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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 35 17
Rank change year-on-year -34 -18 +10
Permanent jobs citing C# 391 413 1,331
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.64% 6.20% 8.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.01% 21.31% 28.84%
Number of salaries quoted 364 342 1,195
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £36,048
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £41,500
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 £69,313 £66,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £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 2,299 1,938 4,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.52% 29.09% 30.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,715 1,464 3,943
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,870 £42,500 £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 £72,500 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,375 £80,000
England median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% +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 22 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 22 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 -33 190 £61,500 +22.87% 83
Yorkshire -30 133 £65,000 +23.81% 54
North East -12 68 £70,000 +19.15% 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 4 (1.02%) CMS
1 4 (1.02%) 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
1 193 (49.36%) Azure
2 96 (24.55%) AWS
3 69 (17.65%) SaaS
4 35 (8.95%) Serverless
5 19 (4.86%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (4.60%) Power Platform
7 16 (4.09%) Azure Service Bus
8 15 (3.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 14 (3.58%) Azure Functions
9 14 (3.58%) Power Automate
9 14 (3.58%) PowerApps
10 13 (3.32%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (3.07%) Azure AKS
12 11 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (1.53%) Azure AI
15 5 (1.28%) GitHub
15 5 (1.28%) Twilio
16 4 (1.02%) GCP
17 3 (0.77%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.02%) HTTP
2 3 (0.77%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.51%) Intranet
4 1 (0.26%) DNS
4 1 (0.26%) Internet
4 1 (0.26%) SAN
4 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (20.97%) SQL Server
2 26 (6.65%) NoSQL
3 13 (3.32%) Power BI
4 12 (3.07%) MongoDB
5 8 (2.05%) MySQL
5 8 (2.05%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.02%) Redis
9 2 (0.51%) PostHog
10 1 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 13 (3.32%) Git
2 7 (1.79%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.77%) GitLab
3 3 (0.77%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.77%) JIRA
3 3 (0.77%) Selenium
3 3 (0.77%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.26%) NUnit
4 1 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.26%) Postman
4 1 (0.26%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.26%) SonarQube
General
1 64 (16.37%) Social Skills
2 32 (8.18%) Finance
3 17 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.09%) Games
5 11 (2.81%) Manufacturing
6 9 (2.30%) Public Sector
7 6 (1.53%) Electronics
8 5 (1.28%) Legal
8 5 (1.28%) Retail
9 3 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.51%) Back Office
10 2 (0.51%) Law
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%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.26%) Automotive
11 1 (0.26%) Banking
11 1 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 208 (53.20%) Developer
2 84 (21.48%) Senior
2 84 (21.48%) Software Engineer
3 79 (20.20%) Software Developer
4 74 (18.93%) Lead
5 71 (18.16%) .NET Developer
5 71 (18.16%) C# Developer
6 53 (13.55%) Senior Developer
7 36 (9.21%) Lead Developer
8 35 (8.95%) C# Software Developer
9 34 (8.70%) Full-Stack Developer
10 32 (8.18%) .NET Software Engineer
11 30 (7.67%) C# .NET Developer
12 29 (7.42%) C# Software Engineer
13 25 (6.39%) Senior Software Developer
14 24 (6.14%) .NET Software Developer
14 24 (6.14%) Senior Software Engineer
15 22 (5.63%) Architect
16 21 (5.37%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 20 (5.12%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 279 (71.36%) .NET
2 96 (24.55%) .NET Core
3 59 (15.09%) React
4 58 (14.83%) ASP.NET
5 47 (12.02%) .NET Framework
6 40 (10.23%) CSS
7 38 (9.72%) HTML
8 33 (8.44%) RESTful
9 27 (6.91%) REST
10 23 (5.88%) AngularJS
11 22 (5.63%) Vue
12 14 (3.58%) Blazor
13 12 (3.07%) ASP.NET Core
13 12 (3.07%) Node.js
14 9 (2.30%) ASP.NET Web API
14 9 (2.30%) HTML5
15 8 (2.05%) CSS3
15 8 (2.05%) Flutter
15 8 (2.05%) Razor View Engine
16 7 (1.79%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.16%) Cloud Native
2 22 (5.63%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (5.12%) Mobile App
4 19 (4.86%) Product Ownership
5 18 (4.60%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (3.07%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (2.30%) Legacy Code
9 7 (1.79%) Client/Server
9 7 (1.79%) Distributed Computing
9 7 (1.79%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.02%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.77%) IoT
11 3 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.51%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.51%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.51%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.51%) Smart City
12 2 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.56%) Windows
2 5 (1.28%) Android
2 5 (1.28%) Linux
3 4 (1.02%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.26%) Fedora
4 1 (0.26%) VMS
4 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (37.60%) Software Engineering
2 119 (30.43%) Agile
3 88 (22.51%) Full-Stack Development
4 87 (22.25%) Microservices
5 86 (21.99%) CI/CD
6 76 (19.44%) Mentoring
7 68 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 61 (15.60%) DevOps
9 44 (11.25%) SDLC
10 38 (9.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 33 (8.44%) Containerisation
11 33 (8.44%) User Experience
12 32 (8.18%) Architectural Patterns
13 31 (7.93%) Technical Leadership
14 30 (7.67%) Computer Science
14 30 (7.67%) Migration
14 30 (7.67%) Problem-Solving
15 29 (7.42%) AI
16 28 (7.16%) Clean Code
17 27 (6.91%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 96 (24.55%) JavaScript
1 96 (24.55%) SQL
2 56 (14.32%) TypeScript
3 50 (12.79%) Java
4 48 (12.28%) Python
5 16 (4.09%) PHP
6 12 (3.07%) C++
7 7 (1.79%) Go
8 4 (1.02%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.02%) XAML
9 3 (0.77%) Erlang
10 2 (0.51%) Bash
10 2 (0.51%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.26%) Bicep
11 1 (0.26%) C
11 1 (0.26%) Delphi
11 1 (0.26%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.26%) Rust
11 1 (0.26%) VB
11 1 (0.26%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 34 (8.70%) Degree
2 23 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (4.86%) AWS Certification
3 19 (4.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 19 (4.86%) Azure Certification
3 19 (4.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (4.86%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (0.77%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.51%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.86%) QA
2 4 (1.02%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.51%) GDPR
3 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.51%) WCAG
4 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (8.70%) Docker
2 5 (1.28%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.28%) Firmware
3 2 (0.51%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.26%) Squid
4 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (6.39%) 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
4 1 (0.26%) Kibana
Vendors
1 80 (20.46%) 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%) iManage
4 1 (0.26%) New Relic
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle
4 1 (0.26%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.26%) Sage
4 1 (0.26%) SAP
4 1 (0.26%) Sony
4 1 (0.26%) WooCommerce
4 1 (0.26%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.26%) Yahoo!