (17.48%) React
17 15 (14.56%) ASP.NET Web API
17 15 (14.56%) Multithreading
17 15 (14.56%) RESTful
18 14 (13.59%) Vue
19 13 (12.62%) AI
19 13 (12.62%) Azure AI
19 13 (12.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 13 (12.62%) Machine Learning
19 13 (12.62%) ML.NET
19 13 (12.62%) TDD

.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:

Applications
1 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 56 (54.37%) Azure
2 20 (19.42%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (12.62%) Azure AI
3 13 (12.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 12 (11.65%) SaaS
5 8 (7.77%) GitHub
6 7 (6.80%) AWS
7 6 (5.83%) GitHub Copilot
8 4 (3.88%) Azure Functions
8 4 (3.88%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (3.88%) Serverless
9 3 (2.91%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.94%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.97%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.97%) GCP
11 1 (0.97%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (36.89%) Azure SQL Database
2 29 (28.16%) MongoDB
3 12 (11.65%) SQL Server
4 11 (10.68%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.97%) Power BI
5 1 (0.97%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.94%) Git
1 2 (1.94%) JIRA
1 2 (1.94%) MSTest
1 2 (1.94%) NUnit
General
1 13 (12.62%) Finance
2 7 (6.80%) Retail
3 6 (5.83%) Advertising
3 6 (5.83%) Games
4 2 (1.94%) Music Industry
5 1 (0.97%) Marketing
5 1 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.97%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (100.00%) .NET
2 48 (46.60%) .NET Core
3 44 (42.72%) ASP.NET
4 37 (35.92%) ASP.NET Core
5 22 (21.36%) Entity Framework
6 20 (19.42%) CSS
6 20 (19.42%) HTML
7 18 (17.48%) React
8 15 (14.56%) ASP.NET Web API
8 15 (14.56%) RESTful
9 14 (13.59%) Vue
10 13 (12.62%) ML.NET
11 12 (11.65%) Blazor
12 11 (10.68%) AngularJS
12 11 (10.68%) Node.js
13 8 (7.77%) LINQ
14 7 (6.80%) .NET Framework
15 3 (2.91%) REST
16 2 (1.94%) Ninject
16 2 (1.94%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.50%) Greenfield Project
2 13 (12.62%) Mobile App
3 7 (6.80%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (6.80%) Social Network
4 1 (0.97%) BBC
4 1 (0.97%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.97%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (51.46%) Full-Stack Development
2 42 (40.78%) Agile
3 27 (26.21%) CI/CD
4 23 (22.33%) DevOps
5 15 (14.56%) Multithreading
6 13 (12.62%) AI
6 13 (12.62%) Machine Learning
6 13 (12.62%) TDD
7 12 (11.65%) OO
7 12 (11.65%) Software Engineering
8 8 (7.77%) Microservices
9 6 (5.83%) BDD
10 5 (4.85%) Analytics
10 5 (4.85%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (4.85%) Data Analytics
10 5 (4.85%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
10 5 (4.85%) SDLC
11 4 (3.88%) Mentoring
11 4 (3.88%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (3.88%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 62 (60.19%) C#
2 42 (40.78%) SQL
3 21 (20.39%) JavaScript
4 11 (10.68%) TypeScript
4 11 (10.68%) VB
5 2 (1.94%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (3.88%) SC Cleared
1 4 (3.88%) Security Cleared
2 3 (2.91%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.94%) QA
System Software
1 9 (8.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (6.80%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 48 (46.60%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.91%) Facebook
3 2 (1.94%) Google
4 1 (0.97%) Apple
4 1 (0.97%) Sony
4 1 (0.97%) Yahoo!