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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 65 25
Rank change year-on-year +17 -40 +7
Permanent jobs citing C# 267 112 638
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.18% 3.33% 6.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.21% 13.32% 24.05%
Number of salaries quoted 257 97 554
10th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £27,725
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £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 £68,000 £78,000 £71,250
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 1,390 841 2,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.54% 25.04% 28.19%
Number of salaries quoted 987 565 2,068
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,300 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £67,500
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 19 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 19 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 +10 82 £50,000 -13.04% 19
Bristol +10 69 £55,000 +4.76% 13
Devon +18 62 £55,000 +2.33% 7
Dorset +4 23 £47,500 - 4
Wiltshire -13 17 £55,000 -4.35% 3
Gloucestershire -36 14 £52,500 - 7
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 5 (1.87%) Confluence
2 4 (1.50%) NServiceBus
2 4 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 132 (49.44%) Azure
2 33 (12.36%) GitHub
3 32 (11.99%) Power Platform
4 29 (10.86%) GitHub Copilot
5 27 (10.11%) AWS
6 26 (9.74%) Azure AI
7 24 (8.99%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (8.99%) SaaS
8 18 (6.74%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (3.37%) Azure AKS
10 5 (1.87%) GCP
10 5 (1.87%) Google Play
11 4 (1.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (1.50%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.50%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.12%) Figma
13 2 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (0.75%) Serverless
14 1 (0.37%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.25%) Internet
2 1 (0.37%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.37%) Modbus
2 1 (0.37%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (19.48%) SQL Server
2 43 (16.10%) MongoDB
3 40 (14.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (5.24%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (4.87%) Power BI
6 7 (2.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (2.25%) MySQL
8 5 (1.87%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.50%) OLAP
9 4 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.37%) Redis
Development Applications
1 20 (7.49%) Git
2 15 (5.62%) JIRA
3 5 (1.87%) MSI
3 5 (1.87%) Postman
4 4 (1.50%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.12%) SoapUI
5 3 (1.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (1.12%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.75%) Selenium
6 2 (0.75%) TestRail
7 1 (0.37%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.37%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.37%) MSTest
7 1 (0.37%) NUnit
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.37%) Vite
General
1 34 (12.73%) Social Skills
2 15 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (4.12%) Finance
4 10 (3.75%) Advertising
4 10 (3.75%) Marketing
5 9 (3.37%) Electronics
6 8 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.62%) Games
7 7 (2.62%) Local Government
8 5 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.87%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.50%) Military
10 2 (0.75%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.75%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.75%) Retail
11 1 (0.37%) Automotive
11 1 (0.37%) Aviation
11 1 (0.37%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 128 (47.94%) Developer
2 67 (25.09%) Software Engineer
3 62 (23.22%) .NET Developer
4 57 (21.35%) Senior
5 44 (16.48%) Software Developer
6 34 (12.73%) Senior Software Engineer
7 23 (8.61%) Senior Developer
8 19 (7.12%) Analyst
9 18 (6.74%) Architect
9 18 (6.74%) Lead
9 18 (6.74%) Solutions Architect
10 11 (4.12%) Graduate
11 10 (3.75%) .NET Software Developer
11 10 (3.75%) C# Software Engineer
11 10 (3.75%) Support Analyst
12 9 (3.37%) Full-Stack Developer
12 9 (3.37%) Support Team Leader
12 9 (3.37%) Team Leader
13 8 (3.00%) C++ Developer
13 8 (3.00%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (55.06%) .NET
2 81 (30.34%) .NET Core
3 62 (23.22%) ASP.NET
4 56 (20.97%) HTML
5 51 (19.10%) CSS
6 47 (17.60%) ASP.NET Core
7 45 (16.85%) WPF
8 42 (15.73%) .NET Framework
9 31 (11.61%) Vue
10 29 (10.86%) RESTful
11 28 (10.49%) React
12 27 (10.11%) AngularJS
13 26 (9.74%) Blazor
13 26 (9.74%) ML.NET
13 26 (9.74%) REST
14 17 (6.37%) Entity Framework
15 16 (5.99%) Node.js
16 13 (4.87%) MFC
17 12 (4.49%) Web Services
18 10 (3.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.24%) Legacy Systems
2 16 (5.99%) Cloud Native
3 12 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.12%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.00%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.62%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.62%) NHS
7 6 (2.25%) Vector Graphics
8 5 (1.87%) Digital TV
8 5 (1.87%) iPhone
9 3 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.12%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.75%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.75%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.37%) Distributed Architecture
11 1 (0.37%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.37%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 33 (12.36%) Windows
2 12 (4.49%) Windows Server
3 11 (4.12%) Android
4 7 (2.62%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.25%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.75%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (37.83%) Agile
2 88 (32.96%) CI/CD
3 87 (32.58%) Software Engineering
4 63 (23.60%) Full-Stack Development
5 54 (20.22%) AI
6 47 (17.60%) Microservices
6 47 (17.60%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (14.61%) Machine Learning
8 38 (14.23%) Mentoring
9 35 (13.11%) DevOps
10 30 (11.24%) Containerisation
11 29 (10.86%) Test Automation
12 24 (8.99%) Software Architecture
13 23 (8.61%) Scrum
14 22 (8.24%) Computer Science
15 20 (7.49%) LLM
15 20 (7.49%) SOLID
16 18 (6.74%) API Design
16 18 (6.74%) Continuous Improvement
17 16 (5.99%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 121 (45.32%) SQL
2 69 (25.84%) JavaScript
3 39 (14.61%) Python
4 34 (12.73%) TypeScript
5 26 (9.74%) C++
6 17 (6.37%) Java
7 11 (4.12%) PHP
8 6 (2.25%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.87%) Bicep
10 4 (1.50%) COBOL
10 4 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (1.12%) Go
11 3 (1.12%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.12%) VB.NET
11 3 (1.12%) VBA
12 1 (0.37%) Bash
12 1 (0.37%) C
12 1 (0.37%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.37%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 31 (11.61%) Degree
2 19 (7.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (6.37%) Security Cleared
4 12 (4.49%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.50%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.37%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.37%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.24%) QA
2 6 (2.25%) WCAG
3 5 (1.87%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.87%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.87%) NCSC
System Software
1 62 (23.22%) Docker
2 2 (0.75%) Firmware
3 1 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 59 (22.10%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.00%) Terraform
3 1 (0.37%) Ansible
Vendors
1 97 (36.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.87%) Google
3 10 (3.75%) Facebook
4 2 (0.75%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle
5 1 (0.37%) TOWER Software