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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 33 14
Rank change year-on-year -35 -19 +17
Permanent jobs citing C# 199 223 831
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.11% 6.23% 9.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.49% 21.26% 30.01%
Number of salaries quoted 191 195 711
10th Percentile £41,250 £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 £72,500 £65,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £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 1,207 1,049 2,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.80% 29.29% 31.22%
Number of salaries quoted 963 850 2,334
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £89,750 £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 10 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 10 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 -19 125 £65,000 +8.33% 57
Cheshire -29 49 £55,000 +15.79% 15
Lancashire -14 14 £52,500 +3.16% 30
Merseyside -40 11 £45,000 +38.46% 9
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 (1.01%) nginx
1 2 (1.01%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.50%) CMS
2 1 (0.50%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.50%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Magento
2 1 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 124 (62.31%) Azure
2 32 (16.08%) SaaS
3 25 (12.56%) AWS
4 15 (7.54%) Azure Functions
4 15 (7.54%) Azure Logic Apps
4 15 (7.54%) Power Platform
4 15 (7.54%) Serverless
5 12 (6.03%) Azure AKS
5 12 (6.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 12 (6.03%) Azure Service Bus
5 12 (6.03%) Power Automate
5 12 (6.03%) PowerApps
6 10 (5.03%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.01%) Azure AI
9 4 (2.01%) Twilio
10 3 (1.51%) GCP
11 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (1.01%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.01%) HTTP
2 3 (1.51%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (29.65%) SQL Server
2 21 (10.55%) NoSQL
3 10 (5.03%) Power BI
4 8 (4.02%) MySQL
5 5 (2.51%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.01%) PostHog
8 2 (1.01%) Redis
9 1 (0.50%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (4.02%) Git
2 3 (1.51%) Selenium
2 3 (1.51%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.01%) TestRail
4 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.50%) JIRA
4 1 (0.50%) NUnit
4 1 (0.50%) Postman
4 1 (0.50%) REST Assured
General
1 20 (10.05%) Social Skills
2 11 (5.53%) Finance
3 9 (4.52%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (3.02%) Manufacturing
4 6 (3.02%) Public Sector
5 3 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (1.51%) Retail
6 2 (1.01%) Banking
6 2 (1.01%) Games
6 2 (1.01%) Law
6 2 (1.01%) Legal
6 2 (1.01%) Local Government
7 1 (0.50%) Advertising
7 1 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 116 (58.29%) Developer
2 56 (28.14%) Lead
3 55 (27.64%) Software Developer
4 54 (27.14%) Senior
5 43 (21.61%) Software Engineer
6 39 (19.60%) .NET Developer
7 38 (19.10%) Senior Developer
8 33 (16.58%) C# Developer
9 31 (15.58%) Lead Developer
10 23 (11.56%) Senior Software Developer
11 18 (9.05%) C# Software Developer
12 15 (7.54%) Lead Software Developer
13 14 (7.04%) Senior Software Engineer
14 11 (5.53%) C# .NET Developer
14 11 (5.53%) C# Software Engineer
14 11 (5.53%) Senior .NET Developer
15 10 (5.03%) .NET Software Developer
15 10 (5.03%) .NET Software Engineer
16 9 (4.52%) Applications Developer
16 9 (4.52%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (75.38%) .NET
2 67 (33.67%) .NET Core
3 49 (24.62%) ASP.NET
4 39 (19.60%) .NET Framework
5 28 (14.07%) React
6 20 (10.05%) RESTful
7 18 (9.05%) REST
8 13 (6.53%) HTML
9 11 (5.53%) CSS
10 9 (4.52%) AngularJS
11 8 (4.02%) Web Services
12 6 (3.02%) ASP.NET Core
12 6 (3.02%) Vue
13 4 (2.01%) Blazor
13 4 (2.01%) Next.js
13 4 (2.01%) Playwright
14 3 (1.51%) ASP.NET Web API
14 3 (1.51%) Node.js
14 3 (1.51%) Razor View Engine
14 3 (1.51%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.06%) Cloud Native
2 18 (9.05%) Mobile App
3 15 (7.54%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (5.03%) Product Ownership
5 7 (3.52%) Distributed Computing
6 5 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.51%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.51%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.51%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.01%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.01%) Digital Signage
9 2 (1.01%) IoT
9 2 (1.01%) Smart City
9 2 (1.01%) Social Network
10 1 (0.50%) Legacy Code
10 1 (0.50%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.01%) Windows
2 2 (1.01%) Android
2 2 (1.01%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (36.68%) Agile
2 59 (29.65%) Software Engineering
3 58 (29.15%) CI/CD
4 44 (22.11%) Microservices
5 36 (18.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (17.59%) DevOps
7 32 (16.08%) Mentoring
8 27 (13.57%) TDD
9 25 (12.56%) Full-Stack Development
10 23 (11.56%) Clean Code
10 23 (11.56%) Problem-Solving
11 20 (10.05%) Containerisation
12 19 (9.55%) RAD
12 19 (9.55%) Technical Leadership
13 17 (8.54%) SOLID
14 16 (8.04%) Design Patterns
15 15 (7.54%) Performance Tuning
15 15 (7.54%) Scrum
15 15 (7.54%) Software Architecture
15 15 (7.54%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 67 (33.67%) SQL
2 26 (13.07%) JavaScript
3 16 (8.04%) TypeScript
4 11 (5.53%) Python
5 7 (3.52%) C++
5 7 (3.52%) PHP
6 4 (2.01%) Java
7 2 (1.01%) Go
7 2 (1.01%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.50%) Bash
8 1 (0.50%) Erlang
8 1 (0.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (4.52%) Degree
2 3 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.53%) QA
2 1 (0.50%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (9.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (10.55%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.02%) Terraform
3 2 (1.01%) Grafana
Vendors
1 49 (24.62%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.01%) Aderant
2 2 (1.01%) Adyen
2 2 (1.01%) Foundry
2 2 (1.01%) Xamarin
3 1 (0.50%) Databricks
3 1 (0.50%) Google