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 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 34 16
Rank change year-on-year -29 -18 +7
Permanent jobs citing C# 359 462 1,162
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.71% 6.12% 9.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.19% 21.02% 28.12%
Number of salaries quoted 336 335 1,046
10th Percentile £43,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -1.87% -6.96%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,125 £66,222
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,750 £76,875
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 2,088 2,198 4,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.76% 29.12% 32.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,591 1,335 3,538
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £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 £72,639 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £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 28 February 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 28 February 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 -28 175 £62,500 +22.81% 97
Yorkshire -30 121 £65,000 +30.00% 55
North East -10 63 £70,000 +16.67% 28
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 (0.56%) Apache Spark
1 2 (0.56%) CMS
1 2 (0.56%) nginx
1 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
1 2 (0.56%) Umbraco
2 1 (0.28%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.28%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 188 (52.37%) Azure
2 106 (29.53%) AWS
3 62 (17.27%) SaaS
4 39 (10.86%) Serverless
5 22 (6.13%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (3.90%) Azure Service Bus
7 13 (3.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 13 (3.62%) Azure Functions
7 13 (3.62%) Azure Logic Apps
8 12 (3.34%) Power Platform
9 11 (3.06%) Power Automate
10 10 (2.79%) Azure AKS
11 7 (1.95%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.67%) GCP
13 5 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (1.39%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.39%) GitHub
13 5 (1.39%) Twilio
14 4 (1.11%) Azure AI
15 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.11%) HTTP
2 3 (0.84%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.56%) Intranet
3 2 (0.56%) SAN
4 1 (0.28%) DNS
4 1 (0.28%) Internet
4 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (21.45%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.52%) NoSQL
3 12 (3.34%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.95%) MySQL
4 7 (1.95%) Redis
5 6 (1.67%) Power BI
5 6 (1.67%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.56%) Big Data
8 2 (0.56%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.56%) PostHog
8 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 11 (3.06%) Git
2 9 (2.51%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.67%) TeamCity
4 3 (0.84%) GitLab
4 3 (0.84%) JIRA
5 2 (0.56%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.56%) Selenium
5 2 (0.56%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.28%) NUnit
General
1 67 (18.66%) Social Skills
2 22 (6.13%) Finance
3 18 (5.01%) Games
4 11 (3.06%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (3.06%) Manufacturing
5 9 (2.51%) Public Sector
6 6 (1.67%) Electronics
7 5 (1.39%) Legal
8 3 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (0.84%) Retail
9 2 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.56%) Law
9 2 (0.56%) Local Government
9 2 (0.56%) Marketing
9 2 (0.56%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.28%) Advertising
10 1 (0.28%) Back Office
10 1 (0.28%) Banking
Job Titles
1 184 (51.25%) Developer
2 78 (21.73%) Senior
3 74 (20.61%) Software Engineer
4 71 (19.78%) Lead
5 67 (18.66%) Software Developer
6 64 (17.83%) .NET Developer
7 54 (15.04%) C# Developer
8 49 (13.65%) Senior Developer
9 38 (10.58%) Lead Developer
10 33 (9.19%) Full-Stack Developer
11 29 (8.08%) .NET Software Engineer
12 28 (7.80%) C# Software Engineer
13 27 (7.52%) Architect
14 24 (6.69%) Senior Software Developer
15 23 (6.41%) C# .NET Developer
16 22 (6.13%) C# Software Developer
16 22 (6.13%) Senior Software Engineer
17 20 (5.57%) Senior .NET Developer
18 18 (5.01%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 17 (4.74%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 259 (72.14%) .NET
2 90 (25.07%) .NET Core
3 57 (15.88%) React
4 56 (15.60%) ASP.NET
5 46 (12.81%) .NET Framework
6 37 (10.31%) CSS
7 36 (10.03%) HTML
8 28 (7.80%) RESTful
9 27 (7.52%) AngularJS
10 25 (6.96%) REST
11 16 (4.46%) Vue
12 9 (2.51%) ASP.NET Core
12 9 (2.51%) ASP.NET Web API
12 9 (2.51%) Blazor
12 9 (2.51%) Node.js
13 8 (2.23%) HTML5
14 7 (1.95%) CSS3
14 7 (1.95%) Razor View Engine
15 6 (1.67%) Entity Framework
15 6 (1.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.52%) Cloud Native
2 26 (7.24%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (6.69%) Product Ownership
4 19 (5.29%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (5.29%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (4.74%) Mobile App
6 11 (3.06%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (2.23%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.95%) Distributed Computing
9 6 (1.67%) Legacy Code
10 5 (1.39%) Hedge funds
11 4 (1.11%) IoT
12 3 (0.84%) Clustering
12 3 (0.84%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.56%) AI Agents
13 2 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
13 2 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
13 2 (0.56%) Digital Signage
13 2 (0.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 2 (0.56%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.62%) Windows
2 6 (1.67%) Android
2 6 (1.67%) Linux
3 4 (1.11%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.28%) Fedora
4 1 (0.28%) VMS
4 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (39.55%) Software Engineering
2 112 (31.20%) Agile
3 88 (24.51%) Microservices
4 84 (23.40%) Full-Stack Development
4 84 (23.40%) Mentoring
5 83 (23.12%) CI/CD
6 65 (18.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 63 (17.55%) DevOps
8 45 (12.53%) SDLC
9 40 (11.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 39 (10.86%) Architectural Patterns
11 36 (10.03%) Migration
12 34 (9.47%) Containerisation
13 33 (9.19%) User Experience
14 31 (8.64%) Computer Science
14 31 (8.64%) TDD
14 31 (8.64%) Technical Leadership
15 27 (7.52%) Problem-Solving
16 25 (6.96%) Enterprise Architecture
17 24 (6.69%) AI
Programming Languages
1 95 (26.46%) JavaScript
2 85 (23.68%) SQL
3 60 (16.71%) TypeScript
4 51 (14.21%) Java
5 46 (12.81%) Python
6 13 (3.62%) PHP
7 10 (2.79%) C++
8 5 (1.39%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.11%) Go
9 4 (1.11%) XAML
10 3 (0.84%) Erlang
10 3 (0.84%) Rust
11 2 (0.56%) Bash
12 1 (0.28%) Bicep
12 1 (0.28%) C
12 1 (0.28%) Delphi
12 1 (0.28%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 38 (10.58%) Degree
2 27 (7.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (6.69%) Azure Certification
4 23 (6.41%) AWS Certification
4 23 (6.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 23 (6.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (6.41%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (0.84%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.56%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.28%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.01%) QA
2 3 (0.84%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.56%) GDPR
3 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.56%) WCAG
4 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (10.86%) Docker
2 7 (1.95%) Embedded Firmware
2 7 (1.95%) Firmware
3 2 (0.56%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.56%) vSphere
4 1 (0.28%) Squid
4 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (7.24%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.06%) Terraform
3 4 (1.11%) Grafana
4 2 (0.56%) Ansible
4 2 (0.56%) Control-M
4 2 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.28%) Kibana
Vendors
1 74 (20.61%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.84%) Atlassian
2 3 (0.84%) Foundry
2 3 (0.84%) Google
3 2 (0.56%) Aderant
3 2 (0.56%) VMware
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe
4 1 (0.28%) Adyen
4 1 (0.28%) Databricks
4 1 (0.28%) iManage
4 1 (0.28%) New Relic
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle
4 1 (0.28%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.28%) SAP
4 1 (0.28%) Xamarin