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 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 31 14
Rank change year-on-year -39 -17 +18
Permanent jobs citing C# 201 224 835
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.11% 6.16% 9.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.45% 20.33% 30.08%
Number of salaries quoted 192 195 713
10th Percentile £41,375 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,890 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.90% -3.07% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,813 £65,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,750 £80,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +10.17% -9.23%

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 1,222 1,102 2,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.82% 30.32% 31.09%
Number of salaries quoted 967 845 2,338
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,400 £34,750
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 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £89,250 £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 12 April 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 12 April 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 -14 125 £65,000 +9.24% 57
Cheshire -29 50 £55,000 +15.79% 15
Lancashire -6 14 £52,500 +3.16% 30
Merseyside -41 11 £45,000 +38.46% 9
Cumbria -18 1 £45,000 +5.88% 2
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 (1.00%) nginx
1 2 (1.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.50%) CMS
2 1 (0.50%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.50%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.00%) Magento
2 1 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 125 (62.19%) Azure
2 32 (15.92%) SaaS
3 25 (12.44%) AWS
4 15 (7.46%) Azure Functions
4 15 (7.46%) Azure Logic Apps
4 15 (7.46%) Power Platform
4 15 (7.46%) Serverless
5 12 (5.97%) Azure AKS
5 12 (5.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 12 (5.97%) Azure Service Bus
5 12 (5.97%) Power Automate
5 12 (5.97%) PowerApps
6 10 (4.98%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.99%) Azure AI
8 4 (1.99%) Twilio
9 3 (1.49%) GCP
10 2 (1.00%) GitHub
10 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.99%) HTTP
2 3 (1.49%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (29.35%) SQL Server
2 21 (10.45%) NoSQL
3 10 (4.98%) Power BI
4 8 (3.98%) MySQL
5 4 (1.99%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.00%) PostHog
7 2 (1.00%) Redis
8 1 (0.50%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (4.48%) Git
2 3 (1.49%) Selenium
2 3 (1.49%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.00%) JIRA
3 2 (1.00%) TestRail
4 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.50%) NUnit
4 1 (0.50%) Postman
4 1 (0.50%) REST Assured
General
1 20 (9.95%) Social Skills
2 11 (5.47%) Finance
3 9 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (2.99%) Manufacturing
4 6 (2.99%) Public Sector
5 4 (1.99%) Retail
6 3 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.00%) Banking
7 2 (1.00%) Games
7 2 (1.00%) Law
7 2 (1.00%) Legal
7 2 (1.00%) Local Government
8 1 (0.50%) Advertising
8 1 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 117 (58.21%) Developer
2 56 (27.86%) Lead
3 55 (27.36%) Senior
3 55 (27.36%) Software Developer
4 44 (21.89%) Software Engineer
5 39 (19.40%) .NET Developer
6 38 (18.91%) Senior Developer
7 34 (16.92%) C# Developer
8 31 (15.42%) Lead Developer
9 23 (11.44%) Senior Software Developer
10 18 (8.96%) C# Software Developer
11 15 (7.46%) Lead Software Developer
11 15 (7.46%) Senior Software Engineer
12 11 (5.47%) C# .NET Developer
12 11 (5.47%) C# Software Engineer
13 10 (4.98%) .NET Software Developer
13 10 (4.98%) .NET Software Engineer
13 10 (4.98%) Senior .NET Developer
14 9 (4.48%) Applications Developer
14 9 (4.48%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (75.12%) .NET
2 67 (33.33%) .NET Core
3 50 (24.88%) ASP.NET
4 40 (19.90%) .NET Framework
5 28 (13.93%) React
6 20 (9.95%) RESTful
7 18 (8.96%) REST
8 14 (6.97%) HTML
9 12 (5.97%) CSS
10 9 (4.48%) AngularJS
11 8 (3.98%) Web Services
12 7 (3.48%) Vue
13 6 (2.99%) ASP.NET Core
14 4 (1.99%) Blazor
14 4 (1.99%) Next.js
14 4 (1.99%) Playwright
15 3 (1.49%) ASP.NET Web API
15 3 (1.49%) ASP.NET Web Forms
15 3 (1.49%) CSS3
15 3 (1.49%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.44%) Cloud Native
2 18 (8.96%) Mobile App
3 15 (7.46%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (4.98%) Product Ownership
5 7 (3.48%) Distributed Computing
6 5 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.49%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.49%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.49%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.00%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.00%) Digital Signage
9 2 (1.00%) IoT
9 2 (1.00%) Smart City
9 2 (1.00%) Social Network
10 1 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.50%) Legacy Code
10 1 (0.50%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.99%) Windows
2 2 (1.00%) Android
2 2 (1.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (36.32%) Agile
2 60 (29.85%) Software Engineering
3 59 (29.35%) CI/CD
4 43 (21.39%) Microservices
5 37 (18.41%) DevOps
6 36 (17.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (16.92%) Mentoring
8 27 (13.43%) TDD
9 25 (12.44%) Full-Stack Development
9 25 (12.44%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (10.95%) Clean Code
11 20 (9.95%) Containerisation
11 20 (9.95%) Technical Leadership
12 19 (9.45%) RAD
13 17 (8.46%) SOLID
14 16 (7.96%) Design Patterns
14 16 (7.96%) Test Automation
15 15 (7.46%) Performance Tuning
15 15 (7.46%) Software Architecture
16 14 (6.97%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 67 (33.33%) SQL
2 27 (13.43%) JavaScript
3 17 (8.46%) TypeScript
4 11 (5.47%) Python
5 7 (3.48%) C++
5 7 (3.48%) PHP
6 4 (1.99%) Java
7 2 (1.00%) Go
7 2 (1.00%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.00%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.50%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (4.98%) Degree
2 3 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.97%) QA
2 1 (0.50%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (9.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (10.45%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.99%) Terraform
3 2 (1.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 50 (24.88%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.00%) Aderant
2 2 (1.00%) Adyen
2 2 (1.00%) Foundry
2 2 (1.00%) Xamarin
3 1 (0.50%) Databricks
3 1 (0.50%) Google