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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 113 13
Rank change year-on-year +48 -100 +21
Permanent jobs citing C# 253 166 898
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.29% 3.66% 9.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.39% 8.95% 30.95%
Number of salaries quoted 237 132 756
10th Percentile £39,500 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,313 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,890 £54,584
Median % change year-on-year +17.90% -6.77% -5.07%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,500 £77,500 £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 1,544 1,854 2,901
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.97% 40.84% 29.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,226 746 2,409
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 £69,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,125 £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 29 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 29 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 +6 128 £60,000 - 62
Cheshire +28 69 £60,000 +50.00% 3
Lancashire +45 35 £55,000 +8.08% 33
Merseyside -31 18 £45,000 +38.46% 7
Cumbria -14 3 £45,000 +7.78% 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 5 (1.98%) CMS
2 4 (1.58%) IIS
2 4 (1.58%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.58%) WordPress
3 3 (1.19%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (0.79%) nginx
5 1 (0.40%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 6 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.58%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.79%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 143 (56.52%) Azure
2 32 (12.65%) AWS
3 27 (10.67%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (10.28%) SaaS
5 19 (7.51%) Power Automate
5 19 (7.51%) Power Platform
6 18 (7.11%) Serverless
7 17 (6.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 17 (6.72%) Azure Logic Apps
8 15 (5.93%) PowerApps
9 14 (5.53%) Azure Functions
9 14 (5.53%) Dynamics 365
10 13 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (4.74%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (3.56%) Azure AKS
13 8 (3.16%) GitHub
14 6 (2.37%) Azure AI
15 4 (1.58%) Anthropic Claude
15 4 (1.58%) GCP
15 4 (1.58%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.19%) HTTPS
2 2 (0.79%) HTTP
2 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (28.06%) SQL Server
2 20 (7.91%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (6.72%) NoSQL
4 16 (6.32%) MongoDB
5 12 (4.74%) Power BI
6 9 (3.56%) MySQL
7 7 (2.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (2.37%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.79%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.40%) PostHog
11 1 (0.40%) Redis
Development Applications
1 16 (6.32%) Git
2 4 (1.58%) Claude Code
2 4 (1.58%) GitLab
2 4 (1.58%) JIRA
3 2 (0.79%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.79%) MSTest
3 2 (0.79%) NUnit
3 2 (0.79%) Selenium
3 2 (0.79%) TestRail
3 2 (0.79%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.40%) Postman
4 1 (0.40%) REST Assured
General
1 26 (10.28%) Finance
2 25 (9.88%) Social Skills
3 16 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (5.14%) Banking
5 10 (3.95%) Retail
6 8 (3.16%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.37%) Games
8 5 (1.98%) Law
8 5 (1.98%) Legal
8 5 (1.98%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.58%) Marketing
9 4 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.19%) Advertising
11 2 (0.79%) Local Government
12 1 (0.40%) Back Office
12 1 (0.40%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 151 (59.68%) Developer
2 72 (28.46%) Senior
3 69 (27.27%) Software Developer
4 54 (21.34%) C# Developer
5 52 (20.55%) Senior Developer
6 51 (20.16%) Software Engineer
7 49 (19.37%) .NET Developer
8 45 (17.79%) Lead
9 36 (14.23%) C# Software Developer
10 33 (13.04%) Senior Software Developer
11 29 (11.46%) Lead Developer
12 28 (11.07%) Senior C# Developer
13 20 (7.91%) Senior C# Software Developer
14 19 (7.51%) C# Software Engineer
15 18 (7.11%) Senior Software Engineer
16 13 (5.14%) Lead Software Developer
17 11 (4.35%) C# .NET Developer
17 11 (4.35%) Full-Stack Developer
18 10 (3.95%) .NET Software Developer
18 10 (3.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (64.03%) .NET
2 70 (27.67%) .NET Core
3 56 (22.13%) ASP.NET
4 31 (12.25%) .NET Framework
5 30 (11.86%) React
6 29 (11.46%) REST
7 23 (9.09%) CSS
8 22 (8.70%) HTML
9 18 (7.11%) Entity Framework
10 17 (6.72%) RESTful
11 15 (5.93%) ASP.NET Core
12 11 (4.35%) AngularJS
12 11 (4.35%) Vue
13 10 (3.95%) ASP.NET Web API
13 10 (3.95%) Node.js
14 8 (3.16%) Web Services
15 7 (2.77%) Blazor
16 6 (2.37%) ASP.NET MVC
17 5 (1.98%) LINQ
17 5 (1.98%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.30%) Cloud Native
2 20 (7.91%) Mobile App
3 14 (5.53%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (4.74%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.16%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (3.16%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.37%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.98%) Social Network
8 4 (1.58%) Contactless
8 4 (1.58%) EMV
8 4 (1.58%) Java Card
8 4 (1.58%) Smartcard
9 3 (1.19%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.19%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.19%) IoT
9 3 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.79%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.79%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.79%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.37%) Windows
2 5 (1.98%) Android
3 3 (1.19%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (29.64%) Software Engineering
2 73 (28.85%) CI/CD
3 72 (28.46%) Agile
4 54 (21.34%) DevOps
5 53 (20.95%) Full-Stack Development
6 42 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (16.21%) Mentoring
8 40 (15.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (15.81%) Microservices
9 35 (13.83%) TDD
10 28 (11.07%) AI
11 22 (8.70%) API Integration
12 20 (7.91%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (6.32%) API Development
13 16 (6.32%) Test Automation
14 15 (5.93%) Clean Code
14 15 (5.93%) Scrum
14 15 (5.93%) Technical Leadership
15 14 (5.53%) RAD
15 14 (5.53%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 87 (34.39%) SQL
2 45 (17.79%) JavaScript
3 17 (6.72%) Python
4 16 (6.32%) TypeScript
5 14 (5.53%) Java
6 13 (5.14%) C++
7 10 (3.95%) PHP
8 3 (1.19%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.19%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.40%) Bash
9 1 (0.40%) Go
9 1 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 16 (6.32%) Degree
2 12 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.93%) QA
2 4 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 14443
2 4 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 7816
2 4 (1.58%) SLA
3 1 (0.40%) GDPR
3 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 19 (7.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (6.32%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.16%) Terraform
3 1 (0.40%) Grafana
Vendors
1 66 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.37%) OpenAI
3 5 (1.98%) Xamarin
4 3 (1.19%) Splunk
5 2 (0.79%) Adyen
5 2 (0.79%) Facebook
5 2 (0.79%) Foundry
6 1 (0.40%) Databricks
6 1 (0.40%) Google