ASP.NET Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft ASP.NET
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring ASP.NET skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 220 108
Rank change year-on-year +35 -112 +63
Permanent jobs citing ASP.NET 69 29 164
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.59% 0.56% 1.95%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.44% 2.50% 10.47%
Number of salaries quoted 66 27 75
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £38,066
25th Percentile £43,750 £44,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £64,375 £66,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North West

ASP.NET falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,071 1,160 1,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.21% 22.40% 18.64%
Number of salaries quoted 883 487 1,146
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,854 £36,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,688 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -3.40%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £91,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%

ASP.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ASP.NET relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

ASP.NET job vacancy trend in the North West

ASP.NET
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ASP.NET.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ASP.NET

ASP.NET
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing ASP.NET in the North West over the 6 months to 2 August 2026.

Salary histogram for ASP.NET in the North West

ASP.NET
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 ASP.NET within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Lancashire +33 23 £50,000 +17.97% 13
Manchester -21 19 £52,500 -4.55% 15
Cheshire +21 16 £55,000 - 1
Cumbria - 6 £47,500 - 2
Merseyside -15 5 £60,000 -7.69% 1
ASP.NET
England

ASP.NET
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 5 (7.25%) IIS
2 2 (2.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 65 (94.20%) Azure
2 27 (39.13%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (21.74%) AWS
4 13 (18.84%) Azure AI
5 11 (15.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 9 (13.04%) GitHub
7 6 (8.70%) GitHub Copilot
8 5 (7.25%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (5.80%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (5.80%) Entra ID
9 4 (5.80%) Figma
10 2 (2.90%) GCP
10 2 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (2.90%) Serverless
11 1 (1.45%) Amazon Bedrock
11 1 (1.45%) Anthropic Claude
11 1 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (1.45%) Azure Functions
11 1 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (1.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.35%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.45%) HTTP
2 1 (1.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (56.52%) Azure SQL Database
2 28 (40.58%) MongoDB
3 24 (34.78%) SQL Server
4 11 (15.94%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (5.80%) MySQL
5 4 (5.80%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (2.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.45%) MariaDB
7 1 (1.45%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (14.49%) Git
2 5 (7.25%) GitLab
3 4 (5.80%) NUnit
4 3 (4.35%) Bitbucket
5 2 (2.90%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.45%) Claude Code
6 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 6 (8.70%) Advertising
1 6 (8.70%) Games
1 6 (8.70%) Retail
2 4 (5.80%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.35%) Banking
4 2 (2.90%) Finance
4 2 (2.90%) Marketing
4 2 (2.90%) Music Industry
5 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (89.86%) Developer
2 45 (65.22%) .NET Developer
3 21 (30.43%) Software Developer
4 13 (18.84%) Lead
5 11 (15.94%) Lead Developer
6 10 (14.49%) Lead Software Developer
7 8 (11.59%) C# Developer
7 8 (11.59%) C# Software Developer
8 5 (7.25%) .NET Software Developer
8 5 (7.25%) Senior
8 5 (7.25%) Senior Developer
8 5 (7.25%) Senior Software Developer
9 4 (5.80%) C# .NET Developer
10 3 (4.35%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 3 (4.35%) Senior C# Developer
10 3 (4.35%) Senior C# Software Developer
11 2 (2.90%) Development Specialist
11 2 (2.90%) Software Engineer
12 1 (1.45%) Junior
12 1 (1.45%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (100.00%) .NET
2 57 (82.61%) .NET Core
3 46 (66.67%) ASP.NET Core
4 30 (43.48%) Entity Framework
5 24 (34.78%) CSS
5 24 (34.78%) HTML
6 22 (31.88%) RESTful
7 21 (30.43%) ASP.NET Web API
8 17 (24.64%) AngularJS
9 15 (21.74%) React
10 14 (20.29%) .NET Framework
10 14 (20.29%) Blazor
11 13 (18.84%) ML.NET
12 12 (17.39%) Node.js
13 11 (15.94%) LINQ
14 10 (14.49%) Vue
15 8 (11.59%) ASP.NET MVC
16 6 (8.70%) JSON
16 6 (8.70%) REST
17 5 (7.25%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.19%) Greenfield Project
2 7 (10.14%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (7.25%) Social Network
4 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.90%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.90%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.45%) BBC
5 1 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.45%) Lidar
5 1 (1.45%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.45%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.45%) Online Gambling
5 1 (1.45%) Social Media
5 1 (1.45%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.90%) Android
1 2 (2.90%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (68.12%) Full-Stack Development
2 44 (63.77%) Agile
3 31 (44.93%) DevOps
4 29 (42.03%) CI/CD
5 18 (26.09%) SDLC
6 15 (21.74%) AI
6 15 (21.74%) Multithreading
7 13 (18.84%) Machine Learning
8 12 (17.39%) OO
9 10 (14.49%) Technical Leadership
10 9 (13.04%) MVC
11 8 (11.59%) Microservices
12 7 (10.14%) Mentoring
12 7 (10.14%) Software Engineering
12 7 (10.14%) TDD
13 6 (8.70%) BDD
13 6 (8.70%) Infrastructure as Code
14 5 (7.25%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
14 5 (7.25%) Performance Optimisation
14 5 (7.25%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 64 (92.75%) C#
2 52 (75.36%) SQL
3 22 (31.88%) JavaScript
4 15 (21.74%) TypeScript
5 4 (5.80%) Bicep
6 2 (2.90%) Python
6 2 (2.90%) T-SQL
6 2 (2.90%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.45%) Go
7 1 (1.45%) Java
7 1 (1.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (7.25%) Degree
2 2 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.45%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.59%) QA
2 1 (1.45%) GDPR
2 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (17.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 54 (78.26%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.80%) DevExpress
3 3 (4.35%) Google
3 3 (4.35%) Splunk
4 1 (1.45%) Apple
4 1 (1.45%) Facebook
4 1 (1.45%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.45%) Sony
4 1 (1.45%) Yahoo!