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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 90 17
Rank change year-on-year +37 -73 +24
Permanent jobs citing C# 274 193 810
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.43% 3.75% 7.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.48% 9.98% 27.33%
Number of salaries quoted 256 154 654
10th Percentile £38,125 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,965 £42,500
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 1,663 1,933 2,964
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.75% 37.53% 28.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,303 819 2,301
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
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 13 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 13 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 +9 143 £57,500 -8.00% 78
Cheshire +33 58 £65,000 +44.44% 12
Lancashire +48 43 £50,000 +17.97% 26
Merseyside -29 21 £45,000 -7.22% 3
Cumbria - 9 £47,500 - 2
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 13 (4.74%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.19%) CMS
3 4 (1.46%) IIS
3 4 (1.46%) WordPress
4 3 (1.09%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.73%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.73%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.46%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.73%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 145 (52.92%) Azure
2 39 (14.23%) AWS
2 39 (14.23%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (9.85%) Power Automate
4 25 (9.12%) Power Platform
5 22 (8.03%) PowerApps
6 18 (6.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 18 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (6.57%) SaaS
7 16 (5.84%) Azure AI
7 16 (5.84%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (5.47%) Serverless
9 13 (4.74%) GitHub
10 12 (4.38%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (4.01%) Microsoft Copilot
12 9 (3.28%) Azure Functions
13 8 (2.92%) GitHub Copilot
14 7 (2.55%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (2.19%) Azure AKS
16 5 (1.82%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.09%) 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 (18.61%) SQL Server
2 42 (15.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 31 (11.31%) MongoDB
4 14 (5.11%) Power BI
5 12 (4.38%) NoSQL
6 11 (4.01%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (3.65%) MySQL
8 7 (2.55%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.09%) MariaDB
9 3 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (6.20%) Git
2 6 (2.19%) Claude Code
3 4 (1.46%) GitLab
3 4 (1.46%) JIRA
4 2 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.73%) MSTest
4 2 (0.73%) NUnit
4 2 (0.73%) Selenium
4 2 (0.73%) TestRail
4 2 (0.73%) 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 (12.77%) Social Skills
2 28 (10.22%) Finance
3 16 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (5.11%) Retail
5 13 (4.74%) Banking
6 7 (2.55%) Advertising
6 7 (2.55%) Games
6 7 (2.55%) Law
6 7 (2.55%) Legal
6 7 (2.55%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.19%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.82%) Marketing
9 3 (1.09%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.73%) 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
1 157 (57.30%) Developer
2 62 (22.63%) .NET Developer
3 59 (21.53%) Senior
4 53 (19.34%) Software Developer
5 51 (18.61%) Software Engineer
6 49 (17.88%) C# Developer
7 44 (16.06%) Senior Developer
8 35 (12.77%) C# Software Developer
8 35 (12.77%) Lead
9 27 (9.85%) Senior C# Developer
10 23 (8.39%) Senior Software Developer
11 20 (7.30%) Lead Developer
11 20 (7.30%) Senior C# Software Developer
12 18 (6.57%) C# Software Engineer
13 13 (4.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 12 (4.38%) Graduate
14 12 (4.38%) Senior Software Engineer
15 10 (3.65%) Analyst
16 9 (3.28%) Applications Developer
16 9 (3.28%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (60.22%) .NET
2 65 (23.72%) .NET Core
3 59 (21.53%) ASP.NET
4 40 (14.60%) HTML
5 39 (14.23%) ASP.NET Core
5 39 (14.23%) CSS
6 36 (13.14%) React
7 30 (10.95%) Entity Framework
8 24 (8.76%) RESTful
9 23 (8.39%) REST
10 21 (7.66%) ASP.NET Web API
11 19 (6.93%) AngularJS
11 19 (6.93%) Node.js
12 17 (6.20%) .NET Framework
13 16 (5.84%) Vue
14 14 (5.11%) Blazor
15 12 (4.38%) ML.NET
16 11 (4.01%) LINQ
17 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Graph
18 7 (2.55%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.03%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.57%) Distributed Systems
2 18 (6.57%) Greenfield Project
3 15 (5.47%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (5.47%) Mobile App
4 7 (2.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 7 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.55%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.55%) Social Network
4 7 (2.55%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.19%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.46%) Contactless
6 4 (1.46%) EMV
6 4 (1.46%) Java Card
6 4 (1.46%) Smartcard
7 3 (1.09%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.09%) IoT
7 3 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.09%) Legacy Code
8 2 (0.73%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.82%) Android
1 5 (1.82%) Windows
2 4 (1.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (31.39%) Agile
1 86 (31.39%) Software Engineering
2 82 (29.93%) CI/CD
3 72 (26.28%) DevOps
4 71 (25.91%) Full-Stack Development
5 56 (20.44%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (18.25%) AI
7 49 (17.88%) Mentoring
8 48 (17.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 40 (14.60%) Microservices
10 34 (12.41%) TDD
11 23 (8.39%) Business Intelligence
12 21 (7.66%) Technical Leadership
13 20 (7.30%) API Integration
14 19 (6.93%) SDLC
14 19 (6.93%) Test Automation
14 19 (6.93%) Translating Business Requirements
15 18 (6.57%) Stakeholder Management
16 17 (6.20%) API Development
16 17 (6.20%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 103 (37.59%) SQL
2 63 (22.99%) JavaScript
3 24 (8.76%) Python
3 24 (8.76%) TypeScript
4 18 (6.57%) Java
5 16 (5.84%) C++
6 13 (4.74%) PHP
7 5 (1.82%) Go
8 4 (1.46%) C
9 3 (1.09%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.09%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.36%) Bash
10 1 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (6.57%) Degree
2 13 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.30%) QA
2 7 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 4 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 7816
3 4 (1.46%) SLA
4 3 (1.09%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.36%) GDPR
System Software
1 21 (7.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (7.30%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 92 (33.58%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.55%) OpenAI
3 5 (1.82%) Xamarin
4 3 (1.09%) Facebook
4 3 (1.09%) Google
4 3 (1.09%) Splunk
5 2 (0.73%) Adyen
6 1 (0.36%) Apple
6 1 (0.36%) Databricks
6 1 (0.36%) Sony
6 1 (0.36%) Yahoo!