C# Job Trends in the North of England

C#
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring C# skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 32 16
Rank change year-on-year -29 -16 +7
Permanent jobs citing C# 361 548 1,042
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.11% 6.25% 9.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.69% 21.79% 27.28%
Number of salaries quoted 334 356 949
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,563 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -7.60%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,833 2,515 3,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.77% 28.69% 33.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,414 1,355 3,259
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,925 £87,500 £80,000
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 North of England

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

C# job vacancy trend in the North of England

C#
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing C#.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing C#

C#
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 January 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in the North of England

C#
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# within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 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
North West -19 181 £62,500 +13.64% 116
Yorkshire -39 114 £60,000 +20.00% 49
North East -12 66 £70,000 +9.80% 31
C#
England

C#
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (0.83%) CMS
1 3 (0.83%) SharePoint
1 3 (0.83%) Umbraco
2 2 (0.55%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.55%) nginx
3 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.28%) HCL Notes
3 1 (0.28%) IIS
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Autodesk Inventor
1 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.55%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.55%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.28%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 204 (56.51%) Azure
2 111 (30.75%) AWS
3 62 (17.17%) SaaS
4 40 (11.08%) Serverless
5 30 (8.31%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (4.16%) Azure Service Bus
7 14 (3.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 13 (3.60%) Azure Functions
8 13 (3.60%) Azure Logic Apps
8 13 (3.60%) Power Automate
8 13 (3.60%) Power Platform
9 9 (2.49%) Azure AKS
10 8 (2.22%) Entra ID
11 7 (1.94%) GCP
12 6 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (1.66%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.39%) GitHub
14 4 (1.11%) Azure AI
15 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
15 2 (0.55%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.11%) HTTP
2 3 (0.83%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.55%) Intranet
3 2 (0.55%) SAN
4 1 (0.28%) DNS
4 1 (0.28%) Internet
4 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (23.82%) SQL Server
2 25 (6.93%) NoSQL
3 14 (3.88%) MongoDB
4 11 (3.05%) MySQL
5 7 (1.94%) Redis
6 6 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.66%) Power BI
7 4 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.11%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.83%) Big Data
8 3 (0.83%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.55%) PostHog
10 1 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (3.60%) Visual Studio
2 12 (3.32%) Git
3 7 (1.94%) TeamCity
4 4 (1.11%) GitLab
5 3 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.83%) JIRA
5 3 (0.83%) Selenium
6 2 (0.55%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.55%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.55%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.28%) CA Release Automation
7 1 (0.28%) NUnit
7 1 (0.28%) Postman
7 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 75 (20.78%) Social Skills
2 26 (7.20%) Finance
3 16 (4.43%) Games
4 13 (3.60%) Manufacturing
5 7 (1.94%) Public Sector
6 6 (1.66%) Legal
7 5 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (1.39%) Electronics
8 4 (1.11%) Retail
9 2 (0.55%) Back Office
9 2 (0.55%) Banking
9 2 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.55%) Local Government
9 2 (0.55%) Marketing
9 2 (0.55%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.28%) Advertising
10 1 (0.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 179 (49.58%) Developer
2 76 (21.05%) Senior
3 72 (19.94%) Lead
4 67 (18.56%) Software Engineer
