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 21 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 57 | 101 | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +44 | -74 | -3 |
| Permanent jobs citing C# | 301 | 162 | 386 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the North West | 2.32% | 3.40% | 5.47% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 16.72% | 11.61% | 20.27% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 258 | 135 | 286 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,750 | £41,022 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,225 | £51,250 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £62,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.00% | +25.00% | -13.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,061 | £75,000 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £85,000 | £74,443 |
| England median annual salary | £60,000 | £62,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.23% | +3.33% | -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.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 1,800 | 1,395 | 1,904 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West | 13.90% | 29.28% | 26.99% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,374 | 681 | 1,080 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,772 | £32,750 | £35,225 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £41,250 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £61,250 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.52% | +4.55% | -0.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £70,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| England median annual salary | £65,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -3.85% | - |
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# Salary Trend in the North West
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 21 October 2026.
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 21 October 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 | -39 | 147 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 36 |
| Lancashire | +46 | 61 | £55,000 | +29.77% | 11 |
| Cheshire | +39 | 55 | £65,000 | +18.18% | 7 |
| Merseyside | -16 | 20 | £60,000 | -1.64% | 7 |
| Cumbria | - | 15 | £47,500 | - | 1 |
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C# Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Programming Languages
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL | 34.2% | 103 |
| 2 | JavaScript | 32.2% | 97 |
| 3 | TypeScript | 12.3% | 37 |
| 4 | Java | 10.0% | 30 |
| 5 | Python | 9.3% | 28 |
| 6 | C++ | 6.0% | 18 |
| 7 | PHP | 5.3% | 16 |
| 8 | Go | 2.7% | 8 |
| 9 | C | 2.0% | 6 |
| 9 | T-SQL | 2.0% | 6 |
| 11 | VB.NET | 1.3% | 4 |
| 12 | PowerShell | 1.0% | 3 |
| 13 | Bicep | 0.7% | 2 |
| 13 | Ladder Logic | 0.7% | 2 |
| 15 | Kusto Query Language | 0.3% | 1 |
| 15 | Objective-C | 0.3% | 1 |
| 15 | Ruby | 0.3% | 1 |