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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 101 13
Rank change year-on-year +35 -88 +22
Permanent jobs citing C# 235 191 878
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.26% 4.13% 9.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.60% 10.13% 31.09%
Number of salaries quoted 222 163 743
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,313 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,996 £67,500 £68,125
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -10.77%

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 1,416 1,885 2,824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.59% 40.75% 30.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,106 805 2,375
10th Percentile £35,125 £33,750 £34,850
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £82,500
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 15 May 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 15 May 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 0 124 £62,500 +4.17% 62
Cheshire +22 65 £55,000 +29.41% 15
Lancashire +38 28 £55,000 +8.08% 34
Merseyside -35 15 £45,000 +38.46% 7
Cumbria -21 3 £45,000 +5.88% 4
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 3 (1.28%) CMS
1 3 (1.28%) IIS
1 3 (1.28%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.85%) nginx
2 2 (0.85%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (0.85%) WordPress
3 1 (0.43%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 6 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.85%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 137 (58.30%) Azure
2 28 (11.91%) AWS
3 25 (10.64%) SaaS
4 18 (7.66%) Power Platform
5 17 (7.23%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (7.23%) Power Automate
6 16 (6.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 16 (6.81%) Azure Logic Apps
7 15 (6.38%) PowerApps
8 14 (5.96%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (5.53%) Serverless
10 12 (5.11%) Azure Functions
11 11 (4.68%) Azure AKS
11 11 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (4.26%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (2.55%) Azure AI
14 4 (1.70%) GCP
14 4 (1.70%) GitHub
14 4 (1.70%) Twilio
15 2 (0.85%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.85%) HTTP
1 2 (0.85%) HTTPS
1 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (30.21%) SQL Server
2 17 (7.23%) NoSQL
3 15 (6.38%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (5.53%) MongoDB
5 11 (4.68%) Power BI
6 9 (3.83%) MySQL
7 7 (2.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.70%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.85%) PostHog
9 2 (0.85%) Redis
10 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.43%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (5.11%) Git
2 3 (1.28%) GitLab
2 3 (1.28%) JIRA
3 2 (0.85%) Claude Code
3 2 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.85%) MSTest
3 2 (0.85%) NUnit
3 2 (0.85%) Selenium
3 2 (0.85%) TestRail
3 2 (0.85%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.43%) Postman
4 1 (0.43%) REST Assured
General
1 21 (8.94%) Social Skills
2 20 (8.51%) Finance
3 14 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (4.68%) Banking
5 9 (3.83%) Retail
6 7 (2.98%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.13%) Games
7 5 (2.13%) Law
7 5 (2.13%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.85%) Advertising
9 2 (0.85%) Legal
9 2 (0.85%) Local Government
9 2 (0.85%) Marketing
10 1 (0.43%) Back Office
10 1 (0.43%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 143 (60.85%) Developer
2 68 (28.94%) Senior
2 68 (28.94%) Software Developer
3 51 (21.70%) Senior Developer
4 50 (21.28%) C# Developer
5 48 (20.43%) Software Engineer
6 47 (20.00%) Lead
7 45 (19.15%) .NET Developer
8 34 (14.47%) Senior Software Developer
9 32 (13.62%) C# Software Developer
10 30 (12.77%) Lead Developer
11 25 (10.64%) Senior C# Developer
12 18 (7.66%) C# Software Engineer
12 18 (7.66%) Senior C# Software Developer
13 16 (6.81%) Senior Software Engineer
14 14 (5.96%) Lead Software Developer
15 11 (4.68%) Applications Developer
15 11 (4.68%) C# .NET Developer
16 10 (4.26%) .NET Software Developer
16 10 (4.26%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (65.11%) .NET
2 68 (28.94%) .NET Core
3 56 (23.83%) ASP.NET
4 37 (15.74%) .NET Framework
5 27 (11.49%) React
6 21 (8.94%) REST
7 18 (7.66%) RESTful
8 17 (7.23%) HTML
9 16 (6.81%) CSS
10 14 (5.96%) Entity Framework
11 13 (5.53%) ASP.NET Core
12 10 (4.26%) AngularJS
13 9 (3.83%) Web Services
14 8 (3.40%) ASP.NET Web API
14 8 (3.40%) Vue
15 7 (2.98%) Node.js
16 5 (2.13%) Blazor
16 5 (2.13%) EDI
16 5 (2.13%) Razor View Engine
17 4 (1.70%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.36%) Cloud Native
2 19 (8.09%) Mobile App
3 12 (5.11%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (4.68%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.40%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.98%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.55%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.13%) Social Network
9 3 (1.28%) Contactless
9 3 (1.28%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.28%) EMV
9 3 (1.28%) Java Card
9 3 (1.28%) Smartcard
10 2 (0.85%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.85%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.85%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.85%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.55%) Windows
2 5 (2.13%) Android
3 2 (0.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (30.64%) Agile
2 68 (28.94%) Software Engineering
3 62 (26.38%) CI/CD
4 44 (18.72%) Full-Stack Development
5 42 (17.87%) DevOps
6 40 (17.02%) Mentoring
6 40 (17.02%) Microservices
7 39 (16.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (14.04%) TDD
10 18 (7.66%) AI
10 18 (7.66%) API Integration
10 18 (7.66%) RAD
11 16 (6.81%) Clean Code
12 15 (6.38%) Business Intelligence
12 15 (6.38%) Containerisation
12 15 (6.38%) SOLID
12 15 (6.38%) Test Automation
13 14 (5.96%) API Development
13 14 (5.96%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 80 (34.04%) SQL
2 38 (16.17%) JavaScript
3 11 (4.68%) C++
3 11 (4.68%) Java
3 11 (4.68%) PHP
3 11 (4.68%) TypeScript
4 10 (4.26%) Python
5 2 (0.85%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.85%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.43%) Bash
6 1 (0.43%) Go
Qualifications
1 16 (6.81%) Degree
2 10 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.68%) QA
2 4 (1.70%) SLA
3 3 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 3 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 7816
4 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (7.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (6.81%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.40%) Terraform
3 2 (0.85%) Grafana
Vendors
1 63 (26.81%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.13%) Xamarin
3 3 (1.28%) OpenAI
4 2 (0.85%) Adyen
4 2 (0.85%) Facebook
4 2 (0.85%) Foundry
4 2 (0.85%) Splunk
5 1 (0.43%) Google