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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 33 15
Rank change year-on-year -33 -18 +11
Permanent jobs citing C# 188 232 783
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.21% 6.04% 9.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.72% 20.42% 29.39%
Number of salaries quoted 181 196 684
10th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £36,120
25th Percentile £50,000 £38,625 £41,204
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £50,472 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.85% -3.86% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,500 £83,375
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 1,061 1,136 2,664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.46% 29.55% 31.97%
Number of salaries quoted 860 852 2,271
10th Percentile £33,750 £34,100 £34,750
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 £74,017 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,500
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 23 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 23 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 -11 130 £65,000 +8.33% 52
Cheshire -29 40 £55,000 +10.00% 13
Lancashire -9 12 £55,000 +8.08% 28
Merseyside -41 6 £45,000 +38.46% 7
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 (1.06%) nginx
2 1 (0.53%) CMS
2 1 (0.53%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.53%) IIS
2 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.53%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 115 (61.17%) Azure
2 31 (16.49%) SaaS
3 28 (14.89%) AWS
4 12 (6.38%) Azure AKS
4 12 (6.38%) Azure Functions
4 12 (6.38%) Power Platform
4 12 (6.38%) Serverless
5 11 (5.85%) Azure Logic Apps
6 9 (4.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 9 (4.79%) Azure Service Bus
6 9 (4.79%) Power Automate
6 9 (4.79%) PowerApps
7 7 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.13%) Azure AI
9 4 (2.13%) Twilio
10 3 (1.60%) GCP
11 2 (1.06%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.13%) HTTP
2 3 (1.60%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (28.72%) SQL Server
2 24 (12.77%) NoSQL
3 9 (4.79%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.26%) MySQL
4 8 (4.26%) Power BI
5 3 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.06%) PostHog
6 2 (1.06%) Redis
6 2 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (4.26%) Git
2 3 (1.60%) Selenium
2 3 (1.60%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.53%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.53%) GitLab
4 1 (0.53%) JIRA
4 1 (0.53%) NUnit
4 1 (0.53%) Postman
4 1 (0.53%) REST Assured
General
1 18 (9.57%) Social Skills
2 10 (5.32%) Manufacturing
3 9 (4.79%) Finance
4 7 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.72%) Public Sector
5 3 (1.60%) Legal
5 3 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (1.60%) Retail
6 2 (1.06%) Games
6 2 (1.06%) Law
6 2 (1.06%) Local Government
6 2 (1.06%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.53%) Advertising
7 1 (0.53%) Electronics
7 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.53%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 107 (56.91%) Developer
2 53 (28.19%) Lead
2 53 (28.19%) Senior
3 49 (26.06%) Software Developer
4 40 (21.28%) Software Engineer
5 36 (19.15%) Senior Developer
6 34 (18.09%) .NET Developer
7 29 (15.43%) Lead Developer
8 24 (12.77%) C# Developer
9 21 (11.17%) Senior Software Developer
10 14 (7.45%) Senior Software Engineer
11 12 (6.38%) Lead Software Developer
12 11 (5.85%) Senior .NET Developer
13 10 (5.32%) .NET Software Engineer
13 10 (5.32%) C# Software Developer
14 9 (4.79%) Full-Stack Developer
14 9 (4.79%) Lead Software Engineer
15 8 (4.26%) Azure Developer
15 8 (4.26%) C# Software Engineer
16 7 (3.72%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (76.06%) .NET
2 62 (32.98%) .NET Core
3 43 (22.87%) ASP.NET
4 39 (20.74%) .NET Framework
5 31 (16.49%) React
6 23 (12.23%) RESTful
7 15 (7.98%) REST
8 14 (7.45%) CSS
8 14 (7.45%) HTML
9 9 (4.79%) AngularJS
10 8 (4.26%) ASP.NET Core
11 7 (3.72%) Web Services
12 6 (3.19%) Vue
13 5 (2.66%) ASP.NET Web API
13 5 (2.66%) CSS3
13 5 (2.66%) HTML5
13 5 (2.66%) Razor View Engine
14 4 (2.13%) Blazor
14 4 (2.13%) Entity Framework
14 4 (2.13%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.83%) Cloud Native
2 14 (7.45%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (7.45%) Mobile App
3 10 (5.32%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.72%) Distributed Computing
4 7 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.60%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.60%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.06%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.06%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.06%) IoT
7 2 (1.06%) Smart City
7 2 (1.06%) Social Network
8 1 (0.53%) Clustering
8 1 (0.53%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.53%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.13%) Windows
2 2 (1.06%) Linux
3 1 (0.53%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (39.36%) Agile
2 61 (32.45%) Software Engineering
3 59 (31.38%) CI/CD
4 46 (24.47%) Microservices
5 34 (18.09%) DevOps
6 31 (16.49%) Full-Stack Development
7 29 (15.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (14.89%) Mentoring
9 26 (13.83%) TDD
10 24 (12.77%) Clean Code
11 23 (12.23%) Containerisation
12 19 (10.11%) Technical Leadership
13 18 (9.57%) Scrum
14 17 (9.04%) Problem-Solving
14 17 (9.04%) RAD
14 17 (9.04%) User Experience
15 15 (7.98%) Performance Tuning
15 15 (7.98%) Software Architecture
16 14 (7.45%) Design Patterns
16 14 (7.45%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 59 (31.38%) SQL
2 27 (14.36%) JavaScript
3 21 (11.17%) TypeScript
4 9 (4.79%) Python
5 7 (3.72%) PHP
6 6 (3.19%) Java
7 5 (2.66%) C++
8 3 (1.60%) Erlang
9 2 (1.06%) Go
10 1 (0.53%) Bash
10 1 (0.53%) Rust
10 1 (0.53%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.53%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (4.79%) Degree
2 3 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.06%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.53%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.53%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.32%) QA
2 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (9.57%) Docker
2 2 (1.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (11.17%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.19%) Terraform
3 2 (1.06%) Grafana
Vendors
1 47 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.06%) Aderant
2 2 (1.06%) Foundry
3 1 (0.53%) Adyen
3 1 (0.53%) Atlassian
3 1 (0.53%) Databricks
3 1 (0.53%) Google
3 1 (0.53%) iManage
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle
3 1 (0.53%) SAP
3 1 (0.53%) Xamarin