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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 34 18
Rank change year-on-year -33 -16 +10
Permanent jobs citing C# 406 399 1,396
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.52% 6.26% 8.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.93% 21.78% 29.29%
Number of salaries quoted 380 347 1,245
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £35,475
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.92% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,250 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +10.17% -9.23%

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 2,549 1,832 4,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.83% 28.73% 30.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,858 1,491 4,057
10th Percentile £30,350 £31,599 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,410 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £74,863 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,000 £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 6 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 6 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 -35 194 £60,000 +17.90% 90
Yorkshire -31 135 £62,500 +19.05% 60
North East -10 77 £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 7 (1.72%) CMS
2 5 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.99%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.49%) nginx
5 1 (0.25%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.25%) IIS
5 1 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Magento
2 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 199 (49.01%) Azure
2 92 (22.66%) AWS
3 69 (17.00%) SaaS
4 33 (8.13%) Serverless
5 20 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (4.93%) Power Platform
6 17 (4.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 17 (4.19%) Power Automate
7 16 (3.94%) Azure Service Bus
7 16 (3.94%) PowerApps
8 14 (3.45%) Azure Functions
9 13 (3.20%) Azure Logic Apps
9 13 (3.20%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (2.96%) Azure AKS
11 10 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (1.48%) Azure AI
13 5 (1.23%) GCP
13 5 (1.23%) GitHub
13 5 (1.23%) Twilio
14 3 (0.74%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.99%) HTTP
2 3 (0.74%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.49%) Intranet
4 1 (0.25%) DNS
4 1 (0.25%) SAN
4 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (20.69%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.67%) NoSQL
3 15 (3.69%) Power BI
4 9 (2.22%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.97%) MySQL
5 8 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.72%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.99%) Redis
9 2 (0.49%) 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 (3.20%) Git
2 6 (1.48%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.74%) Selenium
3 3 (0.74%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.49%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.49%) JIRA
4 2 (0.49%) Postman
4 2 (0.49%) 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%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.25%) SonarQube
General
1 62 (15.27%) Social Skills
2 36 (8.87%) Finance
3 19 (4.68%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (4.43%) Games
5 9 (2.22%) Manufacturing
5 9 (2.22%) Public Sector
6 6 (1.48%) Electronics
6 6 (1.48%) Legal
6 6 (1.48%) Retail
7 3 (0.74%) Back Office
7 3 (0.74%) Banking
7 3 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.49%) Agriculture
8 2 (0.49%) Automotive
8 2 (0.49%) Local Government
8 2 (0.49%) Marketing
8 2 (0.49%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.25%) Advertising
9 1 (0.25%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 221 (54.43%) Developer
2 92 (22.66%) Software Developer
2 92 (22.66%) Software Engineer
3 87 (21.43%) Senior
4 82 (20.20%) C# Developer
4 82 (20.20%) Lead
5 72 (17.73%) .NET Developer
6 55 (13.55%) Senior Developer
7 44 (10.84%) C# Software Developer
8 41 (10.10%) Lead Developer
9 35 (8.62%) C# .NET Developer
10 34 (8.37%) C# Software Engineer
11 33 (8.13%) .NET Software Engineer
12 32 (7.88%) Full-Stack Developer
13 28 (6.90%) .NET Software Developer
13 28 (6.90%) Senior Software Developer
14 26 (6.40%) Senior Software Engineer
15 22 (5.42%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 19 (4.68%) Architect
17 18 (4.43%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 285 (70.20%) .NET
2 103 (25.37%) .NET Core
3 64 (15.76%) ASP.NET
4 56 (13.79%) React
5 47 (11.58%) .NET Framework
6 37 (9.11%) HTML
7 36 (8.87%) CSS
8 33 (8.13%) RESTful
9 29 (7.14%) Vue
10 28 (6.90%) REST
11 25 (6.16%) AngularJS
12 14 (3.45%) Blazor
13 12 (2.96%) ASP.NET Core
14 10 (2.46%) Node.js
15 9 (2.22%) Flutter
15 9 (2.22%) HTML5
16 8 (1.97%) CSS3
16 8 (1.97%) Web Services
17 7 (1.72%) Razor View Engine
18 6 (1.48%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.40%) Cloud Native
2 20 (4.93%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (4.68%) Mobile App
4 18 (4.43%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (4.43%) Product Ownership
5 15 (3.69%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (3.20%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (2.96%) Legacy Code
8 10 (2.46%) Hedge funds
9 8 (1.97%) Client/Server
10 7 (1.72%) Distributed Computing
11 5 (1.23%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.74%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.74%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
14 2 (0.49%) Algorithms
14 2 (0.49%) Digital Signage
14 2 (0.49%) IoT
14 2 (0.49%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.22%) Windows
2 4 (0.99%) Android
2 4 (0.99%) Linux
3 3 (0.74%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.25%) VMS
4 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (36.70%) Software Engineering
2 120 (29.56%) Agile
3 87 (21.43%) Full-Stack Development
4 83 (20.44%) Microservices
5 79 (19.46%) CI/CD
6 76 (18.72%) Mentoring
7 70 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 58 (14.29%) DevOps
9 45 (11.08%) SDLC
10 37 (9.11%) Problem-Solving
11 34 (8.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 32 (7.88%) Technical Leadership
13 31 (7.64%) AI
13 31 (7.64%) Computer Science
14 30 (7.39%) Migration
15 29 (7.14%) Architectural Patterns
16 27 (6.65%) Containerisation
17 26 (6.40%) Test Automation
17 26 (6.40%) User Experience
18 25 (6.16%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 105 (25.86%) SQL
2 95 (23.40%) JavaScript
3 53 (13.05%) TypeScript
4 52 (12.81%) Python
5 48 (11.82%) Java
6 18 (4.43%) PHP
7 14 (3.45%) C++
8 8 (1.97%) Go
9 5 (1.23%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.74%) XAML
11 2 (0.49%) C
11 2 (0.49%) 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 35 (8.62%) Degree
2 22 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (4.19%) AWS Certification
3 17 (4.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 17 (4.19%) Azure Certification
3 17 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (4.19%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (0.49%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.49%) 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 (5.42%) QA
2 5 (1.23%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.49%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.49%) WCAG
4 1 (0.25%) GDPR
4 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (7.88%) Docker
2 5 (1.23%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (1.23%) Firmware
3 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (6.16%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.46%) Terraform
3 3 (0.74%) Grafana
4 1 (0.25%) Ansible
4 1 (0.25%) Control-M
4 1 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 82 (20.20%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.74%) Foundry
3 2 (0.49%) Aderant
3 2 (0.49%) Atlassian
3 2 (0.49%) 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%) Optimizely
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle
4 1 (0.25%) Sage
4 1 (0.25%) SAP
4 1 (0.25%) Sitecore
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!