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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 84 27
Rank change year-on-year +27 -57 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 281 88 374
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.67% 2.47% 5.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.97% 12.38% 20.40%
Number of salaries quoted 256 77 217
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,400 £26,000
25th Percentile £44,375 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
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 1,564 711 1,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.85% 19.97% 27.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,160 493 1,025
10th Percentile £36,130 £29,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,750 £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 12 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 12 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 +31 84 £50,000 +11.11% 13
Devon +16 63 £55,000 +48.15% 10
Bristol -4 63 £60,000 +4.35% 23
Dorset +15 31 £47,500 -7.32% 2
Gloucestershire -60 20 £52,500 -14.29% 12
Wiltshire -12 19 £53,188 +25.15% 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 8 (2.85%) Confluence
2 4 (1.42%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.42%) WordPress
3 2 (0.71%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.36%) Apache
4 1 (0.36%) JBoss
Applications
1 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 141 (50.18%) Azure
2 44 (15.66%) Power Platform
3 33 (11.74%) AWS
4 30 (10.68%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (10.32%) Azure AI
5 29 (10.32%) GitHub
6 27 (9.61%) GitHub Copilot
7 22 (7.83%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (4.27%) SaaS
9 6 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (2.14%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.78%) Google Play
10 5 (1.78%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.42%) GCP
12 2 (0.71%) Azure API Management
12 2 (0.71%) Figma
12 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.71%) Snowflake
13 1 (0.36%) Anthropic Claude
13 1 (0.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.14%) Internet
2 3 (1.07%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (17.44%) SQL Server
2 40 (14.23%) MongoDB
3 38 (13.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 16 (5.69%) Power BI
5 13 (4.63%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.49%) Geospatial Data
7 7 (2.49%) MySQL
7 7 (2.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (1.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (1.42%) OLAP
9 4 (1.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.71%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.36%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.36%) Power Query
12 1 (0.36%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.36%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 31 (11.03%) Git
2 16 (5.69%) JIRA
3 12 (4.27%) Visual Studio
4 10 (3.56%) Jenkins
5 9 (3.20%) TeamCity
6 7 (2.49%) MSI
6 7 (2.49%) NUnit
7 4 (1.42%) Postman
8 3 (1.07%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.07%) GitLab
8 3 (1.07%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (1.07%) Selenium
8 3 (1.07%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (1.07%) Subversion
9 2 (0.71%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.36%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.36%) Maven
10 1 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.36%) WebDriver
General
1 43 (15.30%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (8.19%) Finance
4 13 (4.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (4.27%) Electronics
6 10 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (3.20%) Advertising
7 9 (3.20%) Aerospace
7 9 (3.20%) Marketing
8 8 (2.85%) Military
9 7 (2.49%) Games
9 7 (2.49%) Local Government
10 6 (2.14%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.78%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.07%) Aviation
12 3 (1.07%) Avionics
12 3 (1.07%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.71%) Banking
13 2 (0.71%) Law
14 1 (0.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 117 (41.64%) Developer
2 72 (25.62%) Software Engineer
3 57 (20.28%) Senior
4 53 (18.86%) .NET Developer
5 31 (11.03%) Architect
6 30 (10.68%) Lead
7 28 (9.96%) Software Developer
8 27 (9.61%) Solutions Architect
9 26 (9.25%) Senior Developer
9 26 (9.25%) Senior Software Engineer
10 17 (6.05%) Analyst
11 16 (5.69%) Team Leader
12 15 (5.34%) C# Software Engineer
13 12 (4.27%) Support Analyst
14 11 (3.91%) Support Team Leader
15 10 (3.56%) Full-Stack Developer
15 10 (3.56%) Graduate
16 9 (3.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 9 (3.20%) Software Analyst
16 9 (3.20%) Software Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (50.53%) .NET
2 69 (24.56%) .NET Core
3 53 (18.86%) ASP.NET
3 53 (18.86%) HTML
4 52 (18.51%) CSS
5 50 (17.79%) WPF
6 45 (16.01%) ASP.NET Core
7 43 (15.30%) .NET Framework
8 30 (10.68%) Vue
9 29 (10.32%) AngularJS
9 29 (10.32%) React
10 27 (9.61%) RESTful
11 26 (9.25%) Blazor
12 25 (8.90%) ML.NET
13 15 (5.34%) MFC
13 15 (5.34%) Node.js
14 14 (4.98%) Entity Framework
14 14 (4.98%) REST
14 14 (4.98%) Web Services
14 14 (4.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.03%) Legacy Systems
2 19 (6.76%) Cloud Native
3 17 (6.05%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.91%) Mobile App
5 10 (3.56%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.85%) NHS
7 7 (2.49%) Driving Licence
8 6 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.14%) Robotics
8 6 (2.14%) Vector Graphics
9 5 (1.78%) Digital TV
9 5 (1.78%) iPhone
10 4 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (1.42%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.42%) PKI
11 3 (1.07%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.07%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.07%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.71%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 40 (14.23%) Windows
2 14 (4.98%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.63%) Android
4 8 (2.85%) Apple iOS
4 8 (2.85%) Linux
5 6 (2.14%) macOS
6 3 (1.07%) Unix
7 2 (0.71%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.36%) CentOS
8 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (38.43%) Agile
2 93 (33.10%) CI/CD
3 92 (32.74%) Software Engineering
4 73 (25.98%) AI
5 70 (24.91%) Full-Stack Development
6 63 (22.42%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (17.08%) Mentoring
7 48 (17.08%) Microservices
8 46 (16.37%) Machine Learning
9 40 (14.23%) DevOps
10 32 (11.39%) LLM
10 32 (11.39%) Software Architecture
11 26 (9.25%) Test Automation
12 23 (8.19%) SOLID
13 22 (7.83%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (7.47%) SDLC
15 19 (6.76%) Computer Science
16 18 (6.41%) Business Intelligence
16 18 (6.41%) Creative Problem-Solving
16 18 (6.41%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 126 (44.84%) SQL
2 73 (25.98%) JavaScript
3 58 (20.64%) Python
4 40 (14.23%) C++
5 26 (9.25%) TypeScript
6 21 (7.47%) Java
7 11 (3.91%) PHP
8 8 (2.85%) Bicep
8 8 (2.85%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.78%) C
10 4 (1.42%) COBOL
10 4 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (1.07%) Ada
11 3 (1.07%) Ada 95
11 3 (1.07%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.07%) Rust
12 2 (0.71%) VB
12 2 (0.71%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.71%) VBA
12 2 (0.71%) XAML
Qualifications
1 31 (11.03%) Degree
2 25 (8.90%) Security Cleared
3 20 (7.12%) SC Cleared
4 16 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.14%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.71%) HNC
7 2 (0.71%) HND
8 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.36%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.19%) QA
2 11 (3.91%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.85%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.85%) WCAG
4 7 (2.49%) NCSC
5 3 (1.07%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 46 (16.37%) Docker
2 1 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.36%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 46 (16.37%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.42%) Ansible
Vendors
1 119 (42.35%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.63%) Google
3 9 (3.20%) Facebook
4 2 (0.71%) Foundry
4 2 (0.71%) Keysight
4 2 (0.71%) OpenAI
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle
5 1 (0.36%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.36%) Cisco
5 1 (0.36%) Epicor
5 1 (0.36%) TOWER Software