The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 6 6 9
Rank change year-on-year
0 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 1008 807 540
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 20.05% 17.71% 12.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.83% 32.82% 28.04%
Number of salaries quoted 909 728 513
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £49,750 £47,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2469 2459 1926
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 49.11% 53.95% 46.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2154 2212 1735
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham 0 236 £37,500 +5.63%
Warwickshire +2 195 £33,500 -4.28%
Staffordshire +3 154 £35,000 -6.66%
Worcestershire +4 83 £35,000 +11.11%
Coventry -2 77 £37,500 +5.63%
Solihull 0 71 £37,500 +12.78%
Shropshire +3 44 £32,500 +4.83%
Walsall +1 39 £29,500 -9.23%
West Bromwich +8 12 £40,000 +14.28%
Dudley +12 11 £33,500 +21.81%
Sutton Coldfield -5 10 £35,000 -7.89%
Herefordshire -3 8 £36,250 +15.07%
Wolverhampton -4 4 £41,000 +30.15%
Smethwick - 4 £35,000 -
C#
England

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 1770 (90.63%) .NET
2 1241 (63.54%) ASP.NET
3 1229 (62.93%) SQL Server
4 840 (43.01%) SQL
5 731 (37.43%) JavaScript
6 652 (33.38%) CSS
7 600 (30.72%) HTML
8 573 (29.34%) Microsoft
9 562 (28.78%) MVC
10 441 (22.58%) XML
11 410 (20.99%) VB.NET
12 386 (19.76%) jQuery
13 338 (17.31%) ASP.NET MVC
14 337 (17.26%) WCF
15 318 (16.28%) Web Services
16 308 (15.77%) Windows
17 305 (15.62%) Visual Studio
18 304 (15.57%) SQL Server 2008
19 296 (15.16%) Agile Software Development
20 292 (14.95%) Degree
21 268 (13.72%) SharePoint
22 265 (13.57%) TDD
23 258 (13.21%) OO
24 257 (13.16%) Ajax
25 253 (12.95%) Scrum
26 250 (12.80%) .NET Framework
27 226 (11.57%) MS Excel
28 225 (11.52%) Web Development
29 221 (11.32%) T-SQL
30 201 (10.29%) Finance

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 1770 (90.63%) .NET
2 1241 (63.54%) ASP.NET
3 652 (33.38%) CSS
4 600 (30.72%) HTML
5 441 (22.58%) XML
6 386 (19.76%) jQuery
7 338 (17.31%) ASP.NET MVC
8 337 (17.26%) WCF
9 318 (16.28%) Web Services
10 257 (13.16%) Ajax
11 250 (12.80%) .NET Framework
12 184 (9.421%) WPF
13 179 (9.165%) HTML5
14 167 (8.551%) WinForms
15 164 (8.397%) XSLT
16 137 (7.015%) Silverlight
17 125 (6.400%) ASP
18 118 (6.042%) Razor View Engine
19 117 (5.991%) XHTML
20 111 (5.684%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 268 (13.72%) SharePoint
2 87 (4.455%) SharePoint 2010
3 78 (3.994%) BizTalk Server
4 59 (3.021%) IIS
5 46 (2.355%) CMS
6 40 (2.048%) SharePoint Server
7 28 (1.434%) Tomcat
8 20 (1.024%) Windows Azure
9 19 (0.973%) WebLogic
10 15 (0.768%) Umbraco
11 13 (0.666%) Apache
11 13 (0.666%) NetWeaver
11 13 (0.666%) Sitecore CMS
11 13 (0.666%) SAP Portal
12 12 (0.614%) SharePoint Foundation
13 11 (0.563%) MSMQ
14 5 (0.256%) Lync
15 4 (0.205%) NServiceBus
15 4 (0.205%) Amazon AWS
15 4 (0.205%) Kentico
Applications
1 226 (11.57%) MS Excel
2 34 (1.741%) InfoPath
2 34 (1.741%) MS Office
3 21 (1.075%) Photoshop
4 7 (0.358%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (0.256%) Fireworks
6 4 (0.205%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.205%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.154%) DOC1
7 3 (0.154%) PrintSoft PReS
7 3 (0.154%) MS PowerPoint
8 1 (0.051%) Maya
8 1 (0.051%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.051%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 94 (4.813%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.024%) SAP Business One
