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 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 25 14
Rank change year-on-year -35 -11 +22
Permanent jobs citing C# 265 436 690
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.26% 7.05% 9.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.06% 25.83% 29.35%
Number of salaries quoted 236 258 648
10th Percentile £29,000 £38,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,872 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,063 £67,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -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 1,149 1,688 2,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.14% 27.28% 31.30%
Number of salaries quoted 923 912 2,076
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,250 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 27 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 27 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 -36 137 £52,500 -4.55% 59
East Midlands -22 128 £52,500 -4.55% 90
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 14 (5.28%) IIS
2 6 (2.26%) CMS
3 3 (1.13%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.75%) NServiceBus
4 2 (0.75%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 23 (8.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.75%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 110 (41.51%) Azure
2 72 (27.17%) SaaS
3 42 (15.85%) AWS
4 33 (12.45%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (12.45%) Power Platform
5 32 (12.08%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (7.92%) PowerApps
7 18 (6.79%) Power Automate
8 15 (5.66%) GitHub
9 9 (3.40%) Figma
10 8 (3.02%) GitHub Copilot
10 8 (3.02%) Serverless
11 5 (1.89%) npm
11 5 (1.89%) NuGet
11 5 (1.89%) SonarCloud
12 4 (1.51%) GCP
13 3 (1.13%) Azure Functions
13 3 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (1.13%) Azure Service Bus
14 2 (0.75%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (13.21%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (0.75%) DNS
2 2 (0.75%) FTP
2 2 (0.75%) HTTP
2 2 (0.75%) Intranet
2 2 (0.75%) SMTP
2 2 (0.75%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (23.40%) SQL Server
2 18 (6.79%) Relational Database
3 13 (4.91%) Power BI
4 11 (4.15%) NoSQL
4 11 (4.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.89%) Redis
6 3 (1.13%) MySQL
6 3 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.75%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.75%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.75%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.75%) Metadata
7 2 (0.75%) MS Access
8 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 13 (4.91%) Git
2 9 (3.40%) Visual Studio
3 7 (2.64%) Selenium
4 3 (1.13%) JIRA
4 3 (1.13%) Postman
5 2 (0.75%) GitLab
5 2 (0.75%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.75%) Subversion
5 2 (0.75%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.38%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.38%) MSTest
6 1 (0.38%) NUnit
General
1 92 (34.72%) Social Skills
2 46 (17.36%) Retail
3 41 (15.47%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.30%) Finance
5 16 (6.04%) Law
6 11 (4.15%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.26%) Games
8 5 (1.89%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.13%) Marketing
11 2 (0.75%) Legal
12 1 (0.38%) Automotive
12 1 (0.38%) Billing
12 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.38%) Police
Job Titles
1 150 (56.60%) Developer
2 56 (21.13%) C# Developer
3 45 (16.98%) Senior
4 41 (15.47%) Software Developer
5 35 (13.21%) 2nd Line Support
6 33 (12.45%) .NET Developer
6 33 (12.45%) Lead
7 27 (10.19%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 24 (9.06%) Senior Developer
9 20 (7.55%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 19 (7.17%) C# .NET Developer
11 17 (6.42%) Software Engineer
12 14 (5.28%) Analyst
12 14 (5.28%) Lead Developer
12 14 (5.28%) Senior C# Developer
13 13 (4.91%) ERP Analyst
13 13 (4.91%) ERP Support
13 13 (4.91%) Software Analyst
13 13 (4.91%) Software Support Analyst
13 13 (4.91%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (61.51%) .NET
2 44 (16.60%) React
3 41 (15.47%) .NET Core
4 37 (13.96%) AngularJS
5 25 (9.43%) ASP.NET
6 23 (8.68%) .NET Framework
7 18 (6.79%) REST
8 17 (6.42%) ASP.NET MVC
9 16 (6.04%) HTML
10 15 (5.66%) CSS
11 14 (5.28%) JSON
11 14 (5.28%) Razor View Engine
12 12 (4.53%) Blazor
13 11 (4.15%) Node.js
14 8 (3.02%) Material Design
14 8 (3.02%) WebAssembly
14 8 (3.02%) WinForms
15 7 (2.64%) Entity Framework
15 7 (2.64%) YAML
16 6 (2.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (18.11%) Onboarding
2 23 (8.68%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.53%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.77%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.26%) 3D Graphics
5 6 (2.26%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.51%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.13%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.13%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.75%) CCTV
8 2 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.75%) IoT
8 2 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.75%) SCADA
9 1 (0.38%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.38%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.38%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.40%) Linux
1 9 (3.40%) Windows
2 2 (0.75%) Mac OS X
2 2 (0.75%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (29.81%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (28.30%) CRM
3 67 (25.28%) Continuous Improvement
3 67 (25.28%) Mentoring
4 60 (22.64%) Agile
5 55 (20.75%) DevOps
6 53 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 48 (18.11%) CI/CD
8 47 (17.74%) Customer Service
9 46 (17.36%) Logistics
9 46 (17.36%) Root Cause Analysis
10 45 (16.98%) Full-Stack Development
11 40 (15.09%) E-Commerce
12 38 (14.34%) Analytical Thinking
12 38 (14.34%) ERP
13 35 (13.21%) Data Privacy
14 23 (8.68%) Microservices
14 23 (8.68%) SDLC
15 22 (8.30%) MVC
16 18 (6.79%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 102 (38.49%) SQL
2 59 (22.26%) JavaScript
3 21 (7.92%) TypeScript
4 20 (7.55%) PowerShell
5 13 (4.91%) Java
5 13 (4.91%) Python
6 10 (3.77%) PHP
6 10 (3.77%) T-SQL
7 8 (3.02%) Delphi
8 5 (1.89%) Bash
8 5 (1.89%) C++
9 4 (1.51%) Bicep
9 4 (1.51%) Ruby
10 2 (0.75%) Go
10 2 (0.75%) Groovy
10 2 (0.75%) Ladder Logic
10 2 (0.75%) Perl
10 2 (0.75%) Scala
10 2 (0.75%) VB
10 2 (0.75%) XAML
Qualifications
1 13 (4.91%) Degree
2 10 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.26%) AWS Certification
3 6 (2.26%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.51%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.51%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.75%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.75%) HND
6 2 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (22.64%) QA
2 11 (4.15%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.77%) WCAG
4 2 (0.75%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.75%) GDPR
5 1 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 6 (2.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (3.77%) Terraform
2 7 (2.64%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.75%) Nagios
4 1 (0.38%) Ansible
4 1 (0.38%) Grafana
Vendors
1 38 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.04%) Oracle
3 5 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (0.75%) Databricks
4 2 (0.75%) Infor
4 2 (0.75%) Xamarin
5 1 (0.38%) Adobe
5 1 (0.38%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.38%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.38%) HubSpot