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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 34 17
Rank change year-on-year -34 -17 +11
Permanent jobs citing C# 412 405 1,426
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.51% 6.34% 8.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.95% 22.03% 29.50%
Number of salaries quoted 385 353 1,268
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £35,738
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £75,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +10.17% -9.23%

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 2,583 1,838 4,834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.75% 28.80% 30.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,885 1,508 4,113
10th Percentile £30,950 £31,599 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £74,066 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,934 £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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -35 196 £60,000 +17.49% 90
Yorkshire -30 140 £62,500 +17.92% 60
North East -10 76 £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 7 (1.70%) CMS
2 6 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.97%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.49%) nginx
5 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.24%) IIS
5 1 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.73%) Magento
2 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 202 (49.03%) Azure
2 91 (22.09%) AWS
3 70 (16.99%) SaaS
4 33 (8.01%) Serverless
5 23 (5.58%) Power Platform
6 21 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (4.85%) Power Automate
8 19 (4.61%) PowerApps
9 17 (4.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 16 (3.88%) Azure Service Bus
10 16 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
11 14 (3.40%) Azure Functions
11 14 (3.40%) Azure Logic Apps
12 12 (2.91%) Azure AKS
13 10 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (1.46%) Azure AI
15 5 (1.21%) GCP
15 5 (1.21%) GitHub
15 5 (1.21%) Twilio
16 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.97%) HTTP
2 3 (0.73%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.49%) Intranet
4 1 (0.24%) DNS
4 1 (0.24%) SAN
4 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (21.12%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.58%) NoSQL
3 16 (3.88%) Power BI
4 9 (2.18%) Relational Database
4 9 (2.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (1.94%) MySQL
6 7 (1.70%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.46%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.73%) Redis
9 2 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.49%) PostHog
10 1 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.24%) ClickHouse
10 1 (0.24%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.24%) Metadata
10 1 (0.24%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 13 (3.16%) Git
2 6 (1.46%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.73%) JIRA
3 3 (0.73%) Selenium
4 2 (0.49%) Postman
4 2 (0.49%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.49%) TestRail
5 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.24%) NUnit
5 1 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 60 (14.56%) Social Skills
2 38 (9.22%) Finance
3 21 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (4.13%) Games
5 8 (1.94%) Manufacturing
5 8 (1.94%) Public Sector
6 6 (1.46%) Legal
6 6 (1.46%) Retail
7 4 (0.97%) Electronics
8 3 (0.73%) Agriculture
8 3 (0.73%) Automotive
8 3 (0.73%) Back Office
8 3 (0.73%) Banking
8 3 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.49%) Law
9 2 (0.49%) Local Government
10 1 (0.24%) Advertising
10 1 (0.24%) Marketing
10 1 (0.24%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.24%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 221 (53.64%) Developer
2 96 (23.30%) Software Engineer
3 92 (22.33%) Software Developer
4 89 (21.60%) Senior
5 84 (20.39%) Lead
6 82 (19.90%) C# Developer
7 72 (17.48%) .NET Developer
8 55 (13.35%) Senior Developer
9 46 (11.17%) C# Software Developer
10 42 (10.19%) Lead Developer
11 35 (8.50%) C# .NET Developer
11 35 (8.50%) C# Software Engineer
12 34 (8.25%) .NET Software Engineer
13 30 (7.28%) Full-Stack Developer
14 29 (7.04%) .NET Software Developer
15 28 (6.80%) Senior Software Developer
15 28 (6.80%) Senior Software Engineer
16 22 (5.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 20 (4.85%) Architect
18 19 (4.61%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 286 (69.42%) .NET
2 106 (25.73%) .NET Core
3 65 (15.78%) ASP.NET
4 56 (13.59%) React
5 47 (11.41%) .NET Framework
6 36 (8.74%) HTML
7 35 (8.50%) CSS
8 32 (7.77%) RESTful
9 30 (7.28%) Vue
10 27 (6.55%) REST
11 26 (6.31%) AngularJS
12 14 (3.40%) Blazor
13 11 (2.67%) ASP.NET Core
14 9 (2.18%) Flutter
14 9 (2.18%) Node.js
15 8 (1.94%) HTML5
15 8 (1.94%) Web Services
16 7 (1.70%) CSS3
16 7 (1.70%) Razor View Engine
17 6 (1.46%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.31%) Cloud Native
2 20 (4.85%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (4.61%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (4.61%) Mobile App
4 18 (4.37%) Product Ownership
5 15 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (3.16%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (2.91%) Legacy Code
8 11 (2.67%) Hedge funds
9 7 (1.70%) Client/Server
9 7 (1.70%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (1.21%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.73%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.73%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
13 2 (0.49%) Algorithms
13 2 (0.49%) IoT
13 2 (0.49%) Low-Code
13 2 (0.49%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.94%) Windows
2 4 (0.97%) Android
2 4 (0.97%) Linux
3 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.24%) VMS
4 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (36.89%) Software Engineering
2 121 (29.37%) Agile
3 83 (20.15%) Full-Stack Development
3 83 (20.15%) Microservices
4 78 (18.93%) CI/CD
5 77 (18.69%) Mentoring
6 71 (17.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 57 (13.83%) DevOps
8 46 (11.17%) SDLC
9 39 (9.47%) Problem-Solving
10 34 (8.25%) Technical Leadership
11 32 (7.77%) Computer Science
11 32 (7.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 31 (7.52%) AI
13 30 (7.28%) Migration
14 29 (7.04%) Architectural Patterns
15 26 (6.31%) Containerisation
15 26 (6.31%) Test Automation
16 25 (6.07%) Clean Code
16 25 (6.07%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 110 (26.70%) SQL
2 96 (23.30%) JavaScript
3 52 (12.62%) TypeScript
4 51 (12.38%) Python
5 47 (11.41%) Java
6 18 (4.37%) PHP
7 13 (3.16%) C++
8 8 (1.94%) Go
9 6 (1.46%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.49%) C
10 2 (0.49%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.49%) XAML
11 1 (0.24%) Bash
11 1 (0.24%) Bicep
11 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.24%) Delphi
11 1 (0.24%) Erlang
11 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.24%) VB
11 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 36 (8.74%) Degree
2 23 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (4.13%) AWS Certification
3 17 (4.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 17 (4.13%) Azure Certification
3 17 (4.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (4.13%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (0.49%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.24%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.24%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.34%) QA
2 5 (1.21%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.49%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.49%) WCAG
4 1 (0.24%) GDPR
4 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (7.52%) Docker
2 4 (0.97%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (0.97%) Firmware
3 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (6.07%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.18%) Terraform
3 3 (0.73%) Grafana
4 1 (0.24%) Ansible
4 1 (0.24%) Control-M
4 1 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 83 (20.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.73%) Foundry
3 2 (0.49%) Aderant
3 2 (0.49%) Adyen
3 2 (0.49%) Google
3 2 (0.49%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.24%) Adobe
4 1 (0.24%) Apple
4 1 (0.24%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.24%) Databricks
4 1 (0.24%) Facebook
4 1 (0.24%) Optimizely
4 1 (0.24%) Sage
4 1 (0.24%) Sitecore
4 1 (0.24%) Sony
4 1 (0.24%) VMware
4 1 (0.24%) WooCommerce
4 1 (0.24%) Yahoo!