3 12 (0.614%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.307%) Agresso
5 4 (0.205%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.154%) Bond Adapt
6 3 (0.154%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.102%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.102%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.051%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 53 (2.714%) HTTP
2 42 (2.151%) Intranet
3 36 (1.843%) Internet
4 16 (0.819%) LDAP
5 10 (0.512%) Modbus
6 6 (0.307%) VoIP
7 5 (0.256%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.256%) Broadband
8 4 (0.205%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.051%) SSL
9 1 (0.051%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1229 (62.93%) SQL Server
2 304 (15.57%) SQL Server 2008
3 198 (10.14%) SQL Server 2005
4 94 (4.813%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 87 (4.455%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 76 (3.891%) SQL Server 2012
7 36 (1.843%) Oracle 8/8i
8 34 (1.741%) SQL Server 2000
9 32 (1.639%) MySQL
10 27 (1.382%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 24 (1.229%) Oracle 10g
12 23 (1.178%) TOAD
13 21 (1.075%) Data Warehouse
13 21 (1.075%) DB2
14 20 (1.024%) Oracle 11g
15 17 (0.870%) SQLPlus
16 15 (0.768%) RDBMS
17 14 (0.717%) Crystal Reports
18 13 (0.666%) Oracle Reports
19 11 (0.563%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 305 (15.62%) Visual Studio
2 103 (5.274%) Team Foundation Server
3 95 (4.864%) NUnit
4 59 (3.021%) Rhino Mocks
5 47 (2.407%) Moq
5 47 (2.407%) Subversion
6 33 (1.690%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 32 (1.639%) MSTest
8 26 (1.331%) JIRA
9 22 (1.126%) MSBuild
10 18 (0.922%) CruiseControl
11 13 (0.666%) Xcode
11 13 (0.666%) Visual Studio Team System
12 12 (0.614%) Git (software)
13 11 (0.563%) Eclipse
14 10 (0.512%) Oracle Forms
15 9 (0.461%) TeamCity
16 8 (0.410%) Hudson
16 8 (0.410%) Selenium
16 8 (0.410%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 201 (10.29%) Finance
2 70 (3.584%) Retail
3 44 (2.253%) Manufacturing
4 40 (2.048%) Marketing
5 36 (1.843%) Advertising
6 35 (1.792%) Games
7 34 (1.741%) Telecoms
8 28 (1.434%) Aerospace
8 28 (1.434%) Automotive
9 20 (1.024%) Legal
10 11 (0.563%) Banking
10 11 (0.563%) Music
11 9 (0.461%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (0.410%) Back Office
12 8 (0.410%) Billing
13 7 (0.358%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.256%) Front Office
15 4 (0.205%) Publishing
16 3 (0.154%) Mandarin Language
17 2 (0.102%) German Language
Job Titles
1 1575 (80.65%) Developer
2 757 (38.76%) .NET Developer
3 594 (30.41%) C# Developer
4 407 (20.84%) C# .NET Developer
5 308 (15.77%) ASP.NET Developer
6 230 (11.78%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 227 (11.62%) Software Developer
8 210 (10.75%) Senior Developer
9 184 (9.421%) Web Developer
10 112 (5.735%) Software Engineer
11 101 (5.172%) Analyst
12 100 (5.120%) Junior
13 98 (5.018%) Junior Developer
14 95 (4.864%) Senior .NET Developer
15 80 (4.096%) .NET Web Developer
16 78 (3.994%) Graduate
17 71 (3.635%) Graduate Developer
18 70 (3.584%) .NET Software Developer
19 69 (3.533%) Senior C# Developer
20 68 (3.482%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 145 (7.424%) Computer Science
2 77 (3.943%) Mobile App
3 76 (3.891%) N-Tier
4 47 (2.407%) Mathematics
5 35 (1.792%) Inversion of Control
6 33 (1.690%) Enterprise Software
7 25 (1.280%) Client/Server
7 25 (1.280%) SaaS
8 23 (1.178%) iPhone
8 23 (1.178%) Physics
