C# Software Engineer Job Trends in the North of England

C# Software Engineer
England > North of England

The median C# Software Engineer salary in the North of England is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 283 292
Rank change year-on-year +8 +9 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 72 23 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.31% 0.24% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.28% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 61 23 34
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,300 £52,375
25th Percentile £50,000 £62,500 £62,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £68,500 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.09% +0.74% +23.64%
75th Percentile £100,000 £79,500 £69,500
90th Percentile - £80,250 £90,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £77,500 £64,744
% change year-on-year -16.13% +19.70% -7.51%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 21,978 8,204 13,504
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 87.22% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 16,072 4,443 8,213
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £72,313 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% - -8.33%

C# Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'C# Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

C# Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

C# Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for C# Software Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for C# Software Engineer job vacancies in the North of England

C# Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# Software Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 11 September 2026.

Salary histogram for C# Software Engineer in the North of England

C# Software Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# Software Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 September 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
North East -24 35 £100,000 +53.85% 4
Yorkshire -38 23 £50,000 -27.01% 1
North West -13 14 £50,000 -23.08% 1
C# Software Engineer
England

C# Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 11 September 2026, C# Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring C# Software Engineer in the job title.

1 72 (100.00%) C#
2 68 (94.44%) Software Engineering
3 21 (29.17%) .NET
4 18 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 16 (22.22%) SQL
6 10 (13.89%) Microservices
7 9 (12.50%) CSS
7 9 (12.50%) HTML
8 8 (11.11%) AWS
8 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (11.11%) CQRS
8 8 (11.11%) Fintech
8 8 (11.11%) Product Vision
8 8 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
8 8 (11.11%) SaaS
8 8 (11.11%) SDLC
8 8 (11.11%) Vue
9 7 (9.72%) .NET Core
9 7 (9.72%) Azure
9 7 (9.72%) React
10 6 (8.33%) Agile
10 6 (8.33%) Delphi
11 5 (6.94%) Code Quality
11 5 (6.94%) JavaScript
11 5 (6.94%) PHP
11 5 (6.94%) TDD
12 4 (5.56%) Android
12 4 (5.56%) Android Development
12 4 (5.56%) QA
12 4 (5.56%) SDET

C# Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (11.11%) AWS
1 8 (11.11%) SaaS
2 7 (9.72%) Azure
3 2 (2.78%) Anthropic Claude
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Claude Code
General
1 6 (8.33%) Games
2 5 (6.94%) Finance
3 2 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (29.17%) .NET
2 9 (12.50%) CSS
2 9 (12.50%) HTML
3 8 (11.11%) Vue
4 7 (9.72%) .NET Core
4 7 (9.72%) React
5 1 (1.39%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.39%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (1.39%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.11%) Hedge funds
2 5 (6.94%) e-Learning
3 4 (5.56%) Mobile App
3 4 (5.56%) Online Games
4 2 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.39%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.39%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.56%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (94.44%) Software Engineering
2 18 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 10 (13.89%) Microservices
4 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (11.11%) CQRS
4 8 (11.11%) Fintech
4 8 (11.11%) Product Vision
4 8 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
4 8 (11.11%) SDLC
5 6 (8.33%) Agile
6 5 (6.94%) Code Quality
6 5 (6.94%) TDD
7 4 (5.56%) Android Development
7 4 (5.56%) SDET
7 4 (5.56%) Software Testing
7 4 (5.56%) Test Automation
8 3 (4.17%) Computer Science
9 2 (2.78%) DevOps
9 2 (2.78%) Mentoring
9 2 (2.78%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 72 (100.00%) C#
2 16 (22.22%) SQL
3 6 (8.33%) Delphi
4 5 (6.94%) JavaScript
4 5 (6.94%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (5.56%) Xamarin