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 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 97 18
Rank change year-on-year +46 -79 +25
Permanent jobs citing C# 284 191 733
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.49% 3.73% 7.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.96% 9.98% 27.04%
Number of salaries quoted 263 152 581
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,500 £41,155 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,250 £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 1,675 1,914 2,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.71% 37.38% 28.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,316 800 2,070
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,250 £72,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £91,250 £87,500 £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 22 July 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 22 July 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 +6 146 £57,500 -8.00% 49
Cheshire +34 62 £65,000 +44.44% 7
Lancashire +43 44 £50,000 +17.97% 14
Merseyside -29 23 £47,000 -3.09% 5
Cumbria - 9 £47,500 - 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 14 (4.93%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.11%) CMS
3 4 (1.41%) IIS
3 4 (1.41%) WordPress
4 3 (1.06%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.70%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.70%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.41%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.70%) Magento
3 2 (0.70%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 152 (53.52%) Azure
2 40 (14.08%) AWS
2 40 (14.08%) Azure DevOps
3 29 (10.21%) Power Automate
4 27 (9.51%) Power Platform
5 23 (8.10%) PowerApps
6 19 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (6.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 17 (5.99%) Azure AI
8 17 (5.99%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (5.63%) SaaS
10 15 (5.28%) Serverless
11 13 (4.58%) GitHub
11 13 (4.58%) Microsoft Copilot
12 12 (4.23%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (3.17%) Azure Functions
14 8 (2.82%) GitHub Copilot
15 7 (2.46%) Azure Service Bus
16 5 (1.76%) Anthropic Claude
16 5 (1.76%) Azure Cognitive Services
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.06%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.35%) HTTP
2 1 (0.35%) Network Security
2 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (19.37%) SQL Server
2 42 (14.79%) Azure SQL Database
3 31 (10.92%) MongoDB
4 14 (4.93%) Power BI
5 11 (3.87%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (3.87%) NoSQL
6 10 (3.52%) MySQL
7 7 (2.46%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.06%) MariaDB
8 3 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (5.99%) Git
2 6 (2.11%) Claude Code
3 4 (1.41%) GitLab
3 4 (1.41%) JIRA
4 2 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.70%) MSTest
4 2 (0.70%) NUnit
4 2 (0.70%) Selenium
4 2 (0.70%) TestRail
4 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.35%) Gradle
5 1 (0.35%) Postman
5 1 (0.35%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.35%) Xcode
General
1 37 (13.03%) Social Skills
2 28 (9.86%) Finance
3 16 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (4.93%) Banking
5 13 (4.58%) Retail
6 9 (3.17%) Legal
7 8 (2.82%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.46%) Games
8 7 (2.46%) Law
9 6 (2.11%) Advertising
9 6 (2.11%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.76%) Marketing
11 3 (1.06%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.70%) Music Industry
13 1 (0.35%) Back Office
13 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.35%) Legal Technology
13 1 (0.35%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 163 (57.39%) Developer
2 65 (22.89%) Senior
3 62 (21.83%) .NET Developer
4 55 (19.37%) Software Developer
5 54 (19.01%) Software Engineer
6 50 (17.61%) Senior Developer
7 48 (16.90%) C# Developer
8 36 (12.68%) C# Software Developer
9 34 (11.97%) Lead
10 28 (9.86%) Senior C# Developer
11 24 (8.45%) Senior Software Developer
12 21 (7.39%) Senior C# Software Developer
13 19 (6.69%) Lead Developer
14 17 (5.99%) C# Software Engineer
15 14 (4.93%) Graduate
16 13 (4.58%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 12 (4.23%) Senior Software Engineer
18 10 (3.52%) Analyst
19 9 (3.17%) Applications Developer
19 9 (3.17%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (60.21%) .NET
2 66 (23.24%) .NET Core
3 61 (21.48%) ASP.NET
4 43 (15.14%) HTML
5 40 (14.08%) ASP.NET Core
5 40 (14.08%) CSS
6 36 (12.68%) React
7 30 (10.56%) Entity Framework
8 24 (8.45%) RESTful
9 23 (8.10%) REST
10 21 (7.39%) ASP.NET Web API
11 20 (7.04%) AngularJS
12 19 (6.69%) Node.js
13 16 (5.63%) .NET Framework
14 15 (5.28%) Vue
15 14 (4.93%) Blazor
16 12 (4.23%) ML.NET
17 11 (3.87%) LINQ
18 9 (3.17%) Microsoft Graph
19 7 (2.46%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.75%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.69%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (5.99%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (5.99%) Greenfield Project
4 15 (5.28%) Mobile App
5 8 (2.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.46%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.46%) Social Network
6 7 (2.46%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.11%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.41%) Contactless
8 4 (1.41%) EMV
8 4 (1.41%) Java Card
8 4 (1.41%) Smartcard
9 3 (1.06%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.06%) Legacy Code
10 1 (0.35%) PropTech
10 1 (0.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.76%) Android
1 5 (1.76%) Windows
2 2 (0.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (32.39%) Agile
2 88 (30.99%) Software Engineering
3 86 (30.28%) CI/CD
4 77 (27.11%) DevOps
5 69 (24.30%) Full-Stack Development
6 62 (21.83%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (18.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 52 (18.31%) AI
8 52 (18.31%) Mentoring
9 42 (14.79%) Microservices
10 34 (11.97%) TDD
11 23 (8.10%) Business Intelligence
11 23 (8.10%) SDLC
11 23 (8.10%) Technical Leadership
11 23 (8.10%) Translating Business Requirements
12 21 (7.39%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (7.04%) API Development
14 19 (6.69%) API Integration
14 19 (6.69%) Test Automation
15 18 (6.34%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 105 (36.97%) SQL
2 64 (22.54%) JavaScript
3 26 (9.15%) Python
4 24 (8.45%) TypeScript
5 21 (7.39%) Java
6 17 (5.99%) C++
6 17 (5.99%) PHP
7 5 (1.76%) C
7 5 (1.76%) Go
8 3 (1.06%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.06%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (6.69%) Degree
2 14 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.10%) QA
2 7 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 4 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 7816
3 4 (1.41%) SLA
4 3 (1.06%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 22 (7.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (7.04%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 98 (34.51%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.46%) OpenAI
3 5 (1.76%) Xamarin
4 3 (1.06%) Facebook
4 3 (1.06%) Google
4 3 (1.06%) Splunk
5 2 (0.70%) Adyen
5 2 (0.70%) NEC
6 1 (0.35%) Apple
6 1 (0.35%) Databricks
6 1 (0.35%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.35%) Sony
6 1 (0.35%) Talend
6 1 (0.35%) Yahoo!