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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 107 15
Rank change year-on-year +56 -92 +22
Permanent jobs citing C# 272 175 971
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.49% 3.72% 8.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.75% 9.27% 30.34%
Number of salaries quoted 254 140 804
10th Percentile £38,750 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,125 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £77,125
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 1,624 1,888 3,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.89% 40.15% 28.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,293 776 2,583
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £35,000
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% -
75th Percentile £75,250 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +17 143 £60,000 - 44
Cheshire +39 67 £65,000 +48.57% 7
Lancashire +53 38 £55,000 +11.80% 22
Merseyside -32 18 £45,000 +17.65% 7
Cumbria - 6 £46,250 - 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 9 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.21%) CMS
3 4 (1.47%) IIS
3 4 (1.47%) WordPress
4 3 (1.10%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.74%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.74%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.47%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.74%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 146 (53.68%) Azure
2 41 (15.07%) AWS
3 34 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (8.46%) Power Automate
4 23 (8.46%) Power Platform
4 23 (8.46%) SaaS
5 19 (6.99%) PowerApps
6 18 (6.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 17 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (6.25%) Serverless
8 15 (5.51%) Azure Logic Apps
9 14 (5.15%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (4.04%) Azure Functions
11 10 (3.68%) Azure AI
11 10 (3.68%) GitHub
12 9 (3.31%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (2.57%) Azure AKS
13 7 (2.57%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (1.84%) Anthropic Claude
14 5 (1.84%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.10%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.37%) HTTP
2 1 (0.37%) Network Security
2 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (22.43%) SQL Server
2 30 (11.03%) Azure SQL Database
3 22 (8.09%) MongoDB
4 14 (5.15%) NoSQL
5 13 (4.78%) Power BI
6 10 (3.68%) MySQL
7 7 (2.57%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (2.57%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.10%) MariaDB
8 3 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (6.25%) Git
2 6 (2.21%) Claude Code
3 4 (1.47%) GitLab
3 4 (1.47%) JIRA
4 2 (0.74%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.74%) MSTest
4 2 (0.74%) NUnit
4 2 (0.74%) Selenium
4 2 (0.74%) TestRail
5 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.37%) Gradle
5 1 (0.37%) Postman
5 1 (0.37%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.37%) Xcode
General
1 31 (11.40%) Social Skills
2 28 (10.29%) Finance
3 16 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.78%) Banking
5 12 (4.41%) Retail
6 8 (2.94%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.57%) Games
8 5 (1.84%) Law
8 5 (1.84%) Legal
8 5 (1.84%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.84%) Marketing
8 5 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.47%) Advertising
10 2 (0.74%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.74%) Local Government
11 1 (0.37%) Back Office
11 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.37%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 157 (57.72%) Developer
2 66 (24.26%) Senior
3 64 (23.53%) Software Developer
4 55 (20.22%) .NET Developer
4 55 (20.22%) C# Developer
5 53 (19.49%) Software Engineer
6 47 (17.28%) Senior Developer
7 41 (15.07%) Lead
8 38 (13.97%) C# Software Developer
9 28 (10.29%) Senior C# Developer
9 28 (10.29%) Senior Software Developer
10 26 (9.56%) Lead Developer
11 20 (7.35%) C# Software Engineer
11 20 (7.35%) Senior C# Software Developer
12 17 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
13 13 (4.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 12 (4.41%) C# .NET Developer
15 11 (4.04%) .NET Software Developer
15 11 (4.04%) Lead Software Developer
16 10 (3.68%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (62.50%) .NET
2 72 (26.47%) .NET Core
3 58 (21.32%) ASP.NET
4 37 (13.60%) React
5 30 (11.03%) CSS
5 30 (11.03%) HTML
5 30 (11.03%) REST
6 26 (9.56%) ASP.NET Core
7 24 (8.82%) .NET Framework
8 23 (8.46%) Entity Framework
9 20 (7.35%) RESTful
10 17 (6.25%) AngularJS
11 16 (5.88%) ASP.NET Web API
12 15 (5.51%) Node.js
12 15 (5.51%) Vue
13 11 (4.04%) Blazor
14 8 (2.94%) LINQ
14 8 (2.94%) ML.NET
15 7 (2.57%) Web Services
16 6 (2.21%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.09%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.62%) Distributed Systems
2 18 (6.62%) Mobile App
3 14 (5.15%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (4.41%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (3.68%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.57%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.21%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.21%) Social Network
8 5 (1.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.47%) Contactless
9 4 (1.47%) EMV
9 4 (1.47%) Java Card
9 4 (1.47%) Smartcard
9 4 (1.47%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.10%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.10%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.10%) IoT
10 3 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (1.10%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.84%) Android
1 5 (1.84%) Windows
2 4 (1.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (30.88%) Software Engineering
2 80 (29.41%) Agile
2 80 (29.41%) CI/CD
3 65 (23.90%) DevOps
3 65 (23.90%) Full-Stack Development
4 50 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (17.65%) Mentoring
6 46 (16.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (15.81%) AI
8 42 (15.44%) Microservices
9 37 (13.60%) TDD
10 22 (8.09%) API Integration
10 22 (8.09%) Business Intelligence
11 20 (7.35%) Technical Leadership
12 18 (6.62%) Test Automation
13 17 (6.25%) SDLC
13 17 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
13 17 (6.25%) Translating Business Requirements
14 16 (5.88%) API Development
14 16 (5.88%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 94 (34.56%) SQL
2 55 (20.22%) JavaScript
3 22 (8.09%) Python
4 20 (7.35%) TypeScript
5 17 (6.25%) Java
6 13 (4.78%) C++
7 11 (4.04%) PHP
8 4 (1.47%) Go
9 3 (1.10%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.10%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.37%) Bash
10 1 (0.37%) C
10 1 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 17 (6.25%) Degree
2 12 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.99%) QA
2 6 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 4 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 7816
3 4 (1.47%) SLA
4 2 (0.74%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.37%) GDPR
System Software
1 20 (7.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 77 (28.31%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.57%) OpenAI
3 5 (1.84%) Xamarin
4 3 (1.10%) Facebook
4 3 (1.10%) Splunk
5 2 (0.74%) Adyen
5 2 (0.74%) Foundry
5 2 (0.74%) Google
6 1 (0.37%) Apple
6 1 (0.37%) Databricks
6 1 (0.37%) Sony
6 1 (0.37%) Yahoo!