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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 105 25
Rank change year-on-year +47 -80 +4
Permanent jobs citing C# 298 165 442
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.30% 3.15% 5.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.72% 9.20% 22.06%
Number of salaries quoted 263 136 317
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,870 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £50,055
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +24.86% -12.95%
75th Percentile £73,750 £74,063 £63,750
90th Percentile £84,500 £85,000 £73,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -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 1,782 1,794 2,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.78% 34.20% 26.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,367 686 1,167
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,234 £41,938 £43,710
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -0.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,250 £78,500
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# 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 6 October 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 6 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 -29 143 £54,625 -15.96% 133
Cheshire +52 64 £65,000 +18.18% 26
Lancashire +56 58 £55,000 +29.77% 27
Merseyside -12 18 £60,000 -2.83% 11
Cumbria - 12 £47,500 - 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 23 (7.72%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.02%) CMS
3 5 (1.68%) IIS
4 4 (1.34%) Headless CMS
4 4 (1.34%) WordPress
5 3 (1.01%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.67%) nginx
7 1 (0.34%) Kentico
7 1 (0.34%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.34%) NEC Housing
3 3 (1.01%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.34%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 151 (50.67%) Azure
2 46 (15.44%) Azure DevOps
3 39 (13.09%) AWS
4 34 (11.41%) Power Automate
4 34 (11.41%) Power Platform
5 27 (9.06%) PowerApps
6 21 (7.05%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (6.71%) Serverless
8 19 (6.38%) SaaS
9 18 (6.04%) Azure AI
9 18 (6.04%) Microsoft Copilot
10 17 (5.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 14 (4.70%) Dynamics 365
11 14 (4.70%) GitHub
12 9 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (3.02%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (2.68%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (2.68%) Azure Functions
13 8 (2.68%) GitHub Copilot
14 6 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.34%) HTTP
2 3 (1.01%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.34%) Network Security
3 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (18.79%) SQL Server
2 41 (13.76%) Azure SQL Database
3 31 (10.40%) MongoDB
4 14 (4.70%) MySQL
5 13 (4.36%) Power BI
6 11 (3.69%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (3.36%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.35%) NoSQL
9 6 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.34%) MariaDB
10 4 (1.34%) Spark SQL
10 4 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.67%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.34%) Redis
12 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (8.05%) Git
2 7 (2.35%) Claude Code
3 6 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.68%) GitLab
5 4 (1.34%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (1.01%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.01%) JIRA
6 3 (1.01%) JUnit
6 3 (1.01%) NUnit
7 2 (0.67%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.67%) MSTest
7 2 (0.67%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.34%) Gradle
8 1 (0.34%) Selenium
8 1 (0.34%) Xcode
General
1 34 (11.41%) Social Skills
2 22 (7.38%) Finance
3 18 (6.04%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (5.03%) Banking
5 11 (3.69%) Manufacturing
5 11 (3.69%) Public Sector
5 11 (3.69%) Retail
6 10 (3.36%) Legal
7 8 (2.68%) Marketing
8 7 (2.35%) Games
9 6 (2.01%) Advertising
9 6 (2.01%) Law
10 3 (1.01%) Health Technology
10 3 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.67%) Electronics
11 2 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.67%) Music Industry
12 1 (0.34%) Back Office
12 1 (0.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 181 (60.74%) Developer
2 75 (25.17%) Senior
3 65 (21.81%) .NET Developer
4 62 (20.81%) Senior Developer
4 62 (20.81%) Software Developer
5 42 (14.09%) Software Engineer
6 37 (12.42%) C# Developer
7 29 (9.73%) Senior C# Developer
7 29 (9.73%) Senior Software Developer
8 28 (9.40%) C# Software Developer
9 26 (8.72%) Lead
10 20 (6.71%) Senior C# Software Developer
11 18 (6.04%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 18 (6.04%) Lead Developer
12 15 (5.03%) C# Software Engineer
13 14 (4.70%) Microsoft 365 Developer
14 13 (4.36%) Graduate
15 12 (4.03%) Full-Stack Developer
16 9 (3.02%) .NET Software Developer
16 9 (3.02%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (60.74%) .NET
2 71 (23.83%) .NET Core
3 59 (19.80%) ASP.NET
4 52 (17.45%) HTML
4 52 (17.45%) React
5 50 (16.78%) CSS
6 41 (13.76%) ASP.NET Core
7 33 (11.07%) AngularJS
8 32 (10.74%) Entity Framework
9 30 (10.07%) REST
10 29 (9.73%) Node.js
11 25 (8.39%) Vue
12 24 (8.05%) ASP.NET Web API
13 21 (7.05%) RESTful
14 16 (5.37%) Blazor
15 15 (5.03%) .NET Framework
16 13 (4.36%) HTML5 Canvas
17 12 (4.03%) ML.NET
18 11 (3.69%) LINQ
18 11 (3.69%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.71%) Cloud Native
1 20 (6.71%) Greenfield Project
2 19 (6.38%) Distributed Systems
2 19 (6.38%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (3.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (2.68%) Mobile App
4 8 (2.68%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.01%) Social Network
5 6 (2.01%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.34%) Contactless
6 4 (1.34%) EMV
6 4 (1.34%) Java Card
6 4 (1.34%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.34%) Smartcard
7 3 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.01%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.01%) Online Gambling
7 3 (1.01%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.01%) Windows
2 4 (1.34%) Android
3 3 (1.01%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (31.21%) Agile
2 90 (30.20%) Software Engineering
3 86 (28.86%) CI/CD
3 86 (28.86%) Full-Stack Development
4 81 (27.18%) DevOps
5 62 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (19.46%) AI
7 54 (18.12%) Mentoring
8 52 (17.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 36 (12.08%) Microservices
10 31 (10.40%) TDD
11 30 (10.07%) SDLC
12 25 (8.39%) Business Intelligence
13 24 (8.05%) API Integration
13 24 (8.05%) Code Quality
14 23 (7.72%) Technical Leadership
15 22 (7.38%) API Development
16 20 (6.71%) Computer Science
16 20 (6.71%) Event-Driven
16 20 (6.71%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 98 (32.89%) SQL
2 93 (31.21%) JavaScript
3 35 (11.74%) TypeScript
4 31 (10.40%) Java
5 27 (9.06%) Python
6 19 (6.38%) PHP
7 18 (6.04%) C++
8 8 (2.68%) Go
9 6 (2.01%) C
10 5 (1.68%) VB.NET
11 4 (1.34%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.67%) Ladder Logic
12 2 (0.67%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.34%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 27 (9.06%) Degree
2 16 (5.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (3.02%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.35%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.67%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.72%) QA
2 8 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.34%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 4 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 7816
4 3 (1.01%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.01%) SLA
5 2 (0.67%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.34%) GDPR
System Software
1 25 (8.39%) Docker
2 1 (0.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (5.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 105 (35.23%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.02%) OpenAI
3 4 (1.34%) NEC
3 4 (1.34%) Xamarin
4 3 (1.01%) Facebook
4 3 (1.01%) Splunk
5 2 (0.67%) Google
5 2 (0.67%) HP
5 2 (0.67%) MuleSoft
5 2 (0.67%) Talend
6 1 (0.34%) Adyen
6 1 (0.34%) Apple
6 1 (0.34%) BeyondTrust
6 1 (0.34%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.34%) Databricks
6 1 (0.34%) Okta
6 1 (0.34%) Sony
6 1 (0.34%) TIBCO
6 1 (0.34%) Yahoo!