The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C# over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 4 5 5
Rank change year-on-year
+1 0
Permanent jobs citing C# 1840 1784 1361
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 25.61% 25.13% 19.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.64% 41.11% 38.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1682 1653 1247
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4315 4340 3552
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 60.06% 61.14% 51.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3788 3911 3227
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C#
England

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing C# across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

North West C# Jobs Demand Trend

C#
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C# across the North West region.

North West C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C# across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West C# Salary Histogram

C#
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +2 1152 £35,000 +1.44%
Cheshire -1 405 £32,500 -3.70%
Lancashire +3 152 £35,000 +7.69%
Merseyside -1 93 £37,500 +4.16%
Cumbria 0 14 £35,000 -
C#
England

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing C# also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited C#.

1 3609 (93.89%) .NET
2 2738 (71.23%) ASP.NET
3 2282 (59.37%) SQL Server
4 1781 (46.33%) SQL
5 1405 (36.55%) MVC
6 1402 (36.47%) JavaScript
7 1156 (30.07%) HTML
8 1138 (29.60%) CSS
9 1003 (26.09%) WCF
10 924 (24.04%) Microsoft
11 838 (21.80%) TDD
12 821 (21.36%) Web Services
13 791 (20.58%) ASP.NET MVC
14 789 (20.53%) VB.NET
15 760 (19.77%) OO
16 749 (19.48%) jQuery
17 731 (19.02%) Degree
18 717 (18.65%) XML
19 679 (17.66%) .NET Framework
20 602 (15.66%) Windows
21 559 (14.54%) Visual Studio
22 558 (14.52%) T-SQL
23 528 (13.74%) SQL Server 2008
24 517 (13.45%) Scrum
25 509 (13.24%) Agile Software Development
26 458 (11.91%) WPF
27 456 (11.86%) Web Development
28 448 (11.65%) Ajax
29 418 (10.87%) LINQ
30 382 (9.938%) Computer Science

