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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 28 20
Rank change year-on-year -50 -8 +45
Permanent jobs citing C# 144 218 537
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.71% 6.83% 7.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.02% 27.42% 28.46%
Number of salaries quoted 138 169 484
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,500 £33,400
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,375 £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 959 795 1,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.41% 24.89% 25.57%
Number of salaries quoted 719 604 1,633
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £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 £77,000 £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 12 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 12 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 -28 50 £55,000 -4.35% 15
Warwickshire -32 23 £65,000 +8.33% 7
Coventry -7 21 £67,500 +42.11% 7
Staffordshire -30 14 £66,500 +23.86% 2
Solihull +5 8 £65,000 +18.18%
Worcestershire -22 5 £52,500 -4.55% 5
Wolverhampton -24 5 £70,000 +24.44%
Shropshire -29 5 £52,500 -12.50% 1
Dudley - 2 £55,000 - 1
Walsall 0 1 £59,000 -1.67%
Herefordshire -23 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 (1.39%) CMS
1 2 (1.39%) SharePoint
1 2 (1.39%) Umbraco
2 1 (0.69%) Appian
Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (31.94%) Azure
2 15 (10.42%) SaaS
3 12 (8.33%) GitHub
4 11 (7.64%) GitHub Copilot
5 9 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (5.56%) Figma
7 7 (4.86%) AWS
8 5 (3.47%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (3.47%) Power Automate
8 5 (3.47%) Power Platform
8 5 (3.47%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.78%) Azure Functions
9 4 (2.78%) BrowserStack
9 4 (2.78%) Serverless
10 3 (2.08%) Azure AI
10 3 (2.08%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (1.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (1.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (1.39%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.47%) Ethernet
2 2 (1.39%) Internet
2 2 (1.39%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (17.36%) SQL Server
2 11 (7.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (6.94%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.78%) Power BI
4 4 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.39%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.39%) Metadata
5 2 (1.39%) MySQL
6 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.69%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.69%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 10 (6.94%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.47%) Cucumber
2 5 (3.47%) Gatling
3 4 (2.78%) Zephyr
4 2 (1.39%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.39%) Git
4 2 (1.39%) Selenium
5 1 (0.69%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.69%) GitLab
5 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.69%) JMeter
5 1 (0.69%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.69%) Postman
5 1 (0.69%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.69%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.69%) TeamCity
General
1 15 (10.42%) Finance
2 11 (7.64%) Social Skills
3 10 (6.94%) Manufacturing
4 7 (4.86%) Advertising
5 5 (3.47%) Aerospace
5 5 (3.47%) Automotive
5 5 (3.47%) Retail
6 4 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.78%) Law
7 3 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.08%) Games
7 3 (2.08%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.39%) Legal
9 1 (0.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 97 (67.36%) Developer
2 37 (25.69%) Software Developer
3 25 (17.36%) Senior
4 23 (15.97%) .NET Developer
5 22 (15.28%) C# Developer
5 22 (15.28%) Full-Stack Developer
5 22 (15.28%) Senior Developer
6 21 (14.58%) Lead
7 16 (11.11%) Software Engineer
8 10 (6.94%) C# Software Developer
9 9 (6.25%) Angular Developer
9 9 (6.25%) Lead Developer
9 9 (6.25%) Senior Software Developer
10 8 (5.56%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
11 6 (4.17%) Algorithm Engineer
11 6 (4.17%) C# Software Engineer
11 6 (4.17%) Designer
11 6 (4.17%) Full-Stack C# Developer
11 6 (4.17%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
11 6 (4.17%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (56.94%) .NET
2 27 (18.75%) .NET Core
3 24 (16.67%) Blazor
4 21 (14.58%) AngularJS
5 19 (13.19%) Node.js
6 18 (12.50%) ASP.NET
7 17 (11.81%) ASP.NET Core
8 15 (10.42%) React
9 14 (9.72%) .NET Framework
10 8 (5.56%) ASP.NET Web API
10 8 (5.56%) CSS
10 8 (5.56%) Material Design
10 8 (5.56%) WebAssembly
11 6 (4.17%) Entity Framework
11 6 (4.17%) RESTful
12 5 (3.47%) HTML
12 5 (3.47%) Playwright
13 4 (2.78%) jQuery
13 4 (2.78%) Vue
13 4 (2.78%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.94%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (4.86%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (4.17%) Algorithms
5 5 (3.47%) Robotics
5 5 (3.47%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.08%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.08%) Photography
7 2 (1.39%) AS400
7 2 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.39%) iPhone
7 2 (1.39%) iSeries
7 2 (1.39%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.69%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.69%) EPoS
8 1 (0.69%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.69%) N-Tier
8 1 (0.69%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.39%) Android
1 2 (1.39%) Windows
2 1 (0.69%) Kali Linux
2 1 (0.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (37.50%) Full-Stack Development
2 35 (24.31%) Software Engineering
3 34 (23.61%) Agile
4 24 (16.67%) DevOps
5 20 (13.89%) AI
6 14 (9.72%) API Development
7 13 (9.03%) CI/CD
7 13 (9.03%) CRM
7 13 (9.03%) Mentoring
8 11 (7.64%) Data Integration
8 11 (7.64%) Front End Development
8 11 (7.64%) User Experience
9 10 (6.94%) MVC
9 10 (6.94%) SDLC
10 9 (6.25%) Test Automation
10 9 (6.25%) User Stories
11 8 (5.56%) API Testing
11 8 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (5.56%) Microservices
11 8 (5.56%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 36 (25.00%) SQL
2 33 (22.92%) JavaScript
3 26 (18.06%) TypeScript
4 11 (7.64%) Java
5 9 (6.25%) Python
6 8 (5.56%) C++
7 5 (3.47%) C
8 4 (2.78%) PHP
9 2 (1.39%) Bicep
9 2 (1.39%) Go
9 2 (1.39%) RPG
9 2 (1.39%) RPG IV
9 2 (1.39%) RPG/400
9 2 (1.39%) Scala
9 2 (1.39%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.69%) Delphi
10 1 (0.69%) JCL
10 1 (0.69%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (2.78%) Degree
2 3 (2.08%) Azure Certification
2 3 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.39%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.69%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.69%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.42%) Accessibility
2 12 (8.33%) QA
3 10 (6.94%) WCAG
4 5 (3.47%) IEC 61131
5 2 (1.39%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.39%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (4.17%) Docker
2 3 (2.08%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.78%) Terraform
3 1 (0.69%) Grafana
3 1 (0.69%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 23 (15.97%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.47%) Allen-Bradley
2 5 (3.47%) Siemens
3 2 (1.39%) Databricks
3 2 (1.39%) Facebook
3 2 (1.39%) Google
3 2 (1.39%) IBM
4 1 (0.69%) AppDynamics
4 1 (0.69%) Perforce
4 1 (0.69%) Splunk
4 1 (0.69%) Veracode
4 1 (0.69%) YouTube