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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 76 30
Rank change year-on-year +33 -46 +7
Permanent jobs citing C# 300 105 440
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.35% 2.99% 5.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.24% 12.95% 21.43%
Number of salaries quoted 281 92 351
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,813 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% +5.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £64,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £71,250
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 1,482 811 2,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.57% 23.13% 25.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,056 534 1,500
10th Percentile £32,625 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,939
% change year-on-year +4.00% +2.56% -6.25%

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 August 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 August 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 +17 94 £50,000 -13.04% 12
Bristol +8 74 £57,000 +8.57% 40
Devon +22 63 £55,000 +2.33% 11
Dorset +14 30 £47,500 - 2
Gloucestershire -36 20 £52,500 - 38
Wiltshire -10 19 £55,000 +3.77% 3
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 (2.67%) Confluence
2 4 (1.33%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.33%) WordPress
3 3 (1.00%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.33%) Apache
4 1 (0.33%) JBoss
Applications
1 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 146 (48.67%) Azure
2 42 (14.00%) Power Platform
3 33 (11.00%) GitHub
4 32 (10.67%) AWS
5 29 (9.67%) GitHub Copilot
6 27 (9.00%) Azure AI
7 26 (8.67%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (8.67%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (7.00%) SaaS
9 5 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.67%) GCP
9 5 (1.67%) Google Play
9 5 (1.67%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.33%) Azure AKS
10 4 (1.33%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (1.00%) Figma
12 2 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
13 1 (0.33%) Azure API Management
13 1 (0.33%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.00%) Internet
2 3 (1.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.33%) Modbus
3 1 (0.33%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (18.67%) SQL Server
2 43 (14.33%) MongoDB
3 40 (13.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (5.00%) Power BI
5 14 (4.67%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (2.67%) MySQL
8 7 (2.33%) Geospatial Data
8 7 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.33%) OLAP
9 4 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.67%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.33%) Power Query
11 1 (0.33%) Redis
11 1 (0.33%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.33%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 29 (9.67%) Git
2 20 (6.67%) JIRA
3 7 (2.33%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.33%) MSI
4 6 (2.00%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.67%) Postman
6 4 (1.33%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.00%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.00%) NUnit
7 3 (1.00%) SoapUI
7 3 (1.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (1.00%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.67%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.67%) Selenium
8 2 (0.67%) TestRail
9 1 (0.33%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.33%) GitLab
9 1 (0.33%) MSTest
9 1 (0.33%) Subversion
General
1 45 (15.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (6.67%) Finance
3 12 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (3.67%) Electronics
5 10 (3.33%) Advertising
5 10 (3.33%) Marketing
6 8 (2.67%) Aerospace
6 8 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.33%) Games
7 7 (2.33%) Local Government
7 7 (2.33%) Military
7 7 (2.33%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.00%) Aviation
8 3 (1.00%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.00%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.67%) Avionics
9 2 (0.67%) Banking
9 2 (0.67%) Law
9 2 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 135 (45.00%) Developer
2 74 (24.67%) Software Engineer
3 63 (21.00%) .NET Developer
4 58 (19.33%) Senior
5 44 (14.67%) Software Developer
6 31 (10.33%) Senior Software Engineer
7 26 (8.67%) Architect
7 26 (8.67%) Senior Developer
7 26 (8.67%) Solutions Architect
8 25 (8.33%) Lead
9 22 (7.33%) Analyst
10 14 (4.67%) Team Leader
11 13 (4.33%) Graduate
12 12 (4.00%) Support Analyst
13 11 (3.67%) .NET Software Developer
13 11 (3.67%) Full-Stack Developer
13 11 (3.67%) Support Team Leader
14 10 (3.33%) Graduate Developer
14 10 (3.33%) Graduate Software Developer
15 9 (3.00%) Software Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (52.33%) .NET
2 80 (26.67%) .NET Core
3 63 (21.00%) ASP.NET
4 60 (20.00%) HTML
5 55 (18.33%) CSS
6 54 (18.00%) WPF
7 47 (15.67%) ASP.NET Core
8 45 (15.00%) .NET Framework
9 34 (11.33%) React
10 33 (11.00%) Vue
11 31 (10.33%) RESTful
12 30 (10.00%) AngularJS
13 27 (9.00%) Blazor
14 26 (8.67%) ML.NET
15 23 (7.67%) REST
16 16 (5.33%) Entity Framework
17 15 (5.00%) MFC
17 15 (5.00%) Node.js
18 14 (4.67%) Web Services
18 14 (4.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
2 21 (7.00%) Cloud Native
3 13 (4.33%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.67%) Mobile App
5 10 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.33%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.33%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.33%) NHS
7 6 (2.00%) Vector Graphics
8 5 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.67%) Digital TV
8 5 (1.67%) iPhone
8 5 (1.67%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.67%) Robotics
9 4 (1.33%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.00%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.00%) PKI
11 2 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.67%) Embedded Systems
11 2 (0.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.67%) Windows
2 14 (4.67%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.33%) Android
4 9 (3.00%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.00%) Linux
5 6 (2.00%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.67%) Unix
6 2 (0.67%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.33%) CentOS
7 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (40.00%) Agile
2 101 (33.67%) CI/CD
3 100 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 70 (23.33%) Full-Stack Development
5 67 (22.33%) AI
6 57 (19.00%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (17.33%) Microservices
8 47 (15.67%) Mentoring
9 46 (15.33%) Machine Learning
10 42 (14.00%) DevOps
11 33 (11.00%) Test Automation
12 29 (9.67%) Containerisation
12 29 (9.67%) Software Architecture
13 27 (9.00%) LLM
14 25 (8.33%) SDLC
14 25 (8.33%) SOLID
15 23 (7.67%) Computer Science
16 22 (7.33%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (7.33%) Scrum
17 20 (6.67%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 135 (45.00%) SQL
2 85 (28.33%) JavaScript
3 56 (18.67%) Python
4 37 (12.33%) C++
5 36 (12.00%) TypeScript
6 24 (8.00%) Java
7 12 (4.00%) PHP
8 7 (2.33%) Bicep
8 7 (2.33%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.33%) C
9 4 (1.33%) COBOL
9 4 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.00%) Go
10 3 (1.00%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.00%) VB.NET
10 3 (1.00%) VBA
11 2 (0.67%) Ada
11 2 (0.67%) Ada 95
11 2 (0.67%) Rust
11 2 (0.67%) XAML
Qualifications
1 34 (11.33%) Degree
2 24 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 20 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (6.33%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.00%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.00%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.67%) QA
2 10 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.67%) WCAG
4 7 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.33%) NCSC
5 2 (0.67%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 61 (20.33%) Docker
2 2 (0.67%) Firmware
3 1 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 59 (19.67%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.67%) Terraform
3 3 (1.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 113 (37.67%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.33%) Google
3 10 (3.33%) Facebook
4 3 (1.00%) Oracle
5 2 (0.67%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.33%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.33%) Foundry
6 1 (0.33%) TOWER Software