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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 26 24
Rank change year-on-year -37 -2 -7
Permanent jobs citing C# 344 744 632
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.57% 6.09% 8.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.13% 22.52% 21.67%
Number of salaries quoted 304 505 570
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,250 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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 1,709 3,304 2,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 17.76% 27.06% 38.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,372 1,768 2,324
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,594 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025. 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 -31 175 £62,500 +25.00% 195
Yorkshire -28 123 £55,000 +10.00% 73
North East -22 48 £50,000 -16.67% 39
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 6 (1.74%) IIS
2 2 (0.58%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.58%) CMS
2 2 (0.58%) HCL Notes
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.58%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (1.16%) Autodesk Inventor
1 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.16%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.16%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.29%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.29%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 187 (54.36%) Azure
2 117 (34.01%) AWS
3 55 (15.99%) SaaS
4 31 (9.01%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (8.14%) Serverless
6 20 (5.81%) GCP
7 14 (4.07%) GitHub
8 12 (3.49%) Power Automate
9 9 (2.62%) Power Platform
10 8 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
10 8 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 7 (2.03%) Azure Functions
11 7 (2.03%) Azure Service Bus
11 7 (2.03%) Entra ID
11 7 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.45%) Azure AKS
12 5 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.16%) PaaS
13 4 (1.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.03%) WPA
2 4 (1.16%) SAN
2 4 (1.16%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.87%) HTTP
3 3 (0.87%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (22.38%) SQL Server
2 34 (9.88%) NoSQL
3 25 (7.27%) MongoDB
4 14 (4.07%) MySQL
5 10 (2.91%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.03%) Redis
7 4 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.16%) Power BI
7 4 (1.16%) RDBMS
7 4 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.87%) Big Data
8 3 (0.87%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.58%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.58%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.58%) SQL CLR
9 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (6.69%) Git
2 14 (4.07%) Visual Studio
3 9 (2.62%) TeamCity
4 7 (2.03%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.03%) JIRA
5 6 (1.74%) Selenium
6 5 (1.45%) GitLab
7 4 (1.16%) Artifactory
7 4 (1.16%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
7 4 (1.16%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.58%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.58%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.58%) NUnit
8 2 (0.58%) Postman
8 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.29%) CA Release Automation
9 1 (0.29%) ESLint
9 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.29%) Storybook
General
1 94 (27.33%) Social Skills
2 29 (8.43%) Finance
3 26 (7.56%) Manufacturing
4 15 (4.36%) Games
5 10 (2.91%) Public Sector
6 9 (2.62%) Legal
7 7 (2.03%) Retail
8 6 (1.74%) Back Office
9 5 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (1.45%) Electronics
10 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.58%) Law
11 2 (0.58%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.29%) Banking
12 1 (0.29%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.29%) Marketing
12 1 (0.29%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 167 (48.55%) Developer
2 67 (19.48%) Senior
3 63 (18.31%) Software Engineer
4 62 (18.02%) Lead
5 53 (15.41%) .NET Developer
6 37 (10.76%) C# Developer
7 35 (10.17%) Senior Developer
8 33 (9.59%) Architect
8 33 (9.59%) Software Developer
9 21 (6.10%) Full-Stack Developer
9 21 (6.10%) Graduate
10 20 (5.81%) .NET Software Engineer
10 20 (5.81%) Lead Developer
11 19 (5.52%) C# Software Engineer
12 16 (4.65%) Senior Software Engineer
13 14 (4.07%) Graduate Developer
13 14 (4.07%) Lead Software Engineer
13 14 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (3.49%) Senior .NET Developer
15 11 (3.20%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 244 (70.93%) .NET
2 59 (17.15%) .NET Core
3 50 (14.53%) React
4 49 (14.24%) ASP.NET
5 48 (13.95%) CSS
6 38 (11.05%) AngularJS
6 38 (11.05%) HTML
7 36 (10.47%) .NET Framework
8 28 (8.14%) RESTful
9 26 (7.56%) REST
10 25 (7.27%) Blazor
11 20 (5.81%) Entity Framework
12 14 (4.07%) Kafka
13 13 (3.78%) Vue
14 12 (3.49%) ASP.NET Core
14 12 (3.49%) ASP.NET Web API
14 12 (3.49%) jQuery
15 8 (2.33%) CSS3
15 8 (2.33%) Node.js
15 8 (2.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 41 (11.92%) Product Ownership
3 24 (6.98%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (5.52%) Mobile App
5 18 (5.23%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (4.65%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (2.62%) Client/Server
8 8 (2.33%) Clustering
9 7 (2.03%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.45%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.16%) Online Games
11 4 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.87%) Hedge funds
12 3 (0.87%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.87%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 2 (0.58%) IoT
13 2 (0.58%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 36 (10.47%) Windows
2 10 (2.91%) Linux
3 8 (2.33%) Android
4 6 (1.74%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.58%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.29%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (36.92%) Agile
2 121 (35.17%) Software Engineering
3 104 (30.23%) CI/CD
4 101 (29.36%) DevOps
5 94 (27.33%) Microservices
6 89 (25.87%) Mentoring
7 67 (19.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 66 (19.19%) Full-Stack Development
9 56 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
10 44 (12.79%) Computer Science
11 42 (12.21%) Containerisation
12 39 (11.34%) SDLC
13 38 (11.05%) Roadmaps
14 37 (10.76%) TDD
15 36 (10.47%) Technical Leadership
16 33 (9.59%) Clean Code
17 30 (8.72%) User Experience
18 28 (8.14%) Architectural Patterns
18 28 (8.14%) OOP
19 27 (7.85%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 114 (33.14%) SQL
2 93 (27.03%) JavaScript
3 63 (18.31%) Java
4 52 (15.12%) Python
5 49 (14.24%) TypeScript
6 24 (6.98%) C++
7 18 (5.23%) PHP
8 12 (3.49%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.03%) VB.NET
10 5 (1.45%) Bash
11 4 (1.16%) Delphi
11 4 (1.16%) XAML
12 3 (0.87%) Bicep
12 3 (0.87%) C
12 3 (0.87%) Erlang
12 3 (0.87%) Go
12 3 (0.87%) Rust
12 3 (0.87%) Scala
12 3 (0.87%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.58%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 54 (15.70%) Degree
2 39 (11.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (6.40%) Azure Certification
4 21 (6.10%) AWS Certification
4 21 (6.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 14 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (4.07%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (1.16%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.87%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.29%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.29%) HND
8 1 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.52%) QA
2 12 (3.49%) GDPR
3 7 (2.03%) HIPAA
3 7 (2.03%) NIST
4 6 (1.74%) ISO 9001
5 5 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 49 (14.24%) Docker
2 10 (2.91%) Embedded Firmware
2 10 (2.91%) Firmware
3 5 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.16%) vSphere
5 2 (0.58%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.58%) Squid
6 1 (0.29%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 41 (11.92%) Kubernetes
2 24 (6.98%) Terraform
3 8 (2.33%) Grafana
4 4 (1.16%) Ansible
4 4 (1.16%) Control-M
4 4 (1.16%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (0.58%) Kibana
6 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (20.06%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.65%) Google
3 6 (1.74%) VMware
4 5 (1.45%) Atlassian
4 5 (1.45%) Sage
4 5 (1.45%) Splunk
5 4 (1.16%) Autodesk
5 4 (1.16%) Oracle
6 2 (0.58%) Aderant
6 2 (0.58%) Lotus
6 2 (0.58%) New Relic
6 2 (0.58%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.29%) Databricks
7 1 (0.29%) iManage
7 1 (0.29%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.29%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.29%) SAP
7 1 (0.29%) Talend