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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 95 18
Rank change year-on-year +45 -77 +21
Permanent jobs citing C# 294 199 676
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.55% 3.86% 7.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.03% 10.29% 28.04%
Number of salaries quoted 270 160 532
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,813 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +7.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £75,000
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 1,726 1,934 2,411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.96% 37.51% 27.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,343 817 1,825
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -3.08%
75th Percentile £75,250 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,550 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +6 153 £57,500 -8.00% 74
Cheshire +38 62 £65,000 +48.57% 9
Lancashire +41 47 £50,000 +17.97% 38
Merseyside -26 23 £47,000 -6.00% 5
Cumbria - 9 £47,500 - 1
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 17 (5.78%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.04%) CMS
3 5 (1.70%) IIS
4 4 (1.36%) WordPress
5 3 (1.02%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.68%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.68%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.36%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (1.02%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.68%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 155 (52.72%) Azure
2 42 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 41 (13.95%) AWS
4 33 (11.22%) Power Automate
5 31 (10.54%) Power Platform
6 26 (8.84%) PowerApps
7 22 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (6.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 18 (6.12%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (5.78%) Azure AI
11 16 (5.44%) SaaS
12 15 (5.10%) GitHub
13 14 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
13 14 (4.76%) Serverless
14 11 (3.74%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (2.72%) Azure Functions
15 8 (2.72%) GitHub Copilot
16 7 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
17 6 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
18 5 (1.70%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.02%) HTTP
1 3 (1.02%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.34%) Network Security
2 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (19.73%) SQL Server
2 41 (13.95%) Azure SQL Database
3 31 (10.54%) MongoDB
4 15 (5.10%) Power BI
5 12 (4.08%) MySQL
6 11 (3.74%) Elasticsearch
6 11 (3.74%) NoSQL
7 10 (3.40%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.02%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 20 (6.80%) Git
2 6 (2.04%) Claude Code
3 5 (1.70%) GitLab
3 5 (1.70%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.36%) JIRA
5 3 (1.02%) NUnit
5 3 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.68%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.68%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.68%) JUnit
6 2 (0.68%) MSTest
6 2 (0.68%) Selenium
6 2 (0.68%) TestRail
6 2 (0.68%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.34%) Gradle
7 1 (0.34%) Postman
7 1 (0.34%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.34%) Xcode
General
1 39 (13.27%) Social Skills
2 27 (9.18%) Finance
3 16 (5.44%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (5.10%) Banking
5 13 (4.42%) Retail
6 9 (3.06%) Legal
7 8 (2.72%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.38%) Games
8 7 (2.38%) Law
8 7 (2.38%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.04%) Advertising
9 6 (2.04%) Marketing
9 6 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.02%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.68%) Music Industry
12 1 (0.34%) Back Office
12 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.34%) Legal Technology
12 1 (0.34%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 170 (57.82%) Developer
2 68 (23.13%) Senior
3 61 (20.75%) .NET Developer
4 59 (20.07%) Software Developer
5 53 (18.03%) Senior Developer
6 52 (17.69%) Software Engineer
7 47 (15.99%) C# Developer
8 37 (12.59%) C# Software Developer
9 34 (11.56%) Lead
10 29 (9.86%) Senior C# Developer
11 25 (8.50%) Senior Software Developer
12 22 (7.48%) Senior C# Software Developer
13 18 (6.12%) Lead Developer
14 15 (5.10%) C# Software Engineer
15 14 (4.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 14 (4.76%) Graduate
16 12 (4.08%) Senior Software Engineer
17 11 (3.74%) Microsoft 365 Developer
18 10 (3.40%) Analyst
19 9 (3.06%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (59.86%) .NET
2 65 (22.11%) .NET Core
3 63 (21.43%) ASP.NET
4 48 (16.33%) HTML
5 44 (14.97%) CSS
6 41 (13.95%) ASP.NET Core
7 37 (12.59%) React
8 32 (10.88%) Entity Framework
9 25 (8.50%) REST
9 25 (8.50%) RESTful
10 22 (7.48%) AngularJS
10 22 (7.48%) ASP.NET Web API
11 21 (7.14%) Node.js
12 18 (6.12%) .NET Framework
13 15 (5.10%) Blazor
13 15 (5.10%) Vue
14 12 (4.08%) ML.NET
15 11 (3.74%) LINQ
16 10 (3.40%) Microsoft Graph
17 9 (3.06%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.50%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.46%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (6.12%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (6.12%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (4.76%) Mobile App
5 9 (3.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.38%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.38%) Social Network
6 7 (2.38%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.04%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.36%) Contactless
8 4 (1.36%) EMV
8 4 (1.36%) Java Card
8 4 (1.36%) Smartcard
9 3 (1.02%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.02%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.68%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.68%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.70%) Windows
2 4 (1.36%) Android
3 2 (0.68%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (32.31%) Agile
2 90 (30.61%) CI/CD
3 88 (29.93%) Software Engineering
4 83 (28.23%) DevOps
5 69 (23.47%) Full-Stack Development
6 64 (21.77%) Problem-Solving
7 57 (19.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 54 (18.37%) Mentoring
9 53 (18.03%) AI
10 43 (14.63%) Microservices
11 33 (11.22%) TDD
12 26 (8.84%) SDLC
13 25 (8.50%) Translating Business Requirements
14 24 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
14 24 (8.16%) Technical Leadership
15 23 (7.82%) Stakeholder Management
16 21 (7.14%) API Development
17 20 (6.80%) Test Automation
18 19 (6.46%) API Integration
18 19 (6.46%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 107 (36.39%) SQL
2 69 (23.47%) JavaScript
3 27 (9.18%) Python
4 26 (8.84%) TypeScript
5 24 (8.16%) Java
6 18 (6.12%) PHP
7 17 (5.78%) C++
8 7 (2.38%) Go
9 5 (1.70%) C
10 4 (1.36%) VB.NET
11 3 (1.02%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (7.48%) Degree
2 15 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (0.68%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.68%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.50%) QA
2 7 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 4 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 7816
3 4 (1.36%) SLA
4 3 (1.02%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.34%) GDPR
System Software
1 24 (8.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (7.48%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 105 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.38%) OpenAI
3 4 (1.36%) Xamarin
4 3 (1.02%) Facebook
4 3 (1.02%) Google
4 3 (1.02%) NEC
4 3 (1.02%) Splunk
5 2 (0.68%) Adyen
6 1 (0.34%) Apple
6 1 (0.34%) Databricks
6 1 (0.34%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.34%) Sony
6 1 (0.34%) Talend
6 1 (0.34%) Yahoo!