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 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 35 15
Rank change year-on-year -21 -20 +2
Permanent jobs citing C# 171 277 403
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.75% 5.42% 9.85%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.24% 19.04% 26.53%
Number of salaries quoted 159 212 355
10th Percentile £44,500 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.48% -4.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £79,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%

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 845 1,455 1,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.59% 28.49% 37.11%
Number of salaries quoted 708 824 1,231
10th Percentile £30,675 £33,750 £36,120
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 5 January 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 5 January 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 -3 122 £65,000 +13.04% 63
Cheshire -23 33 £55,000 +10.00% 31
Lancashire +5 9 £47,500 -13.64% 50
Merseyside -34 7 £50,000 +53.85% 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 (1.17%) nginx
2 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.58%) CMS
2 1 (0.58%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 2 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.58%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 110 (64.33%) Azure
2 44 (25.73%) AWS
3 28 (16.37%) SaaS
4 12 (7.02%) Serverless
5 10 (5.85%) Azure Logic Apps
6 9 (5.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 9 (5.26%) Azure Functions
6 9 (5.26%) Power Platform
7 8 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (4.68%) Azure Service Bus
8 6 (3.51%) Azure AKS
9 5 (2.92%) GCP
9 5 (2.92%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.34%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.17%) Azure AI
12 2 (1.17%) Azure Cognitive Services
12 2 (1.17%) Entra ID
12 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (1.17%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.34%) HTTP
2 3 (1.75%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (29.82%) SQL Server
2 26 (15.20%) NoSQL
3 15 (8.77%) MongoDB
4 9 (5.26%) MySQL
5 4 (2.34%) Power BI
6 2 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.17%) PostHog
6 2 (1.17%) Redis
7 1 (0.58%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.58%) Big Data
7 1 (0.58%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (7.02%) Git
2 4 (2.34%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.75%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.17%) GitLab
4 2 (1.17%) Selenium
5 1 (0.58%) CA Release Automation
5 1 (0.58%) ESLint
5 1 (0.58%) NUnit
5 1 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.58%) Storybook
5 1 (0.58%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.58%) webpack
General
1 17 (9.94%) Social Skills
2 8 (4.68%) Manufacturing
3 6 (3.51%) Games
4 5 (2.92%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.34%) Finance
5 4 (2.34%) Legal
5 4 (2.34%) Retail
6 2 (1.17%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.17%) Local Government
6 2 (1.17%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.58%) Back Office
7 1 (0.58%) Banking
7 1 (0.58%) Electronics
7 1 (0.58%) Law
7 1 (0.58%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 100 (58.48%) Developer
2 55 (32.16%) Senior
3 48 (28.07%) Lead
4 40 (23.39%) Software Developer
5 37 (21.64%) .NET Developer
6 35 (20.47%) Senior Developer
7 25 (14.62%) Software Engineer
8 23 (13.45%) Lead Developer
9 18 (10.53%) Senior Software Developer
10 13 (7.60%) Senior Software Engineer
11 11 (6.43%) C# Developer
11 11 (6.43%) Lead Software Developer
12 10 (5.85%) Senior .NET Developer
13 9 (5.26%) Team Leader
14 7 (4.09%) Full-Stack Developer
14 7 (4.09%) Lead .NET Developer
14 7 (4.09%) Mathematician
14 7 (4.09%) Principal Developer
15 5 (2.92%) Architect
16 4 (2.34%) Games Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (80.70%) .NET
2 53 (30.99%) .NET Core
3 38 (22.22%) .NET Framework
3 38 (22.22%) ASP.NET
4 32 (18.71%) React
5 20 (11.70%) RESTful
6 19 (11.11%) CSS
6 19 (11.11%) HTML
6 19 (11.11%) REST
7 14 (8.19%) AngularJS
8 9 (5.26%) ASP.NET Web API
8 9 (5.26%) Blazor
9 8 (4.68%) Entity Framework
9 8 (4.68%) Web Services
10 6 (3.51%) ASP.NET Core
10 6 (3.51%) Next.js
11 5 (2.92%) Akka.NET
11 5 (2.92%) CSS3
11 5 (2.92%) Razor View Engine
11 5 (2.92%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.62%) Cloud Native
2 15 (8.77%) Distributed Systems
2 15 (8.77%) Product Ownership
3 11 (6.43%) Mobile App
4 9 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (4.09%) Distributed Computing
5 7 (4.09%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (2.92%) Clustering
7 4 (2.34%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.17%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.17%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.17%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.17%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.17%) Online Games
9 1 (0.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.58%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.92%) Windows
2 2 (1.17%) Android
2 2 (1.17%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (43.27%) Agile
2 63 (36.84%) CI/CD
3 54 (31.58%) Microservices
4 48 (28.07%) Software Engineering
5 43 (25.15%) DevOps
6 35 (20.47%) Mentoring
7 32 (18.71%) TDD
8 31 (18.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (15.79%) Clean Code
9 27 (15.79%) Containerisation
9 27 (15.79%) Full-Stack Development
10 23 (13.45%) Technical Leadership
11 22 (12.87%) User Experience
12 19 (11.11%) SOLID
13 16 (9.36%) Collaborative Culture
13 16 (9.36%) RAD
14 14 (8.19%) AI
14 14 (8.19%) Scrum
14 14 (8.19%) SDLC
15 13 (7.60%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 46 (26.90%) SQL
2 28 (16.37%) JavaScript
3 22 (12.87%) TypeScript
4 11 (6.43%) Java
5 9 (5.26%) Python
6 5 (2.92%) PHP
7 3 (1.75%) C++
7 3 (1.75%) Erlang
7 3 (1.75%) Rust
8 2 (1.17%) Go
9 1 (0.58%) Bash
9 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.58%) Scala
Qualifications
1 10 (5.85%) Degree
2 3 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.17%) AWS Certification
3 2 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (1.17%) Azure Certification
3 2 (1.17%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.58%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.58%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.43%) QA
2 4 (2.34%) GDPR
3 2 (1.17%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.17%) NIST
System Software
1 26 (15.20%) Docker
2 2 (1.17%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.58%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 21 (12.28%) Kubernetes
2 11 (6.43%) Terraform
3 5 (2.92%) Grafana
4 1 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (22.81%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.75%) Google
3 2 (1.17%) Aderant
3 2 (1.17%) Foundry
3 2 (1.17%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.58%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.58%) Databricks
4 1 (0.58%) iManage
4 1 (0.58%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle
4 1 (0.58%) SAP
4 1 (0.58%) Talend