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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 73 15
Rank change year-on-year 0 -58 +15
Permanent jobs citing C# 464 372 1,544
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.43% 4.72% 9.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.25% 13.91% 31.31%
Number of salaries quoted 433 311 1,362
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,000 £41,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,985 £71,938 £66,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

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 3,043 2,675 4,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.93% 33.93% 28.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,214 1,443 4,192
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,320 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,813 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,080 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 19 May 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 19 May 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 +32 238 £60,000 +11.63% 98
Yorkshire -27 140 £57,500 -4.17% 39
North East -14 86 £65,000 +13.04% 34
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 10 (2.16%) CMS
2 8 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.08%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (0.86%) IIS
4 4 (0.86%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.65%) WordPress
6 2 (0.43%) nginx
7 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 9 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.86%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.65%) Magento
4 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 230 (49.57%) Azure
2 85 (18.32%) AWS
3 62 (13.36%) SaaS
4 41 (8.84%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (6.90%) Power Platform
6 29 (6.25%) Power Automate
7 28 (6.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 26 (5.60%) Serverless
9 25 (5.39%) PowerApps
10 22 (4.74%) Dynamics 365
11 17 (3.66%) Azure Logic Apps
12 16 (3.45%) Azure Service Bus
13 13 (2.80%) Azure Functions
14 12 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
15 11 (2.37%) GitHub
16 10 (2.16%) Azure AI
16 10 (2.16%) Azure AKS
17 8 (1.72%) GCP
18 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
18 5 (1.08%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.65%) HTTPS
2 2 (0.43%) HTTP
2 2 (0.43%) Internet
2 2 (0.43%) Intranet
2 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.22%) DNS
3 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (21.12%) SQL Server
2 35 (7.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 27 (5.82%) MongoDB
4 22 (4.74%) Power BI
5 20 (4.31%) NoSQL
6 14 (3.02%) Relational Database
6 14 (3.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (2.37%) MySQL
8 8 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.65%) ClickHouse
10 3 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.65%) Redis
11 2 (0.43%) NonStop SQL
11 2 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.43%) PostHog
11 2 (0.43%) Power Query
12 1 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.22%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 26 (5.60%) Git
2 7 (1.51%) JIRA
3 5 (1.08%) GitLab
4 4 (0.86%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.65%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.43%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.43%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.43%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.43%) MSTest
6 2 (0.43%) NUnit
6 2 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.43%) Postman
6 2 (0.43%) Selenium
6 2 (0.43%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.43%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.43%) TestRail
7 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
General
1 56 (12.07%) Finance
2 51 (10.99%) Social Skills
3 29 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (3.88%) Games
5 13 (2.80%) Banking
5 13 (2.80%) Retail
6 12 (2.59%) Public Sector
7 7 (1.51%) Legal
7 7 (1.51%) Manufacturing
7 7 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.08%) Agriculture
8 5 (1.08%) Automotive
8 5 (1.08%) Back Office
8 5 (1.08%) Law
9 4 (0.86%) Marketing
10 3 (0.65%) Advertising
11 2 (0.43%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.43%) Electronics
11 2 (0.43%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 265 (57.11%) Developer
2 112 (24.14%) Senior
3 110 (23.71%) Software Developer
4 103 (22.20%) Software Engineer
5 100 (21.55%) C# Developer
6 95 (20.47%) .NET Developer
7 70 (15.09%) Lead
7 70 (15.09%) Senior Developer
