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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 62 24
Rank change year-on-year +8 -38 +7
Permanent jobs citing C# 216 107 740
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.77% 3.76% 7.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.56% 12.78% 24.37%
Number of salaries quoted 207 88 639
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,063 £64,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,875 £72,446
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

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 1,230 837 3,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.76% 29.44% 29.24%
Number of salaries quoted 833 557 2,406
10th Percentile £34,100 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,600 £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 18 June 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in the South West

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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 June 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
Bristol +2 69 £57,000 +1.33% 22
Somerset -1 60 £50,000 -28.57% 13
Devon +2 54 £55,000 +4.76% 10
Dorset -4 14 £50,000 +5.26% 7
Wiltshire -14 10 £60,000 +4.35% 6
Gloucestershire -30 9 £52,500 +6.06% 6
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 4 (1.85%) NServiceBus
1 4 (1.85%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.39%) Confluence
3 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 96 (44.44%) Azure
2 23 (10.65%) SaaS
3 22 (10.19%) GitHub
4 21 (9.72%) AWS
4 21 (9.72%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (9.72%) Power Platform
5 15 (6.94%) GitHub Copilot
6 13 (6.02%) Azure AI
6 13 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (5.56%) Azure AKS
8 5 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (1.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (1.85%) GCP
9 4 (1.85%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.85%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.85%) Serverless
10 3 (1.39%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.93%) Figma
11 2 (0.93%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.39%) Internet
2 1 (0.46%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.46%) Modbus
2 1 (0.46%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (23.61%) SQL Server
2 25 (11.57%) MongoDB
3 21 (9.72%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (3.24%) Power BI
6 4 (1.85%) MySQL
7 3 (1.39%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.93%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.46%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (6.94%) Git
2 8 (3.70%) JIRA
3 3 (1.39%) Cypress.io
3 3 (1.39%) MSI
3 3 (1.39%) Postman
3 3 (1.39%) SoapUI
3 3 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (1.39%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.93%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.93%) TestRail
4 2 (0.93%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.46%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.46%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.46%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.46%) MSTest
5 1 (0.46%) NUnit
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.46%) Vite
General
1 30 (13.89%) Social Skills
2 9 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (3.24%) Finance
4 6 (2.78%) Electronics
4 6 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (2.31%) Advertising
5 5 (2.31%) Local Government
5 5 (2.31%) Marketing
6 4 (1.85%) Games
7 3 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.39%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.93%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.93%) Retail
9 1 (0.46%) Aviation
9 1 (0.46%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 110 (50.93%) Developer
2 64 (29.63%) Software Engineer
3 54 (25.00%) Senior
4 45 (20.83%) .NET Developer
5 41 (18.98%) Software Developer
6 29 (13.43%) Senior Software Engineer
7 25 (11.57%) Senior Developer
8 17 (7.87%) .NET Software Engineer
9 13 (6.02%) Architect
9 13 (6.02%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (5.56%) Analyst
11 11 (5.09%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
12 10 (4.63%) .NET Software Developer
12 10 (4.63%) C# Developer
12 10 (4.63%) Full-Stack Developer
13 9 (4.17%) C# Software Engineer
13 9 (4.17%) Lead
14 8 (3.70%) Backend Developer
14 8 (3.70%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
15 7 (3.24%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (57.41%) .NET
2 64 (29.63%) .NET Core
3 51 (23.61%) ASP.NET
4 39 (18.06%) HTML
5 35 (16.20%) .NET Framework
5 35 (16.20%) CSS
6 33 (15.28%) WPF
7 31 (14.35%) ASP.NET Core
8 27 (12.50%) REST
9 24 (11.11%) RESTful
10 22 (10.19%) AngularJS
10 22 (10.19%) Entity Framework
10 22 (10.19%) React
10 22 (10.19%) Vue
11 16 (7.41%) Blazor
12 13 (6.02%) ML.NET
13 11 (5.09%) Dapper ORM
14 10 (4.63%) Node.js
15 9 (4.17%) MFC
16 8 (3.70%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.48%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (6.02%) Cloud Native
3 9 (4.17%) Mobile App
4 8 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.78%) Vector Graphics
6 5 (2.31%) NHS
6 5 (2.31%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.39%) Digital TV
7 3 (1.39%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.39%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.93%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.93%) iPhone
8 2 (0.93%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.93%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.46%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.46%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 24 (11.11%) Windows
2 8 (3.70%) Android
3 7 (3.24%) Apple iOS
3 7 (3.24%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.78%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.93%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (36.57%) Software Engineering
2 78 (36.11%) Agile
3 66 (30.56%) CI/CD
4 45 (20.83%) Full-Stack Development
5 32 (14.81%) AI
5 32 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (14.35%) Containerisation
7 30 (13.89%) DevOps
7 30 (13.89%) Microservices
8 26 (12.04%) Mentoring
9 22 (10.19%) Computer Science
10 21 (9.72%) Machine Learning
11 20 (9.26%) Test Automation
12 18 (8.33%) Scrum
13 16 (7.41%) API Design
13 16 (7.41%) Clean Code
13 16 (7.41%) MVC
14 15 (6.94%) Software Architecture
15 14 (6.48%) LLM
15 14 (6.48%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 75 (34.72%) SQL
2 56 (25.93%) JavaScript
3 31 (14.35%) Python
3 31 (14.35%) TypeScript
4 21 (9.72%) C++
5 13 (6.02%) Java
6 6 (2.78%) PHP
7 5 (2.31%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.39%) Bicep
8 3 (1.39%) Go
8 3 (1.39%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.39%) VB
8 3 (1.39%) VB.NET
8 3 (1.39%) VBA
9 2 (0.93%) Bash
10 1 (0.46%) C
10 1 (0.46%) COBOL
10 1 (0.46%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (13.89%) Degree
2 19 (8.80%) Computer Science Degree
2 19 (8.80%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.09%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.39%) ISTQB
5 2 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.46%) CREST Certified
6 1 (0.46%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.46%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.94%) QA
2 5 (2.31%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.39%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.39%) NCSC
3 3 (1.39%) WCAG
4 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 51 (23.61%) Docker
2 2 (0.93%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.93%) Firmware
3 1 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 48 (22.22%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.78%) Terraform
3 1 (0.46%) Ansible
3 1 (0.46%) Nmap
Vendors
1 58 (26.85%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.78%) Google
3 5 (2.31%) Facebook
4 2 (0.93%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle
5 1 (0.46%) TOWER Software