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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 67 30
Rank change year-on-year +22 -37 +5
Permanent jobs citing C# 296 106 439
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.36% 3.06% 5.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.08% 13.01% 21.28%
Number of salaries quoted 279 94 354
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £61,875 £63,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £70,500 £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 1,474 815 2,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.73% 23.49% 25.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,045 539 1,517
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,423 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year +1.56% +5.79% -6.92%

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 August 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 6 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
Somerset +15 94 £50,000 -13.04% 13
Bristol +8 75 £57,000 +8.57% 24
Devon +15 61 £55,000 +4.76% 10
Dorset +10 29 £47,500 - 1
Wiltshire -14 19 £55,000 -4.35% 2
Gloucestershire -39 18 £52,500 - 18
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 (2.70%) Confluence
2 4 (1.35%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.35%) WordPress
3 3 (1.01%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.34%) Apache
4 1 (0.34%) JBoss
Applications
1 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 144 (48.65%) Azure
2 40 (13.51%) Power Platform
3 33 (11.15%) GitHub
4 29 (9.80%) AWS
4 29 (9.80%) GitHub Copilot
5 27 (9.12%) Azure AI
5 27 (9.12%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (7.77%) SaaS
8 6 (2.03%) Azure AKS
9 5 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.69%) GCP
9 5 (1.69%) Google Play
9 5 (1.69%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.35%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (1.01%) Figma
12 2 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
13 1 (0.34%) Anthropic Claude
13 1 (0.34%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.03%) Internet
2 3 (1.01%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.34%) Modbus
3 1 (0.34%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (18.58%) SQL Server
2 43 (14.53%) MongoDB
3 40 (13.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (5.07%) Power BI
5 14 (4.73%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.36%) Geospatial Data
7 7 (2.36%) MySQL
7 7 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.35%) OLAP
8 4 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.68%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.34%) MariaDB
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 27 (9.12%) Git
2 20 (6.76%) JIRA
3 7 (2.36%) MSI
4 5 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.69%) Postman
5 4 (1.35%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.01%) SoapUI
6 3 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (1.01%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (1.01%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.68%) Selenium
7 2 (0.68%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.68%) 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%) Subversion
General
1 45 (15.20%) Social Skills
2 20 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (6.08%) Finance
4 11 (3.72%) Electronics
4 11 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (3.38%) Advertising
5 10 (3.38%) Marketing
6 8 (2.70%) Aerospace
6 8 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.36%) Games
7 7 (2.36%) Local Government
7 7 (2.36%) Military
7 7 (2.36%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.01%) Aviation
8 3 (1.01%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.01%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.68%) Avionics
9 2 (0.68%) Retail
10 1 (0.34%) Automotive
10 1 (0.34%) Law
Job Titles
1 132 (44.59%) Developer
2 76 (25.68%) Software Engineer
3 63 (21.28%) .NET Developer
4 59 (19.93%) Senior
5 44 (14.86%) Software Developer
6 33 (11.15%) Senior Software Engineer
7 25 (8.45%) Senior Developer
8 24 (8.11%) Architect
8 24 (8.11%) Lead
8 24 (8.11%) Solutions Architect
9 22 (7.43%) Analyst
10 14 (4.73%) Team Leader
11 13 (4.39%) Graduate
12 12 (4.05%) Support Analyst
13 11 (3.72%) .NET Software Developer
13 11 (3.72%) Support Team Leader
14 10 (3.38%) Graduate Developer
14 10 (3.38%) Graduate Software Developer
15 9 (3.04%) Software Analyst
15 9 (3.04%) Software Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (52.36%) .NET
2 80 (27.03%) .NET Core
3 62 (20.95%) ASP.NET
4 58 (19.59%) HTML
5 54 (18.24%) WPF
6 53 (17.91%) CSS
7 47 (15.88%) ASP.NET Core
8 45 (15.20%) .NET Framework
9 33 (11.15%) React
9 33 (11.15%) Vue
10 31 (10.47%) RESTful
11 28 (9.46%) AngularJS
12 27 (9.12%) Blazor
13 26 (8.78%) ML.NET
14 25 (8.45%) REST
15 16 (5.41%) Entity Framework
16 15 (5.07%) MFC
16 15 (5.07%) Node.js
17 14 (4.73%) Web Services
17 14 (4.73%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.14%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (6.76%) Cloud Native
3 13 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.72%) Mobile App
5 10 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.38%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.36%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.36%) NHS
7 6 (2.03%) Vector Graphics
8 5 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.69%) Digital TV
8 5 (1.69%) iPhone
8 5 (1.69%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.69%) Robotics
9 4 (1.35%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.01%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.68%) Embedded Systems
11 2 (0.68%) PKI
11 2 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.85%) Windows
2 14 (4.73%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.39%) Android
4 9 (3.04%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.03%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.69%) Linux
7 2 (0.68%) Unix
7 2 (0.68%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.34%) CentOS
8 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (39.53%) Agile
2 102 (34.46%) Software Engineering
3 98 (33.11%) CI/CD
4 67 (22.64%) Full-Stack Development
5 64 (21.62%) AI
6 55 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (17.57%) Microservices
8 46 (15.54%) Mentoring
9 44 (14.86%) Machine Learning
10 42 (14.19%) DevOps
11 33 (11.15%) Test Automation
12 30 (10.14%) Containerisation
13 29 (9.80%) Software Architecture
14 25 (8.45%) LLM
14 25 (8.45%) SOLID
15 24 (8.11%) Computer Science
15 24 (8.11%) SDLC
16 22 (7.43%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (7.43%) Scrum
17 20 (6.76%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 134 (45.27%) SQL
2 82 (27.70%) JavaScript
3 52 (17.57%) Python
4 35 (11.82%) C++
5 34 (11.49%) TypeScript
6 22 (7.43%) Java
7 12 (4.05%) PHP
8 7 (2.36%) Bicep
8 7 (2.36%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.35%) COBOL
9 4 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.01%) C
10 3 (1.01%) Go
10 3 (1.01%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.01%) VB.NET
10 3 (1.01%) VBA
11 2 (0.68%) Ada
11 2 (0.68%) Ada 95
11 2 (0.68%) Rust
11 2 (0.68%) XAML
Qualifications
1 35 (11.82%) Degree
2 23 (7.77%) Security Cleared
3 21 (7.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (6.42%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.69%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.35%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.34%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.14%) QA
2 10 (3.38%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.70%) WCAG
4 7 (2.36%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.36%) NCSC
5 2 (0.68%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 61 (20.61%) Docker
2 2 (0.68%) Firmware
3 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 59 (19.93%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.38%) Terraform
3 2 (0.68%) Ansible
Vendors
1 110 (37.16%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.39%) Google
3 10 (3.38%) Facebook
4 3 (1.01%) Oracle
5 2 (0.68%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.34%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.34%) Foundry
6 1 (0.34%) TOWER Software