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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 38 14
Rank change year-on-year -19 -24 +6
Permanent jobs citing C# 181 252 629
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.62% 5.18% 9.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.43% 18.01% 27.68%
Number of salaries quoted 173 184 570
10th Percentile £45,250 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,750 £54,584
Median % change year-on-year +18.48% -3.36% -5.07%
75th Percentile £75,000 £64,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,125 £81,250
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 886 1,399 2,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.84% 28.74% 35.37%
Number of salaries quoted 736 794 1,926
10th Percentile £33,125 £35,416 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
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 2 February 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 2 February 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 0 129 £65,000 +8.33% 81
Cheshire -19 39 £55,000 +10.00% 12
Lancashire -2 9 £60,000 +14.23% 43
Merseyside -37 4 £65,000 +100.00% 11
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%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.55%) CMS
2 1 (0.55%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.55%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 117 (64.64%) Azure
2 38 (20.99%) AWS
3 35 (19.34%) SaaS
4 13 (7.18%) Azure Functions
4 13 (7.18%) Serverless
5 12 (6.63%) Azure Logic Apps
6 11 (6.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 11 (6.08%) Azure Service Bus
7 10 (5.52%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (4.97%) Power Platform
9 7 (3.87%) Azure AKS
10 5 (2.76%) Power Automate
11 4 (2.21%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.66%) Azure AI
12 3 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.66%) GCP
13 2 (1.10%) Entra ID
13 2 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (1.10%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.21%) HTTP
2 3 (1.66%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (30.94%) SQL Server
2 22 (12.15%) NoSQL
3 14 (7.73%) MongoDB
4 7 (3.87%) MySQL
5 4 (2.21%) Power BI
6 3 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.10%) PostHog
7 2 (1.10%) Redis
8 1 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.55%) Big Data
8 1 (0.55%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 7 (3.87%) Git
2 3 (1.66%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.10%) GitLab
3 2 (1.10%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.10%) Selenium
4 1 (0.55%) CA Release Automation
4 1 (0.55%) NUnit
4 1 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.55%) TeamCity
General
1 16 (8.84%) Social Skills
2 8 (4.42%) Manufacturing
3 6 (3.31%) Finance
4 5 (2.76%) Public Sector
5 3 (1.66%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.66%) Legal
5 3 (1.66%) Retail
6 2 (1.10%) Games
6 2 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.10%) Local Government
6 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.55%) Advertising
7 1 (0.55%) Back Office
7 1 (0.55%) Banking
7 1 (0.55%) Electronics
7 1 (0.55%) Law
7 1 (0.55%) Marketing
7 1 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 109 (60.22%) Developer
2 57 (31.49%) Senior
3 56 (30.94%) Lead
4 45 (24.86%) Software Developer
5 39 (21.55%) .NET Developer
6 37 (20.44%) Senior Developer
7 34 (18.78%) Lead Developer
8 31 (17.13%) Software Engineer
9 20 (11.05%) Senior Software Developer
10 18 (9.94%) C# Developer
11 15 (8.29%) Senior Software Engineer
12 14 (7.73%) Lead Software Developer
13 10 (5.52%) C# Software Engineer
13 10 (5.52%) Full-Stack Developer
13 10 (5.52%) Senior .NET Developer
14 9 (4.97%) Lead .NET Developer
15 8 (4.42%) Azure Developer
16 7 (3.87%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
16 7 (3.87%) Principal Developer
16 7 (3.87%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (82.32%) .NET
2 65 (35.91%) .NET Core
3 44 (24.31%) ASP.NET
4 37 (20.44%) .NET Framework
5 35 (19.34%) React
6 19 (10.50%) RESTful
7 18 (9.94%) REST
8 15 (8.29%) AngularJS
9 14 (7.73%) CSS
9 14 (7.73%) HTML
10 9 (4.97%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (3.87%) ASP.NET Core
12 6 (3.31%) Vue
13 5 (2.76%) Akka
13 5 (2.76%) Akka.NET
13 5 (2.76%) CSS3
13 5 (2.76%) Entity Framework
13 5 (2.76%) HTML5
13 5 (2.76%) Razor View Engine
13 5 (2.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.05%) Cloud Native
2 15 (8.29%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (7.18%) Mobile App
4 12 (6.63%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.42%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (3.87%) Distributed Computing
6 7 (3.87%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (2.21%) Clustering
8 3 (1.66%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.10%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.10%) Digital Signage
9 2 (1.10%) IoT
9 2 (1.10%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.10%) Smart City
10 1 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.55%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.55%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.55%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.55%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.21%) Linux
1 4 (2.21%) Windows
2 2 (1.10%) Android
3 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (43.65%) Agile
2 60 (33.15%) CI/CD
3 59 (32.60%) Software Engineering
4 50 (27.62%) Microservices
5 36 (19.89%) TDD
6 35 (19.34%) DevOps
7 34 (18.78%) Full-Stack Development
8 32 (17.68%) Mentoring
9 31 (17.13%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (14.36%) Containerisation
11 23 (12.71%) Clean Code
11 23 (12.71%) Technical Leadership
12 21 (11.60%) SOLID
13 19 (10.50%) RAD
14 18 (9.94%) User Experience
15 16 (8.84%) SDLC
16 15 (8.29%) Collaborative Culture
17 14 (7.73%) Design Patterns
17 14 (7.73%) Scrum
18 13 (7.18%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 47 (25.97%) SQL
2 24 (13.26%) JavaScript
3 22 (12.15%) TypeScript
4 7 (3.87%) Java
5 6 (3.31%) Python
6 5 (2.76%) PHP
7 3 (1.66%) C++
7 3 (1.66%) Erlang
7 3 (1.66%) Rust
8 2 (1.10%) Bash
8 2 (1.10%) Go
9 1 (0.55%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.55%) Scala
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 9 (4.97%) QA
2 1 (0.55%) GDPR
System Software
1 19 (10.50%) Docker
2 2 (1.10%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.55%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 16 (8.84%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.52%) Terraform
3 3 (1.66%) Grafana
4 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (22.65%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.10%) Aderant
2 2 (1.10%) Foundry
2 2 (1.10%) Xamarin
3 1 (0.55%) Atlassian
3 1 (0.55%) Databricks
3 1 (0.55%) iManage
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle
3 1 (0.55%) SAP