C# Job Trends in the South West

C#
England > South West

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 65 23
Rank change year-on-year +6 -42 +8
Permanent jobs citing C# 195 108 723
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.55% 3.94% 7.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.46% 12.93% 24.32%
Number of salaries quoted 185 90 635
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,688 £64,750
90th Percentile £66,250 £77,625 £72,473
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

All Programming Languages
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,185 835 2,973
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.50% 30.50% 30.31%
Number of salaries quoted 785 564 2,388
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,635 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £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 South West

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

C# job vacancy trend in the South West

C#
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing C#.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing C#

C#
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# in the South West over the 6 months to 6 June 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the South West region over the 6 months to 6 June 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
Bristol -1 64 £56,500 +0.44% 32
Somerset +2 54 £46,392 -33.73% 15
Devon -1 47 £55,000 +2.33% 12
Dorset -7 13 £50,000 +5.26% 10
Wiltshire -18 10 £60,000 +4.35% 3
Gloucestershire -28 7 £52,500 +6.06% 6
C#
England

C#
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 4 (2.05%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.54%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 79 (40.51%) Azure
2 23 (11.79%) SaaS
3 19 (9.74%) Power Platform
4 17 (8.72%) AWS
5 15 (7.69%) GitHub
6 14 (7.18%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (6.15%) Azure AKS
9 9 (4.62%) GitHub Copilot
10 7 (3.59%) Azure AI
11 6 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (2.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (2.05%) GCP
12 4 (2.05%) Power Automate
12 4 (2.05%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.05%) Serverless
13 3 (1.54%) Azure Functions
14 2 (1.03%) Azure API Management
14 2 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (1.03%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.03%) Internet
2 1 (0.51%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.51%) Modbus
2 1 (0.51%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (24.62%) SQL Server
2 16 (8.21%) MongoDB
3 13 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (3.08%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (2.56%) Power BI
6 3 (1.54%) MySQL
6 3 (1.54%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.51%) CockroachDB
8 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.51%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (5.64%) Git
2 5 (2.56%) JIRA
3 4 (2.05%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.05%) Postman
3 4 (2.05%) SoapUI
4 3 (1.54%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.54%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (1.03%) Burp Suite
5 2 (1.03%) Metasploit
5 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (1.03%) TestRail
5 2 (1.03%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.51%) GitLab
6 1 (0.51%) JUnit
6 1 (0.51%) NUnit
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.51%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.51%) TestNG
6 1 (0.51%) Vite
General
1 29 (14.87%) Social Skills
2 7 (3.59%) Finance
3 6 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (3.08%) Electronics
4 5 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (2.05%) Local Government
6 3 (1.54%) Aerospace
6 3 (1.54%) Games
7 2 (1.03%) Advertising
7 2 (1.03%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.03%) Marketing
7 2 (1.03%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.03%) Retail
7 2 (1.03%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.51%) Aviation
8 1 (0.51%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 92 (47.18%) Developer
2 61 (31.28%) Software Engineer
3 51 (26.15%) Senior
4 38 (19.49%) Software Developer
5 36 (18.46%) .NET Developer
6 29 (14.87%) Senior Software Engineer
7 22 (11.28%) Senior Developer
8 17 (8.72%) .NET Software Engineer
9 13 (6.67%) Architect
9 13 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (6.15%) Analyst
11 11 (5.64%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
12 10 (5.13%) .NET Software Developer
12 10 (5.13%) C# Developer
13 9 (4.62%) Full-Stack Developer
14 8 (4.10%) Backend Developer
14 8 (4.10%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
15 7 (3.59%) C# Software Engineer
15 7 (3.59%) Graduate Developer
15 7 (3.59%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (54.36%) .NET
2 54 (27.69%) .NET Core
3 41 (21.03%) ASP.NET
4 31 (15.90%) .NET Framework
4 31 (15.90%) HTML
5 28 (14.36%) WPF
6 27 (13.85%) CSS
7 23 (11.79%) REST
8 22 (11.28%) Entity Framework
9 21 (10.77%) ASP.NET Core
10 20 (10.26%) React
10 20 (10.26%) RESTful
10 20 (10.26%) Vue
11 19 (9.74%) AngularJS
12 11 (5.64%) Blazor
12 11 (5.64%) Dapper ORM
13 9 (4.62%) Node.js
14 8 (4.10%) OpenGL
15 7 (3.59%) ML.NET
15 7 (3.59%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.15%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (5.13%) Cloud Native
3 9 (4.62%) Mobile App
4 7 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.08%) Vector Graphics
6 5 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.05%) NHS
8 3 (1.54%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.54%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.03%) Digital TV
9 2 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.03%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.03%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.51%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.51%) iPhone
10 1 (0.51%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.51%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.26%) Windows
2 7 (3.59%) Android
2 7 (3.59%) Apple iOS
2 7 (3.59%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.08%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.03%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.51%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (38.46%) Software Engineering
2 65 (33.33%) Agile
3 55 (28.21%) CI/CD
4 33 (16.92%) Full-Stack Development
5 31 (15.90%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (14.36%) Containerisation
7 24 (12.31%) Mentoring
8 23 (11.79%) AI
8 23 (11.79%) DevOps
8 23 (11.79%) Microservices
9 22 (11.28%) Computer Science
10 19 (9.74%) Test Automation
11 15 (7.69%) Machine Learning
12 14 (7.18%) Clean Code
12 14 (7.18%) LLM
12 14 (7.18%) MVC
13 13 (6.67%) API Design
13 13 (6.67%) Scrum
14 12 (6.15%) API Integration
14 12 (6.15%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 64 (32.82%) SQL
2 51 (26.15%) JavaScript
3 31 (15.90%) Python
4 28 (14.36%) TypeScript
5 18 (9.23%) C++
6 13 (6.67%) Java
7 5 (2.56%) PHP
8 3 (1.54%) Bash
8 3 (1.54%) Go
8 3 (1.54%) VB
8 3 (1.54%) VB.NET
8 3 (1.54%) VBA
9 2 (1.03%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.03%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.51%) C
10 1 (0.51%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (14.87%) Degree
2 19 (9.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (8.21%) Security Cleared
4 8 (4.10%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.54%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.03%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.51%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.18%) QA
2 5 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 43 (22.05%) Docker
2 2 (1.03%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.03%) Firmware
3 1 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 40 (20.51%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.54%) Terraform
3 2 (1.03%) Nmap
4 1 (0.51%) Ansible
Vendors
1 45 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.05%) Google
3 2 (1.03%) Facebook
3 2 (1.03%) MuleSoft
3 2 (1.03%) Oracle
4 1 (0.51%) Splunk
4 1 (0.51%) TOWER Software