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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 38 15
Rank change year-on-year -22 -23 +8
Permanent jobs citing C# 174 246 633
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.44% 5.21% 9.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.31% 18.06% 27.53%
Number of salaries quoted 167 179 573
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £53,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.92% - -7.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £64,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -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 901 1,362 2,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.65% 28.83% 34.75%
Number of salaries quoted 748 783 1,960
10th Percentile £33,125 £35,802 £33,975
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,313 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
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 February 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 February 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 -6 124 £65,000 +8.33% 82
Cheshire -22 38 £55,000 +10.00% 13
Lancashire -2 9 £60,000 +9.09% 42
Merseyside -39 3 £77,500 +138.46% 12
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 (1.15%) nginx
2 1 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 112 (64.37%) Azure
2 35 (20.11%) AWS
3 30 (17.24%) SaaS
4 11 (6.32%) Azure Functions
4 11 (6.32%) Serverless
5 10 (5.75%) Azure Logic Apps
6 9 (5.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 9 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (5.17%) Azure Service Bus
7 8 (4.60%) Azure AKS
7 8 (4.60%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.87%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.30%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.72%) Azure AI
10 3 (1.72%) GCP
10 3 (1.72%) Twilio
11 2 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.15%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.30%) HTTP
2 3 (1.72%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (30.46%) SQL Server
2 22 (12.64%) NoSQL
3 12 (6.90%) MongoDB
4 7 (4.02%) MySQL
5 4 (2.30%) Power BI
6 2 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.15%) PostHog
6 2 (1.15%) Redis
7 1 (0.57%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.57%) Big Data
7 1 (0.57%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 6 (3.45%) Git
2 3 (1.72%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.15%) Selenium
4 1 (0.57%) GitLab
4 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.57%) NUnit
General
1 17 (9.77%) Social Skills
2 8 (4.60%) Manufacturing
3 6 (3.45%) Finance
3 6 (3.45%) Public Sector
4 4 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.72%) Legal
6 2 (1.15%) Games
6 2 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.15%) Local Government
6 2 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.15%) Retail
6 2 (1.15%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.57%) Advertising
7 1 (0.57%) Electronics
7 1 (0.57%) Law
7 1 (0.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 102 (58.62%) Developer
2 55 (31.61%) Senior
3 54 (31.03%) Lead
4 45 (25.86%) Software Developer
5 35 (20.11%) .NET Developer
5 35 (20.11%) Senior Developer
6 33 (18.97%) Lead Developer
7 32 (18.39%) Software Engineer
8 20 (11.49%) Senior Software Developer
9 17 (9.77%) C# Developer
10 15 (8.62%) Senior Software Engineer
11 14 (8.05%) Lead Software Developer
12 10 (5.75%) C# Software Engineer
13 9 (5.17%) Full-Stack Developer
13 9 (5.17%) Senior .NET Developer
14 8 (4.60%) Azure Developer
14 8 (4.60%) Lead .NET Developer
15 7 (4.02%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
15 7 (4.02%) Mathematician
16 6 (3.45%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (81.03%) .NET
2 64 (36.78%) .NET Core
3 43 (24.71%) ASP.NET
4 37 (21.26%) .NET Framework
5 34 (19.54%) React
6 19 (10.92%) RESTful
7 14 (8.05%) AngularJS
7 14 (8.05%) REST
8 13 (7.47%) CSS
8 13 (7.47%) HTML
9 8 (4.60%) ASP.NET Web API
10 7 (4.02%) ASP.NET Core
11 6 (3.45%) Vue
12 5 (2.87%) Akka
12 5 (2.87%) Akka.NET
12 5 (2.87%) Web Services
13 4 (2.30%) CSS3
13 4 (2.30%) Entity Framework
13 4 (2.30%) Next.js
13 4 (2.30%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.07%) Cloud Native
2 15 (8.62%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (6.90%) Product Ownership
4 10 (5.75%) Mobile App
5 7 (4.02%) Distributed Computing
5 7 (4.02%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.72%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.72%) Clustering
8 2 (1.15%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.15%) Digital Signage
8 2 (1.15%) IoT
8 2 (1.15%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.15%) Smart City
9 1 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.57%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.57%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.57%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.72%) Linux
1 3 (1.72%) Windows
2 1 (0.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (42.53%) Agile
2 60 (34.48%) Software Engineering
3 56 (32.18%) CI/CD
4 48 (27.59%) Microservices
5 33 (18.97%) Full-Stack Development
5 33 (18.97%) TDD
6 32 (18.39%) DevOps
6 32 (18.39%) Mentoring
7 28 (16.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (14.94%) Containerisation
9 23 (13.22%) Clean Code
10 21 (12.07%) Technical Leadership
11 19 (10.92%) RAD
11 19 (10.92%) SOLID
12 18 (10.34%) User Experience
13 16 (9.20%) SDLC
14 15 (8.62%) Scrum
15 13 (7.47%) Coaching
15 13 (7.47%) Design Patterns
15 13 (7.47%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 47 (27.01%) SQL
2 23 (13.22%) JavaScript
3 21 (12.07%) TypeScript
4 6 (3.45%) Java
5 5 (2.87%) PHP
5 5 (2.87%) Python
6 3 (1.72%) C++
6 3 (1.72%) Erlang
6 3 (1.72%) Rust
7 1 (0.57%) Bash
7 1 (0.57%) Go
7 1 (0.57%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 8 (4.60%) Degree
2 2 (1.15%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.57%) DV Cleared
3 1 (0.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.17%) QA
System Software
1 17 (9.77%) Docker
2 2 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.57%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 16 (9.20%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.02%) Terraform
3 2 (1.15%) Grafana
Vendors
1 41 (23.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.15%) Aderant
2 2 (1.15%) Foundry
3 1 (0.57%) Atlassian
3 1 (0.57%) Databricks
3 1 (0.57%) iManage
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle
3 1 (0.57%) SAP
3 1 (0.57%) Xamarin