C# Software Developer Job Trends in the North West

C# Software Developer
England > North West

The median C# Software Developer salary in the North West is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 231 230
Rank change year-on-year +13 -1 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Developer 35 4 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.28% 0.078% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.088% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 35 4 20
10th Percentile £39,000 £51,375 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £72,188 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £87,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +84.21% +3.26%
75th Percentile - £91,250 £51,250
90th Percentile £85,000 - £52,513
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 11,894 4,542 7,362
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 88.35% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8,831 2,290 4,546
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

C# Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'C# Software Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

C# Software Developer job vacancy trend in the North West

C# Software Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for C# Software Developer job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for C# Software Developer job vacancies in the North West

C# Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# Software Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for C# Software Developer in the North West

C# Software Developer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# Software Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Cheshire - 14 £65,000 -
Lancashire +17 11 £75,000 +87.50%
Manchester -34 9 £65,000 -25.71% 1
Merseyside - 1 £35,000 -
C# Software Developer
England

C# Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 16 September 2026, C# Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring C# Software Developer in the job title.

1 35 (100.00%) C#
2 15 (42.86%) API Development
3 13 (37.14%) Azure
4 12 (34.29%) .NET
5 11 (31.43%) SQL Server
6 9 (25.71%) .NET Core
7 8 (22.86%) ASP.NET
7 8 (22.86%) Mentoring
7 8 (22.86%) SQL
8 7 (20.00%) MVC
9 6 (17.14%) CI/CD
9 6 (17.14%) CSS
10 5 (14.29%) .NET Framework
10 5 (14.29%) DevOps
10 5 (14.29%) HTML
10 5 (14.29%) JavaScript
11 4 (11.43%) Agile
11 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET MVC
11 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET Web API
11 4 (11.43%) AWS
11 4 (11.43%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (11.43%) QA
11 4 (11.43%) Relational Database
12 3 (8.57%) ADO.NET
12 3 (8.57%) API Integration
12 3 (8.57%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (8.57%) Computer Science
12 3 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (8.57%) CSS3
12 3 (8.57%) Degree

C# Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (8.57%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 13 (37.14%) Azure
2 4 (11.43%) AWS
2 4 (11.43%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (8.57%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (5.71%) Serverless
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Functions
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.57%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (31.43%) SQL Server
2 4 (11.43%) Relational Database
3 3 (8.57%) MySQL
4 1 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Git
1 3 (8.57%) GitLab
General
1 15 (42.86%) Banking
2 3 (8.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (34.29%) .NET
2 9 (25.71%) .NET Core
3 8 (22.86%) ASP.NET
4 6 (17.14%) CSS
5 5 (14.29%) .NET Framework
5 5 (14.29%) HTML
6 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (8.57%) ADO.NET
7 3 (8.57%) CSS3
7 3 (8.57%) Entity Framework
7 3 (8.57%) HTML5
7 3 (8.57%) JSON
7 3 (8.57%) LINQ
7 3 (8.57%) Middleware
7 3 (8.57%) OAuth
7 3 (8.57%) OAuth2
7 3 (8.57%) OpenAPI
7 3 (8.57%) REST
7 3 (8.57%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.86%) IoT
1 1 (2.86%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (42.86%) API Development
2 8 (22.86%) Mentoring
3 7 (20.00%) MVC
4 6 (17.14%) CI/CD
5 5 (14.29%) DevOps
6 4 (11.43%) Agile
7 3 (8.57%) API Integration
7 3 (8.57%) Computer Science
7 3 (8.57%) Dependency Injection
7 3 (8.57%) Fintech
7 3 (8.57%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (8.57%) Performance Optimisation
7 3 (8.57%) Webhook
8 2 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (2.86%) Kanban
9 1 (2.86%) OO
9 1 (2.86%) OOP
9 1 (2.86%) Scrum
9 1 (2.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 35 (100.00%) C#
2 8 (22.86%) SQL
3 5 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 3 (8.57%) PHP
5 1 (2.86%) C++
5 1 (2.86%) Java
5 1 (2.86%) Python
5 1 (2.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (8.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) QA
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft
1 3 (8.57%) Splunk