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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 99 18
Rank change year-on-year +46 -81 +20
Permanent jobs citing C# 280 191 822
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.50% 3.73% 7.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.71% 9.92% 27.42%
Number of salaries quoted 261 154 665
10th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £34,700
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,870 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,175 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

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 1,676 1,926 2,998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.99% 37.57% 28.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,314 811 2,339
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,500 £34,400
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -3.69%
75th Percentile £75,250 £72,777 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £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 10 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 10 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 +11 147 £57,593 -7.85% 68
Cheshire +32 59 £65,000 +40.54% 5
Lancashire +41 44 £50,000 +17.97% 35
Merseyside -26 21 £45,000 -4.26% 4
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 12 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.14%) CMS
3 4 (1.43%) IIS
3 4 (1.43%) WordPress
4 3 (1.07%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.71%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.71%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.43%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.71%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 150 (53.57%) Azure
2 41 (14.64%) AWS
3 39 (13.93%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (9.29%) Power Automate
5 24 (8.57%) Power Platform
6 22 (7.86%) SaaS
7 21 (7.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 21 (7.50%) PowerApps
8 18 (6.43%) Serverless
9 17 (6.07%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (5.71%) Azure AI
10 16 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (5.36%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (4.64%) GitHub
13 12 (4.29%) Azure Functions
14 10 (3.57%) Azure Service Bus
14 10 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
15 8 (2.86%) GitHub Copilot
16 6 (2.14%) Azure AKS
17 5 (1.79%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.07%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.36%) HTTP
2 1 (0.36%) Network Security
2 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (18.21%) SQL Server
2 42 (15.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 31 (11.07%) MongoDB
4 14 (5.00%) Power BI
5 12 (4.29%) NoSQL
6 11 (3.93%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (3.57%) MySQL
8 7 (2.50%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.07%) MariaDB
9 3 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (6.07%) Git
2 6 (2.14%) Claude Code
3 4 (1.43%) GitLab
3 4 (1.43%) JIRA
4 2 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.71%) MSTest
4 2 (0.71%) NUnit
4 2 (0.71%) Selenium
4 2 (0.71%) TestRail
4 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.36%) Gradle
5 1 (0.36%) Postman
5 1 (0.36%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.36%) Xcode
General
1 35 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 28 (10.00%) Finance
3 16 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (5.00%) Retail
5 13 (4.64%) Banking
6 7 (2.50%) Advertising
6 7 (2.50%) Games
6 7 (2.50%) Law
6 7 (2.50%) Legal
6 7 (2.50%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.14%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.79%) Marketing
9 3 (1.07%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.71%) Music Industry
11 1 (0.36%) Back Office
11 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Legal Technology
11 1 (0.36%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 160 (57.14%) Developer
2 64 (22.86%) .NET Developer
3 60 (21.43%) Senior
4 54 (19.29%) Software Developer
5 53 (18.93%) Software Engineer
6 50 (17.86%) C# Developer
7 44 (15.71%) Senior Developer
8 39 (13.93%) Lead
9 35 (12.50%) C# Software Developer
10 27 (9.64%) Senior C# Developer
11 23 (8.21%) Lead Developer
11 23 (8.21%) Senior Software Developer
12 20 (7.14%) Senior C# Software Developer
13 19 (6.79%) C# Software Engineer
14 13 (4.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 13 (4.64%) Senior Software Engineer
15 12 (4.29%) Graduate
16 10 (3.57%) Analyst
17 9 (3.21%) Applications Developer
17 9 (3.21%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (60.71%) .NET
2 68 (24.29%) .NET Core
3 59 (21.07%) ASP.NET
4 39 (13.93%) ASP.NET Core
4 39 (13.93%) HTML
5 38 (13.57%) CSS
5 38 (13.57%) React
6 29 (10.36%) Entity Framework
7 27 (9.64%) REST
8 24 (8.57%) RESTful
9 21 (7.50%) ASP.NET Web API
10 20 (7.14%) AngularJS
11 19 (6.79%) Node.js
12 17 (6.07%) Vue
13 16 (5.71%) .NET Framework
14 14 (5.00%) Blazor
15 12 (4.29%) ML.NET
16 11 (3.93%) LINQ
17 7 (2.50%) Microsoft Graph
17 7 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.86%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.43%) Distributed Systems
2 18 (6.43%) Greenfield Project
2 18 (6.43%) Mobile App
3 15 (5.36%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.50%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.50%) Social Network
4 7 (2.50%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (2.14%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.43%) Contactless
6 4 (1.43%) EMV
6 4 (1.43%) Java Card
6 4 (1.43%) Smartcard
7 3 (1.07%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.07%) IoT
7 3 (1.07%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.07%) Legacy Code
8 2 (0.71%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.79%) Android
1 5 (1.79%) Windows
2 4 (1.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (31.79%) Software Engineering
2 87 (31.07%) Agile
3 85 (30.36%) CI/CD
4 71 (25.36%) DevOps
4 71 (25.36%) Full-Stack Development
5 55 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 49 (17.50%) AI
7 49 (17.50%) Mentoring
8 41 (14.64%) Microservices
9 38 (13.57%) TDD
10 23 (8.21%) Business Intelligence
11 21 (7.50%) API Integration
11 21 (7.50%) Technical Leadership
12 19 (6.79%) SDLC
12 19 (6.79%) Test Automation
13 18 (6.43%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (6.43%) Translating Business Requirements
14 17 (6.07%) API Development
14 17 (6.07%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 103 (36.79%) SQL
2 62 (22.14%) JavaScript
3 25 (8.93%) TypeScript
4 24 (8.57%) Python
5 18 (6.43%) Java
6 16 (5.71%) C++
7 13 (4.64%) PHP
8 5 (1.79%) Go
9 4 (1.43%) C
10 3 (1.07%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.07%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.36%) Bash
11 1 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (6.43%) Degree
2 13 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.14%) QA
2 7 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 4 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 7816
3 4 (1.43%) SLA
4 3 (1.07%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.36%) GDPR
System Software
1 22 (7.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 90 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.50%) OpenAI
3 5 (1.79%) Xamarin
4 3 (1.07%) Facebook
4 3 (1.07%) Splunk
5 2 (0.71%) Adyen
5 2 (0.71%) Google
6 1 (0.36%) Apple
6 1 (0.36%) Databricks
6 1 (0.36%) Sony
6 1 (0.36%) Yahoo!