9 17 (0.870%) Blackberry
10 16 (0.819%) Smartcard
10 16 (0.819%) W3C
11 12 (0.614%) Social Network
12 10 (0.512%) SCADA
12 10 (0.512%) Management Information System
13 9 (0.461%) Pocket PC
14 8 (0.410%) Digital Media
14 8 (0.410%) Tandem
15 7 (0.358%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 308 (15.77%) Windows
2 66 (3.379%) Android
3 60 (3.072%) Linux
4 56 (2.867%) UNIX
5 27 (1.382%) Apple iOS
6 26 (1.331%) Windows Phone
6 26 (1.331%) Windows Mobile
7 20 (1.024%) Solaris
7 20 (1.024%) OpenVMS
8 15 (0.768%) Windows CE
9 13 (0.666%) Windows Phone 7
9 13 (0.666%) Windows Phone 8
10 11 (0.563%) Windows 8
11 9 (0.461%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (0.256%) Windows NT
12 5 (0.256%) MVS
13 4 (0.205%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 562 (28.78%) MVC
2 296 (15.16%) Agile Software Development
3 265 (13.57%) TDD
4 258 (13.21%) OO
5 253 (12.95%) Scrum
6 225 (11.52%) Web Development
7 192 (9.831%) E-Commerce
8 146 (7.476%) Web Application Development
9 141 (7.220%) CRM
10 115 (5.888%) Unit Testing
11 87 (4.455%) SOA
12 85 (4.352%) Continuous Integration
13 64 (3.277%) Kanban
13 64 (3.277%) Software Engineering
14 61 (3.123%) Project Management
15 57 (2.919%) MVVM
16 56 (2.867%) UML
17 54 (2.765%) Business Intelligence
18 51 (2.611%) BDD
19 49 (2.509%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 840 (43.01%) SQL
2 731 (37.43%) JavaScript
3 410 (20.99%) VB.NET
4 221 (11.32%) T-SQL
5 199 (10.19%) Java
5 199 (10.19%) C++
6 177 (9.063%) VB
7 85 (4.352%) PL/SQL
8 69 (3.533%) VB6
9 62 (3.175%) PHP
10 47 (2.407%) Python
11 46 (2.355%) Delphi
12 36 (1.843%) C
13 28 (1.434%) VC++
14 27 (1.382%) XPath
15 19 (0.973%) Perl
16 16 (0.819%) XAML
17 13 (0.666%) VBA
17 13 (0.666%) VBScript
18 10 (0.512%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 292 (14.95%) Degree
2 147 (7.527%) Microsoft Certification
3 89 (4.557%) MCSD
4 85 (4.352%) MCTS
4 85 (4.352%) MCAD
5 81 (4.147%) MCP
6 26 (1.331%) Security Cleared
7 22 (1.126%) ISEB
8 14 (0.717%) SC Cleared
8 14 (0.717%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.358%) PhD
9 7 (0.358%) HND
9 7 (0.358%) APMP
10 6 (0.307%) Postgraduate
11 5 (0.256%) MCPD
12 2 (0.102%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.102%) MCSE
12 2 (0.102%) HNC
12 2 (0.102%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.051%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (3.891%) QA
2 28 (1.434%) ISO 9001
3 21 (1.075%) TickIT
4 10 (0.512%) SLA
5 5 (0.256%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.051%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (0.614%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.256%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.154%) Terminal Server
4 2 (0.102%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 3 (0.154%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (0.102%) SCCM
2 2 (0.102%) SCOM
2 2 (0.102%) WMI
Vendors
1 573 (29.34%) Microsoft
2 133 (6.810%) Oracle
3 66 (3.379%) SAP
4 28 (1.434%) Telerik
5 20 (1.024%) Sybase
6 17 (0.870%) JBoss
7 15 (0.768%) Sitecore
8 12 (0.614%) Twitter
8 12 (0.614%) DevExpress
8 12 (0.614%) Google
9 11 (0.563%) Pega
10 10 (0.512%) Adobe
11 9 (0.461%) Citrix
11 9 (0.461%) Sage
12 8 (0.410%) Apple
13 7 (0.358%) Borland
13 7 (0.358%) Facebook
14 6 (0.307%) Remedy
15 5 (0.256%) VMware
16 4 (0.205%) Mapinfo
Solihull, West Midlands
The Senior Developer (C#, .NET & WPF) must have good knowledge of C# and .Net and have a strong academic background... The Senior Developer (C#, .NET & WPF) will be...
