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 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 83 15
Rank change year-on-year +27 -68 +15
Permanent jobs citing C# 531 332 1,706
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.67% 4.06% 8.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.05% 12.62% 31.39%
Number of salaries quoted 493 275 1,470
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £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 3,308 2,630 5,435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.60% 32.18% 27.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,495 1,380 4,433
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £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 16 June 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 16 June 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 +54 274 £60,000 +9.09% 96
Yorkshire -9 148 £55,000 -15.38% 36
North East -11 109 £65,000 +14.04% 38
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 11 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.88%) CMS
3 6 (1.13%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (0.75%) IIS
4 4 (0.75%) WordPress
5 2 (0.38%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.38%) nginx
5 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 10 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.75%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.56%) Magento
4 2 (0.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 260 (48.96%) Azure
2 86 (16.20%) AWS
3 64 (12.05%) Azure DevOps
4 53 (9.98%) SaaS
5 37 (6.97%) Power Platform
6 33 (6.21%) Power Automate
7 29 (5.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 27 (5.08%) PowerApps
8 27 (5.08%) Serverless
9 22 (4.14%) GitHub
10 21 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (3.39%) Azure AI
12 17 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
13 16 (3.01%) Azure Service Bus
14 15 (2.82%) Azure Logic Apps
15 13 (2.45%) Azure Functions
15 13 (2.45%) GitHub Copilot
16 10 (1.88%) GCP
17 9 (1.69%) Azure AKS
17 9 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.75%) Internet
2 3 (0.56%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.38%) MQTT
4 1 (0.19%) Broadband
4 1 (0.19%) HTTP
4 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.19%) VoIP
4 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (17.14%) SQL Server
2 59 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 46 (8.66%) MongoDB
4 24 (4.52%) Power BI
5 21 (3.95%) NoSQL
6 16 (3.01%) Relational Database
7 14 (2.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (2.26%) MySQL
9 11 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.75%) Redis
12 3 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.56%) ClickHouse
12 3 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.56%) NonStop SQL
13 2 (0.38%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.38%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.38%) Power Query
14 1 (0.19%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 33 (6.21%) Git
2 9 (1.69%) JIRA
3 5 (0.94%) Claude Code
3 5 (0.94%) GitLab
4 4 (0.75%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.56%) Artifactory
5 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (0.56%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.56%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.38%) MSTest
6 2 (0.38%) NUnit
6 2 (0.38%) Postman
6 2 (0.38%) Selenium
6 2 (0.38%) TestRail
7 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.19%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.19%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.19%) Xcode
General
1 63 (11.86%) Finance
2 53 (9.98%) Social Skills
3 32 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (3.77%) Games
5 14 (2.64%) Retail
6 13 (2.45%) Banking
7 12 (2.26%) Public Sector
8 10 (1.88%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.32%) Legal
11 6 (1.13%) Advertising
12 5 (0.94%) Agriculture
12 5 (0.94%) Automotive
12 5 (0.94%) Back Office
12 5 (0.94%) Law
12 5 (0.94%) Marketing
13 4 (0.75%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.56%) Electronics
14 3 (0.56%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 297 (55.93%) Developer
2 128 (24.11%) Software Engineer
3 127 (23.92%) .NET Developer
4 116 (21.85%) Senior
5 110 (20.72%) Software Developer
