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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 38 25
Rank change year-on-year -10 -13 +6
Permanent jobs citing C# 218 185 398
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.53% 5.42% 6.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.41% 23.96% 28.65%
Number of salaries quoted 203 144 301
10th Percentile £46,224 £40,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £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 1,018 772 1,389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.82% 22.63% 22.04%
Number of salaries quoted 741 607 968
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,125 £32,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% 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 3 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 3 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 -32 67 £57,500 -4.17% 24
Coventry 0 34 £70,000 +40.00% 5
Worcestershire +1 30 £65,000 +44.44% 2
Dudley - 21 £55,000 - 5
Staffordshire -5 18 £67,500 +25.73% 2
Warwickshire -19 17 £65,000 +8.33% 7
Solihull +12 11 £65,000 +36.84% 2
Wolverhampton -7 11 £70,000 -9.68%
Herefordshire - 3 £55,000 - 2
Shropshire -31 2 £50,000 -16.67%
Walsall +8 1 £59,000 -1.67%
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 4 (1.83%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.46%) Appian
2 1 (0.46%) CMS
2 1 (0.46%) IIS
2 1 (0.46%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (0.46%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 5 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.92%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 110 (50.46%) Azure
2 32 (14.68%) Power Automate
2 32 (14.68%) Power Platform
3 26 (11.93%) PowerApps
4 21 (9.63%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (8.26%) Serverless
7 16 (7.34%) Azure Functions
8 15 (6.88%) Azure AI
9 14 (6.42%) GitHub
10 12 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (5.50%) GitHub Copilot
11 11 (5.05%) AWS
11 11 (5.05%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (3.67%) SaaS
13 5 (2.29%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (1.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 4 (1.83%) BrowserStack
14 4 (1.83%) GCP
15 2 (0.92%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.21%) Internet
2 5 (2.29%) Ethernet
3 3 (1.38%) Firewall
3 3 (1.38%) HTTP
3 3 (1.38%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.46%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (16.51%) SQL Server
2 35 (16.06%) MongoDB
3 34 (15.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 21 (9.63%) Power BI
5 14 (6.42%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (3.67%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.92%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.46%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 12 (5.50%) Git
2 5 (2.29%) Cucumber
2 5 (2.29%) Gatling
3 4 (1.83%) Zephyr
4 3 (1.38%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.92%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.46%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.46%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.46%) GitLab
6 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.46%) JMeter
6 1 (0.46%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.46%) NUnit
6 1 (0.46%) Postman
6 1 (0.46%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.46%) Selenium
6 1 (0.46%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.46%) TeamCity
General
1 26 (11.93%) Finance
2 19 (8.72%) Social Skills
3 15 (6.88%) Advertising
4 14 (6.42%) Retail
5 12 (5.50%) Manufacturing
6 10 (4.59%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.21%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (2.29%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.29%) Automotive
9 5 (2.29%) Marketing
10 3 (1.38%) Games
10 3 (1.38%) Law
11 2 (0.92%) Legal
11 2 (0.92%) Legal Technology
11 2 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Banking
12 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 153 (70.18%) Developer
2 49 (22.48%) Software Developer
3 45 (20.64%) Senior
4 43 (19.72%) .NET Developer
5 34 (15.60%) Lead
5 34 (15.60%) Senior Developer
6 29 (13.30%) Software Engineer
7 27 (12.39%) Lead Developer
8 20 (9.17%) C# Developer
8 20 (9.17%) Lead Software Developer
9 14 (6.42%) Full-Stack Developer
10 13 (5.96%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (5.05%) Senior Software Developer
12 10 (4.59%) C# Software Engineer
12 10 (4.59%) Full-Stack C# Developer
13 9 (4.13%) Power Platform Developer
13 9 (4.13%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
14 8 (3.67%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 8 (3.67%) Platform Engineer
14 8 (3.67%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (63.76%) .NET
2 60 (27.52%) .NET Core
3 45 (20.64%) ASP.NET
4 43 (19.72%) ASP.NET Core
5 34 (15.60%) Blazor
6 24 (11.01%) ASP.NET Web API
6 24 (11.01%) Node.js
7 23 (10.55%) React
8 21 (9.63%) AngularJS
8 21 (9.63%) Entity Framework
9 17 (7.80%) .NET Framework
10 16 (7.34%) CSS
11 15 (6.88%) HTML
11 15 (6.88%) RESTful
11 15 (6.88%) Vue
12 13 (5.96%) REST
13 11 (5.05%) LINQ
14 7 (3.21%) EDI
14 7 (3.21%) ML.NET
15 6 (2.75%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.17%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (5.05%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.05%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (4.59%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.21%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.75%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.29%) Robotics
7 4 (1.83%) AS400
7 4 (1.83%) iSeries
7 4 (1.83%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.83%) Taxonomies
8 3 (1.38%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.38%) Photography
8 3 (1.38%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.92%) IoT
9 2 (0.92%) iPhone
9 2 (0.92%) Online Gambling
9 2 (0.92%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.83%) Windows
2 3 (1.38%) Linux
3 2 (0.92%) Android
4 1 (0.46%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (33.49%) Agile
2 72 (33.03%) Full-Stack Development
3 43 (19.72%) Software Engineering
4 39 (17.89%) DevOps
5 37 (16.97%) CI/CD
6 27 (12.39%) SDLC
7 25 (11.47%) Microservices
8 24 (11.01%) Problem-Solving
9 23 (10.55%) Business Intelligence
9 23 (10.55%) Mentoring
10 22 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (9.63%) AI
12 16 (7.34%) E-Commerce
13 15 (6.88%) TDD
14 14 (6.42%) Roadmaps
15 13 (5.96%) BDD
15 13 (5.96%) Technical Leadership
16 12 (5.50%) Platform Engineering
16 12 (5.50%) Scrum
17 10 (4.59%) Collaborative Engineering
Programming Languages
1 70 (32.11%) SQL
2 54 (24.77%) JavaScript
3 32 (14.68%) TypeScript
4 20 (9.17%) Java
5 11 (5.05%) C++
5 11 (5.05%) Python
6 5 (2.29%) C
6 5 (2.29%) Go
6 5 (2.29%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.83%) PHP
7 4 (1.83%) RPG
7 4 (1.83%) RPG IV
7 4 (1.83%) RPG/400
8 2 (0.92%) Delphi
8 2 (0.92%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.46%) JCL
9 1 (0.46%) Pascal
9 1 (0.46%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (4.13%) Degree
2 7 (3.21%) Azure Certification
2 7 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.38%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.67%) Accessibility
1 8 (3.67%) QA
2 5 (2.29%) GDPR
2 5 (2.29%) IEC 61131
3 4 (1.83%) WCAG
4 3 (1.38%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.38%) NIST
5 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.46%) PSD2
System Software
1 14 (6.42%) Docker
2 3 (1.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (9.63%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.92%) Grafana
3 1 (0.46%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 78 (35.78%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.59%) Facebook
3 8 (3.67%) Foundry
4 5 (2.29%) Allen-Bradley
4 5 (2.29%) Siemens
4 5 (2.29%) YouTube
5 4 (1.83%) IBM
6 3 (1.38%) Google
7 2 (0.92%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.46%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.46%) Databricks
8 1 (0.46%) Perforce
8 1 (0.46%) Splunk
8 1 (0.46%) SYSPRO
8 1 (0.46%) Veracode