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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 72 15
Rank change year-on-year 0 -57 +14
Permanent jobs citing C# 461 374 1,540
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.43% 4.76% 9.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.26% 13.97% 31.34%
Number of salaries quoted 430 313 1,358
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 £72,500 £66,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,509 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.91% +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 3,020 2,678 4,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.94% 34.11% 28.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,178 1,449 4,183
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,813 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,847
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +2.14% -2.10%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,645 £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 17 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 17 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 +32 235 £60,000 +14.29% 95
Yorkshire -30 140 £60,000 - 41
North East -16 86 £65,000 +13.04% 37
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 9 (1.95%) CMS
2 8 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.08%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (0.87%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.65%) IIS
6 2 (0.43%) nginx
6 2 (0.43%) WordPress
7 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 9 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.87%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.65%) Magento
4 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 229 (49.67%) Azure
2 83 (18.00%) AWS
3 62 (13.45%) SaaS
4 40 (8.68%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (6.94%) Power Platform
6 28 (6.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 28 (6.07%) Power Automate
7 26 (5.64%) Serverless
8 25 (5.42%) PowerApps
9 22 (4.77%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (3.69%) Azure Logic Apps
11 16 (3.47%) Azure Service Bus
12 13 (2.82%) Azure Functions
13 12 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (2.39%) Azure AKS
14 11 (2.39%) GitHub
15 10 (2.17%) Azure AI
16 8 (1.74%) GCP
17 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
17 5 (1.08%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.43%) HTTP
1 2 (0.43%) HTTPS
1 2 (0.43%) Internet
1 2 (0.43%) Intranet
1 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.22%) DNS
2 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (21.04%) SQL Server
2 35 (7.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 27 (5.86%) MongoDB
4 22 (4.77%) Power BI
5 21 (4.56%) NoSQL
6 14 (3.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 13 (2.82%) Relational Database
8 10 (2.17%) MySQL
9 8 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.65%) ClickHouse
11 3 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.65%) Redis
12 2 (0.43%) NonStop SQL
12 2 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.43%) PostHog
12 2 (0.43%) Power Query
13 1 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
13 1 (0.22%) MariaDB
13 1 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 25 (5.42%) Git
2 7 (1.52%) JIRA
3 4 (0.87%) GitLab
3 4 (0.87%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.65%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.43%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.43%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.43%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.43%) MSTest
5 2 (0.43%) NUnit
5 2 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.43%) Postman
5 2 (0.43%) Selenium
5 2 (0.43%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.43%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.43%) TestRail
6 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
General
1 57 (12.36%) Finance
2 51 (11.06%) Social Skills
3 29 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (3.90%) Games
5 13 (2.82%) Retail
6 12 (2.60%) Banking
6 12 (2.60%) Public Sector
7 7 (1.52%) Manufacturing
7 7 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.30%) Legal
9 5 (1.08%) Agriculture
9 5 (1.08%) Automotive
9 5 (1.08%) Back Office
9 5 (1.08%) Law
10 3 (0.65%) Advertising
10 3 (0.65%) Marketing
11 2 (0.43%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.43%) Electronics
11 2 (0.43%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 261 (56.62%) Developer
2 111 (24.08%) Senior
3 109 (23.64%) Software Developer
4 102 (22.13%) Software Engineer
5 96 (20.82%) C# Developer
6 93 (20.17%) .NET Developer
7 71 (15.40%) Lead
8 68 (14.75%) Senior Developer
9 65 (14.10%) C# Software Developer
10 44 (9.54%) C# Software Engineer
11 39 (8.46%) Lead Developer
11 39 (8.46%) Senior Software Developer
12 38 (8.24%) C# .NET Developer
13 37 (8.03%) Senior Software Engineer
14 34 (7.38%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 33 (7.16%) Senior C# Developer
16 32 (6.94%) .NET Software Developer
17 29 (6.29%) .NET Software Engineer
17 29 (6.29%) Full-Stack Developer
18 21 (4.56%) Senior C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 303 (65.73%) .NET
2 114 (24.73%) .NET Core
3 83 (18.00%) ASP.NET
4 60 (13.02%) React
5 47 (10.20%) Vue
6 44 (9.54%) .NET Framework
7 42 (9.11%) CSS
7 42 (9.11%) HTML
8 38 (8.24%) RESTful
9 37 (8.03%) AngularJS
10 32 (6.94%) ASP.NET Core
11 29 (6.29%) REST
12 26 (5.64%) Entity Framework
13 18 (3.90%) ASP.NET Web API
14 14 (3.04%) Node.js
15 13 (2.82%) Blazor
16 12 (2.60%) LINQ
17 10 (2.17%) Razor View Engine
18 9 (1.95%) Flutter
18 9 (1.95%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.07%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.86%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (4.56%) Mobile App
4 20 (4.34%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (3.04%) Hedge funds
6 14 (3.04%) Legacy Code
7 12 (2.60%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.74%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (1.74%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.52%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.08%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.08%) Social Network
11 4 (0.87%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.87%) Online Games
12 3 (0.65%) EMV
12 3 (0.65%) Java Card
12 3 (0.65%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.95%) Windows
2 5 (1.08%) Android
2 5 (1.08%) Linux
3 1 (0.22%) VMS
3 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (33.62%) Software Engineering
2 135 (29.28%) Agile
3 112 (24.30%) Full-Stack Development
4 92 (19.96%) CI/CD
5 78 (16.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 78 (16.92%) Mentoring
6 76 (16.49%) Microservices
7 74 (16.05%) DevOps
8 58 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
9 47 (10.20%) AI
9 47 (10.20%) SDLC
10 41 (8.89%) Computer Science
11 35 (7.59%) TDD
12 31 (6.72%) Test Automation
13 28 (6.07%) Fintech
14 27 (5.86%) Business Intelligence
14 27 (5.86%) Technical Leadership
15 24 (5.21%) Scrum
16 23 (4.99%) Resource Allocation
17 22 (4.77%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 147 (31.89%) SQL
2 108 (23.43%) JavaScript
3 60 (13.02%) Java
4 55 (11.93%) Python
5 50 (10.85%) TypeScript
6 24 (5.21%) PHP
7 19 (4.12%) C++
8 7 (1.52%) Go
8 7 (1.52%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.30%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.08%) Bash
11 4 (0.87%) Bicep
12 2 (0.43%) C
12 2 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.43%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.43%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.22%) Delphi
13 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 45 (9.76%) Degree
2 27 (5.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.17%) AWS Certification
3 10 (2.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 10 (2.17%) Azure Certification
3 10 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (2.17%) 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 (5.86%) QA
2 6 (1.30%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.87%) 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 33 (7.16%) Docker
2 2 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.43%) Firmware
2 2 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (6.07%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.25%) Terraform
3 4 (0.87%) Grafana
4 2 (0.43%) Ansible
4 2 (0.43%) Control-M
4 2 (0.43%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 111 (24.08%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.08%) Xamarin
3 4 (0.87%) Facebook
3 4 (0.87%) Google
4 3 (0.65%) Foundry
4 3 (0.65%) OpenAI
5 2 (0.43%) Adyen
5 2 (0.43%) Apple
5 2 (0.43%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.43%) Sony
5 2 (0.43%) Splunk
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