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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 73 29
Rank change year-on-year +28 -44 +8
Permanent jobs citing C# 290 108 477
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.33% 3.15% 5.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.01% 13.14% 21.76%
Number of salaries quoted 274 96 398
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,775
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -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 1,449 822 2,192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.66% 23.97% 26.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,027 547 1,652
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,000 £32,550
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £52,600 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -4.36% -
75th Percentile £69,375 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £81,250
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 31 July 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 31 July 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 +14 91 £50,000 -13.04% 13
Bristol +10 73 £57,000 +8.57% 17
Devon +18 61 £55,000 +2.33% 7
Dorset +7 28 £47,500 - 1
Wiltshire -14 19 £55,000 -4.35% 4
Gloucestershire -38 18 £52,500 - 19
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 7 (2.41%) Confluence
2 4 (1.38%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.38%) WordPress
3 3 (1.03%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.34%) Apache
4 1 (0.34%) JBoss
Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 143 (49.31%) Azure
2 40 (13.79%) Power Platform
3 33 (11.38%) GitHub
4 29 (10.00%) AWS
4 29 (10.00%) GitHub Copilot
5 26 (8.97%) Azure AI
5 26 (8.97%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (8.28%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (7.93%) SaaS
8 6 (2.07%) Azure AKS
9 5 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.72%) GCP
9 5 (1.72%) Google Play
9 5 (1.72%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.38%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (1.03%) Figma
12 2 (0.69%) GitHub Actions
13 1 (0.34%) Anthropic Claude
13 1 (0.34%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.07%) Internet
2 2 (0.69%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.34%) Modbus
3 1 (0.34%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (18.62%) SQL Server
2 43 (14.83%) MongoDB
3 40 (13.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (5.17%) Power BI
5 14 (4.83%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.41%) MySQL
7 7 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (2.07%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (1.38%) OLAP
9 4 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.34%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.34%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.34%) Power Query
10 1 (0.34%) Redis
10 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.34%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 25 (8.62%) Git
2 19 (6.55%) JIRA
3 6 (2.07%) MSI
4 5 (1.72%) Postman
5 4 (1.38%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.38%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.03%) SoapUI
6 3 (1.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (1.03%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.69%) Selenium
7 2 (0.69%) TestRail
8 1 (0.34%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.34%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.34%) Maven
8 1 (0.34%) MSTest
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.34%) Subversion
8 1 (0.34%) TeamCity
General
1 42 (14.48%) Social Skills
2 19 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (5.17%) Finance
4 10 (3.45%) Advertising
4 10 (3.45%) Electronics
4 10 (3.45%) Marketing
5 9 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.41%) Games
7 7 (2.41%) Local Government
8 6 (2.07%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.07%) Military
8 6 (2.07%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.03%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.69%) Aviation
10 2 (0.69%) Retail
10 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.34%) Avionics
11 1 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.34%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 131 (45.17%) Developer
2 73 (25.17%) Software Engineer
3 63 (21.72%) .NET Developer
4 57 (19.66%) Senior
5 44 (15.17%) Software Developer
6 33 (11.38%) Senior Software Engineer
7 24 (8.28%) Architect
7 24 (8.28%) Senior Developer
7 24 (8.28%) Solutions Architect
8 23 (7.93%) Lead
9 22 (7.59%) Analyst
10 13 (4.48%) Team Leader
11 12 (4.14%) Graduate
11 12 (4.14%) Support Analyst
12 11 (3.79%) .NET Software Developer
12 11 (3.79%) Support Team Leader
13 9 (3.10%) C# Software Engineer
13 9 (3.10%) Full-Stack Developer
13 9 (3.10%) Graduate Software Developer
13 9 (3.10%) Software Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (52.76%) .NET
2 79 (27.24%) .NET Core
3 63 (21.72%) ASP.NET
4 58 (20.00%) HTML
5 53 (18.28%) CSS
6 51 (17.59%) WPF
7 47 (16.21%) ASP.NET Core
8 43 (14.83%) .NET Framework
9 32 (11.03%) Vue
10 31 (10.69%) React
11 30 (10.34%) RESTful
12 28 (9.66%) AngularJS
13 27 (9.31%) Blazor
14 26 (8.97%) ML.NET
15 24 (8.28%) REST
16 15 (5.17%) Entity Framework
16 15 (5.17%) Node.js
17 14 (4.83%) MFC
17 14 (4.83%) Web Services
17 14 (4.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.31%) Legacy Systems
2 18 (6.21%) Cloud Native
3 13 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.79%) Mobile App
5 9 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.10%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.41%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.41%) NHS
7 6 (2.07%) Vector Graphics
8 5 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.72%) Digital TV
8 5 (1.72%) iPhone
8 5 (1.72%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.38%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.03%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.03%) Robotics
11 2 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.69%) PKI
11 2 (0.69%) Security Posture
12 1 (0.34%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 39 (13.45%) Windows
2 14 (4.83%) Windows Server
3 12 (4.14%) Android
4 8 (2.76%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.07%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.38%) Linux
7 2 (0.69%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.34%) CentOS
8 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (38.97%) Agile
2 96 (33.10%) Software Engineering
3 95 (32.76%) CI/CD
4 65 (22.41%) Full-Stack Development
5 62 (21.38%) AI
6 54 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (17.24%) Microservices
8 44 (15.17%) Mentoring
9 43 (14.83%) Machine Learning
10 40 (13.79%) DevOps
11 32 (11.03%) Test Automation
12 29 (10.00%) Containerisation
13 27 (9.31%) Software Architecture
14 24 (8.28%) Computer Science
14 24 (8.28%) LLM
15 23 (7.93%) SOLID
16 22 (7.59%) Scrum
16 22 (7.59%) SDLC
17 21 (7.24%) Continuous Improvement
18 19 (6.55%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 133 (45.86%) SQL
2 80 (27.59%) JavaScript
3 50 (17.24%) Python
4 34 (11.72%) TypeScript
5 32 (11.03%) C++
6 20 (6.90%) Java
7 12 (4.14%) PHP
8 7 (2.41%) T-SQL
9 6 (2.07%) Bicep
10 4 (1.38%) COBOL
10 4 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (1.03%) Go
11 3 (1.03%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.03%) VB.NET
11 3 (1.03%) VBA
12 2 (0.69%) C
13 1 (0.34%) Ada
13 1 (0.34%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 34 (11.72%) Degree
2 21 (7.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (6.90%) Security Cleared
4 16 (5.52%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.38%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.38%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.34%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.00%) QA
2 8 (2.76%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.41%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.41%) WCAG
4 6 (2.07%) NCSC
5 1 (0.34%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 60 (20.69%) Docker
2 2 (0.69%) Firmware
3 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 58 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.10%) Terraform
3 2 (0.69%) Ansible
Vendors
1 108 (37.24%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.48%) Google
3 10 (3.45%) Facebook
4 3 (1.03%) Oracle
5 2 (0.69%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.34%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.34%) TOWER Software