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 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 36 29
Rank change year-on-year +9 -7 -27
Permanent jobs citing C# 116 2 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 8.49% 0.66% 5.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 57.71% 4.55% 18.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 25
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,525 £46,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,688 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.31% -7.08% +20.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £69,000 £77,575 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +6.84% -6.40%

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 201 44 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 14.71% 14.57% 29.50%
Number of salaries quoted 39 21 103
10th Percentile £39,000 £41,257 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% +12.00%
75th Percentile £79,375 £65,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £91,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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#
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 23 August 2026.

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 23 August 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 - 56 £50,000 - 5
County Down - 42 - -
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:

Cloud Services
1 54 (46.55%) SaaS
2 2 (1.72%) Azure
3 1 (0.86%) AWS
3 1 (0.86%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.86%) Relational Database
General
1 111 (95.69%) Legal
2 54 (46.55%) Social Skills
3 50 (43.10%) Law
4 27 (23.28%) Legal Technology
5 1 (0.86%) Aerospace
5 1 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 112 (96.55%) Senior
2 59 (50.86%) Developer
3 58 (50.00%) Senior Developer
4 53 (45.69%) Senior Manager
4 53 (45.69%) Testing Manager
5 4 (3.45%) Software Engineer
6 1 (0.86%) .NET Software Engineer
6 1 (0.86%) C# Software Engineer
6 1 (0.86%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (0.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 1 (0.86%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 1 (0.86%) Hardware Engineer
6 1 (0.86%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (0.86%) Lead
6 1 (0.86%) Lead Software Engineer
6 1 (0.86%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (0.86%) Software Developer
6 1 (0.86%) Software Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (51.72%) .NET
2 1 (0.86%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.86%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (0.86%) Vue
2 1 (0.86%) WCF
2 1 (0.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 53 (45.69%) Virtual Team
2 1 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (0.86%) FPGA
2 1 (0.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.72%) Linux
1 2 (1.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (96.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 111 (95.69%) Enterprise Architecture
2 111 (95.69%) Software Testing
2 111 (95.69%) Strategic Planning
3 84 (72.41%) Software Engineering
4 61 (52.59%) CI/CD
5 60 (51.72%) Problem-Solving
6 59 (50.86%) Agile
6 59 (50.86%) Microservices
6 59 (50.86%) Software Architecture
7 58 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
7 58 (50.00%) API Development
7 58 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
7 58 (50.00%) Data Governance
7 58 (50.00%) Information Security
7 58 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
7 58 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
7 58 (50.00%) Workflow
8 55 (47.41%) Test Automation
9 53 (45.69%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (46.55%) JavaScript
2 53 (45.69%) PowerShell
2 53 (45.69%) Python
2 53 (45.69%) TypeScript
3 3 (2.59%) C
4 2 (1.72%) C++
4 2 (1.72%) SQL
5 1 (0.86%) Java
5 1 (0.86%) PHP
5 1 (0.86%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (0.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (95.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.86%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.86%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (0.86%) Microsoft
1 1 (0.86%) Workday