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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 34 17
Rank change year-on-year -30 -17 +7
Permanent jobs citing C# 368 439 1,288
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.63% 6.34% 8.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.13% 21.37% 28.38%
Number of salaries quoted 345 347 1,170
10th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,681 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,125 £66,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £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 2,148 2,054 4,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.34% 29.67% 31.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,621 1,436 3,891
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,870 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,863 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 10 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 10 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 -38 177 £62,500 +22.81% 94
Yorkshire -29 129 £65,000 +30.00% 53
North East -7 62 £70,000 +16.67% 34
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 2 (0.54%) CMS
1 2 (0.54%) nginx
1 2 (0.54%) SharePoint
1 2 (0.54%) Umbraco
2 1 (0.27%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Magento
2 1 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 183 (49.73%) Azure
2 95 (25.82%) AWS
3 66 (17.93%) SaaS
4 35 (9.51%) Serverless
5 19 (5.16%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (4.08%) Azure Service Bus
7 14 (3.80%) Power Platform
8 13 (3.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 13 (3.53%) Azure Functions
8 13 (3.53%) Azure Logic Apps
9 11 (2.99%) Azure AKS
10 10 (2.72%) Power Automate
10 10 (2.72%) PowerApps
11 8 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (1.90%) GitHub
13 5 (1.36%) Twilio
14 4 (1.09%) Azure AI
14 4 (1.09%) GCP
14 4 (1.09%) Microsoft 365
15 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.09%) HTTP
2 3 (0.82%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.54%) Intranet
3 2 (0.54%) SAN
4 1 (0.27%) DNS
4 1 (0.27%) Internet
4 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (22.01%) SQL Server
2 25 (6.79%) NoSQL
3 11 (2.99%) MongoDB
4 9 (2.45%) Power BI
5 8 (2.17%) MySQL
5 8 (2.17%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.90%) Redis
7 5 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.54%) PostHog
10 1 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 13 (3.53%) Git
2 8 (2.17%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.63%) TeamCity
4 3 (0.82%) GitLab
4 3 (0.82%) JIRA
5 2 (0.54%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.54%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.54%) Selenium
5 2 (0.54%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.27%) NUnit
General
1 65 (17.66%) Social Skills
2 25 (6.79%) Finance
3 18 (4.89%) Games
4 13 (3.53%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (2.99%) Manufacturing
6 9 (2.45%) Public Sector
7 6 (1.63%) Electronics
8 5 (1.36%) Legal
8 5 (1.36%) Retail
9 3 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.54%) Back Office
10 2 (0.54%) Law
10 2 (0.54%) Local Government
10 2 (0.54%) Marketing
10 2 (0.54%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.27%) Advertising
11 1 (0.27%) Banking
11 1 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 194 (52.72%) Developer
2 79 (21.47%) Senior
3 77 (20.92%) Software Engineer
4 71 (19.29%) Lead
4 71 (19.29%) Software Developer
5 66 (17.93%) .NET Developer
6 64 (17.39%) C# Developer
7 51 (13.86%) Senior Developer
8 36 (9.78%) Lead Developer
9 33 (8.97%) Full-Stack Developer
10 31 (8.42%) .NET Software Engineer
11 28 (7.61%) C# Software Engineer
12 27 (7.34%) C# .NET Developer
12 27 (7.34%) C# Software Developer
13 24 (6.52%) Senior Software Developer
14 23 (6.25%) Architect
15 22 (5.98%) Senior Software Engineer
16 21 (5.71%) .NET Software Developer
17 20 (5.43%) Senior .NET Developer
18 18 (4.89%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 264 (71.74%) .NET
2 90 (24.46%) .NET Core
3 56 (15.22%) React
4 55 (14.95%) ASP.NET
5 46 (12.50%) .NET Framework
6 36 (9.78%) CSS
7 35 (9.51%) HTML
8 27 (7.34%) REST
8 27 (7.34%) RESTful
9 25 (6.79%) AngularJS
10 16 (4.35%) Vue
11 12 (3.26%) Blazor
12 10 (2.72%) Node.js
13 9 (2.45%) ASP.NET Core
13 9 (2.45%) ASP.NET Web API
13 9 (2.45%) HTML5
14 8 (2.17%) CSS3
15 7 (1.90%) Flutter
15 7 (1.90%) Razor View Engine
16 6 (1.63%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.34%) Cloud Native
2 23 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (5.43%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.89%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (4.89%) Legacy Systems
4 18 (4.89%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.17%) Client/Server
6 8 (2.17%) Legacy Code
7 7 (1.90%) Distributed Computing
8 6 (1.63%) Hedge funds
9 4 (1.09%) IoT
9 4 (1.09%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.54%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.54%) Clustering
11 2 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.54%) Digital Signage
11 2 (0.54%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.54%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.26%) Windows
2 6 (1.63%) Android
2 6 (1.63%) Linux
3 4 (1.09%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.27%) Fedora
4 1 (0.27%) VMS
4 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (38.04%) Software Engineering
2 112 (30.43%) Agile
3 82 (22.28%) Full-Stack Development
3 82 (22.28%) Microservices
4 80 (21.74%) CI/CD
5 74 (20.11%) Mentoring
6 63 (17.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 58 (15.76%) DevOps
8 39 (10.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 38 (10.33%) SDLC
10 35 (9.51%) Architectural Patterns
11 32 (8.70%) Containerisation
11 32 (8.70%) Migration
12 30 (8.15%) Technical Leadership
12 30 (8.15%) User Experience
13 29 (7.88%) Computer Science
14 27 (7.34%) Problem-Solving
15 26 (7.07%) TDD
16 25 (6.79%) AI
16 25 (6.79%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 92 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 90 (24.46%) SQL
3 56 (15.22%) TypeScript
4 47 (12.77%) Java
5 43 (11.68%) Python
6 12 (3.26%) PHP
7 9 (2.45%) C++
8 6 (1.63%) Go
9 4 (1.09%) XAML
10 3 (0.82%) Erlang
10 3 (0.82%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.82%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.54%) Bash
12 1 (0.27%) Bicep
12 1 (0.27%) C
12 1 (0.27%) Delphi
12 1 (0.27%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.27%) Rust
12 1 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 35 (9.51%) Degree
2 24 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (5.98%) Azure Certification
4 21 (5.71%) AWS Certification
4 21 (5.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 21 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 21 (5.71%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (0.82%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.54%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.43%) QA
2 3 (0.82%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.54%) GDPR
3 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.54%) WCAG
4 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (9.78%) Docker
2 6 (1.63%) Embedded Firmware
2 6 (1.63%) Firmware
3 2 (0.54%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.54%) vSphere
4 1 (0.27%) Squid
4 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (6.52%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.99%) Terraform
3 4 (1.09%) Grafana
4 2 (0.54%) Ansible
4 2 (0.54%) Control-M
4 2 (0.54%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.27%) Kibana
Vendors
1 73 (19.84%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.82%) Atlassian
2 3 (0.82%) Foundry
3 2 (0.54%) Aderant
3 2 (0.54%) Google
3 2 (0.54%) VMware
4 1 (0.27%) Adobe
4 1 (0.27%) Adyen
4 1 (0.27%) Databricks
4 1 (0.27%) iManage
4 1 (0.27%) New Relic
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle
4 1 (0.27%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.27%) SAP
4 1 (0.27%) WooCommerce
4 1 (0.27%) Xamarin