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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 33 18
Rank change year-on-year -34 -15 +7
Permanent jobs citing C# 386 421 1,314
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.68% 6.24% 8.85%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.22% 21.44% 28.70%
Number of salaries quoted 359 345 1,183
10th Percentile £40,930 £31,250 £36,120
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,361 £42,500
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 £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 2,242 1,964 4,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.57% 29.12% 30.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,678 1,462 3,917
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,780 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,886 £68,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,866 £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 18 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 18 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 -35 186 £61,500 +20.85% 79
Yorkshire -26 134 £65,000 +23.81% 49
North East -8 66 £70,000 +21.74% 36
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 4 (1.04%) CMS
2 3 (0.78%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.78%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.52%) nginx
4 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
4 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
1 192 (49.74%) Azure
2 95 (24.61%) AWS
3 68 (17.62%) SaaS
4 36 (9.33%) Serverless
5 19 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (4.15%) Azure Service Bus
6 16 (4.15%) Power Platform
7 15 (3.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 13 (3.37%) Azure Functions
8 13 (3.37%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (3.11%) Azure AKS
9 12 (3.11%) Power Automate
9 12 (3.11%) PowerApps
10 9 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.81%) GitHub
12 5 (1.30%) Azure AI
12 5 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.30%) Twilio
13 4 (1.04%) GCP
14 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%) Internet
4 1 (0.26%) SAN
4 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (20.73%) SQL Server
2 26 (6.74%) NoSQL
3 11 (2.85%) MongoDB
3 11 (2.85%) Power BI
4 9 (2.33%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.07%) MySQL
6 6 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.55%) Redis
6 6 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.52%) PostHog
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 13 (3.37%) Git
2 8 (2.07%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.04%) TeamCity
4 3 (0.78%) GitLab
4 3 (0.78%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.78%) JIRA
4 3 (0.78%) 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 64 (16.58%) Social Skills
2 29 (7.51%) Finance
3 17 (4.40%) Games
4 16 (4.15%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (2.85%) Manufacturing
6 9 (2.33%) Public Sector
7 6 (1.55%) Electronics
8 5 (1.30%) Legal
8 5 (1.30%) Retail
9 3 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.52%) Back Office
10 2 (0.52%) Law
10 2 (0.52%) Local Government
10 2 (0.52%) Marketing
10 2 (0.52%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.26%) Advertising
11 1 (0.26%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.26%) Automotive
11 1 (0.26%) Banking
11 1 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 202 (52.33%) Developer
2 83 (21.50%) Software Engineer
3 82 (21.24%) Senior
4 77 (19.95%) Software Developer
5 74 (19.17%) Lead
6 68 (17.62%) .NET Developer
7 67 (17.36%) C# Developer
8 52 (13.47%) Senior Developer
9 36 (9.33%) Lead Developer
10 32 (8.29%) Full-Stack Developer
11 31 (8.03%) .NET Software Engineer
12 30 (7.77%) C# Software Developer
13 28 (7.25%) C# .NET Developer
13 28 (7.25%) C# Software Engineer
14 25 (6.48%) Senior Software Developer
15 24 (6.22%) Architect
16 23 (5.96%) Senior Software Engineer
17 22 (5.70%) .NET Software Developer
18 20 (5.18%) Senior .NET Developer
19 19 (4.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 275 (71.24%) .NET
2 96 (24.87%) .NET Core
3 60 (15.54%) React
4 58 (15.03%) ASP.NET
5 48 (12.44%) .NET Framework
6 36 (9.33%) CSS
7 35 (9.07%) HTML
8 33 (8.55%) RESTful
9 26 (6.74%) REST
10 25 (6.48%) AngularJS
11 21 (5.44%) Vue
12 13 (3.37%) Blazor
13 12 (3.11%) Node.js
14 11 (2.85%) ASP.NET Core
15 10 (2.59%) HTML5
16 9 (2.33%) ASP.NET Web API
16 9 (2.33%) CSS3
17 8 (2.07%) Flutter
17 8 (2.07%) Razor View Engine
18 7 (1.81%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.51%) Cloud Native
2 24 (6.22%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (5.44%) Product Ownership
4 20 (5.18%) Mobile App
5 19 (4.92%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (3.37%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (2.33%) Legacy Code
9 8 (2.07%) Client/Server
10 7 (1.81%) Distributed Computing
10 7 (1.81%) Hedge funds
11 4 (1.04%) IoT
11 4 (1.04%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
13 2 (0.52%) AI Agents
13 2 (0.52%) Data Structures
13 2 (0.52%) Digital Signage
13 2 (0.52%) Legacy Applications
13 2 (0.52%) Smart City
13 2 (0.52%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.85%) Windows
2 6 (1.55%) Android
3 5 (1.30%) Linux
4 4 (1.04%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.26%) Fedora
5 1 (0.26%) VMS
5 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (37.82%) Software Engineering
2 120 (31.09%) Agile
3 86 (22.28%) Full-Stack Development
3 86 (22.28%) Microservices
4 85 (22.02%) CI/CD
5 77 (19.95%) Mentoring
6 67 (17.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 61 (15.80%) DevOps
8 44 (11.40%) SDLC
9 39 (10.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 35 (9.07%) Architectural Patterns
11 33 (8.55%) Containerisation
12 32 (8.29%) Migration
13 31 (8.03%) Technical Leadership
13 31 (8.03%) User Experience
14 29 (7.51%) Computer Science
15 27 (6.99%) AI
15 27 (6.99%) Problem-Solving
16 26 (6.74%) Clean Code
16 26 (6.74%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 96 (24.87%) SQL
2 95 (24.61%) JavaScript
3 59 (15.28%) TypeScript
4 50 (12.95%) Java
5 47 (12.18%) Python
6 13 (3.37%) PHP
7 10 (2.59%) C++
8 7 (1.81%) Go
9 4 (1.04%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.04%) XAML
10 3 (0.78%) Erlang
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%) Rust
12 1 (0.26%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 34 (8.81%) Degree
2 22 (5.70%) Azure Certification
2 22 (5.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (5.44%) AWS Certification
3 21 (5.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 21 (5.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (5.44%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (0.78%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.52%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
6 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 35 (9.07%) Docker
2 6 (1.55%) Embedded Firmware
2 6 (1.55%) Firmware
3 2 (0.52%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.26%) Squid
4 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (6.74%) 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 78 (20.21%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.78%) Foundry
3 2 (0.52%) Aderant
3 2 (0.52%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.26%) Adobe
4 1 (0.26%) Adyen
4 1 (0.26%) Databricks
4 1 (0.26%) Google
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%) SAP
4 1 (0.26%) VMware
4 1 (0.26%) WooCommerce
4 1 (0.26%) Xamarin