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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 26 19
Rank change year-on-year -51 -7 +48
Permanent jobs citing C# 148 221 535
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.75% 7.02% 7.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.43% 28.37% 28.35%
Number of salaries quoted 143 169 482
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,500 £33,300
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,125 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £69,875
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

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 959 779 1,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.34% 24.76% 25.56%
Number of salaries quoted 718 589 1,631
10th Percentile £32,925 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,850 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £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 16 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 16 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 -33 50 £55,000 -4.35% 11
Coventry -7 24 £70,000 +47.37% 6
Warwickshire -30 22 £65,000 +8.33% 7
Staffordshire -28 13 £67,500 +25.73% 4
Solihull +6 8 £65,000 +18.18%
Worcestershire -17 8 £58,750 +6.82% 6
Wolverhampton -27 5 £70,000 +24.44% 1
Shropshire -29 5 £52,500 -12.50% 2
Dudley - 2 £55,000 - 3
Walsall -1 1 £59,000 -1.67%
Herefordshire -20 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 (1.35%) CMS
1 2 (1.35%) SharePoint
1 2 (1.35%) Umbraco
2 1 (0.68%) Appian
2 1 (0.68%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (32.43%) Azure
2 15 (10.14%) SaaS
3 12 (8.11%) GitHub
4 11 (7.43%) GitHub Copilot
5 8 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (5.41%) Figma
6 7 (4.73%) AWS
6 7 (4.73%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (3.38%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (3.38%) Power Automate
7 5 (3.38%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.38%) PowerApps
8 4 (2.70%) Azure Functions
8 4 (2.70%) BrowserStack
8 4 (2.70%) Serverless
9 3 (2.03%) Azure AI
9 3 (2.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (2.03%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (1.35%) Google Play
11 1 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.38%) Ethernet
2 2 (1.35%) Internet
2 2 (1.35%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (17.57%) SQL Server
2 12 (8.11%) Azure SQL Database
2 12 (8.11%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (2.70%) Power BI
4 2 (1.35%) MySQL
4 2 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.68%) Metadata
5 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.68%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 10 (6.76%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.38%) Cucumber
2 5 (3.38%) Gatling
3 4 (2.70%) Zephyr
4 3 (2.03%) Git
5 2 (1.35%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.35%) Selenium
6 1 (0.68%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.68%) GitLab
6 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.68%) JMeter
6 1 (0.68%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.68%) Postman
6 1 (0.68%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.68%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.68%) TeamCity
General
1 15 (10.14%) Finance
2 10 (6.76%) Manufacturing
2 10 (6.76%) Social Skills
3 7 (4.73%) Advertising
4 5 (3.38%) Aerospace
4 5 (3.38%) Automotive
4 5 (3.38%) Retail
5 4 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (2.70%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.03%) Games
6 3 (2.03%) Law
7 2 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.35%) Legal
8 1 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 99 (66.89%) Developer
2 40 (27.03%) Software Developer
3 29 (19.59%) Senior
4 25 (16.89%) Senior Developer
5 23 (15.54%) .NET Developer
5 23 (15.54%) C# Developer
5 23 (15.54%) Full-Stack Developer
6 22 (14.86%) Lead
7 19 (12.84%) Software Engineer
8 11 (7.43%) Senior Software Developer
9 10 (6.76%) C# Software Developer
9 10 (6.76%) Lead Developer
10 9 (6.08%) Angular Developer
11 8 (5.41%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
12 7 (4.73%) Full-Stack C# Developer
12 7 (4.73%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 6 (4.05%) Algorithm Engineer
13 6 (4.05%) C# Software Engineer
13 6 (4.05%) Designer
13 6 (4.05%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (56.76%) .NET
2 29 (19.59%) .NET Core
3 26 (17.57%) Blazor
4 21 (14.19%) AngularJS
5 20 (13.51%) ASP.NET
6 19 (12.84%) ASP.NET Core
6 19 (12.84%) Node.js
7 16 (10.81%) .NET Framework
8 15 (10.14%) React
9 10 (6.76%) ASP.NET Web API
10 8 (5.41%) CSS
10 8 (5.41%) Entity Framework
10 8 (5.41%) Material Design
10 8 (5.41%) WebAssembly
11 6 (4.05%) RESTful
12 5 (3.38%) HTML
12 5 (3.38%) Playwright
13 4 (2.70%) jQuery
13 4 (2.70%) Kafka
13 4 (2.70%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.11%) Product Ownership
2 10 (6.76%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (4.73%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (4.05%) Algorithms
4 6 (4.05%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.38%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.38%) Robotics
5 5 (3.38%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.03%) Photography
8 2 (1.35%) AS400
8 2 (1.35%) iPhone
8 2 (1.35%) iSeries
8 2 (1.35%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.68%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.68%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.68%) EPoS
9 1 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.68%) N-Tier
9 1 (0.68%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.70%) Windows
2 3 (2.03%) Linux
3 2 (1.35%) Android
4 1 (0.68%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (37.84%) Full-Stack Development
2 37 (25.00%) Agile
2 37 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 25 (16.89%) DevOps
4 22 (14.86%) AI
5 17 (11.49%) CI/CD
6 15 (10.14%) Mentoring
7 14 (9.46%) API Development
8 12 (8.11%) CRM
9 11 (7.43%) SDLC
9 11 (7.43%) User Experience
10 10 (6.76%) Data Integration
10 10 (6.76%) Front End Development
10 10 (6.76%) Microservices
10 10 (6.76%) MVC
10 10 (6.76%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (6.08%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (6.08%) Test Automation
11 9 (6.08%) User Stories
12 8 (5.41%) API Testing
Programming Languages
1 34 (22.97%) JavaScript
1 34 (22.97%) SQL
2 28 (18.92%) TypeScript
3 14 (9.46%) Java
4 11 (7.43%) C++
5 8 (5.41%) Python
6 5 (3.38%) C
7 4 (2.70%) PHP
8 2 (1.35%) Go
8 2 (1.35%) RPG
8 2 (1.35%) RPG IV
8 2 (1.35%) RPG/400
9 1 (0.68%) Bicep
9 1 (0.68%) Delphi
9 1 (0.68%) JCL
9 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.68%) Scala
9 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (2.70%) Degree
2 3 (2.03%) Azure Certification
2 3 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (2.03%) SC Cleared
2 3 (2.03%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.35%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.68%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.46%) Accessibility
2 12 (8.11%) QA
3 10 (6.76%) WCAG
4 5 (3.38%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.68%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (4.05%) Docker
2 3 (2.03%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (6.76%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.38%) Terraform
3 1 (0.68%) Grafana
3 1 (0.68%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 24 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.38%) Allen-Bradley
2 5 (3.38%) Siemens
3 2 (1.35%) Facebook
3 2 (1.35%) Google
3 2 (1.35%) IBM
4 1 (0.68%) AppDynamics
4 1 (0.68%) Databricks
4 1 (0.68%) Perforce
4 1 (0.68%) Splunk
4 1 (0.68%) Veracode
4 1 (0.68%) YouTube