C# Job Trends in Lancashire

C#
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring C# skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 85 39
Rank change year-on-year +53 -46 -16
Permanent jobs citing C# 59 10 46
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 3.66% 0.89% 3.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.98% 1.60% 18.47%
Number of salaries quoted 57 10 35
10th Percentile £38,750 £31,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,342 £47,683
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,384 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.77% -22.94% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £47,537 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £51,475 £65,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £50,527
% change year-on-year -12.00% +23.70% -12.13%

All Programming Languages
Lancashire

C# falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 246 625 249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 15.24% 55.36% 21.28%
Number of salaries quoted 203 50 155
10th Percentile £33,475 £25,888 £38,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,683 £54,793
Median % change year-on-year +1.71% -12.98% +9.59%
75th Percentile £73,110 £54,948 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £61,825 £73,750
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -0.04%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C# relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

C# job vacancy trend in Lancashire

C#
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing C#.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing C#

C#
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# in Lancashire over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in Lancashire

C#
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Preston +1 27 £60,000 +26.32% 4
Blackburn - 8 £40,000 -
Blackpool - 8 £58,646 -
Lancaster -8 6 £42,500 +0.27% 1
Carnforth - 5 £55,000 - 1
Accrington - 1 £55,000 -
C#
North West

C#
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 4 (6.78%) CMS
1 4 (6.78%) WordPress
2 3 (5.08%) IIS
2 3 (5.08%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 37 (62.71%) Azure
2 10 (16.95%) Azure AI
2 10 (16.95%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (13.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 7 (11.86%) AWS
5 6 (10.17%) GitHub
5 6 (10.17%) GitHub Copilot
6 4 (6.78%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (6.78%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (6.78%) Power Automate
6 4 (6.78%) Serverless
7 3 (5.08%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (3.39%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.08%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (30.51%) Azure SQL Database
2 15 (25.42%) SQL Server
3 10 (16.95%) MongoDB
4 6 (10.17%) MySQL
4 6 (10.17%) Relational Database
5 4 (6.78%) Spark SQL
6 3 (5.08%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (15.25%) Git
2 3 (5.08%) Eclipse
2 3 (5.08%) GitLab
2 3 (5.08%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.08%) JUnit
2 3 (5.08%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 12 (20.34%) Banking
2 8 (13.56%) Public Sector
3 6 (10.17%) Advertising
3 6 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Finance
4 4 (6.78%) Legal
4 4 (6.78%) Marketing
5 1 (1.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (83.05%) Developer
2 25 (42.37%) .NET Developer
3 21 (35.59%) Senior
4 20 (33.90%) Software Developer
5 18 (30.51%) Senior Developer
6 17 (28.81%) Senior Software Developer
7 12 (20.34%) C# Developer
7 12 (20.34%) C# Software Developer
7 12 (20.34%) Senior C# Developer
7 12 (20.34%) Senior C# Software Developer
8 9 (15.25%) Full-Stack Developer
9 5 (8.47%) Azure Developer
9 5 (8.47%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
9 5 (8.47%) Senior .NET Developer
9 5 (8.47%) Software Engineer
10 4 (6.78%) .NET Software Developer
10 4 (6.78%) Data Engineer
10 4 (6.78%) Senior .NET Software Developer
11 3 (5.08%) Senior Software Engineer
12 1 (1.69%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (71.19%) .NET
2 29 (49.15%) .NET Core
3 20 (33.90%) ASP.NET
4 17 (28.81%) ASP.NET Core
5 16 (27.12%) AngularJS
6 14 (23.73%) React
6 14 (23.73%) Vue
7 13 (22.03%) CSS
8 12 (20.34%) Entity Framework
9 11 (18.64%) RESTful
10 10 (16.95%) HTML
10 10 (16.95%) ML.NET
11 8 (13.56%) ASP.NET Web API
11 8 (13.56%) LINQ
11 8 (13.56%) REST
12 4 (6.78%) .NET Framework
12 4 (6.78%) Blazor
12 4 (6.78%) PySpark
13 3 (5.08%) JWT
13 3 (5.08%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.17%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (8.47%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (6.78%) Contactless
3 4 (6.78%) EMV
3 4 (6.78%) Java Card
3 4 (6.78%) Smartcard
3 4 (6.78%) Social Network
4 3 (5.08%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.69%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (52.54%) Full-Stack Development
2 21 (35.59%) Agile
3 17 (28.81%) CI/CD
4 16 (27.12%) API Integration
5 15 (25.42%) AI
6 13 (22.03%) OO
7 12 (20.34%) API Development
8 10 (16.95%) DevOps
8 10 (16.95%) Machine Learning
9 9 (15.25%) Multithreading
9 9 (15.25%) SDLC
10 8 (13.56%) Event-Driven
11 7 (11.86%) Coaching
11 7 (11.86%) Mentoring
11 7 (11.86%) TDD
11 7 (11.86%) Webhook
12 6 (10.17%) BDD
12 6 (10.17%) Computer Science
12 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (8.47%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 26 (44.07%) SQL
2 25 (42.37%) JavaScript
3 14 (23.73%) Java
4 12 (20.34%) C++
5 5 (8.47%) TypeScript
6 2 (3.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (10.17%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (10.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) Data Quality
1 4 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 14443
1 4 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 7816
2 3 (5.08%) QA
System Software
1 9 (15.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (10.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (25.42%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.78%) OpenAI
3 3 (5.08%) Splunk