C# Job Trends in Northern Ireland

C#
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring C# skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 35 21
Rank change year-on-year +8 -14 -19
Permanent jobs citing C# 105 1 43
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 8.31% 0.34% 7.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 60.69% 2.17% 22.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 39
10th Percentile £54,125 - £42,500
25th Percentile £54,688 £77,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £80,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.44% +45.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,688 £82,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,375 - £67,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

All Programming Languages
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 173 46 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 13.70% 15.49% 33.16%
Number of salaries quoted 33 21 126
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,938
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C# relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

C# job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

C#
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing C#.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing C#

C#
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 25 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
County Antrim - 48 £61,250 - 7
County Down - 39 - -
County Armagh - 16 - -
Newry - 2 - -
County Tyrone - 2 - -
C#
UK

C#
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (0.95%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 48 (45.71%) SaaS
2 3 (2.86%) Azure
3 2 (1.90%) AWS
4 1 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.95%) Azure Functions
4 1 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.95%) PaaS
4 1 (0.95%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.95%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.95%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (0.95%) Visual Studio
General
1 99 (94.29%) Legal
2 50 (47.62%) Law
3 48 (45.71%) Social Skills
4 27 (25.71%) Legal Technology
5 2 (1.90%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.95%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 100 (95.24%) Senior
2 54 (51.43%) Developer
3 52 (49.52%) Senior Developer
4 47 (44.76%) Senior Manager
4 47 (44.76%) Testing Manager
5 4 (3.81%) Software Engineer
6 2 (1.90%) Software Developer
7 1 (0.95%) .NET Software Engineer
7 1 (0.95%) C# Software Engineer
7 1 (0.95%) C++ Software Engineer
7 1 (0.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 1 (0.95%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 1 (0.95%) Hardware Engineer
7 1 (0.95%) Integration Engineer
7 1 (0.95%) Lead
7 1 (0.95%) Lead Software Engineer
7 1 (0.95%) Principal Developer
7 1 (0.95%) Principal Software Developer
7 1 (0.95%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (0.95%) Software Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (51.43%) .NET
2 1 (0.95%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.95%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.95%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (0.95%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (0.95%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 1 (0.95%) Entity Framework
2 1 (0.95%) Vue
2 1 (0.95%) Web Services
2 1 (0.95%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 47 (44.76%) Virtual Team
2 1 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (0.95%) FPGA
2 1 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (0.95%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.90%) Linux
1 2 (1.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (96.19%) Continuous Improvement
2 99 (94.29%) Enterprise Architecture
2 99 (94.29%) Software Testing
2 99 (94.29%) Strategic Planning
3 79 (75.24%) Software Engineering
4 56 (53.33%) CI/CD
5 55 (52.38%) Agile
5 55 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (50.48%) Microservices
6 53 (50.48%) Software Architecture
7 52 (49.52%) Acceptance Criteria
7 52 (49.52%) API Development
7 52 (49.52%) Architectural Patterns
7 52 (49.52%) Data Governance
7 52 (49.52%) Information Security
7 52 (49.52%) Sprint Planning
7 52 (49.52%) Sprint Retrospective
7 52 (49.52%) Workflow
8 50 (47.62%) Business Strategy
8 50 (47.62%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 49 (46.67%) JavaScript
2 48 (45.71%) TypeScript
3 47 (44.76%) PowerShell
3 47 (44.76%) Python
4 2 (1.90%) C
4 2 (1.90%) C++
4 2 (1.90%) SQL
5 1 (0.95%) PHP
5 1 (0.95%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (0.95%) Degree
1 1 (0.95%) HND
1 1 (0.95%) SC Cleared
1 1 (0.95%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (94.29%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.95%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.95%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (0.95%) Microsoft
1 1 (0.95%) Workday