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 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 87 19
Rank change year-on-year +37 -68 +12
Permanent jobs citing C# 637 326 1,034
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.75% 3.49% 7.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.62% 12.95% 28.13%
Number of salaries quoted 570 267 774
10th Percentile £38,772 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,217 £43,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £83,500 £72,500
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 3,615 2,518 3,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.58% 26.99% 26.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,764 1,264 2,403
10th Percentile £36,835 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,751 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.56% +2.40% -3.85%

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 8 September 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 8 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 West +53 300 £55,000 -9.09% 127
North East -2 172 £65,000 +13.04% 66
Yorkshire +4 165 £55,000 -8.33% 66
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 28 (4.40%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.04%) CMS
3 8 (1.26%) IIS
4 6 (0.94%) SharePoint Server
5 4 (0.63%) WordPress
6 2 (0.31%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.31%) nginx
6 2 (0.31%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.63%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.63%) Shopify
3 3 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.31%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.16%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 315 (49.45%) Azure
2 100 (15.70%) Azure DevOps
3 99 (15.54%) AWS
4 60 (9.42%) Power Platform
5 56 (8.79%) Power Automate
6 45 (7.06%) Serverless
7 44 (6.91%) PowerApps
8 34 (5.34%) Azure AI
8 34 (5.34%) GitHub
9 33 (5.18%) SaaS
10 31 (4.87%) Dynamics 365
11 30 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
12 28 (4.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 24 (3.77%) GitHub Copilot
14 23 (3.61%) AWS Lambda
15 20 (3.14%) Microsoft Copilot
16 14 (2.20%) Amazon EC2
17 13 (2.04%) Azure Functions
18 11 (1.73%) Azure Service Bus
18 11 (1.73%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.41%) Internet
2 4 (0.63%) HTTP
3 3 (0.47%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.31%) MQTT
5 1 (0.16%) Broadband
5 1 (0.16%) Network Security
5 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.16%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (15.70%) Azure SQL Database
2 96 (15.07%) SQL Server
3 83 (13.03%) MongoDB
4 29 (4.55%) Power BI
5 22 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
6 19 (2.98%) Relational Database
7 15 (2.35%) MySQL
7 15 (2.35%) NoSQL
8 11 (1.73%) Redis
8 11 (1.73%) Spark SQL
9 9 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (0.94%) NonStop SQL
12 5 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.78%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.47%) ClickHouse
14 3 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.47%) MariaDB
15 2 (0.31%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 47 (7.38%) Git
2 10 (1.57%) JIRA
3 8 (1.26%) Visual Studio
4 7 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.94%) Claude Code
5 6 (0.94%) GitLab
6 5 (0.78%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.63%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.63%) Selenium
8 3 (0.47%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.47%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.47%) NUnit
8 3 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.47%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.31%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.31%) JUnit
9 2 (0.31%) MSTest
9 2 (0.31%) Postman
9 2 (0.31%) TestRail
General
1 84 (13.19%) Finance
2 65 (10.20%) Social Skills
3 37 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (3.92%) Public Sector
5 20 (3.14%) Games
5 20 (3.14%) Legal
6 15 (2.35%) Banking
7 13 (2.04%) Retail
8 12 (1.88%) Manufacturing
9 10 (1.57%) Advertising
10 8 (1.26%) Law
10 8 (1.26%) Marketing
10 8 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.10%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.78%) Agriculture
12 5 (0.78%) Automotive
