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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 72 31
Rank change year-on-year +27 -41 +4
Permanent jobs citing C# 303 103 440
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.37% 2.96% 5.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.24% 13.21% 21.45%
Number of salaries quoted 283 91 351
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,625 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,125 £63,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £72,000 £77,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -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 1,497 780 2,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.65% 22.45% 25.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,065 525 1,494
10th Percentile £32,850 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £61,206
% change year-on-year +2.36% +3.75% -5.84%

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 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 15 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 +22 95 £50,000 -13.04% 10
Bristol +8 74 £57,000 +8.57% 33
Devon +22 65 £55,000 +4.76% 10
Dorset +9 30 £47,500 - 2
Gloucestershire -46 20 £52,500 - 17
Wiltshire -9 19 £55,000 +3.77% 3
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 (2.64%) Confluence
2 4 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.32%) WordPress
3 3 (0.99%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.33%) Apache
4 1 (0.33%) JBoss
Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 147 (48.51%) Azure
2 42 (13.86%) Power Platform
3 33 (10.89%) GitHub
4 32 (10.56%) AWS
5 29 (9.57%) GitHub Copilot
6 28 (9.24%) Azure AI
7 27 (8.91%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (8.58%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (6.93%) SaaS
10 5 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.65%) GCP
10 5 (1.65%) Google Play
10 5 (1.65%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.32%) Azure AKS
11 4 (1.32%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (0.99%) Figma
13 2 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (0.33%) Azure Monitor
14 1 (0.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.98%) Internet
2 4 (1.32%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.33%) Modbus
3 1 (0.33%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (18.15%) SQL Server
2 43 (14.19%) MongoDB
3 40 (13.20%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (4.95%) Power BI
5 14 (4.62%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (2.64%) MySQL
8 7 (2.31%) Geospatial Data
8 7 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.32%) OLAP
9 4 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.66%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.33%) Power Query
11 1 (0.33%) Redis
11 1 (0.33%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.33%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 31 (10.23%) Git
2 20 (6.60%) JIRA
3 8 (2.64%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.31%) MSI
5 6 (1.98%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.65%) Postman
7 4 (1.32%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.99%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.99%) NUnit
8 3 (0.99%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.99%) SoapUI
8 3 (0.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.66%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.66%) GitLab
9 2 (0.66%) Selenium
9 2 (0.66%) Subversion
9 2 (0.66%) TestRail
10 1 (0.33%) Maven
10 1 (0.33%) MSTest
General
1 46 (15.18%) Social Skills
2 21 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (6.93%) Finance
3 13 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (3.63%) Electronics
5 10 (3.30%) Advertising
5 10 (3.30%) Marketing
6 9 (2.97%) Aerospace
7 8 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.64%) Military
8 7 (2.31%) Games
8 7 (2.31%) Local Government
8 7 (2.31%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.32%) Aviation
10 3 (0.99%) Avionics
10 3 (0.99%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.99%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.66%) Banking
11 2 (0.66%) Law
11 2 (0.66%) Retail
Job Titles
1 135 (44.55%) Developer
2 76 (25.08%) Software Engineer
3 64 (21.12%) .NET Developer
4 58 (19.14%) Senior
5 44 (14.52%) Software Developer
6 31 (10.23%) Senior Software Engineer
7 26 (8.58%) Architect
7 26 (8.58%) Lead
7 26 (8.58%) Senior Developer
7 26 (8.58%) Solutions Architect
8 22 (7.26%) Analyst
9 15 (4.95%) Team Leader
10 13 (4.29%) Graduate
11 12 (3.96%) .NET Software Developer
11 12 (3.96%) Support Analyst
12 11 (3.63%) Full-Stack Developer
12 11 (3.63%) Support Team Leader
13 10 (3.30%) Graduate Developer
13 10 (3.30%) Graduate Software Developer
14 9 (2.97%) Software Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (52.15%) .NET
2 80 (26.40%) .NET Core
3 62 (20.46%) ASP.NET
4 59 (19.47%) HTML
5 54 (17.82%) CSS
5 54 (17.82%) WPF
6 47 (15.51%) ASP.NET Core
7 45 (14.85%) .NET Framework
8 34 (11.22%) React
9 33 (10.89%) Vue
10 31 (10.23%) RESTful
11 30 (9.90%) AngularJS
12 27 (8.91%) Blazor
13 26 (8.58%) ML.NET
14 22 (7.26%) REST
15 16 (5.28%) Entity Framework
16 15 (4.95%) MFC
16 15 (4.95%) Node.js
17 14 (4.62%) Web Services
17 14 (4.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.23%) Legacy Systems
2 21 (6.93%) Cloud Native
3 14 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.63%) Mobile App
5 10 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.30%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.31%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.31%) NHS
7 6 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.98%) Robotics
7 6 (1.98%) Vector Graphics
8 5 (1.65%) Digital TV
8 5 (1.65%) iPhone
8 5 (1.65%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.32%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.99%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.99%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (0.99%) PKI
11 2 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.66%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.53%) Windows
2 14 (4.62%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.29%) Android
4 9 (2.97%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.31%) Linux
6 6 (1.98%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.99%) Unix
8 2 (0.66%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.33%) CentOS
9 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (39.60%) Agile
2 102 (33.66%) CI/CD
2 102 (33.66%) Software Engineering
3 70 (23.10%) Full-Stack Development
4 69 (22.77%) AI
5 58 (19.14%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (17.16%) Microservices
7 48 (15.84%) Mentoring
8 47 (15.51%) Machine Learning
9 44 (14.52%) DevOps
10 34 (11.22%) Test Automation
11 30 (9.90%) Software Architecture
12 29 (9.57%) Containerisation
13 28 (9.24%) LLM
14 26 (8.58%) SDLC
15 25 (8.25%) SOLID
16 24 (7.92%) Computer Science
17 22 (7.26%) Clean Code
17 22 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
17 22 (7.26%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 136 (44.88%) SQL
2 85 (28.05%) JavaScript
3 58 (19.14%) Python
4 38 (12.54%) C++
5 35 (11.55%) TypeScript
6 25 (8.25%) Java
7 12 (3.96%) PHP
8 8 (2.64%) T-SQL
9 7 (2.31%) Bicep
10 5 (1.65%) C
11 4 (1.32%) COBOL
11 4 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.99%) Ada
12 3 (0.99%) Ada 95
12 3 (0.99%) Go
12 3 (0.99%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.99%) Rust
12 3 (0.99%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.99%) VBA
13 2 (0.66%) XAML
Qualifications
1 35 (11.55%) Degree
2 25 (8.25%) Security Cleared
3 21 (6.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (6.60%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.31%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.99%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.23%) QA
2 11 (3.63%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.64%) WCAG
4 7 (2.31%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.31%) NCSC
5 3 (0.99%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 61 (20.13%) Docker
2 2 (0.66%) Firmware
3 1 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 59 (19.47%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.63%) Terraform
3 3 (0.99%) Ansible
Vendors
1 113 (37.29%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.29%) Google
3 10 (3.30%) Facebook
4 3 (0.99%) Oracle
5 2 (0.66%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.33%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.33%) Foundry
6 1 (0.33%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.33%) TOWER Software