8 68 (14.66%) C# Software Developer
9 46 (9.91%) C# Software Engineer
10 40 (8.62%) C# .NET Developer
10 40 (8.62%) Senior Software Developer
11 39 (8.41%) Lead Developer
12 37 (7.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 36 (7.76%) Senior Software Engineer
14 35 (7.54%) Senior C# Developer
15 34 (7.33%) .NET Software Developer
16 31 (6.68%) Full-Stack Developer
17 30 (6.47%) .NET Software Engineer
18 22 (4.74%) Senior C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 306 (65.95%) .NET
2 114 (24.57%) .NET Core
3 83 (17.89%) ASP.NET
4 60 (12.93%) React
5 49 (10.56%) Vue
6 45 (9.70%) CSS
7 44 (9.48%) .NET Framework
7 44 (9.48%) HTML
8 37 (7.97%) AngularJS
8 37 (7.97%) RESTful
9 32 (6.90%) ASP.NET Core
10 31 (6.68%) REST
11 27 (5.82%) Entity Framework
12 19 (4.09%) ASP.NET Web API
13 13 (2.80%) Blazor
13 13 (2.80%) LINQ
13 13 (2.80%) Node.js
14 10 (2.16%) Razor View Engine
15 9 (1.94%) Flutter
15 9 (1.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.03%) Enterprise Software
2 27 (5.82%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.53%) Mobile App
4 20 (4.31%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (3.88%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (3.88%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (3.02%) Hedge funds
6 14 (3.02%) Legacy Code
7 11 (2.37%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.72%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (1.72%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.51%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.08%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.08%) Social Network
11 4 (0.86%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.86%) Online Games
12 3 (0.65%) EMV
12 3 (0.65%) Java Card
12 3 (0.65%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.94%) Windows
2 5 (1.08%) Android
2 5 (1.08%) Linux
3 1 (0.22%) VMS
3 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (33.19%) Software Engineering
2 134 (28.88%) Agile
3 115 (24.78%) Full-Stack Development
4 92 (19.83%) CI/CD
5 79 (17.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 77 (16.59%) Microservices
7 76 (16.38%) Mentoring
8 74 (15.95%) DevOps
9 58 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
10 49 (10.56%) AI
11 48 (10.34%) SDLC
12 42 (9.05%) Computer Science
13 35 (7.54%) TDD
14 30 (6.47%) Test Automation
15 29 (6.25%) Fintech
16 27 (5.82%) Business Intelligence
17 26 (5.60%) Technical Leadership
18 24 (5.17%) Resource Allocation
18 24 (5.17%) Scrum
19 23 (4.96%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 147 (31.68%) SQL
2 108 (23.28%) JavaScript
3 60 (12.93%) Java
4 56 (12.07%) Python
5 50 (10.78%) TypeScript
6 24 (5.17%) PHP
7 19 (4.09%) C++
8 7 (1.51%) Go
8 7 (1.51%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.51%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.29%) Bash
10 5 (1.08%) Bicep
11 2 (0.43%) C
11 2 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.43%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.43%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.22%) Delphi
12 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 46 (9.91%) Degree
2 28 (6.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.16%) AWS Certification
3 10 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 10 (2.16%) Azure Certification
3 10 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (2.16%) TOGAF Certification
4 5 (1.08%) DBS Check
5 3 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.82%) QA
2 6 (1.29%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.86%) SLA
4 3 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 14443
4 3 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 7816
5 2 (0.43%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.43%) WCAG
6 1 (0.22%) GDPR
6 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 34 (7.33%) Docker
2 2 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.43%) Firmware
2 2 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (6.03%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.45%) Terraform
3 4 (0.86%) Grafana
4 2 (0.43%) Ansible
4 2 (0.43%) Control-M
4 2 (0.43%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 112 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.08%) Xamarin
3 4 (0.86%) Facebook
3 4 (0.86%) Google
3 4 (0.86%) OpenAI
4 3 (0.65%) Foundry
4 3 (0.65%) Splunk
5 2 (0.43%) Adyen
5 2 (0.43%) Apple
5 2 (0.43%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.43%) Sony
5 2 (0.43%) VMware
5 2 (0.43%) Yahoo!
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe
6 1 (0.22%) Optimizely
6 1 (0.22%) Sage
6 1 (0.22%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.22%) WooCommerce