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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 84 26
Rank change year-on-year +27 -58 +5
Permanent jobs citing C# 283 87 387
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.69% 2.43% 5.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.82% 12.03% 21.80%
Number of salaries quoted 259 77 223
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
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 1,588 723 1,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.09% 20.20% 26.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,173 495 1,050
10th Percentile £36,083 £29,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 October 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 October 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 +32 86 £50,000 +3.63% 23
Bristol -11 65 £60,000 +4.35% 35
Devon +13 59 £55,000 +71.88% 16
Dorset +15 33 £47,500 -2.56% 10
Gloucestershire -57 20 £52,500 -14.29% 27
Wiltshire -15 19 £55,000 +29.41% 8
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 (2.83%) Confluence
2 5 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.41%) WordPress
4 2 (0.71%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) JBoss
Applications
1 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 138 (48.76%) Azure
2 44 (15.55%) Power Platform
3 33 (11.66%) AWS
4 29 (10.25%) Azure AI
4 29 (10.25%) GitHub
5 28 (9.89%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (9.54%) GitHub Copilot
7 20 (7.07%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (4.95%) SaaS
9 6 (2.12%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.77%) Google Play
10 5 (1.77%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.41%) GCP
12 3 (1.06%) Figma
13 2 (0.71%) Azure API Management
13 2 (0.71%) Snowflake
14 1 (0.35%) Anthropic Claude
14 1 (0.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.12%) Internet
2 3 (1.06%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (17.31%) SQL Server
2 40 (14.13%) MongoDB
3 38 (13.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 16 (5.65%) Power BI
5 13 (4.59%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.47%) Geospatial Data
7 7 (2.47%) MySQL
7 7 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.41%) OLAP
8 4 (1.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.71%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.35%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.35%) Power Query
11 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.35%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 31 (10.95%) Git
2 17 (6.01%) JIRA
3 12 (4.24%) Visual Studio
4 10 (3.53%) Jenkins
5 9 (3.18%) TeamCity
6 7 (2.47%) MSI
6 7 (2.47%) NUnit
7 4 (1.41%) Postman
8 3 (1.06%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.06%) GitLab
8 3 (1.06%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (1.06%) Subversion
9 2 (0.71%) LabVIEW
9 2 (0.71%) Selenium
9 2 (0.71%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.35%) Maven
General
1 43 (15.19%) Social Skills
2 24 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (7.42%) Finance
4 13 (4.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (4.24%) Electronics
6 10 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (3.18%) Advertising
7 9 (3.18%) Aerospace
7 9 (3.18%) Marketing
8 8 (2.83%) Military
9 7 (2.47%) Games
9 7 (2.47%) Local Government
10 5 (1.77%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.77%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.41%) Aviation
12 3 (1.06%) Avionics
12 3 (1.06%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.71%) Banking
13 2 (0.71%) Law
14 1 (0.35%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 121 (42.76%) Developer
2 73 (25.80%) Software Engineer
3 57 (20.14%) Senior
4 54 (19.08%) .NET Developer
5 30 (10.60%) Software Developer
6 29 (10.25%) Lead
7 28 (9.89%) Senior Software Engineer
8 27 (9.54%) Architect
8 27 (9.54%) Solutions Architect
9 24 (8.48%) Senior Developer
10 18 (6.36%) Analyst
11 16 (5.65%) Team Leader
12 14 (4.95%) C# Software Engineer
13 12 (4.24%) Full-Stack Developer
13 12 (4.24%) Graduate
13 12 (4.24%) Support Analyst
14 11 (3.89%) Support Team Leader
15 9 (3.18%) Software Analyst
15 9 (3.18%) Software Support Analyst
16 8 (2.83%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (49.82%) .NET
2 72 (25.44%) .NET Core
3 55 (19.43%) HTML
4 54 (19.08%) ASP.NET
5 53 (18.73%) CSS
6 52 (18.37%) WPF
7 45 (15.90%) ASP.NET Core
8 44 (15.55%) .NET Framework
9 30 (10.60%) React
9 30 (10.60%) Vue
10 29 (10.25%) AngularJS
10 29 (10.25%) RESTful
11 25 (8.83%) Blazor
11 25 (8.83%) ML.NET
12 15 (5.30%) Entity Framework
12 15 (5.30%) MFC
12 15 (5.30%) Node.js
13 14 (4.95%) XML
14 13 (4.59%) Web Services
15 12 (4.24%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.60%) Legacy Systems
2 19 (6.71%) Cloud Native
3 17 (6.01%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.89%) Mobile App
5 10 (3.53%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.83%) NHS
7 7 (2.47%) Driving Licence
8 6 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.12%) Robotics
8 6 (2.12%) Vector Graphics
9 5 (1.77%) Digital TV
9 5 (1.77%) iPhone
9 5 (1.77%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (1.41%) PKI
11 3 (1.06%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.06%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.06%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 41 (14.49%) Windows
2 14 (4.95%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.59%) Android
4 8 (2.83%) Apple iOS
4 8 (2.83%) Linux
5 6 (2.12%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.06%) Unix
7 2 (0.71%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.35%) CentOS
8 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (38.52%) Agile
2 93 (32.86%) CI/CD
2 93 (32.86%) Software Engineering
3 72 (25.44%) AI
4 71 (25.09%) Full-Stack Development
5 61 (21.55%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (16.96%) Mentoring
6 48 (16.96%) Microservices
7 46 (16.25%) Machine Learning
8 39 (13.78%) DevOps
9 31 (10.95%) LLM
9 31 (10.95%) Software Architecture
10 26 (9.19%) Test Automation
11 24 (8.48%) SDLC
12 23 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (8.13%) SOLID
13 20 (7.07%) Computer Science
14 19 (6.71%) Containerisation
15 18 (6.36%) Creative Problem-Solving
15 18 (6.36%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 128 (45.23%) SQL
2 72 (25.44%) JavaScript
3 59 (20.85%) Python
4 41 (14.49%) C++
5 26 (9.19%) TypeScript
6 22 (7.77%) Java
7 11 (3.89%) PHP
8 8 (2.83%) Bicep
8 8 (2.83%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.77%) C
10 4 (1.41%) COBOL
10 4 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (1.06%) Ada
11 3 (1.06%) Ada 95
11 3 (1.06%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.06%) Rust
11 3 (1.06%) VB
11 3 (1.06%) VB.NET
11 3 (1.06%) VBA
12 2 (0.71%) XAML
Qualifications
1 32 (11.31%) Degree
2 24 (8.48%) Security Cleared
3 19 (6.71%) SC Cleared
4 17 (6.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.12%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.71%) HNC
7 2 (0.71%) HND
8 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.35%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.83%) QA
2 11 (3.89%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.83%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.83%) WCAG
4 7 (2.47%) NCSC
5 3 (1.06%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 47 (16.61%) Docker
2 1 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 47 (16.61%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 117 (41.34%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.59%) Google
3 9 (3.18%) Facebook
4 2 (0.71%) Foundry
4 2 (0.71%) Keysight
4 2 (0.71%) OpenAI
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle
5 1 (0.35%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.35%) Cisco
5 1 (0.35%) TOWER Software