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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 36 26
Rank change year-on-year -13 -10 +6
Permanent jobs citing C# 219 192 418
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.54% 5.57% 6.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.58% 24.43% 29.21%
Number of salaries quoted 205 148 323
10th Percentile £46,250 £39,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,125 £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 1,015 786 1,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.79% 22.78% 21.99%
Number of salaries quoted 744 616 1,034
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,125 £32,250
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% - +0.92%
75th Percentile £72,000 £68,750 £67,188
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £61,206
% change year-on-year +4.00% +2.11% -5.84%

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 27 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 27 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 -35 67 £57,500 -4.17% 26
Coventry +3 32 £70,000 +40.00% 3
Worcestershire +4 30 £65,000 +44.44% 4
Dudley - 20 £55,000 - 5
Warwickshire -15 19 £65,000 +8.33% 3
Staffordshire -7 18 £67,500 +25.73% 4
Solihull +14 12 £65,000 +26.83% 2
Wolverhampton -8 11 £70,000 -9.68%
Shropshire -27 3 £51,250 -14.58% 2
Herefordshire - 3 £55,000 - 2
Walsall +6 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 2 (0.91%) 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 3 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.91%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 108 (49.32%) Azure
2 28 (12.79%) Power Automate
2 28 (12.79%) Power Platform
3 24 (10.96%) PowerApps
4 19 (8.68%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (8.22%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (6.85%) Azure AI
6 15 (6.85%) Serverless
7 14 (6.39%) Azure Functions
7 14 (6.39%) GitHub
8 12 (5.48%) GitHub Copilot
9 11 (5.02%) Azure Logic Apps
10 10 (4.57%) AWS
11 9 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (4.11%) SaaS
12 5 (2.28%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (1.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 4 (1.83%) BrowserStack
13 4 (1.83%) GCP
14 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.20%) 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 37 (16.89%) SQL Server
2 35 (15.98%) MongoDB
3 34 (15.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 20 (9.13%) Power BI
5 14 (6.39%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (3.65%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.46%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.46%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 10 (4.57%) 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%) 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 24 (10.96%) Finance
2 17 (7.76%) Social Skills
3 15 (6.85%) Advertising
4 14 (6.39%) Retail
5 12 (5.48%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.74%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.28%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.28%) Automotive
7 5 (2.28%) Marketing
8 3 (1.37%) Games
8 3 (1.37%) Law
9 2 (0.91%) Legal
9 2 (0.91%) Legal Technology
10 1 (0.46%) Banking
10 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 156 (71.23%) Developer
2 52 (23.74%) Software Developer
3 47 (21.46%) Senior
4 43 (19.63%) .NET Developer
5 36 (16.44%) Senior Developer
6 34 (15.53%) Lead
7 29 (13.24%) Software Engineer
8 27 (12.33%) Lead Developer
9 21 (9.59%) C# Developer
10 20 (9.13%) Lead Software Developer
11 16 (7.31%) Full-Stack Developer
12 13 (5.94%) Azure Engineer
12 13 (5.94%) Senior Software Developer
13 10 (4.57%) C# Software Engineer
13 10 (4.57%) Full-Stack C# Developer
13 10 (4.57%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
14 8 (3.65%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 8 (3.65%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 8 (3.65%) Platform Engineer
14 8 (3.65%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (63.47%) .NET
2 62 (28.31%) .NET Core
3 45 (20.55%) ASP.NET
4 43 (19.63%) ASP.NET Core
5 36 (16.44%) Blazor
6 26 (11.87%) Node.js
7 25 (11.42%) React
8 24 (10.96%) ASP.NET Web API
9 23 (10.50%) AngularJS
10 21 (9.59%) Entity Framework
11 18 (8.22%) .NET Framework
12 16 (7.31%) CSS
13 15 (6.85%) HTML
13 15 (6.85%) RESTful
13 15 (6.85%) 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 20 (9.13%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (5.02%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.02%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (4.57%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.20%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.74%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.74%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.28%) Robotics
7 4 (1.83%) AS400
7 4 (1.83%) iSeries
7 4 (1.83%) Management Information System
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%) IoT
9 2 (0.91%) iPhone
9 2 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.91%) Online Gambling
9 2 (0.91%) Taxonomies
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 75 (34.25%) Full-Stack Development
2 69 (31.51%) Agile
3 46 (21.00%) Software Engineering
4 39 (17.81%) DevOps
5 34 (15.53%) CI/CD
6 26 (11.87%) SDLC
7 25 (11.42%) Microservices
8 24 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (9.59%) Business Intelligence
9 21 (9.59%) Mentoring
10 20 (9.13%) AI
10 20 (9.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (7.31%) E-Commerce
12 15 (6.85%) TDD
13 13 (5.94%) BDD
14 12 (5.48%) Scrum
15 11 (5.02%) Roadmaps
15 11 (5.02%) Technical Leadership
16 10 (4.57%) Collaborative Engineering
16 10 (4.57%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 69 (31.51%) SQL
2 51 (23.29%) JavaScript
3 32 (14.61%) 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%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.83%) PHP
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 6 (2.74%) Azure Certification
2 6 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (1.37%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.37%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.11%) QA
2 6 (2.74%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.28%) IEC 61131
4 3 (1.37%) GDPR
4 3 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.37%) NIST
5 2 (0.91%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.91%) WCAG
6 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.46%) PSD2
System Software
1 14 (6.39%) Docker
2 3 (1.37%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (9.59%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.91%) Grafana
3 1 (0.46%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 74 (33.79%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.57%) Facebook
3 8 (3.65%) 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