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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 81 29
Rank change year-on-year +30 -52 +2
Permanent jobs citing C# 286 90 421
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.82% 2.56% 5.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.38% 12.28% 21.48%
Number of salaries quoted 266 80 270
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,350 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 1,556 733 1,960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.34% 20.89% 25.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,137 498 1,229
10th Percentile £34,850 £29,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,617 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.81% +0.19% -3.85%

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 18 September 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in the South West

C#
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 18 September 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
Somerset +28 90 £50,000 -17.70% 12
Bristol -1 67 £57,000 +1.33% 38
Devon +11 60 £55,000 +71.88% 7
Dorset +11 30 £47,500 +2.70% 6
Wiltshire -11 19 £55,000 +29.41% 6
Gloucestershire -49 19 £52,500 - 21
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 8 (2.80%) Confluence
2 5 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.40%) WordPress
4 2 (0.70%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) JBoss
Applications
1 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 142 (49.65%) Azure
2 43 (15.03%) Power Platform
3 33 (11.54%) AWS
4 30 (10.49%) GitHub
5 29 (10.14%) Azure AI
6 27 (9.44%) GitHub Copilot
6 27 (9.44%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (8.04%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (5.24%) SaaS
9 6 (2.10%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.75%) GCP
10 5 (1.75%) Google Play
10 5 (1.75%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.05%) Figma
12 2 (0.70%) Azure API Management
12 2 (0.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 2 (0.70%) Snowflake
13 1 (0.35%) Anthropic Claude
13 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.10%) Internet
2 4 (1.40%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.35%) Modbus
3 1 (0.35%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (16.78%) SQL Server
2 41 (14.34%) MongoDB
3 38 (13.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 16 (5.59%) Power BI
5 13 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.45%) Geospatial Data
7 7 (2.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (2.10%) MySQL
9 4 (1.40%) OLAP
9 4 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.05%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.35%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.35%) Power Query
11 1 (0.35%) Redis
11 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.35%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 29 (10.14%) Git
2 18 (6.29%) JIRA
3 10 (3.50%) Visual Studio
4 9 (3.15%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.45%) MSI
5 7 (2.45%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.75%) NUnit
6 5 (1.75%) Postman
7 3 (1.05%) GitLab
7 3 (1.05%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (1.05%) SoapUI
7 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (1.05%) Subversion
7 3 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.70%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.70%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.70%) Selenium
8 2 (0.70%) TestRail
9 1 (0.35%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.35%) Vite
General
1 46 (16.08%) Social Skills
2 23 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (6.99%) Finance
4 13 (4.55%) Electronics
4 13 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (3.15%) Advertising
6 9 (3.15%) Aerospace
6 9 (3.15%) Marketing
7 8 (2.80%) Military
8 7 (2.45%) Games
8 7 (2.45%) Local Government
9 6 (2.10%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.75%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.40%) Aviation
12 3 (1.05%) Avionics
12 3 (1.05%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.70%) Banking
13 2 (0.70%) Law
13 2 (0.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 122 (42.66%) Developer
2 71 (24.83%) Software Engineer
3 57 (19.93%) Senior
4 54 (18.88%) .NET Developer
5 35 (12.24%) Software Developer
6 28 (9.79%) Lead
6 28 (9.79%) Senior Software Engineer
7 26 (9.09%) Architect
7 26 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
8 24 (8.39%) Senior Developer
9 20 (6.99%) Analyst
10 16 (5.59%) Team Leader
11 13 (4.55%) Graduate
12 12 (4.20%) Support Analyst
13 11 (3.85%) Support Team Leader
14 10 (3.50%) C# Software Engineer
14 10 (3.50%) Full-Stack Developer
15 9 (3.15%) Graduate Developer
15 9 (3.15%) Graduate Software Developer
15 9 (3.15%) Software Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (50.35%) .NET
2 72 (25.17%) .NET Core
3 55 (19.23%) ASP.NET
4 54 (18.88%) HTML
5 53 (18.53%) WPF
6 51 (17.83%) CSS
7 45 (15.73%) ASP.NET Core
8 43 (15.03%) .NET Framework
9 32 (11.19%) React
9 32 (11.19%) Vue
10 30 (10.49%) RESTful
11 28 (9.79%) AngularJS
12 26 (9.09%) Blazor
13 25 (8.74%) ML.NET
14 15 (5.24%) MFC
14 15 (5.24%) Node.js
15 14 (4.90%) Entity Framework
15 14 (4.90%) REST
15 14 (4.90%) XML
16 13 (4.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.84%) Legacy Systems
2 21 (7.34%) Cloud Native
3 15 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.85%) Mobile App
5 10 (3.50%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.80%) NHS
7 7 (2.45%) Driving Licence
8 6 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.10%) Robotics
8 6 (2.10%) Vector Graphics
9 5 (1.75%) Digital TV
9 5 (1.75%) iPhone
9 5 (1.75%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.40%) Embedded Systems
11 3 (1.05%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.05%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.05%) PKI
11 3 (1.05%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 41 (14.34%) Windows
2 14 (4.90%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.55%) Android
4 8 (2.80%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.45%) Linux
6 6 (2.10%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.05%) Unix
8 2 (0.70%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.35%) CentOS
9 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (38.46%) Agile
2 95 (33.22%) CI/CD
2 95 (33.22%) Software Engineering
3 72 (25.17%) AI
4 67 (23.43%) Full-Stack Development
5 61 (21.33%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (17.48%) Microservices
7 48 (16.78%) Mentoring
8 46 (16.08%) Machine Learning
9 42 (14.69%) DevOps
10 32 (11.19%) Software Architecture
11 30 (10.49%) LLM
11 30 (10.49%) Test Automation
12 24 (8.39%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (8.39%) SDLC
12 24 (8.39%) SOLID
13 22 (7.69%) Computer Science
14 21 (7.34%) Containerisation
15 20 (6.99%) Scrum
16 18 (6.29%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 131 (45.80%) SQL
2 72 (25.17%) JavaScript
3 60 (20.98%) Python
4 39 (13.64%) C++
5 26 (9.09%) TypeScript
6 23 (8.04%) Java
7 11 (3.85%) PHP
8 8 (2.80%) Bicep
8 8 (2.80%) T-SQL
9 6 (2.10%) C
10 4 (1.40%) COBOL
10 4 (1.40%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (1.05%) Ada
11 3 (1.05%) Ada 95
11 3 (1.05%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.05%) Rust
11 3 (1.05%) VB
11 3 (1.05%) VB.NET
11 3 (1.05%) VBA
12 2 (0.70%) XAML
Qualifications
1 34 (11.89%) Degree
2 23 (8.04%) Security Cleared
3 19 (6.64%) SC Cleared
4 18 (6.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.10%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.70%) HNC
7 2 (0.70%) HND
8 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.35%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.79%) QA
2 11 (3.85%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.80%) WCAG
4 7 (2.45%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.45%) NCSC
5 3 (1.05%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 50 (17.48%) Docker
2 2 (0.70%) Firmware
3 1 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 50 (17.48%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.05%) Ansible
Vendors
1 117 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.55%) Google
3 9 (3.15%) Facebook
4 2 (0.70%) Foundry
4 2 (0.70%) Keysight
4 2 (0.70%) OpenAI
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle
5 1 (0.35%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.35%) Cisco
5 1 (0.35%) TOWER Software