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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 96 17
Rank change year-on-year +46 -79 +25
Permanent jobs citing C# 287 198 697
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.51% 3.85% 7.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.86% 10.26% 27.70%
Number of salaries quoted 265 158 552
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,438 £41,500
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 £81,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -10.77%

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 1,702 1,930 2,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.91% 37.57% 27.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,324 813 1,916
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,740
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 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 26 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 26 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 -2 148 £57,500 -8.00% 43
Cheshire +42 62 £65,000 +48.57% 6
Lancashire +43 45 £50,000 +17.97% 9
Merseyside -24 23 £47,000 -6.00% 3
Cumbria - 9 £47,500 -
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 17 (5.92%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.09%) CMS
3 4 (1.39%) IIS
3 4 (1.39%) WordPress
4 3 (1.05%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.70%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.70%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.39%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.70%) Magento
3 2 (0.70%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 154 (53.66%) Azure
2 41 (14.29%) AWS
2 41 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 32 (11.15%) Power Automate
4 30 (10.45%) Power Platform
5 26 (9.06%) PowerApps
6 22 (7.67%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (6.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 17 (5.92%) Azure AI
8 17 (5.92%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (5.57%) SaaS
10 14 (4.88%) GitHub
10 14 (4.88%) Microsoft Copilot
10 14 (4.88%) Serverless
11 11 (3.83%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (2.79%) Azure Functions
12 8 (2.79%) GitHub Copilot
13 7 (2.44%) Azure Service Bus
14 5 (1.74%) Anthropic Claude
14 5 (1.74%) Azure Cognitive Services
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.05%) HTTPS
2 2 (0.70%) HTTP
3 1 (0.35%) Network Security
3 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (19.51%) SQL Server
2 41 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 31 (10.80%) MongoDB
4 15 (5.23%) Power BI
5 11 (3.83%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (3.83%) MySQL
5 11 (3.83%) NoSQL
6 8 (2.79%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.05%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (6.62%) Git
2 6 (2.09%) Claude Code
3 5 (1.74%) GitLab
4 4 (1.39%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.39%) JIRA
5 2 (0.70%) MSTest
5 2 (0.70%) NUnit
5 2 (0.70%) Selenium
5 2 (0.70%) TestRail
5 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.35%) Gradle
6 1 (0.35%) JUnit
6 1 (0.35%) Postman
6 1 (0.35%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.35%) Xcode
General
1 38 (13.24%) Social Skills
2 27 (9.41%) Finance
3 16 (5.57%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (4.88%) Banking
5 13 (4.53%) Retail
6 9 (3.14%) Legal
7 8 (2.79%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.44%) Games
8 7 (2.44%) Law
8 7 (2.44%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.09%) Advertising
9 6 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.74%) Marketing
11 3 (1.05%) 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
1 166 (57.84%) Developer
2 66 (23.00%) Senior
3 61 (21.25%) .NET Developer
4 56 (19.51%) Software Developer
5 52 (18.12%) Software Engineer
6 51 (17.77%) Senior Developer
7 47 (16.38%) C# Developer
8 36 (12.54%) C# Software Developer
9 34 (11.85%) Lead
10 28 (9.76%) Senior C# Developer
11 24 (8.36%) Senior Software Developer
12 21 (7.32%) Senior C# Software Developer
13 19 (6.62%) Lead Developer
14 16 (5.57%) C# Software Engineer
15 14 (4.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 14 (4.88%) Graduate
16 12 (4.18%) Senior Software Engineer
17 11 (3.83%) Microsoft 365 Developer
18 10 (3.48%) Analyst
19 9 (3.14%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (59.58%) .NET
2 64 (22.30%) .NET Core
3 62 (21.60%) ASP.NET
4 46 (16.03%) HTML
5 43 (14.98%) CSS
6 41 (14.29%) ASP.NET Core
7 37 (12.89%) React
8 31 (10.80%) Entity Framework
9 25 (8.71%) REST
10 24 (8.36%) RESTful
11 21 (7.32%) AngularJS
11 21 (7.32%) ASP.NET Web API
12 19 (6.62%) Node.js
13 17 (5.92%) .NET Framework
14 15 (5.23%) Blazor
14 15 (5.23%) Vue
15 12 (4.18%) ML.NET
16 11 (3.83%) LINQ
17 10 (3.48%) Microsoft Graph
18 9 (3.14%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.36%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.62%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (6.27%) Greenfield Project
4 17 (5.92%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (4.88%) Mobile App
6 9 (3.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.44%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.44%) Social Network
8 7 (2.44%) Virtual Team
9 6 (2.09%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.39%) Contactless
10 4 (1.39%) EMV
10 4 (1.39%) Java Card
10 4 (1.39%) Smartcard
11 3 (1.05%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (1.05%) Legacy Code
12 1 (0.35%) Security Posture
12 1 (0.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.74%) Windows
2 4 (1.39%) Android
3 2 (0.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (32.75%) Agile
2 88 (30.66%) CI/CD
3 87 (30.31%) Software Engineering
4 79 (27.53%) DevOps
5 70 (24.39%) Full-Stack Development
6 63 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (19.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 54 (18.82%) Mentoring
9 53 (18.47%) AI
10 44 (15.33%) Microservices
11 34 (11.85%) TDD
12 25 (8.71%) SDLC
13 24 (8.36%) Business Intelligence
13 24 (8.36%) Technical Leadership
13 24 (8.36%) Translating Business Requirements
14 21 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
15 20 (6.97%) API Development
16 19 (6.62%) API Integration
16 19 (6.62%) Test Automation
17 18 (6.27%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 103 (35.89%) SQL
2 67 (23.34%) JavaScript
3 26 (9.06%) Python
4 24 (8.36%) TypeScript
5 22 (7.67%) Java
6 17 (5.92%) C++
6 17 (5.92%) PHP
7 6 (2.09%) Go
8 5 (1.74%) C
9 4 (1.39%) VB.NET
10 3 (1.05%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (7.32%) Degree
2 15 (5.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (0.70%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.70%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.01%) QA
2 7 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 4 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 7816
3 4 (1.39%) SLA
4 3 (1.05%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 23 (8.01%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (7.32%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 103 (35.89%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.44%) OpenAI
3 4 (1.39%) Xamarin
4 3 (1.05%) Facebook
4 3 (1.05%) Google
4 3 (1.05%) 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!