C# Job Trends in the West Midlands

C#
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring C# skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 25 20
Rank change year-on-year -52 -5 +44
Permanent jobs citing C# 145 211 536
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.72% 6.72% 7.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.18% 27.62% 28.44%
Number of salaries quoted 140 166 483
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £33,350
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,063 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -10.77%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 955 764 1,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.34% 24.33% 25.58%
Number of salaries quoted 716 582 1,630
10th Percentile £32,625 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,772
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C# relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

C# job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

C#
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C#.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C#

C#
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in the West Midlands

C#
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
Birmingham -30 50 £55,000 -4.35% 13
Coventry -9 23 £70,000 +47.37% 6
Warwickshire -32 21 £65,000 +8.33% 7
Staffordshire -30 13 £67,500 +25.73% 2
Solihull +5 8 £65,000 +18.18%
Worcestershire -19 7 £55,000 - 4
Wolverhampton -25 5 £70,000 +24.44%
Shropshire -30 5 £52,500 -12.50% 1
Dudley - 2 £55,000 - 2
Walsall 0 1 £59,000 -1.67%
Herefordshire -20 1 £40,000 -33.33% 1
C#
England

C#
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (1.38%) CMS
1 2 (1.38%) SharePoint
1 2 (1.38%) Umbraco
2 1 (0.69%) Appian
2 1 (0.69%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (31.72%) Azure
2 15 (10.34%) SaaS
3 12 (8.28%) GitHub
4 11 (7.59%) GitHub Copilot
5 8 (5.52%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (5.52%) Figma
6 7 (4.83%) AWS
6 7 (4.83%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (3.45%) Power Automate
7 5 (3.45%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.45%) PowerApps
8 4 (2.76%) Azure Functions
8 4 (2.76%) BrowserStack
8 4 (2.76%) Serverless
9 3 (2.07%) Azure AI
9 3 (2.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (2.07%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (1.38%) Google Play
11 1 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.45%) Ethernet
2 2 (1.38%) Internet
2 2 (1.38%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (17.24%) SQL Server
2 12 (8.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (7.59%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.76%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.76%) Power BI
5 2 (1.38%) MySQL
5 2 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.69%) Metadata
6 1 (0.69%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.69%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 10 (6.90%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.45%) Cucumber
2 5 (3.45%) Gatling
3 4 (2.76%) Zephyr
4 3 (2.07%) Git
5 2 (1.38%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.38%) Selenium
6 1 (0.69%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.69%) GitLab
6 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.69%) JMeter
6 1 (0.69%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.69%) Postman
6 1 (0.69%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.69%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.69%) TeamCity
General
1 15 (10.34%) Finance
2 10 (6.90%) Manufacturing
2 10 (6.90%) Social Skills
3 7 (4.83%) Advertising
4 5 (3.45%) Aerospace
4 5 (3.45%) Automotive
4 5 (3.45%) Retail
5 4 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (2.76%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.07%) Games
6 3 (2.07%) Law
7 2 (1.38%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.38%) Legal
8 1 (0.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 97 (66.90%) Developer
2 38 (26.21%) Software Developer
3 28 (19.31%) Senior
4 24 (16.55%) Senior Developer
5 23 (15.86%) .NET Developer
5 23 (15.86%) C# Developer
5 23 (15.86%) Full-Stack Developer
6 21 (14.48%) Lead
7 19 (13.10%) Software Engineer
8 10 (6.90%) C# Software Developer
8 10 (6.90%) Senior Software Developer
9 9 (6.21%) Angular Developer
9 9 (6.21%) Lead Developer
10 8 (5.52%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
11 7 (4.83%) Full-Stack C# Developer
11 7 (4.83%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
12 6 (4.14%) Algorithm Engineer
12 6 (4.14%) C# Software Engineer
12 6 (4.14%) Designer
12 6 (4.14%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (55.86%) .NET
2 28 (19.31%) .NET Core
3 25 (17.24%) Blazor
4 21 (14.48%) AngularJS
5 19 (13.10%) ASP.NET
5 19 (13.10%) Node.js
6 18 (12.41%) ASP.NET Core
7 15 (10.34%) .NET Framework
7 15 (10.34%) React
8 9 (6.21%) ASP.NET Web API
9 8 (5.52%) CSS
9 8 (5.52%) Material Design
9 8 (5.52%) WebAssembly
10 7 (4.83%) Entity Framework
11 6 (4.14%) RESTful
12 5 (3.45%) HTML
12 5 (3.45%) Playwright
13 4 (2.76%) jQuery
13 4 (2.76%) Vue
13 4 (2.76%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.28%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.90%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (4.83%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (4.14%) Algorithms
4 6 (4.14%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.45%) Robotics
5 5 (3.45%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.76%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.07%) Photography
8 2 (1.38%) AS400
8 2 (1.38%) iPhone
8 2 (1.38%) iSeries
8 2 (1.38%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.69%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.69%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.69%) EPoS
9 1 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.69%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.69%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.76%) Windows
2 3 (2.07%) Linux
3 2 (1.38%) Android
4 1 (0.69%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (38.62%) Full-Stack Development
2 37 (25.52%) Software Engineering
3 36 (24.83%) Agile
4 24 (16.55%) DevOps
5 21 (14.48%) AI
6 16 (11.03%) CI/CD
7 14 (9.66%) API Development
7 14 (9.66%) Mentoring
8 12 (8.28%) CRM
9 11 (7.59%) SDLC
9 11 (7.59%) User Experience
10 10 (6.90%) Data Integration
10 10 (6.90%) Front End Development
10 10 (6.90%) MVC
10 10 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (6.21%) Microservices
11 9 (6.21%) Test Automation
11 9 (6.21%) User Stories
12 8 (5.52%) API Testing
12 8 (5.52%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 34 (23.45%) SQL
2 33 (22.76%) JavaScript
3 27 (18.62%) TypeScript
4 14 (9.66%) Java
5 11 (7.59%) C++
6 8 (5.52%) Python
7 5 (3.45%) C
8 4 (2.76%) PHP
9 2 (1.38%) Go
9 2 (1.38%) RPG
9 2 (1.38%) RPG IV
9 2 (1.38%) RPG/400
10 1 (0.69%) Bicep
10 1 (0.69%) Delphi
10 1 (0.69%) JCL
10 1 (0.69%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.69%) Scala
10 1 (0.69%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (2.76%) Degree
2 3 (2.07%) Azure Certification
2 3 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (2.07%) SC Cleared
2 3 (2.07%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.38%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.69%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.66%) Accessibility
2 12 (8.28%) QA
3 10 (6.90%) WCAG
4 5 (3.45%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (4.14%) Docker
2 3 (2.07%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (6.21%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.76%) Terraform
3 1 (0.69%) Grafana
3 1 (0.69%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 23 (15.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.45%) Allen-Bradley
2 5 (3.45%) Siemens
3 2 (1.38%) Facebook
3 2 (1.38%) Google
3 2 (1.38%) IBM
4 1 (0.69%) AppDynamics
4 1 (0.69%) Databricks
4 1 (0.69%) Perforce
4 1 (0.69%) Splunk
4 1 (0.69%) Veracode
4 1 (0.69%) YouTube