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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 107 21
Rank change year-on-year +54 -86 +6
Permanent jobs citing C# 306 168 475
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.37% 3.24% 6.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.82% 9.29% 23.02%
Number of salaries quoted 272 136 347
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,185 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +20.77% -10.00%
75th Percentile £74,059 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -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 1,819 1,808 2,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.07% 34.87% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,401 695 1,249
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £42,500 £43,710
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £76,250 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 -31 144 £55,000 -15.38% 125
Cheshire +52 66 £65,000 +18.18% 20
Lancashire +47 59 £55,000 +29.77% 24
Merseyside -10 22 £60,000 -5.88% 22
Cumbria - 12 £47,500 - 3
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 23 (7.52%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.29%) CMS
3 5 (1.63%) IIS
4 4 (1.31%) WordPress
5 3 (0.98%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.65%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.65%) nginx
7 1 (0.33%) Kentico
7 1 (0.33%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.31%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.98%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.33%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 157 (51.31%) Azure
2 48 (15.69%) Azure DevOps
3 39 (12.75%) AWS
4 37 (12.09%) Power Automate
4 37 (12.09%) Power Platform
5 30 (9.80%) PowerApps
6 24 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (6.21%) Serverless
8 18 (5.88%) Azure AI
8 18 (5.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 18 (5.88%) Microsoft Copilot
9 17 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (5.56%) SaaS
10 14 (4.58%) GitHub
11 10 (3.27%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (2.61%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (2.61%) GitHub Copilot
14 7 (2.29%) Azure Functions
15 6 (1.96%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.31%) HTTP
2 3 (0.98%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.33%) Network Security
3 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (19.28%) SQL Server
2 41 (13.40%) Azure SQL Database
3 31 (10.13%) MongoDB
4 16 (5.23%) Power BI
5 14 (4.58%) MySQL
6 11 (3.59%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (3.27%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.96%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.31%) MariaDB
9 4 (1.31%) Spark SQL
9 4 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.65%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.33%) Redis
11 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (7.84%) Git
2 7 (2.29%) Claude Code
3 6 (1.96%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.63%) GitLab
5 4 (1.31%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.98%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.98%) JIRA
6 3 (0.98%) JUnit
6 3 (0.98%) NUnit
7 2 (0.65%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.65%) MSTest
7 2 (0.65%) Selenium
7 2 (0.65%) TestRail
7 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.33%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.33%) Gradle
8 1 (0.33%) Xcode
General
1 36 (11.76%) Social Skills
2 23 (7.52%) Finance
3 18 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.56%) Banking
5 11 (3.59%) Manufacturing
5 11 (3.59%) Public Sector
5 11 (3.59%) Retail
6 10 (3.27%) Legal
7 8 (2.61%) Marketing
8 7 (2.29%) Games
9 6 (1.96%) Advertising
9 6 (1.96%) Law
10 3 (0.98%) Health Technology
10 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.65%) Music Industry
12 1 (0.33%) Back Office
12 1 (0.33%) Electronics
12 1 (0.33%) Local Government
12 1 (0.33%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 190 (62.09%) Developer
2 76 (24.84%) Senior
3 67 (21.90%) .NET Developer
3 67 (21.90%) Software Developer
4 63 (20.59%) Senior Developer
5 43 (14.05%) C# Developer
6 40 (13.07%) Software Engineer
7 33 (10.78%) C# Software Developer
8 32 (10.46%) Senior C# Developer
9 31 (10.13%) Senior Software Developer
10 30 (9.80%) Lead
11 23 (7.52%) Senior C# Software Developer
12 19 (6.21%) Lead Developer
13 17 (5.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 15 (4.90%) C# Software Engineer
15 14 (4.58%) Microsoft 365 Developer
16 13 (4.25%) Graduate
17 12 (3.92%) Full-Stack Developer
18 10 (3.27%) .NET Software Developer
19 9 (2.94%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (59.80%) .NET
2 71 (23.20%) .NET Core
3 62 (20.26%) ASP.NET
4 54 (17.65%) HTML
5 50 (16.34%) CSS
6 49 (16.01%) React
7 41 (13.40%) ASP.NET Core
8 32 (10.46%) Entity Framework
9 31 (10.13%) AngularJS
10 29 (9.48%) REST
11 24 (7.84%) Node.js
11 24 (7.84%) Vue
12 23 (7.52%) ASP.NET Web API
13 21 (6.86%) RESTful
14 16 (5.23%) .NET Framework
14 16 (5.23%) Blazor
15 13 (4.25%) HTML5 Canvas
16 12 (3.92%) ML.NET
17 11 (3.59%) LINQ
17 11 (3.59%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.54%) Greenfield Project
2 19 (6.21%) Distributed Systems
2 19 (6.21%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (5.88%) Cloud Native
4 10 (3.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (2.94%) Mobile App
5 9 (2.94%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.96%) Social Network
6 6 (1.96%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.31%) Contactless
7 4 (1.31%) EMV
7 4 (1.31%) Java Card
7 4 (1.31%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.31%) Smartcard
8 3 (0.98%) AI Agents
8 3 (0.98%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (0.98%) Legacy Code
8 3 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.96%) Windows
2 4 (1.31%) Android
3 3 (0.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (31.05%) Agile
2 87 (28.43%) CI/CD
2 87 (28.43%) Software Engineering
3 85 (27.78%) Full-Stack Development
4 83 (27.12%) DevOps
5 66 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (19.61%) AI
7 58 (18.95%) Mentoring
8 53 (17.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (11.44%) Microservices
10 32 (10.46%) TDD
11 28 (9.15%) Business Intelligence
11 28 (9.15%) SDLC
12 24 (7.84%) Technical Leadership
13 23 (7.52%) API Integration
13 23 (7.52%) Code Quality
13 23 (7.52%) Translating Business Requirements
14 22 (7.19%) API Development
15 21 (6.86%) Test Automation
16 20 (6.54%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 102 (33.33%) SQL
2 94 (30.72%) JavaScript
3 32 (10.46%) Java
3 32 (10.46%) TypeScript
4 29 (9.48%) Python
5 20 (6.54%) C++
6 19 (6.21%) PHP
7 8 (2.61%) Go
8 6 (1.96%) C
9 4 (1.31%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.31%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.65%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.33%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.33%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 27 (8.82%) Degree
2 16 (5.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (2.94%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.29%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.65%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.82%) QA
2 8 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.31%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 4 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 7816
4 3 (0.98%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.98%) SLA
5 2 (0.65%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 23 (7.52%) Docker
2 1 (0.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (5.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 109 (35.62%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.94%) OpenAI
3 4 (1.31%) NEC
3 4 (1.31%) Xamarin
4 3 (0.98%) Facebook
4 3 (0.98%) Splunk
5 2 (0.65%) Google
5 2 (0.65%) HP
5 2 (0.65%) MuleSoft
5 2 (0.65%) Talend
6 1 (0.33%) Adyen
6 1 (0.33%) Apple
6 1 (0.33%) BeyondTrust
6 1 (0.33%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.33%) Databricks
6 1 (0.33%) Okta
6 1 (0.33%) Sony
6 1 (0.33%) TIBCO
6 1 (0.33%) Yahoo!