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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 56 22
Rank change year-on-year -10 -34 +7
Permanent jobs citing C# 177 105 709
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.29% 3.99% 7.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.40% 13.19% 24.23%
Number of salaries quoted 166 88 639
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,650 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.84% -7.27%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,063 £63,750
90th Percentile £66,875 £77,875 £72,433
England median annual salary £60,509 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.91% +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 1,149 796 2,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.88% 30.22% 31.83%
Number of salaries quoted 732 549 2,395
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,625
90th Percentile £79,200 £83,750 £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 24 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 24 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 +3 64 £55,000 +2.33% 20
Devon 0 42 £55,000 +2.33% 13
Somerset -12 40 £42,500 -34.62% 14
Dorset -16 13 £50,000 +5.26% 9
Wiltshire -10 12 £58,750 +2.17% 4
Gloucestershire -24 6 £52,500 +6.15% 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 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.69%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 70 (39.55%) Azure
2 22 (12.43%) SaaS
3 17 (9.60%) Power Platform
4 15 (8.47%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (7.91%) AWS
6 13 (7.34%) GitHub
7 12 (6.78%) Azure AKS
8 9 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (3.95%) GitHub Copilot
10 6 (3.39%) Azure AI
10 6 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (2.26%) GCP
11 4 (2.26%) Power Automate
11 4 (2.26%) PowerApps
11 4 (2.26%) Serverless
12 3 (1.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (1.69%) Azure Functions
13 2 (1.13%) Azure API Management
13 2 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (1.13%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.56%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.56%) Internet
1 1 (0.56%) Modbus
1 1 (0.56%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (24.86%) SQL Server
2 13 (7.34%) MongoDB
3 10 (5.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (3.95%) Power BI
5 4 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.69%) MySQL
6 3 (1.69%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.13%) CockroachDB
7 2 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.13%) OLAP
7 2 (1.13%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (6.21%) Git
2 6 (3.39%) JIRA
3 5 (2.82%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.82%) Postman
3 5 (2.82%) SoapUI
4 4 (2.26%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.69%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (1.69%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.13%) Burp Suite
6 2 (1.13%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.13%) GitLab
6 2 (1.13%) JUnit
6 2 (1.13%) Metasploit
6 2 (1.13%) REST Assured
6 2 (1.13%) Selenium
6 2 (1.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (1.13%) TestNG
6 2 (1.13%) TestRail
7 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.56%) Vite
General
1 26 (14.69%) Social Skills
2 7 (3.95%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (3.39%) Finance
4 5 (2.82%) Electronics
5 3 (1.69%) Aerospace
5 3 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (1.69%) Local Government
6 2 (1.13%) Advertising
6 2 (1.13%) Games
6 2 (1.13%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.13%) Marketing
6 2 (1.13%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.13%) Retail
6 2 (1.13%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.56%) Aviation
7 1 (0.56%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 85 (48.02%) Developer
2 53 (29.94%) Software Engineer
3 42 (23.73%) Senior
4 36 (20.34%) Software Developer
5 32 (18.08%) .NET Developer
6 22 (12.43%) Senior Software Engineer
7 20 (11.30%) Senior Developer
8 19 (10.73%) .NET Software Engineer
9 11 (6.21%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
10 10 (5.65%) .NET Software Developer
11 9 (5.08%) Analyst
11 9 (5.08%) Architect
11 9 (5.08%) C# Developer
11 9 (5.08%) C# Software Engineer
11 9 (5.08%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (4.52%) Backend Developer
12 8 (4.52%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
13 7 (3.95%) Graduate
13 7 (3.95%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (55.37%) .NET
2 49 (27.68%) .NET Core
3 38 (21.47%) ASP.NET
4 26 (14.69%) .NET Framework
4 26 (14.69%) HTML
5 23 (12.99%) REST
6 22 (12.43%) CSS
6 22 (12.43%) Entity Framework
7 20 (11.30%) WPF
8 18 (10.17%) RESTful
9 17 (9.60%) ASP.NET Core
9 17 (9.60%) React
10 16 (9.04%) AngularJS
10 16 (9.04%) Vue
11 11 (6.21%) Blazor
11 11 (6.21%) Dapper ORM
12 10 (5.65%) Playwright
13 7 (3.95%) Node.js
14 6 (3.39%) jQuery
14 6 (3.39%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (4.52%) Cloud Native
3 7 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (3.95%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.26%) Vector Graphics
5 3 (1.69%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.69%) NHS
5 3 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.13%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.13%) Digital TV
6 2 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.13%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.13%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.13%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.56%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.56%) iPhone
7 1 (0.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.78%) Windows
2 5 (2.82%) Android
2 5 (2.82%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.26%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.69%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.56%) Linux
5 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (38.42%) Software Engineering
2 57 (32.20%) Agile
3 53 (29.94%) CI/CD
4 29 (16.38%) Full-Stack Development
5 27 (15.25%) Containerisation
6 26 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (14.12%) DevOps
8 24 (13.56%) Computer Science
9 22 (12.43%) Test Automation
10 20 (11.30%) Mentoring
11 18 (10.17%) AI
12 17 (9.60%) Microservices
13 14 (7.91%) Clean Code
13 14 (7.91%) MVC
14 12 (6.78%) API Design
14 12 (6.78%) API Integration
14 12 (6.78%) Performance Optimisation
15 11 (6.21%) Continuous Improvement
15 11 (6.21%) Scrum
15 11 (6.21%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 56 (31.64%) SQL
2 49 (27.68%) JavaScript
3 28 (15.82%) Python
4 26 (14.69%) TypeScript
5 14 (7.91%) C++
5 14 (7.91%) Java
6 5 (2.82%) PHP
7 3 (1.69%) Bash
7 3 (1.69%) Go
7 3 (1.69%) VB
7 3 (1.69%) VB.NET
7 3 (1.69%) VBA
8 2 (1.13%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.13%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.56%) C
9 1 (0.56%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (16.38%) Degree
2 19 (10.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (9.04%) Security Cleared
4 8 (4.52%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.26%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.13%) CREST Certified
6 2 (1.13%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.56%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.04%) QA
2 5 (2.82%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.13%) GDPR
3 2 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 39 (22.03%) Docker
2 2 (1.13%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.13%) Firmware
3 1 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 37 (20.90%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.69%) Terraform
3 2 (1.13%) Nmap
4 1 (0.56%) Ansible
Vendors
1 32 (18.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.69%) Google
2 3 (1.69%) Oracle
3 2 (1.13%) Facebook
3 2 (1.13%) MuleSoft
3 2 (1.13%) Splunk
4 1 (0.56%) TOWER Software