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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 34 27
Rank change year-on-year -21 -7 -3
Permanent jobs citing C# 215 177 373
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.38% 5.47% 6.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.52% 24.41% 26.45%
Number of salaries quoted 196 143 245
10th Percentile £46,217 £40,000 £31,550
25th Percentile £52,188 £46,250 £40,000
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 £78,500 £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 1,048 725 1,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.61% 22.41% 23.77%
Number of salaries quoted 735 574 813
10th Percentile £38,750 £32,125 £32,300
25th Percentile £49,375 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +3.29%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,617 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.81% -3.67% -

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 24 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 24 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 -30 71 £57,500 -4.17% 26
Coventry +1 36 £70,000 +40.00% 8
Worcestershire 0 26 £65,000 +52.94% 9
Dudley - 23 £55,000 - 4
Warwickshire -18 18 £65,000 +8.33% 23
Staffordshire -15 15 £67,500 +25.73% 5
Wolverhampton - 11 £70,000 - 5
Solihull +8 10 £65,000 -5.45% 7
Herefordshire - 3 £55,000 - 3
Shropshire -34 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
1 113 (52.56%) Azure
2 39 (18.14%) Power Automate
2 39 (18.14%) Power Platform
3 29 (13.49%) PowerApps
4 25 (11.63%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (9.77%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (9.30%) Serverless
7 18 (8.37%) Azure Functions
8 17 (7.91%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (6.51%) AWS
9 14 (6.51%) Azure AI
9 14 (6.51%) GitHub
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 40 (18.60%) 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 28 (13.02%) Finance
2 26 (12.09%) Social Skills
3 16 (7.44%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.98%) Retail
5 14 (6.51%) Advertising
6 13 (6.05%) Manufacturing
7 12 (5.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.26%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (2.79%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.79%) Automotive
10 5 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.86%) Marketing
12 2 (0.93%) Legal
12 2 (0.93%) Legal Technology
13 1 (0.47%) Banking
13 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.47%) Games
13 1 (0.47%) Law
13 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.47%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 149 (69.30%) Developer
2 45 (20.93%) Software Developer
3 44 (20.47%) Senior
4 42 (19.53%) .NET Developer
5 33 (15.35%) Senior Developer
6 30 (13.95%) Lead
7 28 (13.02%) Software Engineer
8 24 (11.16%) Lead Developer
9 17 (7.91%) C# Developer
9 17 (7.91%) Lead Software Developer
10 13 (6.05%) Azure Engineer
10 13 (6.05%) Full-Stack Developer
11 12 (5.58%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 11 (5.12%) Full-Stack C# Developer
12 11 (5.12%) Power Platform Developer
13 10 (4.65%) Senior Software Developer
14 9 (4.19%) C# Software Engineer
15 8 (3.72%) Architect
15 8 (3.72%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 8 (3.72%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (64.65%) .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 17 (7.91%) REST
10 15 (6.98%) Vue
11 14 (6.51%) .NET Framework
11 14 (6.51%) CSS
11 14 (6.51%) RESTful
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 12 (5.58%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (5.12%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.65%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (4.65%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.19%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (4.19%) Virtual Team
6 8 (3.72%) Taxonomies
7 6 (2.79%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.79%) Robotics
8 5 (2.33%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.86%) AS400
9 4 (1.86%) iSeries
9 4 (1.86%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.40%) IoT
10 3 (1.40%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.93%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
11 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 82 (38.14%) Agile
2 70 (32.56%) Full-Stack Development
3 44 (20.47%) DevOps
4 43 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 43 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 32 (14.88%) SDLC
6 28 (13.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (13.02%) Mentoring
7 26 (12.09%) AI
8 25 (11.63%) Microservices
8 25 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (11.16%) Business Intelligence
10 23 (10.70%) Roadmaps
11 19 (8.84%) Technical Leadership
12 16 (7.44%) Platform Engineering
13 15 (6.98%) E-Commerce
14 14 (6.51%) TDD
15 12 (5.58%) BDD
15 12 (5.58%) CRM
15 12 (5.58%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 69 (32.09%) SQL
2 54 (25.12%) JavaScript
3 31 (14.42%) TypeScript
4 19 (8.84%) Java
5 12 (5.58%) Python
6 7 (3.26%) C++
7 6 (2.79%) T-SQL
8 5 (2.33%) C
8 5 (2.33%) Go
9 4 (1.86%) PHP
9 4 (1.86%) RPG
9 4 (1.86%) RPG IV
9 4 (1.86%) RPG/400
10 2 (0.93%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.47%) Delphi
11 1 (0.47%) Pascal
11 1 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (6.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (4.65%) Degree
3 9 (4.19%) Azure Certification
4 6 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.40%) SC Cleared
5 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 14 (6.51%) 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