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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 34 19
Rank change year-on-year -30 -15 +21
Permanent jobs citing C# 138 260 289
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.63% 6.25% 7.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.80% 23.94% 25.67%
Number of salaries quoted 117 162 268
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 697 1,086 1,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.27% 26.09% 29.89%
Number of salaries quoted 564 552 1,011
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,344 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% +3.51% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 11 January 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 11 January 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 -10 60 £60,000 +9.09% 13
Warwickshire -14 17 £65,000 -7.14% 3
Shropshire -7 12 £47,500 -5.00% 9
Staffordshire -26 11 £58,750 +23.68% 6
Solihull -1 10 £75,000 +42.86% 1
Coventry -3 10 £45,000 -5.26% 7
Wolverhampton -11 4 - - 4
Herefordshire -12 1 £40,000 -42.86% 4
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 6 (4.35%) IIS
2 3 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.45%) CMS
3 2 (1.45%) NServiceBus
3 2 (1.45%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 21 (15.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.45%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 64 (46.38%) Azure
2 29 (21.01%) Dynamics 365
3 27 (19.57%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (19.57%) Power Platform
4 25 (18.12%) SaaS
5 20 (14.49%) PowerApps
6 18 (13.04%) Power Automate
7 11 (7.97%) AWS
7 11 (7.97%) Serverless
8 7 (5.07%) GitHub
9 6 (4.35%) Azure Functions
9 6 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
9 6 (4.35%) Figma
9 6 (4.35%) GitHub Copilot
10 5 (3.62%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.45%) Amazon ELB
11 2 (1.45%) AWS KMS
11 2 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (1.45%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.45%) DNS
1 2 (1.45%) FTP
1 2 (1.45%) HTTP
1 2 (1.45%) Intranet
1 2 (1.45%) SMTP
1 2 (1.45%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (22.46%) SQL Server
2 12 (8.70%) Relational Database
3 11 (7.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (5.07%) Power BI
5 3 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.45%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.45%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.45%) Metadata
6 2 (1.45%) MS Access
7 1 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.72%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.72%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (4.35%) Selenium
1 6 (4.35%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.62%) Git
2 5 (3.62%) NUnit
3 4 (2.90%) MSTest
4 2 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.45%) Subversion
4 2 (1.45%) Vagrant
5 1 (0.72%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.72%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.72%) JIRA
5 1 (0.72%) Moq
5 1 (0.72%) NSubstitute
5 1 (0.72%) Postman
General
1 41 (29.71%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.59%) Public Sector
3 14 (10.14%) Finance
4 10 (7.25%) Retail
5 8 (5.80%) Law
6 4 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.17%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.17%) Marketing
8 2 (1.45%) Legal
8 2 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Automotive
9 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 90 (65.22%) Developer
2 27 (19.57%) Senior
3 24 (17.39%) Lead
4 21 (15.22%) C# Developer
5 19 (13.77%) Software Developer
6 17 (12.32%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 17 (12.32%) Senior Developer
7 15 (10.87%) Lead Developer
8 12 (8.70%) .NET Developer
9 9 (6.52%) CRM Developer
9 9 (6.52%) Dynamics CRM Developer
9 9 (6.52%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (5.07%) Senior .NET Developer
11 6 (4.35%) Lead C# Developer
11 6 (4.35%) QA Engineer
11 6 (4.35%) Senior C# Developer
11 6 (4.35%) Support Engineer
11 6 (4.35%) Technical Engineer
11 6 (4.35%) Technical Support
11 6 (4.35%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (68.12%) .NET
2 25 (18.12%) AngularJS
2 25 (18.12%) React
3 18 (13.04%) .NET Framework
4 16 (11.59%) REST
5 13 (9.42%) Razor View Engine
6 12 (8.70%) .NET Core
7 11 (7.97%) Blazor
8 10 (7.25%) JSON
9 7 (5.07%) HTML
10 6 (4.35%) ASP.NET
10 6 (4.35%) CSS
10 6 (4.35%) Entity Framework
10 6 (4.35%) Material Design
10 6 (4.35%) Node.js
10 6 (4.35%) WebAssembly
11 4 (2.90%) ARM Templates
11 4 (2.90%) ASP.NET Web API
11 4 (2.90%) WPF
12 3 (2.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.77%) Product Ownership
2 13 (9.42%) Onboarding
3 10 (7.25%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (7.25%) Operational Technology
4 7 (5.07%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (4.35%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.62%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.45%) IoT
7 2 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.72%) Animation
8 1 (0.72%) CMDB
8 1 (0.72%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.72%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.72%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.90%) Windows
2 2 (1.45%) Linux
2 2 (1.45%) VMS
3 1 (0.72%) Android
3 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (31.88%) Agile
2 39 (28.26%) DevOps
3 38 (27.54%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (23.91%) CRM
5 27 (19.57%) CI/CD
5 27 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (18.84%) Full-Stack Development
7 25 (18.12%) Software Engineering
8 20 (14.49%) Mentoring
9 17 (12.32%) TDD
10 15 (10.87%) Technical Leadership
11 13 (9.42%) API Integration
11 13 (9.42%) Customer Experience
11 13 (9.42%) Front End Development
11 13 (9.42%) Migration
12 12 (8.70%) Coaching
12 12 (8.70%) Customer Service
12 12 (8.70%) SDLC
13 11 (7.97%) Code Quality
13 11 (7.97%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 44 (31.88%) SQL
2 40 (28.99%) JavaScript
3 19 (13.77%) TypeScript
4 15 (10.87%) Java
4 15 (10.87%) Python
5 14 (10.14%) PowerShell
6 9 (6.52%) PHP
7 5 (3.62%) Bicep
8 4 (2.90%) Scala
8 4 (2.90%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.45%) Delphi
9 2 (1.45%) Go
9 2 (1.45%) Groovy
9 2 (1.45%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.45%) Perl
9 2 (1.45%) Ruby
9 2 (1.45%) VB.NET
9 2 (1.45%) XAML
10 1 (0.72%) C++
10 1 (0.72%) Swift
Qualifications
1 9 (6.52%) Degree
2 8 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (4.35%) Master's Degree
3 6 (4.35%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.35%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.17%) AWS Certification
4 3 (2.17%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.45%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (15.22%) QA
2 9 (6.52%) Accessibility
3 8 (5.80%) WCAG
4 2 (1.45%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.45%) GDPR
5 1 (0.72%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 1 (0.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (3.62%) Terraform
2 2 (1.45%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.45%) Nagios
3 1 (0.72%) Ansible
Vendors
1 31 (22.46%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.80%) Oracle
3 2 (1.45%) Databricks
3 2 (1.45%) Infor
3 2 (1.45%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.72%) Atlassian