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing C# also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited C#. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3609 (93.89%) .NET
2 2738 (71.23%) ASP.NET
3 1156 (30.07%) HTML
4 1138 (29.60%) CSS
5 1003 (26.09%) WCF
6 821 (21.36%) Web Services
7 791 (20.58%) ASP.NET MVC
8 749 (19.48%) jQuery
9 717 (18.65%) XML
10 679 (17.66%) .NET Framework
11 458 (11.91%) WPF
12 448 (11.65%) Ajax
13 418 (10.87%) LINQ
14 302 (7.856%) WinForms
15 281 (7.310%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 278 (7.232%) Razor View Engine
17 270 (7.024%) ASP.NET MVC 4
18 253 (6.582%) HTML5
19 212 (5.515%) NHibernate
20 187 (4.865%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 241 (6.270%) SharePoint
2 172 (4.475%) CMS
3 133 (3.460%) IIS
4 71 (1.847%) SharePoint 2010
5 67 (1.743%) Windows Azure
6 50 (1.301%) Umbraco
7 44 (1.145%) BizTalk Server
8 25 (0.650%) Sitecore CMS
8 25 (0.650%) SharePoint Server
8 25 (0.650%) MSMQ
9 13 (0.338%) nginx
10 11 (0.286%) RabbitMQ
10 11 (0.286%) SharePoint Foundation
11 10 (0.260%) Magento
12 9 (0.234%) WordPress
13 8 (0.208%) SharePoint 2013
13 8 (0.208%) ESB
14 6 (0.156%) Kentico
15 5 (0.130%) TIBCO EMS
15 5 (0.130%) Joomla!
Applications
1 331 (8.611%) MS Excel
2 37 (0.963%) Photoshop
3 22 (0.572%) Fireworks
3 22 (0.572%) MS Office
4 18 (0.468%) InfoPath
5 5 (0.130%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.130%) MS Project
6 4 (0.104%) 3ds Max
6 4 (0.104%) ZBrush
7 3 (0.078%) Maya
8 2 (0.052%) PaintShop Pro
8 2 (0.052%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.052%) MS PowerPoint
8 2 (0.052%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 87 (2.263%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.468%) Bond Adapt
3 14 (0.364%) Dynamics AX
4 8 (0.208%) BusinessWorks
5 7 (0.182%) Dynamics GP
5 7 (0.182%) Visualfiles
6 5 (0.130%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.078%) TIBCO iProcess
8 2 (0.052%) MFGPRO
8 2 (0.052%) Google Analytics
8 2 (0.052%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.026%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 201 (5.229%) Internet
2 103 (2.680%) HTTP
3 50 (1.301%) Intranet
4 32 (0.832%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.208%) Broadband
5 8 (0.208%) Extranet
6 6 (0.156%) DNS
7 5 (0.130%) NFC
7 5 (0.130%) Wireless
7 5 (0.130%) CTI
7 5 (0.130%) LDAP
8 2 (0.052%) DHCP
8 2 (0.052%) ADSL
8 2 (0.052%) Network Security
9 1 (0.026%) NAS
9 1 (0.026%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.026%) Firewall
9 1 (0.026%) SAN
9 1 (0.026%) VPN
9 1 (0.026%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2282 (59.37%) SQL Server
2 528 (13.74%) SQL Server 2008
3 341 (8.871%) SQL Server 2005
4 186 (4.839%) MySQL
5 182 (4.735%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 156 (4.058%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 126 (3.278%) SQL Server 2012
8 98 (2.549%) RDBMS
9 62 (1.613%) SQL Server 2000
9 62 (1.613%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 42 (1.093%) Data Warehouse
11 27 (0.702%) Oracle 8/8i
12 23 (0.598%) Crystal Reports
13 19 (0.494%) MongoDB
13 19 (0.494%) GIS
13 19 (0.494%) OLAP
14 15 (0.390%) DTS
15 14 (0.364%) Oracle 9i
15 14 (0.364%) PostgreSQL
16 13 (0.338%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 559 (14.54%) Visual Studio
2 249 (6.478%) NUnit
3 178 (4.631%) Rhino Mocks
4 167 (4.344%) Subversion
5 144 (3.746%) Team Foundation Server
6 114 (2.966%) Moq
7 81 (2.107%) MSTest
8 65 (1.691%) Git (software)
9 40 (1.041%) Selenium
10 36 (0.937%) VSS/SourceSafe
11 25 (0.650%) TeamCity
12 24 (0.624%) CruiseControl
13 17 (0.442%) PhoneGap
13 17 (0.442%) MSBuild
14 14 (0.364%) FitNesse
14 14 (0.364%) WATIR
15 13 (0.338%) Cucumber
16 12 (0.312%) Visual Studio Team System
17 11 (0.286%) JUnit
18 9 (0.234%) Maven
General
1 351 (9.131%) Finance
2 126 (3.278%) Retail
3 118 (3.070%) Marketing
4 88 (2.289%) Games
5 81 (2.107%) Back Office
6 54 (1.405%) Advertising
7 36 (0.937%) Telecoms
7 36 (0.937%) Legal
8 34 (0.884%) Law
9 30 (0.780%) Manufacturing
10 26 (0.676%) Music
11 21 (0.546%) Electronics
12 19 (0.494%) Banking
13 16 (0.416%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (0.208%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.182%) Aerospace
16 6 (0.156%) Automotive
16 6 (0.156%) Military
17 5 (0.130%) Local Government
18 4 (0.104%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3246 (84.44%) Developer
2 1644 (42.77%) .NET Developer
3 1019 (26.51%) C# Developer
4 800 (20.81%) C# .NET Developer
5 511 (13.29%) Software Developer
6 492 (12.80%) ASP.NET Developer
7 480 (12.49%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 474 (12.33%) Web Developer
9 436 (11.34%) Senior Developer
10 222 (5.775%) Software Engineer
11 211 (5.489%) Junior
12 209 (5.437%) Junior Developer
13 179 (4.657%) .NET Web Developer
14 169 (4.396%) Senior .NET Developer
15 162 (4.214%) Analyst
16 149 (3.876%) Lead Developer
17 138 (3.590%) C# Web Developer
18 131 (3.408%) .NET Software Developer
19 121 (3.148%) Senior C# Developer
20 112 (2.914%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 382 (9.938%) Computer Science
2 171 (4.448%) Mobile App
3 169 (4.396%) N-Tier
4 159 (4.136%) Enterprise Software
5 96 (2.497%) W3C
