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 29 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 34 16
Rank change year-on-year -35 -18 +11
Permanent jobs citing C# 390 394 1,376
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.56% 6.14% 8.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.35% 21.18% 29.12%
Number of salaries quoted 364 344 1,227
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £84,250 £86,250 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -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 2,385 1,860 4,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.67% 29.01% 30.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,761 1,481 4,026
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,415 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £63,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.31% +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 29 March 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 29 March 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 -35 186 £60,000 +17.90% 90
Yorkshire -30 134 £65,000 +23.81% 60
North East -10 70 £70,000 +21.74% 41
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 5 (1.28%) CMS
1 5 (1.28%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.77%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.51%) nginx
4 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.26%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Magento
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 191 (48.97%) Azure
2 92 (23.59%) AWS
3 67 (17.18%) SaaS
4 33 (8.46%) Serverless
5 19 (4.87%) Power Platform
6 18 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (4.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 15 (3.85%) Azure Service Bus
8 15 (3.85%) Power Automate
8 15 (3.85%) PowerApps
9 13 (3.33%) Azure Functions
10 12 (3.08%) Azure AKS
10 12 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
10 12 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (1.54%) Azure AI
13 5 (1.28%) GitHub
13 5 (1.28%) Twilio
14 4 (1.03%) GCP
15 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.03%) HTTP
2 3 (0.77%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.51%) Intranet
4 1 (0.26%) DNS
4 1 (0.26%) SAN
4 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (20.77%) SQL Server
2 24 (6.15%) NoSQL
3 14 (3.59%) Power BI
4 9 (2.31%) MongoDB
5 8 (2.05%) MySQL
5 8 (2.05%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.03%) Redis
9 2 (0.51%) PostHog
10 1 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.26%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 13 (3.33%) Git
2 7 (1.79%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.77%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.51%) JIRA
4 2 (0.51%) Selenium
5 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.26%) GitLab
5 1 (0.26%) NUnit
5 1 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.26%) Postman
5 1 (0.26%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.26%) SonarQube
General
1 62 (15.90%) Social Skills
2 34 (8.72%) Finance
3 18 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (4.36%) Games
5 10 (2.56%) Manufacturing
6 9 (2.31%) Public Sector
7 6 (1.54%) Electronics
8 5 (1.28%) Legal
8 5 (1.28%) Retail
9 3 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.51%) Agriculture
10 2 (0.51%) Automotive
10 2 (0.51%) Back Office
10 2 (0.51%) Banking
10 2 (0.51%) Local Government
10 2 (0.51%) Marketing
10 2 (0.51%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.26%) Advertising
11 1 (0.26%) Law
Job Titles
1 209 (53.59%) Developer
2 88 (22.56%) Software Engineer
3 87 (22.31%) Senior
4 83 (21.28%) Software Developer
5 76 (19.49%) Lead
6 75 (19.23%) C# Developer
7 69 (17.69%) .NET Developer
8 56 (14.36%) Senior Developer
9 38 (9.74%) C# Software Developer
10 37 (9.49%) Lead Developer
11 31 (7.95%) .NET Software Engineer
11 31 (7.95%) C# Software Engineer
11 31 (7.95%) Full-Stack Developer
12 30 (7.69%) C# .NET Developer
13 28 (7.18%) Senior Software Developer
14 25 (6.41%) Senior Software Engineer
15 24 (6.15%) .NET Software Developer
16 21 (5.38%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 20 (5.13%) Architect
17 20 (5.13%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 274 (70.26%) .NET
2 97 (24.87%) .NET Core
3 59 (15.13%) ASP.NET
3 59 (15.13%) React
4 45 (11.54%) .NET Framework
5 36 (9.23%) CSS
5 36 (9.23%) HTML
6 33 (8.46%) RESTful
7 27 (6.92%) Vue
8 26 (6.67%) AngularJS
8 26 (6.67%) REST
9 14 (3.59%) Blazor
10 13 (3.33%) ASP.NET Core
11 10 (2.56%) Node.js
12 9 (2.31%) HTML5
13 8 (2.05%) ASP.NET Web API
13 8 (2.05%) CSS3
13 8 (2.05%) Flutter
13 8 (2.05%) Web Services
14 7 (1.79%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.92%) Cloud Native
2 21 (5.38%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (4.62%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (4.62%) Mobile App
3 18 (4.62%) Product Ownership
4 16 (4.10%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
6 10 (2.56%) Legacy Code
7 8 (2.05%) Hedge funds
8 7 (1.79%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.79%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.03%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.51%) Digital Signage
11 2 (0.51%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.51%) IoT
11 2 (0.51%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.51%) Social Network
11 2 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.56%) Windows
2 4 (1.03%) Android
2 4 (1.03%) Linux
3 3 (0.77%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.26%) VMS
4 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (37.69%) Software Engineering
2 118 (30.26%) Agile
3 87 (22.31%) Full-Stack Development
4 84 (21.54%) Microservices
5 77 (19.74%) CI/CD
6 76 (19.49%) Mentoring
7 66 (16.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 57 (14.62%) DevOps
9 43 (11.03%) SDLC
10 37 (9.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 32 (8.21%) Technical Leadership
12 31 (7.95%) Architectural Patterns
12 31 (7.95%) Computer Science
12 31 (7.95%) Problem-Solving
13 30 (7.69%) Migration
14 29 (7.44%) AI
14 29 (7.44%) Containerisation
15 28 (7.18%) User Experience
16 26 (6.67%) Clean Code
17 24 (6.15%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 100 (25.64%) SQL
2 94 (24.10%) JavaScript
3 56 (14.36%) TypeScript
4 49 (12.56%) Python
5 45 (11.54%) Java
6 17 (4.36%) PHP
7 14 (3.59%) C++
8 7 (1.79%) Go
9 5 (1.28%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.77%) Erlang
10 3 (0.77%) XAML
11 2 (0.51%) C
11 2 (0.51%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.26%) Bash
12 1 (0.26%) Bicep
12 1 (0.26%) Delphi
12 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.26%) VB
12 1 (0.26%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 35 (8.97%) Degree
2 23 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (4.62%) AWS Certification
3 18 (4.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 18 (4.62%) Azure Certification
3 18 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (4.62%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (0.51%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.51%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.62%) QA
2 4 (1.03%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.51%) WCAG
4 1 (0.26%) GDPR
4 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (8.21%) Docker
2 6 (1.54%) Embedded Firmware
2 6 (1.54%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (6.41%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.56%) Terraform
3 3 (0.77%) Grafana
4 1 (0.26%) Ansible
4 1 (0.26%) Control-M
4 1 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 82 (21.03%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.77%) Foundry
3 2 (0.51%) Aderant
3 2 (0.51%) Atlassian
3 2 (0.51%) Google
4 1 (0.26%) Adobe
4 1 (0.26%) Adyen
4 1 (0.26%) Apple
4 1 (0.26%) Databricks
4 1 (0.26%) Facebook
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle
4 1 (0.26%) Sage
4 1 (0.26%) SAP
4 1 (0.26%) Sony
4 1 (0.26%) VMware
4 1 (0.26%) WooCommerce
4 1 (0.26%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.26%) Yahoo!