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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 97 16
Rank change year-on-year +46 -81 +22
Permanent jobs citing C# 287 186 901
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.58% 3.78% 8.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.25% 9.72% 28.77%
Number of salaries quoted 267 150 739
10th Percentile £38,750 £32,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,965 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,687 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.88% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,250 £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 1,664 1,913 3,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.97% 38.83% 28.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,316 798 2,485
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,213 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
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 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +11 149 £60,000 -4.00% 68
Cheshire +37 67 £65,000 +36.84% 9
Lancashire +50 44 £52,500 +16.82% 25
Merseyside -31 19 £45,000 +2.27% 7
Cumbria - 8 £46,250 - 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 11 (3.83%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.09%) CMS
3 4 (1.39%) IIS
3 4 (1.39%) WordPress
4 3 (1.05%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.70%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.70%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.39%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.70%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 157 (54.70%) Azure
2 43 (14.98%) AWS
3 40 (13.94%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (8.71%) Power Automate
5 24 (8.36%) Power Platform
5 24 (8.36%) SaaS
6 20 (6.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 20 (6.97%) PowerApps
7 18 (6.27%) Serverless
8 17 (5.92%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (5.57%) Azure AI
9 16 (5.57%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (5.23%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (4.18%) Azure Functions
11 12 (4.18%) GitHub
12 10 (3.48%) Azure Service Bus
12 10 (3.48%) Microsoft Copilot
13 7 (2.44%) Azure AKS
13 7 (2.44%) GitHub Copilot
14 5 (1.74%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.05%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.35%) HTTP
2 1 (0.35%) Network Security
2 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (20.21%) SQL Server
2 39 (13.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 29 (10.10%) MongoDB
4 13 (4.53%) NoSQL
4 13 (4.53%) Power BI
5 10 (3.48%) MySQL
6 9 (3.14%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (2.44%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.05%) MariaDB
8 3 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (5.92%) Git
2 6 (2.09%) Claude Code
3 4 (1.39%) GitLab
3 4 (1.39%) JIRA
4 2 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.70%) MSTest
4 2 (0.70%) NUnit
4 2 (0.70%) Selenium
4 2 (0.70%) TestRail
5 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.35%) Gradle
5 1 (0.35%) Postman
5 1 (0.35%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.35%) Xcode
General
1 34 (11.85%) Social Skills
2 28 (9.76%) Finance
3 16 (5.57%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.53%) Banking
4 13 (4.53%) Retail
5 8 (2.79%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.44%) Games
6 7 (2.44%) Law
6 7 (2.44%) Legal
7 6 (2.09%) Advertising
7 6 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.74%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.74%) Marketing
9 3 (1.05%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.35%) Back Office
10 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.35%) Legal Technology
10 1 (0.35%) Local Government
10 1 (0.35%) Music Industry
10 1 (0.35%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 166 (57.84%) Developer
2 65 (22.65%) Senior
3 62 (21.60%) .NET Developer
3 62 (21.60%) Software Developer
4 54 (18.82%) Software Engineer
5 53 (18.47%) C# Developer
6 46 (16.03%) Senior Developer
7 44 (15.33%) Lead
8 37 (12.89%) C# Software Developer
9 28 (9.76%) Lead Developer
10 27 (9.41%) Senior C# Developer
11 26 (9.06%) Senior Software Developer
12 21 (7.32%) C# Software Engineer
13 20 (6.97%) Senior C# Software Developer
14 16 (5.57%) Senior Software Engineer
15 13 (4.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 12 (4.18%) Lead Software Developer
17 11 (3.83%) C# .NET Developer
17 11 (3.83%) Graduate
18 10 (3.48%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (62.37%) .NET
2 75 (26.13%) .NET Core
3 63 (21.95%) ASP.NET
4 41 (14.29%) React
5 36 (12.54%) HTML
6 35 (12.20%) ASP.NET Core
6 35 (12.20%) CSS
7 28 (9.76%) REST
8 27 (9.41%) Entity Framework
9 24 (8.36%) RESTful
10 20 (6.97%) .NET Framework
10 20 (6.97%) AngularJS
11 19 (6.62%) ASP.NET Web API
12 17 (5.92%) Node.js
12 17 (5.92%) Vue
13 14 (4.88%) Blazor
14 12 (4.18%) ML.NET
15 10 (3.48%) LINQ
16 7 (2.44%) Web Services
17 6 (2.09%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.01%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.62%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (6.27%) Mobile App
4 16 (5.57%) Greenfield Project
5 15 (5.23%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.14%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.79%) Social Network
8 7 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (2.09%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.09%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.39%) Contactless
10 4 (1.39%) EMV
10 4 (1.39%) Java Card
10 4 (1.39%) Smartcard
11 3 (1.05%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.05%) IoT
11 3 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (1.05%) Legacy Code
12 2 (0.70%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.74%) Android
1 5 (1.74%) Windows
2 4 (1.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (32.06%) Software Engineering
2 89 (31.01%) Agile
3 86 (29.97%) CI/CD
4 73 (25.44%) DevOps
4 73 (25.44%) Full-Stack Development
5 55 (19.16%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (18.12%) Mentoring
7 50 (17.42%) AI
7 50 (17.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 44 (15.33%) Microservices
9 39 (13.59%) TDD
10 23 (8.01%) Technical Leadership
11 22 (7.67%) API Integration
11 22 (7.67%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (6.97%) SDLC
13 19 (6.62%) Test Automation
14 18 (6.27%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (6.27%) Translating Business Requirements
15 17 (5.92%) API Development
15 17 (5.92%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 103 (35.89%) SQL
2 62 (21.60%) JavaScript
3 24 (8.36%) Python
4 23 (8.01%) TypeScript
5 18 (6.27%) Java
6 14 (4.88%) C++
7 12 (4.18%) PHP
8 5 (1.74%) Go
9 3 (1.05%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.05%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.70%) C
11 1 (0.35%) Bash
11 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (5.92%) Degree
2 12 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.32%) QA
2 7 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 14443
3 4 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 7816
3 4 (1.39%) SLA
4 3 (1.05%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 22 (7.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (6.97%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 88 (30.66%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.44%) OpenAI
3 5 (1.74%) Xamarin
4 3 (1.05%) Facebook
4 3 (1.05%) Splunk
5 2 (0.70%) Adyen
5 2 (0.70%) Google
6 1 (0.35%) Apple
6 1 (0.35%) Databricks
6 1 (0.35%) Foundry
6 1 (0.35%) Sony
6 1 (0.35%) Yahoo!