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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 58 22
Rank change year-on-year +8 -36 +5
Permanent jobs citing C# 232 112 734
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.92% 3.88% 7.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.14% 13.24% 24.41%
Number of salaries quoted 222 93 634
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,400 £30,375
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £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 £65,000 £64,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £72,433
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 1,279 846 3,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.11% 29.33% 29.10%
Number of salaries quoted 867 565 2,373
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,350 £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 June 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in the South West

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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 June 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 71 £57,000 +6.05% 16
Somerset 0 64 £50,000 -28.57% 17
Devon +4 58 £55,000 +2.33% 11
Dorset +2 16 £50,000 +5.26% 8
Wiltshire -18 12 £60,000 +4.35% 4
Gloucestershire -31 11 £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 (1.72%) NServiceBus
1 4 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.29%) Confluence
3 2 (0.86%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 106 (45.69%) Azure
2 26 (11.21%) GitHub
3 24 (10.34%) AWS
4 23 (9.91%) Power Platform
5 22 (9.48%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (9.48%) SaaS
6 19 (8.19%) GitHub Copilot
7 17 (7.33%) Azure AI
8 13 (5.60%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (5.17%) Azure AKS
10 5 (2.16%) GCP
10 5 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (1.72%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.72%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.72%) Serverless
12 3 (1.29%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.29%) Figma
12 3 (1.29%) Google Play
13 2 (0.86%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.72%) Internet
2 1 (0.43%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.43%) Modbus
2 1 (0.43%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (22.41%) SQL Server
2 31 (13.36%) MongoDB
3 27 (11.64%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (4.31%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (3.88%) Power BI
6 4 (1.72%) MySQL
6 4 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.29%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.86%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.43%) OLAP
9 1 (0.43%) Redis
9 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (6.90%) Git
2 8 (3.45%) JIRA
3 4 (1.72%) Postman
4 3 (1.29%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.29%) MSI
4 3 (1.29%) SoapUI
4 3 (1.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.86%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.86%) TestRail
5 2 (0.86%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.43%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.43%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.43%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.43%) MSTest
6 1 (0.43%) NUnit
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.43%) Vite
General
1 32 (13.79%) Social Skills
2 11 (4.74%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (3.45%) Finance
4 7 (3.02%) Electronics
4 7 (3.02%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (2.59%) Advertising
5 6 (2.59%) Local Government
5 6 (2.59%) Marketing
6 5 (2.16%) Games
7 3 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.29%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.86%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.86%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.86%) Retail
9 1 (0.43%) Aviation
9 1 (0.43%) Military
9 1 (0.43%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 118 (50.86%) Developer
2 69 (29.74%) Software Engineer
3 58 (25.00%) Senior
4 51 (21.98%) .NET Developer
5 43 (18.53%) Software Developer
6 32 (13.79%) Senior Software Engineer
7 26 (11.21%) Senior Developer
8 17 (7.33%) .NET Software Engineer
9 13 (5.60%) Architect
9 13 (5.60%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (5.17%) Analyst
11 11 (4.74%) Lead
11 11 (4.74%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
12 10 (4.31%) .NET Software Developer
12 10 (4.31%) C# Software Engineer
12 10 (4.31%) Full-Stack Developer
13 9 (3.88%) C# Developer
14 8 (3.45%) Backend Developer
14 8 (3.45%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
15 7 (3.02%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (57.76%) .NET
2 70 (30.17%) .NET Core
3 57 (24.57%) ASP.NET
4 43 (18.53%) HTML
5 39 (16.81%) CSS
6 37 (15.95%) ASP.NET Core
7 36 (15.52%) .NET Framework
7 36 (15.52%) WPF
8 27 (11.64%) REST
9 26 (11.21%) RESTful
10 25 (10.78%) AngularJS
10 25 (10.78%) React
10 25 (10.78%) Vue
11 22 (9.48%) Entity Framework
12 19 (8.19%) Blazor
13 17 (7.33%) ML.NET
14 12 (5.17%) Node.js
15 11 (4.74%) Dapper ORM
16 10 (4.31%) MFC
17 9 (3.88%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
2 14 (6.03%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.31%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.59%) NHS
6 6 (2.59%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.59%) Vector Graphics
7 4 (1.72%) Digital TV
7 4 (1.72%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.29%) iPhone
8 3 (1.29%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.86%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.86%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.86%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.43%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.43%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.78%) Windows
2 9 (3.88%) Android
3 7 (3.02%) Apple iOS
3 7 (3.02%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.59%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.86%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (37.07%) Agile
2 85 (36.64%) Software Engineering
3 72 (31.03%) CI/CD
4 51 (21.98%) Full-Stack Development
5 37 (15.95%) AI
6 36 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (15.09%) Microservices
8 32 (13.79%) DevOps
9 31 (13.36%) Containerisation
10 30 (12.93%) Mentoring
11 25 (10.78%) Machine Learning
12 22 (9.48%) Computer Science
12 22 (9.48%) Test Automation
13 21 (9.05%) Scrum
14 17 (7.33%) Clean Code
14 17 (7.33%) MVC
14 17 (7.33%) Software Architecture
15 16 (6.90%) API Design
16 15 (6.47%) SOLID
17 14 (6.03%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 86 (37.07%) SQL
2 60 (25.86%) JavaScript
3 32 (13.79%) TypeScript
4 31 (13.36%) Python
5 24 (10.34%) C++
6 15 (6.47%) Java
7 7 (3.02%) PHP
8 6 (2.59%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.29%) Bicep
9 3 (1.29%) Go
9 3 (1.29%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.29%) VB
9 3 (1.29%) VB.NET
9 3 (1.29%) VBA
10 2 (0.86%) Bash
10 2 (0.86%) COBOL
11 1 (0.43%) C
11 1 (0.43%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (12.93%) Degree
2 20 (8.62%) Security Cleared
3 19 (8.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (5.17%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.29%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.43%) CREST Certified
6 1 (0.43%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.43%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.90%) QA
2 5 (2.16%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.29%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.29%) NCSC
3 3 (1.29%) WCAG
4 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 55 (23.71%) Docker
2 2 (0.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.86%) Firmware
3 1 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 52 (22.41%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.59%) Terraform
3 1 (0.43%) Ansible
3 1 (0.43%) Nmap
Vendors
1 67 (28.88%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.45%) Google
3 6 (2.59%) Facebook
4 2 (0.86%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle
5 1 (0.43%) TOWER Software