Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 25 September 2021

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for C# skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C# over the 6 months to 25 September 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

C#
UK > Northern Ireland
6 months to
25 Sep 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 4 2 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -2
Permanent jobs citing C# 178 92 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 24.45% 27.79% 17.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.12% 38.82% 27.86%
Number of salaries quoted 107 29 74
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,950 £24,300
25th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £56,750 £60,000 £60,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

C# is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
Northern Ireland
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 455 237 359
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 62.50% 71.60% 64.45%
Number of salaries quoted 258 93 251
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,063 £35,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,125 £60,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for C# in Northern Ireland

C#
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C# in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for C# in Northern Ireland

C#
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 25 September 2021.

Salary histogram for C# in Northern Ireland

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 September 2021. 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
Job
Vacancies
County Antrim -2 148 £37,500 -11.76% 14
County Londonderry +2 17 £32,500 -2.99% 1
County Armagh - 6 £30,000 - 1
County Tyrone - 3 £32,500 -
County Down - 1 - -
C#
UK

For the 6 months to 25 September 2021, IT jobs citing C# also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Northern Ireland region with a requirement for C#.

1 145 (81.46%) .NET
2 100 (56.18%) Java
3 98 (55.06%) Agile Software Development
4 84 (47.19%) Software Engineering
5 83 (46.63%) SQL
6 75 (42.13%) BDD
7 70 (39.33%) Scrum
8 63 (35.39%) TDD
9 57 (32.02%) AngularJS
10 56 (31.46%) Node.js
11 53 (29.78%) MongoDB
11 53 (29.78%) Mentoring
12 52 (29.21%) OO
13 50 (28.09%) SC Cleared
13 50 (28.09%) Security Cleared
13 50 (28.09%) Public Sector
14 49 (27.53%) Spring
14 49 (27.53%) Hibernate
15 48 (26.97%) Change Control
16 44 (24.72%) Fintech
17 39 (21.91%) JavaScript
18 36 (20.22%) User Stories
19 32 (17.98%) Python
20 30 (16.85%) Microsoft
21 27 (15.17%) MVC
22 26 (14.61%) SQL Server
22 26 (14.61%) Computer Science
23 25 (14.04%) Coaching
24 22 (12.36%) SDLC
24 22 (12.36%) Azure

C#
Co-occurring IT Skills in Northern Ireland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (7.87%) CMS
1 14 (7.87%) Kentico
1 14 (7.87%) Umbraco
2 1 (0.56%) MS Exchange
Cloud Services
1 22 (12.36%) Azure
2 5 (2.81%) AWS
3 1 (0.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (29.78%) MongoDB
2 26 (14.61%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.25%) MySQL
3 4 (2.25%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.12%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (5.62%) JIRA
2 9 (5.06%) Selenium
3 8 (4.49%) Git (software)
4 6 (3.37%) Appium
4 6 (3.37%) Postman
4 6 (3.37%) SoapUI
5 3 (1.69%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.69%) SpecFlow
5 3 (1.69%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.56%) Ranorex
General
1 50 (28.09%) Public Sector
2 9 (5.06%) Finance
3 7 (3.93%) Manufacturing
4 6 (3.37%) Electronics
5 3 (1.69%) Social Skills
6 2 (1.12%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 103 (57.87%) Developer
2 85 (47.75%) Software Developer
3 51 (28.65%) Software Engineer
4 33 (18.54%) Senior Developer
4 33 (18.54%) Senior Software Developer
5 21 (11.80%) .NET Developer
6 18 (10.11%) .NET Software Developer
7 5 (2.81%) QA Engineer
8 4 (2.25%) Backend Developer
8 4 (2.25%) C# Software Engineer
8 4 (2.25%) Mobile Developer
9 3 (1.69%) Lead Developer
9 3 (1.69%) Lead Software Developer
9 3 (1.69%) Software Team Leader
9 3 (1.69%) Software Test Engineer
9 3 (1.69%) Software Tester
9 3 (1.69%) Team Leader
9 3 (1.69%) Test Engineer
9 3 (1.69%) Tester
10 2 (1.12%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (81.46%) .NET
2 57 (32.02%) AngularJS
3 56 (31.46%) Node.js
4 49 (27.53%) Hibernate
4 49 (27.53%) Spring
5 19 (10.67%) ASP.NET
6 17 (9.55%) .NET Framework
7 15 (8.43%) Web Services
8 14 (7.87%) CSS
9 12 (6.74%) HTML
10 8 (4.49%) Entity Framework
11 7 (3.93%) ASP.NET MVC
11 7 (3.93%) jQuery
12 6 (3.37%) ASP.NET Web API
13 5 (2.81%) .NET Core
14 4 (2.25%) REST
14 4 (2.25%) WCF
15 3 (1.69%) KnockoutJS
16 2 (1.12%) JSON
16 2 (1.12%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.24%) Data Centre
2 12 (6.74%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.49%) Internet of Things
4 7 (3.93%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (2.81%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.11%) Linux
2 16 (8.99%) Windows
3 5 (2.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (55.06%) Agile Software Development
2 84 (47.19%) Software Engineering
3 75 (42.13%) BDD
4 70 (39.33%) Scrum
5 63 (35.39%) TDD
6 53 (29.78%) Mentoring
7 52 (29.21%) OO
8 48 (26.97%) Change Control
9 44 (24.72%) Fintech
10 36 (20.22%) User Stories
11 27 (15.17%) MVC
12 26 (14.61%) Computer Science
13 25 (14.04%) Coaching
14 22 (12.36%) SDLC
15 20 (11.24%) Refactoring
15 20 (11.24%) Software Deployment
16 18 (10.11%) Web Development
17 14 (7.87%) Clean Code
18 13 (7.30%) SOA
18 13 (7.30%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 100 (56.18%) Java
2 83 (46.63%) SQL
3 39 (21.91%) JavaScript
4 32 (17.98%) Python
5 12 (6.74%) Go
5 12 (6.74%) Ruby
6 8 (4.49%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.81%) C++
8 3 (1.69%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (28.09%) SC Cleared
1 50 (28.09%) Security Cleared
2 7 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.81%) ISTQB
4 3 (1.69%) Degree
5 2 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.12%) HNC
5 2 (1.12%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.62%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (3.93%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (16.85%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.49%) Xamarin
3 5 (2.81%) Red Hat
4 3 (1.69%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.12%) Salesforce.com
5 2 (1.12%) Sun