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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 29 14
Rank change year-on-year -39 -15 +9
Permanent jobs citing C# 177 245 751
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.22% 6.14% 9.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.93% 20.35% 28.94%
Number of salaries quoted 171 200 665
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £41,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,890 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.81% -7.47% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,375 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,500 £84,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £64,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -7.69%

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 987 1,204 2,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.36% 30.17% 32.93%
Number of salaries quoted 811 842 2,225
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,500
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 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 9 March 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 9 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
Manchester -15 123 £65,000 +9.24% 64
Cheshire -30 39 £55,000 +10.00% 18
Lancashire -12 10 £57,500 +12.99% 42
Merseyside -40 5 £47,500 +46.15% 10
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 2 (1.13%) nginx
2 1 (0.56%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.56%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 110 (62.15%) Azure
2 30 (16.95%) SaaS
3 26 (14.69%) AWS
4 13 (7.34%) Azure Functions
4 13 (7.34%) Serverless
5 12 (6.78%) Azure Logic Apps
6 11 (6.21%) Azure AKS
7 10 (5.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 10 (5.65%) Azure Service Bus
7 10 (5.65%) Power Platform
8 7 (3.95%) Power Automate
8 7 (3.95%) PowerApps
9 5 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (2.26%) Twilio
11 3 (1.69%) Azure AI
12 2 (1.13%) Azure Cognitive Services
12 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (1.13%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.26%) HTTP
2 3 (1.69%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (31.07%) SQL Server
2 25 (14.12%) NoSQL
3 12 (6.78%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.52%) MySQL
5 6 (3.39%) Power BI
6 2 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.13%) PostHog
6 2 (1.13%) Redis
7 1 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.52%) Git
2 3 (1.69%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.13%) Selenium
4 1 (0.56%) GitLab
4 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.56%) NUnit
General
1 15 (8.47%) Social Skills
2 10 (5.65%) Manufacturing
3 7 (3.95%) Public Sector
4 6 (3.39%) Finance
5 5 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (1.69%) Legal
6 3 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (1.69%) Retail
7 2 (1.13%) Games
7 2 (1.13%) Law
7 2 (1.13%) Local Government
7 2 (1.13%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.56%) Advertising
8 1 (0.56%) Electronics
8 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 103 (58.19%) Developer
2 55 (31.07%) Lead
3 53 (29.94%) Senior
4 46 (25.99%) Software Developer
5 37 (20.90%) .NET Developer
5 37 (20.90%) Senior Developer
6 36 (20.34%) Software Engineer
7 32 (18.08%) Lead Developer
8 21 (11.86%) Senior Software Developer
9 18 (10.17%) C# Developer
10 13 (7.34%) Lead Software Developer
10 13 (7.34%) Senior Software Engineer
11 12 (6.78%) Senior .NET Developer
12 9 (5.08%) .NET Software Engineer
12 9 (5.08%) Full-Stack Developer
13 8 (4.52%) Azure Developer
13 8 (4.52%) C# Software Engineer
13 8 (4.52%) Lead .NET Developer
13 8 (4.52%) Lead Software Engineer
14 7 (3.95%) Mathematician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (79.10%) .NET
2 64 (36.16%) .NET Core
3 43 (24.29%) ASP.NET
4 39 (22.03%) .NET Framework
5 29 (16.38%) React
6 21 (11.86%) RESTful
7 15 (8.47%) REST
8 14 (7.91%) CSS
8 14 (7.91%) HTML
9 10 (5.65%) AngularJS
10 8 (4.52%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (3.95%) ASP.NET Core
12 6 (3.39%) Web Services
13 5 (2.82%) Akka
13 5 (2.82%) Akka.NET
13 5 (2.82%) CSS3
13 5 (2.82%) HTML5
13 5 (2.82%) Razor View Engine
13 5 (2.82%) Vue
14 4 (2.26%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.56%) Cloud Native
2 13 (7.34%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (6.78%) Mobile App
4 10 (5.65%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.52%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (3.95%) Distributed Computing
7 5 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.69%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.69%) Clustering
8 3 (1.69%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.13%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.13%) Digital Signage
9 2 (1.13%) IoT
9 2 (1.13%) Smart City
10 1 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.56%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.56%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.26%) Windows
2 2 (1.13%) Linux
3 1 (0.56%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (40.68%) Agile
2 57 (32.20%) Software Engineering
3 56 (31.64%) CI/CD
4 46 (25.99%) Microservices
5 30 (16.95%) DevOps
5 30 (16.95%) Full-Stack Development
6 29 (16.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (15.25%) Mentoring
8 26 (14.69%) TDD
9 25 (14.12%) Clean Code
10 24 (13.56%) Containerisation
11 20 (11.30%) Technical Leadership
12 19 (10.73%) Scrum
13 18 (10.17%) RAD
14 16 (9.04%) User Experience
15 15 (8.47%) SOLID
16 14 (7.91%) Performance Tuning
16 14 (7.91%) Problem-Solving
16 14 (7.91%) Software Architecture
17 13 (7.34%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 54 (30.51%) SQL
2 25 (14.12%) JavaScript
3 21 (11.86%) TypeScript
4 5 (2.82%) Python
5 4 (2.26%) Java
5 4 (2.26%) PHP
6 3 (1.69%) C++
6 3 (1.69%) Erlang
7 2 (1.13%) Go
8 1 (0.56%) Bash
8 1 (0.56%) Rust
8 1 (0.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 8 (4.52%) Degree
2 2 (1.13%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
3 1 (0.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.65%) QA
2 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (9.04%) Docker
2 2 (1.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (10.73%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.26%) Terraform
3 2 (1.13%) Grafana
Vendors
1 43 (24.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.13%) Aderant
2 2 (1.13%) Foundry
3 1 (0.56%) Adyen
3 1 (0.56%) Atlassian
3 1 (0.56%) Databricks
3 1 (0.56%) Google
3 1 (0.56%) iManage
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle
3 1 (0.56%) SAP
3 1 (0.56%) Xamarin