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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 65 25
Rank change year-on-year +19 -40 +1
Permanent jobs citing C# 262 114 678
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.19% 3.50% 6.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.10% 13.36% 23.98%
Number of salaries quoted 251 97 588
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £78,750 £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 1,372 853 2,827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.70% 26.17% 28.72%
Number of salaries quoted 949 574 2,223
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,675 £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 10 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 10 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 +4 77 £50,000 -28.57% 15
Bristol +7 71 £55,000 +4.76% 23
Devon +8 63 £55,000 +2.33% 9
Dorset -3 21 £47,500 - 5
Wiltshire -11 15 £57,500 - 6
Gloucestershire -30 15 £52,500 +5.00% 13
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 (1.53%) Confluence
1 4 (1.53%) NServiceBus
1 4 (1.53%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 131 (50.00%) Azure
2 35 (13.36%) GitHub
3 30 (11.45%) Power Platform
4 29 (11.07%) GitHub Copilot
5 27 (10.31%) AWS
6 26 (9.92%) Azure AI
7 25 (9.54%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (8.78%) SaaS
9 17 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (3.82%) Azure AKS
11 5 (1.91%) GCP
11 5 (1.91%) Google Play
12 4 (1.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.53%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.53%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.53%) Serverless
13 3 (1.15%) Azure Functions
13 3 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (1.15%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.29%) Internet
2 1 (0.38%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.38%) Modbus
2 1 (0.38%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (21.37%) SQL Server
2 43 (16.41%) MongoDB
3 40 (15.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (5.34%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (4.58%) Power BI
6 6 (2.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.91%) MySQL
8 4 (1.53%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.15%) OLAP
9 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (7.25%) Git
2 12 (4.58%) JIRA
3 5 (1.91%) Postman
4 4 (1.53%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.53%) MSI
5 3 (1.15%) SoapUI
5 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (1.15%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (1.15%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.76%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.76%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.76%) TestRail
7 1 (0.38%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.38%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.38%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.38%) MSTest
7 1 (0.38%) NUnit
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.38%) Selenium
7 1 (0.38%) Vite
General
1 33 (12.60%) Social Skills
2 13 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (4.20%) Finance
4 10 (3.82%) Advertising
4 10 (3.82%) Marketing
5 8 (3.05%) Electronics
5 8 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (2.67%) Games
6 7 (2.67%) Local Government
7 4 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.53%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.15%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.15%) Military
9 2 (0.76%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.76%) Retail
10 1 (0.38%) Automotive
10 1 (0.38%) Aviation
10 1 (0.38%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 129 (49.24%) Developer
2 67 (25.57%) Software Engineer
3 64 (24.43%) .NET Developer
4 57 (21.76%) Senior
5 43 (16.41%) Software Developer
6 32 (12.21%) Senior Software Engineer
7 25 (9.54%) Senior Developer
8 18 (6.87%) Analyst
9 17 (6.49%) Architect
9 17 (6.49%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (6.11%) Lead
11 11 (4.20%) .NET Software Engineer
11 11 (4.20%) C# Software Engineer
12 10 (3.82%) .NET Software Developer
12 10 (3.82%) Graduate
12 10 (3.82%) Support Analyst
13 9 (3.44%) Full-Stack Developer
13 9 (3.44%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
14 8 (3.05%) Senior C++ Developer
14 8 (3.05%) Software Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (58.02%) .NET
2 81 (30.92%) .NET Core
3 66 (25.19%) ASP.NET
4 57 (21.76%) HTML
5 52 (19.85%) CSS
6 49 (18.70%) ASP.NET Core
7 42 (16.03%) .NET Framework
8 41 (15.65%) WPF
9 30 (11.45%) RESTful
10 29 (11.07%) Vue
11 28 (10.69%) React
12 27 (10.31%) AngularJS
13 26 (9.92%) Blazor
13 26 (9.92%) ML.NET
13 26 (9.92%) REST
14 19 (7.25%) Entity Framework
15 16 (6.11%) Node.js
16 12 (4.58%) MFC
16 12 (4.58%) Web Services
17 10 (3.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.25%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (5.73%) Cloud Native
3 12 (4.58%) Mobile App
3 12 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.67%) NHS
5 7 (2.67%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.29%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.29%) Vector Graphics
7 5 (1.91%) Digital TV
7 5 (1.91%) iPhone
8 3 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.15%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.15%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.76%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.76%) PKI
9 2 (0.76%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.38%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (12.21%) Windows
2 12 (4.58%) Windows Server
3 11 (4.20%) Android
4 7 (2.67%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.29%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.76%) Linux
6 2 (0.76%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (37.40%) Agile
2 87 (33.21%) CI/CD
3 85 (32.44%) Software Engineering
4 63 (24.05%) Full-Stack Development
5 53 (20.23%) AI
6 44 (16.79%) Microservices
7 42 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (14.50%) Machine Learning
9 37 (14.12%) DevOps
10 36 (13.74%) Mentoring
11 31 (11.83%) Containerisation
12 26 (9.92%) Test Automation
13 23 (8.78%) Scrum
14 22 (8.40%) Computer Science
14 22 (8.40%) Software Architecture
15 19 (7.25%) LLM
16 18 (6.87%) SOLID
17 17 (6.49%) API Design
17 17 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
18 16 (6.11%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 116 (44.27%) SQL
2 68 (25.95%) JavaScript
3 36 (13.74%) Python
4 33 (12.60%) TypeScript
5 26 (9.92%) C++
6 18 (6.87%) Java
7 11 (4.20%) PHP
8 6 (2.29%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.53%) Bicep
9 4 (1.53%) COBOL
10 3 (1.15%) Go
10 3 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.15%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.15%) VB
10 3 (1.15%) VB.NET
10 3 (1.15%) VBA
11 2 (0.76%) Bash
12 1 (0.38%) C
12 1 (0.38%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (11.45%) Degree
2 19 (7.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (6.87%) Security Cleared
4 11 (4.20%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.53%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.38%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.38%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.38%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.63%) QA
2 5 (1.91%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.91%) WCAG
3 4 (1.53%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.53%) NCSC
4 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 63 (24.05%) Docker
2 2 (0.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.76%) Firmware
3 1 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 60 (22.90%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.05%) Terraform
3 2 (0.76%) Ansible
4 1 (0.38%) Nmap
Vendors
1 96 (36.64%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.96%) Google
3 10 (3.82%) Facebook
4 2 (0.76%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle
5 1 (0.38%) TOWER Software