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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 49 22
Rank change year-on-year -29 -27 +5
Permanent jobs citing C# 147 126 718
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.95% 4.71% 8.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.23% 15.02% 24.33%
Number of salaries quoted 134 101 645
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,119 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £63,375 £78,750 £71,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +11.11% -10.00%

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 1,111 839 2,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.71% 31.33% 33.16%
Number of salaries quoted 683 615 2,429
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,443 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.25% +4.44% -
75th Percentile £65,625 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,650 £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 2 May 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 2 May 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 -5 62 £55,000 -2.22% 22
Devon -1 31 £45,000 -18.18% 11
Somerset -26 26 £42,500 -29.17% 13
Dorset -21 12 £50,000 +17.65% 7
Wiltshire -17 10 £56,250 -2.17% 1
Gloucestershire -27 6 £52,500 +5.00% 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 4 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.04%) NServiceBus
3 1 (0.68%) CMS
3 1 (0.68%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 51 (34.69%) Azure
2 23 (15.65%) SaaS
3 16 (10.88%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (8.16%) Azure AKS
5 9 (6.12%) AWS
5 9 (6.12%) Power Platform
6 8 (5.44%) GitHub
7 6 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (3.40%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (2.72%) GCP
9 4 (2.72%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.72%) Serverless
10 3 (2.04%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.36%) Azure API Management
11 2 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.36%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.36%) Figma
11 2 (1.36%) GitHub Copilot
12 1 (0.68%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.68%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.68%) Modbus
1 1 (0.68%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (27.89%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.08%) Power BI
3 4 (2.72%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.04%) MySQL
4 3 (2.04%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.36%) CockroachDB
5 2 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.36%) OLAP
5 2 (1.36%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.68%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (6.12%) Git
2 6 (4.08%) Cypress.io
2 6 (4.08%) JIRA
3 5 (3.40%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.40%) Postman
3 5 (3.40%) SoapUI
4 3 (2.04%) Burp Suite
4 3 (2.04%) Metasploit
4 3 (2.04%) Selenium
4 3 (2.04%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (1.36%) Balsamiq
5 2 (1.36%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.36%) GitLab
5 2 (1.36%) JUnit
5 2 (1.36%) REST Assured
5 2 (1.36%) TestNG
5 2 (1.36%) TestRail
5 2 (1.36%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.68%) MSTest
6 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 22 (14.97%) Social Skills
2 7 (4.76%) Finance
3 6 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.72%) Aerospace
4 4 (2.72%) Electronics
4 4 (2.72%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.04%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.04%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.36%) Marketing
6 2 (1.36%) Retail
7 1 (0.68%) Advertising
7 1 (0.68%) Aviation
7 1 (0.68%) Games
7 1 (0.68%) Military
7 1 (0.68%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 66 (44.90%) Developer
2 47 (31.97%) Software Engineer
3 34 (23.13%) Software Developer
4 30 (20.41%) Senior
5 21 (14.29%) .NET Developer
5 21 (14.29%) .NET Software Engineer
6 17 (11.56%) Senior Software Engineer
7 12 (8.16%) C# Software Engineer
7 12 (8.16%) Senior Developer
8 11 (7.48%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
9 10 (6.80%) .NET Software Developer
9 10 (6.80%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (5.44%) Backend Developer
10 8 (5.44%) Graduate
10 8 (5.44%) Graduate Developer
10 8 (5.44%) Graduate Software Developer
10 8 (5.44%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
11 7 (4.76%) Analyst
11 7 (4.76%) C# Developer
11 7 (4.76%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (57.14%) .NET
2 36 (24.49%) .NET Core
3 30 (20.41%) ASP.NET
4 23 (15.65%) REST
5 22 (14.97%) Entity Framework
6 21 (14.29%) .NET Framework
6 21 (14.29%) HTML
7 17 (11.56%) CSS
8 15 (10.20%) AngularJS
9 14 (9.52%) RESTful
10 13 (8.84%) Playwright
10 13 (8.84%) WPF
11 11 (7.48%) Dapper ORM
11 11 (7.48%) React
12 8 (5.44%) Vue
13 7 (4.76%) ASP.NET Core
14 6 (4.08%) Blazor
15 5 (3.40%) jQuery
16 4 (2.72%) Node.js
17 3 (2.04%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.08%) Cloud Native
2 4 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.04%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.04%) Mobile App
3 3 (2.04%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.36%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.36%) Distributed Architecture
4 2 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.36%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.68%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.36%) Windows
2 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.68%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (44.22%) Software Engineering
2 43 (29.25%) Agile
3 42 (28.57%) CI/CD
4 26 (17.69%) DevOps
5 25 (17.01%) Computer Science
6 24 (16.33%) Containerisation
7 21 (14.29%) Test Automation
8 20 (13.61%) Full-Stack Development
9 18 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (10.20%) MVC
11 14 (9.52%) Mentoring
12 13 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (8.16%) API Testing
13 12 (8.16%) Clean Code
13 12 (8.16%) Performance Optimisation
14 10 (6.80%) API Integration
14 10 (6.80%) SDLC
15 9 (6.12%) API Design
15 9 (6.12%) API Development
15 9 (6.12%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 40 (27.21%) JavaScript
2 39 (26.53%) SQL
3 29 (19.73%) TypeScript
4 23 (15.65%) Python
5 14 (9.52%) Java
6 7 (4.76%) C++
7 6 (4.08%) PHP
8 5 (3.40%) Bash
9 4 (2.72%) Go
10 3 (2.04%) VB
10 3 (2.04%) VB.NET
10 3 (2.04%) VBA
11 2 (1.36%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.68%) C
12 1 (0.68%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.68%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (17.69%) Degree
2 19 (12.93%) Security Cleared
3 18 (12.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (7.48%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.08%) ISTQB
6 4 (2.72%) CREST Certified
7 3 (2.04%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.36%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.68%) CITP
9 1 (0.68%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.24%) QA
2 3 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.36%) GDPR
4 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
System Software
1 32 (21.77%) Docker
2 2 (1.36%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.36%) Firmware
3 1 (0.68%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (19.73%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.04%) Nmap
2 3 (2.04%) Terraform
3 1 (0.68%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (7.48%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.04%) Oracle
3 2 (1.36%) MuleSoft
3 2 (1.36%) Splunk
4 1 (0.68%) Facebook
4 1 (0.68%) Google
4 1 (0.68%) Palantir
4 1 (0.68%) SAP
4 1 (0.68%) TOWER Software