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 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 151 73
Rank change year-on-year -11 -78 +118
Permanent jobs citing ASP.NET 56 36 265
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.58% 0.98% 2.96%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.57% 5.22% 14.07%
Number of salaries quoted 56 34 183
10th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £38,066
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,873 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% -5.69% +4.76%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,313 £67,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% -4.35% -

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 740 690 1,883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.71% 18.73% 21.00%
Number of salaries quoted 632 578 1,531
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £72,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,296 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.95% +10.49% -11.11%

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 13 April 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 13 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
Cheshire -16 40 £50,000 - 3
Manchester -31 8 £50,000 -13.04% 18
Lancashire +1 7 £47,500 +18.75% 20
Cumbria - 1 £45,000 - 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 2 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.79%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 52 (92.86%) Azure
2 5 (8.93%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (7.14%) Azure Key Vault
3 4 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 4 (7.14%) Figma
4 3 (5.36%) AWS
5 2 (3.57%) Azure AI
5 2 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (3.57%) GCP
5 2 (3.57%) SaaS
6 1 (1.79%) Firebase
6 1 (1.79%) GitHub
6 1 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.79%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (82.14%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (3.57%) MongoDB
3 2 (3.57%) MySQL
3 2 (3.57%) NoSQL
3 2 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.79%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (10.71%) Git
2 4 (7.14%) NUnit
3 3 (5.36%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 7 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (3.57%) Finance
2 2 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (1.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 54 (96.43%) Developer
2 42 (75.00%) Software Developer
3 20 (35.71%) Lead
4 19 (33.93%) .NET Developer
5 18 (32.14%) Lead Developer
6 17 (30.36%) Lead Software Developer
7 16 (28.57%) Senior
7 16 (28.57%) Senior Developer
8 14 (25.00%) Senior Software Developer
9 10 (17.86%) .NET Software Developer
10 9 (16.07%) C# .NET Developer
10 9 (16.07%) C# Developer
10 9 (16.07%) C# Software Developer
11 3 (5.36%) Senior .NET Developer
12 2 (3.57%) .NET Web Developer
12 2 (3.57%) Development Specialist
12 2 (3.57%) PHP Developer
12 2 (3.57%) Senior .NET Web Developer
12 2 (3.57%) Senior Web Developer
12 2 (3.57%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (100.00%) .NET
2 44 (78.57%) .NET Core
3 26 (46.43%) .NET Framework
4 13 (23.21%) RESTful
5 10 (17.86%) ASP.NET Core
6 6 (10.71%) CSS
6 6 (10.71%) HTML
7 5 (8.93%) ASP.NET Web API
7 5 (8.93%) Entity Framework
8 4 (7.14%) AngularJS
8 4 (7.14%) React
8 4 (7.14%) Vitest
9 3 (5.36%) ASP.NET Web Forms
9 3 (5.36%) JSON
9 3 (5.36%) Razor View Engine
9 3 (5.36%) Sass
9 3 (5.36%) Web Services
9 3 (5.36%) XML
10 2 (3.57%) CSS3
10 2 (3.57%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (5.36%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.57%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.57%) Social Network
4 1 (1.79%) Lidar
4 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.57%) Android
1 2 (3.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (46.43%) Agile
2 19 (33.93%) RAD
3 12 (21.43%) DevOps
4 11 (19.64%) Full-Stack Development
5 10 (17.86%) CI/CD
6 9 (16.07%) SDLC
7 7 (12.50%) MVC
8 6 (10.71%) Line Management
8 6 (10.71%) User Experience
9 5 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (8.93%) Technical Leadership
10 4 (7.14%) AI
10 4 (7.14%) API Design
10 4 (7.14%) API Development
10 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
10 4 (7.14%) RBAC
10 4 (7.14%) Secure Coding
11 3 (5.36%) Design Patterns
11 3 (5.36%) OWASP
11 3 (5.36%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 50 (89.29%) C#
2 30 (53.57%) SQL
3 8 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 7 (12.50%) TypeScript
5 4 (7.14%) Bicep
6 2 (3.57%) PHP
6 2 (3.57%) Python
6 2 (3.57%) T-SQL
6 2 (3.57%) VB
6 2 (3.57%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (10.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.36%) QA
2 1 (1.79%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (5.36%) Docker
Vendors
1 31 (55.36%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.14%) DevExpress
3 1 (1.79%) Google