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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 60 24
Rank change year-on-year +4 -36 +10
Permanent jobs citing C# 211 108 737
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.71% 3.84% 7.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.34% 12.92% 24.31%
Number of salaries quoted 202 89 636
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £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 £63,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,750 £72,466
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 1,217 836 3,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.64% 29.71% 29.44%
Number of salaries quoted 822 557 2,400
10th Percentile £34,550 £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 15 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 15 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 -4 67 £57,000 +1.33% 25
Somerset +2 57 £50,000 -28.57% 15
Devon +3 53 £55,000 +4.76% 12
Dorset -3 14 £50,000 +5.26% 13
Wiltshire -13 11 £60,000 +4.35% 5
Gloucestershire -26 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 (1.90%) NServiceBus
1 4 (1.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.47%) Confluence
2 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 93 (44.08%) Azure
2 23 (10.90%) SaaS
3 21 (9.95%) AWS
3 21 (9.95%) GitHub
3 21 (9.95%) Power Platform
4 18 (8.53%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (6.64%) GitHub Copilot
6 13 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (5.69%) Azure AI
7 12 (5.69%) Azure AKS
8 6 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (2.37%) GCP
10 4 (1.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (1.90%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.90%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.90%) Serverless
11 3 (1.42%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.95%) Figma
12 2 (0.95%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.42%) Internet
2 1 (0.47%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.47%) Modbus
2 1 (0.47%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (24.17%) SQL Server
2 24 (11.37%) MongoDB
3 20 (9.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (3.79%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (3.32%) Power BI
6 3 (1.42%) MySQL
6 3 (1.42%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (6.16%) Git
2 6 (2.84%) JIRA
3 3 (1.42%) Cypress.io
3 3 (1.42%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.42%) Postman
3 3 (1.42%) SoapUI
3 3 (1.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (1.42%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.95%) TestRail
4 2 (0.95%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.47%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.47%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.47%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.47%) MSI
5 1 (0.47%) MSTest
5 1 (0.47%) NUnit
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.47%) Vite
General
1 30 (14.22%) Social Skills
2 9 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (3.32%) Finance
4 6 (2.84%) Electronics
4 6 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (2.37%) Local Government
6 4 (1.90%) Advertising
6 4 (1.90%) Games
6 4 (1.90%) Marketing
7 2 (0.95%) Aerospace
7 2 (0.95%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.95%) Public Sector
7 2 (0.95%) Retail
8 1 (0.47%) Aviation
8 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.47%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 106 (50.24%) Developer
2 63 (29.86%) Software Engineer
3 53 (25.12%) Senior
4 44 (20.85%) .NET Developer
5 41 (19.43%) Software Developer
6 29 (13.74%) Senior Software Engineer
7 24 (11.37%) Senior Developer
8 17 (8.06%) .NET Software Engineer
9 13 (6.16%) Architect
9 13 (6.16%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (5.69%) Analyst
11 11 (5.21%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
12 10 (4.74%) .NET Software Developer
12 10 (4.74%) C# Developer
13 9 (4.27%) Full-Stack Developer
13 9 (4.27%) Lead
14 8 (3.79%) Backend Developer
14 8 (3.79%) C# Software Engineer
14 8 (3.79%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
15 7 (3.32%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (57.35%) .NET
2 62 (29.38%) .NET Core
3 50 (23.70%) ASP.NET
4 36 (17.06%) HTML
5 33 (15.64%) .NET Framework
6 32 (15.17%) CSS
7 30 (14.22%) ASP.NET Core
7 30 (14.22%) WPF
8 25 (11.85%) REST
9 23 (10.90%) AngularJS
9 23 (10.90%) React
10 22 (10.43%) Entity Framework
10 22 (10.43%) RESTful
10 22 (10.43%) Vue
11 16 (7.58%) Blazor
12 12 (5.69%) ML.NET
13 11 (5.21%) Dapper ORM
13 11 (5.21%) Node.js
14 8 (3.79%) OpenGL
15 7 (3.32%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.16%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (5.69%) Cloud Native
3 9 (4.27%) Mobile App
4 8 (3.79%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.84%) Vector Graphics
6 5 (2.37%) NHS
7 3 (1.42%) Digital TV
7 3 (1.42%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.42%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.42%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.95%) iPhone
8 2 (0.95%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.95%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.47%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.47%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.47%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.43%) Windows
2 8 (3.79%) Android
3 7 (3.32%) Apple iOS
3 7 (3.32%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.84%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.95%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (36.97%) Software Engineering
2 75 (35.55%) Agile
3 62 (29.38%) CI/CD
4 41 (19.43%) Full-Stack Development
5 33 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (14.22%) AI
7 29 (13.74%) Containerisation
8 28 (13.27%) DevOps
9 27 (12.80%) Microservices
10 26 (12.32%) Mentoring
11 22 (10.43%) Computer Science
12 20 (9.48%) Machine Learning
13 19 (9.00%) Test Automation
14 17 (8.06%) Scrum
15 16 (7.58%) Clean Code
15 16 (7.58%) MVC
16 14 (6.64%) API Design
16 14 (6.64%) LLM
16 14 (6.64%) Software Architecture
17 13 (6.16%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 75 (35.55%) SQL
2 54 (25.59%) JavaScript
3 30 (14.22%) Python
3 30 (14.22%) TypeScript
4 20 (9.48%) C++
5 13 (6.16%) Java
6 6 (2.84%) PHP
7 5 (2.37%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.42%) Go
8 3 (1.42%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.42%) VB
8 3 (1.42%) VB.NET
8 3 (1.42%) VBA
9 2 (0.95%) Bash
10 1 (0.47%) Bicep
10 1 (0.47%) C
10 1 (0.47%) COBOL
10 1 (0.47%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (14.22%) Degree
2 19 (9.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (8.06%) Security Cleared
4 9 (4.27%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.42%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.47%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.47%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.11%) QA
2 5 (2.37%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.47%) NCSC
3 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 49 (23.22%) Docker
2 2 (0.95%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.95%) Firmware
3 1 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 46 (21.80%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.90%) Terraform
3 1 (0.47%) Ansible
3 1 (0.47%) Nmap
Vendors
1 55 (26.07%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.84%) Google
3 4 (1.90%) Facebook
4 2 (0.95%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle
5 1 (0.47%) TOWER Software