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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 98 13
Rank change year-on-year +31 -85 +23
Permanent jobs citing C# 237 194 885
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.22% 4.14% 9.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.36% 10.18% 31.09%
Number of salaries quoted 224 162 748
10th Percentile £39,125 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,688 £41,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,988 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,150 £80,375
England median annual salary £60,509 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.91% +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 1,449 1,905 2,847
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.57% 40.62% 29.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,138 807 2,382
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £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 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £82,500
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 May 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 May 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 -5 124 £60,000 - 58
Cheshire +27 65 £55,000 +33.33% 16
Lancashire +41 30 £55,000 +8.08% 34
Merseyside -29 15 £45,000 +38.46% 7
Cumbria -19 3 £45,000 +5.88% 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 4 (1.69%) CMS
1 4 (1.69%) IIS
2 3 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.27%) WordPress
3 2 (0.84%) nginx
3 2 (0.84%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.42%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.69%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.84%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 135 (56.96%) Azure
2 29 (12.24%) AWS
3 25 (10.55%) SaaS
4 18 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (7.59%) Power Automate
4 18 (7.59%) Power Platform
5 16 (6.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 16 (6.75%) Azure Logic Apps
6 15 (6.33%) PowerApps
7 14 (5.91%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (5.49%) Serverless
9 12 (5.06%) Azure Functions
10 11 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (4.22%) Azure AKS
11 10 (4.22%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (2.53%) Azure AI
13 4 (1.69%) GCP
13 4 (1.69%) GitHub
13 4 (1.69%) Twilio
14 3 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.27%) HTTPS
2 2 (0.84%) HTTP
2 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (29.96%) SQL Server
2 17 (7.17%) NoSQL
3 15 (6.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (5.91%) MongoDB
5 11 (4.64%) Power BI
6 10 (4.22%) MySQL
7 7 (2.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (2.11%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.84%) PostHog
9 2 (0.84%) Redis
10 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.42%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (5.49%) Git
2 4 (1.69%) GitLab
3 3 (1.27%) JIRA
4 2 (0.84%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.84%) MSTest
4 2 (0.84%) NUnit
4 2 (0.84%) Selenium
4 2 (0.84%) TestRail
4 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.42%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.42%) Postman
5 1 (0.42%) REST Assured
General
1 22 (9.28%) Social Skills
2 20 (8.44%) Finance
3 14 (5.91%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.06%) Banking
5 9 (3.80%) Retail
6 7 (2.95%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.11%) Games
7 5 (2.11%) Law
7 5 (2.11%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.27%) Legal
9 3 (1.27%) Marketing
10 2 (0.84%) Advertising
10 2 (0.84%) Local Government
11 1 (0.42%) Back Office
11 1 (0.42%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 143 (60.34%) Developer
2 67 (28.27%) Senior
3 66 (27.85%) Software Developer
4 52 (21.94%) C# Developer
5 51 (21.52%) Senior Developer
6 48 (20.25%) Software Engineer
7 46 (19.41%) Lead
8 45 (18.99%) .NET Developer
9 33 (13.92%) C# Software Developer
9 33 (13.92%) Senior Software Developer
10 29 (12.24%) Lead Developer
11 27 (11.39%) Senior C# Developer
12 19 (8.02%) Senior C# Software Developer
13 18 (7.59%) C# Software Engineer
14 15 (6.33%) Senior Software Engineer
15 13 (5.49%) Lead Software Developer
16 11 (4.64%) Applications Developer
16 11 (4.64%) C# .NET Developer
17 10 (4.22%) Full-Stack Developer
17 10 (4.22%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (64.56%) .NET
2 67 (28.27%) .NET Core
3 55 (23.21%) ASP.NET
4 35 (14.77%) .NET Framework
5 27 (11.39%) React
6 23 (9.70%) REST
7 18 (7.59%) CSS
7 18 (7.59%) HTML
8 17 (7.17%) RESTful
9 15 (6.33%) Entity Framework
10 13 (5.49%) ASP.NET Core
11 10 (4.22%) AngularJS
12 9 (3.80%) ASP.NET Web API
12 9 (3.80%) Web Services
13 8 (3.38%) Vue
14 7 (2.95%) Node.js
15 5 (2.11%) ASP.NET MVC
15 5 (2.11%) LINQ
15 5 (2.11%) Razor View Engine
15 5 (2.11%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.86%) Cloud Native
2 19 (8.02%) Mobile App
3 12 (5.06%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (5.06%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (2.95%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.53%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.11%) Social Network
7 3 (1.27%) Contactless
7 3 (1.27%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.27%) EMV
7 3 (1.27%) Java Card
7 3 (1.27%) Smartcard
8 2 (0.84%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.84%) Digital Signage
8 2 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.84%) Legacy Code
8 2 (0.84%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.53%) Windows
2 5 (2.11%) Android
3 2 (0.84%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (29.11%) Agile
1 69 (29.11%) Software Engineering
2 62 (26.16%) CI/CD
3 47 (19.83%) Full-Stack Development
4 42 (17.72%) DevOps
5 40 (16.88%) Mentoring
6 39 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (16.46%) Microservices
7 36 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (14.35%) TDD
9 21 (8.86%) API Integration
10 19 (8.02%) AI
11 16 (6.75%) RAD
12 15 (6.33%) API Development
12 15 (6.33%) Business Intelligence
12 15 (6.33%) Clean Code
12 15 (6.33%) SOLID
12 15 (6.33%) Test Automation
13 14 (5.91%) Containerisation
13 14 (5.91%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 79 (33.33%) SQL
2 40 (16.88%) JavaScript
3 11 (4.64%) C++
3 11 (4.64%) Java
3 11 (4.64%) PHP
3 11 (4.64%) TypeScript
4 10 (4.22%) Python
5 2 (0.84%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.84%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.42%) Bash
6 1 (0.42%) Go
Qualifications
1 15 (6.33%) Degree
2 11 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.06%) QA
2 4 (1.69%) SLA
3 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 7816
4 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.42%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 19 (8.02%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (6.33%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.38%) Terraform
3 2 (0.84%) Grafana
Vendors
1 60 (25.32%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.11%) Xamarin
3 4 (1.69%) OpenAI
4 3 (1.27%) Splunk
5 2 (0.84%) Adyen
5 2 (0.84%) Facebook
5 2 (0.84%) Foundry
6 1 (0.42%) Google