Boston Capel
Salary: Depending on experience
Posted: 24 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
As a result, they are looking to expand and want to recruit 2 Developers who have commercial experience developing Enterprise ASP.NET Web Forms applications in C# with...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Great benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
As a result, they are looking to expand and want to recruit 2 Developers who have commercial experience developing Enterprise ASP.NET Web Forms applications in C# with...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Great benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
An exciting start-up is looking for two excellent ASP-NET Developers to join their company- There are fantastic opportunities for career progression within this growing company- As...
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP50000 per annum + Benefits: Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Warwickshire
The required skills set would revolve around c#, asp.net and SQL server but will also require a strong knowledge of Javascript and a good background in things...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Warwick, West Midlands
The required skills set would revolve around c#, asp.net and SQL server but will also require a strong knowledge of Javascript and a good background in things...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013
Warwickshire, West Midlands
The required skills set would revolve around c#, asp.net and SQL server but will also require a strong knowledge of Javascript and a good background in things...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Walsall, West Midlands
C# .Net Developer -Walsall- £35,000 - £37,000 - C# ASP.Net SQL Two experienced C# ASP.Net Developers are required to join an in-house development team of...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £37000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
Software Developer - Coventry - C#, C#.NET, C++Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 DOEMy innovative client are in the process of changing how we view one of the most...
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
This VB.NET developer role will be working for a fast growing and awarding winning software company based near Stoke on Trent... This will give you exposure to...
Salary: £27000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
I am currently looking for a number of C# developers to join a Microsoft Gold Partner based in the centre of Birmingham... They are looking to take developers...
Posted: 8 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
I am currently looking for a number of C# developers to join a Microsoft Gold Partner based in the centre of Birmingham... They are looking to take developers...
Posted: 15 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
Essential experience and skills: 4 years hands on development working with - .Net Visual Studio C# (web and desktop) Linq SQL SQL Server The development team are enthusiastic professionals...
Computer Futures
Salary: £46000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Warwickshire
A .Net Developer C#, VB, ASP, SQL is urgently needed for my client in Warwickshire who are a software innovator within the manufacturing industry and boast some excellent...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
An exciting start-up is looking for two excellent ASP.NET Developers to join their company... As one of the ASP.NET Developers you will be part of...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 to £50000 per annum - Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Warwick, West Midlands
C# Developer/ Software Developer/ Programmer C#,WPF, Silverlight, ASP.net, SQL SERVER This market leading organisation are looking to add a C#.net Developer (WPF, WCF, ASP.net &...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits, Flexi Time
Posted: 1 May 2013
Warwick, West Midlands
C# Developer/ Software Developer - Warwick, Warwickshire - £35k - Excellent Role & Company!C#, WPF, Silverlight, ASP.Net, SQL SERVER, WCF, Developer.This market leading organisation are looking to add a...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits, Flexi Time
Posted: 10 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Requirements * Expansive C# / ASP.Net Development skills * Strong emphasis on object orientated development * Excellent SQL 2008/2012 skills * Comfortable with HTML, CSS, Javascript & JQuery * Exceptional communication skills able...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £27000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
Web Developer/C#/ASP.Net Coventry £27-32kGreywood Associates are delighted to be working on behalf of a Software Company based in Coventry, easily commutable from Birmingham, Rugby &...
greywood
Salary: £27000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
C# Developers: WPF & Asp.Net Requirements... The Job The successful candidates will be possess strong knowledge in OOP techniques and will specialised in the development of either C#/...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Staffordshire, West Midlands
C# Winforms Developer - SQL, .Net, Software Developer - £40k - Great Company & Role!!C#, Winforms, SQL Server, Staffordshire - Cannock, Walsall, Wolverhampton, StaffordMy client are a highly established and successful solution...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
This VB.NET developer role will be working for a fast growing and awarding winning software company based near Stoke on Trent... Skills Required: *Solid development experience with...
Salary: £27000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Development of ASP.net web pages using .NET 4 in C#. Develop and maintain the Cargo X-ray software code base using ASP.NET 4, Visual C++ and...
Search Consultancy
Salary: £35000 - £43000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
Developer, engineer, .Net, C#, MVC, Solihull, Birmingham) The Company... The Role As an experienced .Net developer you will hit the ground running and become an intrinsic part of...
Parker White Consulting Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum Plus good benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Lichfield, West Midlands
You will be joining an experienced team of developers working on various large scale projects for a retained client list utilising your skills in C#, OOP, ASP.Net,...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 5 May 2013