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 £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 August 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 283 311
Rank change year-on-year +1 +28 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 71 19 34
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.32% 0.20% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.22% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 61 19 28
10th Percentile - £55,500 £49,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £65,875 £60,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £77,500 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% +13.97% +23.64%
75th Percentile £100,000 £80,250 £69,500
90th Percentile - £81,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £77,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.13% +29.17% -20.00%

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 20,897 8,469 14,439
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 88.33% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 15,243 4,575 9,875
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £28,600
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,683 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.35% -4.63% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -29 29 £100,000 +53.85% 6
Yorkshire -10 27 £50,000 -35.48% 1
North West -11 15 £50,000 -29.08%
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 12 August 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 71 (100.00%) C#
2 67 (94.37%) Software Engineering
3 24 (33.80%) .NET
4 20 (28.17%) Full-Stack Development
5 16 (22.54%) SQL
6 12 (16.90%) Microservices
7 11 (15.49%) CSS
7 11 (15.49%) HTML
8 10 (14.08%) AWS
8 10 (14.08%) Azure
8 10 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (14.08%) CQRS
8 10 (14.08%) Product Vision
8 10 (14.08%) Resource Allocation
8 10 (14.08%) SaaS
8 10 (14.08%) SDLC
8 10 (14.08%) Vue
9 9 (12.68%) Fintech
10 8 (11.27%) .NET Core
11 7 (9.86%) React
12 6 (8.45%) Agile
13 5 (7.04%) Code Quality
13 5 (7.04%) Delphi
13 5 (7.04%) JavaScript
13 5 (7.04%) PHP
13 5 (7.04%) TDD
14 4 (5.63%) Android
14 4 (5.63%) Android Development
14 4 (5.63%) QA
14 4 (5.63%) 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 10 (14.08%) AWS
1 10 (14.08%) Azure
1 10 (14.08%) SaaS
2 2 (2.82%) Anthropic Claude
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Claude Code
General
1 6 (8.45%) Finance
1 6 (8.45%) Games
2 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (33.80%) .NET
2 11 (15.49%) CSS
2 11 (15.49%) HTML
3 10 (14.08%) Vue
4 8 (11.27%) .NET Core
5 7 (9.86%) React
6 1 (1.41%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.41%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (1.41%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) Hedge funds
2 5 (7.04%) e-Learning
3 4 (5.63%) Mobile App
3 4 (5.63%) Online Games
4 2 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.41%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.41%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.63%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (94.37%) Software Engineering
2 20 (28.17%) Full-Stack Development
3 12 (16.90%) Microservices
4 10 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (14.08%) CQRS
4 10 (14.08%) Product Vision
4 10 (14.08%) Resource Allocation
4 10 (14.08%) SDLC
5 9 (12.68%) Fintech
6 6 (8.45%) Agile
7 5 (7.04%) Code Quality
7 5 (7.04%) TDD
8 4 (5.63%) Android Development
8 4 (5.63%) SDET
8 4 (5.63%) Software Testing
8 4 (5.63%) Test Automation
9 3 (4.23%) Computer Science
10 2 (2.82%) DevOps
10 2 (2.82%) Investment Management
10 2 (2.82%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 71 (100.00%) C#
2 16 (22.54%) SQL
3 5 (7.04%) Delphi
3 5 (7.04%) JavaScript
3 5 (7.04%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.63%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (5.63%) Xamarin