6 104 (19.59%) C# Developer
7 72 (13.56%) C# Software Developer
8 69 (12.99%) Senior Developer
9 67 (12.62%) Lead
10 60 (11.30%) C# Software Engineer
11 47 (8.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 43 (8.10%) C# .NET Developer
13 40 (7.53%) Lead Developer
13 40 (7.53%) Senior Software Engineer
14 37 (6.97%) .NET Software Developer
14 37 (6.97%) Senior Software Developer
15 35 (6.59%) .NET Software Engineer
15 35 (6.59%) Senior C# Developer
16 32 (6.03%) Full-Stack Developer
17 23 (4.33%) Senior C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 350 (65.91%) .NET
2 131 (24.67%) .NET Core
3 96 (18.08%) ASP.NET
4 81 (15.25%) React
5 61 (11.49%) Vue
6 55 (10.36%) ASP.NET Core
7 54 (10.17%) CSS
8 53 (9.98%) HTML
9 49 (9.23%) RESTful
10 47 (8.85%) AngularJS
11 40 (7.53%) Entity Framework
12 38 (7.16%) REST
13 37 (6.97%) .NET Framework
14 26 (4.90%) ASP.NET Web API
15 25 (4.71%) Blazor
16 20 (3.77%) Node.js
17 19 (3.58%) LINQ
18 16 (3.01%) ML.NET
19 9 (1.69%) Flutter
19 9 (1.69%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.03%) Cloud Native
2 26 (4.90%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.71%) Greenfield Project
4 23 (4.33%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (4.14%) Legacy Systems
6 21 (3.95%) Mobile App
7 16 (3.01%) Product Ownership
8 15 (2.82%) Hedge funds
9 12 (2.26%) Legacy Code
10 8 (1.51%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (1.13%) Social Network
13 5 (0.94%) Algorithms
13 5 (0.94%) Client/Server
13 5 (0.94%) Data Structures
13 5 (0.94%) e-Learning
13 5 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.94%) IoT
13 5 (0.94%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.75%) Contactless
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.51%) Android
1 8 (1.51%) Linux
1 8 (1.51%) Windows
2 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (34.09%) Software Engineering
2 159 (29.94%) Agile
3 158 (29.76%) Full-Stack Development
4 116 (21.85%) CI/CD
5 107 (20.15%) DevOps
6 85 (16.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 83 (15.63%) Microservices
8 82 (15.44%) AI
9 76 (14.31%) Mentoring
10 74 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
11 49 (9.23%) SDLC
12 44 (8.29%) TDD
13 38 (7.16%) Computer Science
14 35 (6.59%) Business Intelligence
14 35 (6.59%) Technical Leadership
15 34 (6.40%) Fintech
15 34 (6.40%) Test Automation
16 31 (5.84%) Scrum
17 27 (5.08%) Multithreading
18 26 (4.90%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 182 (34.27%) SQL
2 125 (23.54%) JavaScript
3 70 (13.18%) Python
4 63 (11.86%) Java
5 61 (11.49%) TypeScript
6 23 (4.33%) PHP
7 22 (4.14%) C++
8 12 (2.26%) PowerShell
9 11 (2.07%) Go
10 9 (1.69%) Bash
10 9 (1.69%) T-SQL
11 8 (1.51%) Bicep
12 5 (0.94%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.56%) C
14 2 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.38%) Embedded C
15 1 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.19%) Objective-C
15 1 (0.19%) Swift
15 1 (0.19%) VB
Qualifications
1 42 (7.91%) Degree
2 23 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (0.75%) AWS Certification
3 4 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (0.75%) Azure Certification
3 4 (0.75%) DBS Check
3 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.21%) QA
2 5 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.75%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 4 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 7816
3 4 (0.75%) SLA
4 2 (0.38%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.38%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.19%) GDPR
System Software
1 42 (7.91%) Docker
2 3 (0.56%) Firmware
2 3 (0.56%) vSphere
3 2 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 42 (7.91%) Kubernetes
2 24 (4.52%) Terraform
3 3 (0.56%) Ansible
3 3 (0.56%) Control-M
3 3 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
3 3 (0.56%) Grafana
Vendors
1 137 (25.80%) Microsoft
2 8 (1.51%) Google
3 6 (1.13%) Facebook
3 6 (1.13%) OpenAI
4 5 (0.94%) Xamarin
5 4 (0.75%) Apple
5 4 (0.75%) Sony
5 4 (0.75%) Yahoo!
6 3 (0.56%) Atlassian
6 3 (0.56%) Splunk
6 3 (0.56%) VMware
7 2 (0.38%) Adyen
7 2 (0.38%) Foundry
7 2 (0.38%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.19%) Databricks
8 1 (0.19%) Optimizely
8 1 (0.19%) Sage
8 1 (0.19%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.19%) WooCommerce