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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 106 21
Rank change year-on-year +57 -85 +9
Permanent jobs citing C# 302 169 515
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.42% 3.28% 6.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.92% 9.27% 24.88%
Number of salaries quoted 274 135 374
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,450 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £50,527
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +20.73% -12.13%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £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 1,785 1,824 2,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.30% 35.42% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,384 708 1,329
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £43,710
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,250 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,575 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.56% +2.40% -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 9 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 9 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 -17 150 £55,000 -15.38% 86
Cheshire +47 64 £65,000 +36.84% 19
Lancashire +48 55 £50,000 +17.97% 33
Merseyside -14 22 £49,000 -21.60% 10
Cumbria - 11 £47,500 - 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 23 (7.62%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.99%) CMS
3 5 (1.66%) IIS
4 4 (1.32%) WordPress
5 3 (0.99%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.66%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.66%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.32%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.99%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.33%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 160 (52.98%) Azure
2 48 (15.89%) Azure DevOps
3 44 (14.57%) AWS
4 38 (12.58%) Power Automate
5 37 (12.25%) Power Platform
6 30 (9.93%) PowerApps
7 25 (8.28%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (6.29%) Azure AI
9 18 (5.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 18 (5.96%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (5.63%) Microsoft Copilot
10 17 (5.63%) SaaS
10 17 (5.63%) Serverless
11 14 (4.64%) GitHub
12 10 (3.31%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (2.65%) GitHub Copilot
14 7 (2.32%) Amazon EC2
15 6 (1.99%) Azure Functions
15 6 (1.99%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.32%) HTTP
2 3 (0.99%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.33%) Network Security
3 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (19.54%) SQL Server
2 42 (13.91%) Azure SQL Database
3 32 (10.60%) MongoDB
4 16 (5.30%) Power BI
5 12 (3.97%) MySQL
6 11 (3.64%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (3.31%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.32%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.32%) Spark SQL
11 3 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.99%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.33%) Redis
12 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (7.28%) Git
2 6 (1.99%) Claude Code
2 6 (1.99%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.66%) GitLab
4 4 (1.32%) JIRA
5 3 (0.99%) NUnit
5 3 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.66%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.66%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.66%) JUnit
6 2 (0.66%) MSTest
6 2 (0.66%) Selenium
6 2 (0.66%) TestRail
6 2 (0.66%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.33%) Gradle
7 1 (0.33%) Postman
7 1 (0.33%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.33%) Xcode
General
1 39 (12.91%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.28%) Finance
3 17 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (4.97%) Banking
5 11 (3.64%) Public Sector
5 11 (3.64%) Retail
6 10 (3.31%) Legal
7 8 (2.65%) Marketing
8 7 (2.32%) Games
9 6 (1.99%) Advertising
9 6 (1.99%) Law
9 6 (1.99%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.99%) Health Technology
10 3 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.66%) Music Industry
12 1 (0.33%) Back Office
12 1 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.33%) Local Government
12 1 (0.33%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 186 (61.59%) Developer
2 68 (22.52%) Senior
3 64 (21.19%) .NET Developer
3 64 (21.19%) Software Developer
4 55 (18.21%) Senior Developer
5 47 (15.56%) C# Developer
6 42 (13.91%) Software Engineer
7 36 (11.92%) C# Software Developer
8 33 (10.93%) Lead
9 30 (9.93%) Senior C# Developer
10 26 (8.61%) Senior Software Developer
11 22 (7.28%) Senior C# Software Developer
12 19 (6.29%) Lead Developer
13 16 (5.30%) Graduate
14 14 (4.64%) C# Software Engineer
14 14 (4.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 13 (4.30%) Microsoft 365 Developer
16 10 (3.31%) Senior Software Engineer
17 9 (2.98%) Graduate Developer
17 9 (2.98%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (59.27%) .NET
2 67 (22.19%) .NET Core
3 65 (21.52%) ASP.NET
4 53 (17.55%) HTML
5 49 (16.23%) CSS
6 44 (14.57%) React
7 42 (13.91%) ASP.NET Core
8 32 (10.60%) Entity Framework
9 26 (8.61%) AngularJS
9 26 (8.61%) REST
10 24 (7.95%) Node.js
11 23 (7.62%) ASP.NET Web API
12 22 (7.28%) RESTful
13 21 (6.95%) Vue
14 17 (5.63%) Blazor
15 14 (4.64%) .NET Framework
16 13 (4.30%) HTML5 Canvas
16 13 (4.30%) ML.NET
17 11 (3.64%) LINQ
17 11 (3.64%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.29%) Cloud Native
1 19 (6.29%) Distributed Systems
1 19 (6.29%) Enterprise Software
1 19 (6.29%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (3.97%) Mobile App
3 10 (3.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (2.98%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.32%) Social Network
6 7 (2.32%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.32%) Contactless
7 4 (1.32%) EMV
7 4 (1.32%) Java Card
7 4 (1.32%) Smartcard
8 3 (0.99%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (0.99%) Legacy Code
8 3 (0.99%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.99%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.99%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.66%) Windows
2 4 (1.32%) Android
3 3 (0.99%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (32.45%) Agile
2 87 (28.81%) CI/CD
3 86 (28.48%) DevOps
4 83 (27.48%) Software Engineering
5 79 (26.16%) Full-Stack Development
6 64 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
7 57 (18.87%) Mentoring
8 56 (18.54%) AI
9 54 (17.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 38 (12.58%) Microservices
11 32 (10.60%) TDD
12 28 (9.27%) Business Intelligence
13 27 (8.94%) SDLC
14 25 (8.28%) Technical Leadership
14 25 (8.28%) Translating Business Requirements
15 23 (7.62%) API Integration
16 22 (7.28%) Event-Driven
17 21 (6.95%) API Development
17 21 (6.95%) Code Quality
17 21 (6.95%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 105 (34.77%) SQL
2 86 (28.48%) JavaScript
3 32 (10.60%) Java
4 30 (9.93%) Python
5 29 (9.60%) TypeScript
6 22 (7.28%) C++
6 22 (7.28%) PHP
7 8 (2.65%) Go
8 6 (1.99%) C
9 3 (0.99%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.99%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.33%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.33%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 26 (8.61%) Degree
2 15 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (2.32%) Security Cleared
4 6 (1.99%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.33%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.61%) QA
2 7 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.32%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 4 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 7816
4 3 (0.99%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.99%) SLA
5 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 23 (7.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (5.96%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 111 (36.75%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.65%) OpenAI
3 4 (1.32%) NEC
3 4 (1.32%) Xamarin
4 3 (0.99%) Facebook
4 3 (0.99%) Splunk
5 2 (0.66%) Google
5 2 (0.66%) MuleSoft
5 2 (0.66%) Talend
6 1 (0.33%) Adyen
6 1 (0.33%) Apple
6 1 (0.33%) Databricks
6 1 (0.33%) HP
6 1 (0.33%) Sony
6 1 (0.33%) TIBCO
6 1 (0.33%) Yahoo!