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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 107 19
Rank change year-on-year +55 -88 +12
Permanent jobs citing C# 296 167 509
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.36% 3.24% 6.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.83% 9.19% 24.60%
Number of salaries quoted 268 135 372
10th Percentile £38,375 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £50,027
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +24.93% -13.00%
75th Percentile £74,059 £72,500 £64,063
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £72,500
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 1,759 1,818 2,069
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.01% 35.23% 26.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,363 702 1,312
10th Percentile £37,600 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,375 £43,710
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,226 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.36% +1.60% -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 13 September 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 13 September 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 -19 146 £55,000 -15.38% 69
Cheshire +47 63 £65,000 +23.81% 14
Lancashire +50 54 £50,000 +17.97% 28
Merseyside -15 21 £54,500 -12.80% 6
Cumbria - 11 £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 (7.77%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.69%) CMS
2 5 (1.69%) IIS
3 4 (1.35%) WordPress
4 3 (1.01%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.68%) nginx
6 1 (0.34%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.35%) NEC Housing
3 3 (1.01%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.34%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 155 (52.36%) Azure
2 47 (15.88%) Azure DevOps
3 42 (14.19%) AWS
4 37 (12.50%) Power Automate
5 36 (12.16%) Power Platform
6 29 (9.80%) PowerApps
7 24 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (6.08%) Azure AI
8 18 (6.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 17 (5.74%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (5.74%) Microsoft Copilot
9 17 (5.74%) Serverless
10 15 (5.07%) SaaS
11 14 (4.73%) GitHub
12 10 (3.38%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (2.70%) GitHub Copilot
14 7 (2.36%) Amazon EC2
15 6 (2.03%) Azure Functions
15 6 (2.03%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.35%) HTTP
2 3 (1.01%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.34%) Network Security
3 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (19.93%) SQL Server
2 41 (13.85%) Azure SQL Database
3 31 (10.47%) MongoDB
4 15 (5.07%) Power BI
5 12 (4.05%) MySQL
6 11 (3.72%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (3.04%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.03%) NoSQL
8 6 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.35%) Spark SQL
11 3 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.01%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.34%) Redis
12 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (7.43%) Git
2 6 (2.03%) Claude Code
2 6 (2.03%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.69%) GitLab
4 4 (1.35%) JIRA
5 3 (1.01%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.01%) NUnit
5 3 (1.01%) Selenium
5 3 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.68%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.68%) JUnit
6 2 (0.68%) MSTest
6 2 (0.68%) TestRail
6 2 (0.68%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.34%) Gradle
7 1 (0.34%) Postman
7 1 (0.34%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.34%) Xcode
General
1 38 (12.84%) Social Skills
2 24 (8.11%) Finance
3 18 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (5.07%) Banking
5 11 (3.72%) Public Sector
5 11 (3.72%) Retail
6 10 (3.38%) Legal
7 8 (2.70%) Marketing
8 7 (2.36%) Games
8 7 (2.36%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.03%) Advertising
9 6 (2.03%) Law
10 3 (1.01%) Health Technology
10 3 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Music Industry
12 1 (0.34%) Back Office
12 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.34%) Local Government
12 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 183 (61.82%) Developer
2 70 (23.65%) Senior
3 65 (21.96%) Software Developer
4 62 (20.95%) .NET Developer
5 56 (18.92%) Senior Developer
6 46 (15.54%) C# Developer
7 39 (13.18%) Software Engineer
8 36 (12.16%) C# Software Developer
9 32 (10.81%) Lead
10 30 (10.14%) Senior C# Developer
11 27 (9.12%) Senior Software Developer
12 22 (7.43%) Senior C# Software Developer
13 19 (6.42%) Lead Developer
14 16 (5.41%) Graduate
15 14 (4.73%) C# Software Engineer
15 14 (4.73%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 13 (4.39%) Microsoft 365 Developer
17 10 (3.38%) Senior Software Engineer
18 9 (3.04%) Graduate Developer
18 9 (3.04%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (58.45%) .NET
2 65 (21.96%) .NET Core
3 64 (21.62%) ASP.NET
4 53 (17.91%) HTML
5 49 (16.55%) CSS
6 41 (13.85%) ASP.NET Core
6 41 (13.85%) React
7 32 (10.81%) Entity Framework
8 26 (8.78%) AngularJS
8 26 (8.78%) REST
9 23 (7.77%) ASP.NET Web API
9 23 (7.77%) Node.js
10 20 (6.76%) RESTful
10 20 (6.76%) Vue
11 16 (5.41%) Blazor
12 13 (4.39%) .NET Framework
12 13 (4.39%) HTML5 Canvas
13 12 (4.05%) ML.NET
14 11 (3.72%) LINQ
14 11 (3.72%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.42%) Enterprise Software
1 19 (6.42%) Greenfield Project
2 18 (6.08%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (5.74%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.72%) Mobile App
5 10 (3.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (3.04%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.36%) Virtual Team
9 6 (2.03%) Social Network
10 4 (1.35%) Contactless
10 4 (1.35%) EMV
10 4 (1.35%) Java Card
10 4 (1.35%) Smartcard
11 3 (1.01%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (1.01%) Legacy Code
11 3 (1.01%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.01%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.01%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.69%) Windows
2 4 (1.35%) Android
3 3 (1.01%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (32.43%) Agile
2 84 (28.38%) CI/CD
3 81 (27.36%) DevOps
3 81 (27.36%) Software Engineering
4 78 (26.35%) Full-Stack Development
5 65 (21.96%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (19.59%) Mentoring
7 55 (18.58%) AI
8 52 (17.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (11.49%) Microservices
10 32 (10.81%) TDD
11 27 (9.12%) Business Intelligence
11 27 (9.12%) SDLC
12 25 (8.45%) Technical Leadership
13 24 (8.11%) Translating Business Requirements
14 22 (7.43%) API Integration
15 21 (7.09%) Event-Driven
15 21 (7.09%) Stakeholder Management
16 20 (6.76%) API Development
16 20 (6.76%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 103 (34.80%) SQL
2 87 (29.39%) JavaScript
3 33 (11.15%) Java
4 31 (10.47%) Python
5 28 (9.46%) TypeScript
6 22 (7.43%) C++
6 22 (7.43%) PHP
7 8 (2.70%) Go
8 6 (2.03%) C
9 4 (1.35%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.01%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.34%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 27 (9.12%) Degree
2 16 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.70%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.36%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.68%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.12%) QA
2 7 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.35%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 4 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 7816
4 3 (1.01%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.01%) SLA
5 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.34%) GDPR
System Software
1 22 (7.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (5.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 109 (36.82%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.70%) OpenAI
3 4 (1.35%) NEC
3 4 (1.35%) Xamarin
4 3 (1.01%) Facebook
4 3 (1.01%) Splunk
5 2 (0.68%) Google
5 2 (0.68%) MuleSoft
5 2 (0.68%) Talend
6 1 (0.34%) Adyen
6 1 (0.34%) Apple
6 1 (0.34%) Databricks
6 1 (0.34%) HP
6 1 (0.34%) Sony
6 1 (0.34%) TIBCO
6 1 (0.34%) Yahoo!