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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 34 15
Rank change year-on-year -33 -19 +8
Permanent jobs citing C# 181 232 695
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.29% 5.56% 9.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.19% 19.09% 28.74%
Number of salaries quoted 175 182 608
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £41,063 £41,244
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,472 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year +23.83% -4.32% -8.26%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,875 £83,250
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 995 1,215 2,418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.61% 29.14% 33.40%
Number of salaries quoted 817 783 2,069
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £74,066 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,500
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 5 March 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 March 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 -7 127 £65,000 +8.33% 72
Cheshire -27 39 £55,000 +10.00% 12
Lancashire -13 10 £57,500 +12.99% 43
Merseyside -37 5 £47,500 +46.15% 8
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 (1.10%) nginx
2 1 (0.55%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.55%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 113 (62.43%) Azure
2 30 (16.57%) AWS
2 30 (16.57%) SaaS
3 13 (7.18%) Azure Functions
3 13 (7.18%) Serverless
4 12 (6.63%) Azure Logic Apps
5 11 (6.08%) Azure AKS
5 11 (6.08%) Power Platform
6 10 (5.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 10 (5.52%) Azure Service Bus
7 8 (4.42%) Power Automate
8 7 (3.87%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.87%) PowerApps
9 5 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (2.21%) Twilio
11 3 (1.66%) Azure AI
11 3 (1.66%) GCP
12 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (1.10%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.21%) HTTP
2 3 (1.66%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (30.39%) SQL Server
2 25 (13.81%) NoSQL
3 12 (6.63%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.42%) MySQL
5 6 (3.31%) Power BI
6 2 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.10%) PostHog
6 2 (1.10%) Redis
7 1 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.42%) Git
2 3 (1.66%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.10%) Selenium
4 1 (0.55%) GitLab
4 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.55%) NUnit
General
1 16 (8.84%) Social Skills
2 10 (5.52%) Manufacturing
3 7 (3.87%) Public Sector
4 6 (3.31%) Finance
5 5 (2.76%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (1.66%) Legal
6 3 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (1.66%) Retail
7 2 (1.10%) Games
7 2 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.10%) Law
7 2 (1.10%) Local Government
7 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.55%) Advertising
8 1 (0.55%) Electronics
8 1 (0.55%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 104 (57.46%) Developer
2 55 (30.39%) Lead
2 55 (30.39%) Senior
3 46 (25.41%) Software Developer
4 37 (20.44%) .NET Developer
4 37 (20.44%) Senior Developer
4 37 (20.44%) Software Engineer
5 32 (17.68%) Lead Developer
6 21 (11.60%) Senior Software Developer
7 18 (9.94%) C# Developer
8 14 (7.73%) Senior Software Engineer
9 13 (7.18%) Lead Software Developer
10 12 (6.63%) Senior .NET Developer
11 9 (4.97%) .NET Software Engineer
11 9 (4.97%) C# Software Engineer
11 9 (4.97%) Full-Stack Developer
12 8 (4.42%) Azure Developer
12 8 (4.42%) Lead .NET Developer
12 8 (4.42%) Lead Software Engineer
13 7 (3.87%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (79.01%) .NET
2 64 (35.36%) .NET Core
3 43 (23.76%) ASP.NET
4 39 (21.55%) .NET Framework
5 30 (16.57%) React
6 22 (12.15%) RESTful
7 15 (8.29%) REST
8 14 (7.73%) CSS
8 14 (7.73%) HTML
9 11 (6.08%) AngularJS
10 8 (4.42%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (3.87%) ASP.NET Core
12 6 (3.31%) Web Services
13 5 (2.76%) Akka
13 5 (2.76%) Akka.NET
13 5 (2.76%) CSS3
13 5 (2.76%) HTML5
13 5 (2.76%) Razor View Engine
13 5 (2.76%) Vue
14 4 (2.21%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.81%) Cloud Native
2 14 (7.73%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (6.63%) Mobile App
4 11 (6.08%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.42%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (3.87%) Distributed Computing
7 5 (2.76%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.66%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.66%) Clustering
8 3 (1.66%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.10%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.10%) Digital Signage
9 2 (1.10%) IoT
9 2 (1.10%) Smart City
10 1 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.55%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.55%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.21%) Windows
2 2 (1.10%) Linux
3 1 (0.55%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (40.88%) Agile
2 61 (33.70%) Software Engineering
3 59 (32.60%) CI/CD
4 48 (26.52%) Microservices
5 33 (18.23%) DevOps
6 31 (17.13%) Full-Stack Development
7 30 (16.57%) Mentoring
8 29 (16.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (16.02%) TDD
9 26 (14.36%) Containerisation
10 25 (13.81%) Clean Code
11 20 (11.05%) Technical Leadership
12 19 (10.50%) Scrum
13 18 (9.94%) RAD
13 18 (9.94%) User Experience
14 17 (9.39%) SOLID
15 15 (8.29%) Problem-Solving
16 14 (7.73%) Performance Tuning
16 14 (7.73%) Software Architecture
17 13 (7.18%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 54 (29.83%) SQL
2 25 (13.81%) JavaScript
3 21 (11.60%) TypeScript
4 6 (3.31%) Java
5 5 (2.76%) Python
6 4 (2.21%) PHP
7 3 (1.66%) C++
7 3 (1.66%) Erlang
8 2 (1.10%) Go
8 2 (1.10%) Rust
9 1 (0.55%) Bash
9 1 (0.55%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.55%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 8 (4.42%) Degree
2 2 (1.10%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.55%) DV Cleared
3 1 (0.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.52%) QA
2 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (9.39%) Docker
2 2 (1.10%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (11.05%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.21%) Terraform
3 2 (1.10%) Grafana
Vendors
1 43 (23.76%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.10%) Aderant
2 2 (1.10%) Foundry
3 1 (0.55%) Adyen
3 1 (0.55%) Atlassian
3 1 (0.55%) Databricks
3 1 (0.55%) Google
3 1 (0.55%) iManage
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle
3 1 (0.55%) SAP
3 1 (0.55%) Xamarin