5 57 (15.79%) .NET Developer
5 57 (15.79%) Software Developer
6 48 (13.30%) Senior Developer
7 44 (12.19%) C# Developer
8 38 (10.53%) Lead Developer
9 29 (8.03%) Architect
9 29 (8.03%) Full-Stack Developer
10 26 (7.20%) C# Software Engineer
11 23 (6.37%) Senior Software Developer
12 22 (6.09%) .NET Software Engineer
13 21 (5.82%) Senior Software Engineer
14 18 (4.99%) Senior .NET Developer
15 17 (4.71%) Principal Developer
16 15 (4.16%) Software Manager
17 14 (3.88%) .NET Development Manager
17 14 (3.88%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 261 (72.30%) .NET
2 87 (24.10%) .NET Core
3 61 (16.90%) ASP.NET
4 55 (15.24%) React
5 49 (13.57%) .NET Framework
6 41 (11.36%) CSS
7 36 (9.97%) HTML
8 31 (8.59%) AngularJS
9 28 (7.76%) REST
10 26 (7.20%) RESTful
11 14 (3.88%) Vue
12 12 (3.32%) Blazor
13 10 (2.77%) ASP.NET Web API
13 10 (2.77%) Entity Framework
14 9 (2.49%) ASP.NET Core
14 9 (2.49%) HTML5
14 9 (2.49%) Node.js
15 8 (2.22%) CSS3
15 8 (2.22%) jQuery
16 7 (1.94%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.76%) Product Ownership
2 27 (7.48%) Cloud Native
2 27 (7.48%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (5.54%) Mobile App
4 19 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (3.60%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.22%) Client/Server
7 7 (1.94%) Distributed Computing
8 5 (1.39%) Hedge funds
9 4 (1.11%) Clustering
9 4 (1.11%) IoT
9 4 (1.11%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.55%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.55%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.55%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.55%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.71%) Windows
2 9 (2.49%) Linux
3 8 (2.22%) Android
4 6 (1.66%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.28%) Fedora
5 1 (0.28%) VMS
5 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (37.12%) Software Engineering
2 122 (33.80%) Agile
3 91 (25.21%) Mentoring
4 89 (24.65%) CI/CD
4 89 (24.65%) Microservices
5 81 (22.44%) Full-Stack Development
6 71 (19.67%) DevOps
7 68 (18.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (11.63%) SDLC
9 40 (11.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 38 (10.53%) Architectural Patterns
11 37 (10.25%) Computer Science
12 36 (9.97%) TDD
13 34 (9.42%) Containerisation
13 34 (9.42%) Migration
13 34 (9.42%) Problem-Solving
13 34 (9.42%) Technical Leadership
14 33 (9.14%) User Experience
15 27 (7.48%) Enterprise Architecture
16 24 (6.65%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 91 (25.21%) JavaScript
2 89 (24.65%) SQL
3 63 (17.45%) TypeScript
4 52 (14.40%) Java
5 48 (13.30%) Python
6 21 (5.82%) PHP
7 18 (4.99%) C++
8 7 (1.94%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.39%) Bash
10 4 (1.11%) XAML
11 3 (0.83%) Bicep
11 3 (0.83%) Delphi
11 3 (0.83%) Erlang
11 3 (0.83%) Go
11 3 (0.83%) Rust
12 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 44 (12.19%) Degree
2 32 (8.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (6.93%) Azure Certification
4 24 (6.65%) AWS Certification
4 24 (6.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 24 (6.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (6.65%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (0.83%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.55%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.28%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.54%) QA
2 4 (1.11%) GDPR
3 3 (0.83%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.55%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (10.80%) Docker
2 10 (2.77%) Embedded Firmware
2 10 (2.77%) Firmware
3 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.55%) vSphere
4 1 (0.28%) HDFS
4 1 (0.28%) Squid
4 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (6.93%) Kubernetes
2 19 (5.26%) Terraform
3 5 (1.39%) Grafana
4 2 (0.55%) Ansible
4 2 (0.55%) Control-M
4 2 (0.55%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.28%) Kibana
5 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 82 (22.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.83%) Atlassian
2 3 (0.83%) Foundry
2 3 (0.83%) Google
2 3 (0.83%) Xamarin
3 2 (0.55%) Aderant
3 2 (0.55%) Autodesk
3 2 (0.55%) Oracle
3 2 (0.55%) Sage
3 2 (0.55%) VMware
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe
4 1 (0.28%) Databricks
4 1 (0.28%) iManage
4 1 (0.28%) Lotus
4 1 (0.28%) New Relic
4 1 (0.28%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.28%) SAP