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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 87 29
Rank change year-on-year +47 -58 0
Permanent jobs citing C# 45 15 70
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 3.04% 1.32% 5.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.64% 2.31% 22.36%
Number of salaries quoted 43 15 52
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,185 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,384 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.97% -15.23% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £53,093 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 - £65,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

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 218 650 313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 14.72% 57.12% 23.93%
Number of salaries quoted 150 76 248
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,027 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £47,683 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.01% -13.30% +15.79%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,093 £66,250
90th Percentile £74,987 £59,081 £80,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -7 17 £62,500 +31.58% 4
Blackburn - 8 £43,750 - 1
Lancaster -11 6 £42,500 -5.43%
Carnforth - 5 £55,000 -
Blackpool - 3 £69,305 -
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 (8.89%) CMS
1 4 (8.89%) IIS
1 4 (8.89%) WordPress
2 3 (6.67%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 29 (64.44%) Azure
2 11 (24.44%) Azure AI
2 11 (24.44%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (17.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 6 (13.33%) GitHub
4 6 (13.33%) GitHub Copilot
5 4 (8.89%) AWS
5 4 (8.89%) Power Automate
6 3 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.22%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.67%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (42.22%) Azure SQL Database
2 15 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 11 (24.44%) MongoDB
4 4 (8.89%) MySQL
4 4 (8.89%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (17.78%) Git
2 3 (6.67%) GitLab
3 1 (2.22%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.22%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.22%) JUnit
3 1 (2.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 10 (22.22%) Banking
2 6 (13.33%) Advertising
3 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.89%) Finance
3 4 (8.89%) Legal
3 4 (8.89%) Marketing
3 4 (8.89%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (82.22%) Developer
2 17 (37.78%) .NET Developer
3 15 (33.33%) Senior
4 13 (28.89%) Software Developer
5 12 (26.67%) Senior Developer
5 12 (26.67%) Senior Software Developer
6 10 (22.22%) C# Developer
6 10 (22.22%) C# Software Developer
6 10 (22.22%) Senior C# Developer
6 10 (22.22%) Senior C# Software Developer
7 5 (11.11%) Software Engineer
8 4 (8.89%) Full-Stack Developer
9 3 (6.67%) Programmer
9 3 (6.67%) Senior Software Engineer
10 1 (2.22%) .NET Software Developer
10 1 (2.22%) Senior .NET Developer
10 1 (2.22%) Senior .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (66.67%) .NET
2 22 (48.89%) .NET Core
2 22 (48.89%) ASP.NET
3 18 (40.00%) ASP.NET Core
4 14 (31.11%) CSS
5 13 (28.89%) HTML
5 13 (28.89%) RESTful
6 12 (26.67%) Entity Framework
7 11 (24.44%) ML.NET
8 8 (17.78%) ASP.NET Web API
8 8 (17.78%) LINQ
9 7 (15.56%) AngularJS
9 7 (15.56%) REST
10 5 (11.11%) Blazor
10 5 (11.11%) React
10 5 (11.11%) Vue
11 4 (8.89%) JSON
12 3 (6.67%) ADO.NET
12 3 (6.67%) JWT
12 3 (6.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (11.11%) Social Network
3 4 (8.89%) Contactless
3 4 (8.89%) EMV
3 4 (8.89%) Java Card
3 4 (8.89%) Smartcard
4 3 (6.67%) Driving Licence
4 3 (6.67%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (53.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 19 (42.22%) Agile
3 15 (33.33%) AI
4 13 (28.89%) CI/CD
5 12 (26.67%) DevOps
5 12 (26.67%) OO
6 11 (24.44%) Machine Learning
7 10 (22.22%) API Development
7 10 (22.22%) Multithreading
8 9 (20.00%) SDLC
9 8 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (15.56%) API Integration
10 7 (15.56%) Webhook
11 6 (13.33%) BDD
11 6 (13.33%) Computer Science
11 6 (13.33%) TDD
12 5 (11.11%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
12 5 (11.11%) Software Engineering
13 4 (8.89%) Performance Optimisation
13 4 (8.89%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 24 (53.33%) SQL
2 15 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 10 (22.22%) C++
4 8 (17.78%) Java
5 5 (11.11%) TypeScript
6 3 (6.67%) Python
7 1 (2.22%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 14443
1 4 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 7816
2 3 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 9 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (13.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (37.78%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.89%) OpenAI
3 3 (6.67%) Splunk