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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 36 16
Rank change year-on-year -35 -20 +11
Permanent jobs citing C# 386 393 1,355
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.59% 6.13% 8.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.59% 21.10% 29.12%
Number of salaries quoted 359 341 1,207
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £54,169
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -3.08% -5.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £65,500
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 2,327 1,863 4,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.62% 29.04% 30.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,721 1,462 3,969
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,932 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,870 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £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 25 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 25 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 -35 184 £60,000 +17.90% 90
Yorkshire -22 133 £65,000 +23.81% 60
North East -10 69 £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 (1.30%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.04%) CMS
3 3 (0.78%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.52%) nginx
5 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.26%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Magento
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 191 (49.48%) Azure
2 93 (24.09%) AWS
3 67 (17.36%) SaaS
4 34 (8.81%) Serverless
5 18 (4.66%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (4.66%) Power Platform
6 15 (3.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 15 (3.89%) Azure Service Bus
7 14 (3.63%) Power Automate
7 14 (3.63%) PowerApps
8 13 (3.37%) Azure Functions
9 12 (3.11%) Azure AKS
9 12 (3.11%) Azure Logic Apps
10 11 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (1.55%) Azure AI
13 5 (1.30%) GitHub
13 5 (1.30%) Twilio
14 4 (1.04%) GCP
15 3 (0.78%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.04%) HTTP
2 3 (0.78%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.52%) Intranet
4 1 (0.26%) DNS
4 1 (0.26%) SAN
4 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (20.98%) SQL Server
2 25 (6.48%) NoSQL
3 13 (3.37%) Power BI
4 9 (2.33%) MongoDB
5 8 (2.07%) MySQL
6 7 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.81%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.04%) Redis
9 2 (0.52%) PostHog
10 1 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 13 (3.37%) Git
2 7 (1.81%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.78%) GitLab
3 3 (0.78%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.78%) JIRA
3 3 (0.78%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.52%) Selenium
5 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
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 (16.06%) Social Skills
2 31 (8.03%) Finance
3 18 (4.66%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (4.40%) Games
5 11 (2.85%) Manufacturing
6 9 (2.33%) Public Sector
7 5 (1.30%) Electronics
7 5 (1.30%) Legal
7 5 (1.30%) Retail
8 3 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.52%) Back Office
9 2 (0.52%) Law
9 2 (0.52%) Local Government
9 2 (0.52%) Marketing
9 2 (0.52%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.26%) Advertising
10 1 (0.26%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.26%) Automotive
10 1 (0.26%) Banking
Job Titles
1 206 (53.37%) Developer
2 85 (22.02%) Software Engineer
3 82 (21.24%) Senior
4 80 (20.73%) Software Developer
5 74 (19.17%) Lead
6 72 (18.65%) C# Developer
7 68 (17.62%) .NET Developer
8 52 (13.47%) Senior Developer
9 37 (9.59%) Lead Developer
10 36 (9.33%) C# Software Developer
11 32 (8.29%) .NET Software Engineer
11 32 (8.29%) Full-Stack Developer
12 30 (7.77%) C# Software Engineer
13 29 (7.51%) C# .NET Developer
14 25 (6.48%) Senior Software Developer
15 24 (6.22%) .NET Software Developer
15 24 (6.22%) Senior Software Engineer
16 21 (5.44%) Architect
16 21 (5.44%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 19 (4.92%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 274 (70.98%) .NET
2 95 (24.61%) .NET Core
3 59 (15.28%) ASP.NET
4 58 (15.03%) React
5 46 (11.92%) .NET Framework
6 37 (9.59%) CSS
7 36 (9.33%) HTML
8 33 (8.55%) RESTful
9 26 (6.74%) REST
10 24 (6.22%) AngularJS
10 24 (6.22%) Vue
11 14 (3.63%) Blazor
12 13 (3.37%) ASP.NET Core
13 11 (2.85%) Node.js
14 9 (2.33%) HTML5
15 8 (2.07%) ASP.NET Web API
15 8 (2.07%) CSS3
15 8 (2.07%) Entity Framework
15 8 (2.07%) Razor View Engine
15 8 (2.07%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.25%) Cloud Native
2 22 (5.70%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (4.66%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (4.66%) Mobile App
3 18 (4.66%) Product Ownership
4 17 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (3.11%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (2.33%) Legacy Code
7 7 (1.81%) Client/Server
7 7 (1.81%) Distributed Computing
7 7 (1.81%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.04%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.78%) IoT
9 3 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.52%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.52%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.52%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.52%) Smart City
10 2 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.59%) Windows
2 5 (1.30%) Linux
3 4 (1.04%) Android
4 3 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.26%) Fedora
5 1 (0.26%) VMS
5 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (37.31%) Software Engineering
2 118 (30.57%) Agile
3 88 (22.80%) Full-Stack Development
4 85 (22.02%) Microservices
5 80 (20.73%) CI/CD
6 73 (18.91%) Mentoring
7 66 (17.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 59 (15.28%) DevOps
9 42 (10.88%) SDLC
10 38 (9.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 32 (8.29%) Architectural Patterns
12 31 (8.03%) Computer Science
12 31 (8.03%) Containerisation
12 31 (8.03%) Problem-Solving
12 31 (8.03%) Technical Leadership
13 30 (7.77%) Migration
14 29 (7.51%) AI
14 29 (7.51%) User Experience
15 26 (6.74%) Clean Code
16 24 (6.22%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 97 (25.13%) SQL
2 93 (24.09%) JavaScript
3 56 (14.51%) TypeScript
4 49 (12.69%) Python
5 48 (12.44%) Java
6 17 (4.40%) PHP
7 12 (3.11%) C++
8 7 (1.81%) Go
9 5 (1.30%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.78%) Erlang
10 3 (0.78%) XAML
11 2 (0.52%) Bash
11 2 (0.52%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.26%) Bicep
12 1 (0.26%) C
12 1 (0.26%) Delphi
12 1 (0.26%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.26%) VB
12 1 (0.26%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 35 (9.07%) Degree
2 24 (6.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (4.92%) AWS Certification
3 19 (4.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 19 (4.92%) Azure Certification
3 19 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (4.92%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.52%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.92%) QA
2 4 (1.04%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.52%) GDPR
3 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.52%) WCAG
4 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (8.81%) Docker
2 5 (1.30%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.30%) Firmware
3 2 (0.52%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.26%) Squid
4 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (6.48%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.59%) Terraform
3 3 (0.78%) 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 82 (21.24%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.78%) Foundry
3 2 (0.52%) Aderant
3 2 (0.52%) Atlassian
3 2 (0.52%) 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!