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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 84 25
Rank change year-on-year +27 -59 +4
Permanent jobs citing C# 277 90 378
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.64% 2.50% 5.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.67% 12.38% 21.61%
Number of salaries quoted 254 79 218
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +0.48% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £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 1,568 727 1,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.94% 20.19% 26.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,162 497 1,037
10th Percentile £36,077 £29,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,650 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -
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 9 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 9 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 83 £50,000 +11.11% 16
Bristol -10 64 £60,000 +4.35% 27
Devon +9 60 £55,000 +52.78% 9
Dorset +16 31 £47,500 -7.32% 6
Gloucestershire -61 20 £52,500 -14.29% 18
Wiltshire -18 18 £55,000 +29.41% 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 8 (2.89%) Confluence
2 4 (1.44%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.44%) WordPress
3 2 (0.72%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.36%) Apache
4 1 (0.36%) JBoss
Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 137 (49.46%) Azure
2 43 (15.52%) Power Platform
3 33 (11.91%) AWS
4 29 (10.47%) Azure AI
4 29 (10.47%) GitHub
5 28 (10.11%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (9.75%) GitHub Copilot
7 20 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (4.69%) SaaS
9 5 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.81%) Google Play
9 5 (1.81%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.44%) GCP
10 4 (1.44%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.08%) Figma
12 2 (0.72%) Azure API Management
12 2 (0.72%) Snowflake
13 1 (0.36%) Anthropic Claude
13 1 (0.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.17%) Internet
2 3 (1.08%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (17.33%) SQL Server
2 40 (14.44%) MongoDB
3 38 (13.72%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (5.42%) Power BI
5 13 (4.69%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.53%) Geospatial Data
7 7 (2.53%) MySQL
7 7 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.44%) OLAP
8 4 (1.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.72%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.36%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.36%) Power Query
11 1 (0.36%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.36%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 31 (11.19%) Git
2 16 (5.78%) JIRA
3 12 (4.33%) Visual Studio
4 10 (3.61%) Jenkins
5 9 (3.25%) TeamCity
6 7 (2.53%) MSI
6 7 (2.53%) NUnit
7 3 (1.08%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.08%) GitLab
7 3 (1.08%) Postman
7 3 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (1.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (1.08%) Subversion
8 2 (0.72%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.72%) Selenium
9 1 (0.36%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.36%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.36%) Maven
9 1 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 41 (14.80%) Social Skills
2 24 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (7.58%) Finance
4 13 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (4.33%) Electronics
6 10 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (3.25%) Advertising
7 9 (3.25%) Aerospace
7 9 (3.25%) Marketing
8 8 (2.89%) Military
9 7 (2.53%) Games
9 7 (2.53%) Local Government
10 5 (1.81%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.81%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.08%) Aviation
11 3 (1.08%) Avionics
11 3 (1.08%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.72%) Banking
12 2 (0.72%) Law
13 1 (0.36%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 116 (41.88%) Developer
2 72 (25.99%) Software Engineer
3 56 (20.22%) Senior
4 53 (19.13%) .NET Developer
5 29 (10.47%) Lead
6 28 (10.11%) Architect
7 27 (9.75%) Senior Software Engineer
7 27 (9.75%) Software Developer
7 27 (9.75%) Solutions Architect
8 24 (8.66%) Senior Developer
9 17 (6.14%) Analyst
10 16 (5.78%) Team Leader
11 14 (5.05%) C# Software Engineer
12 12 (4.33%) Support Analyst
13 11 (3.97%) Full-Stack Developer
13 11 (3.97%) Graduate
13 11 (3.97%) Support Team Leader
14 9 (3.25%) Software Analyst
14 9 (3.25%) Software Support Analyst
15 8 (2.89%) Senior C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (49.46%) .NET
2 70 (25.27%) .NET Core
3 54 (19.49%) HTML
4 53 (19.13%) ASP.NET
4 53 (19.13%) CSS
5 51 (18.41%) WPF
6 45 (16.25%) ASP.NET Core
7 43 (15.52%) .NET Framework
8 30 (10.83%) React
8 30 (10.83%) Vue
9 29 (10.47%) AngularJS
10 28 (10.11%) RESTful
11 25 (9.03%) Blazor
11 25 (9.03%) ML.NET
12 15 (5.42%) MFC
12 15 (5.42%) Node.js
13 14 (5.05%) Entity Framework
13 14 (5.05%) XML
14 13 (4.69%) Web Services
15 12 (4.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.83%) Legacy Systems
2 19 (6.86%) Cloud Native
3 17 (6.14%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.97%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.97%) Mobile App
5 10 (3.61%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.89%) NHS
7 7 (2.53%) Driving Licence
8 6 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.17%) Robotics
8 6 (2.17%) Vector Graphics
9 5 (1.81%) Digital TV
9 5 (1.81%) iPhone
10 4 (1.44%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (1.44%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.44%) PKI
11 3 (1.08%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.08%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.08%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.72%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 40 (14.44%) Windows
2 14 (5.05%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.69%) Android
4 8 (2.89%) Apple iOS
4 8 (2.89%) Linux
5 6 (2.17%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.08%) Unix
7 2 (0.72%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.36%) CentOS
8 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (38.63%) Agile
2 92 (33.21%) CI/CD
2 92 (33.21%) Software Engineering
3 72 (25.99%) AI
4 70 (25.27%) Full-Stack Development
5 61 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (17.33%) Mentoring
6 48 (17.33%) Microservices
7 46 (16.61%) Machine Learning
8 39 (14.08%) DevOps
9 31 (11.19%) LLM
9 31 (11.19%) Software Architecture
10 26 (9.39%) Test Automation
11 23 (8.30%) SDLC
11 23 (8.30%) SOLID
12 22 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (6.86%) Computer Science
14 18 (6.50%) Containerisation
14 18 (6.50%) Creative Problem-Solving
15 17 (6.14%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 127 (45.85%) SQL
2 72 (25.99%) JavaScript
3 59 (21.30%) Python
4 40 (14.44%) C++
5 26 (9.39%) TypeScript
6 21 (7.58%) Java
7 11 (3.97%) PHP
8 8 (2.89%) Bicep
8 8 (2.89%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.81%) C
10 4 (1.44%) COBOL
10 4 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (1.08%) Ada
11 3 (1.08%) Ada 95
11 3 (1.08%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.08%) Rust
11 3 (1.08%) VB
12 2 (0.72%) Go
12 2 (0.72%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (11.19%) Degree
2 24 (8.66%) Security Cleared
3 19 (6.86%) SC Cleared
4 16 (5.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.17%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.72%) HNC
7 2 (0.72%) HND
8 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.36%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.66%) QA
2 11 (3.97%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.89%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.89%) WCAG
4 7 (2.53%) NCSC
5 3 (1.08%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 46 (16.61%) Docker
2 1 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.36%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 46 (16.61%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.44%) Ansible
Vendors
1 116 (41.88%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.69%) Google
3 9 (3.25%) Facebook
4 2 (0.72%) Foundry
4 2 (0.72%) Keysight
4 2 (0.72%) OpenAI
4 2 (0.72%) Oracle
5 1 (0.36%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.36%) Cisco
5 1 (0.36%) TOWER Software