6 69 (1.795%) Inversion of Control
7 62 (1.613%) Client/Server
8 40 (1.041%) Open Source
9 39 (1.015%) SaaS
10 34 (0.884%) New Media
11 33 (0.858%) Mathematics
12 28 (0.728%) Blackberry
12 28 (0.728%) iPhone
13 27 (0.702%) Social Network
13 27 (0.702%) Digital Media
13 27 (0.702%) Management Information System
14 19 (0.494%) Social Media
15 16 (0.416%) RIA
16 13 (0.338%) Replication
16 13 (0.338%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 602 (15.66%) Windows
2 98 (2.549%) Android
3 74 (1.925%) Apple iOS
4 64 (1.665%) Linux
5 57 (1.483%) UNIX
6 24 (0.624%) Windows Phone
7 21 (0.546%) Windows Server 2008
8 15 (0.390%) Windows Server 2003
9 11 (0.286%) Windows Mobile
10 10 (0.260%) Windows 8
11 8 (0.208%) Mac OS X
11 8 (0.208%) Windows 7
12 7 (0.182%) Windows Server 2012
13 6 (0.156%) Windows XP
14 5 (0.130%) Windows CE
15 3 (0.078%) AIX
16 2 (0.052%) Windows 2000
16 2 (0.052%) Windows Phone 8
16 2 (0.052%) Windows Vista
16 2 (0.052%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1405 (36.55%) MVC
2 838 (21.80%) TDD
3 760 (19.77%) OO
4 517 (13.45%) Scrum
5 509 (13.24%) Agile Software Development
6 456 (11.86%) Web Development
7 366 (9.521%) Web Application Development
8 299 (7.778%) E-Commerce
9 263 (6.842%) Unit Testing
10 246 (6.400%) OOP
11 227 (5.905%) Project Management
12 195 (5.073%) Continuous Integration
13 163 (4.240%) Dependency Injection
14 159 (4.136%) UML
15 152 (3.954%) Kanban
16 125 (3.252%) Software Engineering
17 119 (3.096%) MVVM
18 118 (3.070%) CRM
19 108 (2.810%) Domain-Driven Design
20 105 (2.732%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1781 (46.33%) SQL
2 1402 (36.47%) JavaScript
3 789 (20.53%) VB.NET
4 558 (14.52%) T-SQL
5 311 (8.091%) Java
6 258 (6.712%) VB
7 207 (5.385%) C++
8 146 (3.798%) PHP
9 121 (3.148%) C
10 114 (2.966%) Ruby
11 84 (2.185%) VB6
12 64 (1.665%) Python
13 38 (0.989%) VBA
14 33 (0.858%) PL/SQL
15 30 (0.780%) Objective-C
16 25 (0.650%) XPath
17 24 (0.624%) XAML
18 23 (0.598%) ActionScript
19 22 (0.572%) Delphi
20 17 (0.442%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 731 (19.02%) Degree
2 380 (9.886%) Microsoft Certification
3 323 (8.403%) MCTS
4 286 (7.440%) MCP
5 259 (6.738%) MCAD
5 259 (6.738%) MCSD
6 77 (2.003%) Security Cleared
7 38 (0.989%) ISEB
8 19 (0.494%) ISTQB
9 17 (0.442%) SC Cleared
9 17 (0.442%) MCPD
10 14 (0.364%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.156%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.104%) MCSE
13 3 (0.078%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 3 (0.078%) MCSA
14 2 (0.052%) HNC
14 2 (0.052%) HND
14 2 (0.052%) Sun Certification
14 2 (0.052%) SCJP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (1.951%) QA
2 35 (0.911%) WAI
3 8 (0.208%) SLA
4 5 (0.130%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.104%) HL7
5 4 (0.104%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.078%) COBIT
System Software
1 5 (0.130%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.078%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.078%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.052%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 10 (0.260%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (0.078%) Nagios
3 1 (0.026%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 1 (0.026%) MIIS
Vendors
1 924 (24.04%) Microsoft
2 197 (5.125%) Oracle
3 66 (1.717%) Telerik
4 35 (0.911%) Sitecore
5 29 (0.754%) Google
6 27 (0.702%) Twitter
7 25 (0.650%) TIBCO
8 21 (0.546%) Infragistics
9 19 (0.494%) EPiServer
10 16 (0.416%) SAP
11 14 (0.364%) Apple
11 14 (0.364%) HP
12 13 (0.338%) MicroStrategy
12 13 (0.338%) Symbian
13 9 (0.234%) DevExpress
13 9 (0.234%) hybris
13 9 (0.234%) Wonderware
14 8 (0.208%) Siebel
14 8 (0.208%) Avaya
14 8 (0.208%) Adobe
Blackburn, North West
You must be able to complete projects from start to finish as you will be working with colleagues to bring new applications online as well as improving existing...
greywood
Salary: £37000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
The objective of the role is to develop a web application in order for the client to publish events and take bookings online.You will be reporting to...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Posted: 3 May 2013
Stockport, North West
You'll be working on fast moving, dynamic .Net projects with life spans ranging from 2-6 months, This mid level .Net Developer role sits within the rapidly...
JAM
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 2 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Key skills - C#, .NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server, C# Developer, .NET Developer C# Developer / .NET Developer needed urgently for a new opportunity to join a leading brand based...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Software Engineer, Microsoft .Net Framework, , C#, ASP.net, Microsoft SQL Server, source control, web services, WCF , SQL, WCF... Candidates with experience of developing disperate systems using web services...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, North West
A great opportunity has come available for a Software Developer specialising in C# development to join an organisation where you can really take your career to the next...
