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 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 31 21
Rank change year-on-year -22 -10 -6
Permanent jobs citing C# 173 290 304
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.87% 5.45% 8.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.52% 18.48% 21.93%
Number of salaries quoted 160 225 261
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,188 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,750 £80,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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 843 1,569 1,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.98% 29.49% 39.77%
Number of salaries quoted 701 882 1,104
10th Percentile £31,000 £33,775 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £71,000 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,375 £82,548
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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# 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 19 December 2025.

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 19 December 2025. 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 -2 129 £65,000 +13.04% 75
Cheshire -31 24 £55,000 +10.00% 19
Lancashire +4 11 £47,500 -13.64% 48
Merseyside -39 9 £56,750 +74.62% 13
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 (1.16%) nginx
2 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.58%) CMS
2 1 (0.58%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.58%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 109 (63.01%) Azure
2 51 (29.48%) AWS
3 33 (19.08%) SaaS
4 13 (7.51%) Serverless
5 10 (5.78%) Azure Logic Apps
6 9 (5.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 9 (5.20%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (5.20%) Azure Functions
7 8 (4.62%) Azure Service Bus
8 7 (4.05%) GCP
8 7 (4.05%) Power Platform
9 6 (3.47%) Azure AKS
10 5 (2.89%) Power Automate
11 4 (2.31%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.73%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (1.16%) Azure AI
13 2 (1.16%) Azure Cognitive Services
13 2 (1.16%) Entra ID
13 2 (1.16%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.31%) HTTP
2 3 (1.73%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (27.75%) SQL Server
2 29 (16.76%) NoSQL
3 17 (9.83%) MongoDB
4 9 (5.20%) MySQL
5 4 (2.31%) Power BI
6 2 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.16%) PostHog
6 2 (1.16%) Redis
7 1 (0.58%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.58%) Big Data
7 1 (0.58%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.58%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (7.51%) Git
2 4 (2.31%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.73%) Selenium
3 3 (1.73%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.16%) GitLab
5 1 (0.58%) CA Release Automation
5 1 (0.58%) ESLint
5 1 (0.58%) NUnit
5 1 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.58%) Storybook
5 1 (0.58%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.58%) webpack
General
1 19 (10.98%) Social Skills
2 8 (4.62%) Manufacturing
3 6 (3.47%) Retail
4 5 (2.89%) Games
5 4 (2.31%) Finance
5 4 (2.31%) Legal
6 3 (1.73%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.16%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.16%) Back Office
7 2 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.58%) Banking
8 1 (0.58%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.58%) Electronics
8 1 (0.58%) Law
8 1 (0.58%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 97 (56.07%) Developer
2 54 (31.21%) Senior
3 49 (28.32%) Lead
4 38 (21.97%) .NET Developer
5 35 (20.23%) Software Developer
6 32 (18.50%) Senior Developer
7 25 (14.45%) Software Engineer
8 21 (12.14%) Lead Developer
9 13 (7.51%) Senior Software Developer
9 13 (7.51%) Senior Software Engineer
10 12 (6.94%) Senior .NET Developer
11 11 (6.36%) C# Developer
12 10 (5.78%) Lead Software Developer
13 9 (5.20%) Principal Developer
13 9 (5.20%) Team Leader
14 8 (4.62%) Architect
14 8 (4.62%) Lead .NET Developer
15 7 (4.05%) Mathematician
16 6 (3.47%) Full-Stack Developer
17 5 (2.89%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (79.77%) .NET
2 47 (27.17%) .NET Core
3 36 (20.81%) .NET Framework
4 33 (19.08%) ASP.NET
5 32 (18.50%) React
6 21 (12.14%) RESTful
7 19 (10.98%) CSS
7 19 (10.98%) HTML
8 17 (9.83%) AngularJS
9 16 (9.25%) REST
10 11 (6.36%) Blazor
11 10 (5.78%) ASP.NET Web API
12 9 (5.20%) Entity Framework
13 8 (4.62%) Web Services
14 7 (4.05%) Next.js
15 6 (3.47%) ASP.NET Core
16 5 (2.89%) Akka.NET
16 5 (2.89%) CSS3
16 5 (2.89%) RabbitMQ
16 5 (2.89%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 29 (16.76%) Cloud Native
2 18 (10.40%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (9.25%) Product Ownership
4 12 (6.94%) Mobile App
5 11 (6.36%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (4.62%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (4.05%) Distributed Computing
8 6 (3.47%) Clustering
9 4 (2.31%) Client/Server
9 4 (2.31%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.16%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (1.16%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.16%) Online Games
11 1 (0.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.58%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.89%) Windows
2 2 (1.16%) Android
2 2 (1.16%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.16%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (46.24%) Agile
2 69 (39.88%) CI/CD
3 59 (34.10%) Microservices
4 53 (30.64%) Software Engineering
5 49 (28.32%) DevOps
6 39 (22.54%) Mentoring
7 33 (19.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (17.92%) Containerisation
8 31 (17.92%) TDD
9 29 (16.76%) Clean Code
9 29 (16.76%) Full-Stack Development
10 23 (13.29%) Technical Leadership
10 23 (13.29%) User Experience
11 21 (12.14%) SOLID
12 18 (10.40%) Roadmaps
13 17 (9.83%) Coaching
13 17 (9.83%) Event-Driven
14 14 (8.09%) Collaborative Culture
14 14 (8.09%) RAD
14 14 (8.09%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 52 (30.06%) SQL
2 29 (16.76%) JavaScript
3 23 (13.29%) TypeScript
4 13 (7.51%) Java
5 11 (6.36%) Python
6 5 (2.89%) PHP
7 3 (1.73%) C++
7 3 (1.73%) Erlang
7 3 (1.73%) Rust
8 2 (1.16%) Go
9 1 (0.58%) Bash
9 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.58%) Scala
Qualifications
1 12 (6.94%) Degree
2 4 (2.31%) AWS Certification
2 4 (2.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 4 (2.31%) Azure Certification
3 3 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.16%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.58%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.58%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.78%) QA
2 6 (3.47%) GDPR
3 4 (2.31%) HIPAA
3 4 (2.31%) NIST
System Software
1 30 (17.34%) Docker
2 2 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.58%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 26 (15.03%) Kubernetes
2 11 (6.36%) Terraform
3 6 (3.47%) Grafana
4 1 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (20.23%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.89%) Google
3 2 (1.16%) Aderant
3 2 (1.16%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.58%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.58%) Databricks
4 1 (0.58%) iManage
4 1 (0.58%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle
4 1 (0.58%) SAP
4 1 (0.58%) Talend