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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 64 25
Rank change year-on-year +16 -39 +7
Permanent jobs citing C# 276 109 527
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.25% 3.22% 6.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.44% 13.05% 22.65%
Number of salaries quoted 264 97 451
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,375 £77,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -10.77%

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 1,420 835 2,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.74% 24.67% 26.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,000 561 1,779
10th Percentile £33,675 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,375 £66,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £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 25 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 25 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 +11 86 £50,000 -13.04% 17
Bristol +11 70 £55,000 +4.76% 13
Devon +17 61 £55,000 +2.33% 7
Dorset +7 26 £47,500 - 2
Wiltshire -16 17 £55,000 -4.35% 4
Gloucestershire -35 16 £52,500 - 12
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 6 (2.17%) Confluence
2 4 (1.45%) NServiceBus
2 4 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.09%) WordPress
4 1 (0.36%) Apache
4 1 (0.36%) JBoss
Applications
1 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 134 (48.55%) Azure
2 33 (11.96%) GitHub
3 32 (11.59%) Power Platform
4 29 (10.51%) GitHub Copilot
5 28 (10.14%) AWS
6 26 (9.42%) Azure AI
7 25 (9.06%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (8.70%) SaaS
9 18 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.90%) Azure AKS
11 5 (1.81%) Google Play
12 4 (1.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.45%) GCP
12 4 (1.45%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.45%) PowerApps
13 3 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (1.09%) Figma
14 2 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
15 1 (0.36%) Anthropic Claude
15 1 (0.36%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.17%) Internet
2 1 (0.36%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.36%) Modbus
2 1 (0.36%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (19.20%) SQL Server
2 43 (15.58%) MongoDB
3 40 (14.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (5.07%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (4.71%) Power BI
6 7 (2.54%) MySQL
6 7 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (2.17%) Geospatial Data
8 5 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.45%) OLAP
9 4 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.36%) Redis
10 1 (0.36%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 24 (8.70%) Git
2 17 (6.16%) JIRA
3 6 (2.17%) MSI
4 5 (1.81%) Postman
5 4 (1.45%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.45%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.09%) SoapUI
6 3 (1.09%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (1.09%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.72%) Selenium
7 2 (0.72%) TestRail
8 1 (0.36%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.36%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.36%) Maven
8 1 (0.36%) MSTest
8 1 (0.36%) NUnit
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.36%) Subversion
8 1 (0.36%) TeamCity
General
1 39 (14.13%) Social Skills
2 16 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (4.71%) Finance
4 10 (3.62%) Advertising
4 10 (3.62%) Electronics
4 10 (3.62%) Marketing
5 8 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (2.54%) Games
6 7 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.54%) Local Government
7 6 (2.17%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.81%) Military
9 4 (1.45%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.72%) Retail
10 2 (0.72%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.36%) Automotive
11 1 (0.36%) Aviation
11 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 130 (47.10%) Developer
2 71 (25.72%) Software Engineer
3 62 (22.46%) .NET Developer
4 58 (21.01%) Senior
5 45 (16.30%) Software Developer
6 34 (12.32%) Senior Software Engineer
7 24 (8.70%) Senior Developer
8 20 (7.25%) Lead
9 19 (6.88%) Analyst
10 18 (6.52%) Architect
10 18 (6.52%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (4.35%) Graduate
11 12 (4.35%) Team Leader
12 10 (3.62%) .NET Software Developer
12 10 (3.62%) Support Analyst
12 10 (3.62%) Support Team Leader
13 9 (3.26%) C# Software Engineer
13 9 (3.26%) Full-Stack Developer
13 9 (3.26%) Graduate Developer
13 9 (3.26%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (53.62%) .NET
2 81 (29.35%) .NET Core
3 63 (22.83%) ASP.NET
4 57 (20.65%) HTML
5 52 (18.84%) CSS
6 49 (17.75%) WPF
7 47 (17.03%) ASP.NET Core
8 43 (15.58%) .NET Framework
9 31 (11.23%) Vue
10 30 (10.87%) RESTful
11 29 (10.51%) React
12 27 (9.78%) AngularJS
12 27 (9.78%) REST
13 26 (9.42%) Blazor
13 26 (9.42%) ML.NET
14 17 (6.16%) Entity Framework
15 15 (5.43%) Node.js
16 14 (5.07%) MFC
17 12 (4.35%) Web Services
18 11 (3.99%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
2 17 (6.16%) Cloud Native
3 12 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.99%) Mobile App
5 9 (3.26%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.54%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.54%) NHS
8 6 (2.17%) Vector Graphics
9 5 (1.81%) Digital TV
9 5 (1.81%) iPhone
10 4 (1.45%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.09%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.09%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.72%) PKI
12 2 (0.72%) Robotics
12 2 (0.72%) Security Posture
13 1 (0.36%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 37 (13.41%) Windows
2 12 (4.35%) Android
2 12 (4.35%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.90%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.17%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.09%) Linux
6 2 (0.72%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.36%) CentOS
7 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (39.13%) Agile
2 93 (33.70%) Software Engineering
3 92 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 63 (22.83%) Full-Stack Development
5 53 (19.20%) AI
6 50 (18.12%) Microservices
7 49 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (14.49%) Mentoring
9 39 (14.13%) Machine Learning
10 38 (13.77%) DevOps
11 31 (11.23%) Containerisation
11 31 (11.23%) Test Automation
12 26 (9.42%) Software Architecture
13 24 (8.70%) Computer Science
14 23 (8.33%) Scrum
15 22 (7.97%) SOLID
16 20 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
17 19 (6.88%) API Design
17 19 (6.88%) LLM
18 18 (6.52%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 121 (43.84%) SQL
2 73 (26.45%) JavaScript
3 44 (15.94%) Python
4 34 (12.32%) TypeScript
5 31 (11.23%) C++
6 19 (6.88%) Java
7 11 (3.99%) PHP
8 6 (2.17%) Bicep
8 6 (2.17%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.45%) COBOL
9 4 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.09%) Go
10 3 (1.09%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.09%) VB.NET
10 3 (1.09%) VBA
11 1 (0.36%) C
11 1 (0.36%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.36%) VB
11 1 (0.36%) XAML
Qualifications
1 34 (12.32%) Degree
2 21 (7.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (7.25%) Security Cleared
4 15 (5.43%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.45%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.09%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.36%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.42%) QA
2 7 (2.54%) Accessibility
2 7 (2.54%) WCAG
3 6 (2.17%) NCSC
4 5 (1.81%) Data Quality
System Software
1 63 (22.83%) Docker
2 2 (0.72%) Firmware
3 1 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 60 (21.74%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.26%) Terraform
3 2 (0.72%) Ansible
Vendors
1 98 (35.51%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.71%) Google
3 10 (3.62%) Facebook
4 3 (1.09%) Oracle
5 2 (0.72%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.36%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.36%) TOWER Software