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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 38 27
Rank change year-on-year -13 -11 -3
Permanent jobs citing C# 215 172 369
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.37% 5.29% 6.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.63% 24.12% 26.49%
Number of salaries quoted 195 137 237
10th Percentile £46,217 £40,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,875 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 1,042 713 1,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.50% 21.92% 24.03%
Number of salaries quoted 729 562 777
10th Percentile £38,000 £32,125 £32,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -28 71 £57,500 -6.50% 29
Coventry +2 35 £70,000 +40.00% 5
Worcestershire -2 26 £65,000 +52.94% 7
Dudley - 23 £55,000 - 3
Warwickshire -25 19 £65,000 +12.80% 21
Staffordshire -9 15 £67,500 +25.73% 4
Wolverhampton - 11 £70,000 - 3
Solihull +7 10 £65,000 -5.45% 7
Herefordshire - 3 £55,000 - 2
Shropshire -33 1 £50,000 +5.26%
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 8 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.47%) Appian
2 1 (0.47%) CMS
2 1 (0.47%) Confluence
2 1 (0.47%) IIS
2 1 (0.47%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (0.47%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 8 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.93%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 112 (52.09%) Azure
2 40 (18.60%) Power Automate
2 40 (18.60%) Power Platform
3 30 (13.95%) PowerApps
4 25 (11.63%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (9.77%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (9.30%) Serverless
7 18 (8.37%) Azure Functions
7 18 (8.37%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (6.51%) Azure AI
8 14 (6.51%) GitHub
9 13 (6.05%) AWS
10 11 (5.12%) GitHub Copilot
11 9 (4.19%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (3.72%) SaaS
13 5 (2.33%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (1.86%) Anthropic Claude
14 4 (1.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 4 (1.86%) BrowserStack
14 4 (1.86%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.26%) Internet
2 5 (2.33%) Ethernet
3 3 (1.40%) Firewall
3 3 (1.40%) HTTP
3 3 (1.40%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (18.14%) SQL Server
2 36 (16.74%) MongoDB
3 35 (16.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 22 (10.23%) Power BI
5 14 (6.51%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (4.65%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.93%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.93%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.47%) MySQL
8 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (7.44%) Git
2 4 (1.86%) Cucumber
2 4 (1.86%) Gatling
2 4 (1.86%) Zephyr
3 3 (1.40%) JIRA
4 2 (0.93%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.93%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.47%) NUnit
5 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 27 (12.56%) Finance
1 27 (12.56%) Social Skills
2 17 (7.91%) Public Sector
3 15 (6.98%) Manufacturing
3 15 (6.98%) Retail
4 14 (6.51%) Advertising
5 12 (5.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.26%) Aerospace
6 7 (3.26%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.26%) Automotive
7 6 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.86%) Marketing
9 2 (0.93%) Legal
9 2 (0.93%) Legal Technology
9 2 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.47%) Banking
10 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.47%) Games
10 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.47%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 148 (68.84%) Developer
2 44 (20.47%) Senior
2 44 (20.47%) Software Developer
3 41 (19.07%) .NET Developer
4 33 (15.35%) Senior Developer
5 29 (13.49%) Lead
6 27 (12.56%) Software Engineer
7 23 (10.70%) Lead Developer
8 16 (7.44%) C# Developer
8 16 (7.44%) Lead Software Developer
9 13 (6.05%) Azure Engineer
9 13 (6.05%) Full-Stack Developer
10 12 (5.58%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 11 (5.12%) Full-Stack C# Developer
11 11 (5.12%) Power Platform Developer
12 10 (4.65%) Architect
12 10 (4.65%) Senior Software Developer
13 8 (3.72%) C# Software Engineer
13 8 (3.72%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 8 (3.72%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (65.12%) .NET
2 59 (27.44%) .NET Core
3 45 (20.93%) ASP.NET
4 42 (19.53%) ASP.NET Core
5 32 (14.88%) Blazor
6 24 (11.16%) ASP.NET Web API
7 22 (10.23%) Entity Framework
7 22 (10.23%) Node.js
7 22 (10.23%) React
8 20 (9.30%) AngularJS
9 18 (8.37%) REST
10 15 (6.98%) Vue
11 14 (6.51%) .NET Framework
11 14 (6.51%) RESTful
12 13 (6.05%) CSS
12 13 (6.05%) HTML
13 11 (5.12%) LINQ
14 8 (3.72%) JSON
14 8 (3.72%) XML
14 8 (3.72%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.77%) Greenfield Project
2 13 (6.05%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (5.12%) Cloud Native
3 11 (5.12%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (4.65%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.72%) Taxonomies
5 8 (3.72%) Virtual Team
6 7 (3.26%) Robotics
7 5 (2.33%) Algorithms
7 5 (2.33%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.86%) AS400
8 4 (1.86%) IoT
8 4 (1.86%) iSeries
8 4 (1.86%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.40%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.93%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.93%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.86%) Android
2 3 (1.40%) Linux
2 3 (1.40%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (37.67%) Agile
2 70 (32.56%) Full-Stack Development
3 46 (21.40%) DevOps
4 45 (20.93%) CI/CD
5 43 (20.00%) Software Engineering
6 34 (15.81%) SDLC
7 29 (13.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (12.56%) Mentoring
9 26 (12.09%) AI
9 26 (12.09%) Microservices
9 26 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (11.63%) Roadmaps
11 24 (11.16%) Business Intelligence
12 21 (9.77%) Technical Leadership
13 16 (7.44%) Platform Engineering
14 15 (6.98%) E-Commerce
15 14 (6.51%) TDD
16 12 (5.58%) CRM
16 12 (5.58%) Logistics
16 12 (5.58%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 69 (32.09%) SQL
2 54 (25.12%) JavaScript
3 31 (14.42%) TypeScript
4 18 (8.37%) Java
5 12 (5.58%) Python
6 6 (2.79%) C++
6 6 (2.79%) T-SQL
7 5 (2.33%) C
7 5 (2.33%) Go
8 4 (1.86%) RPG
8 4 (1.86%) RPG IV
8 4 (1.86%) RPG/400
9 3 (1.40%) PHP
10 2 (0.93%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.47%) Delphi
11 1 (0.47%) Pascal
11 1 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (6.51%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (4.19%) Azure Certification
2 9 (4.19%) Degree
3 5 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.40%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.40%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.58%) Accessibility
2 9 (4.19%) GDPR
3 8 (3.72%) WCAG
4 6 (2.79%) QA
5 5 (2.33%) IEC 61131
6 3 (1.40%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.40%) NIST
7 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.47%) PSD2
System Software
1 15 (6.98%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (9.30%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.93%) Bosun
2 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.47%) Grafana
3 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 83 (38.60%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.19%) Facebook
3 8 (3.72%) Foundry
4 5 (2.33%) Allen-Bradley
4 5 (2.33%) Siemens
4 5 (2.33%) YouTube
5 4 (1.86%) IBM
6 3 (1.40%) Google
7 2 (0.93%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.93%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.47%) Databricks
8 1 (0.47%) SYSPRO