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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 33 16
Rank change year-on-year -34 -17 +8
Permanent jobs citing C# 364 438 1,212
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.72% 6.06% 9.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.43% 20.88% 28.24%
Number of salaries quoted 341 327 1,092
10th Percentile £43,500 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £54,875
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -4.33% -4.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,125 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £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 2,088 2,098 4,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.58% 29.03% 32.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,586 1,322 3,674
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £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 £72,777 £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 3 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 3 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 -24 177 £62,500 +22.81% 113
Yorkshire -34 123 £65,000 +30.00% 73
North East -8 64 £70,000 +16.67% 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 2 (0.55%) Apache Spark
1 2 (0.55%) CMS
1 2 (0.55%) nginx
1 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
1 2 (0.55%) Umbraco
2 1 (0.27%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.27%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 189 (51.92%) Azure
2 105 (28.85%) AWS
3 63 (17.31%) SaaS
4 39 (10.71%) Serverless
5 22 (6.04%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (3.85%) Azure Service Bus
7 13 (3.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 13 (3.57%) Azure Functions
7 13 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
8 12 (3.30%) Power Platform
9 11 (3.02%) Azure AKS
9 11 (3.02%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.92%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.65%) GCP
12 5 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.37%) Entra ID
12 5 (1.37%) GitHub
12 5 (1.37%) Twilio
13 4 (1.10%) Azure AI
14 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.10%) HTTP
2 3 (0.82%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.55%) Intranet
3 2 (0.55%) SAN
4 1 (0.27%) DNS
4 1 (0.27%) Internet
4 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (20.88%) SQL Server
2 28 (7.69%) NoSQL
3 12 (3.30%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.92%) MySQL
4 7 (1.92%) Redis
4 7 (1.92%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.65%) Power BI
6 4 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.55%) Big Data
8 2 (0.55%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.55%) PostHog
9 1 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 11 (3.02%) Git
2 9 (2.47%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.65%) TeamCity
4 3 (0.82%) GitLab
4 3 (0.82%) JIRA
5 2 (0.55%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.55%) Selenium
5 2 (0.55%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.27%) NUnit
General
1 67 (18.41%) Social Skills
2 23 (6.32%) Finance
3 18 (4.95%) Games
4 11 (3.02%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (3.02%) Manufacturing
5 9 (2.47%) Public Sector
6 6 (1.65%) Electronics
7 5 (1.37%) Legal
8 4 (1.10%) Retail
9 3 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.55%) Back Office
10 2 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.55%) Law
10 2 (0.55%) Local Government
10 2 (0.55%) Marketing
10 2 (0.55%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.27%) Advertising
11 1 (0.27%) Banking
Job Titles
1 186 (51.10%) Developer
2 80 (21.98%) Senior
3 78 (21.43%) Software Engineer
4 71 (19.51%) Lead
5 67 (18.41%) Software Developer
6 66 (18.13%) .NET Developer
7 55 (15.11%) C# Developer
8 51 (14.01%) Senior Developer
9 37 (10.16%) Lead Developer
10 33 (9.07%) Full-Stack Developer
11 31 (8.52%) .NET Software Engineer
12 30 (8.24%) C# Software Engineer
13 27 (7.42%) Architect
14 24 (6.59%) C# .NET Developer
14 24 (6.59%) Senior Software Developer
15 23 (6.32%) C# Software Developer
15 23 (6.32%) Senior Software Engineer
16 21 (5.77%) Senior .NET Developer
17 18 (4.95%) .NET Software Developer
17 18 (4.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 263 (72.25%) .NET
2 90 (24.73%) .NET Core
3 57 (15.66%) React
4 55 (15.11%) ASP.NET
5 46 (12.64%) .NET Framework
6 37 (10.16%) CSS
7 36 (9.89%) HTML
8 28 (7.69%) RESTful
9 27 (7.42%) AngularJS
10 25 (6.87%) REST
11 16 (4.40%) Vue
12 10 (2.75%) Blazor
13 9 (2.47%) ASP.NET Core
13 9 (2.47%) ASP.NET Web API
13 9 (2.47%) Node.js
14 8 (2.20%) HTML5
15 7 (1.92%) CSS3
15 7 (1.92%) Razor View Engine
16 6 (1.65%) Entity Framework
16 6 (1.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 26 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (6.59%) Product Ownership
4 19 (5.22%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (5.22%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (4.67%) Mobile App
6 10 (2.75%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (2.20%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.92%) Distributed Computing
8 7 (1.92%) Legacy Code
9 6 (1.65%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.10%) IoT
11 3 (0.82%) Clustering
11 3 (0.82%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.55%) AI Agents
12 2 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.55%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 2 (0.55%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.57%) Windows
2 6 (1.65%) Android
2 6 (1.65%) Linux
3 4 (1.10%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.27%) Fedora
4 1 (0.27%) VMS
4 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (39.84%) Software Engineering
2 113 (31.04%) Agile
3 90 (24.73%) Microservices
4 84 (23.08%) CI/CD
4 84 (23.08%) Full-Stack Development
4 84 (23.08%) Mentoring
5 65 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 64 (17.58%) DevOps
7 44 (12.09%) SDLC
8 40 (10.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 39 (10.71%) Architectural Patterns
10 36 (9.89%) Migration
11 35 (9.62%) Containerisation
12 32 (8.79%) User Experience
13 31 (8.52%) Computer Science
13 31 (8.52%) Technical Leadership
14 30 (8.24%) TDD
15 28 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
16 25 (6.87%) Clean Code
16 25 (6.87%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 96 (26.37%) JavaScript
2 86 (23.63%) SQL
3 60 (16.48%) TypeScript
4 51 (14.01%) Java
5 46 (12.64%) Python
6 13 (3.57%) PHP
7 10 (2.75%) C++
8 5 (1.37%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.10%) Go
9 4 (1.10%) XAML
10 3 (0.82%) Erlang
11 2 (0.55%) Bash
11 2 (0.55%) Rust
12 1 (0.27%) Bicep
12 1 (0.27%) C
12 1 (0.27%) Delphi
12 1 (0.27%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 37 (10.16%) Degree
2 27 (7.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (6.59%) Azure Certification
4 23 (6.32%) AWS Certification
4 23 (6.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 23 (6.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (6.32%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (0.82%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.55%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.95%) QA
2 3 (0.82%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.55%) GDPR
3 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.55%) WCAG
4 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (10.71%) Docker
2 7 (1.92%) Embedded Firmware
2 7 (1.92%) Firmware
3 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.55%) vSphere
4 1 (0.27%) Squid
4 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (7.42%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.02%) Terraform
3 4 (1.10%) Grafana
4 2 (0.55%) Ansible
4 2 (0.55%) Control-M
4 2 (0.55%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.27%) Kibana
Vendors
1 73 (20.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.82%) Atlassian
2 3 (0.82%) Foundry
2 3 (0.82%) Google
3 2 (0.55%) Aderant
3 2 (0.55%) VMware
4 1 (0.27%) Adobe
4 1 (0.27%) Adyen
4 1 (0.27%) Databricks
4 1 (0.27%) iManage
4 1 (0.27%) New Relic
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle
4 1 (0.27%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.27%) SAP
4 1 (0.27%) Xamarin