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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 106 14
Rank change year-on-year +42 -92 +18
Permanent jobs citing C# 251 177 927
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.29% 3.81% 8.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.25% 9.35% 31.00%
Number of salaries quoted 235 142 774
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,873 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.67% -1.20% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,000 £77,500 £76,250
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 1,545 1,893 2,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.10% 40.80% 28.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,231 780 2,459
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,238 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,250 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £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 5 June 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 5 June 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 +5 126 £60,000 - 97
Cheshire +22 70 £60,000 +41.18% 10
Lancashire +43 35 £55,000 +8.97% 27
Merseyside -24 17 £45,000 +38.46% 9
Cumbria -18 3 £45,000 +7.78% 3
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 5 (1.99%) CMS
1 5 (1.99%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.59%) IIS
2 4 (1.59%) WordPress
3 3 (1.20%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.40%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.40%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.80%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 137 (54.58%) Azure
2 34 (13.55%) AWS
3 27 (10.76%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (9.16%) SaaS
5 20 (7.97%) Power Automate
5 20 (7.97%) Power Platform
6 16 (6.37%) PowerApps
7 15 (5.98%) Serverless
8 14 (5.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 14 (5.58%) Azure Logic Apps
8 14 (5.58%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (5.58%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (4.38%) Azure Functions
10 9 (3.59%) Azure Service Bus
11 8 (3.19%) Azure AKS
11 8 (3.19%) GitHub
12 6 (2.39%) Azure AI
13 4 (1.59%) Anthropic Claude
13 4 (1.59%) GCP
13 4 (1.59%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.20%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.40%) HTTP
2 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (27.09%) SQL Server
2 20 (7.97%) Azure SQL Database
3 15 (5.98%) MongoDB
3 15 (5.98%) NoSQL
4 12 (4.78%) Power BI
5 9 (3.59%) MySQL
6 7 (2.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (2.39%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.80%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 15 (5.98%) Git
2 4 (1.59%) Claude Code
2 4 (1.59%) GitLab
2 4 (1.59%) JIRA
3 2 (0.80%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.80%) MSTest
3 2 (0.80%) NUnit
3 2 (0.80%) Selenium
3 2 (0.80%) TestRail
4 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.40%) Postman
4 1 (0.40%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (10.76%) Finance
2 26 (10.36%) Social Skills
3 16 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (5.18%) Banking
5 10 (3.98%) Retail
6 8 (3.19%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.39%) Games
8 5 (1.99%) Law
8 5 (1.99%) Legal
8 5 (1.99%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.59%) Marketing
9 4 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.20%) Advertising
11 2 (0.80%) Local Government
12 1 (0.40%) Back Office
12 1 (0.40%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 147 (58.57%) Developer
2 69 (27.49%) Software Developer
3 68 (27.09%) Senior
4 55 (21.91%) C# Developer
5 52 (20.72%) Software Engineer
6 48 (19.12%) Senior Developer
7 45 (17.93%) .NET Developer
8 44 (17.53%) Lead
9 37 (14.74%) C# Software Developer
10 32 (12.75%) Senior Software Developer
11 30 (11.95%) Lead Developer
12 28 (11.16%) Senior C# Developer
13 20 (7.97%) Senior C# Software Developer
14 19 (7.57%) C# Software Engineer
15 18 (7.17%) Senior Software Engineer
16 13 (5.18%) Lead Software Developer
17 11 (4.38%) C# .NET Developer
17 11 (4.38%) Full-Stack Developer
17 11 (4.38%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 10 (3.98%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (62.55%) .NET
2 68 (27.09%) .NET Core
3 54 (21.51%) ASP.NET
4 30 (11.95%) React
5 29 (11.55%) .NET Framework
6 27 (10.76%) REST
7 23 (9.16%) CSS
8 22 (8.76%) HTML
9 17 (6.77%) Entity Framework
10 16 (6.37%) RESTful
11 14 (5.58%) ASP.NET Core
12 12 (4.78%) AngularJS
13 11 (4.38%) Vue
14 10 (3.98%) ASP.NET Web API
14 10 (3.98%) Node.js
15 8 (3.19%) Web Services
16 7 (2.79%) Blazor
17 6 (2.39%) ASP.NET MVC
18 5 (1.99%) LINQ
18 5 (1.99%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.97%) Cloud Native
2 17 (6.77%) Mobile App
3 15 (5.98%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (4.78%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (3.19%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.39%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.99%) Social Network
9 4 (1.59%) Contactless
9 4 (1.59%) EMV
9 4 (1.59%) Java Card
9 4 (1.59%) Smartcard
10 3 (1.20%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.20%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.20%) IoT
10 3 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (1.20%) Legacy Code
11 2 (0.80%) Digital Signage
11 2 (0.80%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.99%) Android
1 5 (1.99%) Windows
2 3 (1.20%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (30.68%) Software Engineering
2 69 (27.49%) CI/CD
3 68 (27.09%) Agile
4 54 (21.51%) DevOps
5 53 (21.12%) Full-Stack Development
6 44 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (17.13%) Mentoring
8 38 (15.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (15.14%) Microservices
9 32 (12.75%) TDD
10 31 (12.35%) AI
11 22 (8.76%) API Integration
12 21 (8.37%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (6.37%) Technical Leadership
14 15 (5.98%) API Development
14 15 (5.98%) Scrum
14 15 (5.98%) Test Automation
15 14 (5.58%) Clean Code
15 14 (5.58%) RAD
15 14 (5.58%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 87 (34.66%) SQL
2 46 (18.33%) JavaScript
3 19 (7.57%) Python
4 16 (6.37%) TypeScript
5 15 (5.98%) Java
6 12 (4.78%) C++
7 9 (3.59%) PHP
8 3 (1.20%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.20%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.80%) Go
10 1 (0.40%) Bash
10 1 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 16 (6.37%) Degree
2 12 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.58%) QA
2 4 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 14443
2 4 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 7816
2 4 (1.59%) SLA
3 1 (0.40%) GDPR
3 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 17 (6.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (5.98%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (25.90%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.39%) OpenAI
3 5 (1.99%) Xamarin
4 3 (1.20%) Splunk
5 2 (0.80%) Adyen
5 2 (0.80%) Facebook
5 2 (0.80%) Foundry
6 1 (0.40%) Databricks
6 1 (0.40%) Google