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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 35 14
Rank change year-on-year -39 -21 +17
Permanent jobs citing C# 183 221 812
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.08% 6.11% 9.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.68% 20.63% 29.93%
Number of salaries quoted 176 193 699
10th Percentile £41,875 £31,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,890 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.90% -7.47% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,250 £82,500
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 1,097 1,071 2,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.49% 29.61% 31.60%
Number of salaries quoted 876 846 2,296
10th Percentile £34,125 £34,500 £34,875
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 £75,000 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,125 £87,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £64,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.54% +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 31 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 31 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 -13 120 £65,000 +8.33% 57
Cheshire -32 41 £55,000 +12.82% 15
Lancashire -13 13 £55,000 +8.08% 30
Merseyside -40 9 £45,000 +38.46% 9
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 (1.09%) nginx
1 2 (1.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.55%) CMS
2 1 (0.55%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.55%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.55%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 111 (60.66%) Azure
2 28 (15.30%) SaaS
3 25 (13.66%) AWS
4 13 (7.10%) Power Platform
5 12 (6.56%) Azure AKS
5 12 (6.56%) Azure Functions
5 12 (6.56%) Serverless
6 11 (6.01%) Azure Logic Apps
7 10 (5.46%) Power Automate
7 10 (5.46%) PowerApps
8 9 (4.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 9 (4.92%) Azure Service Bus
9 8 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (4.37%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (2.19%) Azure AI
11 4 (2.19%) Twilio
12 3 (1.64%) GCP
13 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (1.09%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.19%) HTTP
2 3 (1.64%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (28.42%) SQL Server
2 21 (11.48%) NoSQL
3 9 (4.92%) Power BI
4 8 (4.37%) MySQL
5 6 (3.28%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.09%) PostHog
7 2 (1.09%) Redis
8 1 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (4.37%) Git
2 3 (1.64%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.09%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.09%) Selenium
3 2 (1.09%) TestRail
4 1 (0.55%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.55%) GitLab
4 1 (0.55%) JIRA
4 1 (0.55%) NUnit
4 1 (0.55%) Postman
4 1 (0.55%) REST Assured
General
1 19 (10.38%) Social Skills
2 11 (6.01%) Finance
3 8 (4.37%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (4.37%) Manufacturing
4 7 (3.83%) Public Sector
5 3 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (1.64%) Retail
6 2 (1.09%) Games
6 2 (1.09%) Legal
6 2 (1.09%) Local Government
6 2 (1.09%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.55%) Advertising
7 1 (0.55%) Banking
7 1 (0.55%) Electronics
7 1 (0.55%) Law
7 1 (0.55%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 104 (56.83%) Developer
2 53 (28.96%) Lead
3 52 (28.42%) Senior
4 49 (26.78%) Software Developer
5 41 (22.40%) Software Engineer
6 36 (19.67%) Senior Developer
7 31 (16.94%) .NET Developer
8 28 (15.30%) Lead Developer
9 26 (14.21%) C# Developer
10 22 (12.02%) Senior Software Developer
11 14 (7.65%) Senior Software Engineer
12 12 (6.56%) C# Software Developer
12 12 (6.56%) Lead Software Developer
13 10 (5.46%) .NET Software Engineer
13 10 (5.46%) Senior .NET Developer
14 9 (4.92%) C# Software Engineer
14 9 (4.92%) Lead Software Engineer
15 8 (4.37%) Azure Developer
15 8 (4.37%) Full-Stack Developer
16 7 (3.83%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (75.96%) .NET
2 60 (32.79%) .NET Core
3 43 (23.50%) ASP.NET
4 37 (20.22%) .NET Framework
5 28 (15.30%) React
6 21 (11.48%) RESTful
7 15 (8.20%) REST
8 13 (7.10%) HTML
9 12 (6.56%) CSS
10 9 (4.92%) AngularJS
11 8 (4.37%) Web Services
12 7 (3.83%) ASP.NET Core
13 6 (3.28%) Vue
14 4 (2.19%) Blazor
14 4 (2.19%) CSS3
14 4 (2.19%) HTML5
14 4 (2.19%) Next.js
15 3 (1.64%) Node.js
15 3 (1.64%) Playwright
15 3 (1.64%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.11%) Cloud Native
2 14 (7.65%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (7.65%) Mobile App
3 9 (4.92%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.83%) Distributed Computing
5 5 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.64%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.64%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.09%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.09%) Digital Signage
8 2 (1.09%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.09%) IoT
8 2 (1.09%) Smart City
8 2 (1.09%) Social Network
9 1 (0.55%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.55%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.19%) Windows
2 2 (1.09%) Linux
3 1 (0.55%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (38.25%) Agile
2 58 (31.69%) Software Engineering
3 54 (29.51%) CI/CD
4 42 (22.95%) Microservices
5 35 (19.13%) DevOps
6 31 (16.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 29 (15.85%) Mentoring
8 27 (14.75%) Full-Stack Development
9 24 (13.11%) TDD
10 22 (12.02%) Clean Code
11 21 (11.48%) Containerisation
12 18 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (9.84%) Technical Leadership
13 17 (9.29%) RAD
14 16 (8.74%) Scrum
15 15 (8.20%) Performance Tuning
15 15 (8.20%) Software Architecture
16 14 (7.65%) Design Patterns
17 13 (7.10%) SOLID
17 13 (7.10%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 61 (33.33%) SQL
2 26 (14.21%) JavaScript
3 18 (9.84%) TypeScript
4 11 (6.01%) Python
5 7 (3.83%) PHP
6 6 (3.28%) C++
7 4 (2.19%) Java
8 2 (1.09%) Go
8 2 (1.09%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.55%) Bash
9 1 (0.55%) Erlang
9 1 (0.55%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (4.92%) Degree
2 3 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.09%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.55%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.01%) QA
2 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (9.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (11.48%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.28%) Terraform
3 2 (1.09%) Grafana
Vendors
1 47 (25.68%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.09%) Aderant
2 2 (1.09%) 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%) Oracle
3 1 (0.55%) SAP
3 1 (0.55%) Xamarin