12 5 (0.78%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 354 (55.57%) Developer
2 171 (26.84%) .NET Developer
3 147 (23.08%) Software Engineer
4 135 (21.19%) Senior
5 102 (16.01%) C# Developer
6 96 (15.07%) Software Developer
7 83 (13.03%) Senior Developer
8 73 (11.46%) C# Software Engineer
9 67 (10.52%) Lead
10 58 (9.11%) C# Software Developer
11 46 (7.22%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 46 (7.22%) Lead Developer
12 43 (6.75%) Senior Software Engineer
13 39 (6.12%) C# .NET Developer
13 39 (6.12%) Senior C# Developer
14 31 (4.87%) Full-Stack Developer
15 29 (4.55%) Senior Software Developer
16 28 (4.40%) .NET Software Engineer
17 27 (4.24%) Graduate
18 25 (3.92%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 410 (64.36%) .NET
2 159 (24.96%) .NET Core
3 138 (21.66%) ASP.NET
4 110 (17.27%) React
5 107 (16.80%) ASP.NET Core
6 87 (13.66%) CSS
6 87 (13.66%) HTML
7 78 (12.24%) Vue
8 73 (11.46%) AngularJS
9 71 (11.15%) Entity Framework
10 68 (10.68%) RESTful
11 47 (7.38%) ASP.NET Web API
12 41 (6.44%) REST
13 39 (6.12%) Node.js
14 38 (5.97%) Blazor
15 34 (5.34%) LINQ
16 33 (5.18%) .NET Framework
17 30 (4.71%) Terraform
18 28 (4.40%) ML.NET
19 20 (3.14%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.97%) Greenfield Project
2 37 (5.81%) Cloud Native
3 34 (5.34%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (4.24%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (3.45%) Mobile App
6 21 (3.30%) Hedge funds
7 16 (2.51%) Product Ownership
8 15 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (1.73%) Legacy Applications
10 9 (1.41%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.26%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.26%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.10%) Legacy Code
12 7 (1.10%) Social Network
13 6 (0.94%) BBC
13 6 (0.94%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.94%) Social Media
14 5 (0.78%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.41%) Android
1 9 (1.41%) Windows
2 7 (1.10%) Linux
3 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (35.95%) Agile
2 221 (34.69%) Software Engineering
3 214 (33.59%) Full-Stack Development
4 159 (24.96%) DevOps
5 152 (23.86%) CI/CD
6 103 (16.17%) AI
7 100 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
8 99 (15.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 98 (15.38%) Mentoring
10 88 (13.81%) Microservices
11 60 (9.42%) SDLC
12 54 (8.48%) Technical Leadership
13 53 (8.32%) Business Intelligence
14 51 (8.01%) Fintech
15 49 (7.69%) TDD
16 48 (7.54%) Multithreading
17 44 (6.91%) OO
17 44 (6.91%) Scrum
18 43 (6.75%) Code Quality
19 40 (6.28%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 233 (36.58%) SQL
2 170 (26.69%) JavaScript
3 99 (15.54%) TypeScript
4 75 (11.77%) Python
5 73 (11.46%) Java
6 39 (6.12%) C++
7 30 (4.71%) PHP
8 18 (2.83%) PowerShell
9 14 (2.20%) Go
10 11 (1.73%) Bash
10 11 (1.73%) Bicep
11 9 (1.41%) C
12 8 (1.26%) VB.NET
13 7 (1.10%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.94%) Delphi
15 4 (0.63%) Ruby
16 2 (0.31%) Dart
16 2 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.31%) Objective-C
17 1 (0.16%) Swift
Qualifications
1 48 (7.54%) Degree
2 22 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (1.57%) Security Cleared
4 9 (1.41%) SC Cleared
5 4 (0.63%) DBS Check
6 3 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (7.69%) QA
2 12 (1.88%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.78%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 14443
5 4 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 7816
6 3 (0.47%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.47%) SLA
7 1 (0.16%) GDPR
7 1 (0.16%) GRC
System Software
1 52 (8.16%) Docker
2 3 (0.47%) vSphere
3 2 (0.31%) Firmware
4 1 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 57 (8.95%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.47%) Ansible
2 3 (0.47%) Control-M
2 3 (0.47%) Docker Swarm
2 3 (0.47%) Grafana
Vendors
1 214 (33.59%) Microsoft
2 12 (1.88%) Google
3 8 (1.26%) Facebook
3 8 (1.26%) OpenAI
4 6 (0.94%) Apple
4 6 (0.94%) Sony
4 6 (0.94%) Yahoo!
5 4 (0.63%) NEC
5 4 (0.63%) Xamarin
6 3 (0.47%) Atlassian
6 3 (0.47%) Sage
6 3 (0.47%) Splunk
6 3 (0.47%) VMware
7 2 (0.31%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.31%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.31%) Talend
8 1 (0.16%) Adyen
8 1 (0.16%) Databricks
8 1 (0.16%) Optimizely
8 1 (0.16%) Sitecore