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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 34 27
Rank change year-on-year -14 -7 +12
Permanent jobs citing C# 219 199 415
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.58% 5.79% 6.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.35% 24.72% 29.50%
Number of salaries quoted 206 154 335
10th Percentile £46,250 £39,125 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +8.49% -3.64%
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 1,026 805 1,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.10% 23.41% 21.71%
Number of salaries quoted 758 636 1,073
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,784
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +0.39% -0.39%
75th Percentile £71,202 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +4.10% -6.15%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 -31 66 £57,500 -4.17% 11
Coventry -3 29 £70,000 +47.37% 8
Worcestershire +1 28 £65,000 +44.44% 4
Warwickshire -19 21 £65,000 +8.33% 6
Dudley - 20 £55,000 - 1
Staffordshire -14 18 £67,500 +25.73% 2
Solihull +14 12 £65,000 +18.18% 1
Wolverhampton -14 11 £70,000 -9.68%
Shropshire -23 4 £52,500 -12.50% 1
Herefordshire - 3 £55,000 - 4
Walsall +3 1 £59,000 -0.84%
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 1 (0.46%) Appian
1 1 (0.46%) CMS
1 1 (0.46%) IIS
1 1 (0.46%) SharePoint Server
1 1 (0.46%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 2 (0.91%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 105 (47.95%) Azure
2 24 (10.96%) Power Automate
2 24 (10.96%) Power Platform
3 22 (10.05%) PowerApps
4 18 (8.22%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (7.31%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.39%) Azure AI
6 14 (6.39%) GitHub
7 12 (5.48%) GitHub Copilot
8 11 (5.02%) Azure Functions
8 11 (5.02%) Azure Logic Apps
8 11 (5.02%) Serverless
9 10 (4.57%) AWS
9 10 (4.57%) SaaS
10 5 (2.28%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (1.83%) BrowserStack
11 4 (1.83%) GCP
12 2 (0.91%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.74%) Internet
2 5 (2.28%) Ethernet
3 3 (1.37%) Firewall
3 3 (1.37%) HTTP
3 3 (1.37%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.46%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (17.81%) SQL Server
2 35 (15.98%) MongoDB
3 34 (15.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 19 (8.68%) Power BI
5 14 (6.39%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (3.20%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.46%) MySQL
7 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.46%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 6 (2.74%) Git
2 5 (2.28%) Cucumber
2 5 (2.28%) Gatling
3 4 (1.83%) Zephyr
4 3 (1.37%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.91%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.46%) Burp Suite
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 23 (10.50%) Finance
2 15 (6.85%) Advertising
3 14 (6.39%) Retail
3 14 (6.39%) Social Skills
4 12 (5.48%) Manufacturing
5 5 (2.28%) Aerospace
5 5 (2.28%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.28%) Automotive
5 5 (2.28%) Marketing
6 4 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.37%) Games
7 3 (1.37%) Law
8 2 (0.91%) Legal
8 2 (0.91%) Legal Technology
8 2 (0.91%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.46%) Banking
9 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.46%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 159 (72.60%) Developer
2 54 (24.66%) Software Developer
3 48 (21.92%) Senior
4 45 (20.55%) .NET Developer
5 38 (17.35%) Senior Developer
6 32 (14.61%) Lead
7 29 (13.24%) Software Engineer
8 25 (11.42%) Lead Developer
9 21 (9.59%) C# Developer
10 20 (9.13%) Full-Stack Developer
11 19 (8.68%) Lead Software Developer
12 15 (6.85%) Senior Software Developer
13 12 (5.48%) Azure Engineer
14 10 (4.57%) C# Software Engineer
14 10 (4.57%) Full-Stack C# Developer
14 10 (4.57%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 8 (3.65%) Azure Developer
15 8 (3.65%) Power Platform Developer
15 8 (3.65%) Senior C# Developer
16 7 (3.20%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (63.47%) .NET
2 64 (29.22%) .NET Core
3 45 (20.55%) ASP.NET
4 43 (19.63%) ASP.NET Core
5 38 (17.35%) Blazor
6 27 (12.33%) Node.js
7 26 (11.87%) AngularJS
8 25 (11.42%) React
9 24 (10.96%) ASP.NET Web API
10 21 (9.59%) Entity Framework
11 18 (8.22%) .NET Framework
12 16 (7.31%) CSS
13 14 (6.39%) HTML
13 14 (6.39%) RESTful
13 14 (6.39%) Vue
14 13 (5.94%) REST
15 11 (5.02%) LINQ
16 7 (3.20%) EDI
16 7 (3.20%) ML.NET
17 6 (2.74%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.68%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (5.02%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.02%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (4.11%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.20%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.74%) Algorithms
6 5 (2.28%) Robotics
6 5 (2.28%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.83%) AS400
7 4 (1.83%) iSeries
7 4 (1.83%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.37%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.37%) Photography
8 3 (1.37%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.91%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.91%) iPhone
9 2 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.91%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.91%) Online Gambling
9 2 (0.91%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.83%) Windows
2 3 (1.37%) Linux
3 2 (0.91%) Android
4 1 (0.46%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (35.62%) Full-Stack Development
2 70 (31.96%) Agile
3 46 (21.00%) Software Engineering
4 37 (16.89%) DevOps
5 30 (13.70%) CI/CD
6 25 (11.42%) Microservices
7 24 (10.96%) SDLC
8 21 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (9.13%) Mentoring
10 19 (8.68%) AI
10 19 (8.68%) Business Intelligence
11 17 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (6.85%) E-Commerce
12 15 (6.85%) TDD
13 13 (5.94%) BDD
14 12 (5.48%) Scrum
15 10 (4.57%) Collaborative Engineering
15 10 (4.57%) Logistics
15 10 (4.57%) Software Architecture
16 9 (4.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 70 (31.96%) SQL
2 46 (21.00%) JavaScript
3 35 (15.98%) TypeScript
4 19 (8.68%) Java
5 11 (5.02%) Python
6 10 (4.57%) C++
7 5 (2.28%) C
7 5 (2.28%) Go
7 5 (2.28%) PHP
7 5 (2.28%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.83%) RPG
8 4 (1.83%) RPG IV
8 4 (1.83%) RPG/400
9 2 (0.91%) Delphi
9 2 (0.91%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.46%) JCL
10 1 (0.46%) Pascal
10 1 (0.46%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (3.65%) Degree
2 7 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.28%) Azure Certification
4 3 (1.37%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.37%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.11%) QA
2 5 (2.28%) IEC 61131
3 4 (1.83%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.37%) NIST
5 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.46%) GDPR
5 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.46%) PSD2
System Software
1 15 (6.85%) Docker
2 3 (1.37%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (10.05%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.28%) Terraform
3 2 (0.91%) Grafana
4 1 (0.46%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 70 (31.96%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.57%) Facebook
3 7 (3.20%) Foundry
4 5 (2.28%) Allen-Bradley
4 5 (2.28%) Siemens
4 5 (2.28%) YouTube
5 4 (1.83%) IBM
6 3 (1.37%) Google
7 2 (0.91%) 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