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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 47 17
Rank change year-on-year -24 -30 +12
Permanent jobs citing C# 413 401 1,454
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.41% 5.88% 8.85%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.36% 18.71% 29.75%
Number of salaries quoted 385 348 1,287
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £41,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £75,300
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +11.11% -10.00%

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 2,688 2,143 4,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.72% 31.41% 29.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,920 1,501 4,154
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,925 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £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 £75,000 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £91,250 £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 16 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 16 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 -14 197 £60,000 +17.49% 99
Yorkshire -31 140 £61,500 +13.36% 43
North East -15 76 £70,000 +21.74% 29
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 (1.69%) CMS
2 6 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.97%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.48%) nginx
5 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.24%) IIS
5 1 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.73%) Magento
2 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 205 (49.64%) Azure
2 91 (22.03%) AWS
3 69 (16.71%) SaaS
4 34 (8.23%) Serverless
5 24 (5.81%) Power Platform
6 23 (5.57%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (5.08%) Power Automate
8 20 (4.84%) PowerApps
9 19 (4.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 18 (4.36%) Azure Service Bus
11 16 (3.87%) Azure Logic Apps
11 16 (3.87%) Dynamics 365
12 15 (3.63%) Azure Functions
13 12 (2.91%) Azure AKS
14 10 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
15 6 (1.45%) Azure AI
15 6 (1.45%) GCP
15 6 (1.45%) GitHub
16 5 (1.21%) Twilio
17 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.97%) HTTP
2 3 (0.73%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.48%) Intranet
4 1 (0.24%) DNS
4 1 (0.24%) SAN
4 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (20.58%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.57%) NoSQL
3 17 (4.12%) Power BI
4 9 (2.18%) Relational Database
4 9 (2.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (1.94%) MySQL
6 7 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (1.21%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.48%) PostHog
10 2 (0.48%) Redis
11 1 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.24%) ClickHouse
11 1 (0.24%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.24%) Metadata
11 1 (0.24%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 15 (3.63%) Git
2 6 (1.45%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.97%) JIRA
4 3 (0.73%) Selenium
5 2 (0.48%) Postman
5 2 (0.48%) TestRail
6 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.24%) NUnit
6 1 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.24%) TeamCity
General
1 54 (13.08%) Social Skills
2 41 (9.93%) Finance
3 21 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (3.87%) Games
5 8 (1.94%) Manufacturing
5 8 (1.94%) Public Sector
6 7 (1.69%) Retail
7 6 (1.45%) Legal
8 4 (0.97%) Agriculture
8 4 (0.97%) Automotive
8 4 (0.97%) Electronics
9 3 (0.73%) Back Office
9 3 (0.73%) Banking
9 3 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.48%) Law
10 2 (0.48%) Local Government
11 1 (0.24%) Advertising
11 1 (0.24%) Marketing
11 1 (0.24%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.24%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 221 (53.51%) Developer
2 97 (23.49%) Software Engineer
3 94 (22.76%) Software Developer
4 91 (22.03%) Senior
5 85 (20.58%) C# Developer
6 84 (20.34%) Lead
7 70 (16.95%) .NET Developer
8 55 (13.32%) Senior Developer
9 48 (11.62%) C# Software Developer
10 43 (10.41%) Lead Developer
11 35 (8.47%) C# .NET Developer
11 35 (8.47%) C# Software Engineer
12 33 (7.99%) .NET Software Engineer
13 30 (7.26%) Senior Software Engineer
14 29 (7.02%) .NET Software Developer
14 29 (7.02%) Full-Stack Developer
15 27 (6.54%) Senior Software Developer
16 23 (5.57%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 20 (4.84%) Architect
17 20 (4.84%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 283 (68.52%) .NET
2 104 (25.18%) .NET Core
3 63 (15.25%) ASP.NET
4 56 (13.56%) React
5 47 (11.38%) .NET Framework
6 36 (8.72%) HTML
7 35 (8.47%) CSS
8 32 (7.75%) Vue
9 29 (7.02%) RESTful
10 28 (6.78%) REST
11 26 (6.30%) AngularJS
12 13 (3.15%) Blazor
13 11 (2.66%) Node.js
14 10 (2.42%) ASP.NET Core
15 9 (2.18%) Flutter
16 8 (1.94%) Web Services
17 7 (1.69%) HTML5
17 7 (1.69%) Razor View Engine
18 6 (1.45%) ASP.NET Web API
18 6 (1.45%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.78%) Cloud Native
2 22 (5.33%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (5.08%) Mobile App
4 20 (4.84%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (4.36%) Product Ownership
6 13 (3.15%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (2.91%) Hedge funds
7 12 (2.91%) Legacy Code
8 7 (1.69%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.69%) Distributed Computing
9 5 (1.21%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.97%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.73%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.73%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.73%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.48%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.48%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.94%) Windows
2 4 (0.97%) Android
2 4 (0.97%) Linux
3 2 (0.48%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.24%) VMS
4 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (37.29%) Software Engineering
2 125 (30.27%) Agile
3 81 (19.61%) Full-Stack Development
4 80 (19.37%) CI/CD
4 80 (19.37%) Microservices
5 79 (19.13%) Mentoring
6 72 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 60 (14.53%) DevOps
8 46 (11.14%) SDLC
9 40 (9.69%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (8.47%) Technical Leadership
11 34 (8.23%) Computer Science
12 32 (7.75%) AI
13 28 (6.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 28 (6.78%) Test Automation
14 27 (6.54%) Architectural Patterns
14 27 (6.54%) Migration
14 27 (6.54%) TDD
15 26 (6.30%) Containerisation
16 25 (6.05%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 110 (26.63%) SQL
2 95 (23.00%) JavaScript
3 53 (12.83%) Python
4 51 (12.35%) TypeScript
5 48 (11.62%) Java
6 20 (4.84%) PHP
7 13 (3.15%) C++
8 8 (1.94%) Go
9 6 (1.45%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.48%) Bash
10 2 (0.48%) C
10 2 (0.48%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.48%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.48%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.48%) XAML
11 1 (0.24%) Bicep
11 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.24%) Delphi
11 1 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 37 (8.96%) Degree
2 22 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.87%) AWS Certification
3 16 (3.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 16 (3.87%) Azure Certification
3 16 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (3.87%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (0.48%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.24%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.24%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.57%) QA
2 5 (1.21%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.48%) WCAG
4 1 (0.24%) GDPR
4 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (7.02%) Docker
2 4 (0.97%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (0.97%) Firmware
3 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (6.05%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.94%) Terraform
3 3 (0.73%) Grafana
4 1 (0.24%) Ansible
4 1 (0.24%) Control-M
4 1 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 84 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.73%) Foundry
3 2 (0.48%) Aderant
3 2 (0.48%) Adyen
3 2 (0.48%) Google
3 2 (0.48%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.24%) Adobe
4 1 (0.24%) Apple
4 1 (0.24%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.24%) Databricks
4 1 (0.24%) Facebook
4 1 (0.24%) Optimizely
4 1 (0.24%) Sage
4 1 (0.24%) Sitecore
4 1 (0.24%) Sony
4 1 (0.24%) VMware
4 1 (0.24%) WooCommerce
4 1 (0.24%) Yahoo!