C# Job Trends in the North West

C#
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring C# skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 105 16
Rank change year-on-year +53 -89 +24
Permanent jobs citing C# 279 183 917
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.55% 3.83% 8.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.99% 9.60% 29.34%
Number of salaries quoted 261 147 754
10th Percentile £38,750 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,810 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £66,222
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

All Programming Languages
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,642 1,906 3,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.98% 39.91% 28.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 792 2,499
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £75,250 £73,784 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,625 £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 West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C# relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

C# job vacancy trend in the North West

C#
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing C#.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing C#

C#
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# in the North West over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in the North West

C#
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# within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 June 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
Manchester +13 145 £60,000 -4.00% 43
Cheshire +39 67 £65,000 +40.54% 7
Lancashire +52 41 £55,000 +22.38% 23
Merseyside -28 19 £45,000 +17.65% 6
Cumbria - 7 £45,000 - 1
C#
England

C#
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 11 (3.94%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.15%) CMS
3 4 (1.43%) IIS
3 4 (1.43%) WordPress
4 3 (1.08%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.72%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.72%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.43%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.72%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 151 (54.12%) Azure
2 42 (15.05%) AWS
3 37 (13.26%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (8.96%) Power Automate
5 24 (8.60%) Power Platform
6 23 (8.24%) SaaS
7 20 (7.17%) PowerApps
8 18 (6.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 17 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
9 17 (6.09%) Serverless
10 15 (5.38%) Azure Logic Apps
10 15 (5.38%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (4.66%) Azure AI
12 11 (3.94%) Azure Functions
12 11 (3.94%) GitHub
13 9 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
13 9 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (2.51%) Azure AKS
15 6 (2.15%) GitHub Copilot
16 5 (1.79%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.08%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.36%) HTTP
2 1 (0.36%) Network Security
2 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 33 (11.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 25 (8.96%) MongoDB
4 14 (5.02%) NoSQL
5 13 (4.66%) Power BI
6 10 (3.58%) MySQL
7 7 (2.51%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (2.51%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.08%) MariaDB
8 3 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (6.09%) Git
2 6 (2.15%) Claude Code
3 4 (1.43%) GitLab
3 4 (1.43%) JIRA
4 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.72%) MSTest
4 2 (0.72%) NUnit
4 2 (0.72%) Selenium
4 2 (0.72%) TestRail
5 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.36%) Gradle
5 1 (0.36%) Postman
5 1 (0.36%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.36%) Xcode
General
1 32 (11.47%) Social Skills
2 28 (10.04%) Finance
3 16 (5.73%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.66%) Banking
5 12 (4.30%) Retail
6 8 (2.87%) Games
6 8 (2.87%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.79%) Advertising
8 5 (1.79%) Law
8 5 (1.79%) Legal
8 5 (1.79%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.79%) Marketing
9 3 (1.08%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.36%) Back Office
10 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.36%) Local Government
10 1 (0.36%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 162 (58.06%) Developer
2 66 (23.66%) Senior
3 65 (23.30%) Software Developer
4 58 (20.79%) .NET Developer
5 54 (19.35%) C# Developer
6 52 (18.64%) Software Engineer
7 48 (17.20%) Senior Developer
8 41 (14.70%) Lead
9 38 (13.62%) C# Software Developer
10 29 (10.39%) Senior Software Developer
11 27 (9.68%) Senior C# Developer
12 26 (9.32%) Lead Developer
13 20 (7.17%) C# Software Engineer
13 20 (7.17%) Senior C# Software Developer
14 16 (5.73%) Senior Software Engineer
15 13 (4.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 12 (4.30%) C# .NET Developer
17 11 (3.94%) .NET Software Developer
17 11 (3.94%) Lead Software Developer
18 10 (3.58%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (62.37%) .NET
2 73 (26.16%) .NET Core
3 61 (21.86%) ASP.NET
4 39 (13.98%) React
5 34 (12.19%) HTML
6 33 (11.83%) CSS
7 29 (10.39%) ASP.NET Core
7 29 (10.39%) REST
8 24 (8.60%) .NET Framework
8 24 (8.60%) Entity Framework
9 21 (7.53%) RESTful
10 18 (6.45%) AngularJS
11 16 (5.73%) ASP.NET Web API
12 15 (5.38%) Node.js
12 15 (5.38%) Vue
13 12 (4.30%) Blazor
14 10 (3.58%) ML.NET
15 8 (2.87%) LINQ
16 7 (2.51%) Web Services
17 6 (2.15%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.24%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.81%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (6.45%) Mobile App
4 14 (5.02%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (5.02%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (3.23%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.51%) Social Network
7 6 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (2.15%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.79%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.43%) Contactless
9 4 (1.43%) EMV
9 4 (1.43%) Java Card
9 4 (1.43%) Smartcard
10 3 (1.08%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.08%) IoT
10 3 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (1.08%) Legacy Code
11 2 (0.72%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.79%) Android
1 5 (1.79%) Windows
2 4 (1.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (31.18%) Software Engineering
2 86 (30.82%) Agile
3 84 (30.11%) CI/CD
4 70 (25.09%) DevOps
5 67 (24.01%) Full-Stack Development
6 54 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (17.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 49 (17.56%) Mentoring
8 47 (16.85%) AI
9 42 (15.05%) Microservices
10 38 (13.62%) TDD
11 22 (7.89%) API Integration
11 22 (7.89%) Business Intelligence
12 21 (7.53%) Technical Leadership
13 19 (6.81%) Test Automation
14 18 (6.45%) SDLC
14 18 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (6.09%) Clean Code
15 17 (6.09%) Translating Business Requirements
16 16 (5.73%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 100 (35.84%) SQL
2 59 (21.15%) JavaScript
3 23 (8.24%) Python
4 20 (7.17%) TypeScript
5 18 (6.45%) Java
6 13 (4.66%) C++
7 11 (3.94%) PHP
8 5 (1.79%) Go
9 3 (1.08%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.08%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.36%) Bash
10 1 (0.36%) C
10 1 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 17 (6.09%) Degree
2 12 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.81%) QA
2 7 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 4 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 7816
3 4 (1.43%) SLA
4 3 (1.08%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.36%) GDPR
System Software
1 21 (7.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (6.81%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 82 (29.39%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.51%) OpenAI
3 5 (1.79%) Xamarin
4 3 (1.08%) Facebook
4 3 (1.08%) Splunk
5 2 (0.72%) Adyen
5 2 (0.72%) Google
6 1 (0.36%) Apple
6 1 (0.36%) Databricks
6 1 (0.36%) Foundry
6 1 (0.36%) Sony
6 1 (0.36%) Yahoo!