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Great Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Congleton, North West
A great opportunity has come available for a Software Developer specialising in C# development to join an organisation where you can really take your career to the next...
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Great Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Wigan, North West
Key Skills: 5 years with .NET technologies C# ASP.NET SQL Server Experience with WCF Front-end technologies e.g. CSS, HTML This opportunity requires a passionate developer,...
greywood
Salary: £40000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 2 May 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
You will be given the opportunity to work with the latest technologies and work with their exciting client base. Key Skills: 5 years with .NET technologies. C# ASP...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £40000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cumbria
The Successful candidate will have at least 3 years experience in Microsoft web related technologies; Asp.net C# Sql Html Css This is a great opportunity to work...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
The company have recently deployed a very successful web application and due to enormous success they require a Software Developer with strong skills in C#, ASP.Net and...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, North West
We're looking for a .Net developer / Software Engineer who play a key role in the development and support of greenfield .Net development projects with an organisation renown...
JAM
Salary: £20000 - £28000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 3 May 2013
Lancaster, North West
Supplementary, nice to have, skills for this .Net Developer role include MVC, WebForms, Visual Studio and general web development ability..Net Developer - Lancaster - Upto £32k - Required Profile- Experience...
JAM
Salary: £25000 - £32000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Lancaster, Lancashire
This C#.Net ASP.Net Developer role is focussed on the development of web based applications in ASP.Net against a SQL server database. Supplementary, nice to have,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Kendal, North West
Key Skills: C# .NET MVC HTML JavaScript CSS SQL Databases This role offers an excellent opportunity to join a growing and technology driven company, you will be working...
greywood
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
Manchester, North West
As a C# Developer you'll be joining a High Street brand that has really gone from strength to strength in recent years, you'll be integrated in...
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Great Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Kendal, Cumbria
Skills: - C# - ASP.net - SQL Server - JavaScript - HTML - CSS Beneficial: - MVC - ORM - IoC You will be developing their core product as well as developing a number of internal...
Recital Consulting
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Stockport, North West, UK
We are expanding the team to take on some new project work which will also include developing for mobile devices.We have just completed a significant development to...
Stockport NHS Trust
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 25 May 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
Skills - ASP.Net / C# / HTML / CSS / SQL Server - This opportunity would suit a dedicated Junior Developer who has a good understanding of the software development lifecycle and is...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £18000 - £24000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
North West
Essential Skills *Working knowledge of .Net development in C# (or VB, but will need to learn C#) focused on web technologies, such as websites, data exchange platforms and...
Proteus Europe
Salary: Neg
Posted: 23 May 2013
Chester, North West
As their C#.NET Developer, you be will responsible for developing & maintaining bespoke software for my client. Technically they are looking for someone with the following skill set,...
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Our client based in Macclesfield is currently looking for a skilled .NET Developer... * Technical lead on projects as required * Contribute to the production of all necessary project documentation...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Skills Required: C# ASP.NET .NET HTML Javascript This is a rare opportunity to work for a world leading organisation who are looking to offer the relevant candidate...
Aston Carter
Salary: £24000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, North West
You will be able to point to significant experience of delivering high quality, robust solutions and should be able to demonstrate a record of high achievement and success...
JAM
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 2 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Our client based in Manchester is currently looking for a number of skilled C# developers, both Senior and Junior positions available. You will be working for a leading...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013