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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 56 16
Rank change year-on-year -18 -40 +12
Permanent jobs citing C# 418 381 1,492
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.29% 5.37% 8.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.96% 17.28% 30.72%
Number of salaries quoted 384 329 1,312
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,438 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £75,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +11.11% -10.00%

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 2,794 2,205 4,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.28% 31.08% 29.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,972 1,491 4,144
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +5.66% -3.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,258 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,000 £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 2 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 2 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 -4 213 £60,000 +15.67% 95
Yorkshire -33 135 £62,500 +4.52% 34
North East -24 70 £68,750 +19.57% 25
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 7 (1.67%) CMS
1 7 (1.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.96%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.48%) nginx
4 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.24%) IIS
4 1 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.72%) Magento
3 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 203 (48.56%) Azure
2 85 (20.33%) AWS
3 66 (15.79%) SaaS
4 29 (6.94%) Serverless
5 27 (6.46%) Power Platform
6 24 (5.74%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (5.74%) Power Automate
7 23 (5.50%) PowerApps
8 20 (4.78%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (4.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 16 (3.83%) Azure Logic Apps
10 16 (3.83%) Azure Service Bus
11 13 (3.11%) Azure Functions
12 12 (2.87%) Azure AKS
12 12 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (1.44%) GCP
14 5 (1.20%) Azure AI
14 5 (1.20%) GitHub
14 5 (1.20%) Twilio
15 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.72%) HTTP
2 2 (0.48%) Intranet
2 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.24%) DNS
3 1 (0.24%) SAN
3 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (22.49%) SQL Server
2 24 (5.74%) NoSQL
3 19 (4.55%) Power BI
4 12 (2.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (2.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.91%) MySQL
6 8 (1.91%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.67%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.72%) ClickHouse
8 3 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.48%) PostHog
9 2 (0.48%) Power Query
9 2 (0.48%) Redis
10 1 (0.24%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 16 (3.83%) Git
2 5 (1.20%) JIRA
3 4 (0.96%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.72%) Selenium
5 2 (0.48%) NUnit
5 2 (0.48%) Postman
5 2 (0.48%) TestRail
6 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.24%) MSTest
6 1 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.24%) TeamCity
General
1 51 (12.20%) Social Skills
2 45 (10.77%) Finance
3 25 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (3.59%) Games
5 10 (2.39%) Retail
6 8 (1.91%) Public Sector
7 6 (1.44%) Legal
7 6 (1.44%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.20%) Banking
9 4 (0.96%) Agriculture
9 4 (0.96%) Automotive
9 4 (0.96%) Back Office
9 4 (0.96%) Law
9 4 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.48%) Electronics
10 2 (0.48%) Local Government
11 1 (0.24%) Advertising
11 1 (0.24%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.24%) Marketing
11 1 (0.24%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 227 (54.31%) Developer
2 103 (24.64%) Software Developer
3 95 (22.73%) Senior
4 94 (22.49%) Software Engineer
5 85 (20.33%) C# Developer
6 76 (18.18%) Lead
7 68 (16.27%) .NET Developer
8 58 (13.88%) Senior Developer
9 54 (12.92%) C# Software Developer
10 42 (10.05%) Lead Developer
11 38 (9.09%) C# Software Engineer
12 33 (7.89%) C# .NET Developer
13 32 (7.66%) Senior Software Developer
14 31 (7.42%) Senior Software Engineer
15 29 (6.94%) .NET Software Developer
16 28 (6.70%) .NET Software Engineer
17 27 (6.46%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 26 (6.22%) Full-Stack Developer
19 22 (5.26%) Architect
20 21 (5.02%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 272 (65.07%) .NET
2 99 (23.68%) .NET Core
3 60 (14.35%) ASP.NET
4 52 (12.44%) React
5 46 (11.00%) .NET Framework
6 32 (7.66%) HTML
6 32 (7.66%) Vue
7 31 (7.42%) CSS
8 28 (6.70%) RESTful
9 25 (5.98%) REST
10 24 (5.74%) AngularJS
11 11 (2.63%) Node.js
12 10 (2.39%) ASP.NET Core
12 10 (2.39%) Blazor
12 10 (2.39%) Web Services
13 9 (2.15%) Flutter
14 7 (1.67%) Entity Framework
14 7 (1.67%) Razor View Engine
15 6 (1.44%) ASP.NET Web API
15 6 (1.44%) Classic ASP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.42%) Cloud Native
2 23 (5.50%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (4.78%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.35%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (3.35%) Product Ownership
6 13 (3.11%) Legacy Code
6 13 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.63%) Hedge funds
8 7 (1.67%) Distributed Computing
8 7 (1.67%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.44%) Client/Server
10 4 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.96%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.96%) Online Games
11 3 (0.72%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.72%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.72%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.72%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.72%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.67%) Windows
2 4 (0.96%) Android
2 4 (0.96%) Linux
3 1 (0.24%) VMS
3 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (35.41%) Software Engineering
2 122 (29.19%) Agile
3 80 (19.14%) CI/CD
3 80 (19.14%) Full-Stack Development
4 76 (18.18%) Mentoring
5 75 (17.94%) Microservices
6 73 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
7 58 (13.88%) DevOps
8 50 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
9 44 (10.53%) SDLC
10 40 (9.57%) Computer Science
11 34 (8.13%) AI
12 33 (7.89%) TDD
12 33 (7.89%) Technical Leadership
13 31 (7.42%) Test Automation
14 27 (6.46%) Containerisation
15 25 (5.98%) Migration
15 25 (5.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 24 (5.74%) Clean Code
17 23 (5.50%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 118 (28.23%) SQL
2 96 (22.97%) JavaScript
3 55 (13.16%) Python
4 50 (11.96%) Java
5 44 (10.53%) TypeScript
6 24 (5.74%) PHP
7 11 (2.63%) C++
8 7 (1.67%) Go
8 7 (1.67%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.72%) Bash
9 3 (0.72%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.48%) Bicep
10 2 (0.48%) C
10 2 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.48%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.48%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.24%) Delphi
11 1 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 44 (10.53%) Degree
2 28 (6.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (3.35%) AWS Certification
3 14 (3.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 14 (3.35%) Azure Certification
3 14 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (3.35%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (0.72%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.24%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.24%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.98%) QA
2 6 (1.44%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.72%) SLA
4 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.48%) WCAG
5 1 (0.24%) GDPR
5 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 14443
5 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 7816
5 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (6.70%) Docker
2 2 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.48%) Firmware
3 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (6.22%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.15%) Terraform
3 3 (0.72%) Grafana
4 1 (0.24%) Ansible
4 1 (0.24%) Control-M
4 1 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 87 (20.81%) Microsoft
2 4 (0.96%) Xamarin
3 3 (0.72%) Foundry
3 3 (0.72%) Google
4 2 (0.48%) Aderant
4 2 (0.48%) Adyen
4 2 (0.48%) Facebook
5 1 (0.24%) Adobe
5 1 (0.24%) Apple
5 1 (0.24%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.24%) Databricks
5 1 (0.24%) Optimizely
5 1 (0.24%) Sage
5 1 (0.24%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.24%) Sony
5 1 (0.24%) VMware
5 1 (0.24%) WooCommerce
5 1 (0.24%) Yahoo!