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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 34 17
Rank change year-on-year -35 -17 +11
Permanent jobs citing C# 394 392 1,381
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.55% 6.14% 8.83%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.06% 21.27% 29.25%
Number of salaries quoted 368 342 1,230
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £49,688 £41,438 £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 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £83,250 £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 2,454 1,843 4,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.86% 28.87% 30.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,796 1,479 4,021
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,529 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,228 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £74,015 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,750 £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 1 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 1 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 -37 187 £60,750 +19.38% 90
Yorkshire -27 135 £65,000 +23.81% 60
North East -13 72 £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 (1.27%) CMS
1 5 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.76%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.51%) nginx
4 1 (0.25%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.25%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Magento
2 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 193 (48.98%) Azure
2 92 (23.35%) AWS
3 69 (17.51%) SaaS
4 33 (8.38%) Serverless
5 20 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (5.08%) Power Platform
6 17 (4.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 16 (4.06%) Azure Service Bus
7 16 (4.06%) Power Automate
7 16 (4.06%) PowerApps
8 14 (3.55%) Azure Functions
9 13 (3.30%) Azure Logic Apps
9 13 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (3.05%) Azure AKS
11 9 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (1.52%) Azure AI
13 5 (1.27%) GitHub
13 5 (1.27%) Twilio
14 4 (1.02%) GCP
15 3 (0.76%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.02%) HTTP
2 3 (0.76%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.51%) Intranet
4 1 (0.25%) DNS
4 1 (0.25%) SAN
4 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (20.05%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.84%) NoSQL
3 15 (3.81%) Power BI
4 9 (2.28%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.03%) MySQL
5 8 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.78%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.02%) Redis
9 2 (0.51%) PostHog
10 1 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.25%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.25%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 13 (3.30%) Git
2 6 (1.52%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.76%) Selenium
3 3 (0.76%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.51%) JIRA
4 2 (0.51%) TestRail
5 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.25%) GitLab
5 1 (0.25%) NUnit
5 1 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.25%) Postman
5 1 (0.25%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.25%) SonarQube
General
1 62 (15.74%) Social Skills
2 34 (8.63%) Finance
3 19 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (4.57%) Games
5 10 (2.54%) Manufacturing
6 9 (2.28%) Public Sector
7 6 (1.52%) Electronics
7 6 (1.52%) Retail
8 5 (1.27%) Legal
9 3 (0.76%) Back Office
9 3 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.51%) Agriculture
10 2 (0.51%) Automotive
10 2 (0.51%) Banking
10 2 (0.51%) Local Government
10 2 (0.51%) Marketing
10 2 (0.51%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.25%) Advertising
11 1 (0.25%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 211 (53.55%) Developer
2 89 (22.59%) Software Engineer
3 86 (21.83%) Senior
4 82 (20.81%) Software Developer
5 79 (20.05%) Lead
6 77 (19.54%) C# Developer
7 70 (17.77%) .NET Developer
8 55 (13.96%) Senior Developer
9 39 (9.90%) C# Software Developer
10 38 (9.64%) Lead Developer
11 32 (8.12%) .NET Software Engineer
11 32 (8.12%) C# .NET Developer
11 32 (8.12%) C# Software Engineer
11 32 (8.12%) Full-Stack Developer
12 27 (6.85%) Senior Software Developer
13 25 (6.35%) .NET Software Developer
13 25 (6.35%) Senior Software Engineer
14 22 (5.58%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 19 (4.82%) Architect
15 19 (4.82%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 277 (70.30%) .NET
2 96 (24.37%) .NET Core
3 58 (14.72%) ASP.NET
3 58 (14.72%) React
4 44 (11.17%) .NET Framework
5 36 (9.14%) CSS
5 36 (9.14%) HTML
6 32 (8.12%) RESTful
7 29 (7.36%) Vue
8 27 (6.85%) REST
9 26 (6.60%) AngularJS
10 14 (3.55%) Blazor
11 12 (3.05%) ASP.NET Core
12 10 (2.54%) Node.js
13 9 (2.28%) Flutter
14 8 (2.03%) HTML5
14 8 (2.03%) Web Services
15 7 (1.78%) CSS3
16 6 (1.52%) Entity Framework
16 6 (1.52%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.60%) Cloud Native
2 20 (5.08%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (4.82%) Mobile App
3 19 (4.82%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.57%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (3.81%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (2.79%) Legacy Code
7 8 (2.03%) Hedge funds
8 7 (1.78%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.78%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.02%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.51%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.51%) Digital Signage
11 2 (0.51%) IoT
11 2 (0.51%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.51%) Smart City
11 2 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.28%) Windows
2 4 (1.02%) Android
2 4 (1.02%) Linux
3 3 (0.76%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.25%) VMS
4 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (37.06%) Software Engineering
2 118 (29.95%) Agile
3 88 (22.34%) Full-Stack Development
4 84 (21.32%) Microservices
5 78 (19.80%) CI/CD
6 76 (19.29%) Mentoring
7 70 (17.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 58 (14.72%) DevOps
9 44 (11.17%) SDLC
10 35 (8.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 33 (8.38%) Problem-Solving
11 33 (8.38%) Technical Leadership
12 31 (7.87%) AI
13 30 (7.61%) Architectural Patterns
13 30 (7.61%) Computer Science
14 29 (7.36%) Migration
15 27 (6.85%) Containerisation
15 27 (6.85%) User Experience
16 26 (6.60%) Test Automation
17 25 (6.35%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 102 (25.89%) SQL
2 93 (23.60%) JavaScript
3 53 (13.45%) TypeScript
4 49 (12.44%) Python
5 47 (11.93%) Java
6 17 (4.31%) PHP
7 13 (3.30%) C++
8 8 (2.03%) Go
9 5 (1.27%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.76%) XAML
11 2 (0.51%) C
11 2 (0.51%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.25%) Bash
12 1 (0.25%) Bicep
12 1 (0.25%) Delphi
12 1 (0.25%) Erlang
12 1 (0.25%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.25%) VB
12 1 (0.25%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 34 (8.63%) Degree
2 22 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (4.31%) AWS Certification
3 17 (4.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 17 (4.31%) Azure Certification
3 17 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (4.31%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (0.51%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.51%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.25%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.58%) QA
2 4 (1.02%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.51%) WCAG
4 1 (0.25%) GDPR
4 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (8.12%) Docker
2 5 (1.27%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.27%) Firmware
3 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (6.35%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.54%) Terraform
3 3 (0.76%) Grafana
4 1 (0.25%) Ansible
4 1 (0.25%) Control-M
4 1 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 80 (20.30%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.76%) Foundry
3 2 (0.51%) Aderant
3 2 (0.51%) Atlassian
3 2 (0.51%) Google
4 1 (0.25%) Adobe
4 1 (0.25%) Adyen
4 1 (0.25%) Apple
4 1 (0.25%) Databricks
4 1 (0.25%) Facebook
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle
4 1 (0.25%) Sage
4 1 (0.25%) SAP
4 1 (0.25%) Sony
4 1 (0.25%) VMware
4 1 (0.25%) WooCommerce
4 1 (0.25%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.25%) Yahoo!