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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 61 25
Rank change year-on-year +14 -36 +2
Permanent jobs citing C# 242 111 713
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.02% 3.69% 7.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.59% 13.07% 24.18%
Number of salaries quoted 231 94 617
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,850 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £78,750 £72,433
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 1,302 849 2,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.23% 28.25% 29.05%
Number of salaries quoted 883 570 2,330
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,525 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,525 £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 30 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 30 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 +6 72 £57,000 +8.57% 19
Somerset 0 66 £50,000 -28.57% 15
Devon +6 60 £55,000 +2.33% 11
Dorset +2 16 £50,000 +5.26% 6
Wiltshire -17 14 £60,000 +4.35% 5
Gloucestershire -29 14 £52,500 +5.00% 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 4 (1.65%) NServiceBus
1 4 (1.65%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.24%) Confluence
2 3 (1.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 115 (47.52%) Azure
2 31 (12.81%) GitHub
3 27 (11.16%) AWS
4 25 (10.33%) Power Platform
5 24 (9.92%) GitHub Copilot
6 22 (9.09%) Azure AI
7 21 (8.68%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (8.26%) SaaS
9 13 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (4.55%) Azure AKS
11 6 (2.48%) GCP
12 5 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 4 (1.65%) Google Play
13 4 (1.65%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.65%) PowerApps
13 4 (1.65%) Serverless
14 3 (1.24%) Azure Functions
14 3 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
14 3 (1.24%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.07%) Internet
2 1 (0.41%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.41%) Modbus
2 1 (0.41%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (21.07%) SQL Server
2 37 (15.29%) MongoDB
3 34 (14.05%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (4.96%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (4.55%) Power BI
6 5 (2.07%) MySQL
6 5 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.24%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.83%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.83%) OLAP
8 2 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.41%) Redis
Development Applications
1 17 (7.02%) Git
2 8 (3.31%) JIRA
3 4 (1.65%) Postman
4 3 (1.24%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.24%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.24%) MSI
4 3 (1.24%) SoapUI
4 3 (1.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (1.24%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.83%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.83%) TestRail
5 2 (0.83%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.41%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.41%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.41%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.41%) MSTest
6 1 (0.41%) NUnit
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.41%) Vite
General
1 33 (13.64%) Social Skills
2 12 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (4.13%) Finance
4 8 (3.31%) Advertising
4 8 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
4 8 (3.31%) Marketing
5 7 (2.89%) Electronics
5 7 (2.89%) Local Government
6 6 (2.48%) Games
7 3 (1.24%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.24%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.83%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.83%) Military
8 2 (0.83%) Retail
9 1 (0.41%) Automotive
9 1 (0.41%) Aviation
9 1 (0.41%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 124 (51.24%) Developer
2 69 (28.51%) Software Engineer
3 58 (23.97%) .NET Developer
4 57 (23.55%) Senior
5 43 (17.77%) Software Developer
6 31 (12.81%) Senior Software Engineer
7 26 (10.74%) Senior Developer
8 15 (6.20%) .NET Software Engineer
9 13 (5.37%) Architect
9 13 (5.37%) Lead
9 13 (5.37%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (4.96%) Analyst
10 12 (4.96%) C# Software Engineer
11 10 (4.13%) .NET Software Developer
11 10 (4.13%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
12 9 (3.72%) Full-Stack Developer
12 9 (3.72%) Graduate
13 8 (3.31%) Backend Developer
13 8 (3.31%) C++ Developer
13 8 (3.31%) Senior C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (58.68%) .NET
2 76 (31.40%) .NET Core
3 62 (25.62%) ASP.NET
4 47 (19.42%) HTML
5 43 (17.77%) ASP.NET Core
6 42 (17.36%) CSS
7 37 (15.29%) WPF
8 36 (14.88%) .NET Framework
9 27 (11.16%) React
9 27 (11.16%) RESTful
10 26 (10.74%) AngularJS
10 26 (10.74%) REST
10 26 (10.74%) Vue
11 23 (9.50%) Blazor
12 22 (9.09%) ML.NET
13 21 (8.68%) Entity Framework
14 14 (5.79%) Node.js
15 11 (4.55%) MFC
16 10 (4.13%) Dapper ORM
17 9 (3.72%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.61%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (6.20%) Cloud Native
3 12 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.55%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.89%) NHS
7 6 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.48%) Vector Graphics
8 5 (2.07%) Digital TV
8 5 (2.07%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.65%) iPhone
10 3 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.24%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.83%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.83%) PKI
11 2 (0.83%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.83%) Security Posture
12 1 (0.41%) Distributed Architecture
12 1 (0.41%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.74%) Windows
2 10 (4.13%) Android
3 7 (2.89%) Apple iOS
3 7 (2.89%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.48%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.83%) Linux
5 2 (0.83%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (36.36%) Agile
2 85 (35.12%) Software Engineering
3 79 (32.64%) CI/CD
4 57 (23.55%) Full-Stack Development
5 43 (17.77%) AI
6 37 (15.29%) Microservices
6 37 (15.29%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (13.64%) DevOps
8 32 (13.22%) Mentoring
9 31 (12.81%) Containerisation
10 30 (12.40%) Machine Learning
11 23 (9.50%) Test Automation
12 22 (9.09%) Computer Science
13 21 (8.68%) Scrum
14 18 (7.44%) Software Architecture
15 17 (7.02%) Clean Code
16 16 (6.61%) API Design
16 16 (6.61%) MVC
17 15 (6.20%) API Integration
17 15 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 96 (39.67%) SQL
2 61 (25.21%) JavaScript
3 32 (13.22%) Python
3 32 (13.22%) TypeScript
4 26 (10.74%) C++
5 17 (7.02%) Java
6 10 (4.13%) PHP
7 6 (2.48%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.24%) Bicep
8 3 (1.24%) COBOL
8 3 (1.24%) Go
8 3 (1.24%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.24%) VB
8 3 (1.24%) VB.NET
8 3 (1.24%) VBA
9 2 (0.83%) Bash
9 2 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.41%) C
10 1 (0.41%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (12.40%) Degree
2 21 (8.68%) Security Cleared
3 19 (7.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (4.96%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.24%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.41%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.41%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.61%) QA
2 5 (2.07%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.24%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.24%) NCSC
3 3 (1.24%) WCAG
4 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 60 (24.79%) Docker
2 2 (0.83%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.83%) Firmware
3 1 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 57 (23.55%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.89%) Terraform
3 2 (0.83%) Ansible
4 1 (0.41%) Nmap
Vendors
1 77 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.13%) Google
3 8 (3.31%) Facebook
4 2 (0.83%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle
5 1 (0.41%) TOWER Software