C# Job Trends in the Midlands

C#
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring C# skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 26 14
Rank change year-on-year -32 -12 +17
Permanent jobs citing C# 256 434 514
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.30% 6.76% 9.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.78% 25.28% 28.01%
Number of salaries quoted 229 263 488
10th Percentile £29,000 £38,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £76,975
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.69%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,124 1,717 1,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.48% 26.75% 32.23%
Number of salaries quoted 915 930 1,618
10th Percentile £28,850 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,001 £64,688
90th Percentile £78,774 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

C# job vacancy trend in the Midlands

C#
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing C#.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing C#

C#
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in the Midlands

C#
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
West Midlands -30 138 £55,000 - 45
East Midlands -22 118 £52,500 -4.55% 53
C#
England

C#
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 12 (4.69%) IIS
2 6 (2.34%) CMS
3 3 (1.17%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.78%) NServiceBus
4 2 (0.78%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.39%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 23 (8.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.78%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 107 (41.80%) Azure
2 72 (28.13%) SaaS
3 39 (15.23%) AWS
4 34 (13.28%) Dynamics 365
5 33 (12.89%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (12.50%) Power Platform
7 20 (7.81%) Power Automate
7 20 (7.81%) PowerApps
8 13 (5.08%) GitHub
9 11 (4.30%) Serverless
10 7 (2.73%) Figma
11 6 (2.34%) Azure Functions
11 6 (2.34%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (2.34%) GitHub Copilot
12 5 (1.95%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (1.56%) GCP
14 3 (1.17%) npm
14 3 (1.17%) NuGet
14 3 (1.17%) SonarCloud
15 2 (0.78%) Amazon ELB
Communications & Networking
1 37 (14.45%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (0.78%) DNS
2 2 (0.78%) FTP
2 2 (0.78%) HTTP
2 2 (0.78%) Intranet
2 2 (0.78%) SMTP
2 2 (0.78%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (24.22%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.25%) Relational Database
3 11 (4.30%) Power BI
3 11 (4.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (3.13%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.95%) Redis
6 3 (1.17%) MySQL
6 3 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.78%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.78%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.78%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.78%) Metadata
7 2 (0.78%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.78%) MS Access
8 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 13 (5.08%) Git
2 8 (3.13%) Selenium
3 6 (2.34%) Visual Studio
4 5 (1.95%) NUnit
5 4 (1.56%) MSTest
6 3 (1.17%) JIRA
6 3 (1.17%) Postman
7 2 (0.78%) GitLab
7 2 (0.78%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.78%) Subversion
7 2 (0.78%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.39%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.39%) Moq
8 1 (0.39%) NSubstitute
General
1 93 (36.33%) Social Skills
2 47 (18.36%) Retail
3 42 (16.41%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.20%) Finance
5 16 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.86%) Law
7 6 (2.34%) Games
8 5 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.17%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.17%) Marketing
11 2 (0.78%) Legal
12 1 (0.39%) Automotive
12 1 (0.39%) Billing
12 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.39%) Police
Job Titles
1 140 (54.69%) Developer
2 52 (20.31%) C# Developer
3 51 (19.92%) Senior
4 37 (14.45%) 2nd Line Support
5 33 (12.89%) Lead
5 33 (12.89%) Software Developer
6 29 (11.33%) .NET Developer
6 29 (11.33%) Senior Developer
7 27 (10.55%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 21 (8.20%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 19 (7.42%) Software Engineer
10 17 (6.64%) C# .NET Developer
10 17 (6.64%) Senior C# Developer
11 15 (5.86%) Lead Developer
12 14 (5.47%) Analyst
13 13 (5.08%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
13 13 (5.08%) ERP Analyst
13 13 (5.08%) ERP Support
13 13 (5.08%) Software Support Analyst
13 13 (5.08%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (60.16%) .NET
2 43 (16.80%) React
3 40 (15.63%) .NET Core
4 37 (14.45%) AngularJS
5 22 (8.59%) .NET Framework
6 21 (8.20%) ASP.NET
7 18 (7.03%) REST
8 16 (6.25%) ASP.NET MVC
8 16 (6.25%) HTML
9 15 (5.86%) CSS
10 14 (5.47%) JSON
11 13 (5.08%) Razor View Engine
12 11 (4.30%) Blazor
13 9 (3.52%) Node.js
14 8 (3.13%) Entity Framework
15 6 (2.34%) DirectX
15 6 (2.34%) Material Design
15 6 (2.34%) OpenGL
15 6 (2.34%) WinForms
15 6 (2.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (19.53%) Onboarding
2 23 (8.98%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (3.91%) Operational Technology
4 9 (3.52%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.52%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (2.34%) 3D Graphics
5 6 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.56%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.17%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.17%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.78%) CCTV
8 2 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.78%) IoT
8 2 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.78%) SCADA
9 1 (0.39%) CMDB
9 1 (0.39%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.73%) Linux
1 7 (2.73%) Windows
2 2 (0.78%) Mac OS X
2 2 (0.78%) VMS
3 1 (0.39%) Android
3 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (31.64%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (29.30%) CRM
3 71 (27.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 70 (27.34%) Mentoring
5 63 (24.61%) Agile
6 54 (21.09%) DevOps
6 54 (21.09%) Software Engineering
7 50 (19.53%) CI/CD
8 49 (19.14%) Customer Service
9 48 (18.75%) Root Cause Analysis
10 46 (17.97%) Logistics
11 42 (16.41%) Full-Stack Development
12 41 (16.02%) E-Commerce
13 40 (15.63%) Analytical Thinking
13 40 (15.63%) ERP
14 37 (14.45%) Data Privacy
15 23 (8.98%) Microservices
16 20 (7.81%) MVC
16 20 (7.81%) SDLC
16 20 (7.81%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 103 (40.23%) SQL
2 61 (23.83%) JavaScript
3 23 (8.98%) TypeScript
4 18 (7.03%) PowerShell
5 15 (5.86%) Java
5 15 (5.86%) Python
6 10 (3.91%) PHP
6 10 (3.91%) T-SQL
7 6 (2.34%) Delphi
8 5 (1.95%) Bicep
8 5 (1.95%) C++
9 4 (1.56%) Ruby
9 4 (1.56%) Scala
10 3 (1.17%) Bash
11 2 (0.78%) Go
11 2 (0.78%) Groovy
11 2 (0.78%) VB
11 2 (0.78%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.78%) VBA
11 2 (0.78%) XAML
Qualifications
1 13 (5.08%) Degree
2 10 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.34%) AWS Certification
3 6 (2.34%) Master's Degree
3 6 (2.34%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.34%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.17%) Azure Certification
4 3 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.78%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.78%) HND
5 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (23.05%) QA
2 9 (3.52%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.13%) WCAG
4 2 (0.78%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.78%) GDPR
5 1 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 4 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (3.13%) Terraform
2 5 (1.95%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.78%) Nagios
4 1 (0.39%) Ansible
Vendors
1 40 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.47%) Oracle
3 3 (1.17%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (0.78%) Databricks
4 2 (0.78%) Infor
4 2 (0.78%) Xamarin
5 1 (0.39%) Adobe
5 1 (0.39%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.39%) HubSpot