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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 32 15
Rank change year-on-year -32 -17 +9
Permanent jobs citing C# 185 246 761
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.25% 6.17% 9.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.84% 20.64% 29.13%
Number of salaries quoted 178 201 669
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £40,620 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £50,890 £54,169
Median % change year-on-year +21.83% -6.05% -5.79%
75th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,250 £83,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 1,037 1,192 2,612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.61% 29.92% 32.54%
Number of salaries quoted 847 856 2,241
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £74,283 £72,777 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 15 March 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 15 March 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 -13 129 £65,000 +8.33% 57
Cheshire -27 40 £55,000 +10.00% 13
Lancashire -8 11 £55,000 +8.08% 31
Merseyside -42 5 £45,000 +38.46% 4
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 2 (1.08%) nginx
2 1 (0.54%) CMS
2 1 (0.54%) Headless CMS
2 1 (0.54%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.54%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 113 (61.08%) Azure
2 32 (17.30%) SaaS
3 26 (14.05%) AWS
4 13 (7.03%) Azure Functions
4 13 (7.03%) Serverless
5 12 (6.49%) Azure AKS
5 12 (6.49%) Azure Logic Apps
6 11 (5.95%) Power Platform
7 10 (5.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 10 (5.41%) Azure Service Bus
8 8 (4.32%) Power Automate
8 8 (4.32%) PowerApps
9 6 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (2.16%) Azure AI
11 4 (2.16%) Twilio
12 2 (1.08%) Azure Cognitive Services
12 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (1.08%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.16%) HTTP
2 3 (1.62%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (29.19%) SQL Server
2 25 (13.51%) NoSQL
3 12 (6.49%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.32%) MySQL
5 7 (3.78%) Power BI
6 3 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.08%) PostHog
7 2 (1.08%) Redis
8 1 (0.54%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.32%) Git
2 3 (1.62%) Selenium
2 3 (1.62%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.54%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.54%) GitLab
4 1 (0.54%) JIRA
4 1 (0.54%) NUnit
4 1 (0.54%) Postman
4 1 (0.54%) REST Assured
General
1 15 (8.11%) Social Skills
2 10 (5.41%) Manufacturing
3 7 (3.78%) Finance
3 7 (3.78%) Public Sector
4 6 (3.24%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.62%) Legal
5 3 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (1.62%) Retail
6 2 (1.08%) Games
6 2 (1.08%) Law
6 2 (1.08%) Local Government
6 2 (1.08%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.54%) Advertising
7 1 (0.54%) Electronics
7 1 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.54%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 106 (57.30%) Developer
2 55 (29.73%) Lead
3 53 (28.65%) Senior
4 47 (25.41%) Software Developer
5 39 (21.08%) Software Engineer
6 37 (20.00%) .NET Developer
6 37 (20.00%) Senior Developer
7 31 (16.76%) Lead Developer
8 21 (11.35%) Senior Software Developer
9 20 (10.81%) C# Developer
10 13 (7.03%) Lead Software Developer
10 13 (7.03%) Senior Software Engineer
11 12 (6.49%) Senior .NET Developer
12 10 (5.41%) .NET Software Engineer
13 9 (4.86%) Full-Stack Developer
13 9 (4.86%) Lead Software Engineer
14 8 (4.32%) Azure Developer
14 8 (4.32%) C# Software Engineer
15 7 (3.78%) C# Software Developer
15 7 (3.78%) Lead .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (78.38%) .NET
2 65 (35.14%) .NET Core
3 43 (23.24%) ASP.NET
4 40 (21.62%) .NET Framework
5 32 (17.30%) React
6 23 (12.43%) RESTful
7 15 (8.11%) REST
8 13 (7.03%) CSS
8 13 (7.03%) HTML
9 9 (4.86%) AngularJS
10 8 (4.32%) ASP.NET Core
11 7 (3.78%) ASP.NET Web API
12 6 (3.24%) Vue
12 6 (3.24%) Web Services
13 5 (2.70%) Akka
13 5 (2.70%) Akka.NET
13 5 (2.70%) CSS3
13 5 (2.70%) HTML5
13 5 (2.70%) Razor View Engine
14 4 (2.16%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.05%) Cloud Native
2 14 (7.57%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (7.57%) Mobile App
3 10 (5.41%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.78%) Distributed Computing
4 7 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.62%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.62%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.08%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.08%) Clustering
7 2 (1.08%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.08%) IoT
7 2 (1.08%) Smart City
7 2 (1.08%) Social Network
8 1 (0.54%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.16%) Windows
2 2 (1.08%) Linux
3 1 (0.54%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (40.54%) Agile
2 61 (32.97%) CI/CD
3 60 (32.43%) Software Engineering
4 48 (25.95%) Microservices
5 34 (18.38%) DevOps
6 31 (16.76%) Full-Stack Development
7 30 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (14.59%) Mentoring
9 26 (14.05%) TDD
10 25 (13.51%) Clean Code
10 25 (13.51%) Containerisation
11 20 (10.81%) Scrum
12 19 (10.27%) Technical Leadership
13 18 (9.73%) RAD
14 17 (9.19%) User Experience
15 15 (8.11%) Performance Tuning
15 15 (8.11%) Software Architecture
15 15 (8.11%) SOLID
16 14 (7.57%) Design Patterns
16 14 (7.57%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 57 (30.81%) SQL
2 26 (14.05%) JavaScript
3 22 (11.89%) TypeScript
4 6 (3.24%) Python
5 5 (2.70%) Java
6 4 (2.16%) PHP
7 3 (1.62%) C++
7 3 (1.62%) Erlang
8 2 (1.08%) Go
9 1 (0.54%) Bash
9 1 (0.54%) Rust
9 1 (0.54%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (3.78%) Degree
2 2 (1.08%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
3 1 (0.54%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.41%) QA
2 1 (0.54%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (9.19%) Docker
2 2 (1.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (11.35%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.70%) Terraform
3 2 (1.08%) Grafana
Vendors
1 45 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.08%) Aderant
2 2 (1.08%) Foundry
3 1 (0.54%) Adyen
3 1 (0.54%) Atlassian
3 1 (0.54%) Databricks
3 1 (0.54%) Google
3 1 (0.54%) iManage
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle
3 1 (0.54%) SAP
3 1 (0.54%) Xamarin