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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 79 31
Rank change year-on-year +26 -48 +1
Permanent jobs citing C# 283 90 417
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.83% 2.59% 5.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.33% 12.53% 21.36%
Number of salaries quoted 264 81 274
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £64,750
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 1,544 718 1,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.43% 20.66% 26.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,129 482 1,251
10th Percentile £34,925 £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 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.36% +1.60% -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 15 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 15 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 +24 89 £50,000 -17.70% 10
Bristol -8 65 £57,000 +4.11% 51
Devon +16 59 £55,000 +71.88% 11
Dorset +15 30 £47,500 +2.70% 6
Gloucestershire -50 20 £52,500 - 36
Wiltshire -14 19 £55,000 +23.60% 5
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 (2.83%) Confluence
2 4 (1.41%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.41%) WordPress
3 2 (0.71%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.35%) Apache
4 1 (0.35%) JBoss
Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 139 (49.12%) Azure
2 42 (14.84%) Power Platform
3 33 (11.66%) AWS
4 30 (10.60%) GitHub
5 27 (9.54%) Azure AI
5 27 (9.54%) GitHub Copilot
6 26 (9.19%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (8.13%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (5.30%) SaaS
9 5 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.77%) GCP
9 5 (1.77%) Google Play
9 5 (1.77%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.41%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.06%) Figma
12 2 (0.71%) Azure API Management
12 2 (0.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 1 (0.35%) Anthropic Claude
13 1 (0.35%) GitHub Actions
13 1 (0.35%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.12%) Internet
2 4 (1.41%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.35%) Modbus
3 1 (0.35%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (16.61%) SQL Server
2 41 (14.49%) MongoDB
3 38 (13.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (5.30%) Power BI
5 13 (4.59%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.47%) Geospatial Data
7 7 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (2.12%) MySQL
9 4 (1.41%) OLAP
9 4 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.71%) 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 28 (9.89%) Git
2 18 (6.36%) JIRA
3 10 (3.53%) Visual Studio
4 8 (2.83%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.47%) MSI
5 7 (2.47%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.77%) NUnit
6 5 (1.77%) Postman
7 3 (1.06%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (1.06%) SoapUI
7 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.71%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.71%) GitLab
8 2 (0.71%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.71%) Selenium
8 2 (0.71%) Subversion
8 2 (0.71%) TestRail
9 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.35%) Maven
General
1 43 (15.19%) Social Skills
2 23 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (6.71%) Finance
4 13 (4.59%) Electronics
4 13 (4.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (3.18%) Advertising
6 9 (3.18%) Aerospace
6 9 (3.18%) Marketing
7 8 (2.83%) Military
8 7 (2.47%) Local Government
9 6 (2.12%) Games
9 6 (2.12%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.77%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.41%) Aviation
12 3 (1.06%) Avionics
12 3 (1.06%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.71%) Banking
13 2 (0.71%) Law
13 2 (0.71%) Retail
Job Titles
1 121 (42.76%) Developer
2 72 (25.44%) Software Engineer
3 56 (19.79%) Senior
4 54 (19.08%) .NET Developer
5 34 (12.01%) Software Developer
6 28 (9.89%) Senior Software Engineer
7 26 (9.19%) Architect
7 26 (9.19%) Lead
7 26 (9.19%) Solutions Architect
8 24 (8.48%) Senior Developer
9 20 (7.07%) Analyst
10 15 (5.30%) Team Leader
11 13 (4.59%) Graduate
12 12 (4.24%) Support Analyst
13 11 (3.89%) Support Team Leader
14 10 (3.53%) C# Software Engineer
14 10 (3.53%) Full-Stack Developer
15 9 (3.18%) Graduate Developer
15 9 (3.18%) Graduate Software Developer
15 9 (3.18%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (50.18%) .NET
2 72 (25.44%) .NET Core
3 55 (19.43%) ASP.NET
4 54 (19.08%) HTML
5 53 (18.73%) WPF
6 50 (17.67%) CSS
7 45 (15.90%) ASP.NET Core
8 42 (14.84%) .NET Framework
9 32 (11.31%) React
9 32 (11.31%) Vue
10 30 (10.60%) RESTful
11 28 (9.89%) AngularJS
12 26 (9.19%) Blazor
13 25 (8.83%) ML.NET
14 15 (5.30%) MFC
15 14 (4.95%) Entity Framework
15 14 (4.95%) Node.js
15 14 (4.95%) XML
16 13 (4.59%) REST
16 13 (4.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.95%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (7.07%) Cloud Native
3 15 (5.30%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.89%) Mobile App
5 10 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.53%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.47%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.47%) NHS
7 6 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.12%) Robotics
7 6 (2.12%) Vector Graphics
8 5 (1.77%) Digital TV
8 5 (1.77%) iPhone
8 5 (1.77%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (1.06%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.06%) PKI
11 2 (0.71%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.71%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.71%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 40 (14.13%) Windows
2 14 (4.95%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.59%) Android
4 8 (2.83%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.47%) Linux
6 6 (2.12%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.06%) Unix
8 2 (0.71%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.35%) CentOS
9 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (38.87%) Agile
2 95 (33.57%) Software Engineering
3 93 (32.86%) CI/CD
4 69 (24.38%) AI
5 66 (23.32%) Full-Stack Development
6 60 (21.20%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (17.67%) Microservices
8 46 (16.25%) Machine Learning
8 46 (16.25%) Mentoring
9 40 (14.13%) DevOps
10 30 (10.60%) Software Architecture
11 29 (10.25%) Test Automation
12 28 (9.89%) LLM
13 24 (8.48%) SDLC
13 24 (8.48%) SOLID
14 23 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (7.42%) Computer Science
15 21 (7.42%) Containerisation
16 20 (7.07%) Scrum
17 18 (6.36%) Creative Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 130 (45.94%) SQL
2 71 (25.09%) JavaScript
3 57 (20.14%) Python
4 39 (13.78%) C++
5 27 (9.54%) TypeScript
6 21 (7.42%) Java
7 10 (3.53%) PHP
8 8 (2.83%) Bicep
8 8 (2.83%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.77%) C
10 4 (1.41%) COBOL
10 4 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (1.06%) Ada
11 3 (1.06%) Ada 95
11 3 (1.06%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.06%) Rust
11 3 (1.06%) VB
11 3 (1.06%) VB.NET
11 3 (1.06%) VBA
12 2 (0.71%) XAML
Qualifications
1 33 (11.66%) Degree
2 23 (8.13%) Security Cleared
3 19 (6.71%) SC Cleared
4 17 (6.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.12%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.71%) HNC
7 2 (0.71%) HND
8 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.35%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.19%) QA
2 11 (3.89%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.83%) WCAG
4 7 (2.47%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.47%) NCSC
5 3 (1.06%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 50 (17.67%) Docker
2 2 (0.71%) Firmware
3 1 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 50 (17.67%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.06%) Ansible
Vendors
1 114 (40.28%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.59%) Google
3 9 (3.18%) Facebook
4 2 (0.71%) Keysight
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle
5 1 (0.35%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.35%) Cisco
5 1 (0.35%) Foundry
5 1 (0.35%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.35%) TOWER Software